Self-Sacrifice

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An escaped convict, imprisoned for degree murder, had spent 25 years of his life sentence in prison. While on the run, he broke into a house and tied up a young couple who had been sleeping in the bedroom. He tied the man to a chair on one side o…

Posted in francophile / 03_general

breathalyse… whats this i just read whereby one has to have a breathalyser in ones car when passing thru france? april 1st? http://www…. geoff

Eurovision

Posted in sasha_lubetkin / 4ask_aunty

There has been much debate as to whether the Eurovision Song Contest should have been held in a repressive place like Azerbaijan. I am inclined to feel that shining the spotlight of publicity on place where the government’s misdeeds might otherwis…

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Missile Batteries In London

Posted in enquire_within / 56discussion

Apologies if this has been done before, but perhaps someone can explain to me how these are supposed to deter suicide bombers? And why is it preferable to have a shot-down airliner crashing on, say, Piccadilly rather than on the Olympic Stadium? …

A Warning

Posted in enquire_within / 81general

Earlier this afternoon I received a call from INTERNATION… claiming to be Windows Support Service. I was bored so played them along for twenty minutes or so, apparently following their instructions on my PC until they go to the point of getting …

Tow-Ball Height

Posted in cars / 41general

It seems that the towball (TowSure detachable type) on my car (RAV4, 2006 model) is too low for the kind of twin axle livestock trailer I want to use. I was rather hoping this would be fixable by buying a “taller” replacement detachable ball uni…

Microsoft And Ebook DRM

Posted in ebooks / chit_chat

There’s been some robust debate in here about DRM on ebooks, the legality and morality of removing it. I have already stated that I remove DRM from ebooks (purely for my own use), simply because I have been caught twice already by two different …

Tow-Ball Height

Posted in cars

It seems that the towball (TowSure detachable type) on my car (RAV4, 2006 model) is too low for the kind of twin axle livestock trailer I want to use. I was rather hoping this would be fixable by buying a “taller” replacement detachable ball uni…

Posted in sasha_lubetkin / 11chatterbox

Drought Is it just me, or is this the wettest drought ever?

Recommendations For Freesat Recorder

Posted in  digital_tv

Our Sky sub finished shortly, and we’ve removed the box. Have been trying out an Elgato freesat recorder, but the ancient Mac Mini in the stack doesn’t seem up to the job, and anyway it’s single tuner. Any recommendat… Ideally I’d like somethi…

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