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Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yeah I'm inclined to think the same. He may live > to regret having made that declaration. He has to go at the end of the parliament - he's not going to do a Blatter. Wonder how Osborn would behave if he had all the power :)
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Maybe we're in a (rather s**t) simulation. http://www.space.com/30124-is-our-universe-a-fake.html Then again you can only play what seems to be in front of you. So sometimes you just have to dismiss an argument as it goes nowhere.
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Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also if you are a couple of tall stocky guys, > sitting next to each other becomes a tight fit. > I'm not stocky but I am tall and it's more > comfortable to sit over the edge of the seat > rather than cramming my knees into the limited > space in front. > > I can understand asking someone if they would move > if there are no other places to sit together, but > asking someone to move because they are in your > favourite spot? Don't know what I think about > that. It doesn't strike me odd that you (Sue) > asked one to move, but it does strike me as odd > that you can't understand why they didn't > understand why you'd ask them to move when other > seats were available. It gives a signal of your > right to that seat being more than theirs. I went into a pub like that once. Thats my seat - I've sat there for 30 years.
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Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I love wandering around graveyards and also > certain churches do send a tingle down my spine. > But I'm not really religious in the traditional > organised sense. I'd be in confession box for days > if I were a catholic. > > Louisa. My mums funeral was in a CoE church - but rather than let the Vicar take the service she requested a lay person friend of hers - and they let that happen. So effectively we used the church but brought her own people in.
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rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the biggest issue we have is wealth > distribution. It's getting to the point were > you've almost got a majority divested from > society. Relative wealth matters. Having the vast > majority of resources concentrated in the hands of > a tiny minority is ridiculous. Despite our > training we have to start forming some sort of > counter narrative. That's were Corbyn may come in. To be honest Boris has noticed that :) Don't know what Boris would do.
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Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Corbyn would be a disaster for the Labour party. > Labour needs a strong leader that can take them > back to a centre-left position. Corbyn is not > that leader. The Tories need an effective > opposition to keep them honest and he's not the > person to do it. Cameron will eat him for > breakfast. > > Mind you Harman has been singularly ineffectual of > late. I don't like her as a person, but I do > respect her as a politician and she's been weirdly > meek (and weak) in this term as stand-in leader. > > Out of the rest, Burnham seems to have turned into > a "what to you want me to believe today" > candidate, which is disappointing as last time > around he seemed to be the candidate with the most > solid principles. Liz Kendall is too centre-right > for Labour. Cooper is probably their best bet for > an election-winner, but she's a bit tainted by the > ghost of Balls. Harriet started the anti Boris thing that has brought George Osborne as favorite for the next PM. I like Corbyn because he says what he thinks - whether I'd vote for him as PM is entirely different :)
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rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What happened to innocent until proven guilty? > surely were talking about 'alleged victims' until > a case has been substantiated? The "weight of evidence idea" without anything else is worrying for me in a world where hundreds of americans claim they are infected by biting parasitic worms carried by genetically modified cotton in a government conspiracy. if you keep reading the worm stories you think - even though doctors claim nothing is there - by the sheer weight of evidence - it's true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons
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?I don?t think you heard me,? to one of his rivals who is hard of hearing Another rival ?He buys and sells politicians of all stripes,? Trump "I bought you too"
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There's definitely two types of people when it comes to this :) I'm group A - it's fine
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Wow - how did that happen Hope England can score a few.
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Apparently there have been lots of new allegations since this news was published - I know that it is generally accepted that weight of evidence by multiple allegations means you do not need more different evidence - but I'm still not 100% sure about that. Operation Midland (I think) was said (on TV yesterday) to be investigating over 100 "household names" Edit: there actually seems to be loads of them so probably a mistake. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/04/police-child-abuse-inquiries-operation-yewtree-to-operation-midland
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It's worrying that many people "on trial" - especially politicians seem to be dead - for various reasons (guilty or innocent).
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Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew1011 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > When I moved to East Dulwich it barely had > shops > > let alone chains, although the largish Co-op > store > > was still operating on most of the Lordship > Lane > > site between North Cross and Shawbury Roads. Oh > > and a Tesco, roughly the size of a small Tesco > > Express, and still the size of the current shop > > unit, on the corner of North Cross Road had > > recently closed down. I can't recall which > > supermarket company then had what is now the > > Co-op, but it was a smallish chain and not one > of > > the big four or five. > > > > > What year was that? > > The Co-op used to be Somerfield. That wasn't that > long ago. > > Londis on the corner of North Cross Road was a > 7/11 I think. I remember Co-op was Somerfield Somerfeld were taken over nationally by Co-op IIRC. Iceland took over Bejam (So there may have been a Bejam once).
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stringvest Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My first curry was not long after I had left > school and started work in a large company. They > had a staff restaurant. There was a nice variety > of food, the curry was a mild one with sultanas in > it. They must have got lots of sultanas ... they > were in the grated carrots and in the beansprouts > too! The subsidised bar was great too, although > before spellchecker .... > > Deer Sir, > Furher ot our telephone converstation .... My mother did the mild sultana curry thing (would it be called Moroccan today). Until I was 16 that's what I thought currys were.
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Callie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > *Bob* Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > No, I wouldn't have seen that one coming, > Callie. > > > > > > I can't wait to see when it does though. It > will > > be such a surprise. > > oops so sorry Bob for the spoiler! I whizzed > through the whole season online when it came back > on, love GOH! Can't wait for next season :O) Twitter went into meltdown when that happened (won't repeat) Most unpopular character action ever - until Cecil got murdered.
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Some people used to be scared of upstairs (really) I've no idea why (though understand the falling and baggage bit) On non-Boris busses you can open the windows upstairs on a hot day :)
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rfolgado Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > the square and the station are different projects > by different architects. rfolgado - Realised that after going through the site - not sure who the architects are for PR station still. The drawing out and plans have a lot of detail however. There is also a small development being planned in Copeland road car park (although maybe people not that interested in that one)
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Looks like this is the latest website for Peckham square :) http://www.peckhamsquare.co.uk/ I think the same architects are doing Peckham rye (maybe) This one looks to be the station (after a bit of search) - links to a pdf with pics http://www.peckhamryestationsquare.co.uk/presentations/summary-peckham-rye-station-square-codesign-workshop-04/
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Gin ?
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My problem was always the delivery company they used didn't have any option if it couldn't be delivered Others used the Post Office or Royal Mail Parcels office.
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Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh FFS. > > Lots of humour is quite black. > > People have different senses of humour. > > I found red devil's picture very funny. I find > some of the "jokes" posted in the joke thread on > here quite offensive. > > Each to their own, eh? > > I sincerely hope that when I snuff it (which if > people on here think 72 is a good innings then I > haven't got long to go, grammar) I won't get a > load of friends and relatives afraid to make jokes > about it. Though of course I hope they'd have a > bit of a cry too :)) Yes If you can't beat death at least you can laugh at it. and I don't think Aaron Ramsey scored recently.
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Anakali in Swansea (st helens road) in the early 80s It would have been what then passed for Chicken Tikka Masala :)
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I still would like to split the roads (more cycle paths I mean). The south london superhighway (for bikes) is coming :)
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