Whynniard

And I object to be confronted by an over excited school prefect with a fawning attitude and a cowboy hat. Now as i was saying this seeping Gerrymandering has to stop.

Utterly utterly dreadful - puts that ridciculous "Housing immigrants and queue jumping" and the even more stupid "Steve T and Tone whatever should be banned" thread into perspective.

I think we may be getting ID cards on this blog ! now i am someone else, even though i am not really the someone who i am posting under, blimey now i am confused ! Thanks for that S, very interesting, i have started another thread.

We were discussing the reasons for this War in another thread, so i thought we should start a fresh one. Is it a war ? according to Britain's Chief of Defence Staff, Sir Jock Stirrup it's the following; "The mission in Afghanistan is about supporting the delivery of governance in order to reduce the opportunities for extremist terrorist groups who are a direct threat to the United Kingdom, its citizens and their interests," It seems to me that there are too many political issues swirling around the troops who are out there; they have had 7years to plan this now and armoured vehicles and helicopters are only just on there way ? It seems they are trying to keep it, the mission, low profile, that they do not want to get drawn in like the Russians. As far as I can see they have only pushed the problem into Pakistan. The Taliban just seem to have longer to walk now.

This forum seems to be inhabited by some odd types, people's republic ? or are people miss posting ? Anyway ...that's interesting S, i was joking about the tanks, it was really a reference to the light skinned vehicles that are being driven around in Afganistan, however a lot of the deaths seem to be occuring while out on foot patrol.... "were you really told your mission was to capture Bin Laden ? " actually maybe a new thread -

I thought we were ? does this not constitute war, is it just an excurision or something then, maybe that's why they are driving around in light armour, it not really a war , may be they did not tick all the boxes back at the treasury. Question 1. Will you or any one else in your regiment be travelling around in a Tank, if not go straight to section C.

Yes i thought well reported too, I am just slightly uneasy about the chioce of headline, smacks of propoganda to me but then i suppose we are at WAR.

oh and as for "the only" , I think you may need to read a bit more.

er.......i "showed up" as you put it a couple of months ago ? Now i feel like i have just walked into Tombstone. Are you the guy who makes people disappear ?

er......? pray tell i suppose ?

yes well, its all very good but the services in this country are a complete joke and getting worse, overpopulated or not, Since boris took the reigns London is positively falling apart. You cannot get a tube at weekends now and it's been like that for a while.

You would have thought that " 8 British soldiers killed in 24hrs" would have been a huge story and a even larger headline ? BBC Website currently leads with ...................." Troops fighting for UK's future" !!!!!!!! does anyone else find that slightly odd ?

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23717998-details/BBC+Centre+designed+on+an+envelope+is+given+Grade+II+heritage+status/article.do A novel way to ensure that the BBC remain where they are. I wonder why they have just spent a living fortune kitting out the BBC Buildings on Oxford street then ? Maybe the executives need to be closer to the private members clubs of London's West End

Not sure where the open curtains bit somes from but i am hearing that very CHEAP plastic double glazed windows that were installed throughout the block recently went up way to easily. Apparently these windows have failed safety regulations in the past and several other councils in the UK won't fit them as they do not conform to safety regs. We will have to wait and see what the inquiry throws up.

" What about a decent school for ED proper and the type of professional families who are now progressively dominating this area. ED seems to have 1) Academies (aren't these aimed at deprived areas?) and 2) Private / fee paying schools, but there appears to be little or no quality state schooling for those in the middle. Happy to be corrected." Er ......it is state schooling ? I am slightly lost for words , what do you mean 'professional families' ......? You'll be ducking eggs if you carry on like that .....