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#201 JohnM

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Posted 14 December 2012 - 11:34 AM

why did you walk out?


No DL?

Serious point. Will you now be regarded as intentionally jobless?

#202 Futtocks

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Posted 14 December 2012 - 11:44 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-20718362

Norman Woodland, inventor of the barcode.


Beep! Unexpected coffin in the bagging area.
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#203 Old Frightful

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Posted 14 December 2012 - 12:22 PM

Beep! Unexpected coffin in the bagging area.

About the only thing those infernal machines haven't announced to me.

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"I don't see what all the fuss is about. I mean, it's only fair after last year isn't it? Look Neil, just for you, I've put my best Rovers' tie on today in the hope it'll go some way to make up for it. Oh, by the way, Jon sends his regards."


#204 Wiltshire Rhino

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Posted 14 December 2012 - 01:45 PM

Former BBC newsreader and Treasure Hunt TV game show host Kenneth Kendall has died, aged 88

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Posted 14 December 2012 - 03:17 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-20730869
Swinton RLFC est 1866 - Supplying England with players when most of your clubs were in nappies

#206 Ullman

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Posted 14 December 2012 - 04:43 PM

My career in the NHS, R.I.P.

I walked out in the middle of a disciplinary meeting on Tuesday, throwing my ID at the manager & telling her to stick her 4 kin job.

01.07.84 - 11.12.12

& I'm glad xx

Does that mean somebody else is now on bleep 1673?

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#207 Roy Boy

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Posted 25 December 2012 - 11:32 AM

Jack Klugman - http://www.telegraph...ck-Klugman.html
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#208 Bleep1673

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Posted 25 December 2012 - 11:36 AM

Does that mean somebody else is now on bleep 1673?

bleep 1673 was at a previous job when I registered, the ODP at my "current" job is 2900
Swinton RLFC est 1866 - Supplying England with players when most of your clubs were in nappies

#209 Futtocks

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Posted 25 December 2012 - 02:08 PM

Other deaths just announced - actor Charles Durning and composer Richard Rodney Bennett.

Edited by Futtocks, 25 December 2012 - 02:08 PM.

"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones

"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore

"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes

#210 Futtocks

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Posted 26 December 2012 - 04:33 PM

'Thunderbirds' creator Gerry Anderson.
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones

"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore

"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes

#211 amh

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Posted 26 December 2012 - 06:05 PM

RIP Gerry Anderson
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#212 Johnoco

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Posted 27 December 2012 - 10:32 AM

"A complicated man ..." http://www.newstates...tion_ref_map=[]

And no-one understood him but his wo-man...
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#213 my missus

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Posted 27 December 2012 - 08:12 PM

http://www.telegraph...killed-off.html
this is a strange one.
peter parker aka spiderman killed off.
I knew a girl and I like her still
she said she knew she would trust me
and I her will...

#214 Old Frightful

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Posted 27 December 2012 - 08:57 PM

http://www.telegraph...killed-off.html
this is a strange one.
peter parker aka spiderman killed off.

He won't be dead, he'll be out there somewhere on the world wide web...

Edited by Old Frightful, 27 December 2012 - 08:58 PM.

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"I don't see what all the fuss is about. I mean, it's only fair after last year isn't it? Look Neil, just for you, I've put my best Rovers' tie on today in the hope it'll go some way to make up for it. Oh, by the way, Jon sends his regards."


#215 Johnoco

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 05:39 AM

No link but Tony Greig, the ex England cricket player has died aged 66.

Edited by Johnoco, 29 December 2012 - 05:40 AM.

Then wisdom says: cherish your days, worry only lets your time slip away
Push away the thief trying to steal your gift, the fighter is the one whose feet are swift.

#216 Shadow

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 06:52 AM

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#217 Old Frightful

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 08:17 AM

No link but Tony Greig, the ex England cricket player has died aged 66.

RIP

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"I don't see what all the fuss is about. I mean, it's only fair after last year isn't it? Look Neil, just for you, I've put my best Rovers' tie on today in the hope it'll go some way to make up for it. Oh, by the way, Jon sends his regards."


#218 Phil

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 10:31 AM

No link but Tony Greig, the ex England cricket player has died aged 66.


no age at all
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#219 Griff9of13

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 11:36 AM

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#220 gingerjon

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Posted 01 January 2013 - 01:54 PM

CMJ :(
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