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Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > malumbu Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > , we are on the brink of economic collapse, > > You'd better tell the world stock markets, as they > seem to be reading it very differently. Experts are *so* out of fashion, MM.

lavender27 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jules-and-Boo Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Are you suggesting people smoke because they > > subconsciously miss breast feeding? > > > > That had never occurred to me. > > Cannot understand that, your mothers nipples I'm > sure did not have nicotine in them and did not > smell of smoke. Breastfeeding is the most > beautiful thing, smoking is not. If she smoked or was on patches/gum, they quite possibly did (the nicotine, at least)

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I get all my info from the Archers, so I expect > the market to be flooded with cheap Polish lamb. But at least you'll have a jolly song to hum while it does. All together now: dumpty dumpty dumpty dum, dumpy dumpy dum-dum...

I'm less concerned about which side of the brexit debate you both are on, and more concerned about your appalling use of stupidly long quotes.

stringvest Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If a farmer lets his chickens run free for 3 weeks out > of four, they are NOT FREE RANGE because Europe > says so?? Hmmmm Why on earth would someone construct a farm where chickens only get free range access three weeks out of four?

Bad Monday. Me, on the phone today to a customer. Customer very confused when I said he'd get delivery early next week. Suddenly realised it was not Friday.

That's the whole point, Seabag. When you're wondering "where can I buy a ...", the answer is quite often Wilkos. It's like AJ Farmers on steroids.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And Wilko! Best shop ever. Oh yes, isn't it! I love wandering through Wilkos.

Really, this 'scam' seems entirely implausible. But, if in doubt, consult the oracle of real and bogus scams... http://www.snopes.com/can-you-hear-me-scam/

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Stumbled across this from 3 months ago. It's a > long one, and it's quite depressing. But > interesting. > > "The ruthlessly effective rebranding of Europe?s > new far right > Across the continent, rightwing populist parties > have seized control of the political conversation. > How have they done it? By stealing the language, > causes and voters of the traditional left" Well, I've always though the far-right and the far-left had more in common than either of them would like to admit.

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe him in a cage wrestle with Putin We could do an updated re-enactment of the Two Tribes video!!

A rather unsuccessful Trump protest... A call was made to boycott Wegmans Food Markets until it stopped selling Trump-branded wines at its Virginia store. ?Let?s demonstrate through economic action that the residents and business owners of Charlottesville will not stand for the hatred espoused by Eric Trump and those like him,? the Stop Trump Wine website reads. Wegmans Food Markets are now reporting to have completely sold out of Trump wines. They say they won?t have any more for a few weeks until they have a chance to stock back up, so I suppose protest has sort of stopped them selling Trump wine.

Someone has sat with their arms crossed?? REALLY? How awful. That's it - starting this weekend, I'm digging the fallout shelter in the garden.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > To be fair, though, lots of things get left on > trains and buses. > > So that may reduce the number slightly. Oh, Sue. A useless announcement made 1000s - possibly 10s of thousands - of times daily, just in the vain hope that someone, somewhere might remember their umbrella? You are thinking like them... people who are paid to find very poor solutions to virtually non-existent problems.

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting. I overheard on conversation the other > night which described how Austria is the hardest > country to get a passport from - the speaker was a > man with an Austrian mother who said that he had > been unable to obtain one, and that they hardly > ever give them out. > I'm unsure of how immigration in Austria affects > their health service (obviously they have some > very right wing politicians), but if they're > already very picky about who they let in it must > make it easier to control a scheme like that > surely? I didn't have an Austrian passport, but I did work there and was covered under their system. You get issued a card by the government when you start work, which has health system details on one side and the EHIC card on the other. I had a (UK) friend who did his ACL there. Within a week he'd been operated on and started physio, all under the health system. You'd be lucky to have had all that in the UK in three months. But it is a contradiction of a country - Austrians are generally lovely and welcoming people, but they are also really quite religious, conservative and traditional.

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That announcement on Victoria Station > > "If you notice something suspicious. See it, say > it, sort it" > > Or something equally as clunky and god damn > fekking irritating At least that is (very) slightly more useful than the constant announcements of "Please do not forget to take your personal belongings with you when you leave the train". Has that announcement helped anyone, ever? Who needs reminding of that? They may as well have an announcement of 'please do not forget to breathe whilst leaving the train.'

Austria works this way, and works very well indeed. As far as I could work out, there was a percentage levy paid by both employees and employers that went into an 'insurance' fund. Free at the point of delivery like the NHS, but more complex in its underlying funding.

As I said above, 1p extra on income tax raises ?4.6 billion. We're talking 4-6p extra just to keep the NHS's nose above water, if you believe current reports, so I don't think hypothecation would really be an issue. Usually the conversation goes like this: We need more spent on the NHS If you want more spent on the NHS, taxes will have to go up. Why should I have to pay more tax? Why aren't we taxing [insert name of any famous multinational here]? Some people, like you and me, would be happy to pay more, but most want someone else to pay.

I think everyone would go for option 3, provided they are not the person paying extra tax.

stringvest Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I heard Tony Blair Radio 4 Friday and was really annoyed at the bare faced cheek of him. I don't > trust him at all. He is a total liar, two-faced narcissistic money grabbing ?$%^.... Hmmm. Can anyone guess which way stringy voted in the referendum? Anyone?

This is why I always use a cooking thermometer. ?15 off Amazon. Stick the probe into the thickest part of the chicken, set it to 65 degrees (70 if you want to be really safe). When it beeps, check by probing a few other parts to see they are all over 65C and Bob's your chicken dinner. Also means you can cook chicken from non-quite-thawed-out-properly. Plus my lamb and beef are usually exactly the right side of rare.

Have you inadvertently knocked the bottle of Burgundy over, Lou?

keano77 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just another champagne socialist. Schooled at > Fettes in Edinburgh. Claims to speak for the > people but amassed a huge property portfolio and > now charges vast sums on the lecture circuit and > for advising dictators among others. > > When will people learn? How about the person that attended Harrow School, opposed votes for women, regularly slept till noon, used opium in college, suffered severe depression, agreed to use his parliamentary influence to raise issues in return for money, drank whiskey every evening, plus devised a disastrous campaign in WW1 that cost over a quarter of a million lives and lost him his military job. Oh, that would be Winston Churchill. When the right person turns up at the right time with the right argument, their past is a bit irrelevant, no?

keano77 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just another champagne socialist. Schooled at > Fettes in Edinburgh. Claims to speak for the > people but amassed a huge property portfolio and > now charges vast sums on the lecture circuit and > for advising dictators among others. As soon as you have to revert to playing the man and not the ball, you are pretty much admitting you don't have a counter argument to what he said.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @nxjen - I agree that Blair's intervention is > probably unhelpful. Someone has to. Corbyn's useless. Fallon has disappeared without trace. Who else can save us from this madness? So, Blair's intervention is welcome. For all his faults over the Iraq war, he was actually a pretty good PM up to that point. He's got the strength of personality to make something happen.