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#91
The Chat Room / Re: Lets write a Limerick, one...
Last post by Scrumpy - Yesterday at 10:03:39 AM


The shops are full of festive food
Mince pies, fruit cake and Christmas pud
Plenty of bottles for you to clink
Should you fancy a festive drink
And you might 'pull' a cracker if you're good
#92
General Discussion / Re: European Christmas Markets
Last post by klondike - Yesterday at 09:21:07 AM
They used to hold a small one here but there hasn't been one in several years now. 

Oddly despite still having a huge market square that they have turned to an expanse of emptiness with just a few stalls with their "modernisation" that took about a year so all the traders moved on the Chrismas Markets were always held in the main street.
#93
The Chat Room / Re: Lets write a Limerick, one...
Last post by klondike - Yesterday at 09:16:44 AM
The shops are full of festive food
Mince pies, fruit cake and Christmas pud
Plenty of bottles for you to clink
Should you fancy a festive drink
#94
General Discussion / Re: Wordle
Last post by klondike - Yesterday at 08:46:52 AM
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#95
General Discussion / Re: European Christmas Markets
Last post by GrannyMac - Yesterday at 08:04:57 AM
Daughter in law was in Vienna a couple of weeks ago, it looked fabulous!  Very Christmassy.  Not wintery. 😉
#96
The Chat Room / Re: Lets write a Limerick, one...
Last post by GrannyMac - Yesterday at 06:52:26 AM
The shops are full of festive food
Mince pies, fruit cake and Christmas pud
#97
The Chat Room / Re: The boring thread.....
Last post by GrannyMac - Yesterday at 06:50:09 AM
So envious you can drive Raven.  I've got at least another two weeks before I'm allowed. I'm going out every day now, OH drives me, or I have a little walk locally.  I'm only using one stick now, and the bionic knee feels strong.  Still various bits of pain round the site, but my nurse daughter is pleased with my progress.  The hardest bit is trying to get my leg completely straight.  Ouch. 
#98
General Discussion / Re: Wordle
Last post by GrannyMac - Yesterday at 06:18:21 AM
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#99
General Discussion / Somebody I could cheerfully st...
Last post by klondike - December 01, 2025, 11:02:50 PM
I get notifications on changes to the HMO planning application for the house next door to me. All neighbour responses to now have been in opposition apart from  this one. They even uploaded as an attachment the local agency report they refer to which was already there from the agency.

In line with the Far Cotton & Delapre Housing Needs Assessment (HNA)I feel this plan will
add value to the area as there is much need of affordable accommodation in the are
supporting vital local workers in the NHS and Care and Education sectors who can live to
their work and support the local community.

What a load of old fanny. The local uni has cut back on African students this year presumably following the large number of complaints they generated. Two houses full of them nearby were apparently damned nuisances with regular noisy all night parties. One house the landlord hasn't taken any students and the other is almost empty. I image the drop in student numbers has left plenty of HMO vacancies. It's not as if everybody is fighting to live in a cramped shithole.
#100
General Discussion / Re: Shooting at Childrens Part...
Last post by klondike - December 01, 2025, 10:47:46 PM
Don't go there.

I was just giving the reason I read for why the second amendment is there. One thing is certain it has been nibbled away over the years and every change has been fought tooth and nail. Truth is if it was removed no modern government would ever enact it again. Everything any government does these days is the restriction of citizens or in our case subjects rather than endowing them with more freedoms. Well apart from some portions of the population here obviously.