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troff replied to the thread Don't forget it's father's day tomorrow people.
Mothering Sunday originated in the Middle Ages, some sources back to the eight century; and became a Sunday where you returned to your...
Jun 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM -
troff replied to the thread Don't forget it's father's day tomorrow people.
Speak for yourself. Couldn’t be less true in our house or my wider family.
Jun 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM -
troff replied to the thread I love Barnsley.
I might switch from Specsavers to the spectacle shop if they’re open from half eleven at night to two am… Though their exception is...
Jun 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM -
troff replied to the thread Don't forget it's father's day tomorrow people.
Lost my dad many years ago, his died years prior, and my maternal grandad eight years back. My Mrs lost her grandad (step actually but...
Jun 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM -
troff replied to the thread Goalkeeper.
Watson for what his team achieved but Muller edges it on all round ability - just, probably because he wasn’t only five foot eleven so...
Jun 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM -
troff replied to the thread Plane Crash - this looks really bad.
I’ve just seen the footage on the bbc they’ve posted - I’m not surprised to hear there are no expected survivors. It looked to have...
Jun 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM -
troff liked Merde Tete's post in the thread Plane Crash - this looks really bad.
Oh jesus. That's horrendous. While such incidents are incredibly rare, as someone who flies a very lot they always shake me up when they...
Jun 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM -
troff replied to the thread Plane Crash - this looks really bad.
It was a Boeing Dreamliner (number removed due to the issue posting numbers) - can’t be all that old as they’ve only been flying fifteen...
Jun 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM -
troff replied to the thread Come back Southgate.
We’ve gone from Southgate - who was a brilliant orator and protected his players and staff excellently, but who was a bit too careful...
Jun 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM -
troff replied to the thread Is 35k too high for winter fuel allowance cut off?.
If they don’t have a private pension then their income will be much, much lower than thirty five grand - and so they will - fairly -...
Jun 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM -
troff replied to the thread Is 35k too high for winter fuel allowance cut off?.
But pensioners who have income of 35k plus, not necessarily ‘flush’ - but doing fine - do they need £200 or £300 a year to heat their...
Jun 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM -
troff replied to the thread Is 35k too high for winter fuel allowance cut off?.
That’s a tad disingenuous. I’m pretty certain ‘The Queen’ had absolutely nothing to do with it. Her staff did their job by trying to...
Jun 10, 2025
