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Jun-06-25
 | | offramp: Did you like photography, as a hobby?
There were many magazines about photography, with pages and pages of adverts for camera accessories. The camera itself, then the lens, and a zoom lens, the motor winder, the flash-gun, filters, tripods, reflecting umbrellas, film, a developing room, paper, acid, silver nitrate, ultra-violet lights, projector, screen, aluminium holdall, wife. Then, one night, all of that became redundant.
All of that paraphernalia was replaced by the smartphone. Incredible! |
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| Jun-08-25 | | ewan14: Is that " the Ox " having a post it connection to chess ? |
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Jun-08-25
| | offramp: James Bond has two hearts. His only weapon is an electric screwdriver. He smokes a meerschaum pipe full of dope. |
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Jun-08-25
| | offramp: <ewan14: Is that " the Ox " having a post it connection to chess ?> I don't think I have ever used the word <ox> at chessgames... |
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Jun-08-25
| | offramp: User: ewan14, I see the post now. X Xu vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2025 (kibitz #3) I was trying to point out the difference in <length in names>. XU has a very short name, and Pragg has a very long name. <BUT I FORGOT> to actually say that in the post!
So my post doesn't make much sense.... |
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Jun-13-25
| | offramp: I am thinking of buying a new laptop.
Who cares about the size of the laptops HD drive? 500Gb, 1Tb, 2Tb? Who cares?
You can buy a very portable memory sdmmc card, 512Gb, tiny, for 30-40 euros. SO buy a laptop with a <SMALL HARD DRIVE>, and buy a big sdmmc card. |
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Jun-13-25
| | offramp: Jon Pertwee (Dr Who) was always guaranteed to give a slightly nutty performance. I mean, in any programme or film in any role he will give top value! |
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Jun-15-25
| | offramp: Saint Reinhold of Cologne, also known as Reinhold of Koln, Reinhold of Dortmund, Rainald, Reinold, Reinout, Reynold, Rinaldo, Rinold was a Benedictine monk. |
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Jun-15-25
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<DON>: I hear that you are a good boy. A good Italian boy.<VINCENT>: I am Don. I love my family. <DON>: That's good. Do you speak Italian at home? <VINCENT>: We do, Don. We love the Italian culture. <DON>: It's good to hear that. We have roots. Tell me the numbers, count one to 21 in Italian. <VINCENT>: Don, we don't really use Italian numbers in our household. We er.... <DON>: Well, what is the Italian for cat, dog, mouse? <VINCENT>: Don, we don't really have those animals in our house... |
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Jun-20-25
| | offramp: Where was King Solomon's toilet?
His toilet <before> the stables. The men's toilet would have been much smaller than the women's toilet (because he had 1000 wives).
The handicapped toilet would have been closest to the Temple, so that the lame and the halt would travel the shortest distance. Solomon's stables would have created a huge stink from those horses. The stink from the horses would have drowned out the smell og King Solomon's poo. It's an interesting theory. |
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Jun-22-25
| | offramp: I made my own beer and it came out extremely well. It was very yesty, very very yesty. When I opened one of the bottles it foamed like a bastard, but that is a good thing. My Rheumatologist ــــــــــﮩ٨ـ told me to avoid beer! Because of this thing called <purine> (not the cat food, I hope). When I drank this beer I could feel the yeast affecting me immediately ᶠᶸᶜᵏме𓀐𓂸. My gouty toes crankled, and straight away I totally graunched from my gooch to my hunkers. (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥) My stomach was right keeched (doubled over). Feeling reet moaslins. Like nadgers tight squeezed. I made that beer too strong! |
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Jun-22-25
| | offramp: Elvis Costello and Russ Abbott both dress as teddy boys. |
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Jul-01-25
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<***TRIPLE CAUTION DANGER WARNING🚰***>
<<<🦋🥺🤍🧸١٥٧٤♡<<Tap water 🌊⋆｡𖦹 °.🐚⋆❀˖°🫧is contaminated in the following counties:<SURREY
ESSEX
KENT
GREATER LONDON
BERKSHIRE
& ALL THE OTHER ONES.
Do not drink water or <Doug Boileau>｡˚○💦 ⋆˚࿔🌊｡˚○. DO NOT leave the house <(chemtrails)⋆.ೃ࿔☁️ ݁ ˖*༄ <ALWAYS wear a mask😷>>.> > >> BTW, none of that affects me. I am doing fine. |
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Jul-01-25
| | offramp: I know a load of you lot know that I live in Wimbledon, don't I? I got a bus down to the Tennis Ground. It was bleedin PACKED. At the gates I said "there is someone with my tickets don't they??" And, <DO you want a huge NOSE??> A flippant method way of threaten to crack open another human's nose. They let me in, and I hung around Centre Court.
I hate tennis, BTW.
Some French player was going to the changing rooms and I was saying, "No press, no press" to the paparazzi, and I got allowed into the changing rooms. I gave that French tennis player the most colossal godawful kick in his bollocks. I am not joking. LOL!! So I put on his clothing and took his tennis bat and can you believe it I won!! 6-4 5-7 6-3 2-6 8-6. GG. |
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Jul-03-25
| | offramp: I went to confession but I couldn't resist bashing one out. |
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Jul-04-25
| | offramp: Tennis at Wimbledon is nearly half way through. England is playing India at cricket at Edgbaston; that is going to be another very good Test. The game is now in the third day, of 5. Women's Football Euro Championships is going on in Switzerland. After the group stage it'll get very interesting. At the same time there's the FIFA Club World Cup, in the USA. Great entertainment. |
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Jul-04-25
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<CHESSGAMES CRICKET>You choose 11 games, using this link:
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...
(It's on the home page.)
Your cricket score is the number of moves.
I'LL do the same. It'll be a ODI - single innings. Actually, it might be better to have a 5-a-side match. I'll go first:
Taubenhaus vs de Riviere, 1887
V Ostrogsky vs A Lueth, 1904
M L Hanauer vs Shainswit, 1943
A David vs R Djurhuus, 1985
Lasker vs J M Hanham, 1893 |
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Jul-05-25
| | offramp: Apocalypse Now/Superman. |
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Jul-13-25
| | offramp: The cricket Test series, England v India, has been very close. ATM it is 1 Test each (1-1). The 3rd Test has just had a rare occurrence: a <tie on 1st innings scores>: England scored 387 in a day and a half, then India scored 387 in similar swashbuckling style in a day and a half. After 3 days of cricket (c.18 hours), both teams are back to exactly where they were 3 days ago! Great, GREAT Crick🏏et🫶🏻🥹❤️🩹! |
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Jul-13-25
| | offramp: Women England are playing Wales Women.
For once, I want Eng to beat Wales. I think it'll be about 6-0. Tomorrow, the last day of Eng v India will end up very very close: Eng will win by 2-10 runs. |
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Jul-14-25
| | offramp: <For once, I want Eng to beat Wales. I think it'll be about 6-0. Tomorrow, the last day of Eng v India will end up very very close: Eng will win by 2-10 runs.> The football was 6-1.
England won the cricket by 22 runs. |
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Jul-15-25
| | offramp: I've been pretty depressed all day. That is unusual for me.
There was bad news on BBC at 8am.
West Indies lost a Test to Australia. That's NOT unusual.
But Windies were all out for 27. The second-lowest ever score.🔴☄\|/ The problem is that Australians are a right pain in the neck. They are bad losers and bad winners.
They are certainly very strong in every department.
𓃮𓃮𓃮♕♛♚♔👑 |
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Jul-15-25
| | offramp: Two quotes that I can't remember the source
The first one is by Dick York, the husband in <Bewitched>. He was dying with lung cancer (this is a funny story). He was being interviewed while he is lying in an <iron lung>. The interviewer asked him, "When did you give up smoking?" York said, <"About ten minutes ago.">
⋆༺𓆩☠︎︎𓆪༻⋆
This quote is from <Pol Pot>: "What this country needs is seven or eight <Hitlers>." [Hitler was the guy with the flatulence and a toothbrush moustache.] |
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Jul-15-25
| | offramp: Have you been watching the Gi̶r̶l̶s̶' Women's Football, in Switzerland? The timing is done by Hublot, https://www.hublot.com/ Apparently, when the quarter-finals start the referee can blow her whistle at the exactly correct moment to start the game. She will start the game within 0.00001% of the actual correct start instant, using the moon laser beam reflector directly into her brain. Isn't that great? |
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Jul-15-25
| | offramp: <The Wicker Man> with Edward Woodward? He plays a Scot policeman, a sergeant. How about inserting this 10-seconds of dialogue: Policeman: <"I am from England. I am on transfer to Scotland."> Islander: <"Ah! That explains your accent!"> |
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