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One Wheel Electric Skateboards.....what Could Go Wrong?

https://news.sky.com/story/onewheel-electric-skateboards-recalled-worldwide-after-deaths-12975829 ...

On This Day In History.. England....1829

The Rainhill trials started, a competition to find an engine for use on the Liverpool Manchester line, the second train line in history, openning in 1830. The prize was £500. won by the Stephenson... ...

LadyCG

Just Started The Christmas Shopping

https://ibb.co/XWB7Fzz Apart from the obvious... Wine Gin More mixers Cheese More Wine Pâté More Gin Pork scratchings More wine, Gin and Mixers Honey roasted cashews More cheese and crackers Another case of... ...

Canary42

Labour 17,845 ---- Tories 1,192

Rutherglen & Hamilton By-election result. Labour 17,845 SNP 8,399 Tories 1,192 Liberal Dems 895 Green 601

mushroom25

On This Day In History - 1969......

saw the premier of a new anarchic comedy sketch show - Monty Python's Flying Circus. this first episode included the funniest joke in the world sketch, as well as featuring Arthur "2 sheds"... ...

smurfchops

Banning Mobile Phones In Schools

Well, it's a start. How about banning knives?

douglas9401

Tories Come Off The Rails

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66998692 Good luck you gritty northern lot, now get that red wall sorted. ...

Atheist

15 Minute Cities And A Few Minute Intellects. Paranoia Rules?

ttps://www.itv.com/news/2023-02-20/what-is-a-15-minute-city-and-why-is-the-idea-so-controversial

MichaelZZ

Autumn Covid Jabs

I am currently trying to book a Covid booster jab for my wife. She had an adverse reaction to a Pfizer jab 2 years ago and was subsequently told by her consultant rheumatologist to avoid Pfizer... ...

Iamtheoneandonly

Panorama

BBC will have a special edition next Monday. Anyone have any idea what or who it will be about? It's all very secretive.

dave50

Should Inheritance Tax Be Cut Or Even Abolished?

I agree in principle that it is an unfair tax and should be cut or abolished. However I don't think it would be the vote winner that some think as it only affects a small percentage of the... ...

smurfchops

Wimbledon Station To Mill Hill Broadway

Does the train go straight through with no changes please?

dave50

What To Do With Hs2

Cancel it all now and cut our losses? Carry on to Birmingham only? Carry on to Manchester? Whatever we do its been a disgusting waste of money on a huge white elephant. Should have been cancelled... ...

Bobbisox1

Ive Just Become An Elbow Fan

I have Alexa playing and heard them, Wow, I am smitten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqsF_-rTdhI ...

ToraToraTora

Plods Put Down Their Guns.....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66903749 ...who'd have thunk it? ...

1ozzy

See How Far This Goes

Arky has gone AWOL so I'll start this months on his behalf. Post some lyrics that somehow relate to the previous lyrics posted. Feel free to chatter, most importantly enjoy the thread....

andy-hughes

Eastenders - The Merry-Go-Round Continues ...

I am not a fan of soaps, and don't watch them. That said, when I did watch, I became aware that a standard plot device for all of them, was everyone having a turn working in the central points -... ...

gulliver1

The Long March Back To Sanity In The Uk

Seven years on from Brexit .Those of us who rue the day we ever left and are desperate to rejoin are used to having hopes dashed .But a ray of hope ,thousands of people are expected to join the... ...

Buenchico

One Way To Make Train Journeys More Entertaining . . .

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-66856413 ...