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A toxic misogynistic culture, or an overly sensitive civil servant stamping her foot because Cummings upset her? And her evidence is her view, her opinion of what might at the end of the day be little more than a clash of personalities, or simply spitting her dummy out (legitimately) ,because Mr Nasty interfered far beyond his remit. No plan? as I've already pointed out there can hardly be a feasible or workable plan if the civil service are not doing their job, not passing on relative information and wittering in corners about how nasty Cummings is towards women. No pl

So far Col all I've heard is playground name calling, he said she said... I grant he is a liar and philanderer. I've not heard anyone use the term 'bully' so far, and I'm not qualified to diagnose megalomania, that's just yaa boo name calling. Incompetent? he rose to the highest office in the land, and not by accident. Seriously, are we are now so short of a stick to beat him with it's down to not liking his attitude, civil servants (Helen MacNamara), not liking and complaining of his "Breezy confidence"? Why not object to his hair, or maybe his deodorant while we're at it? It's p

Neither of whom were particularly in favour of a nationwide lockdown.

And so he was, but in the aftermath it's easy to say he was wrong. And the expert opinions you mention were not all singing from the same hymn sheet. Cummings thought it all unnecessary, though he denies advocating herd immunity. Chris Whitty, the Chief Scientific Officer has given evidence that the scientific advisers would not have even thought of or given consideration to a national lockdown. The World Health Organisation stated national lockdowns should be the "very.very last resort" It was a government decision i.e. Johnson and his cohorts who disagreed. Whic

Echoes of a witch-hunt, payback and back-biting. Johnson may well be all he is accused of but he and his team were facing an event unprecedented in modern times. There is no doubt mistakes were made, but was he incompetent? That's a matter of opinion. Some scream we should have locked down sooner, others that it's all nonsense and the precautions were over the top and not necessary. To those to left and who love to vilify any who's opinion differs from theirs, he's the devil incarnate. If the hand written notes taken by Shafi and offered in evidence that are attributed to J

Oooo cruel..........

I wish I more to offer than good wishes Col. a family member who had both knees done sailed through on co-codamol, pity it's no good for you..

Both my son and daughter have a Rolex, they were not amused when a pointed out the hands round the same way as a Timex...

Thought so but with absent mindedness i dunno where i am half the time...

Sounds like same one a relative bought a Volvo estate from. The engine had never been serviced and could hardly bee seen for all the grime, he simply kept topping up the oil and water. It still ran smoothly and went for a good few years. He lived in the Holme Pierrepont area. Big house with a massive showman's caravan in his garden, said it was a budgie cage and to prove it showed me the single blue budgie that lived there. His wife, nice lady, looked and acted like a Gypsy fortune teller. Both eccentric yet rich as Croesus.

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A neighbour brought a Tag for a battery after being quoted £160 for a service, battery and pressure test. The battery was a common or garden variety but the back proved impossible without a huge amount of effort, Rather than risk damaging it I said no. It finished up at a specialist, a previous battery replacer had cross threaded it and managed to somehow forced it. Glad she was with me when a I tried, the repair bill was huge.

And sometimes you need a press for non screw-backs, and the grease for the seals, and a demagnetiser for old style movements, plus hundreds of batteries, all of which I have. Can't pressures test them though...

My daughter sent me a birthday card, it said: "I google 'old git' today..................... "you came top"

It's brilliant nonna, I thought it was real until I saw the Postimage version.

Yeah you'n'me Margie... rock 'ard we are I must live in a bubble, I'm surprised at the number of us with a BP machine, until last week I was totally unaware there were such things for home use... What will Amazon sell next, DIY brain surgery kits? My pain threshold is quite high........... until it's not...

Doh.... not again... last time the neighbours said they were not sure what I was wearing but it needed ironing...

It would float if the frame was wood rather than cast iron.

I hear what you're saying Col, it's just me being a bit of a mardy arse. There are those here with far greater problems

The whole thing is playing havoc with my sense of immortality I can tell you, I may need to adjust the plan.

No, i had no idea I had a problem, but lately I've been having a dull ache, not a pain, in my chest. My dad died from an aneurism so called 111 for advice who said the docs have a free check, book an appointment. OK, five weeks later, no check but sent for x-ray and bloods plus monitor BP. Something amiss with the blood test so need to do it again. Came away with a prescription for a tranche of drugs and growing sense of doom, it's quite knocked me duck off....

It's ridiculous Margie, it never hurts like this at the surgery. The doc will have to do with once a day and guess at the days I forget.. Average so far - 163:98 which judging by the little scale on the machine is not great. Ah well we shall see what he's got to say in November...

The turnover is quoted at a tad over £658k, with profit circa £38k

My guess would be keep the ticker ticking Col. On the topic of health I'm now supposed to take a BP reading twice a day. Never had to do it before so no idea what to expect. I'm seeing some alarming results from the new Salter machine, including the conviction it's trying to kill me. The pressure it exerts is huge, enough to cause real pain and turn the veins in the back of my hand into a fair imitation of a map for the underground. Once a day will have to do I'm afraid...

For £25k deposit and £750 a week the Bromley can be yours