Spartacus

I thought he was in a face off competition with Jezza for the role of father Christmas so I'm ignoring both of them...

Tis the season to be jolly well coerced into spending Question : do Christmas adverts make you want to shop with the advertiser or do they leave you frosty the snowman cold ? The one that is driving me not to use them is for a delivery company beginning with A and a smile logo. The whole advert (and the company) annoys me enough not to use them. Bah Humbug

Captain Marvel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Economic genius Dad Is that you in the photo ?

It's almost as if labour DON'T want to win the election with their manifesto and policies After all it took them long enough to agree to one 🤓

Poor person I give 50p via whatever method is opted for I think I felt them drive past earlier when I was in the back of my house

cella Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Rather than "bias" a support for all policies that > improve the lives of the many. I'm always > interested (well, a bit anyway) why people vote > for anything other than that. You didn't address > the Tory racism. Nor did you

cella Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Spartacus Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > cella Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > All parties have these issues - the > > Conservatives > > > have a massive anti Islamic problem in > > addition. > > > Also other forms of racism - just ask Javid, > > Warsi > > > etc. > > > > > > Proof ? > > Of what? > Many in the Tories have been suspended for racism > - 25 this week. Javid and Warsi, amongst others, > have spoken publically about their experiences in > the Party. They're still there which is > interesting in itself. > From your posts you're clearly anti Labour but you > can't claim innocence surely? I'm not anti anything I just believe whole hearty that the policies of the labour party at this point in time, will bankrupt the country, drive entrepreneurs and higher rate tax payers to safe heavens and destroy jobs in the private sector as a result of nationalisation and companies that move away as the tax breaks abroad will be better for them However from your posts you clearly show a bias of pro labour. Sadly I can't support this incompetence shown by jezza and his policies that ultimately won't deliver anything good for the ordinary person (IMHO)

cella Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All parties have these issues - the Conservatives > have a massive anti Islamic problem in addition. > Also other forms of racism - just ask Javid, Warsi > etc. Proof ?

More madness from labour Privatising BT openreach to provide free broadband to all. Cost is projected to be between 20 and 40 billion and maintenance funded by tax on tech giants (the 40 billion figure is what the BT chief Executive estimated it will really cost) Great for end users but will kill off other Telecom companies resulting in mass job losses and damage to the economy Where will all this money JC is proposing to spend come from ? And what will the cost to repay it be ? Scary numbers yet again from Labour

That was a factor, however labour had such high spending before hand that they didn't have the reserves necessary to bail themselves out Austerity was needed to cover the debt the government was in, not the private sector and banks Partially caused by propping up a bank that should have failed I admit but the money that should have been used as a reserve was spent on other things so when push came to shove we had a bankrupt government in power

cella Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > What is terrifying you about the Labour Party manifesto? For me it's everything , the projected spending alone sends a shiver down my spine remembering last time labour were in power and how they broke the economy resulting in austerity measures being required to fix it Years ago there was a brain drain caused by taxing the rich (another labour policy at the time) which caused scientists and Entrepreneurs to leave the UK or shutting up shop rather than leveling the playing field for all, result was a race to the bottom and not equality for all. The other danger is that labour also want unions to rise up again and dictate working hours, if you lived through the 70s you would have seen how they destroyed industry (we used to have a thriving car manufacturing sector before unions broke it and other industries with strikes and 3 day weeks ) The current labour manifesto seems to be spend spend spend and cherry picking the worst possible policies from the past IMHO Sadly, whilst choices are limited and not good either way, labour is the worst of two evils here if you ask me.

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Louisa wrote: ----------------.- > I was once fingered out in a restaurant by a > friend > Louisa. WOW

It's made me lose my sense of hummus 😄

The best tasting chips IMHO are cooked in beef dripping and because its boiling point is higher than vegetable oil it expels all water from the chip and seals the outside so the fat doesn't get in, where as vegetable oil doesn't seal the outside so quickly and the oil gets absorbed back into the chip. (Read Fat by Jennifer McLuhan for more fascinating facts of this ilk ) Now if you find me a chip shop that cooks in beef dripping (sorry vegans) then I would be a happy person !

Giving in to the concept of this thread for a moment A momentary lapse Can Christmas Adverts before Dec 5th be banned Saw one tonight and it's not even bonfire night (that's tomorrow)

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > DulwichFox Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The Book 1984 is classed as Science Fiction in > the > > sense that.. > > > > ... it Showed what effect New Technologies > could > > have on society and humanity. > > > I realise you've just googled Science Fiction and > extracted that from a much longer definition, but > have you actually read the book? As the book was published in 1949 and predicted the future it is placed in the class of books known as Science Fiction 😎

cella Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > TheArtfulDogger Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The ban in New York isn't in force till 2022 > and > > resturants and suppliers all over NY are going > to > > throw legal obstacles in its path > > > > Could be interesting to watch and let's hope > our > > mayor doesn't get ideas about becoming the food > > police as he can't manage the real police > > Evidence? I saw this on the BBC news which I think may supports doggers statement https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50254760

Sadly mumbles , I think Gethsemane's parents would tell us all to pee pee off

There was a very lovely science fiction book written based partially on the concept of a totalitarian state where everything was banned , the anti sex league were against joy, thought police watched your every move and history was rewritten on a daily basis. There was another one written where books were banned and burned to stop dangerous ideas and unhappy concepts. Are we advocates of this sort of future for the citizens of East Dulwich ? Guy Montag and Winston Smith may disagree with banning things !

He's lucky he got that and shouldn't be complaining, if you saw an 11 year old out on the streets begging you would call social services and get him taken away from his parents, yet as part of this commercialisation of an American tradition (trick or treating nor Halloween) you turn a blind eye to him going from door to door begging for "candy" (again an Americanism) Epic fail Bob in the concept of your thread as you are accepting and trying to gain acceptance to your son being a beggar How long before he is outside the station asking "any spare change guv for a cup of tea and a heroin fix" ? 1/10

Have you tried Barry's ? They often have Halloween bits

There's a news story on eve BBC today that claims they hope to be flying the 737 Max again in the new year after the two fatal crashes including the air lion one last year. I have to admit that regardless of the fixes they have made I would be very reluctant to fly in one. How do other people feel?

I would like to see a shop dedicated to foxy bating and hunting ... .... but that's what the EDF is really for !

Sadly it means other suppliers will still supply them and also get bigger profits as a result