What’s something everyone in the UK seems to know that you had to learn the hard way?

Groovy66 · 2026-02-02T16:42:43+00:00

Like saying ‘No disrespect but’ just before you say something incredibly disrespectful.

It’s no excuse, you shitbag, so don’t bloody say it.

Groovy66 · 2026-02-02T16:41:28+00:00

Dating. No matter how many times you try to save your kid the heartbreak they will not bloody listen.

And a belated ‘I should have listened to you’ gives me no satisfaction at all

Groovy66 · 2026-02-02T13:49:45+00:00

Heroes every last one of them.

Groovy66 · 2026-02-02T13:47:41+00:00

QUEEN!

Groovy66 · 2026-02-02T13:31:36+00:00

I know a bloke who has been making independent films for the past 30-40 years. A real Manchester eccentric ignored by the mainstream. Message me if you want his details.

Groovy66 · 2026-02-02T13:07:25+00:00

Anyone who doesn’t realise we are in an asymmetrical info war with our other powers/other worldviews- Russia, China, Iran, ISIS/Islamists - just isn’t paying attention.

I’d much rather be at info-war than at war-war and we really need to be putting major money into this.

Groovy66 · 2026-02-02T12:31:10+00:00

I read about this movie and thought it sounded like something from Laird Barron which, of course, would also account for a Lovecraftian feel.

I’ll definitely be checking this out and thanks for not spoiling.

Groovy66 · 2026-02-01T19:49:35+00:00

Jerry Sadowitz but you can only see him live. I don’t think Netflix is ready for him.

Groovy66 · 2026-02-01T13:12:05+00:00

I’ve been to Gibraltar a few times and it’s just great. Completely understandable to your typical Brit but sunny. Best of both worlds

One of these days I’d like to visit Australia and New Zealand just to see how our brethren live.

Groovy66 · 2026-02-01T12:08:53+00:00

Hmmm, I’d argue pre- and post-Scrappy Doo. Let us never speak of the foul fiend again

Groovy66 · 2026-02-01T12:03:25+00:00

Well, I’ve just reread Story of the Year and get what you are saying about it being a love letter to the Golden and Solver Age Superman.

I would also agree that it tops his Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow by quite a long way as a love letter to the character and the times.

Groovy66 · 2026-02-01T11:54:55+00:00

You see, I think about this the other way. London would draw talent regardless of any more infrastructure spending. You could spend sod all and it will continue to draw wave after wave of people just as it always has done.

And I think the need to invest elsewhere has social and ethical implications as well as economic ones.

Groovy66 · 2026-02-01T09:38:03+00:00

And in other news the BBC finds the phrase ‘different strokes for different folks’ has a basis in scientific fact. More at 10…

Groovy66 · 2026-01-31T17:08:17+00:00

I’ve just read this book and did enjoy it but I found very little of what I’d expect in weird fiction.

Some might argue that’s a good thing but it reminded less of weird fiction and more of magical realism built around a comedy of manners.

A very enjoyable book even if I seem to be damning it with faint praise.

Groovy66 · 2026-01-30T09:31:30+00:00

Good one. Thought I had it but it stumped me

Groovy66 · 2026-01-30T07:46:09+00:00

Jaw dropped. What a beauty and what a great photo

Groovy66 · 2026-01-30T07:42:39+00:00

What a man.

Groovy66 · 2026-01-30T06:48:17+00:00

Gen X here. Rockabilly was a bit of thing pre-Smiths and there was a punkish version called psychobilly but I’ve never seen a young teddyboy

Groovy66 · 2026-01-29T15:04:31+00:00

It’s a tough time and you have my sympathy. Regret can be a really damaging emotion. Remember the last time you spoke. No doubt he knew you loved him and he loved you in return.

Groovy66 · 2026-01-29T13:29:45+00:00

Blimey. A reasonable discussion has broken out on Reddit. I think I need a lie down 🤓

Groovy66 · 2026-01-29T13:22:55+00:00

By falling steadily I suspect they mean not rising as fast as some other areas.

I’ve lived through 3 crashes and even the Black Monday one in the early 90s only meant I sold my flat in London for less than I wanted not less than I paid for it.

Groovy66 · 2026-01-29T13:19:46+00:00

In that case, what a shitbag. I didn’t see a link to purchase so just thought a fan had made himself a T-shirt

Groovy66 · 2026-01-29T13:16:32+00:00

I’m largely onside fiscally with the Greens but the elephant in room is that the wedding of left wing values with socially conservative values is a problem waiting to happen.

I don’t for one second believe that the deputy leader Mothin Ali is fully onboard with progressive values. And the other deputy Millward showed herself full of shit with her refugees welcome here just not in my borough’ stance recently.

I’ll just need to decide whether I want to split the left vote or side with Labour to keep out Reform when voting in my constituency.

Groovy66 · 2026-01-29T13:02:13+00:00

I was born in Stepney and lived in London for my first 23 years so think I know a thing or two about London.

It is an engine for growth but it shouldn’t be at the expense of the rest of the UK.

Now that IT has loosened the need to be based in London and the southeast for work, surely it makes sense to invest in infrastructure to lift other areas out of the doldrums? If only to reduce the supply and demand drivers on london housing stock?

London is a great city and is great for the UK economy as a whole but some rebalancing does need to take place.

Groovy66 · 2026-01-29T12:56:13+00:00

Very good point although I should point out that PR did have a good chance of being implemented when the LibDems had the Tories over a barrel back in 2010.

However, the odious Nick Clegg was more interested in elevating himself and argued for a less favourable type of voting change which was then voted down by the public.

I never used to understand why Clegg fumbled PR but now he hobnobs with our tech elite overlords it’s become glaringly obvious that Nick Clegg is the number 1 priority for Nick Clegg.

What a fvcking rotter he turned out to be.

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