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DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Rainbows do not actually exist. > > They are an Optical Illusion caused by a Prismatic > effect of the sunlight on raindrops. > > Rainbows viewed from High Altitude Aircraft can be > seen as complete Circles. > > So sadly they do not have Ends and hence no 'Pot > of Gold' :( > > Nice Pics though. ;-) Hey thanks for that DulwichFox - could you make sure you pop round on xmas eve and give my kids the hard facts about Mr Claus? ;-)

But, though oft quoted by the Tories during the run up to the election, aren't we now told by none other than Vince Cable that the IFS aren't always correct, that their numbers are open to interpretation, that they often quote a "worst case scenario" that isn't necessarily right? So that's good news. Students are actually loaded, no? In my view policy should be to leave students alone, but encourage apprenticeship, vocational training, yts, type schemes so that universities aren't stuffed full of kids studying pointless courses that never lead to a high paying enough job for them to repay loans in the first place.......

Wasn't it just beautiful? I stopped my car in the middle of the road to look and take a very similar photo, and not one person beeped me to move on.......all looking up at the sky.....don't you just LOVE London when that happens?

Ahhhhhh. Bless! Congratulations! (300 BTW)

Nice to see Green and Blue getting a mention! :))

That's the first time in nearly three years I have been tempted to ask admin to remove a thread for being offensive. You, sir, are an utter pr*ck.

Thanks PR, and thanks to everyone for all the PMs too. Glad to hear some of you like what I'm writing!

Completely and utterly brilliant news that progress has been made and the strike on fireworks night has been called off.

Those aren't just trees. Those are M&S trees.

And that is why, on a daily basis, I thank the Lord for the gift of PMs. Insert appropriate smiley here.

Wondered how long that would take! I don't want to actually Steveo, really. It's still very young and quite personal and I'm not sure I'm ready for a full on Lounge kicking just yet! [Note to self, develop hide of rhino soon or you won't get anything published at all....]

VBC, I don't write a diary, this is the first thing I have done. I haven't found the content difficult at all, I'm quite disciplined so I do find the time to write as well, but I'm just not sure how good it is. And if it is good, I'm not sure what to do next. I think I have something, I'm just not sure what!

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Don't you need a USP, or at least some kind of > schtick or leitmotiv, to make a saleable blog? > What's yours? ;) > > Yes I think that's probably true, except my blog isn't really a blog, it's more like a column or the beginnings of a book. I've just put it in that form to demonstrate that I can write. Or at least I hope that's what I've done!

Ah LadyM you know I appreciate your readership and your comments, and I'm very glad you like it. But can you get me a step closer to international authorship? You cannot. So budge over.

Awwwwright luv? BLIMEY don't get many of THOSE to the pound....... *scratches hairy arse whilst gurning like Steptoe*

Me too!

I have a copy if you can't find it that you are welcome to borrow. It's quite old. In exchange for you reading my blog and giving me a critique?!

Interesting question MM. I saw Alan Rickman and Helen Mirren in Anthony and Cleopatra, and though I admire both of those actors, they were not good in that particular play and it was very disappointing. No matter how much I liked the play, I couldn't get over the lack of chemistry, and the lack of theatre craft those two actors showed, though they are undoubtedly brilliant on tv and film. But then I recently saw Mark Rylance in La Bete, and he was so jaw droppingly brilliant that I can't believe it would be the same with anyone else. Seriously, if you haven't seen it and it's still on with him, then do. It's a tired phrase, but he has created a work of truly comic genius that trascends the writing. It's kind of like asking whether you should divorce the art from the artist. Do you appreciate a piece of work for what it is, or do you take its creator into account when you consider it? Does the fact that the "Diving Bell and the Butterfly" was written by a paralysed and dying man blinking out each letter to make each word make it a better book?

DJKillaQueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- "and bleat on about it." How to win friends and influence people - lesson 1. Nice.

I've always wanted to write. So I've started a blog, just so see if I can actually write, and sustain it for a while. It's still very new so it isn't very long, but I've sent it to various friends etc who have all said lovely things about it. But I'd be interested in some "professional" opinions too. Not pat on the back, well done you, isn't that lovely type comments, but actual comments from people in the industry who might be able to tell me how to get it turned into a book or a column or something. Assuming of course that it's good enough...... Anyone out there fit that bill and fancy being a critic?

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Don't be a Wally" is more of a chastisement than > an insult. I withdraw the apology if it's seen as > an indictment. Don't be a Wally.

Oooh Loz good plan. Will there be those little biscotti things to dunk?

Instant coffee or Proper coffee?

Not misdirection at all Huguenot. Just asking why we should tamper with something that is working very well when the benefits are, in my view, questionable at best, as are the motives of management. These are concerns that in other fire services around the country have proved to be very well founded. And DJKQ, no one has resorted to personal insults other than Huguenot, who has since apologised. The point I am making about the way something is said is very valid in any debate. If you appear not to be listening, and to be rubbishing your opposition, you are far less likely to win support, and far more likely to remain unreasonably entrenched. In fact if nothing else, this thread has turned into an exact replica of the union and management inability to hear each other.

If there were a smiley face thing that stuck its tongue out I'd insert it here.