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Tootlepootle Jun 14th 2017 5:54 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by bats (Post 12272760)
A first for me. I've been banned from a Facebook group � ����� ����� ����

How did you manage that?!

becks_r Jun 14th 2017 8:59 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Siouxie (Post 12272686)
What about the Army and Navy store in Bromley?

I worked there one Christmas.. many, many years ago.

:p

Went there loads of times, and the one in Chichester - so much better than Sears!!

becks_r Jun 14th 2017 9:00 am

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Originally Posted by bats (Post 12273092)
Banned for arguing. Though I called it a discussion. Can you imagine little old me arguing?

When I see all the things that Facebook allow to be posted, I am really surprised anyone could get banned. Especially for just arguing. So well done you!! ;)

BristolUK Jun 14th 2017 10:41 am

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Anyone feeling a bit warm?

Watch this. If it doesn't make you shiver, you've got no soul. :lol:


BristolUK Jun 14th 2017 1:32 pm

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Originally Posted by bats (Post 12272760)
A first for me. I've been banned from a Facebook group � ����� ����� ����

What's next on your list?

http://cdn.pinknews.co.uk/images/2016/12/tweet1.jpg

bats Jun 15th 2017 2:26 am

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Originally Posted by becks_r (Post 12273298)
When I see all the things that Facebook allow to be posted, I am really surprised anyone could get banned. Especially for just arguing. So well done you!! ;)

I'm not banned from all of Facebook, just one of the groups. The admin objected to me saying that using a 1930s Third Reich reference for racial characteristics was flawed.

mrken30 Jun 15th 2017 5:51 am

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I different type of SWAT vehicle
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVUqteFFD9G/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVUqteFFD9G/

Oakvillian Jun 16th 2017 1:39 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by bats (Post 12273807)
I'm not banned from all of Facebook, just one of the groups. The admin objected to me saying that using a 1930s Third Reich reference for racial characteristics was flawed.

If that's the attitude of the admin, it sounds rather like a group you're better off out of! Except, of course, that by removing dissenting voices it becomes yet another echo chamber for unpleasant views :(

becks_r Jun 16th 2017 2:15 am

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Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 12274372)
If that's the attitude of the admin, it sounds rather like a group you're better off out of! Except, of course, that by removing dissenting voices it becomes yet another echo chamber for unpleasant views :(

Well, that means we should all join that group and see how long it takes for us all to be banned! Oh wait, that means I need to get a Facebook account.... never mind!

Stinkypup Jun 16th 2017 4:30 am

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Originally Posted by becks_r (Post 12274404)
Well, that means we should all join that group and see how long it takes for us all to be banned! Oh wait, that means I need to get a Facebook account.... never mind!

Apparently it was a Conflict avoidance Facebook group :unsure:

bats Jun 16th 2017 5:18 am

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Originally Posted by Stinkypup (Post 12274497)
Apparently it was a Conflict avoidance Facebook group :unsure:


They did say arguments were verboten

Stinkypup Jun 16th 2017 1:42 pm

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Originally Posted by bats (Post 12274539)
They did say arguments were verboten

So you were warned! :lol:

Clearly Kim Jong doesn't need to fling out missiles ...


Seven US Navy crew missing after collision off Japan - BBC News :(

Stinkypup Jun 16th 2017 2:12 pm

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This made me chuckle- a rather feisty and furry RCMP recruit

Bear helps RCMP by apparently treeing suspect near Fort St. John, B.C. - British Columbia - CBC News

caretaker Jun 17th 2017 6:47 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by bats (Post 12274539)
They did say arguments were verboten

Their use of German should have been your first clue. :lol:

bats Jun 17th 2017 7:43 am

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Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 12275113)
Their use of German should have been your first clue. :lol:

It was a German genealogy group, though mostly full of 'mercans.

Stinkypup Jun 17th 2017 7:45 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by bats (Post 12275132)
It was a German genealogy group, though mostly full of 'mercans.

Given the topic of the group how did you get into a big bust-up :confused:

caretaker Jun 17th 2017 11:25 am

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I have Prussians in the family, that's the worst kind... little wind-up Germans.

bats Jun 17th 2017 2:23 pm

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Originally Posted by Stinkypup (Post 12275133)
Given the topic of the group how did you get into a big bust-up :confused:


Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 12275215)
I have Prussians in the family, that's the worst kind... little wind-up Germans.

My MIL was from East Prussia.

dave_j Jun 17th 2017 4:14 pm

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Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 12275215)
... little wind-up Germans.

Clockwork?

BristolUK Jun 17th 2017 11:59 pm

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caretaker Jun 18th 2017 12:25 am

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My guys farmed near Gdansk, moved to Russia in the 1830's, then Canada a couple of hundred years later when the reds ran them off.
Edit to admit that it may have been somewhat less than 200 years...

Souvy Jun 18th 2017 1:12 am

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Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 12275493)
My guys farmed near Gdansk, moved to Russia in the 1830's, then Canada a couple of hundred years later when the reds ran them off.

Some dodgy maths going on there:confused:

caretaker Jun 18th 2017 2:21 am

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Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 12275517)
Some dodgy maths going on there:confused:

Was never my strong suit. :lol:
Those generalisations about Prussians are over-rated too, they are a lot more fun than they look like in pictures.

becks_r Jun 19th 2017 3:44 am

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So on a slightly related subject, the last time I came back from UK, I brought some of my Dad's books back. He was very into military history, so lots of books about World War II. Anyway, when I got back home, I stacked the books up on the floor in front of the bookcases. Soon after our property manager comes round with some German friends who were thinking of buying the house we rent. It was only after they had left that I noticed that all the books on the top of the piles were about the Third Reich and had great big red swastikas on the covers. They haven't been back....

Stinkypup Jun 19th 2017 5:51 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by becks_r (Post 12276281)
So on a slightly related subject, the last time I came back from UK, I brought some of my Dad's books back. He was very into military history, so lots of books about World War II. Anyway, when I got back home, I stacked the books up on the floor in front of the bookcases. Soon after our property manager comes round with some German friends who were thinking of buying the house we rent. It was only after they had left that I noticed that all the books on the top of the piles were about the Third Reich and had great big red swastikas on the covers. They haven't been back....

Maybe they are too busy joining bats old facebook group :lol:

scrubbedexpat091 Jun 19th 2017 8:35 am

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When buying multiple things on Amazon, always seems to be the 1 item that isn't available from the BC centers and has to come from Ontario.... Never seems to fail...:lol:

BristolUK Jun 19th 2017 10:18 am

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Okay, own up...who left the light on in the fridge?

mrken30 Jun 19th 2017 11:29 am

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Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12276514)
Okay, own up...who left the light on in the fridge?

the same person that left the light on in the dryer and the microwave.

BristolUK Jun 20th 2017 12:22 am

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Originally Posted by mrken30 (Post 12276556)
the same person that left the light on in the dryer and the microwave.

There's a light in the dryer? Who makes that dryer, Dyson? :lol:

bats Jun 20th 2017 8:16 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by BrisfctolUK (Post 12276888)
There's a light in the dryer? Who makes that dryer, Dyson? :lol:

GE put the light in our dryer. Samsung the one in the freezer.

mrken30 Jun 20th 2017 10:56 am

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Originally Posted by bats (Post 12277190)
GE put the light in our dryer. Samsung the one in the freezer.

Our Kenmore freezer also has a light. My old Creda dryer had a light, my current Samsung has a light. It happens to be the same bulb as the microwave.

scrubbedexpat091 Jun 20th 2017 12:19 pm

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My mom (Palm Springs) and sister (Phoenix) are getting quite the heatwave.

Phoenix currently 48C

Palm Springs temp 47C

American Airlines has a hub in Phoenix and had to cancel flights this week, mostly with Bombardier Regional jets due to the heat.

Death Valley is 50C currently.

caretaker Jun 20th 2017 12:37 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12277298)
My mom (Palm Springs) and sister (Phoenix) are getting quite the heatwave.

Phoenix currently 48C

Palm Springs temp 47C

American Airlines has a hub in Phoenix and had to cancel flights this week, mostly with Bombardier Regional jets due to the heat.

Death Valley is 50C currently.

That's brutal.

scrubbedexpat091 Jun 21st 2017 10:02 am

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I feel like an episode of Seinfeld. Pizza place won't deliver to our address, but use the address across the street and they will deliver...:lol:


BristolUK Jun 21st 2017 10:35 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12277933)
...Pizza place won't deliver to our address, but use the address across the street and they will...

http://www.haddenham.net/med/house-swap-04-M56756.jpg

Siouxie Jun 21st 2017 10:37 am

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It's probably the address is blacklisted for some reason. You could try giving them a call and asking if they can arrange a delivery, perhaps?

:)

scrubbedexpat091 Jun 21st 2017 12:04 pm

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Car accident on the main road turned our back alley into a major road for a while. Bumper to bumper traffic in the alley for half an hour.

The picture is from twitter, not mine. .

mrken30 Jun 21st 2017 12:06 pm

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Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12277984)
Car accident on the main road turned our back alley into a major road for a while. Bumper to bumper traffic in the alley for half an hour.

The picture is from twitter, not mine. .

Another reason to live in a cul-de-sac.

caretaker Jun 22nd 2017 11:47 pm

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Swinging, bless his heart..
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becks_r Jun 23rd 2017 3:35 am

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Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 12278994)

that so reminds me of this, Alan Sugar was so unimpressed!!!!



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