JohnL

My traps are out (sorry if any mice die but my mother convinced me they chew electrical cables and can start fires)

I'm afraid in my case you'll find my offline persona the same as my online one. I'm pro remain, Ed Millibandish in politics and not one for really long discussions - maybe too old for that - I need bite size chunks or I lose concentration... .. and I like a drink and I'm a Swansea fan originally from Mumbles way (noting the name 2wans)

Try the EDT, or The Bishop or The Lordship, The Plough or The Cherry Tree I'm not sure which of those pubs is the best, maybe someone can tell me ? :)

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've never known 'limp-wristed' is supposed to be > a homophobic term. > I always took it to mean someone who acts a bit > weak/no vigour or gumption. I remember when if you held your hand that way up as you walked with the fingers drooping down - it supposedly signified you were gay (1980s maybe). There were loads of other little mannerisms then too - actually we were obsessed then.

flocker spotter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > the pervading smell of the fellow travellers > lingers on him I find. whether you think that is > relevant it is up to you, but given that no one in > this affair is exactly truthful - including our > own government, You may as well use murrays join > the dots missives to take a position - as good > anything as else out there probably Long ago (during the cold war) I decided both sides were probably up to funny business.

Sky News saying they expect this story to "die down" now after the exchange of diplomatic expulsions. Came across as a bit contrived to me (as if they've been told to cool it).

I always reserve a special bit of contempt for Katie :)

I once heard a father berating his son for holding his hand out palm down - "No real man does that - hold it palm up" I wasn't impressed,let him hold his hand how he wants, but I'm not his father LOL Anyway Lib Dems are making some big gains at a local level - big percentage swings.

These ones are worse than some. Tommy Robinson, Poisonous Katie etc claim they are protecting society from some pretend threat of being thrown from buildings/head chopping/stoning - this lot would open concentration camps

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't think the protesters are complaining about > men-only swim sessions, just using these as a > platform for making a point about 'self > identification'. And a very successful one in > publicity terms. There's a difference between a medically certified trans woman and a man who has decided to self identify as a woman. I recognise that but many people also recognise a spectrum of gender - gender fluid people seem to exist. Some people will say a woman can only be a woman if born a woman with XX chromosome. So yes - a problem exists.

I'm so glad it isn't just me anyway :) First time last night I've seen two out on the kitchen floor together.

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes to peppermint oil . > > These humane traps work well > https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beat-Pest-Metal-Multi-Mou > se/dp/B00K5T013M/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=152147530 > 2&sr=8-20&keywords=humane+mouse+trap > > I've seen then somewhere locally - DIY shop up at > Plough ? Shop on Lordship Lane near Celestial shop > ? > > Actually I have caught mice using a cardboard shoe > box with a small entrance hole cut in one corner > .Mice like to run around the edge of the room > ,sticking close to the skirting board and they > will run into a dark hidey hole like a box ,and > stay in it if it has shredded newspaper and bait - > yres to peanut butter . I looked at some like that - but where do you put them when you catch them (middle of Peckham Rye - I don't want them back (nor do my neighbours - and our landlords use poison bait in the shared areas) ?). Maybe make a big mouse home and keep them as pets LOL :)

Another article in the Standard - from the point of the Labour party. https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/labour-s-next-civil-war-is-a-battle-over-what-it-means-to-be-a-woman-a3793541.html

Captain Kernow Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I find the old fashioned traps with a hair trigger > work best, little bit of peanut butter usually > does the trick. > Nice and fast too, but better than poison. Those were what I got. Had the live catch traps in my hand .. but s** the little blighters.

My flat was like mice speedway last night I brought some traps today .. but there were also electronic deterrents, poison bait stations, old fashioned traps, live catch traps and a few more I forgot. I also filled up some of their holes with wire wool. Can't have them running around like last night.

paulu1973 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > at the pool near my work (Cally Pool), there is > only one changeroom but there are private cubicles > to get changed in which are of sufficient size as > well as family sized changerooms. At the same time > what happens if you get a sick unit who says they > identify as a female and go in the female > changeroom - how can you prove that they don't. > Let's just use biology for changerooms Biology or Original Gender - The Female Activists (sometimes called TERF - might be seen as an insult - I don't know) want everybody to use the changing rooms of their original (DNA) gender - Conceivably then you get someone who looks very female (trans, post op) using male and vice versa. I see 3 sets of changing rooms looming.

Transition agreement signed - the UK appears to have capitulated again (even on the thing no British PM could sign up to - but only as a back stop - so shhh) https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/19/uk-and-eu-agree-terms-for-brexit-transition-deal

The Welsh National Pool had one huge changing room with lots of cubicles in it (mix of small, medium or family size) but you still have issues with the showering area (unless showers are next to the pool and costumes stay on) - but you could see they'd put some thought into it. Always going to be specialist sessions for people who like being with "their own" though IMHO. Brave going in the men's though to prove a point - as there's a type of man that likes to wander naked around with no towel in every men's changing room (hint: get a towel round you).

Yes - switch back to plain text and format again.

A quick Google suggest they're a National Action front organisation - National Action are banned and I'd expect this lot to be banned pronto. Apparently hate migrants and gay people (maybe they don't like hipsters either). Miserable excuse for human beings.

Inbound Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have unfond memories of the realities of using > coke/coal from when I was young, filthy hands > stink of smoke and a long wait before you get any > heat To contemplate such a retrograde is madness! My dad worked in British Steel and brought bags of Coke home to burn (it was a perk then). We filled the boiler with it every day too. I actually got to like the smell and still like the smell of coal tar based shampoo.

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All of that is true. > > However, if this wasn?t Russia, who was it and > more importantly WHY? Who benefits from the death > of a Russian expat double agent just before a > Russian presidential election? While I don?t rule > out the possibility that this was someone else, we > have to ask ourselves who would gain from framing > Russia, right at this moment in time? This has > strengthened Putin at home and reinforced the > message that he won?t be pushed around by anyone. > If it was designed to damage him then it?s > backfired. > > ETA - whoever did this wanted it to be noticed. > It?s very easy to kill someone and leave no > worrying tracks - if this guy had been stabbed in > his bathtub it?s barely be front page news. By > using a nerve agent it sends a message, and while > I agree it?s an extremely risky move by Russia, it > also serves to not only make a point, but also > test the UK?s response to stress in the current > political climate. Putin works by keeping people > off-balance, and this fits his modus operandi, > frankly. > > Look, maybe it was someone else, maybe they?re > being framed, maybe it's a conspiracy. But so far > the hoofprints this whole thing is leaving are > making me think horses. Of course it's not just this case - loads of suspicious deaths of Russians in the last few years (as Russia made flippant comment about the UK being a dangerous place for ex-russian spies) Some listed here. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nikolai-glushkov-russia-linked-deaths-britain-sergei-skripal-yulia-a8260271.html

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There a lot of circumstantial evidence for the > idea that it might not be Russia, but none of them > answer one point - > > Motive. > > I?m at a loss to fathom why anyone except Russia > would want to do this. To be blunt, it?s not only > the simplest explanation, it?s the only plausible > one which doesn?t involve a massive level of > inherently implausible conspiracy. The Mother in Law was a common one (and maybe a stupid one)

Contactless is the future IMHO and cash will be used less and less. There maybe small retail charges - but retailers won't have to worry about cash on the premises, taking it to the bank or fake notes.

Can't stand this traitor nonsense - has to be stopped.