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    Ashes 2025

    Stokes gets himself run out. Eejit. Brilliant by the fielder though, one stump to go for.
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    Off Topic Climate change/ pollution

    I do have a water meter. And I used less water this year than the previous one.
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    Off Topic Climate change/ pollution

    I have just received todays piss take. Latest Yorkshire Water bill. Announcing a huge investment programme of 8.3bn over the next five years. Oh goody, chopping non exec directors salaries? No dividends for five years? No bonus for execs? Nah - **** you customer, have a 41% increase in payments.
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    Off Topic Climate change/ pollution

    "Drax helps the UK government meet its climate targets because, on paper at least, the power station is treated as emission-free. This is because international carbon accounting rules state that greenhouse gas emissions from burning wood are counted in the country where the trees are felled as...
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    Off Topic And Now for Something Completely Different

    Another one from a Leeds fan. 1956. The exact date, the match result, and the the information that made me post on this other board. The type of loco and serial number of same. The computer age has given us the world at our fingertips, but these guys probably have attics, bedrooms and any spare...
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    Off Topic And Now for Something Completely Different

    The railway jargon for such trains is Footex. Or sometimes known as, and also to confirm, yes, Millwall supporters were routed there directly - Yobex. Other replies include Nottingham Forest running direct, and the teams themselves using it. West Ham being one. The Millwall related post was...
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    Off Topic And Now for Something Completely Different

    Hey ho, I'm with you, what did I have for breakfast. I have posed the question on a Facebook page. I will post any answers if the learned and extremely knowledgeable lot on there have any.
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    Off Topic Hull Royal Today...

    After major surgery I was well enough to return home. However I was prescribed powerful antibiotics and could not be discharged until seen by the prescribing specialist. So I took up a bed for nigh on a week, that is except for very regular trips to the toilet, before being seen by this twat who...
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    Off Topic Hull Royal Today...

    Does this include the accomodation, heating, lighting, and generally existing costs? While traing in Hull, York and Leeds. For five years. Silly me, I forgot the course fees of just short of 10 grand a year. Yea, at the end of that I would like a decent wage. Not least of all to pay off any...
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    Off Topic HKR/HFC Having a bad day

    There is a banner at the top of the Coinbase homepage. "Don’t invest unless you’re prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong"
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    Off Topic What grinds your gears

    By the time Christmas does arrive and I am offered a mince pie. I politely decline. So this year I am holding off until mid-november, or next week.
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    Off Topic Hull City Centre Public Realm Strategy

    Pah, another knowlegeable t**t stating facts !!
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    Off Topic Chazz's Book Club

    Chickenhawk - Robert Mason. Helicopter pilot during Vietnam war. Nothing gung ho, ace of the base stuff. A story of how it was for him.
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    ... and in Other Football News

    The two Italian centre halves had a combined age greater than any twenty seven of the oldest posters on here. One of which had been yellow carded for a brutal foul. That was when Southgate says to Kane, get on his case, wind him up, he can't touch you. So Kane promptly, did anything but. Doing...
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    Off Topic Does anybody understand bitcoin?

    Thank you for the reply. I may have been interested had it just been the one, but three. Oh dear.