Brew

I've said it before. I have oodles of will power, I just refuse to give in to it.

Has no one mentioned Lyles Golden Syrup? On thick crusty bread it's delicous, which is probably why I only have half my real teeth.

Just checked Wagyu prices. £25 per lb... wow

It was a popular urban legend that folk in Aspley kept coal in the bath

And then thump it again to make 'em go in..

Had two if them and the sit up and beg predecessor. Upload failed ...

Had to happen, PC comes to nursery rhymes. What other rhymes can be altered to make them PC?

I wonder who paid for the paint job and what were the arguaments that persuaded the council to go for it?

I've driven Thames Traders, wire spoked steering wheel that vibrated and shook, gear shift that required another joint in your arm, heater... what heater?

I respect your view so there's no fear of me falling out, i simply hold a different one.

If that had been the case the dynamic of a 'teacher pupil relationship' would not exist and at 16 she was over the age of consent, but he was her teacher and should have resisted the temptation. What if it hadn't 'worked out'? most don't.

Yes you have the 'consenting adult' proviso in there and if it was behind closed doors who would know? who would care? You mention predators but most child brides, whilst not always free to make a choice, are not the result of predation. The image of a monster leaping out and attacking a child is not the same as a paedophile. They are not necessarily predators many are married to underaged children by arrangement. Who says when someone is underaged? It's a man made construct and as such can be changed at the stroke of a pen. The point I'm trying to make is the way they have change s

Well put DJ but I'm of the opinion there has to be a line drawn somewhere. Homosexuality has been around a long time you say and so it has. So have paedophiles and they have had a much wider acceptance in some societies than homosexuals. Does that make it right? Years ago Homosexuals were hounded, prosecuted and generally spat upon. Now using the cry 'we are born this way' they march up and down our towns and cities demanding rights to marriage etc. Given a few years more will we see paedophiles crying the same and demanding equal treatment as they tramp through our streets? The USA

Heyup Elaine. Get yersen a cuppa an settle dahn there lots to read ere...

Damn! when I read Jills quote I spilt tea all over my keyboard! My first reaction was to write something derogatory using good old fashioned Anglo Saxon expletives but I don't want to be banned just yet.

Electing Chief Constables is something I've long thought to be a good idea, glad someone else thinks so.

I had a JVC given to me as a gift, My other half was assured by the shop it was fully 'digital' and it does indeed bear the legend 'digital video camera' except it uses tapes! Not VHS I grant you but I expected a 'digital' camera to record to memory. The tapes are prone to jamming and need to be stored properly. I used it twice on holiday but it's such a faff about that I don't bother now.

As a new reader of this thread I have to confess to not liking the 'maudlin' style and much prefer Jills efforts. The subjects matter of Beyond Redemption was obvious to me without being told. Not wishing to offend but some of it is depressing and at my age I want to laugh more and cry less. Different strokes for different folks I suppose and no, I don't write poetry, I don't have a creative bone in my body.

Smells, smells? I bet some on here can remember the smell from Bitterlings in Sneinton, or the maggot farm on Colwick In Est.... pheww it dint arf whiff

Well hop to it theres a good chap....

Nor did I ever imagine a snotty nosed kid from Sneinton would be where he is today. Aint life surprising?

Gissa go mate

That's a cactus?

Didn't work NBL

So we are taught Loppy but it seems to me most of the worlds problems are created and solved by violence.