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.

My thoughts are get out of the EU cynic simple as that .
It doesn't take much of a brain to see that when these countries join the EU and they have free movement they will flock to the richer countries by the thousands and i don't blame any one of them ,i would (as a young lad) have done exactly the same .

ah, that's a different matter altogether
but if the vote is for staying in, as is likely, then what would propose?

to refuse freedom of movement is wrong and/or impossible

how many of these "paupies" are on benefits, i don't know either, but i'ld certainly like to see access to these time-restricted in some way ...... and if that goes against "eu regs", then 2 fingers to them, as often happens elsewhere in eu with unwanted interference

It's not just who is on benefits ,it is the jobs taken from our citizens and i'm fed up of hearing about all the jobs our young people won't do because that is simply not true .

A disposable coffee cup believed to have been used by Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn has sold for £51.

Marie Cooke, from Nottinghamshire, said the MP placed the cup on her table during a break at a rally at the Albert Hall in Nottingham on 20 August.

Ms Cooke, who works for Age UK, said she saw it as a "cheeky" opportunity to raise money for the charity.

She said about 4,000 people watched the item on eBay, and it was eventually won after 22 bids on Thursday evening.

'Some kind of relic'

Ms Cooke was outside the Nottingham Playhouse when Mr Corbyn asked her if she minded if he put his cup on her table.

"We were happy to oblige," she said.

"[When] he went back into the Albert Hall to deliver his speech we thought we'd be a bit cheeky and take the cup and put it on eBay.

"[On Thursday] it just went mad with over 4,000 people looking at it, and we raised £51."

The fundraiser said she would attempt to get Mr Corbyn's autograph to prove it was his cup.

The cup was won by a student in Oxford, according to Ms Cooke.

"I think they are going to turn it into some kind of relic," she said.

How much would i not want to pay £50 for a cup used by any politician .

I do however have something very valuable of Muhammad Ali's , and Tommy Hearns .

i'm not entirely convinced by this "stealing jobs" allegation ..... if a young chap is on benefits, then all too often he'll be more than happy to stay that way if he's better off than taking a menial job, especially if he has a bit of cash work on the side

reduce benefits, and the incentive to live off the state becomes less appealing

So your doing the immigrants all work harder than our youngsters are you cynic ?
They are taking loads of jobs that could be good for our folk.
I was in a prison the other day and two of the officers were foreign one of them i couldn't understand ,that's a good well paid job that many English people would like and you can bet your bottom dollar that they have to take so many foreign because of discrimination .

what evidence of discrimination?

assuredly not all immigrants work harder than their britsh(?) counterparts, but many among the polish and asian community are certainly prepared to work all hours

on another aspect, why do you think there are so many (middle and eastern) european gainfully employed in the building industry?
not (especially) because they are cheaper but more because there is a severely restricted homegrown pool of same ...... for more on that see 62121

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/08/it-is-un-socialist-to-support-jeremy-corbyn/

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Imigration to the UK is obviously a very big concern and we are in a grave situation of being very soon in a .crisis situation with not being able to cope with this massive influx of undisirables all scrambling for their piece of free Uk plc....

jimmy b

have something very valuable of Muhammad Ali's , and Tommy Hearns .

What is it ?

aldwickk ,
i have an application for a boxing license that Muhammad Ali applied for on 3 sheets of paper all filled in and signed .
I also have Tommy Hearns bandages that were cut off his hands after he knocked Juan Roldan out at the Hilton Hotel Las Vegas in October 1987 becoming the first fighter in history to win titles at 4 different weights in the days when that meant something (i was there).
I have a ton of other boxing memorabilia including many original on site posters from the 60's upwards ,some worth more than you might think .

Nasa is experimenting with locking people in isolation for a year with a longterm goal of sending a man mission to mars : a man mission to mars is a complete waste of time and cost !, it would be far better to develop robots capable of accomplishing the same things that a human would be able to do.
This would be far cheaper and the best overall solution for a major mission to mars.
At the present moment a man mission to mars would be similar to the Apollo space program which resulted in a full stop and no further suite : mankind has not yet the full capability to explore the outer ranges of space being present, but robots can do for us ; later when new and far better propulsion systems have been developed making these huge interstellar distances shorter in time : then humans can tiptoe around the solar system, but until then and also due to the great dangers that lie ahead : it is best for a mechanical made being to do the exploring for us.

Jimmy B

Very interesting , I use to go to most of the big fights in London in the 60's. I had a boxing program signed by Howard Winstone after his fight with Terry Spinks , it was called the battle of the golden boys and the front page of the program was printed in gold.

We could send Captain Mauel and Corporal Haze to Mars instead of robots.


A chance for them to take one further step for the benefit of mankind.

Can I light the fuse!

Stupid boy