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Bingowings

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18-Jul-2008
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10-Nov-2025
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#1011346
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The Dream of the Giant Fractal Woodlouse.
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Perhaps quoting a block of quoted text with an individual’s name mentioned where they might not like it to be mentioned is compounding the problem.

I would never take these sorts of compulsions lightly.
They can be all consuming, they can hurt but the focus of that attention should not have to have google glue their name to you (even as a pseudonym).

Everybody lets edit the name out of the posts but respect the ache.

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#1011344
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Did I dream it all?
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TV’s Frink said:

Bingowings said:

It sounds a bit like “Until the End of the World” (1991) but all jumbled up.
It also feels a bit like “Mulholland Drive” (2001)
After Hours (1985) has a similar vibe
None of these are total fit but they are all good movies so what have you got to lose?

I’ve only seen Mulholland Drive but it’s the opposite of a good movie.

Greatness can sometimes be the opposite of good. We don’t remember Herod as Good or Alexander.

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#1008817
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The Force Awakens: Official Review Thread - ** SPOILERS **
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It’s sad that this topic is still pinned to the top of this forum section.
The Rogue One Spoilers thread ideally should have taken it’s place months ago.
I’m tempted to get the 3D disc set but I’m never going to be able to see it in 3D so is it worth it?
I have the same problem with my Day of the Doctor set and those HDVD Star Trek episodes 😄

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#1007837
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If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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SilverWook said:

Facebook friends be fickle. Gently remind them of their actions towards you if they have the balls to ask for a donation again.

This past year has only deepened my loathing of social media. It’s just a whole new way to be a dick to people you don’t even know. Only without the benefits of a bar stool to the head.

You know how the fallen angels are supposed to be tormented by being denied the presence of God? That’s them now. Poor dears😇

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#1007790
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If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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Warbler said:

wonderful the politics thread is locked for an hour, that will solve everything. Gotta love it, we don’t do anything about the likes of Darth Id and Dinkins, but the moment some regulars get upset at could possibly be disaster for the country the politics thread gets locked. Sometimes I can’t stand this place.

Over on Faceboot I had a couple of internet friends. They both asked to be my internet friend btw and I’ve liked their holiday pictures sponsored them on charity events that sort of thing. Never gonna meet them. I dared to say the election was a race between two awful plutocrats and one called me a MF. A real friend of the other asserted that I must be bad at my job, never met me mind just saw what I did and drew conclusions. To be honest people like that get the political leaders they deserve. A little break from political discussion won’t hurt. Talk about dogs or flowers or something.

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#1007736
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The Place to Go for Emotional Support
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When I took on my new job on day one I met this amazingly resourceful and driven lady who had set up a website to help people find help with their mental health problems. Some people didn’t take to her personality style but I was instantly impressed by her. Her daughter had suicided the year before and she was finding financing the site difficult, much of the time she was propping it up with her own money. I can see her face right now as I type this. The look of “what is this” as I poked my head around the door and said hello. A couple of weeks later she was dead. She took her life. The pain of being without her daughter too much I imagine. Now she can’t help other mothers like herself. Her daughter’s pain and death became hers and that light won’t come back on in this world. Suicide is not a good thing. You don’t have prevention courses and emergency hotlines for good things. Every suicide is the murder of a potentially happier healthier future person. If you feel the temptation to kill yourself think of the best you you could possibly be and remember he dies too.

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#1006319
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If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

Bingowings said:

Sometime ago the squeeze was not in work for a bit and found the sound of my Jane Fonda style home exercise regime too annoying.
So I got a gym membership.
I paid a little extra so I could take breaks now and then while visiting the folks down south and it was quite a nice arrangement.
The gym was well equipped, the cleaning staff etc were friendly and helpful.
I got this job and they don’t have a branch where I work so I thought I would suspend my account.
The lady at the reception told me to use the website to suspend it so I tried to log on but it kept telling me my password was wrong. So I tried changing it but I was caught in an endless loop trying to prove I wasn’t a robot.
I ended up being directed to multiple sites, being pushed to download an app on my phone which I haven’t got space for and finally getting some really sarcastic comments from a representative on facebook.
I just lost my temper and cancelled the debit now they want me to pay £50 and are threatening to charge me another £25 every time I refuse to pay.
How can I go from being happy with them and wanting to suspend my account to be really furious with them and being robbed via so called service charges?
I hear this is common practice for lots of debit transactions so why is it allowed to go on?
I will never pay for anything by direct debit again.

Gosh, what a bad business. I definitely won’t be getting a gym membership with them.

Not to mention the travel time.

I had to spam their Twitter feed with negative comments to get a reply from them. I was told it was all sorted and the Friday I got another text message demanding more money, the guy on the phone said it was automated and should stop soon.