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Post by Mr Whippy on Sept 24, 2016 16:32:46 GMT
Heard last week Microsoft is closing their Skype headquarters in London with a loss of 400 jobs. Part of a 2,600 worldwide job reduction cull.
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Post by Mr Whippy on Sept 24, 2016 16:36:11 GMT
On the news last night Terry Jones of Monty Python has been diagnosed with the onset of a particular form of Alzheimer's.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 25, 2016 11:03:12 GMT
On the news last night Terry Jones of Monty Python has been diagnosed with the onset of a particular form of Alzheimer's. Oh no, another one. Terrible disease. |
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Post by Mr Whippy on Sept 25, 2016 20:32:56 GMT
Last months' news (!): Birth of a new generation of computers that use lasers for processing:   |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 26, 2016 6:25:58 GMT
The highest ranking website by hits at my place of work (an independent secondary school) is The Mail Online.
It could be argued that that site is almost completely devoid of what anyone here would define as news. What chance do they have when they think that some z-list celebrity's latest idiot pronouncement is in any way important?
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Post by Mr Whippy on Oct 8, 2016 23:48:16 GMT
Robert De Nero Slams Trump.
Calling him a "dog... bozo...ignorant... an embarrassment... knows nothing", amongst other things. And wants to punch him in the face.
I don't think he likes him.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 10, 2016 11:14:03 GMT
Breaking news - celebrity scientist Prof Brian Cox fries cat on 300b valves -
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Post by MartinT on Oct 10, 2016 11:35:06 GMT
What brand are those monoblocks? He obviously likes electrons!
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 10, 2016 12:08:02 GMT
They are Audion - nice gear ...
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Post by ChrisB on Oct 10, 2016 12:52:50 GMT
Well, an atom with a positive charge is, after all, called a.......
Stop it!
Sorry.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 10, 2016 13:24:12 GMT
...ion!
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Post by Slinger on Oct 10, 2016 14:42:12 GMT
It seems Prof. Cox is having problems with a bloke named Schrödinger who keeps trying to seal the front of his amp cover up.  The cat/amps in question. |
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Post by ChrisB on Oct 10, 2016 16:32:19 GMT
Well, an atom with a positive charge is, after all, called a....... Stop it! Sorry. D'oh! An ion with a positive charge.... |
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Post by Mr Whippy on Oct 13, 2016 16:52:42 GMT
Marmite: The new UK currency reserve
Bob Dylan receives the Nobel Prize For Literature
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Post by Barry on Oct 13, 2016 17:10:35 GMT
Marmite: The new UK currency reserve Bob Dylan receives the Nobel Prize For Literature I'm stocking up: the way the pound is plummeting, I ought to get an exchage rate of £5 a jar!  Why did the Noble commitee not name him as Robert Zimmerman? - not that it makes any difference. Has anyone asked him "How does it feel ....?" |
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Post by Barry on Oct 13, 2016 17:25:22 GMT
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Post by Mr Whippy on Nov 11, 2016 23:30:11 GMT
Really sad to hear of the passing of Robert Vaughn (83).
Used to think he was the coolest bloke on telly when I was a young 'un watching him in the classic Man From U.N.C.L.E..
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Post by Slinger on Nov 12, 2016 2:08:49 GMT
I always preferred Illya Kuryakin but you're right, Vaughn was super-cool.
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Post by brian2957 on Nov 12, 2016 8:42:37 GMT
Yup , used to watch that show every week .
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Post by Mr Whippy on Dec 11, 2016 20:27:50 GMT
Not really in the news - but I'll stick it here.
Bruce Springsteen on next week's "Desert Island Discs".
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