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  1. I'm sure there's a fortune to be made in the invisible ink business.

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    2. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      I'm reading something else between those lines.

    3. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Have you seen the invisible man?

    4. Captain Kernow
  2. I don't think I would believe what I'm hearing. (Correction - I don't think I wouldn't believe what I'm hearing.)

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    2. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

      Trump's hobbies are golf and lying.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      The Lying King?

    4. Hroth

      Hroth

      The Man who Cried Wolf!

  3. My invisible ink is obviously so good, I have to think of marketing it!

  4. I've just had Windows 10 inflicted on my laptop.

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    2. AndrewC

      AndrewC

      Kill it. Kill it with fire. Still better than Windoze 8

    3. Tim Dubya

      Tim Dubya

      burn it, without mercy

    4. Tim Dubya

      Tim Dubya

      KCL - would restoring the original settings for a backup work once reverted back to 7/8?

  5. Good to see invisible ink is still being manufactured in 2019.

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    2. SHMD
    3. Mallard60022
    4. sharris

      sharris

      I wish the LMS had lined its coaches using invisible ink.

  6. Anyone else having problems with Ebay? I can't access 'My Ebay' on the two computers I've tried.

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    2. DonB

      DonB

      Haven't accessed Ebay for about 6 years... and now appear to be barred due to being suspected of Money Laundering. I wish!!!

    3. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Well I did leave a fiver in a pocket once....

    4. Tim Dubya

      Tim Dubya

      unfortunately I can still access my eBay account...

  7. 4-0 after 25 minutes!!!

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      6-nil now.

    3. Ive595

      Ive595

      A lesson in attacking football, from the Germans.

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Correction: 7-nil.

  8. What the $^@# have they done to Flickr?

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    2. CovDriver

      CovDriver

      It's better on the pc but on my windows phone its Bl**dy awful

    3. HeeleyBridge

      HeeleyBridge

      New and improved ...

    4. Market65

      Market65

      Giant photo's!

  9. Don't you just love it when you stand back to survey several hours' work from a distance ... then realise your spirit level is obviously completely screwed!

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    2. ozzyo

      ozzyo

      You can buy new bubbles, what size do you want?

    3. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      metric or imperial bubbles?

    4. RichardEyre

      RichardEyre

      Did you check your legs are both the same length?

  10. Coyotes barking and howling in the woods behind the house.

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      I'd complain to the ACME Corporation

    3. rembrow

      rembrow

      Better than having Roadrunners tearing up your drive -'beep beep'

    4. gridwatcher

      gridwatcher

      Must be Larkhall?

  11. Do you ever have second thoughts and hope someone outbids you on the well-known auction site?

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    2. muddys-blues

      muddys-blues

      Just retract the bid ... I know it's not in the spirit of things, but when is ebay ever in the spirit of things anyway ?

    3. mcrook62

      mcrook62

      do the same

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Not just second thoughts, but third and fourth thoughts as well!

  12. Pleased I still can tie a Windsor knot - I only wear a tie for weddings and funerals these days. (It's a wedding today.)

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      I just go for the kilt and Jacobean shirt these days.

      Damn sight easier!

    3. DavidLong

      DavidLong

      Same here. I hate ties. Useless piece of kit, aren't they?

    4. DonB

      DonB

      Try a Cravat!

  13. The 'muzak' in the supermarket tonight wasThe Animals' "House of the Rising Sun"!!!???

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    2. Judge Dread

      Judge Dread

      The Animals changed the gender of that "traditional" song. Not alot of people know that!

       

    3. PaternosterRow

      PaternosterRow

      Ah, classic. Makes those places just about bearable.

    4. davefrk

      davefrk

      What! you mean those houses of ill repute?

  14. Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher - you have GOT to be joking!

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    2. Adams442T

      Adams442T

      It's all right they've got an 11" box for him to stand on.....

       

    3. Revolution Mike

      Revolution Mike

      they use people shrinking technology like LOTR/Hobbit to make everyone else appear smaller ;-)

    4. Jim49

      Jim49

      Adams442T - If that's the case, he will probably need a stand-in because he's working at heights.

  15. Oh dear - my NatWest account has been temporarily limited! I thought I'd closed that 30 years ago when I emigrated to Canada!

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    2. MarkC

      MarkC

      I'm very disappointed not to have received this email - I feel a bit left out... ;)

    3. LH&JC

      LH&JC

      I got two of those emails, I'm Mr. Popular!

    4. MartinWales

      MartinWales

      Not you as well??

  16. Just driven through a genuine smirr (the radio weatherman was calling it 'suspended water droplets'). Unusual here - it usually comes down by the bucket.

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    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Probably so, Dave :-) . Wonder if I might win a platinum award with a recording of it?

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      If it happens three times in succession, would the last one be called The Third Dreich?

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      You won't be finding that one in any Christmas cracker....

  17. Ban on all outside fires in the province of BC just been issued.

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      There goes the barbecue....

    3. trisonic

      trisonic

      Do you need fires in that heat?

    4. pH

      pH

      Perhaps not, but we're getting plenty of them anyway.

  18. This afternoon, my wife and I 'topped' the cypress hedge between us and the neighbours - cut it back to about 12 feet high. Neighbour has just come round with a bottle of wine - a nice gesture, we thought.

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    2. DougN

      DougN

      Sounds like not a good time to do any complex modelling...

    3. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Our neighbours just brought round some genuine Indian tiny sweet bananas and proper Indian tea - do you think they're trying to tell us something?

    4. Crisis Rail
  19. I see there's been a big sale on invisible ink!

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    2. 69843

      69843

       

       

       

       

    3. 69843

      69843

      Whoops, spelling error. Should be ' ' instead of ' '

    4. devondynosoar118

      devondynosoar118

      My pay check is written in it every month...

  20. I could do without many of the things that I eat, but I would find it REALLY hard to give up good cheese.

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Blesséd are the cheesemakers.

    3. Captain Kernow
    4. nigelb

      nigelb

      you would be cheesed off if you had to

       

  21. Two bear cubs climbing on the trellis in the backyard, eating the grapes - where's the camera? ... WHERE IS THE CAMERA?? Too late - they've gone!

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    2. Jim49

      Jim49

      Might be Essex, just hope the lion doesn't get them.

    3. iak

      iak

      Sounds like...

      No do NOT say that!

    4. 3 link

      3 link

      Oi, there's nothing the matter with Bognor Regis : )

  22. Are winklepickers making a comeback in the UK? I've just seen two guys wearing them on platform 8 at Glasgow Queen Street.

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Pete, what kind of trains are in the platform? I’m just making sure your flight over didn’t go through a rip in time and take you to 1961 instead...

    3. steve22

      steve22

      I knew trains could be a bit late but...

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Not a Virgin Trains service, was it? #punctuality

  23. Seeing Berlin for the first time in over 46 years. Things have changed!

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    2. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Of course, this does assume that he wouldn't expect somebody else to pay for it.

       

      Either that, or : "It's all fake news, folks ... ."

    3. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

      I was there last week for the first time in 24 years, major changes even in that period. Berlin Hauptbahnhof is an amazing station!

    4. gwrrob

      gwrrob

      Did it take your breath away.

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