mike carey

This morning I saw one tribute that said simply 'Forever Margo'. Her husband in that show, Paul Eddington, was perhaps as well known, but in another classic role, that of Jim Hacker.

It's hard to believe that Audrey fforbes-Hamilton first appeared on our small screens in 1979 in To the Manor Born. Penelope Keith's appearances there and in other British television shows, most often as an aristocratic or upper class lady were memorable, and the humour gentle. She passed away on 29 June at the age of 86. Vale. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jun/29/penelope-keith-star-of-the-good-life-and-to-the-manor-born-dies-aged-86

@Becket the first time I heard that chant I thought it was an AI construct. Maybe it is .... Or maybe not.

That thought had crossed my mind when I read your earlier post. And I won't need to risk Spirit.

That's not unusual, people often don't pause to understand the actual costs of what they are doing, they focus on a headline number and decide that it is 'unreasonable'. Sometimes you need to take a step back, or several, and look dispassionately at what's in front of you. In April, I booked a flight from NYC to Boston (train fares were not cheap) and only then checked, and could have booked an award seat on the same flight for a number of miles I could have bought the same day for less (and which I had in my account anyway and had acquired for even less). In November I got it right, a flight from PHX to LAX would have cost me over $AU500 (AA prices my fares in AUD because I use an AU credit card), but were available for 9k Qantas miles, which was at most $AU180 to me. I wouldn't dream of suggesting that 30 hours behind the wheel might be more pleasant than a Spirit flight, and nor could I guarantee that airline miles might be a solution. Sometimes paying the 'unreasonable' fare might be the most sensible thing to do, and the one that is actually the most cost effective.

You haven't lost your flair, @Tygerscent!

He has a Greek phone number and lists Greek as a language, so that would track (proximity rather than affinity!).

He was told “recombobulation” wasn’t an actual word, the airport’s director of public affairs and marketing Harold Mester said. Bateman knew that. “He said, ‘Let’s try to make this a little bit more fun during this stressful experience. If someone gets a chuckle when they go through the checkpoint, then we’ve done our job.’” This is a great relief. Now I know where to go when I am, inevitably, next discombobulated.

Shouldn't this be in the 'Cute Critters' thread?

'What do men have to do with it?' Douglas Adams

https://rent.men/XLMeatToWorship

Ecuador 0 Curaçao 0 What were they drinking?

I can see a number in the rent.men version of the ad. https://rent.men/KayMichaels

It's been happening since pools were invented. Everywhere. I've even heard of people putting in a chemical that turns red when in contact with urine to discourage it. Probably an apocryphal story. 45° is a little warm, but 'it's a dry heat'. All you really need is a ceiling fan and good ventilation. And a hat if you go walking (and walk on the shady side of the street).

https://rent.men/CornfedGent

Just don't mention Sheridan.

https://rent.men/Mreezzy

I generally choose not to book with LCCs. I choose not to deal with the likely limited leg room and nickel and diming for things that are suddenly (but always predictably, or even notified as) not included in the fare. I know enough to expect these things, and in another life (or stage of life) I might choose to accept them as factors in my decision to book a fare. But here and now, not happening. LCCs spend as much as they need to protect their reputations. Just happens that that's not very much at all.

People have actually heard of Curaçao. Problem is most of them think it comes in a bottle. Thankfully, a few know it has beaches.

This comes up regularly. The most likely cause is text pasted into a thread rather than text that's typed in. It would take malice aforethought to override the default settings to that extent when typing a comment. It happens in both light and dark mode, but those of us on the dark side are more likely to see it because more people both post and see their posts in light mode. I commented on this a couple of weeks ago. Basically, if you're reading there's nothing you can do except change modes for that comment.

This gentleman's WhatsApp number uses the Portuguese country code (+351) and he's currently in Tel Aviv, both of which fall in the ambit of the Europe Forum, so I've moved it there for now. An 'Everywhere' search for his name in the site's search tool will find the thread later.

Bear in mind that the teams have a base camp where there team headquarters is for the duration, and where they train and stay between games. The Australian team, for example, has a base in Oakland, their first game was in Vancouver and the next will be in Seattle (against some other team that plays soccer not football). Still, the game cities will have a constant flow of visitors, with the supporters showing up for the games, and likely more than the teams, spend a few days either side of their teams' actual games.

Burn-Murdoch's video didn't claim anything beyond correlation.