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Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You can't eat roses... You can eat the petals if you are feeling peckish.

The new BBC One idents. Apart from the fact they look a really bad amateur photography session, they have the added annoyance that if you have Freesat/Freeview, if you leave the channel on BBC1 HD and the local news is one, they drop to a holding screen for 10 mins with that awful 'fitness instructor' shrieking like a banshee stuck in a bear trap. Bring back the circling hippos.

DaveR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For example, the MIS for a lone parent with a baby, a toddler and a primary age > child is apparently ?73,000/year, which seems a lot. It may be explained by the 'outgoings' > including ?440/week for childcare. That's pretty absurd. Curiously, throw a second adult into that household and they need less money to live on (?67,594) but they still need to spend ?440 a week on childcare. Mind you, I stuck my details in (two person household, no kids, not pensioners) and the calculator seems to think we can survive on ?23,405 a year (after tax) between us. Whether or not that is reasonable depends on a whole host of factors, mainly around housing costs. So, I think the figures are, at best, an interesting basis for a pub chat.

I was always a fan of the concept of an extra 1p on tax to fix the NHS. Then I read the other day that 1p on income tax would raise about ?4.6 bn. That, whilst useful, would not go anywhere near solving any of the current problems. I am starting to think the NHS cannot survive in its current form. But I have no idea what a different NHS would look like. All I do know is that it MUST stay free at the point of delivery.

Jenny1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think Reince Priebus ... His name sounds like Spoonerism at work!

jaywalker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz, I know we live in a post-truth world, but ???? wrote: > > "You can hate the tories, you can think they are divisive and mean and bad for society - but they > are NOT totalitarian. That's kindergarten student politics." > > Now, why did you not refer to that in your post about my being unable to read? Let's look at that part in its entirety... "people, especially on the left, really need to get a grip about politics when it doesn't agree with their world view. You can hate the tories, you can think they are divisive and mean and bad for society - but they are NOT totalitarian. That's kindergarten student politics." See, Quids wasn't talking about you in particular... he was talking about the people in general and the left in general. That's why I didn't refer to it... because it wasn't talking specifically about you. You just seem - erroneously - to think he is. So, yes, you are still seemingly unable to read.

So, all the Labour MPs who defied Corbyn are now going to be given a written warning. And not just any old written warning... a *formal* written warning. I bet they are trembling in their boots. That'll learn them.

jaywalker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ????, I am glad you do not think Trump and May are > Totalitarian as that is exactly what I wrote: 'it > is not that Trump is currently totalitarian'. I > think sometimes in your rush to trade insults (now > I am a child I see) you simply don't pause to read > what people write. Hmmm. Your not reading very well, yourself. Or even reading yourself very well. You wrote... Quids wrote... So, Quids' summary of what you wrote seems pretty accurate. As for the rest of your 'evidence' of May's 'totalitarianism', it is pretty weak, to say the least. I think you need a better understanding what totalitarianism actually means.

titch juicy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ???? Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > You Gov have published their approval ratings. > > Jezza is now polling negative in: > > > > Every Demographic - class, age, gender > > Every Region > > > > AND > > > > among Labour voters > > > > That's absolutely unprecedented > > > I've been trying to find a link to the results- do > you have one by any chance? http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-corbyns-approval-rating-slides-into-net-negative-for-every-demographic_uk_589d9c95e4b094a129ea0a87

If you are doing it reasonably regularly, you are mad using standard banking. They're notoriously bad value.

Blimey. How many drinks do you have to have before that seems like a good idea?? Mind you, there is a world of difference between an ironic kiss on the cheeks and the full-on tonsil-wobbler.

Unreliable source bans unreliable source for making the unreliable source an even more unreliable source.

Marketing Trump and Farage as anti-establishment is, in a frightening way, pure genius. A billionaire and an ex-stock broker? Anti-establishment? How the hell did they pull that off? Still, I'm sure there are those out there who drink stuff like Innocent Smoothies, eat Ben and Jerry's ice-cream and breakfast on their Dorset muesli to stick it up the big corporates like Coca-Cola, Unilever and Associated Foods. The world is full of gullible suckers... and they know it.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting article about the ethics of free range > eggs in The Guardian the other day: > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/30/free-range-eggs-con-ethical > > N.B. Posted for the information of anyone interested, not to get into a massive debate! Forget the unbearably smug article - the comments below it ripping it apart are a joy!

The judge made a temporary order, which I think only lasts 14 days, so it will have to be heard in a full court anyway. I suspect some of will will hold up and some won't. Parts about religious discrimination seems the most likely to fail as, as far as I can see, it is applying the US constitution to non-Americans not on US soil, which is beyond its reach.

A colleague of mine has this problem buying soup. Turns out one of the ingredients was sherry, so they restricted it. Madness.

DaveR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "I know the increases are small but prices are > going up. is this a result of Brexit? Possibly > yes." > > Almost certainly not. Most staple foods are > globally traded commodities with price > fluctuations arising from all sorts of different > events (affecting supply) coupled with > increasing/decreasing demand, linked to cultural > and demographic changes. True, but the Brexit vote did depress the value of the pound by about 10%, and that is going to have an effect on imports.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jaywalker: > "The war was stopped by nuclear strikes on two > Japanese cities by the USA" > > In essence, yes. The Japanese mainly stopped fighting after the big bombs. But the bombs were > not necessary to end the war. By dropping the bombs on civilian populations, and with each bomb > being of a different type, the Americans got the opportunity to complete the ultimate experiment. > Twice. Thereby validating their deadly technology. I'd say the bombing of Hiroshima could - at a push - be justified if you really, really try, but in no way can Nagasaki. A mere three days later and, as you say, a different type of bomb. The most violent and murderous scientific experiment in history.

jaywalker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The origin of the UK's independent so-called 'deterrent' lies here. Its > credibility thought to over-ride the 'special relationship'. > > We had to establish this AGAINST USA foreign policy as quickly as possible or simply become a > pawn-gambit. > > At some point later, we decided that the USA was a good supplier of said deterrent (they now build > our missiles). Do you really want me to say more? Since the US supplied the missiles for Polaris and the whole programme was only established after the UK/US Nassau agreement, your writing doesn't seem to me to be historically accurate.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I e found it particularly galling to see how > quickly politicians have fallen in behind Trump > (especially those on the right). Often politicians > that generally I respect, or would have expected > to speak out more. This article puts it well > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/05/donald-trump-lies-belief-totalitarianism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Here's another interesting one - how the liberal (American usage) tech companies in California, although natively anti-Trump, are finding themselves heading toward a bizarre symbiotic relationship with him. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38866023

jaywalker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rahrahrah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It is easy, with so much craziness, to almost > > become immune to it. > > That is exactly right, and why we should keep > posting and (where appropriate) re-threading. I think quite the opposite. People tire quickly of news. If it's sharp and relevant, they'll stay interested. If you post and repost any old crap, their attention will go somewhere else. My Facebook timeline is currently such a full on trump-dump that I gloss over it. The lowlight of this week was the video from someone with way too much time on his hands that wrote and recorded a song about the idiot who made the 'Bowling Green Massacre' gaffe. Suffice to say, I didn't watch it. Life's too short for that kind of crap.

Rah, I had a (very nice) plumber walk me through on the phone, so I assume all boilers are much of a muchness. On mine, there was a flexi-hose that had an inline valve, that went from the boiler though to a big normal brass tap (the cold water inlet). So, I had to turn the brass tap on, then use the inline one to re-pressurise the system. After that, I turned the big brass one off. You need to do it when the boiler is running. I find I have to do it every time I bleed the radiators.

Don't be daft. You have failed to understand what I wrote - read it again. PS You've started YET ANOTHER trump thread. Was it really necessary?

Irrelevant who the Der Spiegel cover actually depicted - it's concept was extraordinarily tasteless.

ruffers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As a matter of routine it's always worth checking alternative quotes come insurance renewal time via > confused, moneysupermarket etc. You'll often find your existing insurer coming up with a cheaper > quote than your renewal quote for a start... Call and ask why the other quote is cheaper. Or just > ring to renew and tell them you've been quoted cheaper, 30-40%, they'll cut the quote instantly. I did this once - rang them and said it was cheaper on a comparison site. They sheepishly said they couldn't match it, as it was a different department. Advised me to buy it via the site and let the old one lapse. So, they paid a comparison site commission to keep a customer who would have stuck with them anyway. Madness. Just madness.