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“I must get this crack mended” – Carol (Catherine Deneuve) in Repulsion

@rogue trader wrote:

“I do not want people to be agreeable,as it saves me the trouble of liking them
edited from a pm between Annette curtains and old shep
not at liberty to say who said that to who.

what’s a dog from Blue Peter doing writing emails?

‘if every friend became his foe
he’d laugh and build a world with snow’

from E E Cummings ‘my father moved through dooms of love’

I think the cruelty shown to animals in the world has been a mark of humasn insensitivity to other human beings too. All sorts of laws have been passed against animal cruelty, yet it still takes place.

But. Blossom, I also think that there are circumstances where animals may have to suffer to relieve human suffering..I say this as I’m a human and…[Read more]

@Blossom’ wrote:

@sceptical guy wrote:

Clear arguments being presented here.

Like, Kenty, I’m not an animal lover, but I don’t like to see animals in pain, or killed.

But when human pain can be eased, I see animals as coming second.

Blossom, why shouldn’t animals be killed if human pain can be reduced? I don’t understand why animals should be as…

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Clear arguments being presented here.

Like, Kenty, I’m not an animal lover, but I don’t like to see animals in pain, or killed.

But when human pain can be eased, I see animals as coming second.

Blossom, why shouldn’t animals be killed if human pain can be reduced? I don’t understand why animals should be as important as human beings (that…[Read more]

I did say sorry, cosy…

esp as this is a potentially great thread, and now I’ve spoiled it Sad

it’s just the first thing that comes to mind these past few years when asked to remember things my mother said…

right er…”get your fingers out of that cake mix or you won’t have any fingers left!” :?

“you are the weakest link..GOODBYE!’ oft used by networkers and people-users to isolated individuals.

or

“you are the weakest link..when they come for you, they’ll meet me standing foursquare with you”

used by a few people who are gems.

“you take the water for granted until the well runs dry”

sorry, that’s not funny. It was my mother quoting her mother, and it was about mothers dying.

Now I know what she meant.

*throws red card out of pram and hides behind Kenty lol

well, I didn’t delete any…and it doesn’t make any sense…I’ve been frightened to reply directly to the guy in case he does another flounce, leading to another hail of abuse…

hopefully, he’s gone to a website where he’s popular with 100% instead of just 90% of users

in a crisis as large as the threatened one, I’m afraid that savings as small as yours and mine, tinks, would be wiped, and the government guarantee would count for zilch.

But I can’t imagine it happening, though it could go up to the line on 17 October.

Blossom, I can see how nice a localised economy and people helping one another would be.…[Read more]

@jen_jen wrote:

* giving thanks that I don’t have any savings to worry about *

well, I’ve hardly got a lot of savings…

but you make me feel as though I’m very selfish :oops:

No need to worry about your economics, Rusty.

My concern wasn’t with the nature of the banks..

more homely..

what do any of us do if the whole thing collapses in a couple of weeks time???

Put it all under the pillows? (money, that is :oops: )

Go to church and pray a bit more???

Jen, I’m confused too..but this is the second time he’s flounced over sweet f.a, blaming me.. Next time I’ll give him something to flounce about. The first time he got almost universal support, and a softer reception than anyone I’ve known here, but he must be incredibly self-centred, assuming everything is about him :roll:

On the more important…[Read more]

what in hell is this guy talking about???

I was referring to Jen, a woman I very much admire..

“they can’t keep a good gal down”

me after reading Jen’s last two posts

Let me stress that I’m quite concerned but I don’t think this will happen, because this will have nothing to do with the crisis of capitalism and all that – it’s the work of a bunch of nutters.

The likeliest outcome is a lot of harum-scarum over the next week followed by an agreement.

But some of them are real nutters, and it might possibly…[Read more]

I don’t see that as any realistic answer at all…it’s a common daydream among very serious people, though, but daydreaming never put any bread on anyone’s table.

I’m actually quite concerned about how to safeguard savings if the banking system should collapse. I’ve never lived through something like that and I don’t wish to. The Americans did…[Read more]