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lol ????. If we are talking about the US, you don't even get a sniff of congress unless you are a multi-millionaire and most senators are beholden to ruthless oligarchs like the Koch brothers. People are fed up multinationals buying power and legislation that favours them over everyone else but don't I think understand how that can be changed. Where I agree with you though is in that any real challenge to that can't get a look in because the system is so watertight and self preserving. So you get rich nutters instead, who promise the earth without really understanding the practicalities of government in the global free market system we currently opearate under. In America, the 400 richest people own more than half the country's wealth. That is out of a population of 350 million! It's not good. There are tented comminities on the outskirts of LA whilst all those homes reposessed under the sub-prime collapse still lie empty and are falling into disrepair. So there is much to criticise about unfettered global free market capitalism, and much that could be done to improve distribution of income, opportunity etc without harming the already amassed wealth of people like the Koch brothers, and without moving too far away from the global marketplace. But it will take a global change of attitude. Having that debate might be where Corbyn may be useful. Are some of his ideas outdated? Of course they are, but at the moment there is no-one in the main parties standing up for fairness, the low waged, the disabled, the unemployed. There is nobody challenging low productivity, trade deficits and no-one is taking a long term view. Corbyn I think will ask questions about all of those things. And I think he will listen to the advice and ideas of others party members. I just have an instinct that we may all be suprised. And just to add this. People often talk about deficit and debt but fail to understand why we are in that situation. It comes down to simple economics. We have 64.1 million people in this country, but only 30.54 million people work, many of them on wages so low they have to be subsidised. 10.4 million are over 65. And 9 million are not looking for work at all, due to ill health, disability or other reasons. Unemployment figures always make me laugh because real unemployment is much higher and without welfare there would be revolution, or mass riot for sure. Of those who work, the highest paid 10% (those in the 40% bracket and higher) pay 53% of all income tax. Any person can see the problem there. We need better wages for the 90% and we need way more people in work. Osbourne is in la la land if he thinks he can balance the books without doing anything to change those things. Both labour and the conservatives are in huge denial on the real issues of the economy and are conning us by blaming each other.
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We just can't know for suree. I think there was clear evidence in the case of Saville (too many connections/ sightings/claims etc) but policing was very different at the time of these allegations, and I think the Justice system too. It was harder for victims of abuse and rape to speak out and if they did, the process of even getting to court was much harder. When Ester Rantzen carried out her confidential survey into sexual abuse, the response was so overwhelming that it led to Childline and a change in the way Police handle rape victims. It's perfectly easy to understand why rape and abuse victims didn't come forward at the time. Peodophiles are particulary adept (and especially in that climate) of making victims too afraid or too ashamed to speak out.
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Are you sure you didn't just have your eye on that front left seat for yourself Sue :D
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Donald Trump would be a disaster. This is the guy who regularly makes comments like 'all Mexicans are criminals'. The democrats would have a field day digging up every Trump faux pas. Even his kids have had to rein him in recently because some of his comments have been bad for business. Could be the easiest win for the Democrats in ages. As for Bush, we all remember Florida! He spent more time on the golf course than in the White House until 9/11 gave him something he thought it worthwhile to turn up and do. Bush was perhaps the peak of the religious right but that has waned with the Sarah Palin Tea Party brigade.
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Yeah I don't like facing the wall in a restaurant either come to think of it :D
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'And if that seat is occupied I watch it with eagle eyes until it isn't, then make a dash for it.' Ah you are one of those people Sue :D P.S why left over right? Just curious.
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Yeah the smell of fried chicken on a bus really gets to me as I'm a vegetarian, more even than bob sneakily lighting up his crack pipe at the back ;)
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I wouldn't leave it there overnight. There are much safer places to park for free overnight.
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Yep it has three things that help with leg ulcers. Antibacterial properties, keeps the would moist and it's viscosity serves as a barrier to keep out further infection. It also has immunomodulatory properties which help tissue repair. Enzymatic production of hydrogen peroxide is a key part of its antimicrobial effect. Medical grade honey has high levels of potent bactericidal action that is effective against bacteria that is antibiotic resistant. Leg ulcers are particularly challenging to treat and antibiotics aren't always efeective enough. That's why medical grade honey is sometimes used.
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My wife dislikes the top deck because of the stairs. She finds them fine to go up, but too steep and dangerous when coming down. Could that be a reason? I can understand why people with any kind of mobility problem wouldn't want to go there, but perhaps the able bodied find the stairs a challenge too?
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I think we are splitting hairs here. Of course some kids will take longer or not get there at all but I was talking generally (and generally most children pick things up very quickly), to make the point to Penguin that to think cyclists need as much training and examination as car or motorcyle drivers is nonsense. Really young children haven't quite developed perfect balance Sue (and again that depends on the child) but 5-7 years seems to be the age when they start to negotiate those things very well. Boys of course lose some of that during puberty as their legs and arms spurt out of proportion. But that's a whole other discussion :D I also do think that cyclists are in an awkward place. They are not a fast as most other traffic, and some drivers DO get irritated by that (even if the cyclist is cyling perfectly) and at the same time, they are too quick to really be sharing space with pedestrians. Cycle lanes are good but they are not possible on every road. In the end, the responsibility has to lie with road users themselves, putting safety first.
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What is wrong with everyone today? :D
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lol rahrah. Sue, it took just 5 mins for my own two children to go from stabilsers to no stabilisers at the ages of 6 and 7 respectively. I remember it taking me a similar amound of time and at a similar age. Kids tend to get that you just have to go for it, better than adults do. A bicycle, once it's going, is hard to fall off of. Adults find it harder to learn to ride a cycle because they worry more about fallling off than kids do. It's the same for many things, like skiing and swimming for example. All easier to pick up in childhood. And there's plenty of evidence to back that up in a fair few psychology manuals. We can even test that here. How many people who cycle can remember when they went from stabilisers to two wheels? How hard was it?
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Penguin you are being daft. The theory test for drivers is much more complex because of the speeds and types of roads that vehicles use. Use your common sense for goodness sake if you have any. Most people learn to cycle as young children, and they do learn in 5 minutes. Cycling, including a cycles stopping distance are second nature well before teens. They don't need to do special training for that. And as far as I'm aware, most schools still do have cycling proficiency courses, which is all that is needed to learn about signalling and riding correctly. If people then choose to ignore their training, that is on them. Let me also tell you this. As someone who did that proficiency course, when I stick out my hand to move to the centre of the road (to make a right turn ahead) drivers do NOT on the whole slow down to let me move into position. I almost always have to force them to do so. Now you tell me who needs some training there? I could fill this debate with countless examples of how cycle training is pointless against drivers that don't see cyclists as valid road users. Just as I could do the same for those cyclists who break the rules too. What would be the point though? In my experience, most drivers who complain about cyclists as a group (as opposed to individual acts of poor behaviour), are simply impatient people who think they shouldn't ever have to slow down for another vehicle, cycle or otherwise. London roads are crowded at times, end of. Cyclists have the advantage of getting through jams, cycle too if you want to have that advantage. At all other times, just chill dude. Perspective goes a long way.
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I diagree red Devil. You are not just mocking 'the grief industry' (whatever that is) you are also mocking the people who have died. Death is something we will all experience, and in some cases it will be a painful experience. People in the public have always made news upon their death - there's nothing new in that.
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I found red devils pic a bit uncomfortable too.
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It strikes me, and I may be wrong, that the OP is having a bit of a tough time at the moment. People under stress may have reactions to things that wouldn't bother most of us. I hope JM&J is ok.
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Let's look at training Penguin. It does takes considerable training to learn how to drive a car or motorcycle for obvious reasons. It takes five minutes to learn how to ride a bicycle. The Highway Code is also something that can be learned in an afternoon. As we all know, just because someone goes through training, it doesn't mean they will abide by that training. If they did, there would never be any speeding motorists for example. Everyone knows that red means stop, but some cyclists deliberately decide to ignore that. Crash helmets and seat belts are much tougher items than a cycling helmet. They are designed to have some effect in high impact situations. A cycle helmet is just a bit of polystyrene. In common situations where a cyclist is killed, a cycle helmet won't make any difference. A cycle helmet will however help in non life threatening collisions, in certain circumstances. So seat belts and crash helmets were made compulsary because they do things that cycle helmets don't do, namely save lives.
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But that car park also serves cash converters and another store (superdiscount?). I've never seen wardens there though so not sure how they enforce the overstay and I've never seen it full either, except at Christmas.
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I don't want to get drawn into or be the cause of any spats here. I bought a jar of something I thought was honey, Fox corrected that and was right on that one. It wasn't the fault of Khans either. Nowhere does the jar claim to be honey, I just assumed it was. I understand that cheaper honey may be blended varieties as opposed to single hive honey, and it's ok for fox to point that out too. Personally I don't mind blended honey. It tastes just fine to me and is just as good for you as any honey. But that will be a matter of personal taste and that's fine too. Let's play nice everyone. There are more important things to get irritated by than honey.
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So the Khans jar on inspection is as Fox says, BUT we have other jars of honey bought from a well known supermarkets, all in the ?2 range and they definitely ARE honey. And sainsburys do a jar of set honey for ?1.40, described as 100% honey. So it is possible to get 100% honey in those price ranges.
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Yes, many people die without warning (and some would say it's the best way to go) but it's always hard on those left behind, family and friends. 72 is a good age though and she had a great and full life.
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I wouldn't say the OP is outraged Cella. Seems like a simple request for advice as to whether it should be paid or not, that's all.
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And ED IS overpriced. Can eat and drink cheaper in many parts of the West End.
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