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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17373   
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Somehow I don't think you're talking about Artificial Intelligence!
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6th Sep 2018 2:08pm |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5804  
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Absolutely 100% with you on this one. No kids, middle aged with no responsibilities bar ourselves, living the dream  Monsieur Le Grenadier
I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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6th Sep 2018 2:49pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3498 
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No one to choose which old peoples home you get put into
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6th Sep 2018 3:10pm |
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| williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441 
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Whilst we are on the subject of children, the school run is in full swing again. The poor things must be dropped off right by the gates causing utter gridlock š
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6th Sep 2018 5:02pm |
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| Mike c Member Since: 11 Aug 2017 Location: Maldon, Essex Posts: 928  
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"Can I get"
 What is that about? People seem to be saying more and more when asking for stuff in shops/cafƩs/pubs etc.. only the person serving "can get" what you are asking for!
Very irritating, well to me anyway! End of whinge |
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6th Sep 2018 5:57pm |
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| Balvaig Member Since: 19 Feb 2016 Location: Fife Posts: 730  
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"my bad" - now what is that all about. Is it supposed to replace sorry?
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6th Sep 2018 8:00pm |
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| Slideywindows Member Since: 09 Sep 2016 Location: North Essex Posts: 1283
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"Up for grabs".
Just hate it. |
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6th Sep 2018 9:21pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3498
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āBut thereās a problemā
The killer line in all scripts from reality television programmes on Discovery / National Geographic tv channels etc etc. shortly followed by ā¦ āWill he/she make it?ā There are some cracking real life shows on these channels spoilt by the artificial tension caused by a Director or Producer trying to make things more difficult, exciting or dangerous than real life ever is. Not to spoil things, but they always get over the problem and they always make it |
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6th Sep 2018 9:56pm |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5804
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Why are so many on-line newspaper-articles now filled with 50% Twitter posts? What do they teach young journos at Hack College? Can they not write an interesting, fact filled article without padding it out with the mundane thoughts of some B-Celeb or worse still, a member of the public weāve never heard of before and couldnāt care two figs about their opinion?
And why do so many articles now start with the lines āTen things you never knew about...ā or āTen reasons why you should never...ā etc etc? Given the attention span of the youths writing this pap, Iām amazed they can stay focused to ātenā points or observations about anything, let alone write about them and attach a photo. And why does the BBC insist on calling ISIS āso-called Islamic Stateā? Theyāre not āso-calledā, thatās what theyāve named themselves. No different to any other club, country, brand, religious or political name. Itās not as if there is another Islamic State out there that might sue the Beeb. So why persist? Or why reserve it to ISIS? Why not āso-called Facebookā or āso-called Manchester Unitedā. We might not like them nor agree with their policies, but their little club have called themselves ISIS/ISIL, thereās nothing so called about it. The media, Jesus Wept.  Monsieur Le Grenadier
I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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7th Sep 2018 6:36am |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897 
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I've never heard of most of these 'so called' celebs anyway. Who the hell are they?
Yer know wot I mean?  |
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7th Sep 2018 9:57am |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3498
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I am with you there, Laurie.
I put it down to my age and television viewing habits, but I read stories about this or that āCelebā and wonder a) who they are and b) why they are a āCelebā. Google is a fantastic tool for people like us so we may understand the reasons why these people are being talked about or written about. |
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7th Sep 2018 10:28am |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5804
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No idea how old you are Rashers, but I don't think your age has anything to do with it. It's just what the media is forcing down our throats at the moment and thicko youngsters are lapping it up. In the 'old days' (not much longer than 20 years ago) Celebs had actually achieved something. Normally. Decades in film, plethora of albums, multiple world champion (or ideally failed world champion), aristocratic gambler and playboy
Now all you have to do is have a shower butt naked on a reality show and 'ta-dah' you're famous. Then you have Twitter followers, you are photographed for Hello Magazine, get invited to movie premiers and eventually appear on Strictly or Masterchef having done the sum total of f*** all. Ever. Unlike British icons such as Jagger or Caine, Kingsley or Mirren, Bowie or Moss etc. Monsieur Le Grenadier
I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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7th Sep 2018 10:37am |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3498
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Spot on Grenadier
Couldnāt agree more. This world is becoming a big vacuum. Donāt know if I have ever said this on here but a few years ago I worked for a company that had the contract to maintain a large shopping centre in Essex. You may know the one. I was training the Engineers who had Tuped to my old company and we were doing the training in a small room in the Management Suite. Between training sessions I walked out into the corridor and there were a line of people standing in the corridor outside the security room. They were all over dressed for a Friday morning shopping trip. I assumed that security had picked them up for shop lifting. I asked one of the Engineers whether it was usual to get this many shop lifters in one morning. He laughed his head off. They were the cast of āThe only way is Essexā doing a personal appearance in the Shopping Centre. I rest my case, Mā Lord........ |
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7th Sep 2018 10:56am |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897
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I assume a 'celeb' or celebrity is someone who's presence is celebrated.
Just how many people could that describe? |
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7th Sep 2018 12:12pm |
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