JohnL

Yes - Saving a few hundred a month - but jobs much less secure if you work so no big splurge in spending by those benefiting (although I see many have invested in things that keep exercise/leisure/work going at home)

Ahh b****r it - Cameron's failures are too numerous to be documented but he still was a better PM than the current one.

SpringTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BlahBlah do you think that the centre has failed? > If the mainstream parties were so good then why do > we have so much venom (or zest) from the left and > right? It can't just be solely due to the rise of > social media. Populism exists for a reason and I > think the mainstream parties have failed to engage > and serve. There's no single party for people like > me. I get shouted down all the time by right and > left for having angles from both right and left, > and struggle to vote for anyone! Yet Blair's big failure was nothing to do with politics and all to do with war (and he came across as enjoying it to some). Cameron's failure was Brexit (oh yes and austerity which we now seem to all agree was not needed).

bingobongo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- "Tiny House" in the countryside" Current UK version of "little house on the Prairie"

Before social media we had gossips :) There were some real ones back at home in the 70/80s - popped in and told you all the rumours - not good stuff either.

It is a toxic argument - not one you get into without knowing what you are saying.

Link https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/27/twitter-closes-graham-linehan-account-after-trans-comment

@Glinner has followed her - transphobic stuff which some would say has been coming for a while.

Lovely BLM advert on Sky News/Sky Sport at the moment

Actually what do the images in the news (see the video from Ogmore in S Wales) remind you of from TV https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2020-06-26/two-men-detained-after-mass-brawl-and-large-crowds-at-beach/ I don't even need to say.

The thing about teenage tearaways is they call you everything under the sun but if you say they have a big nose it upsets them for days :)

Abe_froeman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Evidence that it is unions working to keep schools > closed: > > > 6767206401?s=20 Unions should have a say but not the final say. I reckon RLB was out of the SKS in crowd a while ago.

On twitter they said on June 19 there was a problem with the phone lines "Hi, we've been made aware by Tessa Jowell Health Centre there may have been problems with the phonelines. Huge apologies for this. Please do try again, or use http://tessajowellgpsurgery.co.uk to contact us via eConsult, or [email protected] for email"

We went through a phase where bins had to be clear and you could see what was in them (due to fear of bombs being put in them I think). Not sure what the current way of thinking is.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > wasn't there a guy who used to post on here who > preached the benefits and purity of hunting by bow > and arrow (or was it crossbow) ? > He may be able to help. Ahh. Robin Hood I remember him well.

As long as they do their posing in the Lounge.

Not this Saturday - and the pubs effectively mean you have to book. I see a damp squib and disappointment. So no pub hopping - isn't that the fun. It'll be like NYE where you're stuck in one pub with once a year drinkers :)

WFH for a long time now and it'll be for the foreseeable. No problem with the noise but this heat is too much for me - Looking forward to normal temperatures. Heat seems to make the whole place look and feel dirty - not sure why.

TJ Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi. > I?ve just received a letter from a debt recovery > agency, relating to a parking fine at Sainsbury?s > dog kennel hill. > We overstayed the permitted tiMe. This was because > it took i we 2 hrs just to get into the > supermarket. > The debt recovery company just want money. Horizon > parking have no customer lines, Sainsbury?s has no > phone lines open. > So, how do I resolve this?! > Any ideas?? done that twice and it's best to complain to Sainsburys not the Car Parking people (Horizon) - email them or ring them - say you were not shopping anywhere other than sainsburys. if no phones include horizon and the CEO of sainsburys in an email also as this makes it easier - they responded to me very quickly:) If you shopped in Sainsburys they'll probably let you off - say probably as it might have changed with Covid19.

they all went to this Block Party in Brixton ? What is a Block Party anyway. Seriously - it had pictures I think.

It's UK wide apparently #virginmediadown Memes are being made (poor virgin this is bad for them)

Just saw what happened in Brixton last night - not sure if that would create issues in ED/Herne Hill/Peckham

2000 "middle management" job cuts announced today.

snoopy17 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > when this happens, does the card come back out > after you have walked away? It's the loop scam - so they pull it out I think. If you leave your card in a normal till accidentally it'll be swallowed after a few minutes inactivity (it happened to me). You can pause transactions from your phone on many accounts these days.

I used to shout at people to "SHUT UP" from my balcony but as my voice is like Windsor Davies it just woke everyone else up who wasn't already awake - so I stopped.