stevieb15
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Ditto as per this mornings forecast but when I got to the club for a few frames of snooker and a couple of pints it was a perfect day for golf!Golf cancelled due to weather
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Alan Clifford
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I usually listen to the BBC World Service.I put BBC breakfast news on this morning, I was met with Paris Fury talking about the family reality show. I turned over to ITV, Coleen Rooney talking about the court case, again
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3offTheTee
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Waiters trying to upsell me wine in a Spanish restaurant. I know what I want!
IanM
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I've just deleted LinkedIn and cancelled account too.
I'm now retired and as you say the content is truly awful.
IanM
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Depends what sector you work in I think, the Maritime and Offshore Wind stuff is fantastic.
IanM
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I agree, my last role was supporting HM Coastguard!
This gets lost in a sea of politics, meaningless awards and twits posting rhetorical questions to try and look good.
Any post starting "I'm really excited" can similarly be ignored.
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bobmac
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Nowadays, you have to be super excited
SwingsitlikeHogan
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More than once over the last couple of days I heard Global Radio news reporting (LBC, Heart etc) on three major flood warnings for the river Derwent in Derby - when it wasn’t Derby…it was Derbyshire…there’s a difference.. And it mattered a lot for those living in or driving through Derbyshire.
Unfortunately typical of the sloppy reporting that seems quite prevalent for Global News. Additionally irritating is that listeners must have reported, or the production team must have spotted, the error…but it wasn‘t corrected.
. And it mattered a lot for those living in or driving through Derbyshire.Unfortunately typical of the sloppy reporting that seems quite prevalent for Global News. Additionally irritating is that listeners must have reported, or the production team must have spotted, the error…but it wasn‘t corrected.
SwingsitlikeHogan
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Reminds me that I meant to do that…rarely looked or got any great value from it…couple of times got recruitment chats but nothing more over many years.
Robster59
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I use it as a business tool. Once I am retired, I'll not be showing much interest in it anyway.
Looked at it once since I retired 6 years ago…. To delete it.
Gravel ride cancelled on Saturday due to the rain, Fatbike ride cancelled on Sunday as most of the boys had come down with covid
Pants
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Following on from SILH's comments about sloppy reporting on LBC, I get very irritated by their traffic reports. And it's not one particular reader either. They all do it.
e.g. "There are long delays on the A249 southbound due to an accident that happened earlier" !!! Of course it happened earlier you idiots. It would be unlikely that the delays were due to an accident that's happening later today
e.g. "There are long delays on the A249 southbound due to an accident that happened earlier" !!! Of course it happened earlier you idiots. It would be unlikely that the delays were due to an accident that's happening later today
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SwingsitlikeHogan
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…though it appears that as the R Derwent flows through Derby the warnings and reporting May will have been accurate…so my irritation may have been unnecessary - doesn’t change how sloppy GN reporting can be. But maybe not this time.More than once over the last couple of days I heard Global Radio news reporting (LBC, Heart etc) on three major flood warnings for the river Derwent in Derby - when it wasn’t Derby…it was Derbyshire…there’s a difference.
Unfortunately typical of the sloppy reporting that seems quite prevalent for Global News. Additionally irritating is that listeners must have reported, or the production team must have spotted, the error…but it wasn‘t corrected.
ExRabbit
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My best friend lives at Darley Abbey - part of Derby - and they had their own flood warning.
And it was correct, because their local park was flooded and a toll bridge was closed.
Whereditgo
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New lalptop at work, total nightmare trying to make sure all the software etc is swapped over.
IanM
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Nearest pub to our house closed as while back when landlords retired.
New tenants converted it to an Indian. Great job of refurb, food however absolutely blooming shocking. Two goes, both awful.
Do they get another chance? Probably not.
New tenants converted it to an Indian. Great job of refurb, food however absolutely blooming shocking. Two goes, both awful.
Do they get another chance? Probably not.
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Red devil
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I give a place two goes and if it's not right it'll never be right.
Popped to the shops and saw someone had their Xmas tree up and lights on.
