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From reading a few of the posts here (particularly the congestion charge one) there would seem to a lot of simmering resentment in mainland UK of your government.From Ireland it's hard to assess things, we tend to lok on British governments from the...
To post on this thread you must be over 40, grumpy and have something to whinge about. If you are under 40 start your own thread (where you can whinge about old whingers) To kick off I want to whinge about 'Stars in their eyes' on tv - just when you...
To help cure the ills of the NHS. This could be good.
....and another one this morning!No, I'm not talking about some LSD induced Naim logo voltage spike or queer flash-back from a past life.....here's the story - "The sun slips slowly downwards to a clear ocean horizon. Ever reddening as it sinks, soon...
'Academic and Islamic reformer Tariq Ramadan examines what the future holds for Islam, arguing that European Muslims will determine how the religion survives in the next century'.How nice to see intelligent and reasonable muslims being given air time...
As we have extended cover on our PC I can't do anything to the hardware. So I got the guys in our local PC world to fit a new hard drive as I was running out of space.After having the PC for 7 hours they managed the task.I only later found that when I...
hey there,Is this for real ?? )http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jose-Mourinhos-Chelsea-Premiershi...QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
That'll sort aat the real wets, wunnit!!!*Canvey Island John*
If any of you (like me) suffer from high blood pressure and have to keep a log of your readings, you might find this program useful.(PC only I'm afraid). Here.I used to be hopeless at recording it on a regular basis, but this has made it a whole lot...
Hi all,What a nightmare these people are. How's this for admin gone mad:I was in London with a hire car for a couple of days back in January, when I forgot to pay the congestion charge on time.I called the very next day to pay my £50 fine,...
Now Iran is being flammed for trying to go nuclear. What is wrong with that? Is it not rich for those countries who have it to now say to Iran, you are not going to get it. Why not? Is Iran less trustworthy than loony bush? Or puppet blair? Or other...
That is right, speed limit raised because too many tickets were being issued , on a local stretch of road between rural and urban developement.I'd kid you not, locals are annoyed they were not consulted about this increase!Here, here, here.
The one I pass in Stortford is called Sun Believable. Nearly witty?Tony
Dear Friends, Today I discovered a frightful tax bodge in my wages. I was allowed no personal allowance at all last financial year, and the Basic Rate has been being deducted from all earnings since the begining of last Tax Year (April 'O5). Shall I...
OK so Rooney looks like he's out of this one in any real terms. We were discussing the possibilities at work today and came up with the following idea which we think may just work.....How about playing Joe Cole and Michael Owen up front as left and...
OK, I am a computer idiot in need of help - I am told I need to get an 802 11g network card.It needs to have a good range, as I will be some way from the router (or whatever the thing is called). I have had a quick look at Dabs etc, and they have...
OK, now I've recovered from the excessses of yesterday... [URL= ]
Well Ali,How was the gig,What did you do in Dublin?John
Waiting for Mr. Willson to come home.
Dear All,Poor old TVR seems to be going through one of its hiccups.Slow sales of cars have led to redundancies and the sale of the factory.It appears that the factory will relocate "In the region" and that some components will be "OUT SOURCED...
Hi,my wife and I would like to buy some really good little espresso coffee machine.Can you recommend something?Thanks,Oz
Dear Friends,Which Room for this? Here, The Rubber Room, or The Music Room?Reading the Financing the Ultimate System Thread, and the way my Thread on Musicians went in the Music Room, I wonder what justification I can find in the rather morally...
Dear All,If anyone is connected with the footware industry, especially as a buyer/importer, and would not mind giving some advice I would be very pleased to hear from you.Also If anyone has exhibited products at major exhibition centres I would...
Did anyone do as I did? I'm a mellow, friendly, at-ease-with-life-and-its-shite drunk bloke.....The bottle had a name that looked like Wobbly to me while I poured it from its hideout in the freezer in the outhouse. Anyway, wifey has turned the bedroom...
Wondering if anyone has any strange or bad habits they'd like to share.I almost religiously remove the sticky labels from the back side of shampoo, shower gell, etc. bottles before putting them in use. (ie the label with the bar code and contents.)I...