Loz

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.affordablehousinginstitute.org/blogs/us/mob_pitchforks_small.jpg Ah, that'll be Saleem's Lot...

Much as I hate to say nice things about the England football team, with that squad and with a manager so recently appointed, getting to the quarters was a pretty good result.

lisab1969 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks Computedshorty > > Funny enough I am half Italian and understand perfectly Ah, a 'latin moment'? Boyfriend move too fast for you?

But no Alan Turing. An appalling omission.

First, find a bloody good defence lawyer. Then, cancel all engagements for the next few years. Third, take a class in creative writing. And lastly, put the glue down.

saleem Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Regardless of where they come from, Democrats are, statistically, more likely to harbour racist > tendancies than the right-wing. Their ideology encourages this, whereas classical liberals of > old, like JFK, were more centrist than Obama's administration, who lean further left than their > predecessors. With any luck we'll see a GOP victory this year. Since it is 'statistically' I assume you can provide a link to said statistics?

Welcome, masxamydus. Good start - you'll go far.

True - Cameron shut up PDQ when similar allegations surfaced against Gary Barlow, noted Tory supporter.

I think some of Carr's jokes are needed... - If we are all God's children, what's so special about Jesus? - Ten years after the Chernobyl accident, and am I the only one that's disappointed? Still no superheros. - I've got a friend whose nickname is "Shagger". You might think that's pretty cool. She doesn't like it. - I've got a friend; she's got a theory. She reckons that the way to drive a man wild with desire is to nibble on their earlobes for hours on end. I think its bollocks. - I hate those e-mails where they try to sell you penis enhancers. I got ten just the other day. Eight of them from my girlfriend. It's the two from my mum that really hurt. - My mum told me the best time to ask my dad for anything was during sex. Not the best advice I'd ever been given. I burst in through the bedroom door saying "Can I have a new bike?". He was very upset. His secretary was surprisingly nice about it. I got the bike. - When you eat a lot of spicy food, you can lose your taste. When I was in India last summer, I was listening to a lot of Michael Bolton. - I grew up in Slough in the 1970's, if you want to know what Slough was like in the 1970's, go there now. - When I was a kid, I used to have an imaginary friend. I thought he went everywhere with me. I could talk to him and he could hear me, and he could grant me wishes and stuff too. But then I grew up, and stopped going to church. - The National Helpline for Asthmatics was shut down. Apparently a problem with all the obscene phonecalls. - A big girl once came up to me after a show and said "I think you're fatist." I said "No, no. I think you're fattest."

One would hope the author has a good editor...

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Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Besides, I don't see teachers and emergency services fiddling their taxes. I suspect that is more to do with lack of opportunity than any higher moral standing.

I was disappointed he didn't have the cojones to tell everyone to sod off, but instead tried to crawl back with his 'terrible error of judgement' tweets. The only thing he is guilty of is a bit of hypocrisy - but a lot less hypocrisy than Cameron, who's father built up a network of offshore investment funds to help build the family fortune. Or the rather sanctimonious Guardian (and no doubt other newspapers), who have used Jersey based off-shoring in the past as well. Anyway, if the government don't like it, fix the law. Or better, simplify the tax system.

> Has anyone painted a piano? Nope. But I've given my organ a good polish. :))

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ive heard Bus Drivers say they would settle for ANYTHING. Anyway strike is going ahead. I cant > believe they couldn't get a deal! If that was the case, and Bic Basher's numbers are correct, then surely at least ?250 would be covered by Boris and give everyone a way out?

Over in West London, the presence of a small number of Arab/Islamic schools has bought an amazing amount of Middle Eastern cash into the property market. Prices around the King Fayed Academy in Acton especially are just stupid.

You want to see the Aero I bought.

Not by a long shot.

Chippy Minton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > General Election, local election, referendum - you name it, no matter what it is, people in this > country don't turnout to vote like they used to. But they do vote in the X Factor. Says it all, really. > > PS > If the government allowed more modern/flexible voting methods for this sort of thing (e-mail, > SMS, workplace ballots etc) - like the unions are campaigning for - there would be higher turnouts > for all ballots. But the ConDems aren't going to allow that though are they! I agree. The technology is now available and should be used for all voting - union and elections. And I don't think you can blame the coalition - Labour had the opportunity to being it in as well. And actually, I suspect the unions would like to keep the status quo, really - they are getting the voting results they want, and the less enthusiastic members might not be so keen on strike action.

Chippy Minton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz - Unite have already considered the cost And > how can it be an "extra ongoing pay rise"? It's a > one off payment for the Olympics! I thought it was illegal to try to demand companies pay for strike action pay lost? Anyway, my last line should have read... Striking for an extra ongoing pay rise at least has a cost/benefit. But this strike (for a one off bonus) just seems like union muscle flexing, which probably explains the low turnout.

That can't be right. Surely then it is a private insurance scheme and the government could not have any say on the matter. Something doesn't add up here.

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why, because the 20,000 London bus drivers out of 24,000 in total that will never see an Olympic > passenger deserve an extra 500 quid for all their hard work? Actually, given the amount of pre-games work done by London companies to mitigate games traffic issues, most bus drivers will probably see less passengers. Perhaps they should dock all drivers ?100 (since they'll have less of a workload) and redistribute the money to those on the busy side of town?

So what will the strike cost an average bus driver in wages? A touch over ?100 by my estimate. Their ?500 is now worth less than ?400. If they get it. Another strike will chip even more off it. Striking for an extra ongoing pay rise has a cost/benefit. This just seems like union muscle flexing, which probably explains the low turnout.

Chippy Minton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Doctors' pensions are simply deferred pay - > doctors have paid for their pensions themselves, > their scheme is not unstainable, it is not in > deficit and now they are being told it's being > cut. > > The fact that it's the first doctors' industrial > dispute for 40 years speaks volumes for the > strength of feeling. > > Good luck to all of them. If doctors are paying for the pensions themselves, how can the government cut it? Are you saying there is no taxpayer involvement here?

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In official forms that's exactly what it's there for - to measure whether people are being > discriminated against because of their enthnicity I was always it was under the impression that it was for HR to try and spin the figures to make the 'diversity' numbers look good.