En Passant

So they say. . And anyway, they're going to make burgers out of the leftovers of everything else because 'why wouldn't they?' they're in it for the money not the food quality. Even if technically it's not offal. I'm boring myself now. And fkin miles off topic.

This is what sells me these days and Slow Horses is just the ticket. I'm old, and the trope about there 'only being about 6 stories in total, everything new is just a variation' hits home too often with most things. Convoluted plot twists, end of episode cliff-hangers and the like just turn me off really, I find myself dis-assembling the style and the daft plots too much to really enjoy them at that level.

I even stopped buying burgers to cook, Tesco's rather than Sainsbury's but same thing. Burgers were 6 -8 quid a kilo, those minute steaks (thin things) are 9-10 quid a kilo and aren't 'eyeballs and arseholes'. In honesty I've tried to cut down on red meat altogether. To be fair, I'll still get McD on occasion if I'm in a rush or just cba. Now that everyone's comfortably asleep, 'here's Steve with the weather'.

And not a few here is a distinct possibility if history is anything to go by.

No idea at all why I should have felt reminded about this.... Yeah, ok - I do really.

Have you unblocked him again? Don't get me wrong, I've tried but it doesn't really work. You see replies and if unquoted you wonder what prompted them, and if quoted there was no point to the block in the first place. And Crem, he's absolutely spot on - pouring out pointless shite to tens or hundreds of people to counter your 'personal' mood swings is unutterably selfish, can you not see that?

Depending on the sort of thing that floats ones boat so to speak, I thought this was one of the best things to be produced in years. Oldman's laconic style is wonderous.

Nobody here is hoping for any such thing. But I'm damn sure it continues for us, give it a fucking rest will you? (and no boss, @Paul Bearer, I'm not deliberately winding him up here)

I thought it was a type of cheese.

I've wondered about her, she was a no-nonsense, concise and thoughtful poster who's content I've missed. That's not terribly old though, probably just wandered off as some do.

I know, well, I've seen it before of course, it's almost a bloody trope, I just didn't look back up this thread if it's there. If it's not it's valid isn't it? Even as a repetition of said trope. Anyway, he's not the only one of course, applies to teams even. IME it would seem that mostly it's the Scots and Welsh who 'start' this. And the English respond in kind a bit? Mystified me when I was younger. For some reason this doesn't seem to be the case with NI so much, (despite, or probably even because of 'the troubles'). It always seems to be reasonably good natured with the Scots that I've ever noticed, but I know of cases, apocryphal is a possibility, of it being genuinely felt and said by the Welsh. For the record, I love everybody (and twice on a Sunday)

It's variable depending on results. When Andy Murray wins, he's British. When he loses, he's a Scot.

Why? If something stands the test of time? Beethoven Mozart and others are still awesome. Shakespeare is still relevant in many ways. Leonardo da Vinci is still a wonder. Dad's army is practically contemporary by comparison and is no less funny now than it was then.

Only 77 more pages to Get Carter as of now.

Just as well most things are online now you'd need a second mortgage for a first class stamp lately. Another utility (using the term loosely) that should never have been privatised. Has anyone not seen the ITV drama yet? If not please please do so :).