Are we mad?

Are we just eccentric?

Do you know I don't care which. This type of thing sets us apart from the rest of the world. Be proud of our cheese chasers and shin kickers.

Irish

Thought I would post the reply for two reasons.

1. The government appears to believe that we are all six years old or mentally retarded and replies in like kind.

2. I thought you may be interested in what they consider fair taxation.

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All you need to do is increase your activity. Walk, run, gym anything really. Just do not increase your food intake.

Yes GOYADSE really works.

Best of all it needn't cost you a penny. No special foods, no special equipment and no club memberships.

GOYADSE the way to go.

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Big Smile.

Does nobody realise that we already pay to have our waste removed? Remember the Council Tax that we all pay? Okay that some of us pay, the daft ones.

Despite that there are moves afoot to make us pay again. That is a really fair system- NOT!!!

Don't get me wrong I am all for recycling. Not anything to do with the ridiculous global warming hysteria, but it is incorrect to throw things away to rot that can be used again. But this is a personal choice issue. If you want to do it then do it. If not then don't.

I would suggest that the government has this all wrong anyway. Rather than trying to penalise the consumer, who are at the end of the chain, they should be ensuring that the producers and retailers are not using totally unnecessary packaging and then there would be less to throw away.

For instance, what is the point of wrapping individual vegetables in plastic? Does a cabbage really need to be wrapped up?

Why does electrical equipment need to be wrapped in plastic, placed in polystyrene and then put inside a cardboard box?

Just crazy.

All the popular papers have put a photo of the missing girl in todays editions with headlines stating something like "7 Hours After This Photo Was Taken Madeline Was Taken".

How about an alternative? "7 Hours After This Photo Was Taken Madeline Was Left Alone In An Apartment At The Age Of 3 With Two Younger Siblings".

It's not going to get the sympathy vote I know, but at least it would have highlighted the lesson that all parents need to learn!!

I hope the very remote hope that she is still fit and well is realised.

£10+ per minute of football. Is that worth it?

Not on your Nellie.

Talk about more money than sense.

Apparently there are 1,000s of them who have travelled to Athens without tickets - What for?

Won't pick up anything that is encrypted, such as Sky, except for Sky News, but picks up all the BBC and ITV channels plus many more such as Film 4 etc. Anything that is free to air basically.
The system packs away in an attache case sized box so it is really easy to pack and transport.

Just had it running from my front garden and it worked superbly. Only thing I have had to add is an electronic satellit finder which cost me a fiver on Ebay.

This will really be a boon when we are away in the old folding camper and the weather isn't too good. Works on normal voltage and also 12v DC. Going away next weekend up to the Peak District. Need to buy a small flat screen tv now.

I am really chuffed to bits with the whole shebang.

Love it when I get a real bargain.

Some of them looked rather upset at the reception they received. There really was no reason why they should have been treated so appallingly. Those that were showing such disrespect should be thouroughly ashamed of themselves. Given that there were 90,000 at Wembley yesteday I would say they represented a good cross section of our society.

What a way for a society to behave!!!!

I travel more in hope than expectation.

What a pity that this disparate bunch of politicions can't find two people worthy of standing as candidates for Leader of their party and ultimately Prime Minister. I thought that the Labour party lauded a democratic system.

Well here's democracy in action ... Vote for Gordon or Vote for Gordon.

Given that they should elect Gordon and then call a general election, not only to give their own supporters the opportunity to cast their vote on whether Gordon is their man but to let the voters as a whole have their say too. Remember Bliar was elected at the last poll vowing to serve a full term in office. He lied there then. Ooh what a surprise!!!

Hope something gets sorted soon as I am getting thouroughly cheesed off with the continuous coverage of this. The media don't have anything to say but it takes them hours to say it.

Why on earth did some of the little girls relatives go to the Houses of Parliament the other day? I don't see what that achieved. The line that it is to promote publicity didn't really wash as I say it is on the TV ad nauseum. The only people who got publicity out of it were the politicians that flocked around them. Remember when the Indian actress turned up there? They were like bees round a honey pot. Anything for a bit of the limelight!!!

Hope the little girl will be found unharmed but after this length of time I feel that is going to be unlikely.

First we have the all singing - all dancing captured sailors selling their stories and their clothes after being given permission to do so and now we have the Prince Harry debacle.

I really am surprised to see the top dopes there giving the Iranian sponsored terrorists the propoganda they have been seeking by being frightened into withdrawing him from the deployment. It was always a brave decision to say that he could go but to now turn away from that decision citing real danger to the prince is just barking mad.

What do they think the murdering insurgents in Iraq are going to make of this piece of lunacy?

It may be the correct decision in the long run but they have gone about it completely the wrong way, undermining both Prince Harry and the army itself, not to mention the poor buggers out there trying to do a job.

This begs a question. If Iraq is too dangerous for Prince Harry, how come it is not too dangerous for all the other military personnel?

It is just as we used to say when I was in the army. The more scrambled eggs on the hat the more scrambled brain underneath it.

Another bloke sits next to him and for the next 30 minutes they watch the gravediggers carrying the coffin around.

"what do you reckon is going on there?" asks the chap.

"I reckon they have lost the plot" was the reply.

He relayed a story of a young thug who had stabbed his mate and had been completely horrified that he had started bleeding and had finished up in hospital. He said it was if he hadn't realised that was what would happen.

Don't know what to think of that meself but it is an interesting theory.

15 minutes later he was out and was a shattered man. The consultant had confirmed that he really needed a knee replacement very badly, but that he was not allowed to carry the operation out because the chap was too fat, even though he would have been happy to do so. They had done some calculations and the chap had to lose 4 stone in weight before he could be considered for the operation. He was completely devastated. In tears he told me that he had put on the pounds only because he was virtually immobile due to his problem and that he couldn't see his way to losing all that weight. I didn't know what to say to him but it made me feel ashamed to work within the NHS sphere.

This is a direct result of the spending crisis in the NHS, in my opinion. Yes there is slightly more risk to the patient if they are overweight when undergoing operations but this is being used as a smokescreen for service cuts.

This is a situation for which our present government should be completely ashamed.

Will repeat this exercise in a couple of months when the plants are more mature and the produce is visible.
Presently growning Main crop poatoes, early potatoes, carrots, peas, beans, cabbage, calabrese, cauliflower, garlic, main crop onions, spring onions, lettuce, rocket and beetroot. Rasperries, gooseberries and strawberries.

Found another pathetic pile of feathers this morning along with more cat scratches in the earth. Now I am normally a pretty much live and let live sort of a bloke but this really annoys me. Nationally, our garden birds are in decline and despite our best efforts to provide them with what they need we are constantly being thwarted by these murderous bags of fur.

Why do people have cats anyway? They are not pets as such. Why should they be allowed to roam around without any restrictions, dogs arent? They will settle anywhere that they are given food. They have no loyalty whatsoever.

I reckon that you should be able to deal with any cat that comes onto your property in any way you feel fit. At this moment in time an air rifle is favourite. They can devastate wildlife and very often do.

Now I know this will annoy many people who keep cats. I would say if you must have them then keep them under control. Let them crap and pee on your property and not somebody elses and stop them attacking defenceless wild life. If you can't then don't keep them.

Fair enough if that is their considered opinion.

They should remember that without an asshole they will be full of shit. Come to think of it the person who penned this probably is.

We have identified a unique colony of miniature skunks. They only live in one small area of the jungle close to here. They are under threat from the local tribesmen who are hunting them down because of the odour attached to them.

What a shame says animal loving tourist what can be done?

Well says the zoologist we need to be able to sneak them out of the country and try and save the breed. The government of this country will not allow us to take them out so we will need to be devious.

As you are going back tomorrow to the UK could you take a couple back for us?

How asks the animal loving tourist.

You could sneak them out inside your wifes knickers says the zoologist.

What about the smell asks the tourist.

Ah well, says the zoologist, if they die they die but at least we will have tried!!!!!!

Kidderminster 2 - 3 Stevenage.

This after Stevenage were 2-0 down. Magnificent comeback and a final to grace the new Wembley Stadium.

This is really what Sky has done for sport. Given the smaller teams the chance for exposure and financial reward from appearing on the channel.

Sky get a lot of stick but I say well done.

Will now be glued to the broadcast of Bristol Rovers v Lincoln City. Div 2 play-off semi-final first leg. Come on Lincoln lets get a result to take back to Sincil Bank on Thursday.

5th year in a row that we have made the play-offs. We have to be successful soon - surely?

Having real problems doing any meaningful exercise. So am now feeling fat and unfit. Need to do something but aerobic but don't know what. Can't run, can't cycle and can't use a rowing machine. Walking doesn't cut it as I haven't got hours to work a sweat up.

Pretty cheesed off and totally frustrated.

I hope all you parents out there are encouraging your children to really read i.e. books not comics. It sets them up for life and fires the imagination. Get them away from the gameboys etc. and get their noses into a real book. Find 15 minutes or so to read to them, my wife normally gets that pleasure. It will be the best and most worthwhile time you can spend.