Loz

If they let loose the lawyers on you for 'passing off', I give you zero chance...

Not the funniest episode, then...

It was spare change down the back of the sofa. Always amazing how much you can dig out.

If Americans watched cricket... http://www.uscricketguy.com/2013/11/25/1st-testing-matchup-brizbane-gabba-arena/

Boris is the only Tory I've ever voted for.

To be fair, I thought a little bit like EDoliver based on the first post, but LauraLou's second post was a lot more informative. Smart work, LauraLou. Well done.

> d the videos say they are not just for Ugg by the way. So why the focus on Ugg, then? You yourself did it = "Sheep torture for UGG boots". I just don't get it. Many things done in farming can be seen as cruel - tailing, wethering - but they are done for a reason. Believe me, I've known many farmers and exactly zero of them would pay for an expert to come and do mulsing if they didn't think it was necessary. I've just read that petition again, and in some places it is just wrong. Do they not bother to do ANY research before concocting these things? - "Mulesing is a crude attempt to create smoother skin that won?t collect moisture" - wrong, it's to stop wool growing around the bum and collecting sheep poo. - "Most of the world's wool comes from Australia." - wrong, just looked it up and it's only 25%. - "...the wrinkles collect urine and moisture. Attracted to the moisture, flies lay eggs in the folds of skin," - sigh, not even close to reality and makes the connection to mulsing even more silly. - "This unnatural overload of wool causes many sheep to collapse and even die of heat exhaustion during hot months" - they've farmed merinos for over 100 years in Australia. If they collapsed and died every summer do you really think that would be cost-effective? I'm not criticising your concern for animals - far from it. But there are worthier (and more sensible) battles to be fought out there. Don't just rely on these shock-tactic videos for your information, have a look at some other, more balanced information sources. It's these sort of dodgy tactics that give Animal Rights campaigners such a bad name.

A test win with a rampant Mitch Johnson and the amazing Dr Who 50th edition, all in one weekend. Bliss.

PR - that petition is full of confused and non-connected information. I come from a small Aussie farming town, so I know a bit about this. Mulsing has nothing to do with Ugg boots. It's a common procedure on sheep farmed for both wool and meat. It is to stop wool growing around the anus, so that all the sheep poo does not cling to the wool and attract fly eggs, which hatch into maggots which start eating the sheep. It isn't the most pleasant of procedures, but fly-blown sheep die horribly - basically eaten alive by maggots. And the link to Ugg boots in that petition is tenuous to say the least, especially as most Ugg boots are made in China. Live sheep exports are done for meat - it's a much more expensive way of transporting animals, but the Middle East like to do their halal meat themselves. So the skins are still a meat by-product. So stopping the manufacture of UGG boots would not change the situation one bit, Middle East live sheep exports would continue. It's a bit like Jimmy Choo shoes being made, hoping that the beef trade would suddenly stop. Looks like standard PETA disinformation tactics to me.

PeckhamRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And now we hear about UGG boots, with photographs of sheep with - literally - their skins ripped off > their backs in order to make said boots as they are indeed made of sheepskin. A bit different, since sheep are killed for their meat and the skins a by-product.

Given the rampant abuse of the blue badge parking scheme, I'm afraid that such a system will probably be equally misused.

This handy book is still in print... http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vLP99ua4L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_SX385_SY500_CR,0,0,385,500_SH20_OU02_.jpg

Real or not, it does seem a bit fishy.

You don't need to pick up eggs, PGC. Just get in, flick the switches, grab the Google letter (or two in the last level) and get back to the TARDIS.

4:31. Could do slightly better, but not much. Took a few goes to get the hang on direction vs arrow keys.

Not the biggest fan of TJ, but even I couldn't pin this one on her...

None - just walk really close.

Granted that certain parts of the Code only apply to certain modes of transport, but the Code itself is for everyone. Genuine question: do speed limits not apply to cyclists? Or are you saying they'd never possibly get up to that speed?

Tuffers... "He bowls to the left, he bowls to the right That Mitchell Johnson, he ruined my night."

Saisbury's Own Brand?

I think there is a nice bit of trolling just started. Could be quite a good effort, too. Could cat-ch a few people.

On the other hand, these are hysterically funny http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm

According to http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/Number-Checker/Check-a-Number-Results.aspx?ncn=60222 it is owned by Marvellous Media, a seemingly reputable ad agency and the number has been previously used by a Peugeot campaign. A bot more Googling found that these guys in Dorset might be the source... http://www.sevenstars.co.uk/special-offers

Top Girls Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The percentage of Literate people around the world > is 50% lower than many years ago Thanks to the > society, sponsors and the modern technology. Eh? I think you mean 'percentage of illiterate people around the world is 50% lower...'

davidk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > > LadyDeliah Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > What if drivers took responsibility for their actions for once? > > > > They seem to want no rules applied to them. > > Know all the cyclists do you? I notice that you didn't jump in and ask LD if she knew all drivers... > You have selectively quoted me there. I also said that I follow all the rules but would like DfT and > TFL to allow exceptions for cyclists. For example on left turns at red lights and on one way > streets. I quoted you and noted how many cyclists have a real tendency to believe those words. Fair use, I think. Then get the rules changed, but cyclists claiming the are disobeying rules 'because it's safer' are being disingenuous.