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Message 2146105 - Posted: 6 Feb 2025, 15:39:10 UTC - in response to Message 2146098.  

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I've often wondered why it just wasn't changed in all instances from "Press any key" to "Press a key" because then at least there is an actual "A" key to be pressed if it's taken literally...
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Message 2146110 - Posted: 6 Feb 2025, 16:28:25 UTC - in response to Message 2146105.  

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I've often wondered why it just wasn't changed in all instances from "Press any key" to "Press a key" because then at least there is an actual "A" key to be pressed if it's taken literally...

Too logical.
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Message 2146404 - Posted: 13 Feb 2025, 21:13:19 UTC

I was thinking this Carlos

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Message 2146463 - Posted: 15 Feb 2025, 6:35:03 UTC

FYI here is Aussieland we had the Olympic Tyre and Rubber Company which was taken over by Dunlop Australia Limited in 1980.

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Message 2146533 - Posted: 18 Feb 2025, 1:45:03 UTC

Clunk-click EVERY trip...

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Message 2146535 - Posted: 18 Feb 2025, 3:04:46 UTC - in response to Message 2146533.  

Clunk-click EVERY trip...

Definitely recently saved the life of a very dazed soul over here!
It was "Click, clack front and back", down here in the very early 70's.

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Message 2146536 - Posted: 18 Feb 2025, 3:08:34 UTC - in response to Message 2146533.  
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Clunk-click EVERY trip...

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It's "Click it or ticket." Over here.

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Message 2147462 - Posted: 15 Mar 2025, 23:55:20 UTC
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F1 Melbourne, first race of 2025 season, starts at 04:00 GMT (15:00 AEDT) today.
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Message 2147463 - Posted: 16 Mar 2025, 1:31:14 UTC - in response to Message 2147462.  

F1 Melbourne, first race of 2025 season, starts at 04:00 GMT (15:00 AEDT) today.
And the rain is pouring down there.

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Message 2149840 - Posted: 14 Jun 2025, 3:00:56 UTC

All this Tommy, Pinball Wizard stuff, the King must be a fan, he has just Knighted Roger Daltrey.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly30wpz01po
Sir Roger Daltrey, frontman of 1960s-formed rock group The Who and a patron of the Teenage Cancer Trust - known for its annual fundraising concerts at the Royal Albert Hall - has been knighted for services to charity and music.

Sir Roger said he was accepting the knighthood "on behalf of all those unsung people who had worked to make the charity the success it had become".
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Message 2149997 - Posted: 21 Jun 2025, 7:34:55 UTC

Gibbet > Gravy ?? I can see Giblet > Gravy.
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Message 2149999 - Posted: 21 Jun 2025, 10:23:36 UTC - in response to Message 2149997.  

Ah, the joys of English dialects....
While most dialects say "giblets" there are a few that say "gibbets", or "gibberts", or "gibbits".
Yes, English is very consistent in how words are pronounced (never mind the use of totally different words for the same thing) - this is done to confuse people, like me, who's first language isn't English.
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Message 2150591 - Posted: 21 Jul 2025, 4:13:49 UTC

you may remember
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/worm-meat-used-mcdonalds-hamburgers/
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