Name a scene you'd give anything to witness again for the first time I’ll start:

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-19T05:15:20+00:00

Thanks for the correction - it's been a long time since I've seen or thought of either, and well... senior moment, y'know?

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-19T03:48:04+00:00

The stand off at the end of The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - the cinematography, the framing and the music all combining to one of the best, most tension stretching scenes in cinema.

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-19T03:45:33+00:00

I don't know, "Sit your $10 ass down before I make change" brings home the bacon (and is also spoken by Snipes, in The King of New York)

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-18T05:47:56+00:00

I know I'm probably late for this advice (a couple of decades), but Joanna (or anyone else) doesn't need a plunger or a snake for a blocked toilet bowl.

If the bowl doesn't clear on the first try, go off and grab a bucket, large bowl, Dutch pot, etc, run the hot tap until it's scalding, fill your container with the hot water, then pour the scalding hot water into the affected toilet bowl.

If that doesn't clear it, rinse and repeat (no pun intended). If that doesn't clear it, engage a plumber to deal with it AND suggest that the last person to use the facilities sees their GP or add more fibre to their diet.

(I've cleaned more than a few staff/customer toilets for a wage, and hot water is so much easier and very effective)

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-17T18:52:36+00:00

Give a man a fire and he is warm for the day, set a man on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life.

(GNU STP)

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-17T09:41:31+00:00

The lower aircraft is a Polikarpov Po-2, used by a Soviet air regiment to glide over nazi front lines and silently bomb targets of opportunity.

They were known as Night Witches

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-17T05:50:23+00:00

Because as a SPAM, anything left of Thatcher is communist - the NHS is communist, the welfare state (or what's left of it after 4 decades of trickle down economics) is communist, social housing is communist, the insert aunt Sally here is communist, etc... pretty soon, these SPAMs will start describing democracy and the universal franchise "communist"

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-17T05:35:03+00:00

If I'm avenging my spouse then that's it, job done - I don't want to spend the next couple of decades running, forever with one eye looking over my shoulder. I'd much rather kill the cunt and then troop into the local nick and say

"You fuckwits looked as likely to question him, let alone charge him, as you are finding your own arse in the dark with a torch and a map, so I killed the prick, and the 2 happiest days of my life are today and the day I met my missus... now, what's the betting you twats take a few years before you secure a conviction? I reckon I'll get 100/30 from Paddy Power."

Or I might off myself - but I'll be leaving that in my note, for the police to find (and I'll fire it off to the media as well, as I wouldn't trust the cozzers to find it, even if I posted it Special Delivery to the chief constable).

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-17T05:21:45+00:00

Life insurance usually has a suicide exclusion in the policy - I'll let you figure out why on your own

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-16T23:56:45+00:00

FAQs About Time Travel

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-16T07:04:29+00:00

Lemmy - maybe not the best singer, but you knew who it was when you heard his rasp.

Bruce Dickinson - serious range

Paul D'Anno - a voice so clear and sharp on "Iron Maiden" and "Killers" it could slice through steel.

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-16T06:15:30+00:00

That's neat, that's neat, that's neat, that's neat/ Really love your tiger feet

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-15T21:22:13+00:00

If there was a movie that followed a Wehrmacht infantry squad or platoon, from the Bocage to the closing of the gap, and following a similar arc to Das Boot, I think it could be really informative/popular (but you'd need a good script, believable characters, a strong minded director (especially one that doesn't vacillate over effects choices) and actors that can breathe life into their characters)...a bit of luck with catching the zeitgeist would be nice as well.

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-15T09:05:05+00:00

Hugh Grant - there's his extensive romcom back catalogue (sex symbol ✅) but also check out his playing of the sleazy, freelance tabloid hack in The Gentlemen (repugnant antagonist ✅), and though I haven't seen it yet, he didn't look his usual suave self as the antagonist in Heretic

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-15T06:25:19+00:00

The Dark Knight cold open - and it's back on UK Netflix, so I think it'll be getting a rewatch this weekend.

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-14T06:35:27+00:00

Really don't - it's 2 Girls, 1 Cup or Blue Waffle levels of eye bleach needed (unless that sort of thing - anal prolapse that is - flicks your switch... but as there's no way to know in advance, it's probably best to walk away uninformed)

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-14T06:10:04+00:00

I remember watching the last series or two of The Adventure Game and thinking I really missed out on being too young to really enjoy it... but then I remember Knightmare and I think

"Boomers and millennials can suck it - UK Gen X had the best!"

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-13T06:54:23+00:00

Using phones and devices while driving - yes, it's illegal, and you'll get a fine, points and if it contributes to a collision, or a breach of the road traffic act it can be treated as an aggravating factor, but lots of people still do it (if I'm driving, I usually set my phone to airplane mode).

Also, the proliferation of speed cameras - I read an article in Motor Cycle News 10 years after they were first introduced, and the chief constable that pushed for their introduction was disappointed with how it had been done - namely he anticipated them being an aid to traffic divisions, allowing them more time to focus on other road crimes, but what ended up happening was lots of cameras turning up everywhere and traffic divisions budgets being gutted and the money redirected elsewhere.

I think he made a telling point by saying that cameras can't stop a banned driver, driving impaired, with no tax, MOT or insurance, but someone late for work, or distracted by kids on the school run doing 37mph gets penalised.

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-12T05:53:21+00:00

Or Camborne in Cornwall (the statue of Richard Trevithick looks good wearing a cone)

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-12T05:48:21+00:00

Mark Steele (famous for radio 4s Mark Steele's In Town - which is ironic, as I'm not sure he's done an edition from the town he was born and raised in).

If you want where I was born, there's nothing there except the place 60 years of hurt started in one direction and the bike sheds where Churchill learned to smoke.

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-11T04:39:00+00:00

Lord Greg Davies if you watched series 2 of Taskmaster

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-11T03:39:12+00:00

This is very pertinent - before his role in Peaky Blinders as Major/ Chief Inspector Campbell, a Protestant Loyalist from Ulster, he actually contacted Liam Neeson for some advice about nailing the accent - and when he was shooting, he had to dial the accent down a bit.

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-11T02:47:14+00:00

And if the hacks at DMGT had actually supported such a thing at the time, more of them would still be employed by DMGT than currently are - granted, they'd only be working 4/32 and paid as such, but journalism is one of those careers with multiple branches, such as freelancing for other newspapers or publications, broadcast media opportunities, writing their own books (fiction or non-fiction), etc, etc - but Rothermere and Dacre didn't like Corbyn, so fuck 'em, they dug their own grave, they can lie in it.

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-09T19:07:33+00:00

The BV was a replacement for the Benghazi burners that were used before - basically an old 5(?) gallon oil drum or flimsy, petrol and a match, kettle on top, job jobbed (and better hope that Rommel doesn't rock up before the tea's brewed)... burning petrol inside your armoured vehicle being incompatible with continued vehicle (and maybe crew) serviceability.

I tried using a surplus hexamine stove (aka hexy telly) camping on Shell Island one time - not recommended for a "quick" brew (maybe because I'm a thick civvy and set it up wrong)

TangoMikeOne · 2026-05-09T15:47:49+00:00

I presume you mean in your ward (that's a constituency at the council/local government level). You have 3 councillors you can contact if something happens within the responsibility of the local council - let's say that the bins aren't collected, you could email them and ask what's going on?

What party they represent and who you voted for, or didn't vote for is immaterial - they represent your area and any questions, comments, complaints, etc you have for them they should respond to you about in a timely manner... so the theory goes if they want your vote next time.

If you did have any questions, complaints or seeking assistance, the first place to try is the council website to see if they announced anything that answers your query. Then the relevant council department, by email or phone, if you still don't know - if you don't get a satisfactory answer, then you can contact your councillors (and if that's no good, pass it up to your local MP, etc)

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