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HBO Max carries TNT Sports live coverage, and I've got HBO on my Sky subscription. Sky says it's free but I'm sure I pay for it somehow. Apparently it's all part of the Warner Bros Discovery ecosystem ...

So she knew something was up which was why she drove past at three am? But the murderers had dismissed her so she wouldn't have a key.

We need more research into exactly how she was sacked. I'm as ...

Watched the Champions League final after discovering I had HBO through Sky (who knew?).

Sad they lost but not really. I can see what you meant by the "hoofing" comments. I get that they h ...

Too small

Always considered Nick Hornby's books to be a little divorced from reality - my reality anyway.

For instance, in High Fidelity the protagonist is obsessed with making mix tapes for his girlfriends. ...

Funniest example of this at the moment is the campaign to ban under 16s from using social media. Funny because you know that the campaigners spend hours every day on social media.

"But we must ...

Surely it's not jump out from the bushes type rape, it's a man being "married" and expecting some nookie type rape.

Plus a nice bit of compy to be earned by all.

In this internet age it makes you wonder if BBC correspondent is one of the world's easiest jobs.

What really annoys me is when they've reached a certain rank they have to be name-checked by the BB ...

Surely Streeting suffers from the Brown-May-Starmer syndrome? They were all professional politicians and hence truly weird people. Before they got into power they were hidden from too much public view ...

Years since I read it, but isn't Widmerpool someone who follows every modern craze over the period of the books? Golf would have been a middle-class craze in the 20s and 30s so the narrator would have ...

Problem with Dance to the Music of Time is that the narrator does nothing and Widmerpool - the one we are supposed to hate - is the most interesting character. We are supposed to laugh at him because ...

They were wearing special shoes.

Iran has an obvious solution: agree to stop developing nuclear bombs in return for an end to all sanctions.

Trump can present this as a great win. Iran will make a fortune in trade. Both win.

In ...

Presumably every tanker owner with a ship stuck outside Hormuz has made more money from the increased oil price than if they had actually delivered the stuff?

But I didn't see a single player jumping on any of the balloons. And if Arteta had run out of his area to do so, any yellow card would have been rescinded under review.

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Topic: The Importance of Sport
Grant Replies: 5227 Views: 12682097	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:32 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Grant Replies: 5227 Views: 12682097	HBO Max carries TNT Sports live coverage, and I've got HBO on my Sky subscription. Sky says it's free but I'm sure I pay for it somehow. Apparently it's all part of the Warner Bros Discovery ecosystem ...
Topic: AE on Telly News
Grant Replies: 2932 Views: 1812779	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:08 pm Subject: AE on Telly News
Grant Replies: 2932 Views: 1812779	So she knew something was up which was why she drove past at three am? But the murderers had dismissed her so she wouldn't have a key. We need more research into exactly how she was sacked. I'm as ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Grant Replies: 5227 Views: 12682097	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:00 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Grant Replies: 5227 Views: 12682097	Watched the Champions League final after discovering I had HBO through Sky (who knew?). Sad they lost but not really. I can see what you meant by the "hoofing" comments. I get that they h ...
Topic: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Grant Replies: 987 Views: 552117	Forum: Politics Posted: 7:19 pm Subject: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Grant Replies: 987 Views: 552117	Too small
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Grant Replies: 282 Views: 394951	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:17 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Grant Replies: 282 Views: 394951	Always considered Nick Hornby's books to be a little divorced from reality - my reality anyway. For instance, in High Fidelity the protagonist is obsessed with making mix tapes for his girlfriends. ...
Topic: Politics, The Final Frontier
Grant Replies: 2163 Views: 995808	Forum: Politics Posted: 9:07 pm Subject: Politics, The Final Frontier
Grant Replies: 2163 Views: 995808	Funniest example of this at the moment is the campaign to ban under 16s from using social media. Funny because you know that the campaigners spend hours every day on social media. "But we must ...
Topic: Principles of Applied Epistemology
Grant Replies: 764 Views: 728724	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 1:16 pm Subject: Principles of Applied Epistemology
Grant Replies: 764 Views: 728724	Surely it's not jump out from the bushes type rape, it's a man being "married" and expecting some nookie type rape. Plus a nice bit of compy to be earned by all.
Topic: AE on Telly News
Grant Replies: 2932 Views: 1812779	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:22 pm Subject: AE on Telly News
Grant Replies: 2932 Views: 1812779	In this internet age it makes you wonder if BBC correspondent is one of the world's easiest jobs. What really annoys me is when they've reached a certain rank they have to be name-checked by the BB ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 6131 Views: 6184627	Forum: Politics Posted: 10:11 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 6131 Views: 6184627	Surely Streeting suffers from the Brown-May-Starmer syndrome? They were all professional politicians and hence truly weird people. Before they got into power they were hidden from too much public view ...
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Grant Replies: 282 Views: 394951	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:14 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Grant Replies: 282 Views: 394951	Years since I read it, but isn't Widmerpool someone who follows every modern craze over the period of the books? Golf would have been a middle-class craze in the 20s and 30s so the narrator would have ...
Topic: The Canons of Culture
Grant Replies: 282 Views: 394951	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 8:10 pm Subject: The Canons of Culture
Grant Replies: 282 Views: 394951	Problem with Dance to the Music of Time is that the narrator does nothing and Widmerpool - the one we are supposed to hate - is the most interesting character. We are supposed to laugh at him because ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Grant Replies: 5227 Views: 12682097	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:39 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Grant Replies: 5227 Views: 12682097	They were wearing special shoes.
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 6131 Views: 6184627	Forum: Politics Posted: 12:12 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Grant Replies: 6131 Views: 6184627	Iran has an obvious solution: agree to stop developing nuclear bombs in return for an end to all sanctions. Trump can present this as a great win. Iran will make a fortune in trade. Both win. In ...
Topic: Not Enough Oil?
Grant Replies: 100 Views: 222038	Forum: Politics Posted: 8:28 pm Subject: Not Enough Oil?
Grant Replies: 100 Views: 222038	Presumably every tanker owner with a ship stuck outside Hormuz has made more money from the increased oil price than if they had actually delivered the stuff?
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Grant Replies: 5227 Views: 12682097	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:14 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Grant Replies: 5227 Views: 12682097	But I didn't see a single player jumping on any of the balloons. And if Arteta had run out of his area to do so, any yellow card would have been rescinded under review.