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<t>Bryn Mawr;1497233 wrote: Farage, Cameron, Boris and Osborne in that order. As to the arguments from the two sides, they both put forward unsupported scare stories and rubbish the other side without giving reasoned argument why - why should we believe any of them? Do you own ...

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Yes pensioners pay tax in the UK and "dole" money, as with any benefit, is seen as income and will be liable for tax if the annual amount brings you into the appropriate tax bracket.

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<r>Betty Boop;1497213 wrote: Did Weeder bring your pink hat back to Cornwall with her? I'm trying to remember <EMOJI seq="1f914" tseq="1f914">:thinking:</EMOJI> Think she's popped in from time to time here over the years but certainly not recently. Theia's still about although not here mu...

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<t>Switzerland have withdrawn their application for membership of the EU. What have they seen from the outside that made them turn their nose up ? Iceland had previously withdrawn an application. It's going to be interesting to see how those in the middle will decide which side...

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spot;1497124 wrote: The last I saw of the pink hat it had just rolled out of frame here. That's Minksy partying hard after visiting The Tower.

She's passed out because your sitting on her chest

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Minks you cant get your post count back up by double posting. Awfully bad form you know...lol

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<t>Minks revisited;1497105 wrote: Snow, I have to wonder if one googled "pink cowboy hat in London", if we would actually see a pic of Spot sporting such finery lol. Seem's like a good reason to call for a reunion, just to get the pink hat back lol. I have heard he's not ...

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<t>Minks revisited;1497072 wrote: AHHHHH Me hat, my tell tale hat, the only way anyone could find me in Heathrow Airport. Ahhh the memories. I get a lot of mileage telling people of that trek. Thanks for revisiting the pink hat. Who has that anyways? So one of ...

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It's Minks. She of the pink cowboy hat. Welcome back:-6

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<t>Bruv;1496977 wrote: How can this be credited to Islamic radicalism ? ISIS claiming he was one of their own, and the man himself being Muslim, mean nothing. The chap was bi polar with a short fuse and history. Owen Jones has insisted that this was a hate crim...

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<t>spot;1496976 wrote: I think you do the Westboro Baptists an injustice, they were never violent. It would be charitable to think they were against worldly violence. Divine violence of earth-shattering proportions they would definitely cheer on from the sidelines, but shooting up a gay bar to make ...

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gmc;1496971 wrote: I haven't looked but I suspect it wouldn't take very much searching to find lots of people that reckon the gay people were asking for it and provoked the wrath of the righteous.

The Westboro Baptists come to mind. They'll be dancing in the aisles

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<t>gmc;1496964 wrote: Actually I'd agree with you it's a peculiarly american problem it's going to take americans to sort it out. Don't think so Turkish newspaper mocks Orlando shooting that killed 50 with homophobic headline - Mirror Online <...

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Arguably the greatest sportsman in modern times. Everybody knew him, recognised him, loved or hated him. You couldn't ignore him or forget him.

There had been discussions to award him some honourary knighthood. They talked about it far to long.

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Welcome to the Forum Mike, or at least welcome back. You've returned on a slow day, Friday. It perks up through the week and one way of keeping members alert is new threads or new responses to old ones.

So, hit it ! Wake us up !

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So they might be looking for a submarine as well, soon. Do they have black boxes ?

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<t>Saint_;1496144 wrote: The sad fact of the matter is that wages have stagnated for decades while the cost of living has spiraled. What workers now make amounts to a salary cut in terms of buying power compared to the minimum wage of the 1970s. What's worse, the segment of the population that has t...

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<t>tude dog;1496106 wrote: Why? By what birthright does that happen where investors are cut out of the profits? Employees can come and go without regard to the health of the corporation. Really, though it is easy to crucify Mc's. How about our local resta...

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Well a company is only as successful as its employees, not just of it's management. They are it's biggest asset and deserve a cut of the profits, surely.

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<t>Bruv;1496099 wrote: No comment is warranted................. Macadees worth 2015 Macadees CEO salary So what Tude is saying is that McDonalds employees are not deserving of a tiny little share of them big billions. Only Mr Big Bollocks at the top. Seems legi...

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<t>I had to laugh at this segment... Despite those great scenes in horror flicks where a sheeted body sits upright on the autopsy table, the answer is no. However, air trapped in the lungs may escape and in the process can vibrate the vocal cords to produce a chilling postmortem sigh. Fun...

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<t>G#Gill;1496019 wrote: That was a very good cover of the Simon & Garfunkel song. Usually I find that nothing is ever better than the original version of a song, but with this version, as it is a different orchestration I'm a little torn. Still don't know how I feel about the David Draiman of D...

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<t>Judging by my own poor standards, it seems to me that one of the most important aspects of education is engaging your captured audience, rather than lecturing. My later education was too formal and alienated me rather than sparking any interest. I got Trigonometry ..to a degree. There ...

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<t>There's been much debated about them in recent times, here in the UK and many adults have fallen at many of the hurdles asked of our school kids, when given the test. Is there anyone here, truthfully, without Googling, who knows what a subordinating conjunction is....apart from Spot th...

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Avoid the tanning option. It makes you smell like biscuits.

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I hear spandex and leggings are making a comeback. I'd invest in some if I were you along with a headband and a Dirty Dancing CD

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Piss myself laughing, to use the vernacular.

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Bruv;1495438 wrote: I hope no speed limits were broken.

I'm more worried about the speed shaving

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Domestication, in my experience, as I have a dog and have had both dogs and cats, is rewarding and symbiotic. Pleasing for both parties. If done for the right reasons, it's a win-win.

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<t>spot;1495509 wrote: I guarantee it will be. The absolute long-term outcome for every sable marten which enters my facility will be death within three years. How much more natural can it get. Death as a concept is natural. The nature of that death, at the hands of others, isn't.</t>

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Bruv;1495437 wrote: OK OK I got it the first time.........Rangers and Celtic are infamously Protestant and Catholic.

And Hibs and Hearts in the other big city are of the same divide

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A predicted 22 degrees on Friday. Should I do my hanging baskets or am I tempting fate ?

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<t>Bruv;1495371 wrote: Then I can agree with you. I do like air dried washing though, especially a nice fresh sheet. I love the smell of sheets after they've been on the line. Not so much the rigmarole I had to suffer as a kid with folding them up with me muvver. I always...

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<r>LarsMac;1495314 wrote: Here is the Greenpeace site with the docs: <URL url="https://ttip-leaks.org/">https://ttip-leaks.org/</URL> Interesting About we got a look at them There's a lot of that there lawyer speak. I think they're hoping you get bor...

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<t>gmc;1495239 wrote: Not likely How much have you seen about this in the mainstream media? There are mass protests throughout europe butb you wouldn;t know that if you just read the dailay mail or watch the bbc. TTIP: Jeremy Corbyn, Nigel Farage, Nicola Sturgeon and Natalie Bennett sign ...

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<t>The first PC I ever owned was built for me back in 2001 and saved me a considerable amount of money. 40gb hard drive and 250kbs memory. My only reason at that time was to burn a cd or two of music of my choosing and occasional downloading. Surfing the net to any extent wasn't much of a considerat...

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<t>I think it's less to do with whether either is Jewish or Muslim and more to do with peoples perception of each as profiled in the media. Zac Goldsmith has done himself no favours by labelling Sadiq Kahn as a "friend of the terrorists". Oddly enough Goldsmith was found to have shared the same plat...

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<t>Could this spell the end or are we expecting too much ? Massive document leak spells 'end of TTIP' | War On Want Additionally, they show that the USA is refusing to accept any 'reforms' suggested by the EU to the hugely controversial investor-state dispute settle...

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<t>LarsMac;1495235 wrote: Well, I'd like to see all of that, but I suspect that by the time that happens, All that I am, now, will have been swirling about the solar system for a few millennia without my really being involved. I'd like to get the chance to pop back in another 4 or 5...

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<t>Mark Aspam;1495218 wrote: I didn't know that there were Lidl stores in GB. In Germany, I used to buy their microwave meals frequently - delicious! Don't remember a warning "contains meat". Both Lidl and Aldi have become ever more popular. There was an initial suspicion about thes...

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<t>Bruv;1495222 wrote: Should I cut my fingernails again ? If you don't, those collective atoms will accelerate Andromeda even further. Apparently, when the inevitable happens and Andromeda meets with the Milky Way and Mankind is still here, we will know very little about...

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G#Gill;1495192 wrote:

Good choice Gill..well, both of them really

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<t>Gravity is one of those strange phenomena that I cant get my head around. It seems counter intuitive to me. I'm not suggesting for a moment that I have the right to understand it. Scientists, after all, don't really understand gravitational forces, fully. That the gravitatio...

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<t>Snowfire;1495160 wrote: As witnessed by this morning's BBC debate on this very subject, it generates so much anger and division, it's hard to see any solution or indeed justice Mind you I remember saying the same thing about the troubles in N.I. and we got a few heads...

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<t>AnneBoleyn;1495154 wrote: You are so transparent. A country, a government, is 'We the People', whether there is a constitution or not. As for the Palestinians, at 9/11 they cheered in the streets, so my interest in their welfare is lagging behind their stupidity, and yes, it was a stupid act. The...

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<r>Bruv;1495137 wrote: I watched an interview this morning on breakfast tv, of a man putting across the Jewish perspective on antisemitism, in relation to the current Labour Party row. He was totally over the top as far as I was concerned, he wouldn't accept any criticism of Israel. ...

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<t>Bruv;1495068 wrote: Is this the ultimate conspiracy theory ? Or is it all part of the Out Campaign ? There are shadowy leaders of financial corporations negotiating with elected politicians in private. Once the plans are agreed, the European commission can wave it...

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I'll let her know that. She told me she read a few of Amanda Holden's tweets...*shrug*

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My wife has suddenly developed a need to sign up to Twitter. She doesn't even have a facebook page.

I'm not sure who she has chosen to follow.

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We don't know what we've got till we've got it. Then it's too late

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