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13th March 2021, 12:45 AM
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Hi John.
Just because you were born on the border of Shropshire and Wales doesn't make you a dragon, more of a poof, we missed the bugger .
Des
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13th March 2021, 12:56 AM
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Thanks Des that solves the question of passports then. was worried in case lost the monarchs approval to go without let or hindrance.JS
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13th March 2021, 02:16 AM
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#30..Australian termites can build mounds 100 feet high and 20 feet wide.
Ants never sleep. They don’t have lungs ,
The bat is the only mammal that can fly. Leg bones are too thin to walk on.
A tarantuala spider can survive 2 years without food.
Horses and cows sleep whilst standing.
Male mosquitos don’t bite, only the females.
JS
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13th March 2021, 05:49 AM
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The Mossie then is like all females.
Brain is an anagram of Brian but not in every case.
As Cappy said only two things smell like fish, but only one taste like fish, funny that.
Which reminds me, women who fly in plane upside down, crack up.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
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13th March 2021, 08:16 AM
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Forgot also a snake can see you even if eyes closed ,can see through it’s eyelids .JS
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13th March 2021, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by
j.sabourn
Forgot also a snake can see you even if eyes closed ,can see through it’s eyelids .JS
my wife can do that
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13th March 2021, 09:41 AM
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When she asks you where you are going you can always say fishing Cappy , JS
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14th March 2021, 05:51 AM
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Surprised no one has mentioned the Liver Birds by now, reputed to wave their wings if a virgin walks by.
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14th March 2021, 09:36 AM
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Colin Wood
Surprised no one has mentioned the Liver Birds by now, reputed to wave their wings if a virgin walks by.
A perfect example of 'Still Life'
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14th March 2021, 12:03 PM
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hi colin #39
thats because it only happens once in a life time.
tom
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