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.

Who said country music was boring! :-)

now thats my kind of song

Replace credit cards with debit cards , treble the car tax on school run 4x4 and urban owners of 4x4's.

Set up a state run bank for drug cartel's and anybody else who want to laundry their hot money.

greekman

Dolly birds ? your showing your age now , not even bimbo's so what are they called now ?

Is it ok to own a 4x4 outside an urban area providing you don't use it for the school run? Just checking I am going to be safe in this new world.

Aldwickk,

How about 'eye candy' or is that also out.

Skinny,

Just watched the clip. Going straight out to buy a guitar and the sheet music. Will be busking in our local market tomorrow.
Will report back what I get.

Probably, a few pennies and 6 months.

Nice to see the PC brigade don't tend to rule on here.

Greek

greekman ,

didn't they use to be called totty ? my dad use to know a pro boxer called tommy shaw in the 1930's 1940's from the midland's and my brother said they use to call him totty

Was it Joan Bakewell that was the thinking man's crumpet?

And she is still top totty!

Wild council spending under Labour.

How is this for a pathetic excuse. Cornwall Council said many of the spending figures it gave to The Daily Telegraph were inaccurate because they had not been converted from foreign currencies into sterling.

From my local rag at http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk

Man dies from severe burns in incident at lake

Published on Monday 30 May 2011 09:34

A MAN has died after suffering severe burns while in Delapre Abbey Park in Northampton.

Police and emergency medical helicopters were called to the lake near Ransome Road at 7.20pm on Friday.

A 24-year-old man was taken to hospital by land ambulance but died on arrival.

Police said they were not treating the death as suspicious and were conducting investigations on behalf of the coroner.

Comment:

I often go for a walk round this local lake and its vicinity. There is lovely short grass to sit on and big trees offering a bit of shade if it gets a bit hot.

Although there are notices discouraging it, placed there by the local water ski club who lease the lake for their water sports, it looks easy and inviting to swim in the lake too. There are the ski clubs old jetties to dive off and the water, where it's near to the edges can be seen to be clean and clear.

Obviously, it's quite popular and a great place to barbecue with one's friends and family because there are also picnic benches about too.

I wonder if this incident was also a 'petrol at the barbecue' incident and what happened was similar to the burn incident, which Mr Euro, a MAM user on this board, got himself involved in a few years ago?

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This thread as really gone down hill since Fred as been away on holiday.

E. coli outbreak in Germany: Women more affected


One of the mysteries about the outbreak of the particularly vicious strain of E. coli is that most of the victims have been women.

In most outbreaks, the victims are children because they have not developed the immune system to fight off the food poisoning - but in the German case, it is adults and female adults, in particular.

Scientists simply do not know why.

Andrew Marr climbs crane building London's Shard

Penguin huddle secrets revealed with time lapse footage


The mystery of how penguins stay warm while they huddle has been revealed by an international team of scientists.

Emperor penguins survive the tough Antarctic winters by forming tightly packed clusters - but scientists have pondered how penguins on the outside stay as cosy as those in the centre.

Now time lapse video shows the birds move in almost imperceptible waves through the group, which over time drastically change its structure.

Bet they win.

UK-based bookmaker Betfred has been chosen to buy the Tote after an auction process that began in November.

BBC business editor Robert Peston said Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt had chosen Betfred although the deal had not been completed, with some technicalities still being sorted out.

The price is not yet known but Betfred is thought to have bid about 200m.

An old guy (not in the best of shape) was working out in the gym when he spotted a sweet young thing.

He asked the trainer who was nearby, "What machine in here should I use to impress that sweet thing over there?"

The trainer looked him up and down and said, "I would try the ATM in the lobby."

A new sign in the Bank reads:

'Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive-through cash
machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their
vehicles.

Customers using this new facility are
Requested to use the procedures outlined below when accessing their
accounts.

After months of careful research, MALE & FEMALE Procedures have been
developed. Please follow the Appropriate steps for your gender.'
*******************************
MALE PROCEDURE:

1... Drive up to the cash machine.

2. LOWER your car window.

3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.

4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.

5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.

6. Raise window.

7. Drive off.

************************* ******
FEMALE PROCEDURE:

(Unfortunately, most of this is the Truth.!!)



1. Drive up to cash machine.

2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the
machine.

3. Put hand brake on, put the window down.

4. Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger seat to locate
card.

5. Tell person on mobile phone you will call them back and hang up.

6. Attempt to insert card into machine.

7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive
distance from the car.

8. Insert card.

9. Re-insert card the right way.

10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the
inside back page.

11. Enter PIN .

12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.

13. Enter amount of cash required.

14. Check makeup in rear view mirror.

15. Retrieve cash and receipt.

16. Empty handbag again to locate purse and place cash inside.

17. Write debit amount in cheque book and place receipt in back of it.

18. Re-check makeup.

19. Drive forward 2 feet.

20. Reverse back to cash machine.

21. Retrieve card.

22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card
Holder, and place card into the slot provided!

23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you.

24. Restart stalled engine and pull off.

25. Redial person on mobile phone.

26. Drive for 2 to 3 miles.

27. Release Hand Brake.