JohnL

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Jules-and-Boo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am very confused. I thought subutteo was table > football? they're disguised.

It's gone blood red according tweets linked to by the evening standard - but that's not because of the eclipse obviously. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/supermoon-lunar-eclipse-2018-live-latest-uk-super-blue-blood-moon-updates-a3754241.html

El Presidente Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > flocker spotter Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > So lets condense these postings : Don't give > them > > anything because they are loaded/drug fiends/ > > alcoholics/smokers/ users of an over priced > coffee > > shop but donate to cat charities instead. > > > > all heart all the time. > > Of course far better to show your 'heart' by > giving drug addicts the means to buy more drugs > and eventually kill themselves. > > As long as you can tell people what a 'good' > person you are, that's all that matters to people > like you. Actually I see lots of women giving food to beggars. They get at least some of the money off men who have had a few pints ... and abuse off the same. (what was it in hitch hikers guide to the galaxy "he paid a man some money to stop bothering him and go away")

jimbo1964 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think I was targeted. I've sent pictures of the > bike to the lcc and the police handling the case. > I'm not expecting to see the bike again. But I'd > love it if they were caught. Unless they need you as a witness - they maybe caught, jailed without you even knowing. The guys that stole my stuff tried to take money from branches of my bank numerous times and must have been on CCTV - but doubt I'll ever hear of any result. I logged my losses on https://www.immobilise.com/

El Presidente Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Raeburn Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Have a heart guys, > > > > Crushing cuts and austerity measures (whatever > tf > > that means....) means there's increasing levels > of > > people in unfortunate circumstances and on the > > streets. Yes, that means it's more visible, > even > > in cutesy Dulwich and yes, even outside of M&S, > > and - I've got more news - it's only going to > get > > more apparent as public services are dismantled > > further. > > > > OP, if you do want to do something, you could > ask > > if you can get the person anything while you're > in > > the store (warning; this might lead to a > > conversation and you realising the person is > > human). If you want to assuage the guilt > > conveniently without having to converse, drop > > something into the Foodbank box, or give to a > > local hostel or charity directly. If you can't > > donate money or you'd rather not, get involved > > with campaigning for better support, volunteer, > > contact your Councillor, visit the surgery, > write > > to an MP, anything. Just don't get involved > with > > hateful stirrings on the internet :) > > Professional begging has nothing whatsoever to do > with so called 'crushing cuts'. It is a business > like behaviour exploiting people like you who feel > the need to 'assuage the guilt'. > > There is nothing to be guilty about by avoiding > giving money to scam artists who divert cash from > other much better causes. Even homeless charities > warn against giving to these kind of people. If this was true then it's AOK to burn ?20 pound notes in front of them or kick their stuff down the road. I would if they were (professional scammers) as they'd soon get demoralised - but they all aren't

EE gave me ?130 credit because I complained about their slow delivery. So always worth a punt with them - like ringing Sky it seems the luck of who you get to speak to.

the one I see around who begs is in a bad situation. but he brings it on himself - in and out of jail etc and when I asked what he thought of jail his face said it all. He's moved districts now - more likely to be approached by him in Waterloo or Elephant. The professionals don't want to talk much as talking to them would expose them.

I'll give them a ? sometimes .. but if they ever think I'm a soft touch and follow me into a shop I'll turn :) Passively sitting there with a pot is OK. They sit in a praying position in Holborn - that's a bit uncomfortable.

I did a Open Uni Post Grad Diploma in Computing a few years back and it was all study module based but more or less the same thing I do in work rather than fully academic but I never upgraded it to the Masters via the Thesis. I think to an extent you're supposed to be more reflective on your work and ideas but it's difficult to say in Computing. I paid monthly so it was some kind of loan.

So the impact documents are leaked and they did in fact exist. Wasn't David Davies meant to bring them to parliament - if he wasn't looking so ill these days I'd say haul him back in for another rollicking from the Speaker.

taper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Someone was mugged on their bike and reported it > on this Forum. Pretty where the photo is taken > from what I recall. > > Those extant lights are repro by the way. Not sure > better lighting is a waste of money necessarily. Does that mean they're more energy efficient ?

Even if you're insured and mitigate the financial stuff - It still effects you though - I am from something different before Xmas. Not nice at all - hope the police find them.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rendelharris Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Rather well said Louisa, I'm completely atheist > > and have absolutely no belief in ghosts > > whatsoever, but it does seem odd that the > belief > > that a chap 2000 years ago was the son of God, > or > > that a chap in the desert 1400 years ago had a > > direct line to the Almighty, is OK but other > > non-approved manifestations of the supernatural > > are unacceptable! > > Great thread. I'd love to know if anyone mocking > the possible existence of ghosts goes to church or > follows a religion. > Anyway,question for Rendel. Why would you call > yourself an atheist when you could say agnostic? > Surely the former is putting all your eggs in one > basket and the latter is a case of just don't > know. > > On a ghostly note, I have a quite sane brother who > says one visited him in his bedroom years ago in > Sacramento. He was living with a US cousin who was > a cop. He checked the premises and confirmed that > no one had entered it from the outside. I don't > believe or disbelieve him. He saw something no > doubt. But was it real then begs the next > question, is anything we see 'real'? I prefer multiple Gods bitching at each other all day if I have to choose. They may even have a forum.

Cardigan bay = Aberystwyth way Mid Wales doesn't have good links (there's no motorways, there's the Brecon Beacons to the south and Snowdon to the north) - from Swansea even you take B roads once you pass Carmarthen ( I remember going through Lampeter once) :)

It should be a two way process - does your daughter like the roles - or can she gain anything from these. I remember doing a non paid years ago in a medical physics lab of the local hospital - actually a lot of these physicists were being prosecuted for mistakes at that time and - it wasn't for me (maybe too responsible)

Remember when birds used to imitate Nokia phones (before they went out of fashion) Just wait until they initiate car alarms.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Voodoo Ray was a disaster when we went in the > first week. Nowt wrong with a few teething > problems but it was the shrug of the shoulders > that got me, the long queues and the poor > information on the menu (most things were off). > Only stayed because it was half price. Anyway, > trendy place, will be successful, what do I an old > timer know? > > The taco place next to the pub is good, but not up > market. Over attentive with me if anything and quiet when I went for a takeaway and pint at the bar there :) I don't go anywhere when they've just opened - not an early adopter of restaurants.

I remember a time when if there was a change to the timetable, someone would come out to the platform and get everyone around them to make sure everyone knew.

jimlad48 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Peckham Bazaar, voodoo rays are both.good I buy a takeaway in Voodoos and then treat it like a bar (it's got a real big bar).

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "It is sometimes referred to as the "block time" > or "block universe" theory due to its description > of space-time as an unchanging four-dimensional > "block"" > > Yes, I know about block-time - and the theory that > our perception of time being linear (and one-way) > is but a perception. However, just because > space-time is a block (if it is) doesn't mean that > as individual entities we occupy or could occupy > all of it. So although I only believe my life is a > continuous process with a start and a finish, > doesn't mean that I also occupy times outside my > life - the part of the space-time block I'm in is > the only part of space-time I was or will be (to > use the terms of linearity) in. So events that > fall outside my bit of space time are still closed > to me. In so far as 'ghosts' are phantoms of lives > that took place outside 'my' bit of space-time - > they are still not available to me, as events > outside our light-cone aren't. > > Tend to agree - but a lot still to know about time and how it works. I don't believe it's linear sweeping forward across the whole universe at second per second. As I've said it's so difficult for me to comment on ghosts as I've never seen anything whilst so many people I speak to claim to have. Most spooky thing was a seance at university where the glass flew across the room and the boy doing it claimed the spirits were attracted to me personally (he did it I'm sure - the git)

LOL and I implied eternalism I think https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternalism_(philosophy_of_time) "It is sometimes referred to as the "block time" or "block universe" theory due to its description of space-time as an unchanging four-dimensional "block"" In other words everything is already written - so don't try to hard :)

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sadly, for those who find comfort in the thought > of continued existence after death through > something like 'a soul' - which is the happy > companion of ghost stories, there is neither any > confirmed evidence, or scientific mechanism > whereby this might be achieved. There is some > evidence that people, through suggestion or > auto-suggestion can hear or see, or smell or > sense, things that aren't there, or interpret > things that are there to have a different (and > supernatural) causation. I will not challenge the > perceptions of people who report such things as > being 'real to them' - I would challenge their > interpretations of what they believe they have > sensed. Depends how you define time - My view of the universe is as a whole with the perception of the movement of time being something we humans see but not something the universe itself sees. So all you need is a mechanism whereby the brain sees the whole of the universe passed our limited perception of it. Shoot me down :)

My mother was a spiritualist(one even conducted her funeral service at the normally COE church). She claimed a load of spirits were around all the time (even bad ones - who conveniently hung out at the pub - she didn't approve of me being there - maybe she was being a bit over protective then ) I however never see or hear anything - and if I do I assume it's the house settling or a mouse. Maybe different people have different sensitivity.

I ended up in East Croydon once as I missed an announcement - my fault I usually have my headphones in LOL. There must be others like me.