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.

Exploding Toilet Leaves Man Scared To Flush
Sky NewsSky News – Sat, Oct 12, 2013..

A man has been seriously injured after a toilet exploded in his face when he was checking the water pressure in his New York apartment.

Michel Pierre needed 30 stitches after his face, arms and legs were struck by shards of porcelain.

The 58-year-old, who was temporarily knocked unconscious by the blast, is now so scared his loo will burst again that he flushes it using a rope while hiding behind his bathroom door.

"Obviously there is a serious problem in the building," his lawyer Sanford Rubenstein said.

"Clearly toilets are supposed to flush, not explode."

Mr Pierre is seeking compensation from the management company of the 16-storey block, which was built in 1964 and contains 275 flats.

The water had been turned off on the day his toilet and three others exploded, and it is thought a build-up of air pressure that was pushed through pipes when the supply was switched back on may be to blame.

Theresa Racht, a lawyer representing the building's board, said: "This is a horrific incident. Everybody feels terrible that such a thing could have happened.

"It certainly makes me think twice about flushing the toilet when the water's been turned off."

She added: "This could very well be what we call a true accident."

And why not? Who sends letters these days. It is a trend. How many telephone boxes do you see? It is the same with the old telegram service. Almost anything can be done with email these days. How long did it take to take a film photograph and get it processed. You could always travel to India via a tea clipper. Cash is fast disappearing together with cheques.

Ive got one of the old red BT telephone kiosks.

Night club owner keeps badgering me to buy it. Reckons hes going to turn it into one of the Worlds smallest wine bars.

Havent a clue how much its worth...............any ideas anyone????.

Don't know what its worth but as you will know will need a forklift to move it. Helped a friend plant one in his garden, solid cast iron.

They Weigh 750kg

For £2,000, a red phone box you can own: BT sell-off iconic landmarks as demand slumps



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2135919/For-2-000-red-phone-box-BT-sell-iconic-landmarks-demand-slumps.html

Cheers DC, was already part of the fixtures when I bought this house about 2 years ago. Its in good nick obviously well looked after.

HAYS HAYS HAYS........... check this out.........

electionista‏@electionista7h
UK - YouGov/Sunday Times poll: CON 34% LAB 39% LDEM 9% UKIP 11% / 31% approve of Govt, 54% disapprove / 41% believe PM doing well, 52% badly

Camoron is losing support.

10 % lead for labour here..........

electionista‏@electionista8h
UK - Survation/MoS poll: CON 27%, LAB 37%, LDEM 11%, UKIP 18%

Hmmmmmmmmmm interesting..........

electionista‏@electionista8h
UK - European Parliament elections - Survation poll: LAB 35% UKIP 22% CON 21% LDEM 11% GRN 5% SNP 3% Plaid 2%

Tories in 3rd place behind UKIP.


ALARM BELLS RINGING.

Have you burnt your sunday roast? lol

Havent had any, sandwiches on canal bank fishing.

Lol. Not stopped raining here.

re: European Parliament elections


An eye opener, do they give a prediction as to seat wins?

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Unless we change the way we fund universities, our system will collapse
Soon the only graduates carrying on their studies will be the sons and daughters of the very rich or those who can secure bursaries, scholarships and grants

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/13/england-leave-funding-universities-students

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Mr Cameron's government is like a poor Thatcherite tribute band
The 80s feel to the Royal Mail sell-off and the Help to Buy scheme betrays a distinct lack of new Tory ideas


http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/13/camerons-tories-poor-imitation-thatcher

600000 migrants on uk benefits not working

600,000 unemployed EU citizens living in Britain at a cost of £1.5billion to the NHS
The study will be published this week by the European Commission
Number of EU migrants rose by 42 per cent between 2006 and 2012

European Commissioner wants to make it easier for EU migrants to claim benefits in the uk

The Labour opposition have done yet another U turn. After bitching about free schools, they have announced that they won't close any and in fact would open more. They will just change their name.

This follows their admission that they would not cancel any of the benefit cuts. It must be difficult for Labour to know what they believe in. They seem to have adopted the tactic of adopting policies that have public support.

it's the same for all coloured parties throughout history, yet we still get the barking dogs in each corner

it'll be interesting to see what the press makes of everything, especially the economic recovery, when we enter the home straight towards the next election ..... I saw little flickerings in the papers somewhere this w/e with regard to an uptick in confidence and feel-good across the board

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