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I'm surprised that no one has mentioned this but the voting age is to be reduced to 16 by the next general election. I was never interested in politics, not through apathy or ignorance but more that at an early age came to the conclusion that no matter which party is in power they are not going to give the working class anything. Whether you sink or swim is up to yourself. That changed when New Labour took control as they starting taking things away. Following years of incompetence by the Conservatives that party are calling the shots again. Jeremy Clarkson summed it up as 6th former pol
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Looks like an airbrushed Shane McGowan... go on Jack P.S. None of them dogs were F1 hybrids other than the Beddy/whippet IMO
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A typical fascinating 1 was on the lost practice of threshing corn. Jack started with, these days it is often said that civilisation is on the threshold of destruction, then went on to explain where the term threshold came from. This was the 1980's and that was what we were being told by the media. If nuclear armageddon (the Cold War) didn't end us then drug addiction would (heroin) , but no matter what, having sex would kill us (AIDS). We just ignored it and cracked on.
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Often I think he was just repeating stuff that he had been told growing up and perhaps had not much practical knowledge of? But, give me that over Country File any day! I also used to love watching him on How, tea time on ITV.
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Just yesterday I was reading about the 2nd Opium War between us and China. It kicked off when the Chinese boarded a British ship called the Lorcha. I immediately thought it must have been owned by a Geordie but reading further the vessel was called the Arrow and a lorcha is term given to a hybrid trading vessel incorporating aspects of both European and Chinese design.
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I've been recording Out of Town. With fresh eyes 40+ years on was maybe remembering it through rose coloured glasses, still enjoyable though. The Holy Grail was on last week, Coney Dogs. Jack informed us that most dogs that are referred to as lurchers these days (1980's) are nothing more than mongrels. A true lurcher can only be a F1 hybrid between a greyhound and another breed that has nose and brains, because the pure greyhound lacks both There was then footage, brilliant footage, of the dogs of Len "Ginger" French, all F1 hybrids. 1 by 1 the various true lurchers were called out into a pa
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Live Aid on BBC2 now.
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Never pretend that you are as thick as the the thick lads, be proud of not being stupid.
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My mistake, easier to spot a typo than a big f***ing feline.
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I have just went back to the start of this Thread. Keepdiggin asked the question on 25/07/2025. So has any f****r caught one or at least have a picture of one? FFS!
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Not scratch built but not too much of a cheat for mid-week. M&S dry cured smoked lardons, M&S arrabbiata sauce with a fresh Bird's eye chilli and clove of garlic added, penne pasta and finished with grated Parmigiano. Tastes better than it looks.
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I often feel conflicted when seeing "down and outs", particularly when enjoying a pleasant evening in a city centre. Stopping to speak or giving money can result in criticism that you're a mug and it's all a scam or that they will only use the money to buy drugs. My reply is often that it's below zero, pissing down and this person is curled up in a shop doorway and whatever the reason for their current predicament their life obviously isn't going too well. Also the old adage there but for the grace of God go I I have a family member and a friend at the moment who don't have a pot to piss
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In 2016 Newcastle fans joined in with YNWA at Anfield out of respect to the Hillsborough victims. A few seasons ago they joined in at St. James' Park following the death of Atsu. Our 1st home game is against Liverpool and fans are being urged to do the same. This time it may be a little contrived as fans are being asked to do it, but I have no doubt it would have happened anyway. This from the most disrespected and often despised section of society in modern Britain, disrespected and despised by modern politicians and MSM for many years. That part of society being white working class men. Just
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Stealers Wheel will be dancing a jig, or maybe not. They're probably stuck in the middle.
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Some great posts recently jukel123, really enjoyed reading them. Thank you. P.S. love the Rainy Night in Soho reference.
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I wrote on this post about my parents being in a care home. Dad was having too many falls and 6 month ago we found out that he qualified for additional personal care due to his frailness and vulnerability. This has been re-assessed. The hours of personal care attendance has been reduced due to the fact that he has not had a serious fall in the last 6 months. Pure genius.
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This is how it shows on a laptop or Chrome book, different on a phone.
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Oddly enough I was talking to the lad who owned her at a funeral recently after not seeing him for many years. The bitch was a rescue, as people would say today, if memory serves he was doing some work at a cat and dog shelter and she came in. Didn't get claimed and so he took a punt. About 6 - 8 months old. Turned out to be a very good punt. He was pleased that I kept some pictures of her. Anyway, something I had not known, he took her along to a show when she was an old dog and a lad approached him and said that she had been his dog. She had a very distinctive look. No nastiness, his ki
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Loved Hawick. Learned an important lesson on this farm. The sheep would sit tight out of the wind and jump up and run infront of the dogs. Learned that there is a difference between broken to sheep and bombproof. The terrier and lurcher in the pictures were 100%, another 1 was not. Another lesson learned, keep your hard earned permission to yourself!
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Rabbits, terriers, and whippets bounce, big stupid stupid clever lurchers get themselves killed.
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A few places, but most notably a particular place in Hawick, Scottish border, rabbits bolted by ferrets would use the sheep tracks but when under pressure would just drop down the hills. Shit or bust. My lurcher owning friends did not like it, my terriers loved it. All of a sudden they were travelling at 30/40 MPH and keeping up with a rabbit.
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Form and function over closed gene pool and breed "standards".
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It could be worse, it could be snowing. Imagine shovelling snow in this heat?
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Imagine how massive that would be, a Newcastle player with both Geordie and Saudi heritage? No matter what, already such an achievement for the lad to be part of the PSG machine.
