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    Famous people who fooled you with their real accent.

    Jodie Comer can do any number of accents, all really convincing. Strangely enough her natural Liverpool accent doesn't sound quite as convincing.
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    Famous people who fooled you with their real accent.

    Martin Compston played a few games of football for Morton years ago. He was tipped to be a star.
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    Climate Change, where are you on this scale?

    I can't see anyone who voted for 3. Or even any of the numbers. None of those positions reflect my views. I am sure greenhouse gas emissions are hugely under-reported by governments. If that's the case then the scientific models that have been built are wrong. And as for retrospectively...
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    New Scotland shirt

    No. Just fed up with being asked to pay £75 for football shirt.
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    New Scotland shirt

    It looks like it's been stitched together from odd scraps of material. The 1967 Scotland shirt will always be the state of the art and it imbued the players with super human powers.
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    Hamilton GOAT

    Hamilton had the best car for a few years and won races. Now Verstappen has the best car and wins every race. There's the difference.
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    American company pay £105 million for 40% stake in Ipswich.

    The statement says "up to" £105 million. So not £105 million.
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    Rod Liddle on Middlesbrough Question Time

    It literally isn't.
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    Rod Liddle on Middlesbrough Question Time

    I think you should read the article. It's from 21 years ago, but even with the passage of time, he didn't argue that.
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    Ombudsman finds that WASPI women are owed compensation...

    Has the governmment said that?
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    Early Retirement.

    Your sentiment is exactly right. Ask yourself everyday "if today was the last day of my life, would I do what I'm just about to do today?". If the answer for too many days is NO, then it's time to do something else. You didn't say what you do, but perhaps there's a way to do it part time, maybe...
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    Early Retirement.

    Yes indeed. Annuity rates are still really poor, although they have improved a bit in the last two years. I decided I could get better value from a SIPP - Self Invested Pension Plan - and battled the pension company for a year to do it. So I get a fairly small annuity, which I pretty much had...
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    Early Retirement.

    Sounds daunting. When you actually get to the point of retiring it's not quite so difficult. Your state pension is worth c £10k, and the same for your partner. That £20k pays energy bills, council tax bills, phone and internet bills and stuff like that. I'm not saying it'll be easy but once...
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    What is the furthest you have ever walked

    I did the Lyke Wake when I was at school, in June one year. It seemed pretty easy, setting off at about 3.00am and walking into the dawn. It was fun. Then some bright spark suggested we do it in winter, so we tried the following January. My God, I thought it was a different walk. Trying to cross...
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    Golf Holiday Recommendations

    The Montgomerie course is really good. Fun to play. The two courses at the Titanic are good. Sultan and Pasha also good - the Pasha is good for your first round because it's not too hard, so great as a warm up for tougher courses to come. The Faldo course is not everyone's cup of tea. It's all...
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