Making the news today....

[Steven P]

I thought that national defence is still under control of the individual countries involved? So all is good with the EU and Italy (and would have been good also if we were still in and collaborating with that the Commonwealth - Canada, Australia et al)

[Stubby]

ACDC drummer Colin Burgess has died ,.

[spudulike]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

ACDC drummer Colin Burgess has died ,.

Was he the fella arrested for arranging a hit on someone a few years back? Shame, all our childhood heroes are fading away.

[coppice cutter]

5 hours ago, spudulike said:

Was he the fella arrested for arranging a hit on someone a few years back? Shame, all our childhood heroes are fading away.

That was Phil Rudd, a drumming machine.

 

 

Thirty years later and he's even cooler.

 

 

[manco]

On 07/12/2023 at 12:31, Whoppa Choppa said:

Benjamin Zephaniah RIP. Too soon. 😥. Really great guy.

finished composing, now de-composing

[Whoppa Choppa]

11 hours ago, manco said:

finished composing, now de-composing

Or thermally transitioned to the gas and vapour phase. Except for bones and teeth.

[manco]

2 hours ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

Or thermally transitioned to the gas and vapour phase. Except for bones and teeth.

i think his teeth had partially transitioned to the gas and vapour page already from when ive seen him on qi

[PeteB]

Knew this Israeli thing wouldn't be good. Oil prices and prices in general will rise as the  combat spreads. Shipping avoiding Red Sea already as it escalates!

[rapalaman]

On 17/12/2023 at 00:30, coppice cutter said:

That was Phil Rudd, a drumming machine.

 

 

Thirty years later and he's even cooler.

 

 

Absolute genius - seen them twice and blown away each time 👍

[Steven P]

15 hours ago, PeteB said:

Knew this Israeli thing wouldn't be good. Oil prices and prices in general will rise as the  combat spreads. Shipping avoiding Red Sea already as it escalates!

 

Yup, a few comments I saw around the internets was leave them to it, none of our business (same with Ukraine and a lot of other conflicts), but they are never just contained in a nice package, Gaza and Israel, but tend to spill over into the wider world - whether it is people fleeing the conflict, shipping detouring the area, or in Ukraine food exports being cancelled, they affect us all. In that area it doesn't take much for some of the other nations to think they will also have a go.