Ladymuck

I had that a few years ago. Like you I tried something like Mr. Muscle but - nothing. So it was a case of poking around with a broom handle to loosen the gunge and then sticking my arm down and phyically removing as much of it as I could. It was a foul job, it ponged like hell...absolutely ruined my fingernails...and I needed a bath immediately afterwards. But it did the trick. I think most of the "gunge" was caused by garden detritus accumulating over the years. Now I check/clean the drain regularly and it has been fine since. Oh, and don't bother buying rubber gloves for the job - they won't be long enough! Good luck.

HAL9000 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Είστε > ευπρόσδε > 954;τοι, > βόρβορος > κυρία. *Εκτελεί λίγο πριν την υπόκλιση Robot* Oh my giddy Aunt! Thanks to your comic talent, tonyw3's thread, and the Burns' Night thread, I basically haven't stopped laughing since the wee small hours this morning. I've had absolutely no sleep...but it doesn't seem to matter (at the moment anyway). I think I've enjoyed sufficient laughter to last me the rest of the year! Μακριά μπορεί να συνεχίσει > (I sincerely hope you're using an automatic online > HTML Encoder) Actually, no I'm not (you sound serious all of a sudden)...does it matter? As you well know, I speak fluent Greek! Thanks for the link though, but to be honest, so deficient is my pea-brain that it has absolutely no chance of working out what to do with such a tool.

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "When I saw it I thought it looked like shit. When > I smelt it I thought it smelt like shit. When I > tasted it, my god I wish it had been shit." - Noel > Coward's view on haggis. *falls about laughing* Here's another...though please note that readers read at their own risk...no liability in respect of racism or stereotyping will be accepted: At an auction in Glasgow a wealthy American announced that he had lost his wallet containing ?10,000 and would give a reward of ?100 to the person who found it. From the back of the hall a Scottish voice shouted, 'I'll give ?150.'

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 100 Oh damn and blast and triple buggars! How the hell did you sneak past me like that? Well done though ????.

MacTavish visited London for his annual holiday and stayed at a large hotel. However, he didnae feel that the natives were friendly. 'At 4 o'clock every morning,' he told a friend, 'they hammered on my bedroom door, on the walls, even on the floor and ceiling. Och, sometimes they hammered so loud I could hardly hear myself playing the bagpipes.'

Cheap and cheerful lodgings: A lodger in a Scottish guest house in Milngavie, near Glasgow, was on his way to the bathroom carrying his shaving gear, when the landlady stopped him and said, 'Have you got a good memory for faces, Mr MacGregor?' 'Och aye,' Mac replied. 'That's just as well,' she said, 'because there's no mirror in the bathroom.'

HAL9000 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Habile sabots! Σας ευχαριστώ εσάς αγαπητέ ρομπότ.

Happy Burns Day and ave a guid eenin toneet. *raises a glass of Balvenie to Mr. Ben*

*greets ???? with an exhuberant high four*

I think this debate really ought to be in the Drawing Room. Any thoughts Admin?

I don't believe you have responded HAL9000. You are the last person who I thought would!! *in absolute stitches* ha ha ha ha ah aha ha haa...oh my God...unbelievable *now on floor rolling about*

HAL9000 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How many times have we heard that...? > ...I'll believe it when I see it. My bet is that HM > R&C will be fobbed off with some piddling token > tax payments...Ha ha ha... Oh you are funny...as usual, you have succeeded in making me laugh - really laugh...ha ha ha indeed. Anyway, have you seen this article you incorrigible cynic? http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/24/banking-bonuses-executive-pay-tax Toujours cynique? En fait, je crois que je connais la r?ponse, en fait, je peux presque l'entendre...et vous pouvez arr?ter de sourire en plus! *tries not to laugh* >one can code them by hand with > reference to HTML Special Entity Codes. Jesus, Mary and Joseph HAL9000..."code them by hand"?!!! One look at that page and my brain went into meltdown. However, I have bookmarked it and now use it to cut and paste from - so thanks for that.

Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ladymuck is well named. > > Thats all I am saying. Thats all. *throws promised squash seeds at Mr. Pally-wotsit-oos and legs it*

HAL9000 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Looks like a tax avoidance scheme to me - deferred > bonuses could easily be used as collateral for > interest-free loans until the escrow expires > thereby avoiding this year's one-off bonus tax! You are probably right HAL9000. I used to work in the Tax Department of one of the City's largest firms of Solicitors where it was not unusual to send out bills for over ?250,000, those bills representing a mere fraction of what "we" had managed to save the client (usually the CEO of a very large and high profile corporation) in tax. Yes, the most talented of lawyers/accountants will in all probability be engaged to exploit technical loopholes of such deviousness that the IR&C might struggle to dispute their legality. However, these same lawyers/accountants would act no differently if bonuses were paid outright as opposed to being deferred as now planned by Barclays (please see my concerns: post 01:42AM January 22). According to Jill Treanor, Deputy City Editor for the Guardian, anti-avoidance measures are being introduced with immediate effect and HM Revenue & Customs made it clear that "it will not be possible to avoid bank payroll tax by the use of loans which are in substance earnings, or by channelling a bonus through an employee benefit trust or similar intermediary vehicle". Perhaps the Government should also be channeling their energies into radically overhauling our current tax legislation so as to make it virtually impossible for banks responsible for the economic meltdown to then avoid taxation which has been specifically designed to restore the Treasury's coffers to financial health - but that's another topic altogether! > Plus ?a change, plus c'est la m?me chose. Peut-etre mon cher, peut-etre! (Incidentally how did you manage to include the cedille and accent circonflexe in your post? I'm most impressed!)

daizie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cushty It looks to me as though one bank at least is finally beginning to shed a smidgen of it's arrogance and showing some willingness to react to the public's displeasure over the bank bonuses - albeit indirectly via the US and UK Governments. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8476589.stm

Declan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes......I know Hal was joking too. > > *sighs and wonders if he is too obscure* Well that's just fine and dandy...apologies for suggesting otherwise...and no, you're not obscure - though perhaps (as suggested by brum) a winky smiley thingamijig might have assisted on this occasion. *breathes a sigh of relief and raises a glass of uisce beatha in Declan's direction*

Declan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Really, shouldn't you be calling for a > clampdown on local snoopers. Unless you're a > little bit jealous of course. Erm...I presume your tongue is firmly in your cheek? It sounded to me as though HAL9000 was joking.

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???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dogging > > It's all on the EDF *tutts four times and shakes head at Quid's sheer audacity*

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*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Though I expect Hugenot would probably be more of > Bond Street man. Well that's just plain snobby. *big fat juicy grin*

kpc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ladymuck Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Administrator Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Last warning. > > > > Out of interest...what happens after a last > > warning? > > Presumably a second yellow card and a one match > ban. Or a straight red card for violent conduct > *winces* and a three match ban. Thought as much - thanks *rolls eyes and laughs*

I wondered why the 176 bus changed its final destination from Oxford Circus to TCR...hmmmm

Administrator Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Last warning. Out of interest...what happens after a last warning?

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