Brew
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14 hours ago, catfan said:
& Germany in rcessionI1 too. Well done the EU.
Close, but not quite...
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Just reread my piece above...I really should stop posting when I'm tired but I'll just draw attention tp the mentality of Nottingham councillor Mellen who, after admitting the council spending decisions contributed to the bankruptcy, said they're refusing the independent recommendations of budget cuts as it's against his conscience. i wonder if he's trying to spin it out until wish washy Starmer gets in and bails him out.
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1 hour ago, Jill Sparrow said:
Not this one. I think you mean that some manufacturers of vegetarian processed foods do their best to make the products look like meat.
But if veggies didn't crave the look and taste, why would they bother?
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8 hours ago, DJ360 said:
'm not going to engage in a line by line rebuttal, but it does seem to me that in summary, you don't think that anything can be done apart from a bit of volunteering to help in some cases.
A somewhat dubious interpretation of what I actually said.
8 hours ago, DJ360 said:hose who earn sums which take them into the higher tax brackets are in my view not worth any more to society than someone on minuimum wage,
I don't think I ever said they were
8 hours ago, DJ360 said:nd up with NET pay which is multiples of the GROSS pay on which many are forced to survive. I'm not advocating for higher taxes, I'm advocating for fewer 'breaks and loopholes', which allow the already wealthy to turn their surplus income into both wealth AND an overall reduction in taxation.
Do you really believe that those measures will make a ha'porth of difference? The number of super-rich in the UK, even taxed until the pips squeak are too few to make a real difference to the economy. All it will do is stop them gaining more - why? what will it achieve, they'll still be rich, the poor will still be poor and the tax take will see only a minimal increase - if any.
The inequality you're so concerned about. Inequality as we understand it is not actually increasing exponentially, despite lurid Oxfam figures which in the main are not actually refereeing to the UK.
Facts show the level of financial difference has remained fairly stable since at least the mid '90s
Screaming at the Tories and accusing them of theft is quite frankly something we long ago dismissed, they have stolen nothing!
Does Labour have a better record? Let's harvest a few comments from the internet:
"The 1983 general election marked a low point for the Labour Party. Under Michael Foot, it suffered a landslide defeat, taking just 27.6% of the vote and giving Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives a 144-seat Commons majority.
The party's manifesto, with its pledges of unilateral nuclear disarmament and withdrawal from the European Common Market, was memorably described as the "longest suicide note in history".
Memories of the last Labour government, which had ended in economic paralysis and the "winter of discontent", were strong"
Sound familiar? The Tory levelling up is making little progress and seems to be going the same way as Osbourne's Northern Powerhouse. Whether the resistance in the red wall or the recalcitrance of those in power there are to blame for the failure is moot, but logically I simply makes no sense to be a deliberate ploy. The usual left wing "theres planty we can do".... but it's a secret, it must be they never actually say what!
The is week, along with confirmation that we, along with Japan, slipped into recession it was confirmed that wages, since at least 2001, have actually risen more then inflation. Which partly supports the argument that wages rises influence inflation.
Public utilities are a disgrace.
I was going to launch a rant against them, but I'll score an own goal here and make Cols day.
Centrica (British Gas), reported a ten fold increase in profits and thus a big bonus to share holders.
An ex MP bought thousands of shares before the announcement, any guesses which party?
Clue, it wasn't Labour...
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Strange that veggies do their best to make vegetables look and taste like meat....
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All was well until in an example of monumental crassness, he jerked his thumb over his shoulder up towards Arnold Rd/Gainsford Crescent and said. "Of course the council had their own place up there", in a couple of phenomenally arrogant words,
A jest taken out of context?
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Ah the iconic gabardine macs, don't see many of those now days..
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Surprised the death of Steve has not been mentioned yet; his afternoon program was more entertaining than most and certainly more than Scott Mills
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The one thing that really annoyed me was the silly quasi American, somewhat pretentious verbal shorthand.
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3 hours ago, DanielJoive said:
In a world dominated by smartphones and social media, why do some individuals still find CB radio appealing and relevant? Is there a nostalgic charm or practicality that draws them to this outdated form of communication?
Probably the fact you can talk to like minded individuals without ever knowing or meeting them. No need to remember an 11 digit number and group chats are popular. Truckers see an arial and simply talk to each other, exchange information etc.
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8 minutes ago, MRS B said:
I wonder if the space under Burtons is still there? U
It certainly is. I don't know if this is true, but a colleague told me some time ago an enquiry for upgrading the substation down there was made as they were considering selling the council house lock, stock and barrel.
I wonder how many students it would hold?
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59 minutes ago, Beekay said:
But maybe theres a chance I'm getting confused.
Having used the lift hundreds of times BK I can only remember the lift as having standard metal sliding gates
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1 hour ago, Cliff Ton said:
Am I correct in thinking that the entrance to the legendary Burton's lift was the green door here ? ............
Thats the one, every shop in the arcade had access. there was no car park as such but some cars did park down there.
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1 hour ago, mary1947 said:
went into a French restaurant and ordered ‘quatre salads nicoise’. The waiter didn’t like my pronunciation and corrected me. I told him ‘we’ve come here for lunch, not a bloody French lesson!’ We walked out!
Somehow that doesn't strike me as your finest hour
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The is a sub station and switch room at the turn around point under the front of the council house. The road is very narrow, the biggest vehicles able to go down were Morris LD's Burtons used for deliveries. When more than were couple down there at a time made for some interesting manoeuvres and some quite inventive language
You were not allowed to back onto the lift, it meant reversing blind across a busy pavement and into the traffic.
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Burtons tailors was opposite the Miltons Head, the grocers in the council house arcade.
Did you go down the lift with deliveries?
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21 hours ago, trogg said:
am never going on a plane again, so much for my belief in wearing face masks.
Pleased to hear you are both recovered and I have good news. The incubation period for covid is about five days so it's a fair bet you were lolling on sunbed pretending not to look or imbibing in some bar when you became infected. Safe to say I think the plane or airport are not to blame in this instance,,,
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As a student I did a short stint at Burtons, both the grocer and the tailor. John Coliier was at the time considered slightly up market from bob down. bob a week and misses. Eventually Butrons bought them out.
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Sheilas wheel surprised me by offering the same as Saga for almost 20% less. Previously they had been amongst the highest...
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I always though Burtons were the fifty bob tailors but in the picture they seem to be different premises
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As soon as a I figure what I want to be I'll let you know
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A mother of a 17yr old mass shooter in the US has just been found guilty on four counts of involuntary manslaughter.
She faces a potential 15 on each count, and the boys father ls to face trial on similar charges.
Is this justice or revenge? and is it opening a can of worms and accelerating the blame culture to new heights?
Just askin...
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But surely if we can read the posts, (without posting) then we can judge if we want to carry on, much like here.
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Define substantial; Leavers won by 1,269.501 votes, where do we set the limit, total numbers or as a percentage?
I remember a lot of arguing about the actual wording. how long it would have taken them to draw a line in the sand is anybody's guess
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Not to worry Col. When the Tories elect Farage as leader all will be well, rainbows will appear, unicorns will be in abundance and the sun will shine all day...