Is this the same as the so called 'Janopause' outlined in the Mail on Line this morning.
Seems a bonne idée to me :thumbup:
Any help that my liver can have to recover is just fine with me!
Can't be doing the charity thing though I'm afraid.
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Quote by tyracer
but will you vote for someone like nigel farage? no because most people think that it would be a vote endorsing a racist party.
Sadly, that is the way it is happening throughout Europe.
You mention France and I agree with you to a point. However, in the past two Presidential Elections, the French have dallied with extreme politics and they are now getting closer to binning the centrist parties in favour of the Front National. This is helped along by the fact that the socialist President Hollande is now extremely unpopular - indeed, the most unpopular President in modern history - and Marine Le Pen (now President of the FN and daughter of the founder Jean-Marie Le Pen), an accomplished lawyer, is wowing the French electorate with policies which are less extreme than her father and, like UKIP, is expected to wipe the board clean in the forthcoming locals.
The FN is quite a few years ahead of UKIP. Jean-Marie Le Pen found himself in the run-off against an almost disgraced conservative Chirac in 2002 when the PS candidate, Jospin was binned in the first round. This left a stark choice; as the French popularists put it "vote for the crook, not the fascist" which saw Chirac returned with an overwhelming majority (the crook reference referred to his time in office as Mayor of Paris which continues to haunt him to this day).
Unless Hollande can pull a few rabbits from the hat in the meantime, he and his Prime Minister - both sworn enemies of the rich - will stifle all economic progress in France and she will fit the title "the sick man of Europe". A very likely prospect as Hollande's policies match very closely those of the UK Labour Party in so far as they see fit to tax the rich out of existence.
Already, in a pre-emptive move whilst the French Constitutional Court considered Hollande's plans, many of the more famous French names have moved to other States within Europe such as Belgium and the UK where the regimes are less severe. So Hollande wants to tax the rich at a punishing rate of tax which France will never collect because, although the Constitutional Court has given the go ahead, the mega rich have already left!
So, will people vote for someone like Nigel Farage? I believe they will. Farage is no fool. He is changing the more extremist views previously held so dear to ones which are more palatable. He is expelling those people from the party who are likely to stand in the way of the party's progress towards significant election. The electorate are unhappy with the ConDem alliance; mistrusting of another Ed Balls-up and the LibDems are condemned to the history books.
Politicians of all persuasions have learnt/are learning that it is best to be economical with the truth if they are to get anywhere with a gullible believe anything electorate. Best not to say too much in the run up to an election... and do what they want when elected.
Like the Le Pen dynasty, Farage has learned how to manipulate the media in order to make his party electable. I think he might just make the first very necessary steps towards achieving that goal in the UK in the near future, just as will Marine Le Pen win the hearts and minds of the French over the PS in a (past) predominately socialist country.
To some, it may seem way too early but you must go where your heart tells you to go.
You will have wonderful memories to be sure but that doesn't for one moment mean that you can't get on with your life and who is qualified to say what a 'decent' period is anyway?
Go for it. Re-engage. Live your life. It's got bugger all to do with other people. Sod them and cherish his memory. Never think for a single moment that you are being disloyal to him.
Possible reason everyone seems to have disappeared is that they are on a guilt trip. They don't know how to handle it so take the least line of resistance and stay away. That is their problem, not yours.
Lift your head up high and go where life now takes you. It isn't wrong. It is the right thing to do if you are comfortable with it. Tongues may wag but ignore them and walk confidentaly away. They're probably only jealous that you have been able to handle things so well so are not worth concerning yourself about.
Respect the past but don't be tied down to other people's expectations about how you must now conduct yourself.
My views may seem harsh to some but you have to go on.
Life is for living. I wish you every happiness in where your life now takes you.
You will have wonderful memories to be sure but that doesn't for one moment mean that you can't get on with your life and who is qualified to say what a 'decent' period is anyway?
Go for it. Re-engage. Live your life. It's got bugger all to do with other people. Sod them and cherish his memory. Never think for a single moment that you are being disloyal to him.
Possible reason everyone seems to have disappeared is that they are on a guilt trip. They don't know how to handle it so take the least line of resistance and stay away. That is their problem, not yours.
Lift your head up high and go where life now takes you. It isn't wrong. It is the right thing to do if you are comfortable with it. Tongues may wag but ignore them and walk confidentaly away. They're probably only jealous that you have been able to handle things so well so are not worth concerning yourself about.
Respect the past but don't be tied down to other people's expectations about how you must now conduct yourself.
My views may seem harsh to some but you have to go on.
Life is for living. I wish you every happiness in where your life now takes you.
Quote by tyracer
people will often post along with how they feel.
could be having a bad day or just unhappy about something and it comes out in their reply to a post.
im guilty of that many times, regret it a few times but what is a life without regrets.
i would say though i am grumpy by nature. got to the stage of my life where i no longer give a shit.
take me or leave me. im honest lol.
Non, Je ne regrette rien
Personally, I think Lord Hanningfield has been made a scape-goat in a no news to report to sell newspapers week leading up to the Christmas break.
He has been demonised unnecessarily. A working Peer can only receive payment if he walks through to the chamber and the clerk notes his attendance. There is seemingly no other mechanism for remunerating them. He may well have spent hours at home working on papers but can only receive his stipend if he passes through to the chamber. It's the system; it's not that he is taking the piss such as has been suggested.
On the other hand, take the arrangements in the 'Other Place", the House of Commons.
MP's get a salary whatever they do (or not do in a lot of cases). Take the Right Honourable Member of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath for example. He has hardly been to Westminster, let alone take his place in the Chamber since he lost the last GE yet he gets paid for swanning around the world earning fortunes like his predecessor (except of course, that his predecessor had the good grace to stand down as an MP leaving him free to do as he wished and let someone else represent his constituents properly).
Surely the Press should give as much attention to GB (who, to be fair is also doing nothing illegal - just morally wrong) as they have to Baron Hanningfield. He's done his bird and is acting quite lawfully, so leave him alone.
As for Farage.... I remember a fresh faced Cameron being paid similar compliments as to his media skills when he was in Opposition. Maybe it just proves the point - power corrupts and that absolute power corrupts absolutely. If (heaven forbid) Farage were ever to win an election, it would not be long before his not inconsiderate nose hits the edge of the trough as he adjusts himself to drink deeply...
He has been demonised unnecessarily. A working Peer can only receive payment if he walks through to the chamber and the clerk notes his attendance. There is seemingly no other mechanism for remunerating them. He may well have spent hours at home working on papers but can only receive his stipend if he passes through to the chamber. It's the system; it's not that he is taking the piss such as has been suggested.
On the other hand, take the arrangements in the 'Other Place", the House of Commons.
MP's get a salary whatever they do (or not do in a lot of cases). Take the Right Honourable Member of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath for example. He has hardly been to Westminster, let alone take his place in the Chamber since he lost the last GE yet he gets paid for swanning around the world earning fortunes like his predecessor (except of course, that his predecessor had the good grace to stand down as an MP leaving him free to do as he wished and let someone else represent his constituents properly).
Surely the Press should give as much attention to GB (who, to be fair is also doing nothing illegal - just morally wrong) as they have to Baron Hanningfield. He's done his bird and is acting quite lawfully, so leave him alone.
As for Farage.... I remember a fresh faced Cameron being paid similar compliments as to his media skills when he was in Opposition. Maybe it just proves the point - power corrupts and that absolute power corrupts absolutely. If (heaven forbid) Farage were ever to win an election, it would not be long before his not inconsiderate nose hits the edge of the trough as he adjusts himself to drink deeply...
Quote by Lizaleanrob
The scum that were the gang did not care at what hardship or misery their stealing caused anyone, they did not care if a child, parent or OAP suffered because they did not get the money they desperately needed, if someone lost he chance of employment or could not go on their holiday, if the greetings card never arrived to the addressee, or the important package never arrived, the cheque to pay for something important that is cancelled as a result of non-payment.
Some may defend them as "lovable rogues" not me, never, a thief is a thief a thief that preys on those in need are scum you will not change my mind o that.
mids are we talking about the great train robbers or politicians and successive governments
There's a difference rob :dunno:
Quote by MidsCouple24
He was convictedm
Just as the current Member of Pariliament (The Right Honourable as his legal title in the UK dicates we call him) Conor Murphy was convicted of being a member of the IRA, a terrorist orgaisation
He would need to be a member of the Privy Council to be referred to as Right Honourable otherwise, as an MP, he is entitled to be called the 'Honourable Member for...' when referred to in the House of Commons
You are absolutely correct Jed. Weight is a significant factor but just as much as balance. The smaller the aircraft, the more critical it becomes.
An aircraft with too much weight in the back might over-rotate on take off, stall and not make the fence at the end of the runway in one piece. Trim too far forward to compensate and the same effect will be achieved except this time you might just fly through the fence without rotating at all.
Pilots calculate a position known as V1 - the point at which they must be airborne beyond which they have no option to abandon the flight - they will go through the fence at the end of the runway! The AAIB reports are full of such instances.
But weight is not always a factor; only comfort.
The massive transporters used (usually) by the military such as the C130 Hercules and the Russian Antonov are real heavy weights and could probably cope with a shed load of 'fatties'. (sorry, weight challenged) :lol2:
However, being strapped in the cargo bay of a Herc is somewhat different to the relative comfort of an armrest up your crack on a standard passenger seat. At least in the Herc you might survive the flight!
An aircraft with too much weight in the back might over-rotate on take off, stall and not make the fence at the end of the runway in one piece. Trim too far forward to compensate and the same effect will be achieved except this time you might just fly through the fence without rotating at all.
Pilots calculate a position known as V1 - the point at which they must be airborne beyond which they have no option to abandon the flight - they will go through the fence at the end of the runway! The AAIB reports are full of such instances.
But weight is not always a factor; only comfort.
The massive transporters used (usually) by the military such as the C130 Hercules and the Russian Antonov are real heavy weights and could probably cope with a shed load of 'fatties'. (sorry, weight challenged) :lol2:
However, being strapped in the cargo bay of a Herc is somewhat different to the relative comfort of an armrest up your crack on a standard passenger seat. At least in the Herc you might survive the flight!
Quote by herts_darlings1
It's just another tax to try and balance the books and to be honest I see it as an inconvenience rather than an extortion racket. If we loose the VED, the tax would have to be collected somewhere else.
If you put it on fuel I guess the hauliers would have a justifiable moan, alcohol and tobacco are taxed within an inch of becoming luxury goods. So what does that leave? Sweets and sunshine?
The smaller engined car you get the lower the VED. Some vehicles are rated at zero so whilst it may not have funded road building since the 1940's it does go into the tax pot.
If I understand the FT article correctly, VED is not being abolished, just the need to display a tax disc.
Quote by Cubes
Never even heard of Theia - is it someone hiding behind a new username? And if so, why?
There's nothing nefarious behind it. The person is an established SH member, but is using a new profile whilst she undergoes a settling in/training period - much the same as new Ops do. If she decides to stay I'm sure she'll out herself eventually. ;)
Ooooo, Nefarious nepotism perhaps...
We do like a bit of scandal matron, especially when described salaciously in big grown-up prose... :rascal:
I reckon it's Mrs 777 reincarnated.... maybe even (gulp) Jags :scared:
Quote by Lizaleanrob
Hi
2 new mods have been appointed:-
Theia
Woohoo
We wish them good luck in their new roles! :twisted: :twisted:
how can woo be mod we cant understand a bloody word he says
anyway why as it taken so long for woo to be a mod was he overlooked before
:bolt:congrats guys anyway :thumbup:
It's not difficult to overlook woo rob, he's just so small..... :lol2:
Expensive Public enquiries will do nothing.
What Jed has done - voting with his feet - is the way to go. Just needs a significant number of other consumers doing the same to make the difference.
Sadly, I doubt few will for fear of losing their £50 'cash back' benefit recently announced (if I understand it correctly) which could be a reason (another reason) for the announcement right now.
Are there strings attached such as the length of time you have been with your supplier?
What Jed has done - voting with his feet - is the way to go. Just needs a significant number of other consumers doing the same to make the difference.
Sadly, I doubt few will for fear of losing their £50 'cash back' benefit recently announced (if I understand it correctly) which could be a reason (another reason) for the announcement right now.
Are there strings attached such as the length of time you have been with your supplier?
Quote by tyracer
Oh dear, we have touched a nerve!
Wind your necks back in...
I didn't say he was driving, but suggested that he lived for fast cars and died in one - nothing more
all you ever do is cause trouble on the forums. your well known for it.
your not big or brave. you hide because your weak.
keep your suggestions to yourself in future
Bullying is against the AUP.
I will not be told by you what I can and cannot comment on.
If you have a problem with my posting, the complain button is in plain sight.
Quote by tyracer
i have a drink now and then but its rare as usually i got to ride the next day or later so wont touch a drop.
socially ill have a drink but i do hate the pissed feeling and the hangover.
guess as you get older youve done it all before so its no longer needed to do?
not at all ty...
thw oldwr you get the ledd yu fill like a pisssshead hic
an pickling is gud for keepin frings fesh, innit hic
Well, what I heard was that there is talk from Government sources (the Minister, no less) that they will send cash to enable people to buy their own food...
Meanwhile, in the papers, one reads about the elderly in UK spending up to 12 hours on a hospital trolley in corridors waiting treatment.
Kinda puts things into perspective for me...
Meanwhile, in the papers, one reads about the elderly in UK spending up to 12 hours on a hospital trolley in corridors waiting treatment.
Kinda puts things into perspective for me...
