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illuminatus commented on the post, Abstinence? 2 weeks, 2 days ago

I’m not totally abstinent, but drink very little now for pragmatic reasons. I’ve a longish commute to work, have to use the car, and most of the mates I’d enjoy meeting up and having drink with are spread out, so […]
illuminatus commented on the post, Things we don’t eat any more 2 weeks, 2 days ago

“Yer sayın’ I’ ve got nowt?”
illuminatus commented on the post, Things we don’t eat any more 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Would that have been St Michael Chicken Supreme? I loved that stuff as a kid…
illuminatus commented on the post, Things we don’t drink any more 2 weeks, 2 days ago

It’s fine. See also Sanatogen Tonic Wine. Proper loopy juice.
illuminatus commented on the post, Things we don’t drink any more 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Camp “Coffee”
Lift lemon tea
illuminatus commented on the post, Your first……. 2 weeks, 3 days ago

That’s a very nice set that.
illuminatus commented on the post, Your first……. 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Hmmm.

1. Amii Stewart – Knock On Wood
2. Difficult this, but possibly the first album I properly bought with my own money under my own steam was Kings of the Wild Frontier.
3. Another difficult one. I may […]
illuminatus commented on the post, Dropping your first born at University 2 weeks, 4 days ago

There are very very few Waitroses in the north east (Newcastle manages to have a Waitrosey presence). There used to be one in Durham, but it closed when they realised that for around half the year no one in Durham […]
illuminatus commented on the post, “Why should I?” The clarion call of the snowflake parent. 3 weeks, 5 days ago

I like how “the right sort of background” can be tooled to mean very many things.
illuminatus commented on the post, “Why should I?” The clarion call of the snowflake parent. 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Yup, hovering over their kids every movement. Helmets. The worst were at university interview days. you could spot them a fucking mile off.
illuminatus commented on the post, “Why should I?” The clarion call of the snowflake parent. 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Ah, those weird eco buses, that kill the engine at stop. Except I believe that some of the worst emissions are generally when the engine is starting up, so it might actually not be helping at all.
illuminatus commented on the post, “Why should I?” The clarion call of the snowflake parent. 3 weeks, 5 days ago

You are Kenny McCormick and I claim my five pounds

You bastards!
illuminatus commented on the post, “Why should I?” The clarion call of the snowflake parent. 3 weeks, 5 days ago

I like that idea
illuminatus commented on the post, Dropping your first born at University 3 weeks, 5 days ago

I remember my parents coming with me on my first day moving in in the late 80s, if anything just to see where I was going. I was the first in the family to go to University, and it was different world to them. […]
illuminatus commented on the post, Hepworth was right 1 month ago

“Mathematically proven”

Well, algorithmically gamed, at least.
illuminatus commented on the post, And now the top 100 TV Shows of the Century (so far) 1 month ago

Everybody talk about Pop Music!
illuminatus commented on the post, Hepworth was right 1 month ago

This, definitely. The incubator for the counter-culture
illuminatus commented on the post, And now the top 100 TV Shows of the Century (so far) 1 month ago

Yeah, no Phoenix, and no Peter Serafinowicz show either, which annoys me HUGELY
illuminatus commented on the post, Prorogation 1 month ago

In as much as there were two choices on the paper, yes the choice there was binary. But this is illusory, as one of those choices was not a single option: “leave the European Union”.

It’s basically 50 Ways to […]
illuminatus commented on the post, What happens when a Prime Minister wilfully, and in full public view, ignores the law? 1 month ago

Operation Orwell Mayhem.
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