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.

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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don't quite know what point that was :-)

cynic, so much money wasted by multiple charities serving the same need.
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i agree that duplicated specific charities are a bit daft, but i see no prob in assorted cancer charities for different cancers .... and at the end of the day, you support that which you choose

Art for art's sake?






$179m to you squire

Anyone know where you can get free closing prices for all the stocks.

Not by Picasso, or is it?

A bit OT I know but do you think Obama is basically thick , he gives the Iraqi army loads of armour etc to fight ISIS . In any battle with ISIS the Iraq army basically lose , run away and leave the armour for ISIS . Now this happened as we know at the start ,but has he learned No . The only credible force against ISIS are the Kurds who are treated like sh-t by Abadi and co . They are only now thinking of giving armour directly to the Kurds .

Apparently 6000 Iraqi troops fled from Ramadi , after being attacked by 150 ISIS .

NO.

The one's who were stupid were Bush Senior, Blair and the Bush Junior's neo-cons like McCain Donald H. Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz look on.

Probably, partially their policies and actions and especially "Iraq" war has led to the present catastrophe in the ME.

Also, their irrational support of Israel has fermented ongoing problems.

Oh Yes i know but Obama has been quite appalling in his dealings with Maliki . Trusting him .

I think Maliki was put into power by the Bush regime and to a certain degree Obama had to lump it and the chaos in Iraq.

But Maliki seemed a choice likely to fragment Iraq rather than unite, if that was or is possible.

It is a mess created by the "West".