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.

Greekman

White collar boxing is mostly blue collar now , lot's of ex pro & amateur boxers who are to old at 34 to compete, also MMA fighters.

That's a very funny list of jokes. this one i want to tell a friend of mine who's son works in Korea "I start a new job in Seoul next week. I thought it was a good Korea move"

Aldwickk,

The main problem I have is that my club will only allow me to body spar, which is not much good as you always know where the shots are going to.
I do see their point though, as if I received a head injury, the club could be liable if I took them to court.
I have also as already said, found that head shot do hurt more and can more easily cause headaches.
This is down to the fact that the neck muscles are far less flexible, so don't tend to absorb or ride the blows easily.
Mind you at 64, I still have a powerful punch that surprises a lot of boxers much younger than myself, but that don't help much if your too slow to hit any of them, or to slow to move out the way of their shots.
Still, I throughly enjoy what is to me the best sport there is.
I also regularly train to the CD of Rocky, which always inspires me.

The 1st rule of Fight Club is ....................

What a good way to spend 8 weeks.

Moving Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 jet engine made from Lego bricks


A moving replica of a jet engine has been made out of thousands of Lego bricks.

The half-size replica of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine has been created to inspire young people to pursue careers in engineering.

It was made by professional Lego builders Bright Bricks, with advice from a team of graduates and apprentices from Rolls-Royce.

Staff at Rolls-Royce in Derby have been inspecting the engine this week.

The inspiration for the model came from a five-year-old boy.

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I occasionally have a look at this thread during the day to lighten the load of a dismal day's trading. I don't expect a load of dots to reward my effort! More self opinionated, bigoted cr*p please.

" More self opinionated, bigoted cr*p please."

Come on Fred you can do better then --

Another Troll alert.

That was so unfunny Stan

It wasn't meant to be, it was an alert.

Well said, Harrycat.

I often visit this thread due to seeing an un-read post, and like you get annoyed just to find out the posts, sometimes several in a row, contain dots or another single symbol and nothing else.

I appreciate these posters are sending some sort of message, but as a technophobe, I haven't a clue what they are.

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N,

I appreciate your "." for the artistic meaningful depth of understanding that they are in-putted with.

Modern art, at its best!

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Mnamreh,

I appreciate your posts were not intended to annoy, (I get annoyed very easily, just ask the wife) so please reconsider not posting again.

I have enjoyed our communicating on this thread and although I am sure we have not always agreed, I have found your 'content' posts well argued and your views relevant.

If you leave this thread, as I did for a few weeks, because of the replying to the idiots I have on squelch, the muppets will have won.

If you do stay or leave, best regards.

Greek.

It is good to see Osborne is growing up and recognising that UK economic problems are link into European and World economies and that Britain is not an “Island unto itself”.

Also, it is good to see that he is at last trying to plough money into the infrastructure in order to stimulate the economy.

(Devaluing the pound in his and your pocket.)

Now, he needs to do now is reduce VaT

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In the Press

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Mr Cameron says that he now expects the crisis in the eurozone to drag on for years, blighting the British economy. He indicates that the programme of spending cuts, initially planned to take five years, is now likely to last for the entire decade. Mr Cameron insists that he still wants to cut tax but that any reductions would have to be funded by even greater public spending reductions. Asked whether the austerity programme would now last a decade until 2020, the Prime Minister replies: “I think it’s going to be...this is a period for all countries, not just in Europe but I think you will see it in America too, where we have to deal with our deficits and we have to have sustainable debts. I can’t see any time soon when…the pressure will be off.

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From Yahoo

“"No man is an island unto himself"

“Donne is comparing all of mankind to a continent and therefore each person is a piece of the continent , not an island. Donne goes on to say that if a clod breaks off from a continent , the continent is less than it was before. Therefore when one person dies, all of mankind is lessened by that death. Thus, he indicates that one should not ask for whom the bell tolls announcing someone's death but rather it tolls for everyone.”

Perhaps, worth remembering by some of the little Englanders.


No Man Is An Island

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

John Donne

Apple must run "Samsung did not copy iPad" ads - report


(Reuters) - Apple (AAPL.O) has been instructed by a British judge to run ads saying that Samsung (005930.KS) did not copy its design for the iPad in the latest twist in the ongoing patent battles between the two tech giants, according to Bloomberg.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/333795/Now-Britain-exports-more-to-rest-of-the-world-than-EU

BRITAIN sent a defiant message to Europe yesterday after it emerged our trade is booming with the rest of the world.
We are exporting more goods to non-EU countries than those in the economic bloc for the first time in 40 years, figures showed.
It delivers a crushing blow to the Euro-­fanatics who insist that we can’t survive without Brussels

Perhaps, the EU don't want UK products!

World population 7 billion people.

EU population approx 730million

UK population approx 65 million.

The channel is an expensive drop of water.

The EU accounts for over 40% of UK exports, but the percentage is dropping and if the EU "devalues" in one way or another the percentage will drop further and the UK GDP will follow to a degree.