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.

many things change even in a week, but it was interesting nevertheless ........ currently sitting in dubai airport ...... back in uk this evening

I'll meet you at the airport with a sign "Jose Mourinho".

even i have heard of him ....... i see this chap was sacked from wba :-) ....... tony pulis ...... is he doing any good for middlesbrough now?

Tony Pulis. He looks like the guy that comes to clean my windows. Likes to wear a baseball cap. Once played for Happy Valley in Hong Kong. I always thought that was Sarah Lancashire's place in Yorkshire.
Puliss has been managing for about 25 years and is known as a fill-in appointment, ie cheap. Has worked at 10 clubs, Stoke City twice - gluttens for punishment. Must be due to move on from 'borough. Never mind, just think of all that redundancy pay.

typical policy of corbynista labour ......
typical politics of envy and how to stultify any ambition to better oneself .......

ST Rich List just published, shows that 94% of the top 1,000 are self-made entrepreneurs

Shadow Cabinet Minister Jon Trickett says, "..... elite pinching wealth from the pockets of ordinary working people. Labour will overturn the rigged economy ....."

instead, the self-made (in particular) should be roundly applauded and held up as an example of what can be achieved with much hard work, dedication, and of course a modicum of luck in one form or another

Many Mafia bosses were self-made.

Hitler, I believe was said to be a self-made man.

Were you there at his conception?

you really are a nasty, misanthropic, little (in all senses) person

many very rich families and individuals are significant supporters of many philanthropic projects - and that is of their own volition

philip green is also probably self-made, but he is totally despicable for all that
sir peter lampl is the reverse

Why do you bother cynic ,that last post proved Fred is totally ignorant.

fred isn't ignorant; indeed he is quite an intelligent guy .... unfortunately, he has a severe personality disorder

Manuel,

What individuals develop into depends on how lucky they are in their genetic propensities and their fate is dependent on their response to environmental stimuli, whether the stimuli be thought advantageous or deleterious.

Also important are the vagaries of the choices they make in response to social "stimuli" and whether those responses are introjected, rejected, or revised during maturing.

It is thought, by some, that the choices in beliefs and actions made by children, (by some children), are, or thought to be, at the time of their making to be the "best" or most "advantageous" choices for themselves and are often repeated “symbolically” in later life in response to “symbolically” similar situations.

There is no such thing as a self-made man/woman.

The development of "the self-made man/woman" is dependant on his "genetic luck" and “environmental” stimuli.

For the majority of human-beings genetic manipulation is unlikely to play a major role in future generations (Long-term filtering, is becoming a more important feature of
developing societies.)

However, manipulation of social environments by changing opportunities, stimulations and providing “suitable” education will affect the outcome of human development and more thoroughly release their potentials.

A sense of social responsibility would be useful.

-=-==-=

I feel I was "lucky" in my childhood and adolescence to have had an environment which was challenging to the diversity of opinion, but at the same time tolerant of it.

We tolerated "dumbos".








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that verbiage reads as silage and has no relevance whatsoever

Oh, ye with so little self-insight.

A little introspection might do you good.

The turnip travels first class but the beetroot gets all the action.

I always do, what seems to be the best thing to do at the time.

'Golden Rule' sorta, kinda.

It could be 'genetic propensity', I suppose, but I've never given it much thought.

Although Meghan Markle will become resident under UK tax rules and will be married to Prince Harry (a UK domiciliary), she could remain non-UK domiciled.

Fortunately for Meghan, the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 enabled women to establish a domicile independent of their husband. Under the UK rules, Meghan will have acquired the non-domiciled status of her father when she was born.

Unlike most people in the UK, this means that Meghan could benefit from several major UK tax concessions.

Whether Meghan will receive a ”salary” or an “allowance” from the Royal Household is not clear. However, if she does receive any taxable employment income, her non-domicile status means that she can claim tax relief in respect of her non-UK duties for the first three tax years that she is resident in the UK.

Non-domiciled status means that Meghan’s non-UK investment income will not be subject to UK tax, provided that she does not remit this income to the UK. This is known as the “remittance basis” of taxation and can apply for up to 15 tax years from the date that Meghan became UK resident.’

So that's nice.

And, as well as HRH, there is also the matter of IHT. However, let's get her married first.

Again.

I'm not too bothered with the 'again' bit.

She seems like a very nice person and one who will partner well with Prince Harry.

I also think they are both going to do a great amount of 'good' in the world and make a massive difference to a lot of 'under-privileged/disadvantaged' peoples' lives.

From Wikipedia:

Since June 2016, Markle has been in a relationship with Prince Harry, who is sixth in line to the British throne.

Prince Harry and Markle met on a blind date that a mutual friend set up.

The press began to report the relationship in October 2016. On November 8, 2016, the British royal family's communications secretary released an official statement that addressed a "wave of abuse and harassment" directed toward Markle. The statement described sexism, racism and defamatory stories directed at her, including an unspecified "smear on the front page of a national newspaper".

During a September 2017 interview with Vanity Fair, Markle spoke in public for the first time about her love for Prince Harry. Later that month, they made their first public appearances together at an official royal engagement at the Invictus Games in Toronto.

While working on Suits, Markle lived in a rented house in the Seaton Village neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada, where the show was filmed. She moved out in late November 2017 after work on the seventh season had been completed.

In January 2018, Markle deleted her social media accounts, and in a statement issued by Kensington Palace thanked "everyone who has followed her social media accounts over the years".

Megan Markle was a counsellor for international charity One Young World, speaking at the 2014 annual summit in Dublin on the topics of gender equality and modern day slavery.

Also in 2014, she traveled to Afghanistan and Spain as part of the United Service Organizations Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Holiday Tour.

In 2016, Markle became a global ambassador for World Vision Canada, traveling to Rwanda for the Clean Water Campaign, the agency's campaign to provide safe, clean drinking water, and she traveled to India to raise awareness of issues concerning women.

She has also worked with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women as an Advocate.

She identifies as a feminist.

Markle again attended the One Young World summit in 2016.

Markle's first official public appearance with Harry after their engagement was a walkabout in Nottingham on December 1, 2017, in connection with World AIDS Day.

They were invited to celebrate Christmas 2017 with the royal family at the Queen's Sandringham estate and in early 2018, Markle accompanied Harry on his engagements in Brixton, Cardiff, Goldsmiths' Hall and Edinburgh.

On February 28, 2018, Markle made her first joint official engagement with Harry, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Harry's brother and sister-in-law), at the first annual forum of the Royal Foundation, "Making a Difference Together". Markle is expected to become the fourth patron, alongside Harry, William and Catherine, after her marriage into the royal family.

Markle and Harry marked International Women's Day by attending an event in Birmingham hosted by the Stemettes.

Along with the Queen and other members of the royal family, Markle attended the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on March 12, 2018. This was taken as being a prelude for lots of Commonwealth activities.

The couple made their first visit to Northern Ireland on March 23, 2018.

i confess that, perhaps unfairly, i do not see this as a match made in heaven, not least because it will be impossible for her to dispose of the heavy baggage of her awful and dysfunctional family

is MM a (social) gold-digger into the bargain?
i wouldn't rule it out

Not many posts on MAM these days, are there?

to be honest, i mainly use it for the charts