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.

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Greek. I haven't a clue what is going on.

It seems as if the thread or my typing is on Crack or something.

CC, you're quite right of course, and I have no doubt many such areas exist. Yes I would try to do something about them and yes it might partly be in the nature of the short, sharp, shock. However, the rules for crime and punishment are very ingrained and it would take great political power to fix things particularly given how bad they have let them slip.

And anyway, the short, sharp, shock is not enough. Major contributory factors are the benefits system and the breakdown of the family unit but those are other stories, perhaps for an evening on which the BB software works.

If the benefit system is modified it may lead to another type of crime or and also an increase in it.

I feel if MPs can try and get away with "fiddles" so can the benefit fraudsters.

Interesting that so many condone Wishy and Washy attempts to become PM and side kick having attempted expense fiddling and then damn somebody on less than 10000 a year.

What examples are they to the public.

The We Can Get Away With It Brigade". The same people who are damning others.

Oh, Don't all shout. I know they gave the loot back.

They shouldn't have used their sticky little fingers in the first place.

Info to all,

Problems here sent to Ian via the manage bugs etc page.

Got a reply back from Ian within 1 min (efficient as ever) he is getting someone to take a look at the problem.

Erm.....,err....., well, it's perhaps best to take care on the A1 near Wetherby, particularly if you are in a Clio....

ExecLine,

I am a voluntary tutor for RosPa the advanced driver training group.
i have sent this to other members.

Perhaps the lorry driver should either come to us, specsavers (what an advert) or both.

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Hope the Government don't see the You Tube clip, they are just daft enough to link it with CO2 reducing.

Reduce your Vehicle Excise Duty now. Get a lift from a passing lorry.

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Ian
Traders Thread still showing -6.8577 of 8571.

tyketto,

Yes, George is aware of it and is looking into it,

Ian

It appears the You Tube link has been removed.
Presumably the car driver or someone else was injured. If so fair enough.
If not I can't understand why, unless the poster has requested it (I understand they can do this) and is thinking of a way to make some cash out of the clip.

I believe the event is being investigated by the police and also the trucker's employers.

I have read that the distance travelled with the two vehicles connected together was about half a mile. The lady driver in the Clio must have been frightened to bits and was seen braking (brake lights on in the video clip) and also heard sounding her horn.

I would think it has been felt necessary to check the truck driver out more thoroughly.

Careless driving? Probably a Yes.

Carless driving? Definitely a No. Teeheehee. :-)

Yes, that would be a very valid reason to remove the video, as if it goes to court any witnesses/jury (if danger our driving) could be influenced.

Was it a set up?

Filmed with the lorry reversing and then played backwards?






















Only trying to get Exec's circulation going.

8-)

The video is still up on YouTube.

Criminals are sent to gaol to be punished not to be reformed.

The logic of being sent to prison to be reformed would mean the potential of someone going there for the rest of their life because they never were reformed from the time they got that parkng ticket. On the other hand if a murderer was sent to prison to be reformed she could be released the next day after being reformed.

On a more serious note!



NIGEL JOHNSON-HILL, PARKFARM, MILLAND, LIPHOOK, GU30 7JT

Rt Hon David Miliband MP
Secretary of State.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA),
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR


16 July 2009


Dear Secretary of State,

My friend, who is in farming at the moment, recently received a cheque for 3,000 from the Rural Payments Agency for not rearing pigs.. I would now like to join the "not rearing pigs" business.

In your opinion, what is the best kind of farm not to rear pigs on, and which is the best breed of pigs not to rear? I want to be sure I approach this endeavour in keeping with all government policies, as dictated by the EU under the Common Agricultural Policy.

I would prefer not to rear bacon pigs, but if this is not the type you want not rearing, I will just as gladly not rear porkers. Are there any advantages in not rearing rare breeds such as Saddlebacks or Gloucester Old Spots, or are there too many people already not rearing these?

As I see it, the hardest part of this program will be keeping an accurate record of how many pigs I haven't reared. Are there any Government or Local Authority courses on this?

My friend is very satisfied with this business. He has been rearing pigs for forty years or so, and the best he ever made on them was 1,422 in 1968. That is - until this year, when he received a cheque for not rearing any.

If I get 3,000 for not rearing 50 pigs, will I get 6,000 for not rearing 100? I plan to operate on a small scale at first, holding myself down to about 4,000 pigs not raised, which will mean about 240,000 for the first year. As I become more expert in not rearing pigs, I plan to be more ambitious, perhaps increasing to, say, 40,000 pigs not reared in my second year, for which I should expect about 2.4 million from your department. Incidentally, I wonder if I would be eligible to receive tradable carbon credits for all these pigs not producing harmful and polluting methane gases?

Another point: These pigs that I plan not to rear will not eat 2,000 tonnes of cereals. I understand that you also pay farmers for not growing crops. Will I qualify for payments for not growing cereals to not feed the pigs I don't rear?

I am also considering the "not milking cows" business, so please send any information you have on that too. Please could you also include the current Defra advice on set aside fields? Can this be done on an e-commerce basis with virtual fields (of which I seem to have several thousand hectares)?

In view of the above you will realise that I will be totally unemployed, and will therefore qualify for unemployment benefits. I shall of course be voting for your party at the next general election.
Yours faithfully,

Nigel Johnson-Hill