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Hey Snorky, Jamaica?????

yes well, as I was blithering on in the other thread, do they need a phone? They can hardly use it to call for help once it's been taxed can they? Maybe we could all give our kids our old phones when we upgrade and then at least they've got something to hand over.

posted on the wrong thread due to over-excitement, supposed to be on the 'teenagers with phones' thread.

Do they need a phone at 14? Personally I will hold out as long as poss before I give my son one. Having one breeds a false sense of security and becomes a magnet for theft. We all did without didn't we?

Just to add (as my alter ego), he had one or two gold teeth and was quite good looking.

I've never bothered with them either. Not guaranteed to protect you from all strains and side effects can be bad. Mind you I hardly ever get bitten by mozzies, lucky I guess.

I chew gum sometimes, it can be useful as snorky points out. Also it's good for cleaning teeth after a meal. I try and keep my gob closed most of the time though and always dispose of it carefully of course.

in re. Kevin Spacey, check the parks in the early hours.

I can give a lift if any one needs one

When I sold my flat a few years ago the surveyor the purchaser called in diagnosed the marks in the floorboards - from the speaker-stands - as woodworm! Edited for spelling

I don't think that's very fair SteveT, there are lots of forum regulars who didn't make it to the last drinks.

not much margin for error allowed. I wonder if it is in the same order each time or random?

I got 35, it's those former Yugoslav countries that are tricky to position!

Going out today Steve so doesn't fit in with my schedule. Exactly *Bob*. they have us by the short 'n' curlies, buildings insurance, contents insurance, car insurance blah blah blah. And most of us never have to make a claim. Legal extortion.

I don't have a condenser boiler. The last repair was the heat exchanger as the pressure was right up into the red when the boiler was running. I now have a problem where the flame keeps failing, do you know why that could be o boiler experts? At least I still have the insurance policy running and can get this new problem fixed too. Sometimes these policies are the only thing to do if one has cash flow issues, boiler repair plumber type people are notoriously difficult to pin down and tend to have quite large labour and call out charges so spreading the cost is better for me. As it now looks like I may have to call them out again I could well be getting my money's worth.

I've got double glazing but sleep with the window open whatever the weather.

maybe something to do with the extremely high winds, however 4.45am is nothing new as I hear them start around then every morning.

not been a year yet, but I intend to. do you think that is correct re. the servicing? I've been worrying about mine as I have a paranoia about it exploding. It has never been serviced and has been in for 6 years.

Yes but you can cancel it after the first year once the repair has been done. Insurance is always a difficult one to square isn't it. The repair that I needed doing would have cost at least ?175 all in so it was worth it for me, may not be everyone.

well what's with it is exactly what it says, you know the thing teenagers throw at you in argument 'well, I didn't ask to be born'. What's your point? Did you read what I wrote or just stop at the third line? Frankly I don't give a toss one way or the other what the story is. The lot of them can blow themselves up whichever way they choose.

Friend of mine witnessed a bird of prey ripping a blue tit to shreds in her back garden recently, poss not peregrine though as there are lots of sparrowhawks and kestrels around town too. Maybe the peregrines can keep the parakeet numbers in check.

I am not a royalist or a nationalist or a jingoist or a fascist or any other ist. He wanted to go and he has been there for 10 weeks already without any of us knowing. As Benjaminty pointed out he could have been killed at any time in that 10 weeks. Let's face it, he didn't ask to be a royal prince and he could quite easily have been a wastrel; instead he has chosen to accept some responsibility and be a soldier - whatever you may feel about soldiers and war-mongering is irrelevant. The breaking of the story could - whether a royal PR stunt or a legitmate breaking of the news by international journos - put him and anyone in close proximity to him, in more danger than they are already. I think it is right to remove him. The cynic in me thinks that maybe it has been a PR stunt; he looks good, he's been there on the quiet for 10 weeks and now we can tell everyone what a sporting chap he is and get him away safely. The more accepting, trusting side of me believes the other story.

I thought he was sweet CWALD. (if he's the chap that was outside the Magdala)

Can we be sure he's not me?

I've not had one - off ED Grove