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Taipan wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 2:09 pm Image
That's a whole heap of shops at this time of year,packed with shiny tat.
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That's most of the shops, most of the year.
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Is that...them?
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gremlin wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2024 3:08 pm Is that...them?
I forget what Corporal Jones called then in Dad's Army?
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gremlin wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2024 3:08 pm Is that...them?
All 5... :thumbup:
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This is how hieroglyphs and figures in ancient Egyptian temples looked before their colors faded
Like the other ancient civilizations, Egyptians loved their colors
After thorough research, recreated using a polychromatic light display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Guessing someone has just picked it up from the factory!
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I only needed one, but I love a bargain :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Yorick wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 6:45 pm I only needed one, but I love a bargain :obscene-birdiedoublered:

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So, I assume you won't be needing the USB ports on the more expensive lead then?
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Lutin wrote: Fri Nov 08, 2024 11:29 am
Yorick wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 6:45 pm I only needed one, but I love a bargain :obscene-birdiedoublered:

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So, I assume you won't be needing the USB ports on the more expensive lead then?
No, coz it's going in the kitchen behind the cupboards.
And it makes it a stupidly priced usb port :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Horse wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2024 3:42 pm Screenshot_20241109-153917.png
Knowing my luck, there’d be a bumble bee in that picture.
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Horse wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2024 3:42 pm Screenshot_20241109-153917.png
Bleugh. :sick:
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Wossname wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2024 4:14 pm
Horse wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2024 3:42 pm Screenshot_20241109-153917.png
Knowing my luck, there’d be a bumble bee in that picture.
Guy I knew was riding without gloves. A bee hit his thumb.

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Horse wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2024 5:56 pmFour stitches.
Enough about the bee, how was the bloke's hand?
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