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Re: Manx from the Isle of Man

July 6th, 2018, 10:29 am

A beekeeper has told how he removed a hive from a house in the island that potentially had up to 10,000 bees.

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?i ... hyear=2018

No relation to the Laxey killer bees?
 
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Re: Manx from the Isle of Man

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Re: Manx from the Isle of Man

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Re: Manx from the Isle of Man

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Re: Manx from the Isle of Man

February 3rd, 2023, 12:55 am

 
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Re: Manx from the Isle of Man

February 3rd, 2023, 9:37 am

That building in the background doesn't look like the IoM to me. It's from a different century...the 21st.
 
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Re: Manx from the Isle of Man

February 3rd, 2023, 9:22 pm

It's a bit of a rough-and-ready lot (Jacks bar) in that sprawling metropolis they call Douglas. 
Scuffles are the greatest scourge. Fines won't help. 

Better in the south. No wonder Jeremy Clarkson lived there for a while ...

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Re: Manx from the Isle of Man

February 5th, 2023, 5:41 pm

are you talking about the crazy motorbike race that takes place each year on the Isle of Man ??
No, drunk people on scooters.
https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/riding- ... nce-557544

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