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  1. jukel123

    Tokyo

    Seems the most pointless sport of all time to me. Obese men shoving each other. You can see that at last orders in Weatherspoons.
  2. jukel123

    Tokyo

    Guess you will need a suitcase of face masks otherwise you will be thought of as a European barbarian. Although, from observing the coach loads of Chinese tourists who visit Gretna Green and Edinburgh, they are not fussed about masks. In fact both women and men think nothing of spitting in the street or holding one nostril, and blowing snot through the other. Maybe it's all those fags they get through. I think many other 'Orientals' are pretty religious about face masks though.
  3. Its funny how different people's brains are. Some are naturally Maths oriented, some are born artists and others are linguists. The very fortunate are good at most subjects areas. I think everybody should be given the chance to go back to full time education, perhaps at twenty or so. Most people get discarded or written off by the system when their brains are still under developed. Or perhaps their home circumstances aren't great. A fresh start at twenty or so would produce many, many late developers. I've known some exceptionally sharp people with little or no paper qualifications
  4. Battle of Britain tomorrow night lads. Man U v Glasgow Rangers. Last time Rangers came to Manc 17 years back they unleashed, according to the cops, "the most violence and disorder since the blitz". The city centre was wrecked. I am therefore expecting all true born Englishmen together with right thinking Scots to be supporting Amorim's misfits tomorrow night. 'The Hun' as they are known this side of the border cannot win and must not win. They must be disgraced and humiliated . Anything less and my life will be blighted.
  5. Yes of course mate. Understood. ( What the fucks he on about?)
  6. Funny how people with degrees don't necessarily use what they've learned in their careers. You work in recruitment don't you? No set squares needed I presume.
  7. "Reference books". They were the equivalent of the Internet in the olden days. My go to was 'Encyclopaedia Britannica'. But by the time I had walked to the library I had forgotten what I was going to look up and dropped into the pub instead.
  8. jukel123

    Why?

    Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht WWW.BBC.CO.UK Trump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to let her know he had granted her son a full pardon.
  9. It's funny how tinternet has enabled old gits like us to become authorities on all sorts of random sayings and factoids. I'm forever quoting shit I've just learned to bored, long suffering audiences. I know this to be true because they either slink off as soon as they see me or suddenly remember an appointment when I appear. Their loss, I'm full of wisdom. I will not deviate from my life's mission: bore or die trying.
  10. Once again we are at loggerheads. Perfectly sensible saying.
  11. No need.Stiff was primed and ready to deploy. Nice to know you are on alert though.
  12. More of the rod I suggest. You will need a cattle prod.
  13. Gonna be along, long wait. Nobody on here will be alive to see Mcs graduation. He might do well on Mastermind, specialist subject : running in the slop int' Yorkshire.
  14. I was hoping Scotty would enter the fray quoting that unrivalled tomb of wisdom: Tik toc. Never known to be wrong. Two bald men fighting over a comb did cross my mind.
  15. We need mcHull to settle this battle of semantics. His piercing judgement and unrivalled military knowledge will surely provide a definitive judgement. He's a man who comes to any intelligent discussion armed with a deeply held uninformed opinion.
  16. You and your fact checking. Why spoil a good THL thread with detail? You and your measured response. Tis not the THL way. Fit in or consider your position.
  17. Me and Vlad are comrades. Your name had been noted.
  18. 'An African in Greenland' is the story of his journey. Good read.
  19. So was this fella Wolfie. The Arctic African WWW.BBC.CO.UK Why a West African boy ran away from his village in Togo to live in the Arctic in the 1960s.
  20. Fine , upstanding communist sailors, versed in Lenin and Marx, would scorn your filthy, running dog, capitalist hospitality. They are our friends come to liberate us from our chains. Ukraine first, then the UK.
  21. jukel123

    Tokyo

    There's a similar video I can find where the staff all bow as you leave. How do they make a profit with such high labour costs?
  22. jukel123

    Tokyo

    Check out the routine when you go to get petrol in Japan from a forecourt on Youtube. Somebody to fill your car,somebody to wipe your windscreen and a cashier. They all give a synchronised bow when you leave. That habit of taking off your shoes is civilised. We take our shoes off at the door and I know people who request you remove your shoes when you visit. It makes sense. Stops dog shit being trodden through your house for a start.
  23. jukel123

    Tokyo

    A good friend's daughter works in the travel industry and gets free tickets to destinations of her choice. She prefers Japan every time and takes her family there twice a year. She likes the politeness, the safety, the food, the endless people watching and the feeling of being immersed in a totally different culture. I like to read about Japan: the insularity of the country , the loneliness of the old, the manic work culture and the refusal to consider immigration to fill vacancies, despite an exceptionally low birth rate. For a highly developed and sophisticated country they
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