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JohnL

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  1. DulwichFox Wrote:

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    > > Trump threatening to attack Cultural sites -

    > what

    > > does that mean - does he mean historic sites,

    > > Mosques what ?

    >

    > I imagine Major Military targets, Nuclear

    > facilities, Power Stations. ??


    That's the sort of targets I'd expect - and not breaking any international law.


    Attacking the Iranian equivilent of Stonehenge would be it seems.

  2. uncleglen Wrote:

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    > in the foreign office as well as other relevant

    > qualifications...I expect you would prefer that

    > other ex-foreign office employee James Abbott

    > Thompson!


    On Raab what you say is exactly the opposite of what this Oxford Politics lecturer and former attache says LOL :)




    On James Abbott Thompson he's quite obviously and sadly mentally ill and if they can't care for him in the community they need something akin to the old hospitals (I worked in one near Swansea as IT staff in the early 90s and there were 100s of people that had been there years resident - wonder where they are now). I guess he'll be found incapable of pleading.

  3. Rosetta Wrote:

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    > > I think the Aneto site is or has been part of

    > the

    > > issue, the landlord is notoriously difficult to

    > > deal with.

    > >

    > > On the bread side, the Snappery bread is good.

    >

    > What and where is Snappery bread?


    Apparently a Bakery in SE16

    http://www.thesnaperybakery.com/home

  4. I reported someone on twitter today for replying with an "p*do" type comment to Lineker.


    No doubt Gary can look after himself but it's annoying. Twitter sometimes impose a short term ban but they also do for innocuous comments that fall foul of their ban bots (I got 12 hours for warning Boris leaving the tea bag in his cup could be dangerous - apparently it was wishing harm on him)

  5. Neither the Police nor the Banks blame victims.


    If you have money/cards stolen for instance it would be very easy for them to blame you for being alone in a pub you don't know (it's happened) - they do refer you to victim support :)

  6. Jules-and-Boo Wrote:

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    > Basically, they tell you they have won but cannot

    > collect because not British. They offer to share

    > the winnings with you if you collect on their

    > behalf but they want some security from you so you

    > don't run off with the ticket.

    >

    > You have to remember, they are very very good at

    > tricking people so you really have to nt trust

    > people.

    >

    > They target vulnerable people.

    >

    > Greedy, maybe - but they can be convincing.


    It's a pity that the default position to people who approach you has to be mistrust rather than assuming they are being friendly or honest. Over the years I have learnt to get rid of them sooner rather than try and worm your way out of the situation politely.

  7. BARundall Wrote:

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    > It was in the reception of my daughter?s nursery,

    > which is in the Sainsburys car park. The nursery

    > door is locked and the person who took it must

    > have seen me put in the code to open the door.

    > Either way, I left the bag somewhere i assumed it

    > would have been safe. I just really want my

    > daughter?s red book back. It records all her key

    > developmental milestones and is of no value to

    > anyone except us. I?m so cross with myself because

    > there was no need for me to have it in the bag.


    Or had seen someone else enter the code and loitered around. These thieves are getting less opportunistic and more devious.

  8. If it's the one I found - you have to be a little greedy to fall for the scam. I once brought fake gold on oxford street in 1983 - that was the last money for nothing scam I bothered with.


    I suppose that's the nature of scams.

  9. fishbiscuits Wrote:

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    > TBH the bedroom tax seemed reasonable to me. Still

    > does. There may be issues with the execution (e.g.

    > the example given above of rooms too small to

    > really use as a bedroom, or no suitable smaller

    > property available) but I agree with the

    > principle.


    They were chucking young people out at 18 so the parent could be downsized though IIRC, yet young people are living with parents until 30 in lots of cases where the parent owns.


    I also remember looking around for a flat for my mother (who owned her house) with her in the early 2000s and there was nothing she would have been happy in - if it suited in one way there was something else where it didn't or the cost was so close to her house she wouldn't gain so she stayed in the 4 bedroom house.

  10. Rumbero Wrote:

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    > Licensed taxis and private vehicles (including

    > 'de-commissioned' black cabs) have been allowed to

    > take advertising for many years now ('wrapping'

    > seems to be the expression used). If the owner

    > and advertiser are both happy with the arrangement

    > then I don't see how the practice is 'devious'

    > (Soylent Green) or anyone is being 'scammed'

    > (Stradello). Without speaking to both parties then

    > anything else is pure speculation.

    >

    > Now whether vehicle advertising is desirable or

    > not is another question. Can't bear it

    > personally. It cheapens the public realm (just

    > like those ads plastered all over football

    > shirts!)


    At least Southwark don't seem to allow wrap advertising around our flats :)

  11. Mahoody Wrote:

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    > > European Research Group have a logo too as do

    > the

    > > young conservatives .

    > >

    > > So do https://www.trg.org.uk/ who have been

    > around

    > > for years and which Boris claims to support

    >

    > You are confusing TRG with ERG.


    I meant them both (trg on the left and erg on the right)

    But could have written that better lol - early wine :)

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