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.

Shame it wasn't Phil the window cleaner from Poplar spending his savings to avoid dragging his family through court. Nothing like money to get the green-eyed monster salivating. Is he guilty? Is he innocent? I don't know, nor do the mob ready to lynch because they don't like him.

https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2018/10/30/former-bailiff-hits-back-at-mps-finance-register-claim/

Comments from a man that has serious accusations made against him and some of his family members:

http://voiceforchildren.blogspot.com/

https://voiceforchildren.blogspot.com/2014/06/advocate-philip-sinel-submission-to.html

http://voiceforchildren.blogspot.com/2013/02/uk-government-are-asked-to-intervene.html

India has unveiled its Statue of Unity, the tallest in the world at 182m and almost twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. It is dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, I bet you didn't know him, and was erected in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Modi. It will be a tourist attraction, he says. I can't verify that a plinth has been cast for an even bigger statue to overlook Patel at some future date. The statue cost a staggering $314M to build, yet the UK is still sending overseas aid to India which, by the way, is starting its own overseas aid program. Maybe it will send some to us.

It is crazy the way governments send aid to countries that have space programmes - huge armies, build daft monuments rather tha roads and homes besides provide free education and food for the poor, let alone medical help.

Have an accident in some parts of India and nobody will help you for fear of having to pay medical bills if they call for help.

Don't agree with bonfires and fireworks before or after November the fifth....can you imagine the French having bastille day celebrations before or after ?….of course not but we in the UK tolerate this nonsense...! dogs don't like the bangs but can put up with it for one night …...there should be a law that dictates that the 5th of November is the 5th of November rain or shine....!....when I was a kid : it didn't matter whether it was cold...raining or whatever...that was the day not before or later.....don't want to be a killjoy but please slap fines on these lawbreakers !....

Round here the kids are firing rockets out of their cars at police and firemen and then speeding off.

I'm for banning fireworks for private use entirely - with exceptions for the larger display sets for celebratory purposes (IYKWIM).

Besides cats and dogs getting shaken, it is much worse for all the Horses - they really panic and I know of one that one owner who had stabled theirs for the night, came back and found it in a state of panic, only for it to have a heart attack and dying while trying to calm it.

My wife had to spend a lot of time comforting ours in stables on Saturday - hopefully not again tonight.

The New Tory Future!

Dutch man is suing to change his birth date by 20 years after his doctors said that he had the body of a man more than 20 years younger. He argues that if a transgender can change their sex, why not him his age? Quite right. I'm happy with mine but I think I will get "er inside" to knock 20 years off. I don't really care if the neighbours start muttering about trophy wife.
Should try it Fred, maybe 30 in your case, then you can have another crack at Hilary. Just don't try to get your doctor to back you up.

It costs £150.50 for 'a colour' and £50.50 for 'a black and white' TV Licence.

Regular colour broadcasts began on BBC2 in July 1967 with the Wimbledon tennis tournament - three weeks ahead of West Germany.

The number of black and white licences issued each year has been in steady decline since.

In 2000, there were 212,000 black and white TV licences in force but by 2003 that number had shrunk to 93,000. By 2015, the number had dipped below 10,000.

More than 7,000 people across the UK are still watching television in black and white, more than 50 years after the advent of colour programming.

London has the largest number of black and white sets at 1,768, followed by West Midlands with 431 monochrome licences and Greater Manchester with 390.

In total, 7,161 UK households have still not switched over to colour transmissions.

So is that nice?

No. Each to their own but I think it's pathetic.

Not if you are colour blind.

They might just be lying.

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Or it could be that they are paying by Direct Debit and are tucked up in homes for the old and have no idea that they are still paying for a B&W TV Licence, even though they may not even own one.

What a great Christmas add from Iceland - because it has been banned I guess it will get more publicity. Well done Iceland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=JdpspllWI2o

Banned by whom and for what?

The video clip ends with Iceland telling viewers they are chopping out from their shelves all products which contain palm oil.

Why?

The implication was, that to obtain palm oil it costs the planet the lives of 25 orangutans every day.



The orangutans are three extant species of great apes native to Indonesia and Malaysia.

Orangutans are currently only found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. Classified in the genus Pongo, orangutans were originally considered to be one species. Not so.

Below are 10 things that contain palm oil that most of us probably buy without realising this fact:

1. BREAD
Most loaves of bread you buy at the supermarket will contain palm oil (or one of the many other names palm oil is referred to as – see the link at the bottom of this post!). Next time you go for your weekly shop, check the ingredients carefully, or even better – buy bread from the counter or a local baker and check what ingredients they use!

2. CRISPS
It makes sense that making crisps requires some kind of oil, but sadly most of them use palm oil. The packet will likely say ‘vegetable oil’ though, so be aware (this is another commonly used name for Palm Oil). The best thing is to look for crisps that expressly use an oil like olive, sunflower or coconut, or find savoury crunchy snacks that don’t contain any oil at all!

3. MARGARINE
Margarine is a commonly used substitute for butter and dairy spreads, but even though you’re doing a good thing by avoiding the dairy industry, most of these products contain palm/vegetable oil. Try substituting margarine in recipes with coconut oil, olive oil, or even apple sauce for baking. (And if anyone ever finds a margarine that doesn’t contain palm oil, please let me know – because I can’t find one!)

4. VEGAN CHEESE
Same as above, many of the dairy substitutes sadly seem to contain palm oil in some form. Keep an eye out on the ingredients and shop sustainably; many vegan cheeses come in plastic packaging and contain loads of random additives anyway, so maybe try making your own vegan cheese sauces and trying out recipes!

5. SOAP
Random isn’t it? Many supermarket soaps seem to contain palm oil for some reason, but good to buy from local artisans, or brands that use only natural ingredients who don’t test on animals, anyway.

6. ICE CREAM
I have no idea why there needs to be palm oil in ice cream… weird! Not all brands do, so always check the label. I would say try making your own (vegan or not ), and props if you have time for this, but to me it seems like too much effort (but hey, I’m not a huge ice cream fan anyway!).

7. PIZZA BASES
Many supermarket oven pizzas or readymade pizza bases contain palm/vegetable oil in the base. I know, it made me sad too. But again, check the label because not all will – just something to be aware of!

8. INSTANT NOODLES
Noooo! A staple for all budgeters and quick-lunch-addicts alike, vegan or otherwise :( We all know they’re probably not great for our health anyway, but it is disappointing. And yes, this includes Supernoodles, Pot Noodles and Tesco Instant.

9. SHAMPOO
As with the soap mentioned above, it’s a great idea to try and support ethical/environmental brands when buying personal care/beauty products anyway. Places like Lush and the Body Shop are good places to start.

10. CHOCOLATE
Palm oil in chocolate is a more rare occurrence, but still something to check on the ingredients labels. It can be easy to avoid, so why buy it by accident right?

Palm oil and its derivatives can appear under many names. For consumers concerned about the catastrophic ill effects of the palm industry, here’s what to look for.

Palm oil is the most popularly used vegetable oil in the world. It is remarkably versatile and is used in everything from snack food and shampoo to biofuel. It is so prevalent that it can be found in around half of packaged items in most supermarkets.

Palm oil and its derivatives can appear under more names than just “palm oil.” While some of these ingredients listed by WWF – like vegetable oil – aren’t always made from palm oil, they can be:

1. Elaeis guineensis
2. Etyl palmitate
3. Glyceryl
4. Hydrogenated palm glycerides
5. Octyl palmitate
6. Palm fruit oil
7. Palm kernel
8. Palm kernel oil
9. Palm stearine
10. Palmate
11. Palmitate
12. Palmitic acid
13. Palmitoyl oxostearamide
14. Palmitoyl tetrapeptide-3
15. Palmityl alcohol
16. Palmolein
17. Sodium kernelate
18. Sodium laureth sulfate
19. Sodium lauryl lactylate/sulphate
20. Sodium lauryl sulfate
21. Sodium palm kernelate
22. Stearate
23. Stearic acid
24. Vegetable fat
25. Vegetable oil

I thought it was only own brands that would no longer contain palm oil.

You may well be right, Dil.

I'll check on that.

Check out the rugby scores while your at it :-)