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    Billysboots reacted to VVega's post in the thread It pays to question with Like Like.
    iPhone has setting “Screen Unknown Callers”, one of the options is “Ask Reason for Calling”. So it then doesn’t show the call but...
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    Billysboots reacted to D-S's post in the thread Random Irritations with Like Like.
    I’ve travelled quite a lot to the less glamorous parts of the Middle East and to the unpopular parts of Africa, the worst case of food...
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    Billysboots reacted to Lord Tyrion's post in the thread It pays to question with Like Like.
    My mum struggles to get to the phone now but previously she would have been vulnerable. My FiL has been duped a few times, both on the...
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    Billysboots reacted to bobmac's post in the thread It pays to question with Like Like.
    BT SCAM I had a call today from a guy from BT today who says my bill is going up by £2 per month. He called from a mobile.:unsure: Then...
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    Billysboots reacted to Neilds's post in the thread It pays to question with Like Like.
    If you are ringing back, try and use a different phone as the scammers can leave the line open and you aren't actually talking to the...
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    Billysboots replied to the thread It pays to question.
    Thanks for sharing Bob - that’s a variation on one I’ve heard, but not for a little while. Sadly, my mum is very vulnerable to this...
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    Billysboots reacted to Lord Tyrion's post in the thread Random Irritations with Like Like.
    Financial fraud is the one that stands out to me. Highly technical, very dull. Beyond most people, I'm including myself in this. Having...
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    Billysboots replied to the thread Random Irritations.
    I’m not in favour of professional juries for the reasons you cite, but I do see @irip point. Which is why I say I like the idea of...
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    Billysboots reacted to Bunkermagnet's post in the thread Random Irritations with Like Like.
    Whilst I have some sympathy with that idea, the thought that jurors would be choosing to do it for a living is more worrying. I like it...
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    Billysboots replied to the thread Courses Near Derby.
    Harborough and Sickleholme are both about an hour, but the latter is half the distance. But I see your point!
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    Billysboots reacted to Voyager EMH's post in the thread Courses Near Derby with Like Like.
    Both Market Harborough (golf course is in Northamptonshire) and Coventry Finham (south of Coventry) are closer by car driving time from...
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    Billysboots reacted to irip's post in the thread Random Irritations with Like Like.
    Slightly off tangent but I have always been of the belief we should have professional jury’s. There is so much at stake for both parties...
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    Billysboots reacted to RichA's post in the thread Random Irritations with Like Like.
    That jury saw and heard 2 months of evidence that none of us have seen or heard. They were subjected to persuasive arguments by...
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    Billysboots reacted to 4LEX's post in the thread Random Irritations with Like Like.
    Thanks for the response. Given the clear evidence my view is the CPS set the bar too high and went for the upper end of the charges...
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    Billysboots reacted to RichA's post in the thread Random Irritations with Like Like.
    Yep. I think that the 70s and 80s stuff was a more reaction to the widespread belief of police faking evidence than any kind of Robin...
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