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Put on a cotton T. Shirt & get in a cool shower. Wring out T.shirt while it’s still on & it gradually dries on you. Really cools you down & allows your body to breath. It’s great – especially at night.
I don’t have neighbours. I live above a newsagents & either side, the shops use the upstairs for storage – so I can make all the noise I want and don’t have to worry about the comments.
I suppose the newsagent downstairs could be called a neighbour – also known as the prat down below – the only thing I say to him is shut the f**k up when his newspapers are delivered at 5.30am. Never mind, he has to put up with my music/TV/cats/barking dog etc so I get my revenge!
I find it very interesting that in this country other religions get so much promenance over the christian religion – I am not religious & don’t care if people believe in God, Allah, Abraham or Slartibartfast! As long as they do not inflict it on me.
From what I read, what really got up people’s noses was not the muslim day but that a wedding party were told that the park was double booked but they could still use the park as long as they were modestly dressed (all flesh covered) but would not be expected to wear headscarves and would be expected to abide by segregation rules!
I was in Turkey last year – beutiful place with lovely people but thinking back, I noticed that in many resorts westerners were walking around in bikini tops & shorts, going topless on beaches and alcohol was sold everywhere. Saying that, the beaches were not available to Turkish people unless they were able to pay tourist prices (each bit of beach owned by restaurant/bar and was free if you brought drinks or a meal!). In the water park, the only turkish people I saw were workers!
There are 2 ways of looking at this – are we ignoring their rules on modesty etc in their country and imposing our values on them OR, when money is involved, in any custom, anything goes?
Please don’t slag me off too much for this view – I’m feeling pretty vulnerable at the moment!
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I forgot about Armchair Thrillers – they were really scary! Do you remember Death of a Nun with a young Patsy Kensit – still sends shivers up my spine!
I used to refuse to go out when Double Deckers were on but HATED Why don’t you?
I think I had a crush on Brian Cant though – Bring back Playaway!!!!!
My favourites included Little House on the Prairie, Playaway, Mr Benn, Camberwick Green, Trumpten and Chigley.
I also loved the childrens books that they used to do every Sunday afternoon – Heidi, Thursdays Child, Little Princess etc. I’m sure that’s why I read so much now – I couldn’t wait until the next episode, so I got the books and read them!
Also loved HR Puffinstuff – the whitch on the flying bike broomstick & stripy stockings – bliss!! Bring them back – get rid of the Japanese/American rubish!
I lived in London and worked in the West End theatres during the IRA campaign, hearing the Harrods bomb and the one at the Wimpy in Oxford Street. London is bigger than these terrorists and always will be as long as people continue to use and enjoy it.
They will only win if people are scared to go into London because of them. London isn’t just a great city, it is a mind-set – if you’re bored of London, you’re bored of life!
I have pigeons around my flat but the numbers have gone down recently – commando attacks by seagulls I think.
My daughter has named one that was left behind – she calls it Martin – don’t ask me why, she’s as mad as the rest of the family! Anyway, trying to watch TV with Martin cooing down the chimney and banging on the window is not easy! but, much as I don’t like pigeons on the whole, I do have a soft spot for him.
I think the time has come to leave Israel and the middle east to battle this out for themselves with no support from outsiders – including the massive amount of money that Israel gets from America.
I was in Israel in the 1980s and in the Jewish areas it was like another american state. Lets see how they get on without political or monetary support.
As with other countries in history, they will either fight themselves to a standstill or swallow each other up – let them get on with it now. We must not get involved or it could escalate into an even more serious problem. There is no solution for the middle east which can be sorted from outside the area.
I can’t understand the ins and outs of this case but I read that there was not enough evidence to prosecute the men in the english courts & that they have had to go to America without their solicitors or evidence. They also will not be able to afford defence witnesses who need to be flown over to America – all their money will be tied up in the bail conditions.
On reading, it does seem as if America is again sticking its nose into another country’s business but like I said, I don’t know the whole story.
I thought the main problems was that this wedding party were told they could use the park on the day they wanted but that they would have to be covered up, they could only use the rides at male/female times – no mixing of the sexes and no music or alcohol would be allowed!
Not much of a wedding!
The wedding party had booked first but had been sidelined by the larger muslim funday. It does not take much to work out why – Money!
