Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

"Gormless", "Stupid", “Daft”,

Perhaps such judgements “could “, “should” be based on awareness and of consequences.
Although the “dangers” of petrol is apparent to many it does not mean to all.

The opinion that the “informed” think that the “uniformed” are stupid may be a fallacy.

I know many supposed intelligent people with large “data bases” of “facts”. Many of them I wouldn’t trust to make “beans on toast” for me.

When young I use to handle “detonators”, (fulminate of mercury) and could use them with little danger to myself. I can remember the excitement of them exploding.

However, the dangers had been shown to me, before I was allowed to handle them. I was cautious.

With the society we have at the moment with it safety precautions, rules and regulation many are not really exposed to the dangers of commonplace hazards.

That is why Maudica’s suggestion about “storing” fuels was stupid.

He may know how to store and handle such material, but he made an assumptions that “all” others “do”.

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Would anybody like to see the poisons in my garden shed?


Free tasting for some.

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Round up kills only green things ? just a thought

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N,
Not feeling heavy at the moment, just irritable.

Never been very PC for its own sake.


But, I do reflect at my own dumbness I got "away" with, while trying to make unstable "halogens" as a teenager, consider myself very lucky. Others were disappointed with my luck.

Also, recall distilling alcohol from “rice and potato wine” smuggled into the school chemistry lab.

Haven’t the rules changed!

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PS.

I am going to check with an elderly sister, whether "louse" was used by my father when somebody was "two ounces short of a pound".

Yep m, anything green. Green grass, green plants,envious or jealous,immature or gullible, green people concerned with enviromental issues, green vegetables. :-))
Anything that moves that is green come to think of it.

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N,

No offence taken.

I am just wondering.

But "we" is "all right", or "alright".

Depends when or where.

8-)

Have a good "weekend"!


I hope I got that right.

Fred
The list of what Scargill did wrong is quite long. One is that he would not call for a strike vote.

I thought and still think that the local community charge (or what you call the poll tax) was an excellent policy. It would have meant that the amount of tax paid by a household would be related to the number of income tax payers (people with jobs). If you were unemployed you would have had benefits to cover the tax. Why should an old woman living alone pay as much rates as a family next door with four tax paying adults who consume at least four times the services?

Hays,

I quite agree, Scargill should have had a mandate of the whole union. That he did not was wrong and he was rightly condemned for failing to do so. Probably, he would have got his mandate. But at that period there was some disarray within the unions and lack of "unity" or "trust" between areas and also between the unions of other industries.

Many unions did not agree with Scargill or his motivation for his actions.

(Perhaps, two deranged leaders were on the stage at the same time.)


This is beginning to worry me.

The Poll Tax, again I agree with you are argued its was more sensible than portrayed.

But it was again a stick, which was wielded by many "tory" party members, to rid themselves of Maggie.

Also Scargill took money from Gaddafi. And he still hasn't given back the mansion that was provided by his union as part of his job .

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http://youtu.be/8kvWS1XwCMM

Scargill also received money from the Russians to aid his 'revolution'.

The great comb over.

Is Aschroft still bailing out the tory party.

Or has he done to his own economy what Dithering Dave Cameron and Georgie Boy have done to the UK economy over the last two years.

Were we in recession in the last quarter?

Mind if I had £250,000 I think I would find a better home than 10 Downing Street.

Perhaps, they are hoping better times.


Bye the way, were those sums before tax?

Britons are falling 19 years behind schedule in fulfilling their dreams
Published on Saturday 31 March 2012 06:00


THE average British adult is up to 19 years behind schedule with their ‘life plan’, according to research carried out on behalf of Skipton Building Society.


The study suggests that millions of people have struggled to achieve milestones such as owning a house, getting married and starting a family.

Many people who have failed to achieve their goals blame a low level of disposable income, high property prices and limited access to home loans.

The study also revealed that the average person expects to move out of their parents’ house by the age of 22, but in fact 13 per cent of adults are still living with their mum and dad at the age 40. And while many hope to meet their ideal partner by 25, 33 per cent are still looking for love 15 years later.

According to the research, the average British teenager hopes to earn more than £30,000 a year by the time they reach 31.

However, for 71 per cent of respondents this dream has yet to become a reality.

Skipton Building Society’s Tracy Fletcher said of the findings: “When you are growing up, you have very set ideas about when you will have that big white wedding, be carried over the threshold of your brand new house and cradle your first child in your arms.

“Unfortunately, our survey shows that, while the majority of people hope to have achieved most of their goals in their twenties, it is more likely to be late thirties or early forties before many are accomplished.

“And money is a key factor for many of these milestones, as people just can’t afford to set foot on the housing ladder and feel lucky to have any sort of job let alone earn a packet, or buy a car.’’

The report revealed that most adults hope to become the owners of a house or flat by the age 27, but 32 per cent are still renting well into their 40s.

Most teenagers believe 28 is the ideal age to get married, but 48 per cent of Britons are still officially single by the time they turn 40. Most said they hoped to start a family by 28, but 38 per cent are unlikely to have done so by the time they are in their late thirties.

Ms Fletcher added: “There’s nothing wrong with thinking about the future, quite the opposite in fact...our survey shows that people need to spend a little time working out their end of the deal.”

The findings are based on a poll of 1,000 UK residents aged 35 to 40

Are the unions and Unite in particular, still bailing out the Labour party?

Ed Miliband has published a list of 43 meetings and dinners with major donors to the Labour Party, including several union bosses,

It revealed that Mr Miliband has met Len McCluskey, the leader of Britain's largest union, Unite, on eight occasions since becoming leader. Unite, which is currently threatening to take petrol tanker drivers out on strike, has donated more than £5 million to Labour under Mr Miliband's leadership.

Other union leaders meeting the Labour leader included Dave Prentis of Unison (five meetings after £2.4 million of donations) and Paul Kenny of the GMB (six meetings after donations totalling £2.5 million).

Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party Baroness Warsi said: "This is damning proof that the Labour Party is the political wing of 'Red' Len McCluskey's Unite trade union. And 'Red' Len – who wants to bring chaos to our Olympics and damage our economy with a reckless fuel tanker strike – has made clear this is cash for policies.

"It's no wonder Ed Miliband is too weak condemn Unite's irresponsible strike threat when he's earning £630,000 for every dinner with his union paymaster."