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.

:)

Sweden is outside the top 40 countries for suicide and below the average from OECD.

One of the more enduring myths surrounding Sweden is that the people here are particularly suicidal. This rumour is often traced back to a speech given by US President Dwight D Eisenhower in the 1960s. No fan of Sweden’s social democratic politics and neutrality, he blamed the country’s generous welfare system for ‘sin, nudity, drunkenness and suicide

I used to visit Atlas Copco and Sandvik in Stockholm and travelled around Sweden, including a visit to the Kiruna mine in Lapland. My impression what that the Swedes were a melancholic lot. Not enough sunshine.

Well, the way they are going

The sin, nudity and drunkenness will be a thing of the past.



But suicide will be on the up and up as they lose control of their country.

Has anyone watched Chasing Classic cars on the Quest channel,
its from the US, being watching it for a couple of hours, but some of
the cars are out of this world, and when they auction them some
go for well over a $million .

Haha..Should the result stand?...The Labour party won the Batley&Spen
by election with The ex corrie 'star' tracy brabham won 85% of the vote
but the turnout was just 25%.....

NO THE RESULT SHOULD BE VOID ,HOW CAN SUCH A LOW TURN OUT BE VALID
THEY SOON SAID HUNGARYS VOTE IS NOT VALID

my family and friends have always bought vw we will buy no more

don't tell me .... they're all going to buy bentleys instead

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batley - other parties did not stand, so 25% turnout is not surprising

hungary - in the hungarian constitution, so "they" were nothing to do with it

Hi,
Am not too hot on stock market e-magazines-any hard copy recommendations?

GB

Yup. It's a good TV programme. I'd buy a classic car anytime from that guy and so would wifey.

Lately, we've watched Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes seeing how the other half live (particularly the billionaire other half). We also watch 'Posh Pawn' but have gone orf 'Pawn Stars'.

We're also 'Wheeler Dealers' fans (as should anyone else be who owns a car and wifey is learning tons and tons of stuff about them)

Currently we're into 'Westworld' (sci-fi western) and 'The night of' which are holding us with the really good potential for their story-lines

And for the first time, after watching one and a half of the first two episodes, we've stopped watching 'The Apprentice' this year. What a bunch of tossers! Where do they get these twerp candidates from?

The Missing is also good (we think)

There is a story in the Mail this morning about Iraqi soldiers "apparently" torturing youths in Mosul. Together with lots of outraged comments. Now last time I looked the Iraqis and Kurds were still more than 5 miles from Mosul. But don't let the facts get in the way of a fabricated page filler.

ExecLine, yes that guy knows what he's talking about(classic cars),
Wheeler Dealers were on last night too, they went to Poland and bought
a Lamborgini.

Q. Would you buy a car from used car dealer Mike Brewer?

A. Anybody would buy a car from Mike Brewer. He has such a high reputation.

I'm not so sure about trying to sell him one though. Mine is very soon going to be for sale and it's in damn near perfect condition. He always wants a motor with something wrong with it, that's going to be dead easy to fix.

Yes but he's got a very good mechanic(WD'S, Mike Brewer)LOL!

Westminster voting intention:
CON: 42% (-)
LAB: 26% (-2)
UKIP: 12% (+1)
LDEM: 8% (+1)
GRN: 5% (+2)
(via YouGov / 19 - 20 Oct)

Yawn...What's your point Hays? We are far from a GE.
Of more interest:
A Labour source said "progressive" leaders from across the EU would be invited to a dinner with the shadow cabinet, followed by a conference featuring speakers from "parts of society that have not had their voices heard in the Brexit debate" including business and trade unions. Suggestions are invited as to what will be on the menu. Dinner menu that is, because the rest will be totally irrelevant. My suggestion is that they serve Abbot and the Thornbury woman last otherwise they will have to call Pizza Hut again for a refill.

UK police arrest teenager on terrorism offences over item found on London train

LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - British police said on Friday they had arrested a teenager under terrorism laws following the discovery of a "suspicious item" on a London underground train near the Canary Wharf financial district a day earlier.

Officers discharged a stun gun during the arrest of the 19-year-old in north London who was detained on suspicion of preparing terrorism acts, London's Metropolitan Police (MPS) said in a statement.

"Officers are keeping an open mind regarding any possible motive. They are not looking for anyone else in relation to this investigation at this stage," the statement added.

The suspect item, which is still being forensically examined, was found by staff on Thursday morning on a train at North Greenwich station in east London near Canary Wharf and close to the O2 music venue.

The station was evacuated and bomb squad officers carried out a controlled explosion to make the item safe. The investigation into the incident is being led by London's Counter Terrorism Command.

Britain is on its second-highest threat level of "severe", meaning an attack is considered highly likely. London's police chief said in July that it was a case of "when, not if" there would be an attack.

High visibility patrols, including armed officers, will be deployed at transport hubs following Thursday's incident to reassure the public, the MPS said