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We will always remember her, Nancy. I still think of her every time I wear my Fluevogs, as she was the person who introduced me to them. Sending you love.

I would recommend the Cherub series by Robert Muchamore. Easy to read but very exciting and fast paced.

For a good number of years afterwards you would hear older people tell war stories to young people coming through, particularly those who seem to take having a secure well paid job for granted.

I survived because personal circumstances meant I had taken a more boring and lower paid job for the proximity of the office to my childcare. A friend survived because although he was quite junior, the role he happened to be doing at the time was very specialised.

And those of us who had jobs on the other side of it were very relieved, and there was a real understanding of how much luck had played a part in whether or not you had survived in the industry.

There was definitely a sense of things being ‘too good to be true’ for quite a while before the bubble actually burst. But there was also a competing atmosphere of maybe this was just how things were now in the new internet world, and that naysayers were fossils of old school business.

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Whenever I’m in the presence of celebrity I act so cool that I go full circle back round to weird and awkward.

That is classic. I love the run up introduction to camera. 🤣
How lucky we all are that he persevered.

OMG. I was not expecting the bit about the erotic novel. 😂

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Considering how much English land the French champagne houses are buying up for vines, there won’t be any space left for local producers soon.

What is the suitable climate for this? Either your legs are freezing or you’re a pool of upper body sweat.

She has reached the literal top job in two separate careers. Astonishing.

I’m not. It is of course up to her how she responds and I can’t possibly even imagine what this level of harassment feels like. What I said was that responding to this particular harassment in this way reinforces the idea that being accused of being trans is an insult. It is not.

Sure, but that would be happening regardless due to her position and the age gap with her husband. Choosing to respond to this particular harassment rather than lump it with the rest sends the message that this is the gravest insult.

Surely responding like this also reinforces the idea that calling someone trans is an insult.

Is doing a Tim Tam slam a form of dunking? Possible it should be considered a separate activity.

And John Lithgow reaches well into his 90s

I’ve rented them for corporate things and it’s always been a substantial deposit (20%+) then remainder of the fee at least 7 days prior. The only exception would be things like food & drink where you might approve additional expenditure in advance if it’s needed, then pay for the extra stuff after.

Therefore it ramps up every time Musk does something particularly awful because they feel more defensive. And it’s even better for the conscience if your mates are saying the same.

The most charitable interpretation is that they’re embarrassed. They know they shouldn’t still be on Twitter but they can’t let it go. They rubbish the alternative so that they can make themselves feel better and have an excuse if they’re challenged.

Thank you!

Good news! Now it seems we have a receptive audience, we need to step up the public health messages about staying safe in the heat and sun. As an immigrant from a hot country, I’m constantly mortified by how people here behave in hot weather.

Me too! I’ve never come across anyone else who had it. Not as bad as when I was pregnant, but still awful.

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Some of these mistakes are very funny!

Zelenskyy has really raised the credibility of comedians, but also given the world a wildly misleading bar for what most of us are capable of.

You make a good point

He got a job with some obscure american church, which he subsequently got dumped from when he did a nazi salute (surprise!). So I assume it’s the archbishop of that group that he’s complaining about.