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We said a while ago that we would allow the "Neverendum" thread to act as a repository for discussion of Brexit so long as people were...

I know not everyone has Sky but my god this is absolutely brilliant.

Probably the best thing I've seen on TV for a very long time.

Highly, highly recommended!

Lot of talk about a 2nd Brexit vote.

...just like there was a lot of talk about a 2nd Scottish IndyRef vote.

I remember like yesterday the 2nd Irish Lisbon Treaty vote.

I have many philosophical reservations about democracy overall - but having a...

Long overdue in my opinion as it was just exploiting the most vulnerable in society, ITV has decided that the Jeremy Kyle show has had its time.

The "come from away" and a few comments on other threads got me thinking over the past few days about traditional music that I grew up with.

For more worse than better, I was classically trained, played in orchestras and was a very...

The last week I've been coming across eBay listings that are obvious scams and eBay themselves seem to be having their work cut out removing them as fast as they are appearing. I've seen similar before but not on this scale. The perps must have some...

I am finally replacing an ancient laptop with a newer one. Older has a CD drive, new one has not. For nearly all files which I had on CD, I have been able to read in to older, copy to a USB stick, then load from that stick to the new one. There is...

All over my (very limited) Twitter feed and in the (few) Youtube channels I follow there's been a lot of reactions to the final season of Game of Thrones, in particular the last two episodes. But here: absolute silence.

Is everyone here to serious...

Beach find....
It’s about 2x 2.5cm, and a few millimetres deep. Very light, definitely not stone, more like bone or shell. I did wonder at first if it was a bit of plastic but it’s not. The holes are irregular and don’t appear manufactured. The...

I think there are a number of well traveled folks here, looking for advice please.

I find myself in Dar Es Salaam, working in the city. I made sure all vaccinations are up to date and am taking malaria tablets. Is it reasonable to assume that...

Since 5th anniversary of opening, which was August Bank Holiday, Museum has received:

- accreditation by VisitEngland, which involved incognito visits
- accreditation by English Heritage, which involved a lot of checking ' behind the scenes', eg...

There's a massive hoo-haa going on about the leak from the National Security Agency that the UK will allow Huwawei to be involved in the building of the UK's 5G infrastructure.

AIUI, the US & Australia have refused to allow it to be involved in...

I'm asking the collective wisdom of the forum for some advice.

I've got a bad water leak in my garden - coming up and forming puddles in the path. I've isolated my own water overnight and it appears to still get worse, so I'm pretty sure it's not...

We know that London is cracking the vehicle emissions whip hard having seen the recent introduction of the ULEZ on the Congestion Charge area and knowing that the ULEZ will extend considerably in 2021.

Well here is another example of the...

…deserving of a thread of its own.

Tesla shows $300m profit in quarter ending Sept. and shares jump 10%.

So, should we compel children to have the jab because our social conscience says it's a good thing, or be libertarian and let them go to hell in a handcart?

My Mum has a few reels of std (not even super) 8 ciné film. They are at least 50 years old.

I was going to look at them, but to be honest don't really feel like plugging the projector or frame viewer into the mains (they are as old.)

A quick...

I know, this isn’t GQT - but I know enough of you here know what you’re talking about.

Over the past few years our neighbourhood privet hedges have suffered from a fungal infection. Added to that, the couple of long hot dry spells we’ve had the...

Some of you may appreciate to know that tomorrow evening, the curtain falls for the last scheduled HST 125 train to leave London Paddington.

After 42 years sterling service, four of the last full HST sets will leave Paddington one after the other...

Just tinkering at the moment so looking at free offerings first but it may turn into something more serious.....

So, what's the best platform these days for telling a story with photos. The BBC use something called shorthand (which isn't free) but...

According to MP's on the Public Accounts Committee HS2 Ltd, the company running the HS2 project, stands accused of "a shocking waste of taxpayers money", the comment has been made in relation to redundancy payments paid by HS2 when they...

Would like to turn the Aga off for the summer soon.

Has anyone any experience of using combination microwaves?

My thinking is that a combi microwave plus a freestanding induction hob could sit on top of the Aga (with the plate covers removed)....

We rightfully malign the views taken by El Qaeda/IS/Saudi Arabia et al when they oppress women.

But on the other side of the Atlantic there are some pretty grim things happening too.

What is the world coming to?

Of course closer to home we...

Dear wise collective and founts of all knowledge.

What on earth can cause a spider to leave behind a perfect silhouette?

After the spider post , I wonder if there are any entomologists here?

Over the past couple of days the air has been filled with little midge type insects. They look a little like greenfly but with larger wings and power blue bodies (OK, not much...

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.. is the musical about the stranding of ~7,000 airline passengers in and around Gander (pop. ~9,000) for several days after US airspace was closed after 9/11. It had rave reviews in Toronto than Broadway, and...

Has anyone here had any experience of using any of the solar PV water heating add-ons?

I mean those gadgets that monitor the power use from / to the grid on properties that have solar PV and when exporting more than, say, 70-100 watts, divert that...

Excellent levels of awareness of a global issue, but shocking levels of local prioritisation since the UK is 1% of global emissions.

IIRC China has an embassy in London, but of course China is the one nation that tried to tackle the actual cause...

It is time to change my farm vehicle and let the trusty Terrano retire gracefully after 14 years of stirling service.

Times move on and my requirements (and desire for comfortable motoring) have evolved to me no longer needing a purely utilitarian...

GoPro 3 and 4 have become unresponsive to any button pushes. Can reset by taking battery out but now a pita !

Any suggestions for repairs or are they scrap ?

I've been trying to get out on the bike recently (medical in a month!) and am finding Strava quite motivating. I was wondering if there was any appetite to set up a Flyer Strava "Club" (with G-BLEW's permission of course!)

So far I'm just...

Looking at Katamarino's photos on his round the world trip thread, Greenland is starting to live up to it's name. How long before some enterprising Vikings plant a few vines in honour of their forebears who rediscovered the East Coast.

The Isle of...

Most of the talk about deep fakes seems to be about putting false words in political mouths, but this use of a deep fake is just fantastic.

(If you don't know what deep fakes are, this will help. )

I have 3 kids: 10, nearly 8 and 5.
I’m also a “grand chef” (by accident) in the Belgian Scout movement, with nearly 500 kids under my (shared-thank F...) guidance.

I have my personal bias as to what I think I should be teaching the young uns, but...

No other text. Just five words to keep the story going...

The engine was sounding strained...

Curious to know what you’d need to be aware of if you spotted one of these in Antwerp or Brussels, and soon Ghent.

No cheating and checking on google etc – honest answer, if you were driving in from NL, DE, FR or Lux or whatever and decided on the...

So after a break of nearly a year I have found another Nissan leaf to soothe my needs to drive an EV.

But things have changed a bit on the charging front !

No longer does my Ecotricity electric highway card work in the machines at the motorway...

So according to the Guinness Book of Records the uniform that a nurse wears at work is not the same thing as a "nurses uniform". That's got to be a skirt or dress with a white pinafore and a cap. But surely that's only seen in strip clubs...

Good grief! What next FFS?

The Union Flag flying over Buckingham Palace this evening was an absolute monster - it came half way down the pole. A couple of weeks ago it was comically titchy. Do any of our nautical contributors know whether the size of flag flown depends on...

deliberately knocking toe-rag mobile phone snatchers off their mopeds, using specially trained and authorised police drivers and motor cyclists.

I haven't seen such an uplifting video for ages

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Result: in London moped phone...

I am looking at a modest 2 bed flat with a view to buy to let - there are two choices that I have shortlisted. They are the same size and both return 6% in rent - but which to chose ??

Flat A is leasehold - 125 years remaining. Very modern ( ground...

Swedish has in modern times contributed very little to the English vocabulary--"smorgasbord" and "ombudsman" being the most cited--but now I hear that a relatively modern word is making its way into English-speaking press. The...

Why can’t we delete our posts here any more?

I’m very comfortable doing my Self-Assessment online, but I’ve forgotten my User Id. I’m going round in circles and can’t seem able to find a way to get it reset.

Starting from the webpage I selecting ‘technical problems using HMRC online...

I'm trying to find out how best to ask the GP of an elderly mother, if she has dementia - or will the Dr/patient confidentiality prevent that from happening?

As a family, we would like to know, but have no idea as to how to find out, or even how to...

The aerospace firm, Bombardier, is putting its Belfast operation up for sale as part of a reorganisation of the business.

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The Canadian aircraft manufacturer employs about 3,600 people across several locations in Northern Ireland.

The company...

She has been jailed for three months after a re-trial at the Old Bailey.

Her brother Festus was jailed for 10 months for his involvement, after pleading guilty to the same charge.

Is it just me that thinks these sentences are overly harsh...

I’m coming up to my penultimate birthday before a big one, and pondering being all millennial about it and compiling a list of *cough*40*cough* things to do in the year leading up to it.

So I’m looking for any suggestions, big or small and...

Coffee fan-boy websites are full of stories about famous people and their enthusiasm for coffee.
One has it that Beethoven insisted that his house-keeper made his coffee with exactly 60 beans. That sounds like a lot.
But it's not! I tried 60 beans...