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KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > North Carolina. > Huge beaches if you want them. Decent mountains to > hike or drive through. Great towns like > Asheville. And covered in indiginous music > wherever you go, both bars and festivals. Great places in NC, I agree We have offices in Charlotte so get to travel there couple of times a year Off to Spain in March and probably get down to New Orleans this year Do a few short trips to France, Germany and most likely Switzerland too We are more about holidays than work now thank goodness

Marmora Man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's worthy of note that, 30 year papers have > revealed, that the UK gov't at the time of the > hunger strikes was making overtures to address > some of IRA demand in order to allow the IRA to > call off the hunger strikes - these were rejected > by the IRA. I assume as they preferred to have > martyrs for a cause that a negotiated concession > to their demands. This is accurate to some extent. In fact the pre 1969 rank and file were constantly expressing doubt about the effectiveness of the hunger strikes for such narrow objectives.

Big boys rules if you play big boys games I fear I was under no illusion on my three tours who wanted to kill me

Shortsighted and I wore bifocals (could not get on with varifocal) I opted to have both eyes at 20:20, rather than going for one eye weaker than the other (which can eliminate reading glasses). I had their full wave front treatment, which has substantially improved my night driving vision also. All in all very happy. I would say that my business partner had to go for a second treatment as his initial results in one eye were not as good as expected, but it was all done FOC by Optimax. I was able to drive within a couple of days and had totally clear vision within two weeks....(the eye has to absorb a large amount of water after the procedure)

Had it done last year Results were and are excellent Went for Optimax in the end as got their initial quoted price down by half and 0 per cent finance over 24 months After care was very good indeed and had six check ups after surgery and was discharged fully after last one couple of months ago

So they couldn't spell then!

MrCheeky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > wat a dick head you are with your personal attack > . just goes to show shallow minded arseholes like > you should sometimes keep there mouths shut I love irony...well done.

Let's wait and see.......... I suspect we will see some sleight of hand, but if not the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 comes into play and that states: "Where a person convicted of murder or any other offence the sentence for which is fixed by law as life imprisonment appears to the court to have been aged under 18 at the time the offence was committed, the court shall (notwithstanding anything in this or any other Act) sentence him to be detained during Her Majesty?s pleasure." That can be as long as the powers that be want it to be......

This was a new trial, not a retrial....why would they not be sentenced as adults? I fully expect them to receive the mandatory life sentence, it is up to the judge to determine the minimum tariff. I doubt they will be treated leniently on parole attempts either.

woodrot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bobby Sands - one of thatchers legacy of dead No loss whatsoever that particular piece of human detritus

Parkdrive Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Voyageur Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > woodrot Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > 2012 will hopefully see Thatcher go up and > meet > > > Pinochet in the afterlife. > > > > > > Blimey .... how unpleasant are you? > > Not as unpleasant as Thatcher and her despot > cronie Pinochet Actually, it is exactly the same.

woodrot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How can the officer class sleep at night, knowing > they send ill educated young men & women to their > deaths & never question those orders ? > > Stiff upper lip and all that of course. I slept very well, knowing I had some of the best motivated, most highly trained young men and women in the world around me. As for questioning orders, it happens all the time, especially in the fluid situations when you find yourself in combat. I can recall literally dozens of times I asked for clarification on orders given to me and deciding how the situation on the ground dictated I interpret them to best effect, it's what I got paid for. The care and safety of those under our command is the paramount concern of any officer in the armed forces and it is a duty not taken lightly in any respect whatsoever. Hope you have a great Christmas!

?When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.? Henry Kaiser. I am guessing the damage is already done, fair play if you have paid for crapola.

Having lost friends and comrades over 23 years of service, I wear my poppy as a mark of respect... I also wear it as a message to younger generations that the freedoms we take so easily for granted carry a price. A price paid by strangers for strangers, who gave there all so we could make choices in life.....good or bad. It is also a recognition to the many heroic men and women whose actions went unsung. To those who have served it is that complicated and that simple. I could not care less if this child decides to make a stand against his school's rules.... The fact he can is based on the actions of others lost in the mists of time. They deserve a moments thought and respect because they were mostly very ordinary people in real life thrust into extraordinary circumstances not of their own making.

Iraq

LadyDeliah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well read something else then. Oh, I like farce, just for the entertainment value it's worth reading on.

Two great daughters....

This got pointless 19 pages ago. Now it is pure farce.

Blimey, what next.....Obama's a Kenyan Marxist trying to destroy America? NN you are sinking fast!

I think I'll stick with William Blake.....after all he wrote it on Peckham Rye!

"a tree filled with angels, bright angelic wings bespangling every bough like stars."

New Nexus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > *Bob* Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > New Nexus Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Does anyone here know what the (Prompt > > Corrective Action Act) is? > > > > Is the pope Catholic?! > > > > Well, put (in laymans terms - for those of a > > lesser mind) the Prompt Corrective Action is a > US > > federal law mandating progressive penalties > > against banks that exhibit progressively > > deteriorating capital ratios. At the lower > > extreme, a critically undercapitalized Federal > > Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)-regulated > > institution (i.e., one with a ratio of total > > capital / assets below 2%) is required to be > taken > > into receivership by the FDIC in order to > minimize > > long-term losses to the FDIC.[1] The motivation > > behind the law is to provide incentives for > banks > > to address problems while they are still small > > enough to be manageable. > > > > Ask me another - go on. Ask me. > > > At last. > Can you tell me why (Prompt Corrective Action Act) > was not implemented by Paulson nor Geithner, > regarding the banks involvement in subprime, given > that it was their duty to implement said Act I really don't care The End.

Had not seen it before either and done now too.

ibilly99 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oi Hugenot this is a local forum for local people > by living in Singapore you've obviously voted with > your feet and given this country the brush off > can't you bug the Singapore Expats Forum with your > carefully nuanced erudition. No taxation without > representation. I find my time spread between Martock, Winnipeg and Shreveport..... Get you some good perspective...

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @NN: What rebuttal do I need beyond proving what I > have already - it's you who's making extraordinary > claims without any substantiation. It's you who is > persistently making assertions that turn out to be > incorrect. > > China is already a voting member of the IMF, and > controls approximately the same number of votes > (around 4%) as UK, France, Germany or Japan. > > The US only controls 16% of votes, so is in no way > able to call the shots. It's all very equitable, > and apart from the usual jockeying for position > trundles along quite nicely. > > The only thing you can see is your own crazed > vision of apocalypse - the only forecast that I > make is that we'll muddle through as we always do. > That's not denial, that's insight backed by > history. It has moved passed boredom and spiraled into ennui. Your right, but it is pointless now. In my humble opinion.