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.

Sales of fine wines soar as households stay in to save money - but splash out on the plonk

And cash-strapped shoppers may also have found a way to stomach serving cheaper wines, a second study reveals.


Debenhams has seen sales of decanters and wine carafes jump by 45 per cent in a year, it said today.


The high street retailer believes shoppers are decanting wine from the bottle before bringing it to the table to avoid letting guests see the label, which would reveal how much the wine costs.


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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-2313594/Sales-fine-wines-soar-households-stay-save-money-splash-plonk.html

Gosh, people have been doing that for years - particularly the ones in big posh houses near me who must live off tins of baked beans to afford their counil tax hahaha!!!!!! - Joke. My friends husband who is stinking rich announced at the dinner table last sunday that there was too much toilet roll being used - a household of four, 3 men and 1 women had used as he had observed a toilet roll had been used in 3 days - wow that says it all. Well that takes the biscuit and he goes to Home and Bargain and buys Manns Brown for 69p a bottle, it makes me want to throw up.

Perhaps they should use both sides 3m. lol

Perhaps he should collect dock leaves or start cutting the newspaper up and hanging it on string!!!! Tight so and so.

He is not having his wealth being flushed down the pan. :-))

Talking about tight people Rod Steward is rumoured to have purchased a £5m place in sawbridgeworth, just a couple of miles away.

Correct dc. They haven't even got central heating. Crumbs one can't take it with one - it must be an expensive shroud he has ordered - gold lining I would suggest hahaha!!!!!! Is summer ever going to arrive, we have had rain, sunshine, hail stones the works here today? 10 degrees.

You might be able to hear him sing "maggie may".

Nowt as queer as folk as they say. Hail here as well. Does not look very warm for the next 10 days or so. High 60's - 70 does me.

Dreams or a Nightmare

Still at school boy level.

"Sales of fine wines soar as households stay in to save money - but splash out on the plonk"

Good that will make it safer for some, with you off the streets.

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Hays,

I would expect better repartee from you, especially as they gave you a degree at ECL.

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Hils,

I haven't formed my own party yet, but any cash donation from you for such would be declared and used accordingly.

I was taught by my father a number of things which included amongst other things:-

(Sometimes I think he would be surprised how much he influenced me. I am.)

1) In order to be able to respect myself, I should be able to respect others.

2) Also, taught that an inclusive society is stronger than an exclusive one.

3) Also, taught me “to my own self be true and not false to others”.
(Nicked from Will, his first name.)

As you can see, although in many things I am a pragmatist, it would be difficult for me to be an adherent to any political party, or its ideology.

Besides, which party would have me!

ECL?

Can you tell Aldi's £10 gin from posh stuff three times the price? Drinks expert JILLY GOOLDEN breaks out the ice and a slice to find out



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2315572/Can-tell-Aldis-10-gin-posh-stuff-times-price-Drinks-expert-JILLY-GOOLDEN-breaks-ice-slice-out.html

sorry Fred I thought you was a clown it appears more a lady clown. :-))


post 24373 -

''But I wish you lot wouldn't keep on leading me astray.

I got to finish the patio.

Clean the BBQ.

Get the pork and bacon ready for tonight.

And iron my frock''.

Hays,

Apologies to you and one of my daughters. University of London. She got a PhD there.

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Nightmare,

I never touch Mother's Ruin, prefer mature Vinjac.

Acquired the taste at great expense.

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Nightmares.

Please don't present your dreams to me, I would think the lady(?) is more to your taste than mine.

Have a happy weak-end.

Actually' I did maths and stastics at London. The stats was SO boring.

shame - the discussion re UKIP was actually starting to become quite interesting until the a certain self-centred egotist decided to applying his usual spoiling tactics because he wasn't centre-stage

so i'll post it (yet) again to see if an intelligent discussion can be sustained .....

should anyone care if UKIP win a slab of seats in the local elections?
as i have frequently posted, i believe strongly that we all have an obligation to vote, and i care not for which party ....... unfortunately, the turn-out on 2nd may is likely to be little more than 30%, which in itself will always produce some odd results

for sure, the present incumbents will take a hammering, as is always the case mid term ..... in this instance, the general public has been badly mauled by the effects of the (very necessary imo) tough austerity measures imposed to bring this country back from the brink of bankruptcy ..... add to that the backlash against short-term or even illegal immigrants who are seen as taking an unfair slice of any jobs going and also benefiting from the generous state (taxpayers!) aid ranging from housing through medical care .... and of course, the tentacles of the dreaded brussels law machine with its massive gravy-train of passengers are deeply resented

thus, UKIP's populist and xenophobic policies will appeal to these "angry" voters, even if there is not much substance as to how that party would actually fund, let alone tackle these cornerstones of their manifesto

for all that, the fascists in the 30s could be similarly derided; and nor should one forget the clown party in the recent italian elections

so, 3rd may is likely to see a slab of UKIP councillors with labour also benefitting, not so much from people switching their vote to them, but more from a splitting of the tory and lib/dem vote .... BNP and other scary right wing splinter parties will also pick up a small but larger proportion votes

the real indicator of whether or not this country is indeed heading further right (that is where UKIP lies) will come in a couple of years time

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Cyners,

Xenophobia is a fear or hatred of foreigners.

You don't have to hate foreigners (and you don't have to be racist) to realise that excessive immigration poses a serious threat to the UK economy. Sure, most eastern Europeans are quite diligent and hard working, but they also bring cut-price labour to this country that has got experience. Our own youth, meanwhile, offers cut-price labour without experience. It's therefore a no-brainer who an employer is going to take on. You end up with a resentful element of British youth who have no real prospects and who are a burden on the welfare state.

I'm guessing from your previous posts that you probably live somewhere between High Wycombe and Henley. If I'm right, I seriously doubt that the eastern European presence is that visible in your neck of the bois (my husband's cousin lives in Hurley, and they certainly wouldn't let any foreigners into his village, unless they could dissect one first to check what they were made of). Round by Nelson Mandela Towers, however, the eastern Europeans certainly have a strong foothold and it's also true to say that they are responsible for quite a bit of organised crime. I'm sure that many came into the country illegally when the French were running their refugee camp at Sangette so close to the channel tunnel. Many Bulgarians and Romanians would break into the back of goods vehicles and get into the UK that way. Sarf London is where they ended up when the lorry drivers stopped for a cup of tea - simples!

It's no wonder, therefore, that the popular London press are feeding off this and are getting increasingly vocal about the situation. For sure, the 2015 election is going to be fought over the EU battleground, with the excessive influence of the Strasbourg human rights court being just one of several key issues. Cameron and the Tory leadership know this. Cameron might be kinda-pro-European, and he might be doing his 'I agree with Nick' bit right now but, as I said a few pages ago, he wants to get re-elected and I expect him to start upping the ante in about 12 months time. The rhetoric should start to noticeably change as he looks to recapture the UKIP vote and pull on board the Labour vote who believe what they read in the Currant Bun.

Hilary
What is it like on the 14th floor of NMT?

I expect the coming general election will be fought in part on battles centering round which party can be the guardian of Britishness regarding immigration. This will spill over onto other battles over who can be tougher on the EU. it is a debate that will leave the Libs high and dry as they will be loath to mix in and take a real stance on these issues. UKIP are relishing the coming fight as they see the battlefield as their personal territory. They may in fact find that they have been joined on the field of conflict by bigger players.

The Conservatives will be the most content to be fighting on this terrain. Labour are and will be in a quandary. They are responsible for the mass immigration over recent years and those immigrants typically vote for them. Labour have a tricky tightrope to walk. They want the public to trust them on immigration and want to see a strong stance with the EU. Part of the grand plan for Europe was to be creaping federalism and socialism. Hollande and his party see a Socialist EU as a goal.

The election victory is up for grabs. The Libs will be also rans as usual. They are too bland to succeed. UKIP may find that they will be outflanked and outgunned by the two big armies.