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[Cartimand]

Could it have been the 1987 film adaptation of Tom Sharpe's comedy novel "Porterhouse Blue"?
I recall a scene with a sexy woman horse rider wearing jodhpurs.

[Cartimand]

All depends on personal taste.
I would say my favourite decade of music would probably be 1968 to 1978. I still listen to Cream, King Crimson, ELP, Yes, Gabriel-era Genesis, Ash Ra Tempel, Jethro Tull, Uriah Heep, Led Zeppelin, Ange, Kevin Ayers, Pink Floyd and such like today.
Those years...

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Deathstalker!

Quite enjoyed the 2025 reboot, but the 1987 Deathstalker 2 is one of my favourite movies!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrivzOjsXxM

[Cartimand]

Down in Cornwall, for my junior school, I'd be given thruppence a day to take the bus the 3 or 4 miles to school.
When we moved up to Hampshire, I was in comfortable walking distance from school.
For secondary school, I rode a bike.

[Cartimand]

I did have a general anaesthetic for two wisdom teeth extractions.
No pain at all from the extractions, but I remember throwing up minutes after I came around....

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No. This isn't the forum to debate the age-old Arabs v Jews issue, but I have to query your claim that Israel "has long had illegal settlements in Gaza". No they haven't! Israel withdrew entirely from Gaza in 2005, in the hope that exchanging land for peace would lead to a lasting solution....

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Having grown up in rural Cornwall, I have horrific memories of a ghastly and brutish dentist, who traumatised me for decades by pulling a tooth out with no aesthetic when I was around 7.
As a result, I had severe dentophobia , until maybe my late teens and avoided seeing one, unless it was absolutely...

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I couldn't be arsed to vote this year, as none of the songs really grabbed me (although I quite liked Serbia's brave effort to bring heavy metal back, and the Croatian tattoo'd ladies with their shamanistic chanting were rather nice).
I was a bit surprised that Israel did as well as they did,...