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Are you bigger than you’d like?
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Would you like to shed a few pounds or stones, or possibly should do for health reasons? Do you tip the scales at far too much and feel ashamed? I could do with losing a couple of pounds but Ive never suffered with being really overweight as I’m very active. Can’t bear being lazy or lazy people.
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Starmers UK/EU Brexit reset deal.
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Can't wait to see the full details. I wonder who will be getting the better deal here with him in the chair. Good start...But Sir Keir sparked a furious backlash from the fishing industry and Brexiteers by striking a deal for EU fisherman to access British waters for 12 years, far longer t...
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Veterans to be prosecuted
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Sir Keir Starmer has been warned his Labour Government will face a “rude awakening” if it pushes ahead with plans to axe protections for Troubles veterans.Labour has repeatedly pledged to amend the Legacy Act, a piece of legislation introduced by the Tories to bring to an end vexatious prosecutio...
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The staggering cost of Britain's asylum problem revealed
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Asylum accommodation - including hotels - will cost the taxpayer £15billion over 10 years, spending watchdogs have revealed.The overall bill is more than triple the Home Office's original estimate, data from the National Audit Office (NAO) showed.Contracts were originally forecast to cost £...
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Got any holidays in the offing?
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I haven't.
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V.E.Day
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To remember the end of the war. To all those who fought for this country. For all those killed in action. Thank you all.
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Life changing events.
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We now live in a cashless society.
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It was predicted years ago, but it sounded so far-fetched. Well, the reality is we are now well on the way to be living in a cashless society, and who exactly decided this should be so? Many countries don't allow businesses to refuse cash...we do, and it obviously doesn't suit everyone, the old in parti...
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Stockpiling
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Are you? To beat coming price rises due to tariffs? To make sure you can carry on as near normal as possible? Dried milk powder? Tinned fish? The good old toilet rolls? (Get ready to be ridiculed) Canned goods in general? Bread mixes are good as it is hard to store flour for long. Cake mixes are good when th...
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Thursday nights?
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I mentioned this years ago on dogs... why are Thursday nights the quietest night on forums? Is there something really good on the telly or half price alcohol everywhere? I never got an answer... what goes on? -- Edited by jackb on Thursday 17th of April 2025 10:36:38 PM
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Happy Easter guys
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Whether or not you celebrate it or do anything special, happy Easter to all, be you in Manchester, Scotland, Spain or Texas, or wherever else you are.
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Happy St George's Day!
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Let's enjoy England's special day. 🇫🇴 We are out tonight to celebrate it. Not much on the news like it is for Ireland or Wales.
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Adolescence
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Anyone seen this brilliant series on.Netflix. About a 13 yr old named Jamie Miller accused of murdering a class mate. I don't want to say any more, and give this outstanding story away. The acting by all the cast was outstanding! The acting by 15 yr old Owen Cooper, playing the part of Jamie. He so real...
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Amazing women
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She was left alone in the Arctic ice for 2 years—with only a cat for company. This is how Ada Blackjack survived.In 1921, Ada Blackjack, a young Inuit mother desperate to provide for her ailing son, joined an Arctic expedition as a seamstress. She wasn’t an explorer, nor a hunter—just a woman trying to...
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Do you let other peoples casual ignorance bother you?
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For eg, if you hold open the door for a stranger and they flounce through as if you are invisible, does it bother you? I used to just think 'ignorant get' but stay quiet, now I politely say 'You are welcome', in the hope they get the message for next time.
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Putin
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Moment ‘Putin’s car fleet’ is blown up in huge blast as paranoid troops search for bombs ONE of Vladimir Putin's limousines exploded and caught fire in Moscow Don't go near any windows Vlad...
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Forget What Gender Activists Tell You.
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I write all this as a 47-year-old transgender man who transitioned five years ago. I’m also a parent to three teenagers. Though I admire the good intentions of parents who seek to support their children, I have serious concerns about reckless acquiescence to a child’s Internet-mediated self-diag...
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Stupid women
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A woman in France was scammed out of €830,000 after being led to believe she was in a relationship with Brad Pitt. These are the photos she received—allegedly from Pitt—that convinced her.
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Lovely to be back!
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Hi all, lovely to be back!! Thanks Vam for the kind words too. I really do look forward to debating with you all! Xxxxx
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Climate Change yes or no?
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Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. John Clauser has testified that the man-made climate change narrative is a “hoax” perpetrated by the elite “to depopulate the planet.” Dr. John Clauser, the co-winner of the 2022 Nobel Physics prize and one the world’s leading authorities on quantum mechanic...
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Are we neare WW3 than any other time in recent history?
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Is this worrying you, you Trump/Musk/Putin/ Zelenskyy/Europe situation? It's sort of like a good/evil situation now...support the moral argument or allow the aggressor to get his way for peace...but for how long. -- Edited by Syl on Monday 24th of February 2025 01:23:28 PM
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How lucky was I
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I was expecting a call from a doctor/Consultant today. Never came. I rang and the guy couldn't apologise.enough because it hadn't been booked. It was booked in November for today. I said oh nemind, I've got to see him in June so I will have to wait. He came back with got a cancellation, how about this...
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Happy Mother's Day
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Have a lovely day all you great mums. Bless every mum in spirit, and If you have mum's still here, give them an extra hug x
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Scientists say they've discovered 'vast city' UNDERNEATH Egypt's Giza pyramids.
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A 'groundbreaking' discovery beneath the Egyptian pyramids has taken the world by storm.Researchers from Italy and Scotland claim to have uncovered 'a vast underground city' which stretches more than 6,500 feet directly underneath the Pyramids of Giza, making them 10 times larger than t...
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Another tourist boat disaster in the Red sea.
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How safe is it to go on boat excursions whilst abroad? Most people dont give it a second thought, I go on loads, and the worst thing I have encountered is huge waves washing people off their seats in the boats. Luckily, no one was really hurt. Last yea a tourist boat capsized in the Red Sea, four dead and sev...
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World's first pig to human liver transplant is carried out
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I just don't know. Seems very wrong somehow. Nature has put species reproductive isolation in place for a reason and I should think this extends to body part transplants too. But we just have to play God don't we? A pig's liver has been transplanted into a human recipient for the first time in a ‘...
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How about some none chart music!
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[video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmIrEr6MsxU&l...
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Fashion disasters.
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We all have them. My latest one...I have bought a beautiful full length white lace skirt, absolutely lovely, it fits like a glove, I have numerous tops and sandals to go with it....problem, where will I wear it? I have a full wardrobe of holiday clothes, unfortunately, none of them look right in Manche...
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What scientific discovery...
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What scientific discovery has changed the world the most? I've given it some thought and I'm unable to put my finger on any single one. There have been so many over the last three hundred years or so... any thoughts?
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Mahmoud Khalil
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… has reportedly been arrested by ICE, who are presumably invoking the Patriot Act as grounds for his arrest. He’s of Palestinian origin, a grad student at Columbia University and a Green Card holder, married to an 8-months pregnant US citizen. He’s also one of the most prominent, vocal and disrupti...
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Eurasia.
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'WARNING to EUROPE' Jeffery Sachs Delivers SHOCKING News to EU about US Foreign Policy
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Would it annoy you if...New question...
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A neighbour, who you didn't particularly like, put a big black bin bag in your bin without asking first? -- Edited by Syl on Thursday 20th of February 2025 12:51:25 PM
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Have you ever suffered from Ageism?
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None of us are young, though 'being older' is all relative....but have you personally ever suffered from ageism?
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Welcome Barksdale.
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I don't think we have 'met' before...welcome to CM.
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Did you remember?
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