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Llandaff North on Cardiff (Labour Defence)
Result of last election to council (2012): Labour 46, Liberal Democrats 16, Conservatives 7, Indepdendents 4, Plaid Cymru 2 (Labour overall majority of 17)
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Cheers for this, Mr. Hayfield.
Just about everyone's got a seat to defend, it seems.0 -
"This is a Local Election for local people! There's nothing for you here!"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006vm6j0 -
Chestnut
"I personally know a couple.
A retired bus driver and his kitchen assistant wife who bought a property many years ago, the 1960s.......they'll pay £600,000 in IHT".....
Holland run a very effective wealth tax. As things stand the rich just keep getting richer whether they do something or nothing. The poor by contrast fill the soup kitchens and their children will have no future. This is a very real issue that should be addressed. We cannot keep burying our head in the sand.
OT but related. I went to visit the Villa Messina in a relatively smart part of Nice and on both sides of the street were young girls sitting on the pavement each with a child filthy and without shoes begging. That evening I read about a penthouse flat that had just sold in Monaco for $250 million. If there ever is a day of judgement we aren't going to be judged kindly.0 -
Two LD holds likely? The rot has been stopped!
I kid, I know they have actually done better in many of these locals than national results would predict.0 -
Mr. Roger, to be fair, those are two different countries. (France, of course, has no grand prix).0
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Roger said:
"I personally know a couple.
A retired bus driver and his kitchen assistant wife who bought a property many years ago, the 1960s.......they'll pay £600,000 in IHT".....
Holland run a very effective wealth tax. As things stand the rich just keep getting richer whether they do something or nothing. The poor by contrast fill the soup kitchens and their children will have no future. This is a very real issue that should be addressed. We cannot keep burying our head in the sand.
OT but related. I went to visit the Palace de Messina in a relatively smart part of Nice and on both sides of the street were young girls sitting on the pavement each with a child filthy and without shoes begging. That evening I read about a penthouse flat that had just sold in Monaco for $250 million. If there ever is a day of judgement we aren't going to be judged kindly.
Roger, where are these soup kitchens?
Sometimes it's hard not to laugh at the hypocrisy in your posts - swanning around Nice, lunching with poodles and enjoying the delights of your second home whilst bemoaning the unfortunate lives of the poverty stricken.
You're one of the rich (just not as wealthy as those further up the food chain). Sell up, and donate the money to a homeless charity.
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Now muslims try to bastardise UK flag with Palestinian colours- so fed up with muslims trying to destroy our culture pic.twitter.com/eX9U7CVZGl
— David Jones (@DavidJo52951945) October 2, 2014
When will Britain wake up?0 -
One has low taxes, the other has Millipede´s hero as president.0
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What did you do about it?Roger said:Chestnut
"I personally know a couple.
A retired bus driver and his kitchen assistant wife who bought a property many years ago, the 1960s.......they'll pay £600,000 in IHT".....
Holland run a very effective wealth tax. As things stand the rich just keep getting richer whether they do something or nothing. The poor by contrast fill the soup kitchens and their children will have no future. This is a very real issue that should be addressed. We cannot keep burying our head in the sand.
OT but related. I went to visit the Villa Messina in a relatively smart part of Nice and on both sides of the street were young girls sitting on the pavement each with a child filthy and without shoes begging. That evening I read about a penthouse flat that had just sold in Monaco for $250 million. If there ever is a day of judgement we aren't going to be judged kindly.0 -
Hmmmm....now why doesn't everybody in France just move to Monaco?!Itajai said:One has low taxes, the other has Millipede´s hero as president.
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MikeK said:
Now muslims try to bastardise UK flag with Palestinian colours- so fed up with muslims trying to destroy our culture pic.twitter.com/eX9U7CVZGl
— David Jones (@DavidJo52951945) October 2, 2014
When will Britain wake up?
Not while the political and media elite continue to dhimmify.0 -
They decided to vote in someone who promised higher taxes. For the "rich".Peter_the_Punter said:
Hmmmm....now why doesn't everybody in France just move to Monaco?!Itajai said:One has low taxes, the other has Millipede´s hero as president.
Then they realised:
-it didn´t work
-Hollande´s definition of "rich" was not what the army of envy though it would be
For what it´s worth, I much prefer France!0 -
It's alright.Itajai said:
They decided to vote in someone who promised higher taxes. For the "rich".Peter_the_Punter said:
Hmmmm....now why doesn't everybody in France just move to Monaco?!Itajai said:One has low taxes, the other has Millipede´s hero as president.
Then they realised:
-it didn´t work
-Hollande´s definition of "rich" was not what the army of envy though it would be
For what it´s worth, I much prefer France!0 -
Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.0 -
FPT Morris Dancer, hence "I flogged the one-eyed snake."
BTW there's a local by-election coming up in hilarious circumstances, next week. A UKIP councillor has resigned after having been found guilty of arson.
He set fire to his wife's clothes during the course of an argument.0 -
Mr. F, was she wearing them at the time?0
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I'd prefer Nice to Monaco, but wait till Marine gets in. Even Paris may become acceptable to you then. ;-)Itajai said:Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.
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Taxes aren't that high in France for average earners; it's the social charges that are the killer...0
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Surprised this isn't bigger news. Turkish MPs have voted for its military to join the war on ISIS:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-294552040 -
News perhaps, Morris, but no surprise. The Turks must be itching to go get the ba*tards.Morris_Dancer said:Surprised this isn't bigger news. Turkish MPs have voted for its military to join the war on ISIS:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29455204
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I've lived in Nice. I'm shocked anyone could find it nicer than Monaco.Peter_the_Punter said:
I'd prefer Nice to Monaco, but wait till Marine gets in. Even Paris may become acceptable to you then. ;-)Itajai said:Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.
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Mr. Punter, perhaps.
I'm sure Mr. Y0kel can give us more (and more accurate) info, but haven't they been lax letting would-be jihadists get to ISIS? I also imagine many, many Turks are wary about starting a land war with a vicious and pretty successful regime.0 -
Aren't they itching to have a go at the Syrians generally?Peter_the_Punter said:
News perhaps, Morris, but no surprise. The Turks must be itching to go get the ba*tards.Morris_Dancer said:Surprised this isn't bigger news. Turkish MPs have voted for its military to join the war on ISIS:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-294552040 -
"Asbestos victims win damages ruling"
Another Grayling failing?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-294627020 -
Yup.TheWatcher said:
Aren't they itching to have a go at the Syrians generally?Peter_the_Punter said:
News perhaps, Morris, but no surprise. The Turks must be itching to go get the ba*tards.Morris_Dancer said:Surprised this isn't bigger news. Turkish MPs have voted for its military to join the war on ISIS:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29455204
And the Greeks. Well, the ones living in the Seven Sisters Road, anyway.
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What Sir Les Patterson would refer to as, "Polishing the rocket".Sean_F said:FPT Morris Dancer, hence "I flogged the one-eyed snake."
Anyway, we were talking earlier on here about the financial problems of the health service now and in the near future. Those problems are about to get worse I read in the paper.
"Men drinking three pints of beer and women drinking two large glasses of wine per night and who do not cut down within two weeks should be prescribed a new drug, Nice has said.
There are an estimated 750,000 people in the UK who would be eligible for nalmefene who show no overt symptoms associated with their drinking.
The plans mean GPs will actively ask patients about their alcohol consumption even when they see them for unrelated health matter"
This new drug costs three pound a tablet and the person is supposed to take it when they fancy a drink as it supposedly stops them wanting another one. I think of the things the NHS could be spending hundreds of millions a year on people who are not problem drinkers (except as decided by some random decision) must be a about the most wasteful.
If I decide I want two drinks then that is what I want, I am not going to take a tablet to make me only want one, why should I.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/11136111/New-drug-for-mild-alcoholics-drinking-two-glasses-of-wine-a-night.html
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It was Mr Yokel that gave us the heads up the other evening.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Punter, perhaps.
I'm sure Mr. Y0kel can give us more (and more accurate) info, but haven't they been lax letting would-be jihadists get to ISIS? I also imagine many, many Turks are wary about starting a land war with a vicious and pretty successful regime.
It is of course a very close and relevant threat to them. I think they would welcome the chance to sort a few bods out.
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Mr. Llama, that's nanny state nonsense.
I hardly ever drink (wouldn't quite describe myself as teetotal), and that's my choice. If someone offers me a drink and won't take no for an answer they'll get one with four rather than two letters. And if I choose to drink I bloody well will, and don't need the advice of the state on the matter.0 -
Mr. Punter, are the 'bods' ISIS or the Kurds, or both?
Situation could get messier yet.0 -
MikeK said:
Now muslims try to bastardise UK flag with Palestinian colours- so fed up with muslims trying to destroy our culture pic.twitter.com/eX9U7CVZGl
— David Jones (@DavidJo52951945) October 2, 2014
When will Britain wake up?
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/most-pro-israel-country-in-world.html0 -
Depends what's important to you, Lucky.Luckyguy1983 said:
I've lived in Nice. I'm shocked anyone could find it nicer than Monaco.Peter_the_Punter said:
I'd prefer Nice to Monaco, but wait till Marine gets in. Even Paris may become acceptable to you then. ;-)Itajai said:Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.
I like a bit of freedom in my life. Isn't it one copper for every forty civilians in Monaco? I was nearly arrested when last there - for jaywalking.
Nice may be grubbier, but I'm more at ease there.
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In Syria, or the Seven Sisters Road?Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Punter, are the 'bods' ISIS or the Kurds, or both?
Situation could get messier yet.
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Mr. Punter, what is this Seven Sisters Road to which you refer?0
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Monaco is the fourth circle of euro trash hell. It exists as a warning.Luckyguy1983 said:
I've lived in Nice. I'm shocked anyone could find it nicer than Monaco.Peter_the_Punter said:
I'd prefer Nice to Monaco, but wait till Marine gets in. Even Paris may become acceptable to you then. ;-)Itajai said:Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.
Nice is a charming Italian town under French occupation.
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White Dee says she will not now stand for parliament as MP's £67 k annual salary is too much of a pay cut from the £6,000 per night personal appearances she now makes
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/402763/White-Dee-says-MP-67k-salary-is-worthless0 -
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/most-pro-israel-country-in-world.htmlSunil_Prasannan said:MikeK said:Now muslims try to bastardise UK flag with Palestinian colours- so fed up with muslims trying to destroy our culture pic.twitter.com/eX9U7CVZGl
— David Jones (@DavidJo52951945) October 2, 2014
When will Britain wake up?
I guess no one should be too surprised that the countries that like us the least are the countries of Western Europe. They'll be Muslim in another few years
In only a few years?! Why didn't the census warn us this would happen?0 -
Why not do both jobs; many do...HYUFD said:White Dee says she will not now stand for parliament as MP's £67 k annual salary is too much of a pay cut from the £6,000 per night personal appearances she now makes
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/402763/White-Dee-says-MP-67k-salary-is-worthless0 -
Mr. HYUFD, a sign of national decadence and collective madness that is.0
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MD, you need to get out more!Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Punter, what is this Seven Sisters Road to which you refer?
(I always think of the Leyton Buzzards - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDwMutJ-lM8)
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One recent IS atrocity was destroying the Armenian holocaust memorial:Peter_the_Punter said:
News perhaps, Morris, but no surprise. The Turks must be itching to go get the ba*tards.Morris_Dancer said:Surprised this isn't bigger news. Turkish MPs have voted for its military to join the war on ISIS:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29455204
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2014/09/21/der-zor/
Allah Akbar!0 -
They're both horrible. Cap d'Antibes, on the other hand is lovely, although Juan Les Pins gets too crowded for my tastePeter_the_Punter said:
I'd prefer Nice to Monaco, but wait till Marine gets in. Even Paris may become acceptable to you then. ;-)Itajai said:Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.0 -
'And the Benefits Street star now wants welfare spending cut so less of her six-figure earnings go to benefits claimants.'foxinsoxuk said:
Why not do both jobs; many do...HYUFD said:White Dee says she will not now stand for parliament as MP's £67 k annual salary is too much of a pay cut from the £6,000 per night personal appearances she now makes
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/402763/White-Dee-says-MP-67k-salary-is-worthless
Perhaps she'd like to give back a little bit extra too?0 -
If you take nalmefene you won't want any more than the first sip of the first drink...HurstLlama said:
What Sir Les Patterson would refer to as, "Polishing the rocket".Sean_F said:FPT Morris Dancer, hence "I flogged the one-eyed snake."
Anyway, we were talking earlier on here about the financial problems of the health service now and in the near future. Those problems are about to get worse I read in the paper.
"Men drinking three pints of beer and women drinking two large glasses of wine per night and who do not cut down within two weeks should be prescribed a new drug, Nice has said.
There are an estimated 750,000 people in the UK who would be eligible for nalmefene who show no overt symptoms associated with their drinking.
The plans mean GPs will actively ask patients about their alcohol consumption even when they see them for unrelated health matter"
This new drug costs three pound a tablet and the person is supposed to take it when they fancy a drink as it supposedly stops them wanting another one. I think of the things the NHS could be spending hundreds of millions a year on people who are not problem drinkers (except as decided by some random decision) must be a about the most wasteful.
If I decide I want two drinks then that is what I want, I am not going to take a tablet to make me only want one, why should I.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/11136111/New-drug-for-mild-alcoholics-drinking-two-glasses-of-wine-a-night.html0 -
Mr. Omnium, too busy working hard. And also watching Scrubs with German subtitles.
Never heard, or even heard of, that track.0 -
Fox Apparently she does 3 appearances a day0
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But what's a man to do when the wife leaves behind the fridge in such a state?Sean_F said:FPT Morris Dancer, hence "I flogged the one-eyed snake."
BTW there's a local by-election coming up in hilarious circumstances, next week. A UKIP councillor has resigned after having been found guilty of arson.
He set fire to his wife's clothes during the course of an argument.
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MD Indeed, did you also know Joey Essex is worth £10 million, who needs talent and qualifications! Good luck to them, but not exactly making the best of our talents0
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TheWatcher Doubt it, she seems to have gone native and was even speaking at the Tory Conference, she has even said she may vote UKIP, a classic example of socialist to rightwinger as soon as gets some serious cash0
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The absurdity of this is it will just discourage people from going to see GPs until they are so ill they won't want to drink in any case. The problem being that the cost of addressing their illness could well be much larger than otherwise because of this piece of unwarranted authoritarianismHurstLlama said:
What Sir Les Patterson would refer to as, "Polishing the rocket".Sean_F said:FPT Morris Dancer, hence "I flogged the one-eyed snake."
Anyway, we were talking earlier on here about the financial problems of the health service now and in the near future. Those problems are about to get worse I read in the paper.
"Men drinking three pints of beer and women drinking two large glasses of wine per night and who do not cut down within two weeks should be prescribed a new drug, Nice has said.
There are an estimated 750,000 people in the UK who would be eligible for nalmefene who show no overt symptoms associated with their drinking.
The plans mean GPs will actively ask patients about their alcohol consumption even when they see them for unrelated health matter"
This new drug costs three pound a tablet and the person is supposed to take it when they fancy a drink as it supposedly stops them wanting another one. I think of the things the NHS could be spending hundreds of millions a year on people who are not problem drinkers (except as decided by some random decision) must be a about the most wasteful.
If I decide I want two drinks then that is what I want, I am not going to take a tablet to make me only want one, why should I.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/11136111/New-drug-for-mild-alcoholics-drinking-two-glasses-of-wine-a-night.html0 -
I absolutely love that song, brings back memories of nights at the Tottenham RoyalOmnium said:
MD, you need to get out more!Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Punter, what is this Seven Sisters Road to which you refer?
(I always think of the Leyton Buzzards - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDwMutJ-lM8)0 -
Lol!Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Punter, what is this Seven Sisters Road to which you refer?
It runs from Finsbury Park to Tottenham. I don't honestly know what it's like now but when I were a lad it was notable for the large Greek and Turkish populations living either side. Things sometimes got a bit tense between the two communities, especially at times like the Turkish invasion of Northern Cyprus, or when Panathinaikos played Galatasaray.
Incidentally, it helped teach me about arbitrage. Arsenal's ground once stood close to the Finsbury Park End, and Tottenham's home at White Hart Lane can be found at the other. Many years ago the two teams met in the Cup. They were fairly closely matched at the time. (It was a very long time ago.) But if you went to a bookies at one end of the Seven Sisters Road you could get odds against Arsenal, and at the other end odds against Tottenham.
It was a nice little earner, even after deducting the cost of the bus fare.
Toodle pip. Must away.0 -
That is more than Gordon Brown does in a year!HYUFD said:Fox Apparently she does 3 appearances a day
I vaguely recall that she was on a form of disability benefit, so it is heartening the improvement in her health!0 -
Do the German subtitles fit on the screen - I imagine there are some pretty chunky words used in what I take is a medical drama. "Pass the Handtuchfurblutundgutsmitsenf please nurse" for "tissue please"?Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Omnium, too busy working hard. And also watching Scrubs with German subtitles.
Never heard, or even heard of, that track.
I looked at the Wikipedia article for SSR - somehow it's a bit more culturally important than it's made out to be - I think just the name is evocative.
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Ah...The Dave Clark Five! What memories.nigel4england said:
I absolutely love that song, brings back memories of nights at the Tottenham RoyalOmnium said:
MD, you need to get out more!Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Punter, what is this Seven Sisters Road to which you refer?
(I always think of the Leyton Buzzards - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDwMutJ-lM8)0 -
I know that @Roger has agreed that he does prefer Cannes...
http://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=4e3jmtyLG8k
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Fox Yes, cannot comment on her previous disability, but remarkable what a £6,000 appearance fee can do for your health!0
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Dropped my brothers ashes in the Med off the Cap d'Antibes last year. Idyllic placeCharles said:
They're both horrible. Cap d'Antibes, on the other hand is lovely, although Juan Les Pins gets too crowded for my tastePeter_the_Punter said:
I'd prefer Nice to Monaco, but wait till Marine gets in. Even Paris may become acceptable to you then. ;-)Itajai said:Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.0 -
Mr. HYUFD, well, quite. I must say, I don't begrudge them their fortunes, I only wish mine were larger.
Mr. Punter, thanks for that interesting explanation. I wonder if the Greeks and Turks would get along better if Byzantium had never fallen...
Mr. Omnium, they do paraphrase sometimes (my German's not great but I can sometimes spot when they use different terms). I wish more DVDs had German subtitles. Baffling that Game of Thrones has tons of languages aber nicht Deutsch. Schade.0 -
Interesting development.Peter_the_Punter said:
It was Mr Yokel that gave us the heads up the other evening.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Punter, perhaps.
I'm sure Mr. Y0kel can give us more (and more accurate) info, but haven't they been lax letting would-be jihadists get to ISIS? I also imagine many, many Turks are wary about starting a land war with a vicious and pretty successful regime.
It is of course a very close and relevant threat to them. I think they would welcome the chance to sort a few bods out.
Is the Turkish military highly rated? I sort of have feeling that it is, but that may be just an unconscious thing from having seen the film "Gallipoli".
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Man of the people, our Roger.dr_spyn said:I know that @Roger has agreed that he does prefer Cannes...
http://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=4e3jmtyLG8k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e3jmtyLG8k0 -
I´d say more typical is the Millepede way. Get rich, sign up to tax avoidance schemes, then tell everyone how much more tax they should pay. Taxes you have exempted yourself from of course.HYUFD said:TheWatcher Doubt it, she seems to have gone native and was even speaking at the Tory Conference, she has even said she may vote UKIP, a classic example of socialist to rightwinger as soon as gets some serious cash
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MD Indeed, don't we all (though I suspect a few pb regulars run them close). I suppose if people are willing to spend their hard earned cash to watch them and pay to meet them it is not White Dee and Joey Essex who come out as the dunces!0
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Don't know about their military, but their soccer fans can be a bit of a handful.Fat_Steve said:
Interesting development.Peter_the_Punter said:
It was Mr Yokel that gave us the heads up the other evening.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Punter, perhaps.
I'm sure Mr. Y0kel can give us more (and more accurate) info, but haven't they been lax letting would-be jihadists get to ISIS? I also imagine many, many Turks are wary about starting a land war with a vicious and pretty successful regime.
It is of course a very close and relevant threat to them. I think they would welcome the chance to sort a few bods out.
Is the Turkish military highly rated? I sort of have feeling that it is, but that may be just an unconscious thing from having seen the film "Gallipoli".
Ok, I'm getting me coat.
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I suppose White Dee could have at least said she did not study PPE!0
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MD - German's a great language in many ways. I suspect that there are many things that one can say that really sound best in German. Tank-driving holidays in France for example.
Nigel4England - yeah it's terrible but somehow great.0 -
Mr. HYUFD, well, quite.
Mr. Omnium, I really liked German at school. Mentioned it before, but I used to play videogames in German sometimes. Sadly I think the last time I had that option was on the PS2.0 -
Itajai Do as I say, not as I do0
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We honeymooned there and in Capri, which were both lovely. But I've set a high bar for future anniversaries... ;-)philiph said:
Dropped my brothers ashes in the Med off the Cap d'Antibes last year. Idyllic placeCharles said:
They're both horrible. Cap d'Antibes, on the other hand is lovely, although Juan Les Pins gets too crowded for my tastePeter_the_Punter said:
I'd prefer Nice to Monaco, but wait till Marine gets in. Even Paris may become acceptable to you then. ;-)Itajai said:Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.
http://www.hotel-du-cap-eden-roc.com/eng/home/?0 -
If I had my way, I'd measure my alcohol blood levels in pints = and yes I mean that way round ;^ )
And what on Earth is a mild alcoholic when they're about? It's like being a bit pregnant. I do hate this Nanny State malarkey. Still, minimum pricing never made it out of the starting gate, so at least that's one small mercy.manofkent2014 said:
The absurdity of this is it will just discourage people from going to see GPs until they are so ill they won't want to drink in any case. The problem being that the cost of addressing their illness could well be much larger than otherwise because of this piece of unwarranted authoritarianismHurstLlama said:
What Sir Les Patterson would refer to as, "Polishing the rocket".Sean_F said:FPT Morris Dancer, hence "I flogged the one-eyed snake."
Anyway, we were talking earlier on here about the financial problems of the health service now and in the near future. Those problems are about to get worse I read in the paper.
"Men drinking three pints of beer and women drinking two large glasses of wine per night and who do not cut down within two weeks should be prescribed a new drug, Nice has said.
There are an estimated 750,000 people in the UK who would be eligible for nalmefene who show no overt symptoms associated with their drinking.
The plans mean GPs will actively ask patients about their alcohol consumption even when they see them for unrelated health matter"
This new drug costs three pound a tablet and the person is supposed to take it when they fancy a drink as it supposedly stops them wanting another one. I think of the things the NHS could be spending hundreds of millions a year on people who are not problem drinkers (except as decided by some random decision) must be a about the most wasteful.
If I decide I want two drinks then that is what I want, I am not going to take a tablet to make me only want one, why should I.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/11136111/New-drug-for-mild-alcoholics-drinking-two-glasses-of-wine-a-night.html0 -
A pod in Finland under the Northern Lights?Charles said:
We honeymooned there and in Capri, which were both lovely. But I've set a high bar for future anniversaries... ;-)philiph said:
Dropped my brothers ashes in the Med off the Cap d'Antibes last year. Idyllic placeCharles said:
They're both horrible. Cap d'Antibes, on the other hand is lovely, although Juan Les Pins gets too crowded for my tastePeter_the_Punter said:
I'd prefer Nice to Monaco, but wait till Marine gets in. Even Paris may become acceptable to you then. ;-)Itajai said:Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.
http://www.hotel-du-cap-eden-roc.com/eng/home/?0 -
I recommend Wolverhampton, your wife will certainly remember it.Charles said:
We honeymooned there and in Capri, which were both lovely. But I've set a high bar for future anniversaries... ;-)philiph said:
Dropped my brothers ashes in the Med off the Cap d'Antibes last year. Idyllic placeCharles said:
They're both horrible. Cap d'Antibes, on the other hand is lovely, although Juan Les Pins gets too crowded for my tastePeter_the_Punter said:
I'd prefer Nice to Monaco, but wait till Marine gets in. Even Paris may become acceptable to you then. ;-)Itajai said:Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.
http://www.hotel-du-cap-eden-roc.com/eng/home/?0 -
JFK's grandson gifts George HW Bush Profile in Courage Award at his home in Kennebunkport
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/jfk-grandson-gifts-george-h-w-bush-profile-courage-award-article-1.19594290 -
Richest area for each Local Authority in England and Wales http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11136151/Mapped-here-are-the-richest-places-in-every-part-of-England-and-Wales.html?fb0
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Plato said:
If I had my way, I'd measure my alcohol blood levels in pints = and yes I mean that way round ;^ )
And what on Earth is a mild alcoholic when they're about? It's like being a bit pregnant. I do hate this Nanny State malarkey. Still, minimum pricing never made it out of the starting gate, so at least that's one small mercy.manofkent2014 said:
The absurdity of this is it will just discourage people from going to see GPs until they are so ill they won't want to drink in any case. The problem being that the cost of addressing their illness could well be much larger than otherwise because of this piece of unwarranted authoritarianismHurstLlama said:
What Sir Les Patterson would refer to as, "Polishing the rocket".Sean_F said:FPT Morris Dancer, hence "I flogged the one-eyed snake."
Anyway, we were talking earlier on here about the financial problems of the health service now and in the near future. Those problems are about to get worse I read in the paper.
"Men drinking three pints of beer and women drinking two large glasses of wine per night and who do not cut down within two weeks should be prescribed a new drug, Nice has said.
There are an estimated 750,000 people in the UK who would be eligible for nalmefene who show no overt symptoms associated with their drinking.
The plans mean GPs will actively ask patients about their alcohol consumption even when they see them for unrelated health matter"
This new drug costs three pound a tablet and the person is supposed to take it when they fancy a drink as it supposedly stops them wanting another one. I think of the things the NHS could be spending hundreds of millions a year on people who are not problem drinkers (except as decided by some random decision) must be a about the most wasteful.
If I decide I want two drinks then that is what I want, I am not going to take a tablet to make me only want one, why should I.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/11136111/New-drug-for-mild-alcoholics-drinking-two-glasses-of-wine-a-night.html
I think there is an old saying* in the navy like "if it moves shoot it, if it doesn't paint it."
I think that governments have a simple mantra too: "if it makes money tax it, if it's enjoyable ban it".
It doesn't seem to get more complicated than that.
* waits to be corrected.
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French citizens are not exempt from French taxes if they live in Monaco, all part of an agreement between Monaco and France. Non French citizens are of course.Peter_the_Punter said:
Hmmmm....now why doesn't everybody in France just move to Monaco?!Itajai said:One has low taxes, the other has Millipede´s hero as president.
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You are being very harsh of Wolverhampton. I always say to a friend of mine, if you set an atom bomb off in Wednesbury it would do £5's worth of damage. He comes from near there.Alanbrooke said:
I recommend Wolverhampton, your wife will certainly remember it.Charles said:
We honeymooned there and in Capri, which were both lovely. But I've set a high bar for future anniversaries... ;-)philiph said:
Dropped my brothers ashes in the Med off the Cap d'Antibes last year. Idyllic placeCharles said:
They're both horrible. Cap d'Antibes, on the other hand is lovely, although Juan Les Pins gets too crowded for my tastePeter_the_Punter said:
I'd prefer Nice to Monaco, but wait till Marine gets in. Even Paris may become acceptable to you then. ;-)Itajai said:Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.
http://www.hotel-du-cap-eden-roc.com/eng/home/?0 -
Nice - too many Russian hookers.MonikerDiCanio said:
Monaco is the fourth circle of euro trash hell. It exists as a warning.Luckyguy1983 said:
I've lived in Nice. I'm shocked anyone could find it nicer than Monaco.Peter_the_Punter said:
I'd prefer Nice to Monaco, but wait till Marine gets in. Even Paris may become acceptable to you then. ;-)Itajai said:Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.
Nice is a charming Italian town under French occupation.
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I suggested champagne on Thor Peak, Baffin Island. But my wife suggested that I could do that on my own...philiph said:
A pod in Finland under the Northern Lights?Charles said:
We honeymooned there and in Capri, which were both lovely. But I've set a high bar for future anniversaries... ;-)philiph said:
Dropped my brothers ashes in the Med off the Cap d'Antibes last year. Idyllic placeCharles said:
They're both horrible. Cap d'Antibes, on the other hand is lovely, although Juan Les Pins gets too crowded for my tastePeter_the_Punter said:
I'd prefer Nice to Monaco, but wait till Marine gets in. Even Paris may become acceptable to you then. ;-)Itajai said:Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.
http://www.hotel-du-cap-eden-roc.com/eng/home/?
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/thor-peak-from-weasel-valley-auyuittuq-high-res-stock-photography/1023294040 -
I always think the same of London :-)Flightpath said:
You are being very harsh of Wolverhampton. I always say to a friend of mine, if you set an atom bomb off in Wednesbury it would do £5's worth of damage. He comes from near there.Alanbrooke said:
I recommend Wolverhampton, your wife will certainly remember it.Charles said:
We honeymooned there and in Capri, which were both lovely. But I've set a high bar for future anniversaries... ;-)philiph said:
Dropped my brothers ashes in the Med off the Cap d'Antibes last year. Idyllic placeCharles said:
They're both horrible. Cap d'Antibes, on the other hand is lovely, although Juan Les Pins gets too crowded for my tastePeter_the_Punter said:
I'd prefer Nice to Monaco, but wait till Marine gets in. Even Paris may become acceptable to you then. ;-)Itajai said:Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.
http://www.hotel-du-cap-eden-roc.com/eng/home/?0 -
The joke going around when the riots happened. "There was also a serious outbreak of riots in Newport (my fine home town), they caused £90,000 pounds worth of improvements"Flightpath said:
You are being very harsh of Wolverhampton. I always say to a friend of mine, if you set an atom bomb off in Wednesbury it would do £5's worth of damage. He comes from near there.Alanbrooke said:
I recommend Wolverhampton, your wife will certainly remember it.Charles said:
We honeymooned there and in Capri, which were both lovely. But I've set a high bar for future anniversaries... ;-)philiph said:
Dropped my brothers ashes in the Med off the Cap d'Antibes last year. Idyllic placeCharles said:
They're both horrible. Cap d'Antibes, on the other hand is lovely, although Juan Les Pins gets too crowded for my tastePeter_the_Punter said:
I'd prefer Nice to Monaco, but wait till Marine gets in. Even Paris may become acceptable to you then. ;-)Itajai said:Though not necessarily Paris!
Or the north.
http://www.hotel-du-cap-eden-roc.com/eng/home/?0 -
Fascinating stuff. I apparently live squashed in on 2 sides by rich people. Though that's better than the citizens of Blandford, who are apparently walled in, one hopes not literally, by their richer brethren.HYUFD said:Richest area for each Local Authority in England and Wales http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11136151/Mapped-here-are-the-richest-places-in-every-part-of-England-and-Wales.html?fb
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Geschwindigkeitsueberschreitung, for example, which is so much more extravagantly Toad of Toad Hall redolent of Porsches on Autobahns than mere "speeding", which is much more of "35 in a 30 zone" sort of a word for me.Omnium said:MD - German's a great language in many ways. I suspect that there are many things that one can say that really sound best in German. Tank-driving holidays in France for example.
Nigel4England - yeah it's terrible but somehow great.0 -
Quite. If the medical profession could tick us off about the sex we have/HMG could tax it - I'm sure they would.
Some medical bod told me the other day that the type of music I like wasn't good for me - and should restrict it to two hours a day. Seriously. And we're not talking about the volume of it either - just the content. I only mentioned it in passing as a small talk.
I was WTF - GET A LIFE... What sort of music is acceptable FFS?
EDIT - in case you're curious I mentioned Alice Cooper, PiL, The Damned and Talking Heads.MarkHopkins said:Plato said:If I had my way, I'd measure my alcohol blood levels in pints = and yes I mean that way round ;^ )
snipmanofkent2014 said:
The absurdity of this is it will just discourage people from going to see GPs until they are so ill they won't want to drink in any case. The problem being that the cost of addressing their illness could well be much larger than otherwise because of this piece of unwarranted authoritarianismHurstLlama said:
What Sir Les Patterson would refer to as, "Polishing the rocket".Sean_F said:FPT Morris Dancer, hence "I flogged the one-eyed snake."
Anyway, we were talking earlier on here about the financial problems of the health service now and in the near future. Those problems are about to get worse I read in the paper.
"Men drinking three pints of beer and women drinking two large glasses of wine per night and who do not cut down within two weeks should be prescribed a new drug, Nice has said.
There are an estimated 750,000 people in the UK who would be eligible for nalmefene who show no overt symptoms associated with their drinking.
The plans mean GPs will actively ask patients about their alcohol consumption even when they see them for unrelated health matter"
This new drug costs three pound a tablet and the person is supposed to take it when they fancy a drink as it supposedly stops them wanting another one. I think of the things the NHS could be spending hundreds of millions a year on people who are not problem drinkers (except as decided by some random decision) must be a about the most wasteful.
If I decide I want two drinks then that is what I want, I am not going to take a tablet to make me only want one, why should I.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/11136111/New-drug-for-mild-alcoholics-drinking-two-glasses-of-wine-a-night.html
I think there is an old saying* in the navy like "if it moves shoot it, if it doesn't paint it."
I think that governments have a simple mantra too: "if it makes money tax it, if it's enjoyable ban it".
It doesn't seem to get more complicated than that.
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kle4 Well I suppose you may benefit from a literal 'trickle down effect', particularly on local house prices0
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Geschwindigkeitsueberschreitung looks like something a cat would type when it stands on the keyboard.welshowl said:
Geschwindigkeitsueberschreitung, for example, which is so much more extravagantly Toad of Toad Hall redolent of Porsches on Autobahns than mere "speeding", which is much more of "35 in a 30 zone" sort of a word for me.Omnium said:MD - German's a great language in many ways. I suspect that there are many things that one can say that really sound best in German. Tank-driving holidays in France for example.
Nigel4England - yeah it's terrible but somehow great.0 -
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HurstLlama said:
"Men drinking three pints of beer and women drinking two large glasses of wine per night and who do not cut down within two weeks should be prescribed a new drug, Nice has said. There are an estimated 750,000 people in the UK who would be eligible for nalmefene who show no overt symptoms associated with their drinking.
The plans mean GPs will actively ask patients about their alcohol consumption even when they see them for unrelated health matter"
Speaking as someone who buried an alcoholic friend less than 12 months ago (the 3rd one in five years), I feel quite sure that this will never work. My friend would simply never have taken the pill, so you would have had to send someone round to make her take it every day. Someone big and beefy because when you cornered her about alcohol she would yell, fight, scream, kick and punch.
Ironically, it seems that it was the NHS that accidently killed her off. As she had multiple organ failure the doctors had to stick more and more needles in to her for this, that or the other. Eventually something somewhere was thinner than expected and a needle punctured her bowel. Since they could not operate (anaesthetic would kill her) she died of peritonitis.
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Clever moggy to be able to write in German ;-)Plato said:Geschwindigkeitsueberschreitung looks like something a cat would type when it stands on the keyboard.
welshowl said:
Geschwindigkeitsueberschreitung, for example, which is so much more extravagantly Toad of Toad Hall redolent of Porsches on Autobahns than mere "speeding", which is much more of "35 in a 30 zone" sort of a word for me.Omnium said:MD - German's a great language in many ways. I suspect that there are many things that one can say that really sound best in German. Tank-driving holidays in France for example.
Nigel4England - yeah it's terrible but somehow great.0 -
Turkish attitude to the conflict in the region is mixed, not the least in the government. Fear, opportunism and faith all play large roles.Morris_Dancer said:Surprised this isn't bigger news. Turkish MPs have voted for its military to join the war on ISIS:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29455204
On another mater, some on here have occasionally been commenting on the Turkish government failing to stop fighters going over to ISIS. Well, that's easier said than done: they have to allow refugees to cross (Turkey's done a brilliant job wrt refugees so far), which makes the border porous. Add in the official traffic (aid, supplies to rebels etc) crossing over and it's a nightmare.
And the length of the border also makes it near to impossible: 700 miles for the combined Iraq-Syria border - further than the distance between London and Wick by road, and much of it mountainous. People will get through if they are determined.
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Slightly surprised that I live in the highest earning part of Norwich. I'm certainly not one of them.HYUFD said:Richest area for each Local Authority in England and Wales http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11136151/Mapped-here-are-the-richest-places-in-every-part-of-England-and-Wales.html?fb
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welshowl Well it is still quite Green until just before Newport station, you go over a river and Newport Castle is on the left0
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I wonder if Llandaff north independents are Tories? Something like that happened in Rhiwbina. That's an astonishingly poor vote share for the Tories in what is one of the more affluent parts of Cardiff.0
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Absolutely right of course in all seriousness. There again ( not that I'm biased of course, heaven forfend ) Newport's main issue, as I've always seen it, is it's too close to Cardiff and suffers accordingly from being in its shadow, sadly for it.HYUFD said:welshowl Well it is still quite Green until just before Newport station, you go over a river and Newport Castle is on the left
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Thanks to Harry.Some interest in South Northants but even if Ukip win it's unlikely Andrea Leadsom will lose much sleep.0
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Eastwinger/kle4 Seems most pbers in/close to more refined areas of their locales0
