The 'Skeets'

This was painful to read. Really don’t think people understand the kinds of terrifying symptoms that shelter under umbrella of long covid

Ministry of Justice ‘has failed to file spending receipts of nearly £11bn’ Analyst firm Tussell says department is more than two years behind on publishing receipts, weakening scrutiny around public money The Ministry of Justice, the Whitehall department in charge of a £13bn annual budget for prisons, probation and courts across England and Wales, has failed to file spending receipts of nearly £11bn, a report has said. Tussell, the public spending analyst firm, said the government department was more than two years behind on publishing receipts for multimillion pound contracts, weakening scrutiny around public money. Continue reading...

Ministry of Justice ‘has failed to file spending receipts of nearly £11bn’

YouTube video by studio2televisionextra Coming Up Next - Continuity Announcers documentary - BBC Radio Norfolk - ITV BBC - 31-12-12

This is rather lovely - and from a random source too. From Radio Norfolk an hour of (understandably Anglia-heavy) continuity announcers reminiscing. youtu.be/XRhk2av_n-o?...

This made me laugh more than I expected. Sweep does Tales of the Unexpected.

I do not envy the person who gets the job of cleaning the fluids off the insides. I hope they are wipe clean and can cope with the twice daily deep cleaning necessary

Kim Jong Un speaking into a microphone.

“Before we crack on with the meat raffle, could the owner of a yellow Vauxhall Corsa please move their vehicle? Dave from the mobile discotheque says he can’t get his van in”

BARRY WHITE YOU’RE THE FIRST MY LAST MY EVERYTHING

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Is this turning into Michael Apted's '7 Up'?

An analogue clock at the RENFE railway station at Torremolinos.

Whatever your opinion of RENFE, they have some impressive station clocks.

Not familiar with this series. Is it like 'Dear John'?

That annual viewer game of 'Who, who and who?'.

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the King’s brother In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy and powerful men, and how everyone knew what was going on

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the King’s brother

YouTube video by Century 21 Films Rescuing the Past: Lost Media Discoveries (Thunderbirds, Space: 1999, Silent Movies and MORE)

Bits from Anderson shows you didn't see/hear.
youtu.be/UH4CadYQGq4

Useful as a one-legged man in an arse kicking contest etc....

I'll try to be careful in replying to this but nothing surprises me about the medical profession.

Playing the McDonald’s Monopoly game

as a kid: “I hope I win a big prize!”

as an adult: “please god, let it be a cheeseburger”

Bit of a culture vulture, me, y'know. Ooh look, it's Van Kleef's office from when they go Amsterdam in Only Fools & Horses! LEGGIT!!!

No need for a moral panic about the welfare system It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high

No need for a moral panic about the welfare system
“the current level of out-of-work claims is not any kind of record; it’s similar to 2014-15 levels, and noticeably lower than 2013”
www.ft.com/content/ee67... via @ft

Oh yes.

One of the greatest ever pop albums.

YouTube video by Cook & Greenaway TV JINGLES/COMMERCIALS Sorry" by The Carpetbaggers (Alied Carpets)

There was a de-carpeted full length version too: youtu.be/yp4LekQaQWs?...

In my search for this hitherto unknown (to me) piece by Wisdom, I stumbled upon Bryan Ferry* singing about Allied Carpets...

youtu.be/XyrAieCvwsg

Norman Wisdom – The soundtrack to his 1982 musical Jingle Jangle. It ran for a grand total of eight (8) performances before disappearing forever. Probably not Norman's finest moment.

YouTube video by Orange Juice Orange Juice - Rip It Up (Official Video)

#80sTop30
#MusicChallenge
15/30 (unranked)

Orange Juice - Rip It Up (1982)
youtu.be/UzPh89tD5pA?...

YouTube video by Hicksteria TV! GET, SET, GO (26th November 1984) Michael Barrymore

Did you know someone has uploaded a full episode of "Get Set Go" the BBC Michael Barrymore gameshow.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic6e...

Happy birthday! Marylebone is the youngest original terminal in London but Euston was, somewhat controversially, demolished in the early sixties to make way for the current one.

Euston Station is 57 today, by the way.

If I'm still around it'll be my thirteenth World Cup. My first - Argentina - is still my favourite. Crackly commentary over a telephone, late night games, ticker tape...

England qualify for the World Cup.

Would Partridge vote Reform on the quiet? He'd possibly go for a pint with Farage.