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Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Where do you even put a TV larger than 40" in a > typical vic. terraced house? Anything bigger > probably won't fit in the alcove. I don't want a > TV over the fireplace, or hogging the window bay. The joys of flat screens. We have a 3.5m x 4.5m room with a 55" TV on the longer wall near the door. Bloody marvellous. Mind you, the last owners of the house took the chimney out, which does help. Looked huge when we got it... now we think 65" might be better!

Agree with Jeremy. ?35 should get you three hours. I think you need to find a new cleaner.

Italy.

First rule of Microsoft operating systems: always wait for the release of the first service pack (SP1). Until then it will be Bug City.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > poppet27 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > - Ludlow Thompson: Cheeky chappy Essex lads who > > seem to think selling houses is like market > > trading. Had no faith in their experience and > > didn't appreciate salesman techniques. > > > > They haven't changed much then. In 2003 I went in > there with two friends to sign a contract for a > rental. Bloke's phone went so he held up a finger > to shhh me, then said "go" in to the phone. > > I wanted to slap him ion the face right there. In 1999 I walked in to Ludlow Thompson to see what they had on offer. Got completely ignored for five minutes. Walked out.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Troika" As of today, you need to now avoid "Quadriga" instead.

Blimey, that's not even close to ED.

MrBen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Having a debate with my brother about whether you > used to be able to get dark chocolate Yorkies. I'm > convinced you could...and they had a red wrapper? Wiki says yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkie_%28chocolate_bar%29

El Presidente Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > what is unreasonable about asking for descriptions > of a group of people who have been aggressively > abusing women in a public place? They were probably about five ft high, medium length hair, wearing t-shirt, jeans, trainers. Go gettem, El P!

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If Corbyn went for designer stubble instead of a beard, brogues rather than sandals and decent suit > instead of his current bargain-bin look, the Blairitea would be falling over themselves to push > him forward. You made a couple of good points, DC, but this is just wrong. Blairites wouldn't back Corbyn whatever his clothing. They wouldn't touch his old-school left viewpoint in a million years.

So she ate a spicy Dorito and then "suffered a severe asthma attack at school a week later". And the Guardian printed this cack?

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The man has principles, it should count for something. So does Nigel Farage. No use having principles if they are stupid, though.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yep.. for me, Blair's labour were probably the closest we've had to the kind of government I'd > like to see, but the Iraq war (and not forgetting the whole crazy "God told me to invade Iraq" > episode) annihilated his legacy. I'm with you there - the first year of Blair was exactly right. Shame it went downhill with Iraq. I think 2001 was the last time I voted Labour in a general election.

But aren't the IMF proposing everyone but the IMF offer debt relief?

Flight of the Valkyries? :)) Though it maybe difficult and somewhat lose the effect with just one violin.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > stringvest Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Avoid Margate, it is like Elephant and Castle !! > > Margate is fab! > And you can do romance just like the locals - i.e. a quick knee-trembler out back of the Asda carpark just after chucking out time.

You're a brave, brave man, Otta.

Because it is, by definition, not about East Dulwich itself?

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well without the SNP stringvest, the hunting ammendment might have had a chance of getting through. Possible, but it was unlikely as it was a free vote. I'd have been surprised to see it pass. > I don't see how four English parliaments would work Loz, unless we adopt a US style two tier > government. Well, yes, with devolution that is exactly the logical conclusions. At the moment we have two tiers in Scotland and Wales, and (sort of) one everywhere else. It's just a constitutional nightmare. And its not just the US that make two tiers work - Australia, Canada, Germany and many others do it too. > And given that the south east disproportionately generates tax revenue, can't see how that would help the > rest of the country if those powers are devolved, like they have been in Scotland. It all just becomes too complicated, and > I believe would further impoverish the North. That's quite easy to get around - you keep certain tax-raising powers with the national government who can distribute them as necessary. Australia manage this quite easily with rather wildly performing state economies. In fact, it makes the distribution far more visible and so, in theory, more equitable. > It's like a panic has set in because the SNP won a few seats. So now we have to change the rules! Actually, the West Lothian Question has been rumbling along for nearly 40 years. EVEL was actually an issue discussed before the election as you can see from that article I linked to. This is not in any way new.

Cotswolds for me, especially around Stow-on-the-Wold. Really love it out there.

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do the English want an England only parliament? I don't see that at all. This poll is over six months old (so pre-election), but pretty conclusive: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29880995 Personally, I'd like to see four more parliaments - roughly SE, SW, Midlands and the North.

I think an English parliament (or maybe a number of English parliaments) is the next logical step. The West Lothian Question is a constitutional anomaly that really can't go on.

sophie_e_down Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Canon in D by Pachebel. > > We had this for ours, so romantic. Just found that on You Tube. That's one of those songs I've heard many times but never knew the name of!

ratty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Justification? 80% of the public are anti fox hunting apparently. Where's the justification? I > think he has just proven to the public that EVEL has a huge downside too. As I've said before, I really don't care about fox hunting. It's very very low on my list of important issues. For the want of a better phrase, I don't have a dog in that fight. It's worth noting though that the law that was proposed would bring it roughly into line with that in Scotland. Yep, that fox-hunting Scotland that has been governed by the SNP since 2011. Sturgeon has just signalled that she will intervene in England-only issues when she can make political capital for SNP/Scotland. As EVEL was falling off the agenda, she's just made the case to put it back on. (Though hopefully with a better solution than the appalling mess they were trying to push through.)

Any reason why classical, rather than something more modern with a classical feel? We used recorded music from a string quartet doing modern numbers and it was rather nice. Why not take a suitable more recent song he and she actually like and get the violinist to play it?