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.

Hi Skinny,

Well if you don't laugh, you'd cry.

Regards Greek

There are now more than 7 billion human beings on the planet at the present time. Apparently, there will be about 9.5 billion by 2050

When I was born, I was the 2,376,975,087th person alive on Earth and the 75,093,805,822nd person to have lived since history began.

And everyone has been different to everyone else. So that's nice.

Find out where exactly you fit into things at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515

We used to have 4% fall a day during last few months. Can we start recovering the lost ground?

I thought we had.

I bet Ruth had something to do with this - Rochdale pub dog Jip learns to retrieve darts

For any criminals out there interested in idendity theft ExecLine was born on 3/12/43. It juist goes to show how carefull you have to be online.

I thought he was self created!

Pathetic. HOW DARE SHE AFTER WHAT HER LATE HUSBAND LEFT HER.........

535,000 public funds for Thatcher

27 October 2011 08:00pm

Former prime minister Lady Thatcher has claimed more than half a million pounds of taxpayers' cash in the last five years, the Government has revealed.

The 86-year-old Baroness, who is rarely seen in public and suffers ongoing health problems, benefited from the public duties cost allowance available to ex-PMs.

Since 2006, she has claimed a total of 535,000 in state handouts.

The system was set up by John Major in 1991 to reward former incumbents of No 10 for work including answering letters and attending public events.

It has cost taxpayers more than 1.7 million in the past five years supporting Baroness Thatcher, her successor Sir John and, since 2007, former Labour premier Tony Blair.

Mr Blair, PM for a decade from 1997, has claimed just under 273,000 since leaving office in June 2007, including 169,076 in 2008-9 - more than his annual salary when he was in Downing Street.

Sir John, who ran the country from 1990 to 1997, has netted a total of 490,000 over the last five years.

Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude, who revealed the figures following a written Parliamentary question from Tory MP Philip Hollobone, said: "The public duties cost allowance is kept under review."

The Press Association

I thought they lived on unemployment benefits! and their pensions.

What are their pensions?

Bur this demonstrates true blue standards.

(Blair was a mole, perhaps the others were just ......!

No shit Sherlock! Euro for Greece 'was a mistake'

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says allowing Greece into the eurozone was a "mistake" at the time, while Athens denies causing the debt crisis.

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Goldfinger,

I don't so much blame the people who claim as much as the system itself.
As wrong as it undoubtedly is, the temptation to take something that is almost forced up your nose, must be very tempting, look at most benefits and benefit claimants.
If you look at our own government system and that overflowing gravy train called the EU, there are so many take, take, take openings in their make up, human nature which is getting more and more of the philosophy of 'I'm alright jack, sod everyone else', will always prevail.

So until the general populous start kicking off, big time, nothing will change!

True GM. Im just pissed off that she (thatcher) needs any support after the millions her late husband left her.

Fully agree, mind you, have you seen the price of handbags lately.

50% annual pay increase for FTSE top knobs!!!. WHY have they had a seriouly good year increasing share holders returns to that tune. ...answer have they ...k.

PATHETIC.

One rule for the 1% (im in that band by the way)another for the rest.

Truly PATHETIC. Lost for words.

60%-65% taxes I suggest. As long as this is relaxed in good times. Buffet and Gates agree.

GM, oooh yes ducky I ve recently been shopping in Burberrys. LOL.

Question is : in which year will the total number of persons alive surpass the total number of deceased ?.....no idea myself.....

How much is Gordon Brown claiming ?

Actually thats a very good question RF. Anyone have any statistics??.

Havent been on this thread for a while. Some brill stuff debated. Used to be at beginning all market stuff, now its anything. love it.

Not long ago, I read that handbags for men are becoming more and more popular.
And there was me thinking 'man baggage ' had been around for years, it's called the wife.
After that comment, I had better get back in the bunker, tin hat on tight.