Wolfie

37 minutes ago, Archied said:

Or it could turn out your wrong and it’s a massive over reaction going hand in hand with a political and corporate drive for more taxation and forced consumerism, it really makes me giggle how some just think they are in the right and those who question are just people who don’t get it 😂

Judging by your assertion above that it's a hoax because the UK is having a bit of cool weather, I would say that's exactly the case.

2 hours ago, Archied said:

Seen a few interviews recently and the new panic inducing phrase is being trotted out  , GLOBAL BOILING,, it’s hilarious if it wasn’t so damaging img to the mental health of some vulnerable people who get drawn in to the world of anxiety,

1, the temperature is not boiling point 

2, it’s not global , is England boiling ? Is Norway boiling ect ect ect🤷‍♂️

That's weather, not climate. Basics.

For what it's worth (and as a climate change believer), I think the "Global boiling" comment at the UN was a mistake. Even if it was made with the intent of making people open their eyes to the dangers - I fear it will just polarise the argument further.

I'm still playing Kevin Toms Football Star Manager on my phone.

It's basically a phone version of the old FM games from the 80's. You can play a season in about 40 minutes and is very addictive.

I had a current FM game a few years ago but couldn't be arsed spending hours on formations/tactics & off-field stuff. Just give me stick men match every couple of minutes and it'll do me.

8 minutes ago, Bob The Badger said:

Larry Grayson was strong wristed.

When I were a lad, I used to think him and Harry Gration (TV News/Sport presenter) were the same person

4 minutes ago, ketteringram said:

Glad you reached out to the forum about this. 

One might even say that he's a Thought Leader

7 minutes ago, Bob The Badger said:

When did a new season on TV no longer come out, but drop?

FTFY.

"Tweets" replaced by "x's". It's effectively trying to turn X into a verb. I've never tweeted and I can't see myself x-ing any time soon.

It feels to me like this is some weird experiment by Musk as to how many things he can do to deliberately screw up the company - and yet keep it alive.

This affected me yesterday. Don't know why. I suppose he just always came across as a warm & genuinely good person. RIP George.

25 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said:

But even still, nothing happened, and she was gone from her job within weeks.

How can words and projections for something, which was very quickly reversed, have such supposedly devastating consequences?

She came in a and proceeded to go ahead with a mini-budget which was anything but mini....massive spending increases and tax cuts with no detail on how it would be paid for. Refusing to let the OBR go over it before the announcement was a huge mistake.

What markets hate more than anything is uncertainty. Not surprisngly the financial markets went into panic mode that the policy would be a disaster and Truss & Kwarteng were deliberately avoiding scrutiny - even the bank of england had to step in to prevent huge pension funds going bust - taking all of our savings with them.

"Nothing happened" because they then brought in Jeremy Hunt to undo all of the damage caused.

9 hours ago, 1of4 said:

It may require some radical economic agreements with numerous countries,  hopefully starting with the control and taxation of the multinational companies that seem to ride roughshod over individual country's tax laws.

But they don't. The internationally agreed tax laws allow them to pretty much choose which country to pay the majority of their tax.

Ireland's average GDP per capita figure is now insane (over $100,000 per annum). It's not because everyone is suddenly rich, it's because they have the lowest corporation tax rates in Europe and all the multinationals have decided to have their head offices there to take advantage.

I'm not saying the laws don't need to change - companies should pay tax in the countries the income is generated (not profit, because that can be manipulated). To say that laws aren't being followed is wrong in the vast majority of cases.

5 minutes ago, Sparkle said:

He was a former Reading player two seasons ago so he is simply going home 

Like Chris Martin.....?

The problem is that the BoE only really have one tool to reduce inflation (interest rates) and it's meant to cure demand side inflation, which is the "normal" kind. Bugger all use against supply side inflation.

Also it's not even as effective as it used to be, what with most people now on fixed rate mortgages.

They're just hoping that by making everyone poorer, it'll mean that they can't buy stuff and companies have no choice but to reduce prices - ignoring the fact that they've been increased in the first place due to supply shortages and energy costs - not because of too much demand.

On 15/07/2023 at 09:02, PistoldPete said:

Do you think its possible he may have been exaggerating? 10 years of adult life, that's 1000 women per year, 3 per day. Even if they were all one night stands, that's going some.  

Loved that final. Always expected Novak to come back - even at match point against him. 
Such amazing tennis played and thoroughly worthy winner. 

I would add that if Murray thinks he can get back to the top, he needs to watch that final again. And then stop thinking that. 

Malignant (Prime)

“Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities”

The first half is standard horror film tropes but with some lovely direction from James Wan. The second half it just decides to go off the rails into crazy bonkers gory madness. All in a good way. 
 

Enjoyed it a lot. 7.5/10

I think so, yes.

31 minutes ago, Magicman said:

Deli Ali is another over paid talent who wasted it over the last few years because he could. Ibe i have no doubt has excuses too ....

28 minutes ago, David said:

I have no words.

I can lend you a few....

3 hours ago, Anag Ram said:

Not sure in the case of a lorry but you have to climb up to get on a bus, train and plane, hence onto.

 

3 hours ago, PistoldPete said:

We get into our cars like we get into our house. We get onto a train because we are just riding as temporary passengers. 

45 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

What if your a passenger IN a car.

The only theory that seemed to ring true is that if you don't move around once you're aboard the transport, then you say "in" (car/van/lorry). If you can move around while travelling, it becomes "on".

So, you get into a boat but on a yacht/ferry/ship

One of many language rules we all follow but don't really know why.

We've binned The Watcher and last night started with 3 episodes of Schitt's Creek (Netflix).

Late to the party on this one, I know, but we're loving it so far. A strong cast but in particular: Catherine O'Hara was my favourite character in one of my favourite films (Beetlejuice), and she's an absolute joy to watch in this.

Best line so far:

Twyla: Yeah, no, he went to prison, which is terrible, but... But he is learning Spanish, "No mas, le duele!" I think it means, "Stop, it hurts." 🤣

One I heard over the weekend......

Why do we say that we get into or in a car or lorry, but we get on or onto a bus/train/plane etc?

….the wife is away so it’s been horror night👍

Smile. 

A woman who’s cursed by people only she can see and who have an evil smile - leading to their violent death  

Obvious influence from the “Ring”  films and The Exorcist but not bad 

7/10

Ouija - origin of evil (SKY) from 2016

Prequel to a previous Ouija film which I haven’t seen. 

A family of fake mediums get an Ouija board to connect with the dead father. Better than I expected. Good slow & intelligent build up and then the inevitable ramped up finale. 

6.5/10