Thread for random topics

[Travis Bickle]

Parrots up for adoption because their squawking interrupts Zoom calls

Noisy parrots are being put up for adoption after lockdown due to squawking. One bird rehoming charity saw a 40 per cent increase in parrots needing a new home this year.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I do feel their pain with the noise as it can drive you over the edge sometimes but you should expect that when you have a bird, you don't just let them out

One of the hazards of working from home

 

[Mrs Steve R]

One of the hazards of working from home

I couldn't imagine letting her go though just for some peace though

 

[Travis Bickle]

I couldn't imagine letting her go though just for some peace though

Yeah no way

 

[Eat Y'self Fitter]

 

[Travis Bickle]

The cheeky, smarmy bar stud

 

[Eat Y'self Fitter]

The cheeky, smarmy bar stud

He's taken a 23% pay cut.

 

[Travis Bickle]

He's taken a 23% pay cut.

That’s good of him he must have had a pay rise from Walkers

 

[Travis Bickle]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54163120

Thats a surprise

 

[Travis Bickle]

 

[Travis Bickle]

Council 'shocked' by Tykes move report

Barnsley Council says it is "shocked and dismayed" to read the Championship club is considering whether to move out of Oakwell.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[The Colonel]

heres a random topic thread for the main forum

 

[Mrs Steve R]

Why do female orcas live so long after they stop having babies?

Orcas are one of only five species known to experience menopause and females can live for many decades after their last calf. The only other mammals reported to exhibit this unusual life history strategy are short-finned pilot whales, belugas, narwhals and humans. The question of why females of any species should stop reproduction before the end of life is a long-standing evolutionary puzzle. In this guest blog, Darren Croft Professor of Animal Behaviour at Exeter University explores how and wh

uk.whales.org

Interesting that.
My targeted ads have now moved slightly from sharks to sea life and the menopause

 

[Travis Bickle]

Mark Drakeford not ruling out tax rises in next Senedd term

Mark Drakeford has not ruled out tax rises in the next Senedd term if Welsh Labour retains power.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Travis Bickle]

Apple releases new Watch and iPad, but no sign of the iPhone 12

The launch marks the first September event in years in which the company has not announced something in its flagship iPhone line.

news.sky.com

 

[Travis Bickle]

Kim Kardashian posts video to prove how many toes she has amid 'wild' theories

The reality star moves to refute persistent online rumours around her supposedly mysterious and abnormal feet.

news.sky.com

 

[Travis Bickle]

Bournemouth and Crystal Palace drew their cup game 0-0 tonight, Bournemouth won the pelanty shoot out 11-10

 

[Travis Bickle]

Coronavirus: Trump denies downplaying severity of virus

The president said in an interview earlier this year he minimised the virus's severity to avoid panic.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[The Colonel]

 

[The Colonel]

 

[Travis Bickle]

Barbados to remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state

The government of Barbados says the time has come to leave the colonial past behind.

www.bbc.co.uk

Well done Barbados and not before time