Disco Duck

Not sure. One of the others (DHL?) appealed it, saying it was effectively unfair that Parcelforce didn't have to charge VAT but DHL did. They were successful, and I think it is now deemed that the Royal Mail group charge VAT on their supplies.

Me too.

Admittedly, I made my answer up.

It's pronounced "oxter".

Tools/Word count

The Canary Islands is a good bet for winter sun.

Or if they are in pairs, speed.

That's exactly what it is. Not (as someone posted in another thread) to shift all available power for take-off, which is just the most laughable explanation I've ever read. "If ah giv hur any moar she'll blow Captin"

The poppies are made by separate organisations in Scotland and England. The English one makes poppies with a leaf, the Scottish one doesn't. Israel is only in Europe (for things like the WC qualifiers) because a qualification match between, say, Israel and Iran might get a bit tasty. Never had any problems in Wales. The only place I've had them refused is in a bakery in Enfield, North London.

Because train drivers are overpaid strike-prone taxpayer-funded ridiculously-well-pensioned slackers who don't even need to be able to steer. And they're always late.

Well at least that's replaced the bloody Scorpions in my head. AGH NO ITS BACK.

Not much. I would generally go with: "Dear [ ] I am writing to inform you that I have decided to leave [ ] in order to [whatever you're going to do]. Please accept this letter as my formal notice of resignation, with the [ ] week notice period commencing today. [Whilst I am aware that my contractual notice period is [ ] weeks, I would be grateful if you could consider shortening this to [ ] weeks in order to allow me to [ ]]. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to work with you over the last two years [and any other (positive) stuff along these lines.] Yours sincerely, [ ]

EMF - Unbelievable Ahhhh memories of school discos

Maybe, just maybe, he thinks beyond how she looks. Or maybe she's rich.

Deacon Blue - Fergus Sings the Blues Corny as f**k, but great fun

The Fugees et al - Rumble in the Jungle Simply the best film track ever. Even if it samples Abba.

Led Zep - Bron-yr-aur

The Unbelievable Truth on iPlayer.

Am I right in thinking that if Murray finishes higher than Djokovic this week, he'll overtake him in the rankings?

Fed

Yes, yes we should. Draw a line from Gretna - Hawick - Livingston - Falkirk - Dumbarton, and get rid of everything on the line and to the south-west. There is nothing of any benefit to civilisation that way.

Schiehallion

No, I've been in most of it, I work there. I've never been in a city full of a more toxic mix of neds and people who think that it's god's gift. It's not. You could blow it off the face of the earth and Scotland would get indescribably better. Bad diet, smoking, an addiction to sunbeds, a prediliction for religious bigotry, high-rise shitholes, a camp sing-song accent and Armani clothes. Shithole.

I won't have this Stenhousemuir-bashing - spent the first 19 years of my life there! Don't see what there is to not like tbh. Worst places I've been: - Raploch, Stirling (mother's family lived there) - Shotts - Campbeltown - what a fucking awful end to a beautiful drive that was - Pilton, Edinburgh - Glasgow. All of it.

My nextdoor neighbour going at it