Santerme

I get in my car and drive the 12 miles to Weymouth, or preferrably the 18 miles to West Bay. Great fish and chips!

Sic transit gloria mundi

Diners with soda fountains...........yep the US has changed too!

The Battle of Hastings?

Oxbridge may not be all is cracked up to be... Although at Durham we were lucky to have margarine and crab sticks! Oxford students suspended over sexist emails Times Online and agencies Fifteen students at an Oxford college have been suspended pending an investigation in to claims that members of a drinking society sent a series of sexist emails. The male students, all thought to be members of the Penguin Club at Hertford College, drew up a "list of fitties" which graded female students, it has been alleged. Comments and derogatory descriptions were attributed to photos of the young women, which included "only if we're desperate" or "buy condoms". The emails came to light after an anonymous whistleblower posted them on college notice boards overnight. They also revealed the club's initiation rituals, which include forcing new recruits to perform a naked streak smeared in goose fat and eat raw squid. It is understood members of the club, which was formed last year, wear maroon ties with gold penguin logos. A university spokesman said: ?We take these allegations, and that?s all they are at this stage, very seriously and the matter is currently under investigation. ?The students have been temporarily suspended as part of that process but that is not to say that it is a punishment or a judgment against them at this stage. ?It?s part of the process of the investigation. We are still trying to get to the bottom of it all.? He added that concerns were raised about the behaviour of the Penguin Club members before the emails surfaced. The college?s notable alumni include former home secretary Jacqui Smith, newsreaders Natasha Kaplinsky and Fiona Bruce, and author Evelyn Waugh. In a stern letter, the college Dean said students should "reflect on the privilege of College membership and focus on the main purpose of being at Oxford.?

Bubble Cars

Commodore 64 Sinclair C5

Dixon of Dock Green Alf Garnett Ox Blood Loafers Two Tone Suits Harrington Jackets Starsky Jumpers Crombie Overcoats with hankie and diamond pin Respect

I was originally educated privately, but ended up in an Inner London school, Tulse Hill. I went on to Durham and did ok. Both my children have been educated through the state system in Dorset... My eldest is a UCL in her first year doing European Social Studies and Politics and my younger daughter goes to the London College of Fashion next year to do a Bachelor degree in Photography. It's all about the willingness to learn despite the distractions around you. The lifelong friend I walked through the doors of Tulse Hill with came from a one parent low income family and he is ?47 million pounds richer than I am.

LegalEagle-ish Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Walk in the Himalayan foothills. That would be a > pretty good thing to do before I kick it, or trek > on a horse accross Canada. Going to be one shagged out horse, it's a big country!

Peace Corps?

Glad I bought mine in 2007 at 2 to 1

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Flag-of-hawaii-flying.jpg/800px-Flag-of-hawaii-flying.jpg Wonder if Hiliary remembers Arkansas was not a formed state until 1836. And Hawaii seem not to have forgotten who added them to the map!!!

I think that encapsulates it nicely!

Sod it, I'm posting this for posterity, because it's not only funny as hell, but correct: Hugo Rifkind of the Times:I?m not crying for Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner This idea that Argentina owns the Falklands is bonkers What I?d really like, before this all goes any farther, is for Argentina to explain where the hell it is coming from with all this ?Malvinas? business. Because from up here, frankly, their claim on the Falkland Islands looks downright stupid. From down there, I can only imagine that it doesn?t. Only, I can?t figure out why this would be. And I?ve asked around, and nobody else seems to know, either. Is it just because they?re next door? We?ve got France next door. You?ve got Brazil next door. Are these also problems worth whining about to the UN? Or is it because, for a brief period about 200 years ago, you owned them? Oh guys, trust me, you don?t want to get us started on the stuff we briefly owned about 200 years ago. By that logic, we still own Canada. We almost own America. Indeed, we made a decent stab at owning you. But we gave up on that sort of thing, quite famously, because the people who lived in all these places didn?t fancy it. A bit like the people on the Falkland Islands don?t fancy being owned by you. ?Aha!? you might say, in your weirdly accented Spanish. ?But those people don?t count, for they are not indigenous.? Well, true. But neither is anybody. Certainly not you. I mean, if there was anybody in Stanley 7,000 years ago, then they weren?t light-skinned and called things like Cristina Fern?ndez de Kirchner, were they? Honestly, where do you people get off calling us colonialists? Generally speaking, we gave our empire back. You moved to yours, and then basically killed everybody. Forgive me, but I just don?t see how this puts you in a morally superior position. I don?t mean to sound overly jingoistic, here. We?re pretty good at unpatriotic self-loathing, us Brits. Remember, we invented the BBC. Guilt is pretty much our default diplomatic position, these days. We tiptoe meekly around, still worrying that a third of the world hates us for drawing up their lethally impractical borders on the back of napkins, and that another third does for getting them hooked on opium. We didn?t make a fuss about Hong Kong. We blush when the Greeks go on about the Elgin Marbles, even if we don?t let on. Any day now, we?ll probably start apologising for railways and penicillin. But we?re OK with the Falkland Islands. They don?t make us feel guilty at all. Not even the teeniest bit. So please, Argentina, do explain. Why should we cry for you?

I think there may now be commercial possibilities for the .fk suffix!!

ABC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi, News of the day man was going to commit > suicide in Peckham on the high street,it was > blocked of due to the man thretenting to commit > suicide he was on top of the building he was going > to commit suicide. around 4pm school children were > out and had to walk home due to busses not working > on diversion as the road was blocked of the > nearest shop was Perfect fried chicken near buger > king in peckham. I didnt see if he did commit it > as there was around 45 police officers and loads > of vehicles. > > New info : > it was a kid on top of the roof of a barbers shop > oppsite the job centre threatening to jump - poor > little soul. but is safe as the community wardens > say. I knew I missed something about being out of the area, you get Perfect Fried Chicken, we have to make do with KFC.

Easties EL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Many people quickly denounce any conspiracy theory > as untrue ... and sometimes as unpatriotic or just > plain ridiculous. While intelligent cynicism > certainly can be healthy, though, some of the > greatest discoveries of all time were initially > received (often with great vitriol) as blasphemous > conspiracy theories -- think of the revelation > that the earth was not the center of the universe, > or that the world was not flat but actually > round. > > > Richard Gage on KMPH Fox 26 in Fresno, CA > > I think Mr Gage has made a great life for himself touring the world spouting nonsense, good for him though!

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was just saying the argies are no angels, direct > enough for a military man ;-P > > ------------------------------------------------- > > "I was paid to lie for my country" > > Isn't that just a definition of diplomacy full > stop? > > ------------------------------------------------- > > You don't think the argies could make it > effectively impossible or at the very least cost > inneffective to actually get oil out of there > should they up the stakes (and lose the moral high > ground)? > > Wouldn't a great British compromise be the best > way forward, that way everyone (well, the oil > companies and the banks as usual) is a winner? My understanding is that we offered them half, but they said, no thanks.

Too much flowery rhetoric for me. It is very simple. We are there, the Islanders want to remain British, job done! I always remember Costa Mendes being asked about the Argentine claims after the war saying, 'I was a diplomat, I was paid to lie for my country!'

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Are you and your mates still part of a network > where you bung each other jobs and collude, using > each of your specific spheres of influence, to > further the security and interests of your tribe? Well actually yes to that question in my case!

Having both daughters round for the weekend.

Is this the pre match knock up, or are we into the real thing now?

All will be revealed on the next episode of Soap!

Easties EL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The UDT was merged with the US Navy SEALs in 1983, > 8 years after Ventura was no longer in the Navy > > Yes you are right. How come building 7 theory is > dumb? Quite simply that the substantial amounts of explosives that would be required to carryo out such an operation would have caused some remark, together with the opening of wall spaces and cutting of beams to weaken the structural integrity of the building. It really is nonsense.