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.

For those who like a drink at home or whilst entertainly have a look at Morrisons recent offers on wines and spirits.

Bad for your health. :-))

on a detox at the moment.:-))

Detox - what the hell is one of those!! Managed to survive 3 months off being 65 and not had one. Just thought I would tell you all that there are good offers on and great to have in if one entertains.

i entertain myself, and rarely go an evening without (decent) wine .... tonight a bottle of 2009 fleurie with some roast loin of pork stuffed with prunes marinated in brandy+walnuts+sage .... shall make a sauce from sherry and the rest of the prunes etc ..... yummy yummy i hope

Sounds delicious. I have always been partial to Fleurie, but it is somewhat variable in quality. Where do you get yours?

Detox- treatment to rid the body of poisonous sustances, esp alcohol. lol(and gin!!!)

I saw they have half price wines.

i bought a variety of cru beaujolais 2009 through domaine direct .... it was a great vintage and i bought quite a lot as some will drink now and some will still be good in 5+ years time

Analysis - No quick fix for Britain's overloaded infrastructure

LONDON | Mon Mar 18, 2013 4:25pm GMT
(Reuters) - After heavy rainfall, raw sewage gushes into the River Thames from a network of dank sewers beneath the streets of London.

A Victorian-era problem that has never been fixed, the cobweb-laced tunnels just metres from a new underground railway station at Blackfriars underscore Britain's infrastructure backlog.
.
.
.
.
.
For now, workers known as "flushers" struggle to keep the flow of waste clear from used wet-wipes and congealed cooking fat.

LEVERSON. so now the MPs have made sure that the press can no longer report
them from breaking the law stealing tax payers money .and fiddling there taxes
OSBORNE said he did not pay the 50P tax

WAS HE TELLING LIES OR FIDDLING IS TAXES
THE TAX MAN WILL TURN A BLIND EYE AND WILL NOT ASK ANY QUESTION OF ANY MP they can do anything now without being caught

the public have been stuffed by a corrupt uk government

to get back to a bit of sanity ......
what time is "the boy" due to get on his hind legs for the budget speech?

This can be his back DROP.

Gross Domestic Product -0.3% (Q4 2012)
compared to growth of 0.9 per cent in Q3 2012 (Quarterly), UK. seasonally adjusted, chained volume measure. Last updated: 27 February 2013
Household final consumption expenditure 0.2% (Q4 2012)
compared with 0.3 per cent growth in Q3 2012 (Quarterly), UK. seasonally adjusted, chained volume measure. Last updated: 27 February 2013
Trade in goods and services -£2.4bn (January 2013)
compared with -£2.8bn in December 2012. (Monthly), UK. Total Trade Balance, Seasonally Adjusted. Last updated: 12 March 2013
Public Sector Net Borrowing excluding financial interventions £-11.4 billion (January 2013)
this is £5.0 billion lower net borrowing than in January 2012 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 21 February 2013
Public Sector Net Debt excluding financial interventions £1162.8 billion (January 2013)
this compares to £1071.2 billion at the end of January 2012 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 21 February 2013
top

Pretty much what you expect in a recession, especially when the EU countries are in a far worse state than we are. Overall, it looks pretty good allowing for current conditions. Osborne looks to be doing a good job.

It would certainly be a lot worse with a left leaning government.

I think George should blame the Cypriots for the Uk's economic disaster.

The new Levels on regulations are unlikely to do much. It is interesting to note that all the events that caused the Leveson were investigated and people charged under legislation that already existed. None of the events investigated by Leveson would be referred to any new regulatory framework.

Noticed that Cameron didn't turn up for the last negotiation night.

Probably protecting his ------- as usual.


Mind the Press seem enthusiastic about the decisions.


Cameron reminds me more and more of Blair, out of touch and should be concentrating on his legacy.

-----------

There's nothing like subtlety and this is nothing like....

Putin Buddy Gets $7 Billion of Deals for Sochi Olympics

Skinny,

As you can witness from this country and other countries, power tend to corrupt.

It tends to blind some from what maybe their overall responsibilities.

I would think that Blair, Brown recently and earlier Harold Wilson and Anthony Eden would be good examples of not handling power well.