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Starting with a weird one, the Tiny Desk Concerts.

Chompy mentioned the Nickel Creek one, then Marky chimed in with some tart named Dua Lipa or somesuch.

I'd never heard of either & had not the slightest interest in finding out.

But here's the thing. As always, last thing that night I opened up You Tube on my TV & the first two listed in "Recommended" were those EXACT TWO videos. What are the chances of that being a coincidence? Very little I imagine. (There are scores/hundreds of Tiny Desk Concerts).

OK, I understand how algos work, but blonde to You Tube is a stretch, isn't it? Are the algos really that all-encompassing?

Gill often sends me an e-mail "do you like this dress/handbag/ornament I purchased?" and for the next week every time I open Amazon or search for something online, those EXACT items are being promoted in adverts. I get all that, but it still seems a stretch that it includes blonde.

It does not bother me as such - my online stuff is all legit & mostly nerdy & geeky stuff - but it's extraordinary, isn't it, how our every written word is being searched?

...and now Andrew T & MANTIS have both joined Team Retro.

Great to see, & I'll reply in due course.

Been incred busy last week one way & another.

Crikey Alistair, God only knows how you cope.

Hope you are soon over this latest setback.

[Watergate. Whatever way I look at it, the best ever. 9/11COVID.]

I have been musing on this for a while, & the longer I think about it, the more contenders I find.

I ended up with a list of 20 or 25, but I don't want to list them all or it ruins the thread before it starts, but I'll kick off with these three...


Watergate. Whatever way I look at it, the best ever.

9/11

COVID.


Just missing out were the assassinations of JFK and Lennon.



Go on, try & beat those, list your Top 3.

Ironside wins thread!

didn't know it was a contest sometime its good to vent though

Hope you get your operation soon and things improve for you.

Wishing you a speedy recovery Ironside.

All the best Iron

thanks guys been out of hospital a few days now i feel better than i did a fortnight ago which is always a plus.

"My head is bloody, but unbowed"


You're an amazing man Iron. It's my privilege to know you.

Ha ha Eck, I did choose the small breakfast. Missing black pudding but very tasty.

Was told about Vinted just today, golfing buddy bought a ping putter with cover and new grip for £40. He played with it today but didn't get on with it. I had a putt with it before we played and liked it. Playing with it on Thursday and will buy it off him if I like it. At a discount obviously probably 3rd or 4th handed now. 🤣

Yeah Kev, I'm not sure of that I'd lose a friend if he stuck something like that in front of me

Ping putter for £40? That is some bargain! Hope it's the answer

Ha ha Eck, I did choose the small breakfast. Missing black pudding but very tasty.

Was told about Vinted just today, golfing buddy bought a ping putter with cover and new grip for £40. He played with it today but didn't get on with it. I had a putt with it before we played and liked it. Playing with it on Thursday and will buy it off him if I like it. At a discount obviously probably 3rd or 4th handed now. 🤣

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Bacon, sausage and egg look good. Beans looked congealed mushroom taking up the space for a nice bit of haggis or black pudding and toast looks about perfect. Decent effort 8/10.

Little pre golf breakfast.

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Fucking disgrace.

On the golf shoes front had an issue with a pair of Footjoys I bought last year so they took them back got myself a better pair but really only suited to summer. Missus is a Vinted addict, mentioned I could do with a pair for the winter and she found me a pair of Footjoy Hyperflex for £90 brand new in the box, bargain very comfy and 100% waterproof.

Ironside wins thread!

didn't know it was a contest sometime its good to vent though

Hope you get your operation soon and things improve for you.

Wishing you a speedy recovery Ironside.

All the best Iron

thanks guys been out of hospital a few days now i feel better than i did a fortnight ago which is always a plus.

You get pain BELOW the break Iron?

yeah my Spinal Cord was not completely severed, it was partial severed and the rest merely crushed, T1,T3 and T4. My classification is a T1 incomplete.
I cannot feel if someone is touching me but it constantly feels like a hot liquid is pulsating through my whole lower body.
On bad days i get really badly tempered and lock myself in my room as when i am really sore i can seriously offend. Which is properly why i like to act the jestor on good days.