Loz

Buying 'diet' shakes seems like a sure-fire way to lose plenty of pounds. If you're lucky, you might lose some weight as well.

Though, when you give your address, you will be always answering the question, "What? Like the vegetable?".

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Get in quick before the rest of them 'discover' it. > > Louisa. Blimey. Louisa is encouraging blow in-ism.

Hmmm. Have anyone ever seen *Bob* and Ken in the same room? :))

Decent program, but it's not GBBO in any way, shape or form. They're just cashing in on the name. Bloody capitalists.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jeremy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > > Lots of us have owned flats in old buildings - > > period apartment blocks or converted Victorian > > houses. Yes they have problems and sometimes you > > need to fork out. > > Don't you think ex council are more likely to have > been poorly maintained in the past - hence a > potential build up of problems? Possibly, but ?16k is way overpriced to even have the whole thing rewired completely.

As someone else said, the real issue is the price. ?16k per flat is an extraordinary amount - what is being done for that sort of money??

P.O.U.S.theWonderCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alternatively, we could do as the Australians do and have elections on a Saturday. Not only that, but you can vote at any polling station, not just the one you've been assigned. (Which mitigates most of the arguments about voting on Saturday.)

Can any washer/dryer dry a full load? From memory, the max drying load was always roughly about half the max wash load.

Well, you are betting on the future. Personally I don't think interest rates are going to jump up any time soon (i.e. in the next two years). I've just plumped for a two year fix. I went for a 1.99% deal, but that was fee-free and we have the mortgage down to a point where that's a better deal than forking out ?1000+ in fees. The three year was nearly a half point more and so I'm betting that interest rates won't go up by more than that in by 2019. I might be wrong, but only the future will tell. The tracker was only a 0.15% better rate. But, 5 year fixes are good for those on a budget. If you want surety in your outgoings, then maybe they are for you.

Is that really 'civic mindedness', though? If I has a food shop, I'd say it was rather in my interests that the bin right outside my shop didn't smell.

I've had two Hoovers and they've been fine. Mind you, I only tend to use the dryer in emergencies.

Blurred vision?

They're also almost entirely useless on side streets. Great for motorways, though.

miga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think that Guardian opinion piece is really histrionic. Like that's unusual. I've seen Owen Jones do other stuff and he really does have some quite reasonable arguments. But whenever he writes for the G, he conjures up complete horsecrap. And he's not the only one - David Mitchell has started writing some really terrible columns there as well. I'd suspect it was the sub-editors at work, but we know the Grauniad has never employed any.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tories success in Scotland (and Labour's failure) is more important than you say Loz - there' has > been some detoxifying of the Tories in Scotland and that is big change. How Labour get Scotland > back now is beyond me....Corbyn had no effect here as the SNP predicted I thought the interesting thing in Scotland was the amount of anti-SNP tactical voting going on. I think Labour, Tories and the LibDems all picked up seats that would have usually gone to the SNP.

Maybe use the pellets as bait on the traps? It's obviously developed a liking for them.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > feck it, I'll go out on a limb and say I doubt there are more than a handful of people who > genuinely cannot park within a few minutes walk of their front door, more often than not, anywhere in > ED. *ducks, takes cover under desk* I think the problem is that people want to park within a few seconds walk from their house. Which, in most parts of London, is just fantasy thinking.

Corbyn does the absolute bare minimum to keep the wolves at bay, but can't be seen in any way to be turning things around after GE2015. Tories do a little better, but from a fairly low base. SNP lose overall control of Holyrood. Scottish Labour takes yet another walloping. Scottish Tories do better, but again from a very low base. Welsh Labour lose a little ground in terms of seats, but a lot more in terms of vote share. Plaid Cymru do roughly the same as last time. LibDems do a tiny, weeny bit better in England and Scotland. UKIP benefited from electoral change in Wales. They also increase their vote share, but still not converting these into results. Did anyone actually do enough to claim a good day at the polls?

Do you really want to kick this thread off again, Atticus? It didn't work out very well for you last time.

"Me and my likes"? Christ, you're an arse.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Otta Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > > ???? Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > Choice is a between a party that apparently hates > > > Jews and a party that apparently hates Muslims.. > > > > I shouldn't even rise to this, but you know full > > well that's utter bullshit. > > > Chill out Otta and read it again slowly. it's a > comment on the political dialogue, mentions both > parties and has apparently in it if you look carefully I was just surprised to see Otta jump to the defence of the Tories so quickly...

If your first choice was either Tory or Labour, your second choice was irrelevant.

peckham_ryu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > belladonna Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Just buying icecream on Lordship Lane, my > partner > > witnessed attempted scooter theft > > Oh no! Missed opportunity to hit the robber with > the Carte D'Or Could have gone all Dirty Harry: "But being this is a Double Chocolate Magnum, the most powerful ice cream in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?"

Yes, Foxy, but how do the eggs get into your house?