What made you smile today? Part III
Feb 16th 2018, 3:47 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by chawkins99
We had Vonage for several years which cost $30/month with unlimited calls to UK landlines. I dumped them when I calculated (for the amount we used it) it was cheaper to pay for AT&T's international plan.
When I moved to my current job where they provided me a cell phone, we dropped AT&T and put my wife on Straight Talk for $45/mo unlimited everything. We buy an add-on international card for $10 which equates to 1000 minutes to UK which usually lasts us several months.
I call my mother every couple of weeks with occasional calls to others in UK.
Keep in touch mostly on Farsebook.
When I moved to my current job where they provided me a cell phone, we dropped AT&T and put my wife on Straight Talk for $45/mo unlimited everything. We buy an add-on international card for $10 which equates to 1000 minutes to UK which usually lasts us several months.
I call my mother every couple of weeks with occasional calls to others in UK.
Keep in touch mostly on Farsebook.
Oh well.
Feb 16th 2018, 3:54 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
This made me smile: from a Graun piece on gender pay inequality in the airline industry...
"EasyJet has set itself a target that a fifth of all new pilots recruited should be female by 2020".
Who's going to pay for the gender reassignments?
"EasyJet has set itself a target that a fifth of all new pilots recruited should be female by 2020".
Who's going to pay for the gender reassignments?
Feb 17th 2018, 8:22 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Henry Bolton has been ousted as Ukip leader after party members backed a motion of no confidence in him.....
...Speculation is now mounting over whether Farage will return to the fray. Suzanne Evans, a senior Ukip figure, told the Press Association that it was crunch time for the party and that Farage should return to lead it.
“He really needs to step up to the plate now – he helped create this mess that we are in, he needs to help us get out of it,” she said
...Speculation is now mounting over whether Farage will return to the fray. Suzanne Evans, a senior Ukip figure, told the Press Association that it was crunch time for the party and that Farage should return to lead it.
“He really needs to step up to the plate now – he helped create this mess that we are in, he needs to help us get out of it,” she said
"This mess that we are in"!
Spoiler:
Feb 17th 2018, 8:37 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Red Eric
Feb 18th 2018, 5:59 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
[QUOTE=Red Eric;12444501]https://www.theguardian.com/politics...r-henry-bolton
"This mess that we are in"!
Now, now R.E. - No kicking your oppenents when they've shot themslves in both feet....
"This mess that we are in"!
Now, now R.E. - No kicking your oppenents when they've shot themslves in both feet....
Feb 18th 2018, 11:40 pm
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Re: What made you smile today
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
I had a Penguin (the biscuit type) last week, my husband bought them for me because I miss TimTams. Penguins are not a substitute for TimTams. Penguins are rubbish. TimTams are angel food.
I am quite fond of those thin after dinner mints though.
I am quite fond of those thin after dinner mints though.
, Penguins are the real deal 
Feb 19th 2018, 4:27 am
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Re: What made you smile today
Originally Posted by Nutek
p p p pick up a penguin.
Just baking a tin of gingerbread, smells heavenly. Not really the right weather for gingerbread (hot and humid) but I need cheering up. Cake makes me smile.
Feb 19th 2018, 1:38 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
This idea & the reaction from the Dog in the Video
https://www.mnn.com/family/pets/stor...gy-daycare-bus
https://www.mnn.com/family/pets/stor...gy-daycare-bus
Feb 22nd 2018, 2:35 am
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Article in Daily Mail about a woman who spent her life shoplifting. In the comments section someone suggested that she have the word THEIF tattooed on her forehead! Someone else commented - All we need is a tattoo artist that can’t spell! Ha ha. You can’t beat The Mail for a laugh.
Feb 22nd 2018, 8:05 am
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Immigrants have been 'moving and mixing' across Europe since ancient times, groundbreaking DNA research reveals | The Independent
At my Council School we used a history text book (one copy each then) called ‘Our Island Nation’. It dictated that ancient Britons occupied and defended their island for many thousands of years, before the Roman invasion. On the fly-cover was a drawing of a group of half-naked men in animal skins sitting round a huge fire roasting something (though being pre-60’s no half-naked women were depicted, or even vaguely hinted at).
This was the default position, clearly a later influence on 52% of the current population. Like others I never had the ‘benefits’ of private education much less university, but this article adds more support to my view that half of accepted history must be wrong, with the remainder being re-written to suit circumstances and for subsequent social control.
Long live a Revolution...?
At my Council School we used a history text book (one copy each then) called ‘Our Island Nation’. It dictated that ancient Britons occupied and defended their island for many thousands of years, before the Roman invasion. On the fly-cover was a drawing of a group of half-naked men in animal skins sitting round a huge fire roasting something (though being pre-60’s no half-naked women were depicted, or even vaguely hinted at).
This was the default position, clearly a later influence on 52% of the current population. Like others I never had the ‘benefits’ of private education much less university, but this article adds more support to my view that half of accepted history must be wrong, with the remainder being re-written to suit circumstances and for subsequent social control.
Long live a Revolution...?
Feb 23rd 2018, 7:57 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Feb 24th 2018, 2:34 am
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Lovely creatures. Some other good pics too.
England's Big Picture: 19 February - 25 February - BBC News
Feb 24th 2018, 7:18 am
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...veengland1.jpg
Lovely creatures. Some other good pics too.
England's Big Picture: 19 February - 25 February - BBC News
Lovely creatures. Some other good pics too.
England's Big Picture: 19 February - 25 February - BBC News
