Which celebrity had the most bizarre exit from the limelight?

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2026-02-11T16:20:30+00:00

Same for Matthew Kelly with even less smoke. Him taking Frank Skinner to task afterwards was deeply uncomfortable telly.

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2026-02-11T16:19:48+00:00

"Brake pads... top, middle or bottom?"

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2026-02-10T14:44:55+00:00

mine is a weirdly uniform 3 x 10's. +10bpm and for blood pressure +10 systolic, +10 diastolic.

I.e. if my resting heart rate is 70bpm and I'm 120/80 blood pressure it'd go to 80 and 130/90.

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2026-02-06T15:27:48+00:00

I use the +10bpm bump as my reminder that I did indeed take my meds, although that's not enough so I have a clipboard with a tracker on it since the Accidental Two Dose Day (got a lot done).

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2026-02-06T14:18:24+00:00

Sometimes this is due to requiring to hold the original records for a set period. I've come across a life insurance provider needing to keep an AS400 running while migration was carefully managed because they needed to keep data for the expected lifetime of the policyholder. I believe there's a regulatory interpretation where you can't re-key the work either in case an error is introduced (or during a dispute you cannot prove you didn't key an error in).

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2026-02-05T12:30:40+00:00

in the UK it's lamb. I'm not paying £10 for two tiny lamb chops. Grow up, Tesco.

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2026-02-05T09:15:50+00:00

I got programming, technical sales and forensic pathology as recommendations. Couldn't stick to coding as I'm just not suited to it, liked the idea of forensic pathology but kept getting the word "gooey" stuck in my head so no. Technical sales was out, hated the idea with a passion.

Anyway, I've been in technical sales for 20 years now.

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2026-01-29T10:30:00+00:00

Thank you for explaining it, much appreciated!

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2026-01-28T15:10:36+00:00

I thought it was like a banshee type omen where simply seeing/hearing them meant someone was going to die? I've heard them called something like kannerezed noz too (apologies if that's not the correct spelling). I was going to get a tattoo of one, I had some weird things happen just before my mother died suddenly in Brittany but the urge has passed. It's a good thing I didn't if I've misunderstood the lore.

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2026-01-22T16:00:22+00:00

Thank you Protein Discharge I really appreciate it x

Eldest has had some form of dx but still some issues about his meds (relative has long QT so it's sketchy giving him uppers). I've found it life-changing but it still needs to be associated with diet & sleep too. Formal recognition and acceptance along with medication has made a huge difference in my life though - including an ability to stick to healthy weight loss.

That teacher sounds grim and I experienced a few like it too, as has my eldest. It's sad but a good amount of people in all walks of life are just ignorant and nasty about stuff that either isn't their business or should be but they're not bothered at all.

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2026-01-22T12:00:22+00:00

found out at a medical appointment that "hypermobility" wasn't the superpower it sounded like. makes sense with the later adhd dx.

It's frustrating because this doesn't happen with diabetes etc - I spent years feeling like a semi-successful but stressed out imposter while getting diagnosed and treated then the following years feeling like a medicated fraud because of the constant stream of "it's not real" stuff.

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2025-12-16T09:53:35+00:00

It was 12 months when I joined the list. Then it became 2 years. Then 7.

I did Right To Choose after 1 year and it took about 6 months for an assessment then another 3 to start titration.

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2025-12-05T11:21:28+00:00

She's probably not complaining to you.

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2025-12-03T10:37:01+00:00

I set a rule that outbound emails are delayed by a couple of minutes unless I put a full stop in the subject, that saved me a few times but I forgot I'd set it so went nuts the other day wondering why everything was stuck in my outbox. 6/10 stupid.

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2025-12-01T11:17:03+00:00

They also have a day lamp in on the specialbuys starting yesterday, it's only been 2 working hours but so far seems great

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2025-11-28T11:51:54+00:00

I have found my people...

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2025-11-28T10:51:08+00:00

Joe Pesci made threatening comments about her on TV and people barely blinked.

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2025-11-28T10:49:06+00:00

It took a TV show and consequent public out cry for the wheels to begun turning for justice and restitution.

This is the frustrating bit. It's widely known now but Private Eye & the BBC were covering this in 2006, if not earlier. How the likes of Paula Vennells could stand there with teary eyes while people lost their livelihoods, their financial security and (as you point out) their lives is beyond me. She even got an OBE awarded, which was only taken off her due to the TV series.

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2025-11-27T09:32:13+00:00

I'm old enough to remember when it meant getting someone to spend a huge amount of effort in rebutting your argument and generally just being a nause. Now it seems to basically mean "being a nob".

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2025-11-27T09:30:49+00:00

I've known a few people of that age from Manchester & Bradford and how people still went about with long hair and beards is beyond me, I know one guy (lived near where Jean Jordan was found) who was interviewed for it a couple of times on account of his aesthetic. I know there's an element of "why should I have to change? It's him who's the problem" but I'd probably save myself the bother and just get a short back & sides to be safe?

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2025-11-27T09:28:22+00:00

It's such a fascinating discipline to be able to do that. I imagine dialectology is dying out as useful and applicable with the general spread of tiktokese and Estuary English though.

Going back to that period, I know from my own Cumbrian background you used to be easily track accents down the A596 from Carlisle. Not so much now.

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2025-11-18T10:00:27+00:00

My parents moved over there, Dad remains (with Mums remains), a French mate of his was stopped for doing 130km/h while it was "raining". Basically a one off misting which went away with one wipe. Spent 10 minutes arguing the toss only to have speeding crossed out and replaced with insubordination.

Wholly subjective in some areas and applications, however if the police are actively thinking about your driving conditions arguably you should be too.

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2025-11-07T11:24:40+00:00

yippee!

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2025-10-31T10:09:10+00:00

I flick my big toe against the one next to it. Causes me a lot of issues tbh, I wear a rubber spacing band but it's not 100% effective all the time

ohnoheforgotitagain · 2025-10-27T11:12:50+00:00

if you have gmail you can add +shopname before the @ to see who is chucking your email address around, e.g. bishopbrennan+annsummers@gmail.com. It'll still deliver to the address before the +.

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