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2 hours ago, La Colombe said:

Ah well, 'later this week' has come and gone and we're still stuck in a resultless 1970. Not good enough really. 

You should definitely boycott next year's event in protest.

I'd have banned Israel from Eurovision, not because of Gaza/Hamas/Palestine etc, but simply because the country is not in Europe.  Why have they ever been in it? And Australia is even more ridiculous.

Having said that, I don't really care about any of it, just a bit miffed that the BBC hijack the Saturday night schedules for it each year.

On 1/29/2022 at 3:54 PM, littlebushy said:

Wasn't sure if it was the Advocate or the Surgeon the title was referring to.

2 hours ago, La Colombe said:

The lack of an apostrophe suggests it was both. 

Correct. Me and John set this little scam up years ago. Somewhere for us both to lose our dodgy case files, while charging the government to administer it (while writing off our expenses on it against tax)

In defence of the OP…

Is it too much to expect that where there is a website that it is updated? His 1970 quip was related to the date selection calendar there which came up as 1970. If I recall correctly, time 0 in computer speak is 1st January 1970, so this seems like a software glitch to me. 
 

Hopefully it will be sorted soon. But you’re all right - it’s the taking part that is important, not the scores. We all know they’re completely random. 

The Daily Beast - sounds like a most reputable source to me. I’ll get my mourning suit cleaned and pressed 🙄

21 hours ago, Mr. Sausages said:

https://www.deanwood.im/residential/for-sale/onchan/62-lhon-vane-close-im3-3ba-ddp05750/
 

“This Detached Turn Key Dormer Bungalow epitomizes comfort and convenience. Perfectly situated, it boasts a prime location proximate to shops, reputable schools, and essential amenities, ensuring a lifestyle of ease and accessibility.

Step inside to discover two generously sized reception rooms, ideal for hosting gatherings or unwinding in style. Adjacent lies a charming large conservatory, beckoning you to bask in natural light and relish tranquil moments. The heart of the home, a modern fitted kitchen, awaits culinary adventures, while a convenient downstairs w/c adds practicality to daily living.

Ascend to the upper level to find two double bedrooms adorned with built-in wardrobes and ample eaves storage, offering both functionality and elegance. Admire breathtaking distant sea views that promise to captivate and inspire. A family shower room completes this level, combining functionality with contemporary design.

Outside, a double garage and driveway beckon, providing off-road parking for two cars, ensuring convenience for residents and visitors alike. The south-facing front patio invites alfresco dining and relaxation, perfect for soaking up the sun and enjoying moments of serenity.”

I'll translate...

Single storey house with a dodgy half-height upwards extension slap bang in the middle of a school catchment area with a local shop that sells pies and sausage rolls to rowdy kids at lunchtime.

There is a living room and a dining room where you can get pissed alone or with your mates.  There is an attached greenhouse that is unusable at all times of the year, it has a kitchen and toilet just off it in case you need a shit while cooking tea.

Upstairs there are two very poky bedrooms with sloping rooms where you're guaranteed to hit your head while scrabbling around in the so called built in wardrobes trying to reach your shoes at the back.  With something only slightly less powerful than the Hubble telescope on a clear day you might be able to see the sea.  There is a shower to hose down the kids.  It has a black sink.

The garage is full of crap left over by the previous occupants, so you have to park your cars outside.  On two or maybe as many as three days a year the weather will be good enough to eat your take away pizza outside.

6 minutes ago, Anyone said:

Free up funds? You are having a laugh

How much is a packet of fags these days? £15? That’s 4 prescriptions or thereabouts. 

2 minutes ago, Anyone said:

so what if she is

Two obvious things spring to mind. Firstly, stopping will help symptoms. Secondly, stopping will free up funds to pay for the meds. Not judgemental at all, just rational. 

2 hours ago, Sentience said:

COPD, a severe breathing problem apparently mainly caused by smoking cigarettes.

As she is approaching her 60th birthday, it's obvious this habit began for her before the very negative health potentials were fully understood.

Is she still smoking?

59 minutes ago, WTF said:

so is this sarcasm upon sarcasm which is what  i assumed babydoc was aiming for.

No. I assumed Babydoc had misread and thought it was all March dates, which would have been okish. 

29 minutes ago, The Phantom said:

Was anyone else aware they have an aviary full of budgies? 

https://www.three.fm/news/isle-of-man-news/help-needed-to-care-for-birds-at-nobles-hospitals-aviary/

I was aware that there used to be a hospital cormorant, but it had to be sold off after some junior doctors were caught rubbing linseed oil into it. 
 

(In my defence of this attempt at humour, having a hospital aviary is quite Pythonesque)

1 hour ago, GreyWolf said:

Henderson is a prime example of what is all wrong about Lego.

For me as a kid it was the transparent pieces.  Would never stick together.  Love the technical stuff though.

15 hours ago, Babydoc said:

Wow! That's real fast!

Not really.  Over a month between typing and sending out is a bit disappointing.

5 minutes ago, WTF said:

so why did mr/mrs/'what ever the fuck these days'  disgruntled person think there was supposed to be a second xray in the first place ?

Because he was unhappy about something and like many people seem to assume that it’s because we’ve done something wrong, or have missed something vital. People tend to expect perfection these days, and if they don’t get it look for someone to blame - nothing to do with the fact that they got completely drunk, fell over and smashed their knee that it’s now a bit stiff and hurty - must be our fault for nor fixing it properly. 

2 hours ago, WTF said:

 these days raising your voice counts as GBH to the don't want to hear any criticism brigade .  in this case what constitutes  'abuse' ought to be clarified.  telling a useless cunt they are useless cunt isn't abuse, it's educating them.

One of my colleagues was called exactly that by a patient in clinic on Friday because he didn’t order a repeat XR (one had already been done and another wasn’t required)

Teresa is right - it’s unacceptable. 

Now Man City’s to throw away. 

2 hours ago, HeliX said:

Israel probably does one of 3 things. It can either accept the telling off but criticise Iran "in the strongest terms" and let that be the end of it, it can do a proportionate strike on military facilities to show its displeasure, or it can do a moronic disproportionate escalation.

If I had to guess I'd say the last option. I'm no expert in this by any stretch, but it seems to me that Israel's general response is to go many orders of magnitude in excess of what wronged them. An eye for an eye? More like a thousand eyes, ears, noses, and why not just obliterate a thousand heads and have done with it, for an eye. 
 

That line, which I just made up, is possibly also somewhere in Leviticus. 

Plenty of facebook groups don’t allow you to post new stuff until you’re established in some way. If we simply had that first time thread starts had to be moderated it wouldn’t be much more work for the moderators than having to delete the spam once it’s reported.  

I’m quite impressed with it. Sure, if you just put ‘write me a song about Douglas’ it’ll be generic shite, but with a bit more detail, I think this could be a reasonable tool to generate ideas that can be developed into something half-decent. A bit like how some synths have a random function - most of the time you get an unusable noise, but occasionally it’ll generate something never heard before that experts such as Jean Michel Jarre or Vangelis (both back in the day) can tweak and turn into something genuinely original and creative.  

1 hour ago, A fool and his money..... said:

Are you planning on taking your government pension lump sum?

I’m not sure a seven-figure lump sum is possible, haven’t done the sums, but if it is I’d probably have to wait until I’m 75 to retire, and I’m certainly not going to do that. 
 

Anyway, here’s a metal anthem to Noble’s hospital wot I wrote 🤣

https://suno.com/song/e4df9955-6d07-469c-9de3-7dec00fdee4f

The TT song sounds like a Eurovision entry, and the Douglas Council one I could imagine as a crappy radio jingle. 
 

I’m going to have to investigate this AI composing a bit - musically I’m technically skilled, but lack imagination/originality. With AI as my Mercury/May writing combo, this time next year I’ll be a millionaire 🤣

On 4/11/2024 at 10:04 AM, The Phantom said:

Watching Star Trek Discovery last night.  One of the characters has decided she is now a they/them. 

Although admittedly she/they are host to a long-lived symbiont that has inhabited and has the personalities of many previous hosts (male and female).  

Next Generation did something similar. Troy, I think, fell in love with some guy that was actually some kind of bug in a male body.  When the host body died it moved into a female body, which was confusing. (My recollection of the details here may not be 100% accurate - I’ve watched far too much of this shite over the years)

I quite like Angela Rayner, for what it’s worth. I think she’s a principled politician, and gets an undeserved hard time from the press. 

6 hours ago, Max Power said:

I think she's got the abilities to be a better chancellor than we have had recently, she does hide her talents behind what appears to be a carefully cultivated northern labour persona perhaps? 

Unfortunately there is very little that she can do about the UK economy if Labour are elected, although she seems to be having a lot of ideas which are adopted by the conservatives. Hopefully she's got some more up her sleeve which she's holding back before the election so that they can't be inserted into the cons manifesto? 

Are you confusing her with Rachel Reeves, who is Labour’s shadow chancellor? Angela Rayner is deputy leader I believe. 

2 hours ago, John Wright said:

What, you weren’t down on the beach on Good Friday prising the flitters off the rocks, cooking them and eating them, ensuring no metal was used.

Good Manx tradition! They’re tough and tasteless.

( limpets )

Does your antipathy run to prawns, shrimp, crab, lobster?

I don't mind prawns, as long as someone else has shelled them.  Crab always seems to have bits of shell in it, and lobster is massively overrated. I certainly can't be bothered fishing bits of meat out of the claws etc.