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.

Exec,

Do me a favour, pris posting 8708.

I havent got that long to live.

8-)

Jeffshe is the kind of person that I admirebit of a bungalownothing up topbut she made the most of her short lifeshe was an excellent Motherand she had a lot of good in hermost people pass judgement on first impressionsand pass on exaggerations I like to look a little deeper into mattersif you look at her documentariesyou will see she lived in very poor conditions as a young girlthe definition of a slum is:- district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditionsI would say that was pretty accurate from the film clips that I watchedI am sure where you lived was far from that description JeffI have also driven through Bermondsey on many occasionand I have to false myself not to stop at the Wetherspoonslolbut I do look at the Bike shop while in traffic

Fredat your ageflowers must scare you?.

Fred,

I would be all for a coalition government, if it worked, but they never appear to work in peace time as they all pull in different directions and achieve little. Coalitions in wartime are different, due to them all wanting the same thing. Whilst I appreciate they all want to get the country back on track they all have huge differences in policy. In war time the differences re how to fight it are usually similar. Everything else takes a back seat.

As to if the Conservatives get in, "you ain't seen nothing yet", I think we will have to agree to disagree.
Whilst I have very little faith in any of them, I don't see how it is possible to make such a monumental cock-up as this current lot. They continue to blame it as a world crisis, but if they had not gone running round like demented idiots who had got hold of an open cheque book, whilst times were good, we would be far better positioned to get back on track.

So I will vote Conservative, just to get this lot out, and I am dumbfounded that the gap in the poles is narrowing.

My wife keeps on bringing home roses, but says they are not for me.

Not sure what to make of it.

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Just tried to post the following on a competitors site. The post was rejected due to inappropriate language.

MsKalaBoy,

You state, It's probably not easy for a government, especially one as inept as ours, to promote a technology which is not yet commercial.

If Messers Brown Darling had been around in 8,000 B.C. we would probably be still waiting for them to approve the invention of the wheel.

Muppets the lot of them.

It was accepted when I substituted the word Useless for Muppets.

Am I missing something re the word Muppets, as I know of no way this word can be used as inappropriate.

The only problem is working out who is who :-)

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Mnamreh,

No I think you are right, striking similarities. GB has to be the big brown one near top right hand corner.
William Hague must be the yellowy, bald one with glasses.

Greek,

"
If Messers Brown Darling had been around in 8,000 B.C. we would probably be still waiting for them to approve the invention of the wheel."

Interesting.

Yet many tories are condemning the expense of introducing IT into the NHS, Police service etc.

Not saying they weren't hood winked by the various IT "consultants" when initial contracts were sign.

"I think the method of introduction was crazy for a multiple of reasons, and have friends who worked on the various systems at various times."


But I had a retinoscopy a day ago, and was amazed that I was able to see the image instantaneously and compare it on screen with those in the data base.

Also, bring up records of previous problems.

A year ago it was chaos attempting to do so.

The costs of the system use on me was about 25,000. (I am referring to the camera and viewer only.)

The overall cost of the NHS should have been pruned early and certainly carried out on pilots initially.

The potential advantages of ID computerisation is enormous, especially in various forms of fraud including benefit fraud.

But it will enable many things include money movement in fraud and other forms of villainy.

Greek,

Going on a bit, one of the problems with developing software is the increasing for the service due partially to the increase in the details of information and the correlation of that information.

I found this problematic when I wrote programs (simple) 15years ago.

Fred - Re NHS perhaps in common with those unfortunate to be admitted to our hospitals the Tories are more concerned about the welfare of said patients due to a lack of basic hygiene on the wards and the risk of infection to human beings rather than technology. Pointless having sophisticated, megga technology if patients admittted to our hospitals are dying as a result of super bugs. Back to basics dont you think! Delighted to hear your eyesiight may be improving,any chance you may become less blind ?

Definition of 'blind'unable to seeso how do you become less blind?I told you I was a thicko.

Sorry Chrisjust boredand being pedantic

Idiom Definitions for 'None so blind as those who will not see'

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This idiom is used when people refuse to accept facts presented to them. ('None so deaf as those who will not hear' is an alternative.)

I'll get me coat !

Skinny could have been taken both waysbut Ill go quietly.

Anyone tell me when the clocks go forward in the UK.

Early hours this Sunday.

Thanks skinny.