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Jul 2017
11:02am, 12 Jul 2017
5,043 posts
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Helegant
Just after this bit. [Gratuitous quote here - one of my all-time favourites, " Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. "]
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Jul 2017
11:04am, 12 Jul 2017
5,044 posts
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Helegant
[" When I first heard his name, I said, just as you are going to say, "But I thought he was a boy?"
"So did I," said Christopher Robin.
"Then you can't call him Winnie?"
"I don't."
"But you said--"
"He's Winnie-ther-Pooh. Don't you know what 'ther' means?"
"Ah, yes, now I do," I said quickly; and I hope you do too, because it is all the explanation you are going to get."]
Which isn't quite what I remembered 
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Jul 2017
11:32am, 12 Jul 2017
5,045 posts
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Helegant
I'm getting 'just a bit miffed' at the feeding frenzy that happens on social media whenever anyone in the public eye makes a mistake (and no, this isn't about party-politics). Being famous doesn't protect against foot-in-mouth syndrome, and while some things really do need to be challenged, I'm not at all comfortable with the mob mentality that tears people to shreds.
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Jul 2017
1:05pm, 12 Jul 2017
2,025 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Amen to that Hels. Nobody is allowed to make an honest mistake nowadays 🙁
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Jul 2017
1:21pm, 12 Jul 2017
5,181 posts
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Wobbling
[loving the WTP quote H. It reminds me of my favourite, but not quite so quaint, joke:
A ittle girl is sitting on her Daddy's lap. 'Daddy', she asks, 'where does Pooh come from?'
'Well', says Daddy, 'when we eat food our tummy takes all the good stuff that makes you grow big and strong and leaves the bits you don't need and then when we go to the toilet, the bits we don't need come out and are flushed away.'
Slightly perplexed the little girl responds with 'and Piglet?']
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Jul 2017
4:43pm, 12 Jul 2017
5,413 posts
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Jono.
I think the original pooh bear was left at London Zoo by Canadian soldiers after the WWI - the Canadian Regiment came from Winnipeg - it was their mascot, mind you after bringing the bear all the way over here they could have taken him home!
there again I could be totally wrong.
lol @ Wobbler
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Jul 2017
4:56pm, 12 Jul 2017
5,441 posts
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Markymarkmark
Back on topic.....
My derailleur falling off. Very literally ground my gears.
The thread on the bike frame appears to have been stripped - odd, since I've never had occasion to fiddle/tighten it, so I suspect it's been hanging by a (crossed) thread for years.
Can I get the resultant hole cleaned out, rethreaded and an over sized non-standard bolt to got through a derailleur hanger mechanism? Ain't gonna happen, and the bike is 12+ years old now.
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Jul 2017
6:17pm, 12 Jul 2017
23,957 posts
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Diogenes
News bulletins which end "...that's the news, our next at nine." I know what they mean, but it sounds clunky, and I don't like it.
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Jul 2017
8:13pm, 12 Jul 2017
15,509 posts
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Wriggling Snake
Tennis. Especially how everyone. Everthing. The crowd. Supporters. Players. Every shot. Every ball person. Commentators. Everything. Is. Wonderful.
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Jul 2017
8:56pm, 12 Jul 2017
4,054 posts
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Doctor K
Weather forecasts usually on the beeb that waste time telling us what the recent weather has been like. That is not a forecast!!
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