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.

Skinny.

I understand that the Postman Pat film is very factually true to life, far more than the TV series is.
Instead of a postal uniform, including cap, the film Pat wears scruffy jeans, old trainers, a Postal union T Shirt and a balaclava.
He only delivers once a day, a first delivery that starts at 10am and finishes around 2pm, the last hour being on double time.
Early on in the film he is given a FPT for dropping litter (rubber bands) and is eventually sacked after several thousand letter and parcels including hundred or birthday card are found undelivered at his house, all having once contained cash.
Unable to get another job and being unable to pay his mortgage his house is repossessed and he is ends up living on the streets.
The final scene is where Pat takes the post office to court, for damages stating that his right to a family life has been effected, as his child benefit for his 12 kids and his dole is insufficient to support said family.
During the trial it is discovered that Pat is an illegal alien, having sneaked into the country many years ago (should have mentioned that he was from Somalia and his real name was Ahmed Tegarli Ishal).
He claims political asylum which is of course granted for himself his 3 wives, several cousins and of course his 12 kids.
He wins court damages of several thousand pounds, for wrongful dismissal after it is discovered that he never learned English so had only delivered a few letters on the first day, all to the wrong addresses.
He feels that his employer was at fault for not checking he could not understand English and should have supported him more.
The court of course accepted this.
He then reads on a chat line (he can read and understand English when he needs to) that in the village where he lived, a family have gone on holiday leaving the house empty. After breaking a window to gain entry,he moves in as a squatter with his whole brood.
The police are called intending to arrest him for damage, but when they see he is of foreign origin and having been shown a certificate for free legal advice 24/7 from the civil liberty group, they hotfoot it back to the station
On route they are flagged down by the owners of the house who had been informed of the squatters by a neighbour, they become upset when told of the situation and are of course arrested for causing the Police distress.
As the closing credits roll, 2 of Pats (sorry I mean Ahmed's) wives are being taken to a private maternity clinic which is being paid for by BBC panorama who have arranged for the rights to Ahmeds story of his continual fight against the imperialist British.

Note..There is no cat called Jess in the film as a talking cat was thought to be too unbelievable.

'Sky News - 41 minutes agoMiners' Deaths 'Are Stab Through The Heart'Sky News - 1 hour 33 minutes agoTributes To Soldier Shot Dead In AfghanistanSky News - 2 hours 20 minutes agoTrapped Miners: Fourth Man Is Found DeadSky News - 1 hour 50 minutes ago.......Miners' Deaths 'Are Stab Through The Heart'
Sky News Miners' Deaths 'Are Stab Through The Heart'

....The deaths of the four miners at Gleision Colliery near Swansea have been described as a "stab through the heart" of the local community.

Neath MP Peter Hain said: "This is the end we all feared but hoped against hope wouldn't happen.

"Extraordinary courage was shown by the families right through the night, tortuous hours of waiting. We can't imagine what they have been through.

"This has been a stab right through the heart of these local communities.

"There's a long tradition of mining here but nobody expected the tragedies of past generations would come today."

Mr Hain also paid tribute to the "superhuman efforts" of the rescue workers.

"At least the families can cling on to this - nobody tried harder than those rescue workers. They worked relentlessly."

Prime Minister David Cameron described the tragedy as a "desperately, desperately sad situation".

He said the anguish of the miners' families was "intense", adding: "There is going to be desperate sorrow in those families and communities as they come to terms with the loss."

Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan said: "This has been a truly devastating day for the families of Charles, Garry, Phillip and David who have so tragically lost their lives.

"Their families told me that the unstinting compassion and support they have received from their friends, the local community and volunteers has been of great comfort to them."

South Wales chief constable Peter Vaughan said that the conclusion of the rescue operation was "the one that none of us wanted".

aldwickk I got 14 correct thanks to being in too much of a hurry. You can't seriously have only got 7 correct.

I would have thought that result was on the optimistic side!

mnamreh -& T I M

Did you both go on to Grammar school ? i went to a shit sec mod in Shepherds Bush.

ps I was distracted when i took the test that's my excuse

It tells.

Apparently, it's 33-1 against Rooney scoring another hat trick today.

Hmmm?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14967368

traffic warden bastards.

3 weeks ago my father, who is nearly 80, got a dissabled parking badge.
On friday he went to Leeds to the bank. He parked in a disabled spot and put his bage in the window. When he got out of the bank 10 minutes later a traffic warden was giving him a ticket, my father spoke to the traffic warden who told him that he had 'broken the law' and must pay a 50 fine for DISPLAYING THE BADGE THE WRONG WAY ROUND . My father explianed that he had only used the badge once before and was not sure what to do. The traffic warden said 'no problem, here is your penalty notice' and walked away.

I intend to appeal against the fine but what a c*nt that female warden was

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A sad indictment of the way too many people think nowadays ! I guess she has no father - she certainly sounds the archetypal b*stard.

Was she Nigerian ? Apparently the power goes to their head.

There's two sides to most stories. Calm down, dear.

On the one hand:

On behalf of this poor old gentleman, who is nearly 80, I would definitely appeal.

He's only had the blue Badge a few minutes and so how can he be expected to use it properly? How can he have had time to even read the guidelines issued with the badge?

On the other hand:

However, don't you think he deserves to lose such an appeal?

Obviously, he hasn't even bothered to read the guidleines issued with the badge. He might be lazy, or he might be forgetful. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he just didn't have time yet to do it.

But he did have time to start using the badge, didn't he?

The use of a Blue Badge is, like anything else, subject to 'terms and conditions of use'. It is not a licence to 'park anywhere' and 'park anyhow'. Neither is the ownership or usage of a Blue Badge a licence to 'show the badge upside down' or 'show it sideways on' or use it when it's 'out of date' or 'belonging to someone else' or show it 'back to front'.

I often see people abusing disabled parking spaces and, on behalf of traffic wardens who are paid to do their job, its kinda nice to see them actually doing it.

I guess you think some traffic wardens should ignore the stuff they have been taught and some should just 'use their initiative'? Allowing the latter seems to invite 'corruption entering the equation', doesn't it? Surely we want traffic wardens who strictly adhere to a set of rules, don't we?

And how on earth is the traffic warden to know that the badge belongs to a gentleman 'who is nearly 80'? What has that got to do with it? Is there an age limit clause in the usage rules?

Perhaps if the poor old guy can't even display a Blue Badge properly, it's time he delegated the job to someone else, isn't it?

Is he also incapable of spending 10-20m minutes to read the usage guidelines that are issued with the Blue Badge? Surely not?

So really, he deserves to lose his appeal, doesn't he?

Come on! Pay up and move on with the rest of your life - is another way of looking at it, don't you think?

:-)

About the Blue Badge Scheme

Whatever happened to "let common sense prevail"!.

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Execline

You could have made your point without using up most of the page , then we wouldn't have so much rubbish to read .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HioPyCID6RI&feature=related

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They've been told to crack down on abuses of the Blue Badge system. However, if this is an example of cracking down on abuse, I despair for our country. But then, I've been despairing for our country for some time for many reasons.

Appeal.

BTW, the Warden met dcb's father and had a discussion with him - so should have realised he was elderly - unless she was blind as well as stupid and unsympathetic.