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  1. Just the grind and sense of hopelessness of city life:- poverty, pollution, drug addiction,prostitution....... ad nauseam. I live out in the sticks in Scotland now. Clean air, few hundred yards from a beach. I'm able, being retired, to indulge myself in the hobbies I've always loved:field sports/natural history, walking etc.
  2. I'd rather sit through Utah's mormon missionary discussions than set foot in Manchester ever again... I've never met anybody who escaped Manchester that wants to go back. I'm one. Born There. Hate g I'd rather sit through Utah's mormon missionary discussions than set foot in Manchester ever again... Agree. I was born and brought up there.
  3. Disappointingly benign/chilled this Wilf. Where's all the fire and brimstone about race, taxation, libertarianism? Retirement seems to have improved you!
  4. Never ceases to amaze me how American-centric British news is. It's almost as if the rest of the world does not exist. I always get the feeling when watching British news broadcasts, that Britain is the insignificant kid in the class who focuses exclusively on the school bully to gain some sort of kudos and protection. The stark truth is that American protection would never be forthcoming unless it suited their overall foreign policy designs. Check out the body language in this clip. Bliar hovering around Bush like an attentive waiter, Bush chewing away, talking to Blair over his shoulder
  5. The USA is a lovely, peace loving country. .932009'>Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations
  6. watch Looks as though he's lost a lot of weight in this video taken a week back. That hoarseness has gone from his voice too, which was thought to be due to heavy cocaine use. I thought we'd seen the last of him too but maybe not. I didn't listen to what he was saying. I'm only interested in Fury the boxer, not Fury the half -arsed philosopher.
  7. Greg, stop rambling and say what you mean.
  8. What horrible things would you put in room 101? Here's my choice of horrors. 1) Creeps, crawlers, yes men, firm's men, forelock tuggers, cap doffers, scabs (especially Nottinghamshire miners). Hate them all with a vengeance. 2) 4x4s when they are not needed, especially those with daft names like 'Warrior', 'Animal' etc. Why are the drivers of these cars not embarrassed? They are as daft as I was when I was a kid and stuck a lollystick in the spokes of my bike's back wheel so that I could feel important when people looked round to see what the noise was. Oh and personalised number plates! T
  9. Is that photo a reflection of her on a spoon?
  10. 4 quid a week working in the woods 1965. I had to take my wage packet home unopened.Best job I ever had. I loved it.I would have done it for nothing just to see the wildlife and be free from classrooms.'
  11. jukel123

    Hedge Hog .

    Aye,just release it.Won't be hibernating for a couple of months yet.Plenty of time to fatten up for winter.
  12. Kin ell!! are you victorian? lol Not quite, but not far off. That job was 48 years ago to be precise. Still gives me nightmares. To think I volunteered as well. I needed the money.
  13. Cleaning the inside of a giant container which had a build up iron filings 'growing' on its sides. The iron filings came from lathes placed above the container. All the iron shavings fell into the container and every year it needed descaling. Temperatures above 100 degrees were normal. It was so dark you could barely see a yard in front of your body. We had to strip to our underpants and hack away at the filings with crow bars. The deposits were about a foot thick and once we had hacked away and bagged the stuff, we had to climb out of the container on a ladder that was maybe a hundred rungs
  14. Had to google that name. Jesus, he makes Fred West and Fritzel seem like boy scouts.
  15. Herr Fritzel would be mightily impressed.
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  17. These young girls are betrayed all along the way. When some of the criminals were given lengthy sentences, you would expect at least two thirds of the length of sentences to be served. However there was a documented case a week back where a ringleader who was sentenced to 22 years, is to be allowed out on licence after serving 5 years. Why? Too expensive to keep inside? Does justice for the victims not matter at all? Total betrayal.
  18. Thanks for your thoughts folks.I think I will pass on a coursing pup.
  19. A few oscars could be awarded there. Set up methinks.
  20. Met a Belgian national on holiday in France many moons ago. He said Belgium was a much more egalitarian country than blighty. He travelled to and fro from Belgium to the UK and said he was always struck by the servitude of british workers. He said they always looked unnecessarily busy when he appeared on the scene (he was a manager of some sort) and was amazed that the managers and workers did not integrate at meal times and even had separate toilets. Does that ring true in your experience?
  21. best-belgian-beer-reviews-brands-to-try-list-brussels-uk-in-the-world-most-popular-a7875611.html Will try some of the lower strength ones. some would blow my head off.
  22. How far north do grassnakes get?
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