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swittle Mar 2022 8:22pm, 17 Mar 2022 84,942 posts	Quote Pin swittle Thanks, GregP I first came across the names when I stopped to talk to two scouse women on a bench on Crosby prom one night. They said they were 'moonbathing', which made me smile. Twas under the Wolf Moon.
Sam Jelfs Mar 2022 4:11pm, 20 Mar 2022 1,111 posts	Quote Pin Sam Jelfs Ruby Bridge, the first African-American to desegregate a previous all-white school is only 67 years old and has an Instagram account. Deep down I knew that it wasn't that long ago, but in my mind because it's only ever black and white pictures it seems longer ago... Easy to forget how recent segregation was in the USA.
ChrisHB Mar 2022 9:12pm, 20 Mar 2022 21,601 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB The festival of Brexit has been going on since March 1st.
macca 53 Mar 2022 11:23pm, 20 Mar 2022 29,686 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 [I didn’t know that]
Mushroom Mar 2022 11:36am, 21 Mar 2022 2,221 posts	Quote Pin Mushroom No shops in the UK are selling free range eggs at the moment. All birds (for flocks over a certain size) have already been kept inside for several weeks. bbc.co.uk
pedroscalls Mar 2022 12:00pm, 21 Mar 2022 48,529 posts	Quote Pin pedroscalls 99,000 chickens likely to be culled about 15 miles away from me.
Steve NordRunner Mar 2022 12:25pm, 21 Mar 2022 1,439 posts	Quote Pin Steve NordRunner … or shall we say female chickens (the 99000 male births are already dead).
pedroscalls Mar 2022 12:28pm, 21 Mar 2022 48,537 posts	Quote Pin pedroscalls … or shall we say female chickens (the 99000 male births are already dead). Indeed your right there.
Pothunter Mar 2022 2:58pm, 21 Mar 2022 5,667 posts	Quote Pin Pothunter The grandson of the 10th US President (John Tyler) is still alive. John Tyler (1790-1862) was president from 1841 to 1845. Lyon Gardiner Tyler Sr. (1853 to 1935) Harrison Ruffin Tyler was born in 1928.
LazyDaisy Mar 2022 3:05pm, 21 Mar 2022 35,448 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy The Festival of Brexit is actually called 'Unboxed' and apparently kicked off in Paisley. I can't wait* to see the Weston-s-Mare exhibit, of a decommissioned oil rig converted into a viewing platform. *I can, actually.