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.

The "religious scepticism" of my children, is not put down to the "morality teaching" in their schools. It is just because of the religious teaching was so amusing. The whole religion thing defied their sense pf logic. Of course their morality is picked up from their parents and friends. I just don't want it picked up from religious teaching as you also get so much crap along with the morality.

Hays,

You can see the reason for a little of my confusion:-)

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Fred

Morality is taught in schools now. My kids and many others with no religious affiliation have morailty taught to them at school and at home. Religion does not feature in their lives in any way except as a source of amusement.

PS.

Substitute "beliefs" for "religion".

It is interesting to me that Cameron and Osborne are summering abroad, while he preaches to the unemployed that they should be working harder for less.

Perhaps, they can't get back through customs.

But, from the last 18mths of coalition government, it is better that they stay where they are.

How much is the police London budget be cut for the coming 2years?


Fascinating that Osborne is telling EC to sort out their economic problems, with the cursory note that it is their problem.

He is unreal!




Edited

Petrol Prices Set To Fall As Oil Cost Tumbles




Sky News 2011, 17:28, Monday 8 August 2011

Petrol prices are expected to fall in coming days after stock market falls and global recession fears saw oil costs slip.

Asda (NYSE: WMT - news) has already said it will cut prices by up to 2p a litre at its 188 filling stations from Tuesday, with other supermarkets likely to follow suit.

The supermarket has told customers they won't pay more than 132.7p per litre for unleaded and 136.7p for diesel.

"We expect our rivals to follow - but unlike them we set and publish a maximum national price cap," Asda said.

On Monday, Brent crude fell by over 3% to $105 a barrel, on the back of the blow to investor confidence dealt by the US credit rating downgrade.

Petrol prices last fell in June, when the International Energy Agency opened emergency reserves.

Analysts say the fall in oil price this time is due to falling investor confidence over economic growth following the first-ever downgrade of America's debt rating.

Lower economic growth worldwide will mean less demand for oil.

The AA's Paul Watters welcomed Asda's decision to cut prices but warned that stock market speculators could quickly drive the price of oil back up.

He added: "The AA says drivers deserve a longer respite from near-record fuel prices during the holiday period, but nobody should underestimate the ability of so-called 'sentiment' in the commodity markets to drive prices back up again."

The AA notes that the average cost of unleaded

I wonder how many of these 'socially networked' rioters would think twice if the police weren't forced to be so liberal.

Cue Greek ........

Altogether now

London's burning, London's burning.
Fetch the engines, fetch the engines.
Fire fire, Fire Fire!
Pour on water, pour on water.
London's burning, London's burning.

Rioters smashing up Harlow town ctr. Essex, Just heard

10 pounds worth of damage

London: Violent looters attacking streets across the UK
Monday, August 8, 2011
9:37 PM



Rioting is now breaking out all over the UK with gangs taking to the street looting targeted shops and setting community buildings, shops and vehicles on fire.


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Police are facing gangs of masked and hooded youths armed with petrol bombs and metal poles wreaking chaos on this, the third night of violence ripping through the capitals streets.

Attacks began in Hackney, east London, this afternoon when rioters began throwing missiles at officers and setting bins and cars alight.

Within half an hour, rioting had begun in Lewisham, Peckham and Deptford.

And now, infernos are burning through cars and buildings on the streets of Croydon, Harlesden and in Birmingham.

Rioting has also now began on the streets of Redhill in Surrey.

The Metropolitan Police are calling in extra officers from neighbouring counties to help deal with the escalating situation and urging parents with children living in London and Birmingham make sure they have not been caught up in the violence.

In addition, Prime Minister David Cameron and Boris Johnson Mayor of London are returning from their summer vacations ahead of schedule.

Early this evening people travelling through Hackney on their way home from work were ejected from a bus when about 50 masked, armed youths surrounded it.

Hooded youths hurled missiles at police officers in the area while gangs attacked shops and set cars parked outside Lewisham Town Hall on fire.

In Peckham Rye, south London, a number of shops have been damaged by rioters and a bus was set alight.

Meanwhile, officers are stationed in roads in Harlesden and Kilburn High Street has been closed off.

Shopkeepers in many areas of London shut up early to avoid violent gangs and windows in Stratford and Islington have been boarded to deter looters.

Home Secretary Theresa May condemned chaotic scenes while Scotland Yard beefed up its presence before looting and violence spiralled out of control for a third consecutive night.

In addition Scotland Yard is urging people to stay in their homes.

At least 215 people have been arrested and 25 charged following the riots across London over the last two days.

cheap television,toaster, and 6 pairs trainers for sale.lol

It's ok.

Captain Marvel is coming home.

Interesting to see what cut backs he has dreamt up while on holiday.

Is cocaine legal in Tuscany?

The mindless violence of these criminal thugs is an indictment of the previous Labour government. The kids that are burning and looting grew up almost entirely under Labour and in Labour controlled boroughs..

Edit. Sorry wrong Thread.

And they wonder why black kid's are targeted by the Police . Why are those nasty white Police stopping and searching us ?, just because more black's carry gun's and do most of the mugging's.

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As a Police Officer you are bound to take people as they look.
I could often see someone yards away and think, I bet they have a CRO (Criminal Record Offense Number) and 9 times out of 10 I would be right. This is human nature, as we all make views on first impressions.
The main thing is we must always remember that there are many exceptions. My son has a friend who dyes his hair a different colour about once a month, he wears bother boy clothes, and has tatts and earing's. He is one of the nicest, well mannered people I have ever met, and holds a masters in micro bionics (whatever that is) and is sent by his firm to countries all over the world to lecture and advise on the subject.

So if it looks like a duck (yob), walks like a duck (yob) and sounds like a duck (yob), it's very probably a duck (yob), but sometimes you do see it wrong and it might just not be a duck (yob).

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Looking at all those school kids' shirts hanging out...

Frequently reading about how very difficult it is for teachers to maintain any kind of discipline in the class...

Reading about how illiterate lots of kids are...

Watching the kids on TV rioting and causing so much mindless destruction in so many different locations...

Knowing that kids can't get into university unless they go deeply into debt...

Knowing that there aren't jobs for lots of them, even if they do get a degree...

Getting low interest on my hard earned savings...

Getting stuffed by most professionals, banks, etc,...

Watching the stockmarket tank...

Seeing hedonistic crap on TV and having to turn to another channel...

Reading about so much binge drinking...

and much, much more besides......

......make me very much more than just a bit sad really.

I think I'm going to turn the telly off and go into the garden and do some tasks. Then I'm going for a walk in the forest. Then I'm maybe going for a swim. That should take my mind off it all.

I have to say that if I was a shop keeper,.....I would have no hesitation in shooting dead any of these complete rioting morons that are wrecking our suburbs......bring the army in.....no excuses for this intolerable behavior....they might be angry but this is not the way to go about showing frustration at unemployment and such...first shot in the air...second one....etc....