Whatever crossed my time on the day, usually general muttering and rebelliousness over shady pricing by big companies, but also grammar, humour (100 funny insurance quotes is popular), and more
Rushi Sunak is getting “tough” on immigration? Or lying through his back teeth, desperate to retain voters as the Conservative party sinks ever lower in the polls. Rishi Sunak making bold claims on Facebook What (I think) Rishi’s ACTUAL message is: “We paid Rwanda a stack of money to take maybe 200 illegal refugees and […]
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The Password Game So, here I am, minding my own business, scrolling through Facebook when PC Gamer draws my attention to this: This unhinged browser game about passwords is the most messed up thing I’ve ever played The post directs you to Neal’s Fun: password game It’s not perfect in as much as it can
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Email scams keep on coming Scammers, like all con artists, are sociopathic parasites, leaching from the unwary, stealing, conning, whatever it takes to make coin. They don’t care who they hurt, financially or mentally. It’s all about them, what they can get, and – they believe – if you fall for their scam, it’s your
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Funny motor insurance claims were made famous Jasper Carrott in the 1980s Humourous insurance claims, especially motor ones, were made famous by comedian Jasper Carrott when he introduced them to his acts in the 1980’s. What’s especially funny is that they were all apparently true. I would imagine there’s far more around than the hundred
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This post: circa 5,500 words, estimated reading time, excluding videos: 28 minutes. Not a lot of immigrants This post began as a reply to one on Facebook, after the announcement that GB News North East of England reporter Rachel Sweeney believes her region will welcome Afghan refugees‘ ‘I would argue 20,000 is not a lot.
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Genealogy and pondering your ancestry Intro This post is something of a ramble, one more likely to interest friends and family than folk looking for more authoritative articles on the subject. It’s one of those “I was pondering this while doing the dishes” sort of things. While the focus is on my family tree it’s
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Uncovering Harvard’s Rat #42 A poorly copied, blurry version of this parody lab story popped up in my Facebook stream early today. I squinted (it really was a poor copy!), smiled and possibly even laughed as I remembered this from a few years back, found while studying psychology. Funny as heck at the time, it
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This post: circa 1,500 words, estimated reading time: 7 to 8 minutes. Do you conform to the narrative? This is a general question and applies equally to barmy TV plots, politics, religions, media ‘guidance’ and the madness of the ‘woke’ left. Do you go along with what you are told because it’s the easiest path?
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