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.

Mnamreh,

You got me there. I am now wondering how ambidextrous people get on.
If you follow the list above I can only conclude that they must be at least cross dressers. I will say no more.

Well maybe just a little angry!

As a left handed man, which side of the bed do you 'lefties' sleep with your partner and why?

I am a right handed man and sleep on the right side of the bed. I can then put my left hand around my partner and this leaves my right hand free to turn out the bedroom light before I go to sleep.

I tried it the other way round, but I could not reach the light switch without having to get out of bed. Then I would get lost on the way back. Well, mostly.

Execline,

I must admit I read your post with trepidation approaching the part, " and this leaves my right hand free to".

What I can't understand is why YOU switch the light off, surely that is one of your wifes jobs.
As to myself, I sleep between them both. There I go again having that annoying dream about identical twins. Go on admit it, I bet you have all dreamed that one.

If only, if only!

Greek :-)

Greek

No. Funnily enough I have not had that dream.

I absolutely know and would put good money on it, that everyone on this board would love you to tell us about it.

:-)

No fear. You must know by now that I am the perfect gentleman and would never be a kiss and tell merchant, even if it was only a dream.

Have a good weekend all.

CAMERON NEEDS 'PROPER MORALS'
David Cameron has identified the causes of the riots and looting this week in Britain. It is a lack of responsibility, which comes from a lack of proper parenting, a lack of proper upbringing, a lack of proper ethics, a lack of proper morals. It is as much a moral problem as a political problem, he has said. (Also see below for that section of his comments.)

We must give him full marks for stating the blindingly obvious. People behave well for one of two reasons; either they have the fear of God before their eyes, or the fear of the long arm of the law. In other words, either an internal or an external moral compass is necessary for good behaviour.

But who defines 'good behaviour'? Can we all agree that looting shops is wrong? Someone is bound to say that by profiteering on dairy products the supermarkets are stealing from us. Someone else will point to the way Members of Parliament milked the expenses system. If something was within the rules, was it morally right? David Cameron thinks forcing African countries to legalise sodomy is morally right. He believes the deliberate killing of a helpless infant in its mother's womb is morally acceptable, but agrees with Canon Giles Fraser (who also thinks sodomy is morally right) that robbing a Malaysian student, Mohammed Ashraf Haziq, caught up in the riots by pretending to help him is morally wrong.

Were those who did such a thing convinced they were right, or wrong? Do they know the difference between right and wrong, and who defines it for them? Years ago, an advert for Pepe Jeans carried the line: 'I know the difference between right and wrong; I prefer wrong.' But we may have moved on even from that amoral outburst. For someone, what is held to be wrong by a majority may be thought right for them. Such is moral relativism, or post-modern thinking, and we can now see where it leads. In a sense, the lawlessness which has so shocked us in recent days has been brewing for a decade - or for even longer.

David Cameron blames the parents ('a lack of proper parenting, a lack of proper upbringing'), but does he realise that 50% of children are growing up in Britain without their natural father?

Who is responsible for that if it isn't the politicians who legalised no-fault divorce on demand in the 1960s, legalised sodomy and pornography, brought in moral-free sex education around the same time and pushed condoms at teenagers just because they hated Christian morality?

And who is equally responsible if not the present Coalition Government which allows all of that to continue on its life-destroying way, not seeing any of it as an offence against 'proper morals'?

What does David Cameron expect single mums to do when confronted by an aggressive teenager or a younger child who threatens to call childline or social services if she so much as lays a finger on him? Instead of trying to undermine African morality he should be learning from those societies where respect for elders, in keeping with the Biblical model, still exists.

Our society needs proper morals, but where are these found if not in the pages of Holy Scripture? Who defines proper morality if not Almighty God? Atheist activists have forced God out of public life to the extent that to express a Christian viewpoint is to run the risk of dismissal from a public sector job - or the Conservative Party.

Without God, there can be no objective right or wrong. Atheist relativism means the rioter has as much right to his morality as Cameron has to his or me to mine. Without God, there is no solid rock from which any politician can criticise anyone else.

Yes, we suffer from a lack of proper morals, but David Cameron shows no evidence of diagnosing that he and his political pals are as much in need of it as the robbers of poor Mohammed Ashraf Haziq. Nor that he and his moral relativism is a huge part of what he describes as the sickness of Britain.

All this talk of sending them to prison is all very well , but were are the prison places ? If they are sent to over-grounded prison's then sent out onto the street's without any attempt to reform and re educate them, and with no back up once realised we will still have the same high number who re offend .

You mustn't forget that all these kids grew up during a Labour Government and went to Labour run schools. The trouble was almost entirely in Labour controlled boroughs.

The current coalition has only been in post for a year and most of the proposed cuts have not even been implemented yet. The kids have learnt one thing though and that is to recite the Labour mantra about Conservative cuts and a lack of future and no jobs. Of course it was exactly the same under Labour, but they didn't have it rammed down their throats then as Labour were too embarrassed to admit that it was their responsibility at the time.

I agree with you Hay , the gang's are 90% black they are also racist against Asian's and Black African's. Gun crime and mugging's in London involve mostly Black teenagers.

So why complain when the police stop and search them .

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76ShareFacebookTwitter.Shell fights North Sea oil spill Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has said it is working to stop a leak at one of its North Sea oil platforms.

The company would not say how much oil may have been spilt from the Gannet Alpha platform though it said it had "stemmed the leak significantly".

One of the wells at the Gannet oilfield has been closed, but the company would not say if production was reduced.

The company says it has sent a clean-up vessel to the location and has a plane monitoring the surface.

The leak was found in a flow line connecting an oil well to the platform.

"We can confirm we are managing an oil leak in a flow line that serves the Shell-operated Gannet Alpha platform. We deployed a remote-operated vehicle to check for a subsea leak after a light sheen was noticed in the area," said a Shell spokesman.

"We have stemmed the leak significantly and we are taking further measures to isolate it. The subsea well has been shut in, and the flow line is being de-pressurised," he added.

'Finite amount'

The company confirmed the leak was continuing but said it was being significantly reduced.

A spokesperson for the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change said: "We are aware of the incident and we are contact with Shell and we investigating it in the usual way but what we understand from Shell, the spill is limited.

"There is a finite amount of oil that can be released."

The entire Gannet field reportedly produced around 13,500 barrels of oil between January and April of this year.

The field is co-owned by US oil firm Exxon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cn7dDF74yE&feature=related

This_is_me

Our society needs proper morals, but where are these found if not in the pages of Holy Scripture? Who defines proper morality if not Almighty God?

Morality for me, is based on respect. So, sorry and all that, but I do not need God, the Holy Scripture or any kind of a Religion to have respect for other entities, be they either alive or inanimate objects, or even people and their belongings.

However, I did originally need to be educated about or shall we say, 'introduced' to the concept somehow, and I can acknowledge that it was either my parents and 'religion' that most probably did this for me.

Since for me, there is no such thing as God, I do see a need for 'some method' of 'respect for others' being taught. And preferably being taught to kids at an early age.

Perhaps we need some form of national constitution, which defines our own rights as individuals and also the rights of others and links the whole relationship thing together?

But, since there is no such thing as 'God', then religion and religious leaders charged with the doing of this, are not the answer for me. The whole thing this way, is fundementally based on an hypocrisy.

This_is_me

Here's a start on it:

From http://www.dailymail.co.uk - A father's message from beyond the grave: My darling children, here's how to live your lives when Daddy's gone

Note Mandy flanagan's husband was Paul Flanagan, a teacher, who died of cancer at the age of 45 in November 2009. He passionately believed his children, Thomas and Lucy just five and one-and-half years old at the time should have more than fading photographs to remember him by.

This is the message that he left for them:

A FATHER'S RULES FOR FINDING FULFILMENT

Be courteous, be punctual, always say please and thank you, and be sure to hold your knife and fork properly. Others take their cue on how to treat you from your manners.

Be kind, considerate and compassionate when others are in trouble, even if you have problems of your own. Others will admire your selflessness and will help you in due course.

Show moral courage. Do what is right, even if that makes you unpopular. I always thought it important to be able to look at myself in the shaving mirror every morning and not feel guilt or remorse. I depart this world with a pretty clear conscience.

Show humility. Stand your ground but pause to reflect on what the other side are saying, and back off when you know you are wrong. Never worry about losing face. That only happens when you are pig-headed.

Learn from your mistakes. You will make plenty so use them as a learning tool. If you keep making the same mistake or run into a problem, youre doing something wrong.

Avoid disparaging someone to a third party; it is only you who will look bad. If you have a problem with someone, tell them face to face.

Hold fire! If someone crosses you, dont react immediately. Once you say something it can never be taken back, and most people deserve a second chance.

Have fun. If this involves taking risks, so be it. If you get caught, hold your hands up.
Give to charity and help those who are less fortunate than yourselves: its easy and so rewarding.

Always look on the upside! The glass is half full, never half empty. Every adversity has a silver lining if you seek it out.

Make it your instinct always to say yes. Look for reasons to do something, not reasons to say no. Your friends will cherish you for that.

Be canny: you will get more of what you want if you can give someone more of what they desire. Compromise can be king.

Always accept a party invitation. You may not want to go, but they want you there. Show them courtesy and respect.

Never ever let a friend down. I would bury bodies for my friends, if they asked me to . . . which is why I have chosen them carefully.

Always tip for good service. It shows respect. But never reward poor service. Poor service is insulting.

Always treat those you meet as your social equal, whether they are above or below your station in life. For those above you, show due deference, but dont be a sycophant.

Always respect age, as age equals wisdom.

Be prepared to put the interests of your sibling first.

Be proud of who you are and where you come from, but open your mind to other cultures and languages. When you begin to travel (as I hope you will), youll learn that your place in the world is both vital and insignificant. Dont get too big for your breeches.

Be ambitious, but not nakedly so. Be prepared to back your assertions with craftsmanship and hard work.

Live every day to its full: do something that makes you smile or laugh, and avoid procrastination.

Give of your best at school. Some teachers forget that pupils need incentives. So if your teacher doesnt give you one, devise your own.

Always pay the most you can afford. Never skimp on hotels, clothing, shoes, make-up or jewellery. But always look for a deal. You get what you pay for.

Never give up! My two little soldiers have no dad, but you are brave, big-hearted, fit and strong. You are also loved by an immensely kind and supportive team of family and friends. You make your own good fortune, my children, so battle on.
Never feel sorry for yourself, or at least dont do it for long. Crying doesnt make things better.

Look after your body and it will look after you.

Learn a language, or at least try. Never engage a person abroad in conversation without first greeting them in their own language; by all means ask if they speak English!

And finally, cherish your mother, and take very good care of her.

I love you both with all my heart.
Daddy x

A nice gesture from Amy Winehouse:

Amy paid for a guy's life saving operation: "Don't say anything," she said.

Tell me something new :-)

Women gossip for five hours a day

From todays Telegraph.

A couple from Somalia along with their children have moved from their previous house in the west midlands into a 2 million pound 6 bedroomed home in London. The council via the taxpayer IE you and me is picking up the almost 2,000 per week rent (8,000 per month or 104,000 per year).
Under the housing benefits bill introduced by the Labor Government there was nothing to stop this family doing so.
Of course they don't work, so no doubt that means a few more thousand quid, along with child allowance, yet more dosh.
This family have sponged of us now for 3 years.

They both don't speak English or at least state they don't.

Yet another example of the UK being the laughing stock of the world.

Perhaps we should all go round wearing 'T' shirts with the words UK citizen = Mug.

No wonder so many pour over our boarders.

It makes me so bloody mad that all my working life I have paid my taxes, and yet those taxes in total have not been enough to look after this one family.
In other words myself and several like me have worked all out lives to support a single family of spongers.

And remember there are thousand of families doing just the same, consisting of our home grown spongers and those that just come here for the freebies.

If anything is guaranteed to stir racial tension this is.

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Well it makes my blood boil - what a crazy country we live in!