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.

VICTIM----We all give to charity whether we want to or not.
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I know what you mean . My brother gives regularly to certain ones , and it doesn't take long for others to try to jump on board his generosity .

I give anything good that i don't need any more to the Salvation Army

Who?

Why the chaps and chappesses who run the charity, nice racket!

Tories giving? Surely not.

75% of UK charities rely on government funding ie the taxpayer, who also happens to fund the (ring-fenced) foreign aid budget, the one off disaster type budget (currently Nepal), the rescue budget (currently HMS Bulwark), as well as giving money/housing/shelter etc to all immigrants/asylum type seekers in this country. There are undoubtedly many others, some of which (Nepal) are justified. I am not against giving to charities, however there are far too many being funded by the taxpayer and being duplicated.
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251,

I hear you can buy special caskets and take all you money with you when you die.

Perhaps, you need two.

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Found this in a graveyard in the Welsh Valleys:-

"Stay traveller stay,

As you go on your way,

As you are now, one day was I,

As I am now, one day you'll be,

So prepare yourself to follow me."



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Someone wrote in chalk underneath:

To follow thee I'd be content,

But I'm damned if I know which way you went.

8-)

Typical response from you red.
Perhaps you think it's efficient to have double figure numbers of charities looking out for the well being of the Red Squirrel, or multi numbers of charities for breast cancer, all these duplications take huge amounts of money away from the very charity they purport to support.
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You are a miserable old toad.

Must be Manuel brother.

In a decent society there would be less need for charities.

They could be organised and run at less cost and more efficiently out of General Taxation.

The NHS was once reliant on charity.

Have a coronary to-morrow and use private health care for treatment?

Dred---Am I a miserable old toad for wanting as much money as possible to find it's way into charities? Just think how much better off any given charity would be if it wasn't duplicated/triplicated etc etc.
Why is there a need for 12 or more charities to receive money to fight breast cancer, the answer is, there isn't. If the number was cut to say 2 possibly 3 at most, think of the extra money available to fight it.
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george - but unlike paying your tax, you actually have a choice as to which charity to support ......
i think i support about half a doz, and absolutely refuse to give to any african charities (notoriously corrupt), or oxfam (too much creamed off at the top and end usage a bit nebulous) or any israeli charity .... and there's many others to which i would not subscribe either

i wonder which if any charities fred supports ...... probably none, for his "decent society" would obviate the need for them

The words miserable and "Con" servative remain bedfellows forever it seems Fred... What a sad crowd they are.

so give us some constructive comment then stan ... assuredly there'll be none from fred as he's far too old and far too bitter and twisted

Oh dear there you go again Alf... have you considered anger manage classes?

I think it daft as well, but it is competition and that is supposed to produce efficiency.

Also, some of "necessary" costs are down to accountancy and inflated salaries.

My wife works unpaid for running the books and organising a body which has charity status and the accountancy can sometimes be "complicated" and "keeping" the books complex, hence the seemingly crazy costs. Bring in the solicitor and insurance and various "safety" checks and up goes the costs again.

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My charity of choice would be a little society I am thinking of setting up
for euthanasia of some individuals on this thread.

I will give my services free of charge.

Might even pay for the pleasure.

Nice to have you back Stan not heard from you since the election results, as for being ''miserable'' or ''moaners'' (from your earlier post) I suggest you re-read your own 3 posts. Talk about downbeat, you would have fitted perfectly well with Mili and his unhappy band.
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oooh :-)

cynic, Fred's post 60266 (the first part) sums up the point I am making.
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Nice one MaxK ha!ha!ha!
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