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Wrong, Cummings for so many reasons is far worse. I don't need to spell this out. Unless you were being amusing. Not really though. seenbeen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Went to Sainsbury's 2 weeks ago and in front of me > were two young couples...by the time we got into > the store they had separated into 4 individuals > with 4 trolleys. In the store they met up > again.....so much for allowing only 1 person from > a family at a time. > Also my near neighbour goes by car to Sainsbury's > frequently and at the same time her partner gets a > home delivery.....from Morrisons (I suppose they > don't want the supermarket to know) > Another neighbour got a massive home delivery from > Waitrose about 3 weeks ago and after the van had > gone a car came by and another person went to > their house and they loaded up the car with bags > and bags of the Waitrose groceries. > Just some pointers of how to circumvent the Covid > rules- Cummings has got nothing on these 'people'

Spikes removed, disinfectant on poles ie not on the ground and away from pond. Water left out, can put this in a more natural way as suggested. Yes it probably was playful cubs. If the pond is damaged then that is the end for the aquatic wildlife. So frogs, newts and other pond life come first! Funnily enough the only harm from the spikes was to me! Karma.

My original BT line, so original it would have been fitted by the GPO, sags. I reported it to TalkTalk years ago who said "that is for Openreach to sort". Openreach said "that is for TalkTalk to sort" So I went up a ladder and half sorted the problem. I returned to BT and had a separate fibre optic line installed. I now see the original line is sagging on the new fibre optic line. Worried that the next storm will do damage. Pre Covid-19 I'd talk direct to BT but the last call had a recorded message and told me to go on line. On line did not give me the opportunity to explain, tested my new line and had a caveat that I may be charged. Before I report it to Openreach anybody had similar experience? Ideally just take away the old line. I can't imagine a time when we or future occupants would resort to copper rather than fibre

My parents took us for a trip to a newly opened section of motorway and service station when we were kids and to impress a friend of the family from Ireland. I don't think it was to test anyone's eyes but for some reason Cummings excuse has reminded me of this pointless journey from my child hood.

Class war never really went away. I don't class them as reactionary tribalists. Do you know anything about them?

Had another visit to my pond last night even though I have put spikes down which should deter large creatures walking around it. A good authority says it will be fox/es so put water out and will put disinfectant around the area as they do not like this. I worry that they find the pond liner a nice material to use for scratching. Obviously the Googlesphere wants to put the blame onto cats and herons.

The very entertaining Class War has been doing this sort of thing for weeks

Whilst I am not a fan of LBC the actual interview with Gove was even better, worth hearing the whole interview: First minute or so and then returning at around 11 minutes on Cummings-Gate. Gov did the "this is something my wife and I have done", Ferrari: what drive 60 miles to test your eye sight" "staggered, this will be a good one" "you may well just as go to spec savers" then the climb down "I'm not an authority on driving" What was almost better was that both of them were almost corpsing (theatre term when you can't stop laughing on stage/when being recorded" The bit on my Nissan Qashqui could do Durham on a full tank. It aint a Land Rover though. Not sure why he hadn't got his lines together

Been to the Babur since the 90s and seen the popularity, quality and prices go up in that time. It is a treat but not a treat for my wallet! May stick my neck out some time and get some high quality takeaway from there but it will seem strange paying so much. That said I don't eat meat and have not found a good takeaway in the area. The Indian stuff is slop. Chinese vegetarian an afterthought. Kebab shops exactly that - meat kababs. For a pizza may as well get a supermarket one. I've done street food for lunch at various markets but not sure if any of the takeaways around here can match that eg even the falafels cannot compete. (shop bought ones even worse, but the dry mixes are great) Found this thread interesting and have yet to try Persepolis - was on my list for a bite to eat. And not done Ganesh yet. I wonder whether we are near enough to Tooting to try some of the places there and there will be other places eg Vietnamese and some fusion which could be good

Pension arrangements in the civil service were changed several years ago moving to a career average pension and the national retirement age. Older workers retained some or all rights, less old had some transition arrangement, oddly shown to be illegal following a challenge by the Fire Brigades Union. https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2019/12/18/firefighters-win-back-pensions-blow-government (The 50/55 retirement age mentioned is just for fire fighters) Many went in the purges under the coalition government as numbers were drastically cut. So often a case that a civil servant over 50 could not necessarily afford to retire, but when offered a severance deal.... These compensation arrangements were pared in part due to a populist Daily Mail type campaign. Gold plated pensions were all for those starting pre-87 (they were the oft quoted figures in the Mail/Express)so had largely gone by the time of the coalition. Of course civil servants used to look jealously at the police and NHS pensions, so everything in relative. And working alongside people in heavy engineering when that went through the floor in the early 90s, boy did they get some good deals. Sadly the world is now very different.

Had a bit of damage from time to time in my pond, plants at the edge can be trampled. This morning found an untidy rip to the lining, fairly large but fortunately well above the water line. And oddly a 10cm plant and basket, which were on a shelf at the edge of the pond, upside down on the lawn. So is it (a) human intrusion. I am well down on Dominic Cummings list who is the only person I have offended, albeit very remotely, in recent days (b) foxes - stuff on line suggests not © a heron? Really?? I have frogs and newts but suspect they would only come if there were fish (d) cats, at least three neighbourhood cats are seen around there from time to time. How would they move a pot half a metre? Subject to views I'm going to put some spikes up. Bit extreme but fed up with this. You can get commercial products eg https://www.wish.com/product/5dd38c462c942a646c02dafb?hide_login_modal=true&from_ad=goog_shopping&_display_country_code=GB&_force_currency_code=GBP&pid=googleadwords_int&c=%7BcampaignId%7D&ad_cid=5dd38c462c942a646c02dafb&ad_cc=GB&ad_curr=GBP&ad_price=7.00&campaign_id=8703990225&retargeting=true&gclid=CjwKCAjw2a32BRBXEiwAUcugiLMIQNS4ZALo4hVABhDqnLK99r0Hiyz7mgFOMMdoSRirU1lpH5eOeBoC5aoQAvD_BwE&share=web

Had a bit of damage from time to time in my pond, plants at the edge can be trampled. This morning found an untidy rip to the lining, fairly large but fortunately well above the water line. And oddly a 10cm plant and basket, which were on a shelf at the edge of the pond, upside down on the lawn. So is it (a) human intrusion. I am well down on Dominic Cummings list who is the only person I have offended, albeit very remotely, in recent days (b) foxes - stuff on line suggests not © a heron? Really?? I have frogs and newts but suspect they would only come if there were fish (d) cats, at least three neighbourhood cats are seen around there from time to time. How would they move a pot half a metre? Subject to views I'm going to put some spikes up. Bit extreme but fed up with this. You can get commercial products eg https://www.wish.com/product/5dd38c462c942a646c02dafb?hide_login_modal=true&from_ad=goog_shopping&_display_country_code=GB&_force_currency_code=GBP&pid=googleadwords_int&c=%7BcampaignId%7D&ad_cid=5dd38c462c942a646c02dafb&ad_cc=GB&ad_curr=GBP&ad_price=7.00&campaign_id=8703990225&retargeting=true&gclid=CjwKCAjw2a32BRBXEiwAUcugiLMIQNS4ZALo4hVABhDqnLK99r0Hiyz7mgFOMMdoSRirU1lpH5eOeBoC5aoQAvD_BwE&share=web

To be fair I reckon either (a) The Mail has got some beef with Dom (b) They have decided that there is more kudos going against him/the risk going with him is too high even as the hero of Brexit But nevertheless....

Been reading comments in the Sun Over 50% Cummings out A few saying great lockdown is over Or that Covid-19 a hoax Or that this is just romoaners, they lost, Boris and Dom to lead us to the sunlit uplands Interesting measure of popular opinion With regards to the Tweet the investigation will be like Murder on the Orient Express, but rather than a dozen assassins all with good cause there will be 10,000s of suspects.

Forty years since Ian Curtis's death. Rather prophetic seeing as we are now managing to isolate the UK as a country. Politics apart, enjoy

Damn, beat me to it We have a new secret civil servant

You need shorter odds, as with these ones everyone is a winner! (which we aren't, sadly). Alternatively open a book on excuses that will be given for Cummings. I think mine would be "sorry for Dom, but what you need to understand is he is a complete twot" (odds on) (others can probably put this in a more eloquent way)

Eminent epidemiologist made to jump before he was pushed because press wanted some salacious gossip. Scottish public servant does the right thing after not following her own public guidance and quits. I don't care is Cummings jumps or is pushed, one or the other is right.

Nothing like a good occasional bonfire or BBQ providing (a) you've got the space (b) weather conditions and timing right - later on a nice sunny day with a little breeze so flames and smoke go up © it is occasional Same criticisms here could be made against fireworks, which are now far more common than years ago but add to pollution. But we wouldn't want to ban them would we. Understand the sentiment though where it is unsocial, washing has been left out etc etc. My neighbour used to burn wet grass.

Nothing like a good occasional bonfire or BBQ providing (a) you've got the space (b) weather conditions and timing right - later on a nice sunny day with a little breeze so flames and smoke go up © it is occasional Same criticisms here could be made against fireworks, which are now far more common than years ago but add to pollution. But we wouldn't want to ban them would we. Understand the sentiment though where it is unsocial, washing has been left out etc etc. My neighbour used to burn wet grass.

TheCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > diable rouge Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Sephiroth Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > The Cat is many things. But anywhere close > to > > > being a momentum supporter? As if > > > > > > What a post glen. Amazing. (Not in a good > way) > > > > Unc is so wrapped up in his racist/xenophobic > > culture war that any post he perceives as being > > negative to 'his side' must automatically be on > > the 'other side'. Subjectivity has long since > left > > the building. > > In 20 years time he'll be discovered ranting > away > > in some dark, dingy corner of the web, like a > 21st > > Century version of a holed-up Viet Cong hiding > in > > the jungle still fighting the Americans... > > > It's funny you know. I took a bit of care to make > sure the OP was worded as neutrally as possible. > And also make clear that I was specifically > talking about his health, not anything else. > > But people on both 'sides' read something not in > 100percent agreement with their own view...and > conclude it must be from the 'other' side..... > > Seph....who knew I was a closet momentum > activist?:)...not even me apparently.... It's the term 'fit', we use 'fit' for sports people. Is he or she fit enough to play this weekend. Otherwise fit will be are they capable of the job - it the England manager fit to control the national team? Otherwise we'd say are they well enough to come back to work. Ironically all the issues you have raised with BoJo's fitness fit (another use) with many of our views that he is not capable. Come on you did tease us. As for his physical fitness it was crazy that he continued when he was so ill. Crazy. The Queen failed in her duty of care to the head of the country, and the country as a whole.

Wow, this reminds me of the series of Grange Hill where racism was the main theme. For those not familar with this classic programme its all on Youtube. An hour or so distraction from the current world Not sure if it was a pivotal moment in kids' TV or some crass oversimplification.

The initial lockdown was sensible, allow some freedoms unlike other parts of Europe. This phase is pants. Drive to the beach, what sort of message is that? He's got to carry the can.

Sadly don't need to be a good leader to be popular.... That said I'm wondering if we have had a good leader, well at least in most of our lifetimes. That's opened the door to many other discussions (sorry)