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Loz

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  1. legalbeagle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz, it wasn't sexist. I've just explained use of "unsurprising". Sorry, I don't accept that explanation. It's an old argument, but had someone used 'black' or even 'women' in a similar context, you would probably be the first to chew them out. I think you've been around here long enough to know you are pretty on the level, but that post was sexist.
  2. legalbeagle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz I think I've covered your points if you go back and read. I'm not making a gender or sexism > point. And of course celeb is why it's being reported. I'm not asking for every murder to be > reported. I'm asking you to care less about celebrity, and, when a crime is reported, to give > the victim dignity, respect, and an equal status. But they don't have equal status in the sense of news. If Reeva Steenkamp had have been killed by someone unknown the news would have never reported it. If Oscar Pistorius had killed someone else it would have been. That's how news works. Pistorius is the news-maker. Otherwise, what is news? I think I am seriously missing the point you are trying to make here. And I'm not sure I'm the only one.
  3. It was still a pretty sexist post, LB. Why 'unsurprisingly'??
  4. But surely it is the celebrity of Pistorius that makes it newsworthy? I'm really not sure of your point here, LB? Yes, pure celebrity (Kardashian, etc) is a bad thing, but surely a noted Olympic and Paralympic athlete being arrested for murder is newsworthy? Who he is accused of murdering is in the detail, but it's not the story. Yes, every murder is a tragedy. But that doesn't make it newsworthy on a worldwide scale. And I think, given your posts ("Unsurprisingly all the men contributing to this thread seem to have missed the point." and "Because even in death, a bright talented woman cannot be accorded equal status to her boyfriend if he's famous.") I think there was an element of accusations of sexism, which I completely disagree with (either that or you put tour point forward incredibly badly). If Serena Williams shot and killed her (otherwise little-known) boyfriend, the headline would be just the same flavour.
  5. rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This government's vilification of the most vulnerable is despicable. To be fair, ATOS were appointed by the last government...
  6. Loz

    Hot Cross Buns

    RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > F*CK HOT CROSS BUNS! Sounds like the even-less-subtle follow-up to 'American Pie'
  7. Gosh. Who knew trading insults with a foul-mouthed OAP could be so much fun?
  8. Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > [Topless photos I disagree with completely however] Especially ones of Prince Philip.
  9. Isn't it strange how you have such an affixation with colons, lameduck, but know nothing about semicolons?
  10. lameduck Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you really rate yourself > you are a very self righteous person Oh no! I'm being incoherently abused by a cheap perfume salesperson.
  11. Saffron Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Only in lifts ;-) To pinch Stewart Francis' joke... I farted in a crowded lift the other day, it was wrong on so many levels.
  12. Maybe, but I consider deserved after that unnecessary, petty little outburst.
  13. lameduck Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > loz i do not need you showing me the law I dunno. You seem to have been completely ignorant of it, then complained bitterly when it was applied to you. Then you claimed our postal people are a bunch of thieves. Hardly the actions of someone completely au fait with the law. > why dont you join them and be less patronising I haven't even begun to be patronising. Stick around. I'll probably start on your grammar, punctuation and spelling.
  14. What exactly is wrong with you lameduck? All I am doing is pointing out the law. In my first post I actually tried to help you see what the law is and why the post office rejected both your package and your claim. In the second I was just correcting giggirl's misunderstanding. Why are you taking this personally? What do you want from this thread? Sympathy? Are you actually claiming victim status here? You did wrong and you lost your perfume. Suck it up. Wildly lashing out and abusing me won't change that. For a 60 year old, you have a lot of growing up to do. But I suppose, as you yourself pointed out, you are "to be truthful, pretty thick".
  15. Loz

    Free riders

    That link was to page two, Hugo - page one is here... http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130212-why-you-really-hate-cyclists?selectorSection=health Really interesting, and make a lot of sense.
  16. Not in the top 20, but she was in the final 100. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qlvb/features/power-list-100 Amusingly, the Gruin was complaining that 93% of the list were white... and someone in the comments worked out that that is pretty much the same as the population of the UK (92.1% white).
  17. I can't believe they had Dawn French and Sarah Millican, but not the current darling of the Beeb, Miranda Hart. Surely there must be some power in creating the least funny TV show since 'The Sky at Night'.
  18. giggirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh dear - if you've been selling perfume on ebay > then these new regulations will knock that on the > head. They're not 'new' restrictions - they've been around since at least 2008. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=809059
  19. As far as I can see, the rules on perfumes were slightly relaxed (for UK addresses) on 14 Jan, so the fact that you posted 2 days before didn't actually help your argument. International stays the same as that is governed by international (ICAO) rules. Royal Mail could have had you prosecuted for attempting to send 'dangerous goods'. You have the liability to ensure what you send is allowed under the rules. As you did send it, they are entitled to dispose or destroy as they see fit. http://postandparcel.info/51769/news/companies/royal-mail-revising-ban-on-mailing-perfume-and-aftershave/ http://www.royalmail.com/sites/default/files/6966-DG-A5-Business-customer%20booklet_0.pdf
  20. That is pure genius, Ruffers. Michelin have zero chance of making that charge stick. Serves Michelin right for letting the name lapse.
  21. Loz

    Faulty machine

    puwetter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I bought this tessimo coffee machine of the forum it was advertised has hardly used. Well, of course it was hardly used - it was broken.
  22. I used to work opposite Laurence Corner. Great place and had an awesome fancy dress place upstairs that used to supply film and TV.
  23. uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > People who are fit and not willing to work but languish on benefits should be moved out of London > forthwith and put in homes where there is no work out of the capital and other large cities That would be such a small number that it would have almost zero effect on the housing issue.
  24. Feeling like trying a new sport? If you are handy at basketball or netball then try giving korfball a go. Teams have equal numbers of men and women, so clubs are social by nature. http://www.supernova.org.uk or email info@supernova.org.uk They train on Wed nights at Waterloo, so it's nice and central.
  25. Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the first thing we need to see is an end > to tax breaks on mortgage interest... That single act would bring about an immediate house price crash, as it would no longer be economical to rent out a house. Besides, BTL is a business, so why shouldn't legitimate business costs be deductible?
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