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Old hands or non-posters.

Come on old hands, how about coming back and making some interesting and constructive posts? OK, so it seems certain things can't be said but that applies in many places and situations too. Being deliberately confrontationally aggressive won't hack i...

Tax Credits

There seems to be a lot of controversy about the Government's intention to cut Tax Credits. The BBC have done a few items about this, choosing members of the public who are in receipt of these credits to appear and present their case and say how hard...

Academia and Allotments

What a great idea, I think. Maybe the new generation of adults will have a healthier approach to food and sustainability too. http://positivenews.org.uk/2015/environment/agriculture/18491/academia-allotments-students-growing-food/

A final message from Earth?

Some people want to add a "final" message to the Voyager spacecraft but what do you think? http://news.sky.com/story/1579065/greetings-aliens-a-final-message-from-earth Who do they think might "find" the spacecraft? Surely any recovery would have to ...

Copycat components?

Have you ever seen or had experience of lookalike, copycat or fake car components? I wondered because I've just read about an inquest where an "imported" track control arm broke leading to a death plus severe injuries to another person. http://www.da...

Why are today's adults treated like children?

In previous generations, children often left school at 14 or 16, started work, married, went to war or took part in National Service, all before the old age of majority of 21. Nowadays, they are just as likely to be in full-time education until their...

Do we put too much trust......

in a technology that really is still in it's infancy, with so much going wrong : Broadband speeds that are promised, but are a fantasy for many Less security that an open prison Javascript crashing......regularly pages taking ages to load......regula...

People really believe this ..

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-news/mum-stunned-discover-face-virgin-6738669.............A woman claims to have seen the face of the Virgin Mary - in a tree outside her home. Paula Raferty said she first noticed the startling similarity when a ...

Arbitration Clauses: a sensational report in the New York Times that affects you.

These clauses are everywhere and are designed to prevent consumers and employees seeking legal redress, especially using "class actions" the only realistic avenue for "small people" where individual sums claimed are less than four figures. The report...

Samhain

May the powers of The Onethe source of all creation,all pervasive, omnipotent, eternal;may the Goddess,the Lady of the Moonand the God,Horned Hunter of the Sunrulers of the elemental realms;may the powers of the stars aboveand the Earth below,bless t...

For all the 'believers' on here.

A poem. Hitherto. When our souls are much discouraged, by the roughness of the way,And the cross we have to carry seemeth heavier every day;When some cloud that overshadows, hides our Father's face from view,oh it's well then to remember, He has bles...

I should have been Dead Years ago..

I should have been dead years ago with what i eat........................................................http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3293707/Revealed-116-things-cause-CANCER-according-world-health-experts.html

They could come here.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/lesbian-pair-held-by-sharia-police-to-undergo-rehabilitation-in-indonesia-31579049.html Two suspected lesbians detained by Islamic Shariah police in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province will undergo...

What's in a name!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34644333 Dog named Trigger shoots owner in the foot

Is this scaremongering?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34615621 One thing after another. "This" causes cancer, "that" causes cancer, "the other" causes cancer. Where's it gonna end? The report hasn't been fully published yet but the headline scares are out. As yet, there'...

Why oh why oh why oh why

Why the smeg is it that every single (or married) news reader reports these Islamic State deviates as "So called"rather than just using there nameSurely there must be some reason for it.

anybody got any success in complaining to Ebay?

I recently spent a whole afternoon on the telephone because when I went into my Paypal account I noticed that I was £73.95 in negative balance. I phone Paypal to be told Ebay had put a hold on MY money for something I sold on 31st May 2012, contactin...

They've lost the plot in Texas?

Qualifying at the US Grand Prix has been pushed back so many times now that I wonder if optimism has gone overboard. Overboard being the operative word given the rain and the amount of water on the track. Would you gamble that qualifying will actuall...

What a tragic loss of life in France !

Nearly all in a coach outing of mature people killed in a crash in France including the lorry driver and his three year old son. Forty three killed in one accident.

GMT returns at 2am.

I wonder how many will forget that the clocks "go back" overnight? However, if you've got an antique striking or chiming clock, don't turn it back.

If you have a moment

Of course, we have moved on a bit from the Middle Ages. It is not the man who is assassinated now, but only his character. But the effect is the same. Free discussion is being everywhere shut down, so that we will never know who is right - the hereti...

learning to drive on a motorway?

I saw an item on the BBC where they were discussing having motorway driving as part of the driving test. I think that's impractical because first of all some parts of the country are many, many miles from a motorway so how're new/learner drivers supp...

Too early?

Do You Believe This..

http://usuncut.com/world/iceland-sentences-26-bankers-to-a-combined-74-years-in-prison/ ..In a move that would make many capitalists’ head explode if it ever happened here, Iceland just sentenced their 26th banker to prison for their part in the 2008...

LANCASHIRE POLICE EMAIL SPOOF

http://www.ross-gazette.co.uk/article.cfm?id=2752&headline=Warning%20about%20emails%20from%20Lancashire%20Police§ionIs=news&searchyear=2015 I had this spoof arrive today - just to warn folks because I'm in Southsea and certainly NOT local...this emai...

I don't believe it

Stephen Fry is quitting QI.He's quitting for good and Sandi Watsername is taking over,Apparantly the next series will be his last.I really enjoyed that show/.

5p charge for carrier bags starts tomorrow.

Is it a good thing?

English for speakers of other languages

ESOL courses are available throughout the UK, it is refreshing to see so many taking advantage, learning the language and integrating productively into society. There are also English lessons available for native speakers who struggle with the breadt...

Happy birthday Margaret.

It's Margies Birthday today. She's sweet 16, ha ha