GranTurismoGuru

@GranTurismoGuru (504)

Oxford, England • Age 65

Joined myLot 16 years ago

Formerly an Emergency Response to the N.H.S. Transplant Teams and a Driving Instructor. Loves people with good manners.

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GranTurismoGuru's Discussions

Inspector Morse by Colin Dexter

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 27 Mar 17

Last week, my dear old friend Colin Dexter passed away at his home in Oxford. Colin is the author of a series of books about a grump police officer in Oxford - Inspector Morse - played on TV by the late John Thaw. I first met...

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The 'Chicken Tikka' song ...

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 27 Mar 17

Ken Bruce - the highly popular BBC Radio 2 presenter in the U.K. recently played the famous song by ABBA with the title that sounds much like the title of this post. However, due to my laughing at the comment by one of Ken's...

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All my myLot earnings gone !!

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 15 Jul 10

Having been away from this site for about a year, I returned a couple of days ago, specifically to find my dear friend Leenie, and to get a feel for it all once again. However, I noticed that what I had earned previously had...

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What's the Offside Rule ?

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 24 Jul 09

Could someone please explain, as concisely as possible, the Offside Rule in football (soccer). Whenever I listen to someone verbally explain it, it becomes very confusing, not only for me, but also the person trying to explain...

offside

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A Moral Dilemma !

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 24 Jul 09

For the last 18 months I have rented a really nice flat in an old English house in Salisbury, England (a few minutes drive from Stonehenge). Since about the end of my first month living there, I started to notice an un-savoury...

dirty people

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So ... Rio's the England Captain Later Today!

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 11 Oct 08

Excellent! As a United Supporter, I assume that a good many of us will be pleased for our prized defender - good on yer Rio. However, on a more permanent note, am I the only person on this earth who does NOT think that John...

rio ferdinand

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What's it like to Hug Your Mother?

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 10 Oct 08

I often ponder that question. After losing that 'bond' that you have with your mother, through the involvement of a stepfather, I was never able to fully trust my own mother with something so delicate as a yound lad's deepest...

mother

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"The Grass is Always Greener ...

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 9 Oct 08

... the other side of the fence". No matter what we do, if there is an option, we always seem to find a way of wanting that option and considering it to be better than what we already have. Then, if we end up getting the...

choices

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'Star' wars - again!

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 8 Oct 08

It seems to me, that every other day, someone has a right old go, a rant!, curse!, slanging match!, at no-one they actually know ... because they have lost a star on mylot - true? Right! Sometimes there are suggestions made...

mylot stars

star wars

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Say it to Their Face

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 7 Oct 08

I hate it if I find out that someone I know has been talking about me badly, behind my back. For me, they have betrayed me, and it is extremely hard for me to forgive and trust them again. This is all the more hurtful if I thought...

hypocrite

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Why do Horses like beer so much?

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 6 Oct 08

A thing which I have never understood. It is quite normal for the owner of a horse to add a pint of beer to a horses bran ... a 'bran mash', as we used to call it when I was a kid. To the horse, and I speak from owner...

bran mash

horses

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Fox Hunting with Hounds - a traditional English custom!

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 6 Oct 08

In recent times, our government, in their ultimate wisdom, decided to ban Fox Hunting. This caused quite a lot of debate, and often violence, from both sides of the fence. Personally, I have a very strong opinion on this...

fox hunting

Astronomical discovery

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 6 Oct 08

I heard, earlier today, that scientific astronomers have discovered a brown ring around Uranus. Apparently, they speculate that it was created by the decomposing of vegetable forms, causing high wind turbulence.

Making a living on myLot

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 6 Oct 08

While reading certain discussions, mainly in the 'making money' interest group on myLot, I can't help but get the feeling that newcomers to the site (ie. first day or two) are bedazzled with an illusion that they will be coining...

mylot money

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Annoyed by my Bank!

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 6 Oct 08

Yesterday, I made two attempts to pay my credit card bill online. Both attempts failed, with the message - 'Declined'. This morning, I tried to pay the balance once again - 'Declined'. So, I called my Bank - Lloyds TSB, to...

banks

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I hate waiting in line, then ...

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 5 Oct 08

Just as your patience is running out, some bright spark opens another checkout, and the twenty people behind you all check out first.

checkouts

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Fascinated by Boobs!

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 5 Oct 08

"Once you've seen one pair, you've seen em all", is an old saying spoken to many a young lad by an older guy. Trouble is, it ain't always true - is it guys! Without being smutty or degrading to the ladies, I am now, always...

boobs

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I can never seem to relax - can anyone help?

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 5 Oct 08

Many of us suffer from it ... the inability to shut down and relax. Others find it easy. My own predicament is that I am always 'on duty' with any work that I do. I cannot shut that voice in my head up - it keeps on talking,...

relaxing

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Is it right for Heads of State to have all that wealth and priveledge?

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 4 Oct 08

Why on earth should I ask such an awful question? Because, tell you what ... you should see how much property and land says 'Crown Property ...' as you drive away from Windsor Castle in Berkshire - it would make your mind...

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If you won Millions on the Lottery, would you be comfortable in keeping it ?

GranTurismoGuru @GranTurismoGuru (504) • Oxford, England 4 Oct 08

A question which I can only speculate upon! I understand that, if a lottery winner has agreed to publicity about their win, they receive countless 'begging letters' (as they call them) and some of them are quite heart...

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