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@best man wrote:

im not beng pedantic
good story yep
but the true cliche
is all that glisters is not gold.

I was holding back from saying the same thing – life’s too short, I thought. But evidently it wasn’t too short for me to look this up in an online dictionary:

“The original form of this phrase was ‘all that glisters is not gold’. The…[Read more]

@Camel_Blue wrote:

MinnieMouse ……………….. cos she drinks
Maria_s ……………….. cos she drinks
MoonShadow ……………….. cos she drinks
RubyRed ……………….. cos she drinks
Rosepetal ……………….. cos she drinks
Fizzi Lizzie ……………….. cos she drinks
Losty…

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@thin ice wrote:

well done britain
every thing built on time

Thin, the most optimistic estimates for the Olympics themselves are 40% over-budget (how do your customers react when you run that kind of increase over initial estimate past them?) NOT including increased security and regeneration costs. This is to be borne by London council tax…[Read more]

@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

You make very valid points words and its difficult to take issue with anything you have said.. except maybe we all need a boost… and as has been said there is hidden value in holding the games…

Have to say Northern inner city schools do tend to focus on underachievement, maybe thats the environment or maybe its because to do…

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@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

You obviously know your stuff regarding the financing of the games words… I wont pretend to be as well informed… but I do think thin has a point.

We do tend to focus on the negative in this country not just the games but just about everything.

For instance we dislike companies to do too well, if Tesco (not that Im a fan)…

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@kent f OBE wrote:

Someone who makes your wishes…your curiosities…your dreams come true…..however you must remember he is only human
Someone who says you are beautiful even when you know you look awful
Someone, when you look at them you just feel inner warmth knowing they are there for you
Many many other things too…….however ladies we…

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@thistLe-fem-1964 wrote:

there are thousands of perfect men lol
graveyards and gardens of remembrance are full of them

as the saying goes only the good die young

But not all the good die young . . . . . .

@thin ice wrote:

@Wordsworth50 wrote:

And before we even stop to breathe, the Govt announces that the budget for the opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympics has been increased by over £40 million.

Want some more bread to go with those circuses?

but just think of all that lovely foreign money coming in to the country
every hotel in london…

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And before we even stop to breathe, the Govt announces that the budget for the opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympics has been increased by over £40 million.

Want some more bread to go with those circuses?

How did you know School for Scoundrels was my favourite movie?

@tinks wrote:

Bugger!!!……..I was hoping to have collected the ‘most posted drivel’ award

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Quality will out tinks . . .. =D> =D> =D> =D> :- =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> :- :- =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> :- :- :- =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>…

I think the current legal are probably adequate. The problem with all laws is the enforcement – will it achieve it’s aim? I don’t think a total ban would proportionately improve the actual road accident figure. We now have a figure which has been tried and tested over decades. My gut instinct is that total ban would probably turn out to be more of…[Read more]

@Irish_Lucy wrote:

Its kinda funny for me to read this thread, your in the same boat we were last year.
And were still in the shìt with no sign of it lifting.

One thing is clear from this thread, your Government have won – they have divided the private and public sectors and noone is putting blame where it truly belongs – back on the Government…

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@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

A pension contract that is unsustainable.. and a burden on tax payers…… there is simply not enough money in the pot. Private pensions have lost value not just in this country but throughout the world why do the public sector feel they are immune to the problems the rest od us have to face??… common sense should prevail…

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@Yvonne wrote:

what about derek hatton? actually he was shafted big time by the tory goverment

Had a lot of respect for him in the old days, seemed a man of principle and was up against my favourite evil-doers – the T****s

Saw him recently on telly, wot a tosspot he’s turned into! Not that he cares what I think of him.

@thin ice wrote:

@Wordsworth50 wrote:

As many have said, how come n the teeth of the self-same recession, a day off for a strike is ruinous etc, but a day off for a Royal wedding is essential?

want that a national bank holiday
the masses enjoyed the day off
and it didnt hold the rest of the country to ransom did it
thousands of parents had to take…

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@jen_jen wrote:

I’m in agreement with both Ruby and Mrs T here.

It’s hard to feel sympathy with public sector workers striking for changes to their pensions when they will still have better pensions, better working conditions and better job security than many in the private sector even in these troubled times. And just like Mrs T, I’ve worked in…

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@rubyred wrote:

Trade Unions: the people who brought you the weekend, health & safety at work, capped working hours, employment rights and protection, fair wages and pensions, maternity and paternity rights, injury and sickness benefits, paid holidays and put an end to child labour. What a bunch of greedy bastirds.

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As many have said, how come n the teeth of the self-same recession, a day off for a strike is ruinous etc, but a day off for a Royal wedding is essential?

@jen_jen wrote:

@kent f OBE wrote:

You know when the time is right, so why does it feel so wrong?

If it feels wrong then either the time isn’t right or the act isn’t right.

Or maybe feelings aren’t infallible and it will feel all right once you get used to the idea . . . .