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One of my favourites : She gave me the queen She gave me the king She was wheelin' and dealin' Just doin' her thing She was holdin' a pair But I had to try Her deuce was wild But my ace was high But how was I to know That she'd been dealt with before Said she'd never had a full house But I should have known From the tattoo on her left leg And the garter on her right She'd have the card to bring me down If she played it right She's got the jack, she's got the jack She's got the jack, she's got the jack She's got the jack, she's got the jack She's got the jack, she's got the jack She's got the jack, jack, jack, jack, jack, jack, jack She's got the jack Poker face was her name Poker face was her nature Poker straight was a game If she knew she could get you She played 'em fast And she played 'em hard She could close her eyes And feel every card But how was I to know That she'd been shuffled before Said she'd never had a royal flush But I should have known That all the cards were comin' From the bottom of the pack And if I'd known what she was dealin' out I'd have dealt it back She's got the jack, she's got the jack She's got the jack, and who knows what else? She's got the jack, yeah, yeah She's got the jack, she's got the jack She's got the jack, she's got the jack She's got the jack, jack, jack, jack, jack, jack, jack, jack She's got the jack She's got the jack, she's got the jack, Oh, it was a bad deal, (jack) She gave me the (jack), hey She's got the (jack), she's got the (jack) She's got the (jack), ooh can't you tell She's got the (jack, jack, jack, jack, jack, jack, jack, jack) (she's got the jack, she's got the jack) She's got the jack, she's got the jack She's got the jack, you never know She's got the jack, she's got the jack She's got the jack She's got the jack, and it hurts! (she's got the jack) She's got the jack, jack, jack, jack, jack, jack, jack She's got the jack Aaaaaah Oooooh Thank you, thank you, thank you people, thank you, thank you I'm glad you like the show, yes, thank you very much folks Goodnight and god bless

She'll not be thanking me if I make it to my 90's. I'll be a really cantakerous old git by then!!

Was discussing one of my wife's friends with wife and youngest daughter. The friend is 57 - a couple of years older than us but has a 5 yo daughter (IVF); we were talking about how it would be when the daughter is a teenager. At that point my 16 yo daughter said "well your planning wasn't too good - a daughter going through puberty with a mum going through the menopause!"... ...ouch!!

Yes. I didn't post much on there so didn't get into any disagreements but I did have the impression that dissension was not allowed - particularly later. Way better atmosphere on here. Thanks @spunko

I think you had to filter the HPC information carefully. There were some great posters but some who were just very hopeful. I certainly didn't expect the amount of QE and I thought that the crash would be similar to the early 90's. I sold up in 2007 having seen that the prices had effectively plateaued for around 2 years and bought in Germany where I'd been living for around 7 years. Good decision at the time as the prices have also rocketed here in the last few years, would have been even better if I'd bought back in the UK again later as the house I sold went up around 100k in the last 8-9 years. OTOH, a lot of flats near where I lived are actually lower in price now than they were in 2003; think some people got totally reamed as they would have been paying maintenance fees as well!

Just thought I'd share some of the German alcohol pricing: €0.69 normally, €0.55 on offer. Depending on the beer between 7.5 and 7.9% ABV, tastes bloody good too!

Yep, but I can still drag my lazy arse off for a week in the Alps skiing next week. Despite all the exercise the week will be officially classified as "calorie neutral"

I think it depends a lot on the person. Even when really fit I doubt I had less than 20% fat and I felt less healthy than when I was around 25%. I'm currently on around 30% I'd guess, could do with losing a bit of weight but if I got down to 12% I think I'd probably need to be hospitalised! Guess I'm just one of natures porkers

Sorry Joe but I think that this is absolute cock. It maybe a good % for you but I'm not convinced that it applies to most of the population. I'm not an advocate for lardarses but I'd be very unhealthy at that % as would many. If you think it's correct please let us have some links to the research.

Mornington Crescent

Speculation that the country should be doing better than it is. Can't blame Brexit though - hasn't happened yet!

Don't they mean the cost of the Remoaners fucking about?

I wish there were a way to silence her!

Agree with this. Was even more interesting as wor lasses granddad was the prison baker back in the day. They dug out the old records for me showing when he'd worked, when he'd been off sick etc. Better known but worth a mention for those not from the NE is Beamish museum. My youngest daughter normally hates museums but absolutely loved it there

I knew this would lead to a discussion on statistics . I just use it to let my kids consider how many thick people there really are - doesn't mean it has anything to do with IQ test either!