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  2. I've had lots of those and and never bothered to read further than the mobility qualifier. Next one that arrives I'll look a little closer...
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  4. Look at this link..... http://nawcat.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/ It takes you to Notts Archives website where you can search their catalogue.
  5. Without a profit incentive there is no business and in my mind 'essential' is a bit of a stretch. I would hazard a guess the vast majority of nurseries are for pre-schoolers. Your description of childminding is of what amounts to an ad hoc school run arrangement with a friendly neighbour. For many it starts way before school age and he kids were looked after in someone's home for most of the working day. When political correctness burst on the scene and every officious know-all had something to say it became an industry and regulated to the point it was virtu
  6. Continuing the Privatisation Scam theme. Yesterday I received a letter from a company called Outside Clinic, who claim to be delivering NHS Services, and in fact have the NHS logo more prominently displayed on their blurb, than their own company name. Their basic pitch is that they can deliver FREE HOME EYETESTS, ( to qualifying people ) via a little known NHS Funded scheme. It is pretty much certain that I do not qualify for this, as I am pretty mobile. However, I would no doubt, on enquiring, be offered a Home Test anyway, for the 'bargain price' of £60.
  7. I got the same result. @Alpha
  8. No, shareholders cannot take over the assets they must be sold to clear debts. When a company fails, whatever cash is in the business following the sale of assets goes to pay any liabilities. What's left (often nothing), will be divided amongst the shareholders on a pro-rata basis (number of shares held). In most instances investors lose all their money. I very much doubt they will be declared bankrupt as they would have to cease trading and obviously that can't happen. If they nationalise water there will be a similar scheme to previous nationalisations in the
  9. But would they not then claim ownership of whatever 'Assets' Water companies have? Those are considerable I imagine, when you take in reservoirs, etc, etc. ISTM that Govt, would need to 'seize' all assets in lieu of debt repayment and then finance the required infrastructure work from general taxation or Public borrowing. They are happy enough to borrow for purposes which suit them. Maybe the profits from the completely unneccessary Rosebank Oilfield will provide a significant taxation contribution to UK Water,
  10. I would treat shareholders for exactly what they are - shareholders in a bankrupt company and the value of their shares is zero.
  11. Why does there need to be any profit at all in what amounts to an essential service for the bulk of parents and a necessary socialising and educative precursor to Mainstream Education? Childminding is a different issue. We used a Childminder to take our kids to and from school and supervise them for an hour or so until we returned from work. Different thing entirely. And anyway, you are missing the point. Are you seeing any pattern here?
  12. I should hope so.. and 'Legalised Theft' is indeed a true oxymoron, since it's an apt descriptor of what has been happening since Thatcher., according to this definition: from: https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/oxymoron But irrespective of oxymorons and for the benefit of anyone who still doesn't get it.. lets just explore the issues around water companies. Taking Thames Water as an example, but it seems most privatised water co's are in a similar mess... The first and most obvious point to me, is that everyone from Water C
  13. Mrs B, tried the website you gave, typed the house number and name of the road; result, No results found matching your search criteria. Failed!
  14. Like Oztalgian I too am an atheist. Personally I would not use the term ‘confirmed atheist’ just I’m an atheist. I lack the belief in any god or gods but I don’t claim that no gods exists I just don’t believe they do.
  15. I believe Larry left the uk following the Stage Door stint and ran a bar in Spain for some years although he had returned to live here a few years ago.
  16. Definition of an optimist: someone who writes a book on atheism then prays that it sells
  17. How can anyone say they are a confirmed atheist? Atheists can no more prove god doesn't exist than believers prove he does. The fact some believes in something doesn't mean it's real, just as not believing doesn't mean it's not... Happy Easter...
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  19. Even the name 'Easter' has been filched from pre-Christian times: Eostre is the pagan fertility goddess of humans and crops. The traditional colors of the festival are green, yellow and purple. The symbols used are hares and eggs, representing fertility.
  20. I’ve just found a really interesting website - nawcat.nottinghamshire.gov.uk where you can put in a house address (number or name on road) and search for information on history of properties. Very interesting if you want to search where you lived.
  21. @Oztalgian no offence taken. Hope you’ll have a happy Easter time x
  22. Never got to see Larry play live in a Forest shirt as he joined the reds after I emigrated. Saw him many times as a Liverpool player vs Forest He also managed the Magpies for a year too. 75 was far too young, RIP Larry, condolences to family and friends.
  23. Thanks for the explanation MargieH. Please don't take this the wrong way as I would never deride anyone's faith or beliefs, that is a personal choice. The fact that we somehow don't know when he was born or died or have any proof that he ever existed just adds to the whole fairy tale. I will declare the fact that I am a confirmed athiest.
  24. Sad news. And after he'd finished as a professional footballer, for several years he ran the Stage Door pub (now called The Stage) on Upper Parliament Street. https://maps.app.goo.gl/PPtLThq44eJCRRRM9
  25. I have ran across this in my life time of car repairs what happens is somtimes when you unscew the old filter the "O" ring comes off the filter and sticks to the engine block so when you put the new filter on you now have two "O"s you have to remember to avoid this is to wipe the oil filter base clean then you would see if an "O" is stuck to the filter base.
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