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.

Ill settle for 51% Execdid you know I was nearly a doctor oncetrust me? I was sitting in my surgery and in walked a Kylie Minogue look alike with her Mothershe said Ive come for an examinationI said very well go behind the curtain and get undressed..."No not me" said Kylie "it's my old Mum here."Very well"I said "Madam please stick out your tongue and say ahhh".I couldnt see the fun in it?

Knowing only very little, or almost nothing about the person in question ie. Jane Goody it is most opportune for me to throw my cap into the ring once again.

Greek,

How many children do you have to have had, to become an expert?

How many non-celebrities hive their offspring to institutions to be brought up and educated. Ie . giving the responsibility to others (able to blame others) to import values into them?

(From reading, often a less than advantageous environment for development of rounded personality )

Nannies come in all shapes and sizes, and are usually paid for.

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Tabby,

Cant fake Mothers love.

The sad thing is it is often done and can be very difficult sometimes to recognise.

Many a darling mother/father have been poisoning their children in front of Doctors, police and social services.

Not the most easily duped members of society.
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On a lighter note:

A point of interest, to me, is why this lady brings up an association with a prostitute?

(Just details.)

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Fred,

Q How many children do have to have had to become an expert?

R No Idea, except to say there are many good parents with one, and equally many bad parents with double figures.

Q How many non-celebrities hive their offspring to institutions to be brought up and educated. IE . giving the responsibility to others (able to blame others) to import values into them?

R Don't know but like many richer parents far more than poorer ones.

I realise you questions were rhetorical.

Here's a kid who is a wall climber. Well worth watching him too, IMHO

http://pogpog.com/v/amazing-wall-climber/

Greek.

Agree with you first reply.

Cautious about 2 ( I was going to say I have the same bias, but on reflection, it doesn't seem to matter very much.)

However, I would not be that sweeping and consider friendship with the Mafia, Drug Barons, Flesh Traders. Cigarette Manufact, etc. and quite a lot of others.

So, I pick and choose. or perhaps they pick and choose me.

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Fred

Why do you keep double posting? This has been going on for at least a couple of years.

1. Do you need to clean toast particles from your keyboard?
2. Get a new keyboard?
3. Do something else? eg, When posting try to avoid hitting your Back button. This is what you are most probably doing and is most probably causing the double posting of your comment.

Execthis is like eggheads.Ill go for No3.am I right?

ExecLine,

Don't know about Fred, but my PC has been on a go slow, slower, stop for a few months meaning sometimes I have to wait as much as 10, 20 seconds for a post to post.
I have cleared cookies, temp files, virus scans, sweeps, spy ware, disk clean and stopped eating toast (could porridge cause the same problem) but still the problem persists.
Not a techi, so will be looking to have someone in for a clean-up.
Perhaps Fred has same problem.

Regards Pond.

Exec,

Sorry it is upsetting you, but thanks. 8-)

The problem is my IP connection varies in speed at certain times of day.

I think because I am near a University which is rich in students who use the internet. (I often complain, but it doesn't have any effect.)

I hit the knob to post and the delay before posting varies, frustration then takes over and I strike again.

If you are irritated, guess how I feel.

Strangely. my PROBLEMs seems more noticeable on MM.

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Greek,

Your experience is similar to mine and I have clean up my machine numerous times.

Perhaps, MM are monitoring our posts.

Be careful we could be in a police state 8-)

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Fred - 'Strangely. my PROBLEMS seem more noticeable on MM'

Your not kidding, I could write a book!

Chrisyellow card..a tad bitchy?

Fred

"I hit the knob to post and the delay before posting varies, frustration then takes over and I strike again."

So there we have the answer then. Fred, you admit you do the double post yourself. Many thanks.

It's a naughty habit. Please write 100 times: "I must not double post."

Exec,

At my age, to suffer a little frustration is a good thing, as it reminds me of early youth.

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CC.

I thought you had blown yourself up.

Be careful, I might rattle your cage again

PS.

I wouldnt try to write a book.

Probably, it would take you far too long.

Lunchtime news>

The Financial Services Authority has just put out the most tantalising statement about raids it has conducted this morning on 16 addresses in London, Oxfordshire and the south-east of England.
It describes these raids as it "largest-ever operation against insider dealing". And it has certainly put its resources where its mouth is: it has deployed 143 of its own investigators in the swoop and has collaborated with the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
The FSA says that six men, including "two senior City professionals at leading city institutions and one City professional at a hedge fund" have been arrested. They are suspected of involvement in "a sophisticated and long-running insider-dealing ring".
The watchdog adds that it believes these City professionals passed inside information to traders who "traded based on this information and made significant profits as a result".
What's the significance of all this?
Well, there can no longer be any doubt that the FSA is serious about cracking down on City crime, especially illicit trading in shares and securities when in possession of privileged insider knowledge.
The FSA massively increased the resources it deploys on surveillance and enforcement three years ago - including installing a powerful computer system, Sabre, which analyses trading data and identifies patterns of possible illegal dealing.
That investment in policing now appears to be paying off in a stream of investigations and prosecutions. Leading City firms will be hoping that they don't have too many bad apples within their ranks.
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About timeand get back every penny these ba**ards have made illegallylock them upand throw away the keysffs keep making examples of these cnuts until they get the message.

Does this mean, that if I read MM postings, I will have to be more careful in future?

8-)

So Stephen Byers now admits to making up stories to attempt to gain employment as a lobbyist.

I take it then that, 'He admits to attempting to gain pecuniary advantage by a written or verbal statement', a straight up and down criminal offence. Although it is extremely rare to prosecute people re this (the attempt), it has been done to ordinary people in the past. But I suppose, 'it would not be deemed in the public interest to prosecute', well I for one think it would.

Mind you I am sure he did not exaggerate his previous dealing, but just got scared when he had been found out.

Now Gordon Brown states an enquiry will not be required. That's alright then.

The trough gets deeper, as the pigs get greedier.

It just seems that no matter what, nobody is expected to take responsibility for their actions or inactions. Whatever happened to accountability? This applies to life in general.
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Greek.

The troughs get bigger the higher up you go.

I doubt that the noses are much different whichever party smells the trough.

I doubt that a prosecution on any grounds would be successful and therefore would be a waste of public money.

The public can view the facts and make their own opinions.

Some of those defined as "guilty" will not be standing for re-election.

The bleating of MPs that, they made mistakes in not notifying Parliament of their various "perks" is nauseating, and for me, more dangerous to the opinion of the stature of the Government and that of all political parties.

I copy the below form MP and Expenses thread.

So it is again long winded, but in defence Tabby did ask for details.

(I must get back to my charts.)

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The thing which amazes me is the stupidity of those concerned in the latest shock horror episode, whether they are tory, Labour or Liberal MPs.

But in all honesty, I am not surprised and thought that the behaviour demonstrated that which common practice was.

I cant see that what they were trying to do was that wrong.

They have useful knowledge and are prepared to flog it to businesses or
other bodies.

They will not be in parliament at the time of their new business contracts and providing an introduction to a department, or minister, is hardly, in my mind, a felony.

If they are making payments in cash or kind to the officials or ministers, in order change policies in favour of one or other companies that is a different consideration.

I cant see the difference to a company, or a body, having a spin doctor to advise them on approach and presentation.

I think, undeclared unspoken of visits, or the reception of repeated hospitality by serving MPs is a different matter.

There is also an obvious danger, if a Minister does not declare all his business interests at time of office and should not be placed in an office, which may allow him to make decision benefiting those interests.

But I believe that when MPs are in Ministerial office they have to place the management of their personal business affairs, in the hands of a third party.
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I can see little between the actions which have occurred and those of M. Thatcher advising a company on the spreading of Cancer and Ill health in Eastern European countries and the Third World.

Some may wish to congratulate her, for her business acumen.







http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Margaret_Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher and Philip Morris

In 1992 Margaret Thatcher signed on as an international consultant to the Philip Morris tobacco company at a pay rate of US $500,000 annually, with half to be paid directly to Mrs. Thatcher and half to be paid to the Margaret Thatcher Foundation

According to the 19 July 1992 U.S. Sunday Times article, Ms. Thatcher's "advice will be sought on controversial issues including the penetration of tobacco markets in Eastern Europe and the Third World. She will also be asked to help resist attempts to ban tobacco advertising in the European Community and to fight cigarette taxes and state-run tobacco monopolies." Thatcher was a non-smoker who spoke out against tobacco several times while Prime Minister.

The Independent (of London) reported that Philip Morris paid for a 70th birthday bash for Ms. Thatcher on 23 October 1995 in Washington, D.C. 800 guests attended and the estimated cost of the party was $1 million.

Did she pay tax on this!?!!!!