pk

it's safe as things stand

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And let's not forget the 2010 bonus tax... and > income tax on top of that... actually or indeed yesterday's/today's bank levy

Alex K Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Please re-read my initial posting. > i dunno if i am the only one but it all seems slightly stalkerish to me, do you make a habit of keeping notes about the comings and goings at your neighbours? "The driver of Royal Mail van LB05 LLJ has just now -- 1320, Saturday 16 October -- hopped out of his vehicle, walked briskly to my neighbour's door on Abbotswood Road, and... has not rung, has not knocked, has only pushed a slip of paper through the cache-sexe on the letterbox and pootled off again."

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I could also remind you that the banks did not run > away with tax payers' money. The government took a > lot of equity in return, and will - at some point > - actually make a profit from these shares. i don't understand why people ignore this fact when they bang on about bail outs

in my experience two doors can be a pain (in the back, for me)

first mate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > promises were made and they should be honoured what are these promises that everyone's talking about? who made them? and to whom?

train to london bridge then jubilee line to north greenwich

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > totally disagree with kids being made to stand, > I'm an able-bodied adult and sometimes struggle to > stay vertical the way some of the bus drivers use > the brake, kids who aren't anticipating a sudden > halt could suffer nasty injuries or at least a bit > of a shock from being hurled along the bus. > Whether the kids go on laps (preferred, because > everyone wins) or get a seat themselves I don't > really care, as long as they can sit safely. in > some cultures, all but the least able will stand > to provide a seat for a child. I go with that > approach, not to follow that habit per se, but to > simply ensure the little ones don't get hurt > through no fault of their own. the ticket gives > right of passage only IMO. seems about right to me

Senor Chevalier Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Think of it as the intention being that NO > families earning above ?44k should really get > benefit, but a free upside is being given to a > limited group of people with individual incomes > below ?44k and combined incomes above that's pretty much how i see it

Pickle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Use this link: > > https://kiosk.iristickets.co.uk/k?zipposcircus&sig > nup > > Sign up as a new online member, then you should be > able to book tickets - you use the discount code > at checkout to get 50% off. > > Hope that helps. now sorted - thank you

Huggers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm probably being very thick here but where do I > book- Ive found the online page but no mention of > passwords. Do I register as a new online member? > thanks folks. i'd like to know as well please

KatsuQueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Birds Eye Potato Waffles. > Oven on, 20 minutes > and even quicker in the toaster (really)!

anyone any idea as to where i could get some stats on distances from schools for recent intakes?

Gimme Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > pk Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > a mother with a child dropped a tissue and then > > picked it up > > > > does she really need to be described in detail > and > > then labelled a "disgusting" "lazy mare"? it's > > outrage over nothing init? > > > Unfortunately some people seem to think that > insulting someone is much worse than committing a > criminal offence who are you talking about? > > Respect is not something that you are given, it is > something you earn. And you seldom earn respect by > littering parks (or using the phrase 'init'...) i guess that i haven't earned enough respect to have people respond to any questions that i ask (there's only one really - why did the OP think it necessary to describe the 'offender' in such detail on here (clothes, hair, skin colour, glasses, chidlren's clothes, actions after the 'event't) having already spoken to the lady in person? i am geuninely curious) but perhaps i can learn: - misinterpret/ignore others' opinions that don't suit my own - feel entitled to insult people i don't know - have a dig at other people's use of language whilst not knowing how to spell 'priviledge' myself - don't give people the benefit of the doubt anything else i could do to earn respect?

seanmlow Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I kind of thought the point of a discussion forum > was free discussion, otherwise the pages on here > would be rather empty. and?

seanmlow Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Posted by: pk September 20, 03:39PM > > > why is it necessary to try to publicly embarrass > and insult the mother in question? > > I think this is a little unfair! If no one ever > says anything then I suppose it will continue > going on. I was outside Goose Green playground the > other day and saw a kid throw his empty bag of > crisps and chocolate wrapper on the floor. I asked > him to pick it up and I can't even repeat the > language used. Sometimes people just need a light > reminder! i wasn't talking about speaking to someone in person, rather about the need to describe them in detail and call them disgusting on here

Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > that makes me suspect that you'd have been less inclined to > start a thrad if, say, you'd seen the employees of > these businesses leaving empty cans on the floor > or something. > i wouldn't be so sure, she's also currently disgusted by a ("lazy mare" of a) mother who dropped a tissue on the ground in the park

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > >Like you I think anyone saying "there > is nowhere to put them" is obfusticating there's something about this sentence that makes me chuckle

cate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > pk Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > cate Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > pk Wrote: > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ----- > > > > > > > > > > > > does she really need to be described in > > detail > > > and > > > > then labelled a "disgusting" "lazy mare"? > > > > > > > > Yes. > > > > why? > > > Because she was a lazy mare. Hardly insulting, > just a fact. Perhaps it was you pk? Or that is > the type of behaviour you regularly engage in. i didn't realise she was in fact a horse and it wasn't me and i certainly don't regularly drop litter or condone it but i may have occasionally unintentionally or absent mindedly dropped something whilst distracted by my small children you don't think that 'disgusting' is insulting?

cate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > pk Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > > does she really need to be described in detail > and > > then labelled a "disgusting" "lazy mare"? > > > Yes. why?

a mother with a child dropped a tissue and then picked it up does she really need to be described in detail and then labelled a "disgusting" "lazy mare"? it's outrage over nothing init?

why is it necessary to try to publicly embarrass and insult the mother in question?

where can i find the stats for this kind of stuff?

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Killaqueen - thank you for your posts ,your > research and for your interest . > I'm not up to this level of debate ,but I'm very > glad that you are . > Not everyone is so sanguine about receiving cold > calls for money - yes I know ( because I've read > it ) that this letter didn't directly ask for > money . > But my mother wasn't interested in foresenically > analysing it - she got the message ,it was about > "King's College Hospital Charity ". > And she certainly didn't appreciate the fine > distinction that the letter was from the Chief > Executive rather than the Fund raising department > . > She's recently had two stays in Kings ,they were > both deeply unpleasant ,some of the treatment she > received fell short of what I am sure are Kings > high standards and has had knock on effects on her > health since she left hospital . > She was concerned to get this letter , wondered > why she was sent it , and was anxious about where > and how they got her address .She's elderly ,ill > and brought up in different times . > I suspect that she is not alone . People who use > on line forums may be less anxious than other > demographics ( if that's the right term) about > their details being used and more sanguine about > perceived levels of privacy . how did you help her try to understand what had happened? does she now believe that nothing sinister went on?

mycroft Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > PK I'm sure tha the above points must have come up > during negotiatons with the ICO, who's job it is > to govern this. > i agree (and always have)