mids
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Post by mids on Jun 14, 2020 9:09:12 GMT
Good.
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Post by flatandy on Jun 14, 2020 13:25:20 GMT
Aperol spritz is the devil's piss. Somebody offered me aperol and prosecco the other day. Sweet Jesus. Aperol spritz is Aperol and prosecco. I had Campari and fresh orange juice last night. I forgot how insanely delicious that is. |
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Post by Minge är en jävla besserwisser on Jun 14, 2020 13:51:29 GMT
Is it? I thought it was Aperol and soda water or something. Either way it's vile.
Negroni, now that's a proper grown up drink.
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Post by flatandy on Jun 14, 2020 13:55:37 GMT
Negronis are late night drinks at best. Like an old fashioned, they're a one-and-done kind of drink, not something you can have a couple of before dinner and still expect to enjoy the wine.
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voice
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Post by voice on Jun 14, 2020 16:27:52 GMT
Opened a bottle of Jamiesons last night, been a while, but still good. Neat obviously
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Post by Repat Van on Jun 14, 2020 21:34:37 GMT
Aperol spritz is the devil's piss. Somebody offered me aperol and prosecco the other day. Sweet Jesus. Aperol spritz is Aperol and prosecco. I had Campari and fresh orange juice last night. I forgot how insanely delicious that is. Both the drinks you just mentioned are utterly foul. |
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Post by Repat Van on Jun 14, 2020 21:35:20 GMT
Is it? I thought it was Aperol and soda water or something. Either way it's vile. Negroni, now that's a proper grown up drink. Negronis are disgusting too. |
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Post by redanchor1 on Jun 15, 2020 8:13:01 GMT
I like statues. They are cool. Doesn't mean I worship the person the statue is of, doesn't mean I agree with all of his or hers views....just thought provoking works of art from our history.
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Post by Repat Van on Jun 15, 2020 16:48:32 GMT
I was just watching a compilation of videos taken of the far right marches in London.
I dunno if it is just in Oz but the media inconsistency was rather glaring. They downplayed the far right marches as generally peaceful with a couple of trouble makers but there was a hell of a lot of racism and violence in show.
Interesting...
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Post by reverend on Jun 15, 2020 20:01:59 GMT
Yeah it was interesting because that's EXACTLY what people were saying about the BLM protestors the week before, peaceful protests, yet 30 odd Police were injured, police horses injured, some police were chased up the street and several assaulted, monuments defaced and violence ensued, and bizarrely there were no right wing groups there that weekend, so who I wonder were the culprits?
Inconsistent doesn't even cover it!
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Post by Repat Van on Jun 16, 2020 5:00:30 GMT
Yeah it was interesting because that's EXACTLY what people were saying about the BLM protestors the week before, peaceful protests, yet 30 odd Police were injured, police horses injured, some police were chased up the street and several assaulted, monuments defaced and violence ensued, and bizarrely there were no right wing groups there that weekend, so who I wonder were the culprits? Inconsistent doesn't even cover it! Nah that’s not what the media were saying. They were heavily focused on the damage, rioters etc associated with the BLM protests but largely ignored it for the far right protests. Inconsistent treatment but entirely consistent with the media narrative. That said they touched upon the racism when referencing the Nazi salutes that some have swept aside as “football chants”. Thank goodness for FB pages sharing the truth. Very glad I left. |
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Post by redanchor1 on Jun 16, 2020 6:04:50 GMT
Left Facebook?....
Seriously facebook sucks. I deleted it a couple of years ago. Its good for older people and the mentally feeble.
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Post by Repat Van on Jun 16, 2020 6:55:09 GMT
Left Facebook?.... Seriously facebook sucks. I deleted it a couple of years ago. Its good for older people and the mentally feeble. Ha ha ha! No I tried to leave Facebook and with family and friends spread across the globe and a number of my social and other groups organised via Facebook it was too difficult. I reckon if I had never left my hometown I probably would never have started using it. |
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Post by redanchor1 on Jun 16, 2020 7:34:19 GMT
I enjoy the randomness of running into an old friend from school and knowing nothing, then you have a great chat.
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Post by Repat Van on Jun 16, 2020 8:51:09 GMT
I enjoy the randomness of running into an old friend from school and knowing nothing, then you have a great chat. Oh that still happens. I have hardly any of my school Friends on my Facebook. Most never left Brum and we lost contact. |
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Post by flatandy on Jun 16, 2020 13:43:01 GMT
Yeah. When you have a diaspora of friends and acquaintances around the planet, Facebook is very useful. Particularly if they're all those sorts of half-friends that you wouldn't call for an hour from thousands of miles away, but you might want to catch up with over a beer if you happen to be in the same place. Then you have a baseline of knowledge to start from.
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Post by Marshall on Jun 16, 2020 18:58:01 GMT
I think the argument against taking down statues because you are erasing history is pretty weak tbh.
It seems to assume that we can only learn about history by looking at statues. They are only presenting a glorified image of a person.
If we want statues that teach history then instead of Robert E Lee on a horse it should be Robert E Lee signing the documents of surrender at Appomattox. Fair enough?
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Post by Marshall on Jun 16, 2020 19:25:36 GMT
Add a plaque to add some historical perspective.
"Robert E Lee, who led a traitorous revolt that killed over 700,000 of his fellow countrymen to defend the ownership of other human beings."
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Post by voice on Jun 16, 2020 19:37:45 GMT
Yeah some right wing nutter was trying to argue the other day 'well when are going to demand they bulldoze Auschwitz' I replied 'they kept Auschwitz as evidence and a memorial those killed there, not to glorify the nazis or celebrate them, and that's the exact opposite to keeping statues of slaves and tractors '
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Post by perrykneeham on Jun 16, 2020 19:43:48 GMT
Wait. Has something happened at Auschwitz?
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