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@mrs_teapot wrote:
@tinks wrote:
@tom wrote:
@mrs_teapot wrote:
Its not too bad getting old Tom, thing you have to do is not gain weight and think young…. I decided not to bother with death though…. too messy! :D
It bloody sucks getting old. I used to be 18 just a couple of years ago, now here I am, nearing 30.
I’m hitting that, what else is there to do in life, I’ve done it all. I can drink anyone under the table. I can out-drug even the hardiest of druggies. I’ve gigged, I’ve slept in alleyways and parks, I’ve been engaged, I’ve been in a coma, I’ve had 15 minutes of fame, I’ve stood for council, I’ve become a rising star in Nationalism and built (and simultaneously destroyed) a blossoming political career, I’ve protested, I’ve been to EDL rallies, I’ve been arrested. Seriously, what else is there!
Now’a’days I’m happy with a cup of tea and an early night. Everything else just seems to bore me now. :( growing ooooolllllddddddddddddd!
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laughing here at you moaning about being 30
Me too tinks… Tom if you have done all those things in your short life, just think what you could achieve in the rest of it… the world is your oyster :wink:
Too twue, Teapot me ol’mucker.
Your 30s could so easily be the best decade of your life. As could your 40s, 50s 60s. Hey, you get the message. Life is for living. The only crime is not getting on with it cos you’re old and afraid.
Enjoy the tea and chill. You can raise the roof again tomorrow!
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@best man wrote:
if you add the year you were born,to the age you are or will be this year
it will always add up to 111
for example if you were born in 1969, you will be 42 this year=111
do you want to know why this is?Der – cos it’s 2011 this year?
Doesn’t work if you are less than 12 years old.
@jen_jen wrote:
It’s a very nice pink gimp suit though…purely in the interests of challenging gender roles of course :wink: :lol:
A pink gimp suit – now that’s too far. It would never look good across his manly shoulders.
Sorry Gaz – just joshing.
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@kent f OBE wrote:
*gags Gaz before another WW starts*
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Men should be seen and not heard……in my humble opinion :lol: ………………………..runs
Careful Kenty – he might enjoy a bit of a gagging!
Don’t worry Gaz – it won’t affect your gender role or your street cred. Well as long as she doesn’t insist on the full gimp suit in public.
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Oh dear it’s gone all men against women.
Just cos I’m a man I don’t need to defend all the views some men have of women. I grew up around strong women, and I like it better that way. Strong, feisty, independent and a complete pain in the arris at times – the more the better.
Is female morality bringing the world down? I think not. Both sexes are at fault if children are brought into the world and not looked after them properly. For every female “crime” there is a male one. What about all the absent fathers? What about all the men who sleep with these women of “loose virtue”, and then are surprised when they have a kid they didn’t want.
And women are disadvantaged sometimes (but not always) because they are women. Despite the fact that some of it relates to choice in terms of how long you take off for child care, there is still unequal pay. Some men will never take women seriously when doing certain jobs. There are also far too many women who suffer abusive domestic violence. Not that men don’t, but women are more vulnerable and make up the vast majority of cases.
Gaz does have a point though about changing gender roles and the need for us to think carefully about them, in a world where these things are becoming more fluid. It’s not really good enough to say we are all androgynous now, even if our sexuality is expressed in more complex ways.
Mind you – when it comes to raising children I would have thought love, love and more love, along with them knowing you will always be there, were the most important things, whether male, female, straight, gay, mixed or all of the above.
@gazlan wrote:
Pass the bucket for fucks sake, haven’t those Irish suffered enough at the hands of this devilish family ?
:roll:Sometimes something good happens between two nations who have had a troubled past but now treat each other with respect as equals. That should be celebrated. How good would it be if something like this was happening between a reconstituted Palestinian state and Isreal?
Well it is happening here and now between two peoples who have abused and killed each other quite enough. I for one think its fantastic, and a blow for all those who still harbour sectarian hatreds. Let’s hope we can have a proper Palestinian/Iraeli peace process soon. Long shot I know, but so was the Northern Ireland peace process a few years ago.
I am not a Royalist, so the involvement of the Queen doesn’t do it for me, but this visit has been historic in its importance.
By the way Gaz our current German Royal Family hasn’t done much really horrific to the Irish. That was previous Royal Families and subsequent British politicians. All behind us now – and we’re all the better for that!
Back to the topic though, if the Irish voted against, you shouldn’t really keep asking the question until you get the answer you want. One more time maybe – but this has to be the last.
I’m pro Europe but I don’t support everything the EU does. It’s big, lumbering, not particularly democratic and does some stupid things. Hey hell so does Westminster (although it is more directly democratic). I disagreed with the pace and extent of enormous expansion of the EU recently. It’s all been a bit much.
I don’t however think there is a better alternative.
Vote yes, vote no – it’s your right!
Not the old Barnett funding stuff and the Scots again.
A few facts –
· Spending in Scotland, Wales and Ireland is higher than spending across England on average;
· Spending in Northern Ireland is the highest at 10% more than Scotland;
· Wales is about 5% lower than Scotland but significantly higher than England;
· Spending across the English regions is not the same;
· In London, the North East and the North West of England spending is higher than the national average;
· Spending in the North East and North West is comparable to Wales;
· Spending in London is more than Wales and comparable to Scotland;
· Many more people live in greater London than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland put together; and
· There is an agreed formula for reducing the money Scotland gets over time, but not one for London.Scotland is not the part of the UK with the highest allocation per head (that’s Northern Ireland). It’s also not the part of the country receiving the biggest overall financial advantage (that’s Greater London).
The spending formula predates Barnett and was originally based on population. The only reason Scotland gets more money is because the population of Scotland has grown more slowly than England. This means that Scottish funding per head is being reduced. Barnett is actually the system, which reduces spending in Scotland every time spending increases for the rest of the UK.
Is the system of public spending unfair because different areas get different amounts? Or is it unfair because it doesn’t accurately meet need – you decide?
Oh, and there are three other really important points
· Barnett doesn’t cover all public spending, just certain categories;
· Barnett takes no account of tax take in different parts of the country; and
· Barnett takes no account of natural resources.Forget oil, Scotland contributes a disproportionate amount of water, wind power and electricity to the UK economy, and will continue to for the foreseeable future. London contributes more tourism but gets the large number of jobs that goes with it. Does any of that matter? Probably yes – but what does it all mean?
Complicated. Hell yes. If it was simple it would have been sorted years ago. Westminster didn’t care when they gave the Scots the Poll Tax early.
In truth, Barnett is just an excuse for politicians to moan about the Scots.
@kent f OBE wrote:
@momentaryloss wrote:
@kent f OBE wrote:
Hoping I pass my grading tomorrow :?
Was thinking about a warm cup of tea but now I am thinking “what is a grading?” and “did you pass it?”
:)
Yes I passed! I am a Green belt in Tae Kwon Do now. :lol:
Should that frighten me?
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@wakeupdeadisgodlike wrote:
Yes, that’s obviously my wife and i’m a cartoon bear since that was my last avatar. A few posts in and already you are scraping the barrel.
I liked the cartoon bear picture – it gave you are air of wide eyed mischief – and it was damned handsome.
Honestly. I thought it was you. Made me feel a little mushy inside every time you posted.
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