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14th January 2021, 00:00

OwlHoot replied to a thread Nigel Farage warns Democrats: If you 'martyr' Donald Trump what follows 'could be ver in General

Alexei, when it comes to politics, to say you lack subtlety is the understatement of the year :laugh

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13th January 2021, 13:25

OwlHoot replied to a thread Bit harsh on Iraq! in General

How does that old saying go? "From Hell, Iraq, and Halifax, good Lord deliver us!" :laugh

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12th January 2021, 14:15

OwlHoot replied to a thread Trump declares himself Emperor - his supporters storm the Capitol! in General

If it can be proved he was aware of the Capitol trespassing while it was in progress then maybe he could be charged with Misprision of Treason

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11th January 2021, 14:39

OwlHoot started a thread Third time (at least) UK Government trying to introduce bee-killing pesticides in General

I've just signed the THIRD petition that calls for a continuation of the ban on bee-killing pesticides. The first two caused the plans to be shelved....

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11th January 2021, 14:22

OwlHoot replied to a thread Trump declares himself Emperor - his supporters storm the Capitol! in General

Has it been established that Trump actively encouraged the hotheads to invade the Capitol? My impression was he merely approved of the demo outside...

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11th January 2021, 13:14

OwlHoot replied to a thread Monday Links from the Lockdown vol. DLXXVI in General

I think in times to come, when on present trends there will be essentially no worthwhile work requiring humans, there will be a level of censorious...

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11th January 2021, 13:03

OwlHoot replied to a thread Trump declares himself Emperor - his supporters storm the Capitol! in General

In that hypothetical situation, if Trump did so then (depending on the specific circumstances) it would be equally stupid and in the long run...

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11th January 2021, 12:24

OwlHoot replied to a thread Trump declares himself Emperor - his supporters storm the Capitol! in General

I must say, I think the Democrats would be very stupid to pursue these cases too rigorously and vindictively once Trumpy has gone and the dust has...

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11th January 2021, 12:16

OwlHoot replied to a thread Boom ... but very early days in General

Maybe a bit early to mention it, but what if you meet someone else at some point, and you're cooped up in a one bedroom flat?

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10th January 2021, 14:08

OwlHoot replied to a thread Simon Dolan's Twatter feed in General

Haven't tried it, but apparently if you press ESC while a paid Torygraph page is loading it lets you read the whole page! :smile

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9th January 2021, 11:52

OwlHoot replied to a thread Boeing 737-500 missing in General

That link pops up a subscription offer of either $1.99 per month or $290 per year. I wonder which works out cheaper over a year. :laugh

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6th January 2021, 20:30

OwlHoot replied to a thread Trump declares himself Emperor - his supporters storm the Capitol! in General

I wonder how quickly the Senate can push through articles of impeachment of Trumpy and arrest him on a charge of sedition, or even treason!

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5th January 2021, 13:57

OwlHoot replied to a thread Any thoughts on doing something for chariddy? in General

If I drank a litre of diet coke I reckon I could do maybe 10 loud burpees, but God only knows how anyone can do 1000 a day! :eek

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5th January 2021, 12:52

OwlHoot replied to a thread DOOM: The Guardian in General

Not to worry AtW, you can always start reading the Mail Online, or (pause for effect ...) Zero Hedge! :laugh

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4th January 2021, 13:21

OwlHoot replied to a thread At what point do you stop being a player and become a spectator? in General

The usual suspects having a punch up bitch slapping contest in this thread? :D

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2nd January 2021, 09:54

OwlHoot started a thread Room temperature superconductivity at normal atmospheric pressure? in General

An interesting ArXiv paper has just been published that claims to have achieved room-temperature superconductivity at normal atmospheric pressure,...

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2nd January 2021, 07:56

OwlHoot replied to a thread U Turn If You Want To... in General

The Sun isn't exactly flavour of the month in Liverpool either

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2nd January 2021, 07:54

OwlHoot replied to a thread DOOM: Covid-19: New variant 'raises R number by up to 0.7' in General

Maybe all the Christmas booze and turkey has dulled my wits, but it doesn't seem at all clear what the first comment there (by someone called...

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29th December 2020, 19:41

OwlHoot replied to a thread So it begins in General

That's fine as long as smokers and fatties don't have to pay PAYE (which is supposedly for the NHS).

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27th December 2020, 13:58

OwlHoot replied to a thread House Price Crash in General

This claimed constant yearly GDP growth (besides the Covid hiccup) as a measure of propsperity is a bunch of carp, and there's an easy way to prove...

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27th December 2020, 13:46

OwlHoot replied to a thread 'My neighbour's tree drops berries on my car. Can I cut it back?' in General

Tried that once with a neighbour's giant copper beech tree. I dug a ten foot deep hole to some large roots, drilled several holes in these and poured...

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27th December 2020, 13:39

OwlHoot replied to a thread Badly punctuated headlines in General

But do you reckon a syndicate of driving dogs are nicking cars to order, or some gang are nicking dogs that can drive, maybe to sell to blind or...

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27th December 2020, 13:34

OwlHoot replied to a thread US Cyber Attack in General

If it is a state actor, and not some teenager in their bedroom, the perps aren't being nearly as clever as they probably think they are. An attack...

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26th December 2020, 18:24

OwlHoot replied to a thread 'My neighbour's tree drops berries on my car. Can I cut it back?' in General

But bear in mind that if you trim branches of some kinds of tree, more than ever will grow from the stumps, which is the principle of pollarding

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24th December 2020, 10:07

OwlHoot replied to a thread Could you do it? in General

Thirty feet? Yeah, complete doddle, although I'd jump off holding my crotch. :smokin They say anything up to about two hundred feet is pretty much...

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23rd December 2020, 23:56

OwlHoot replied to a thread More Mutant Virus Doom in General

Or if you're in the UK, a peashooter, catapult, and spud gun (with plenty of bags of dried peas and large spuds)

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23rd December 2020, 11:49

OwlHoot replied to a thread Now in Antarctica in General

Crikey, I eat a fair bit of tuna. But to have dangerous levels of Mercury he must have been eating two swordfish a day! :laugh

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23rd December 2020, 11:47

OwlHoot replied to a thread Now in Antarctica in General

and plenty of Vitamin D at this time of year down there, as long as they stay outside in the Sun

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23rd December 2020, 10:09

OwlHoot started a thread Queen's Christmas speech this year in General

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19th December 2020, 17:10

OwlHoot replied to a thread House Price Crash in General

I wonder if all this extra money injected into the economy as Covid relief won't lead to a bout of inflation within a year or two. The resulting...

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