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LeftSaidFred said:
Dunno where else to put this, but bloody hell the latest word that is being flogged to death..suddenly "influencers" are everywhere; travel, food, fashion, beauty products, no doubt beer next. Its getting on my tits I must admit.
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Totally agree. Sick of seeing young people with no experience of real life on TV programmes like SKY News invited to discuss politics amongst a host of other things, and pontificating as they had great wisdom and insight on the topic, and on the screen is a caption describing them as Influencers. Or even more irritating Vlogger and Influencer.
 
BlackAndAmberGambler said:
My late dad was at the Atom Bomb tests in the Pacific in the 50's. He was on Christmas Island and when the bomb went off, he was told to turn his back to avoid the dust storm, no protection, no glasses, nowt.
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Are you old enough to have had those practice drills at school where we were shown what to do if the 3 minute warning sounded. Which seemed to be curl up under our desks with our eyes closed.
What we did next after the bomb exploded was never really gone into,
 
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Barchullona said:
Are you old enough to have had those practice drills at school where we were shown what to do if the 3 minute warning sounded. Which seemed to be curl up under our desks with our eyes closed.
What we did next after the bomb exploded was never really gone into,
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Not old enough to remember that but I did some work down in the nuclear bunker at RAF Hompton in the 80's where they had leaflets on how to survive a nuclear blast. Apparently if you were given the 3 minute warning you had to pile all your household internal doors against a wall and tape polythene over them then hide behind them.

Where's that ****ing screwdriver????
 
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Des Head said:
Yeah, but there's a good chance he'll find his way back...
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Whereas some on here couldn't find their way to the next street with a compass and a satnav.

And, if you are going to be stranded anywhere where better than Norfolk with the lovely city of Norwich on your doorstep?
 
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BlackAndAmberGambler said:
Not old enough to remember that but I did some work down in the nuclear bunker at RAF Hompton in the 80's where they had leaflets on how to survive a nuclear blast. Apparently if you were given the 3 minute warning you had to pile all your household internal doors against a wall and tape polythene over them then hide behind them.

Where's that ****ing screwdriver????
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open as a museum now, well worth visit.
 
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DMD said:
I took the batteries out of my carbon monoxide alarm as its loud beeping was giving me a headache and making me feel dizzy and sick.
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British Gas. Total **** up.
RIP DMD.
Sorry, wrong thread.

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Can be devastating... the mountain air that is :emoticon-0100-smile:emoticon-0105-wink::emoticon-0105-wink:

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