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I wanted to buy a leather watch strap from a site in America and the postage required for this $39.99 item was quoted to me as being $133.00 and they were serious.
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Listened to both aspiring artists. Is there no one left on the planet that can enunciate the English language without trying to sound like they are "crossover" from Texas USA? Does that automatically go with a git'tar?
Phone
Have to reply here Phone, it is a bit the other way around, no matter what voice inflection( natural) the artist seems to have they all, it is the good one,s come out singing English.
Richard.
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Let me know want you want, I will tell him:)
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London 2012 80cm Wenlock Union Jack Soft Toy, Was £150 NOW £19.99 - 86% off
It,s out of stock:(
Wanted this for my Grandchildren.
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I told my wife Janet about the feeding advise and She had feed whilst the plants were growing, then she stopped and as soon as the flower heads started to develop into baby toms, feeding was started again.
We have a abundance of fruit and the plants are hanging over the pots with the weight, so thank you for this tread. I think her variety are bush type plants that do not grow high.
Very happy and pleased the wife is.
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As with most threads of this type,it does appear to degenerate into the black and white corners.
therefore I can only decline to support the initiative for more benefits for the military, unless it encompasses all of us.
Richard. THIS WAS WHAT YOU PASTED AND NOT MY POST OR MY VIEWS YOU ARE SO CHEAP>
It isn't an initiative to get more 'benefits' (?) for service people, but one to try and get the MOD to keep to their part in an already excisting a contract.If they want to save money well onto the future then they could do away with the preserved pension deal, for service people signing on after a given date. However to take that away from those who have already signed into the contract is wrong.
A feature of this whole debate is the one of age. Imagine yourself in a forward area on operations, it's time for the sub unit to get it's collective head down, can you imagine a 60 plus year old soldier taking turn on sentry keeping alert and significantly awake, and not as a one off, but regularly over months? I wouldn't want to be in that position in my 50s. it wouldn't be fair to either the subject nor the group.
A unit can only move as fast as it's slowest individuals, the British army would become an international laughing stock with 50 and 60 year olds in it's teeth arms.
There are simply not enough desk/stores (REMF) jobs to justify keeping people on well into middle age.
Under what is proposed the 22 year service person will get their pay off and pension upon discharge anyway (it's not a benefit), however the person with a preserved pension would have to wait more years for theirs if the goalposts are moved by the MOD. Thats what the petition seeks to oppose, thats what it's all about. I can't make it clearer than that. The thread seems to be used by some to have an argument about what they imagine this is about, rather than what it is about.
This reply just shows me why no one wishes to debate with you, all YOU do is corrupt posts to suit your own perspective and you do not deserve to have any replies to anything you post.
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It's just a bit rich for me seeing a bloke with appalling spelling, grammar and punctuation skills attacking another forum member about their spelling when his own lack of skills in that area is plastered over with an electronic Band Aid - a spellchecker.
This goes double coming from someone who was so quick to cry wolf when he thought (wrongly) that I was having a go at him about his spelling.
Ken you love to aggravate the situation and sometime you are like a dog with a bone, let it go and be objective as I know you most often are.
Richard.
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As with most threads of this type,it does appear to degenerate into the black and white corners.
My observation is that, we all undertake our careers as young people with a small understanding of what may be expected of us. That is with the exception of let me use the word essential services, our young and middle aged men and women that joined the military or other services knew what they signed up for and yes they did expect a pension superia to others, however that is not the case across the broad spectrum of the British and more importantly the ENGLISH working class( that used in it,s literal sense), therefore I can only decline to support the initiative for more benefits for the military, unless it encompasses all of us.
Richard.
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Hi Judy,
Well all four on your short list are very good camera,s, I would always recommend Nikon as all my DSLR kit is Nikon, however not knowing the camera I would be a little concern about the huge zoom range and the ability of the camera to keep the IQ across 28-1000mm.
The Panasonic has that wonderful Leica lens very good indeed, it also has the ability to shoot in RAW if you need to, IE uncompressed files. This would just edge it for me.
My advice to you as all of the camera,s are closely matched is to go into a shop that has all the models a try them in hand. often the best feel and handling for you will make the decision for you.
Good luck and I cannot wait to see your first postings.
Richard.
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I'll never be a burden, i will contribute to my grave, my funeral bill will carry a 20% 'Value' added tax.
No VAT on funeral costs.
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Paying for end of life (or long term disability) residential care is a difficult subject and i don't pretend to have all the answers but:
Do you think that those who have not made any great contribution to society should be left to die in their own filth on the streets or in some rented room ?
Do you think that residential care should be free for those that can afford to pay for it ?
There's clearly a balance to be struck and while I may not feel that the balance is quite right, I do think that the general premise of caring for the most vulnerable in society whilst expecting those that can care for themselves to do so has merit.
Ken to your first Do you, No I do not it is our responsibly as a cultured society to do what has to be done.
The next Do you, Yes I do if you take a lead through the argument, then logically free for one free for all, if not you are only talking about who can we TAX.
In my opinion there is only one balance on this and that is if we love our aged community then we pay, yes that is us the TAX providing population, NOW can you see why the Government of the day or past do not wish to go this route, it is to bloody expensive, do all the bleeding hearts want to pay I doubt it very much.
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One word for it,
GREED
I believe the word is more appropriately FEAR and of course the encouragement of the PM and chancellor of the time. They were very frightening times for all and still could be(aftermath), especially for Members of government of the time, that had and still do have a very low IQ.
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Thought you may like to see a different genre, ie 35mm film these taken on Nikon F90X Sigma 24mm and Fuji Sensia slide film.
I hope you like.
Richard.
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I am sure that the trust have responsibility for the system, but I am not sure any fishing happens due to the access, this contact may be able to help you if anyone can.
Thamesmead Town Angling Club
Thamesmead Town Angling Club (TTAC) fish at Gallions Lake in West Thamesmead and at Birchmere, sun-up to sun-down and at just £6 per session for one rod, £10 per session for two rods.
T: 07810 066632 (Brian)
E: brianwoolsey@btinternet.com
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Or the PREFERRED alternative?? A wall of WHITE paint and a WALL of Black paint drying. MUCH more satisfactory!!!
Now Mr Goddard, I have it on good authority that you were a pretty good footballer in your youth.
And to be precise it is a wall of red and a wall of blue paint, much more exciting to watch dry
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Will be a much better final with Italy there and maybe Spain will play a forward or two
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That,s because the idiot Brown sold all the gold reserves off for less than $300 an once and gave a discount on that as well.
Just a complete idiot and how anyone can justify what he did is beyond me.
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Very nice set of shots Newt, that camera is doing you proud. The area looks just fantastic.
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Just got home - well, that was tough, I think we may have very narrowly missed out on the right weather. I knew I'd been given a belting swim, so when that first tench arrived on Saturday night I thought "here we go". It was looking really good, fish on the bank, lots of activity in the swim and then suddenly that was that. I was completely sheltered and couldn't feel the wind at all, but I'm told that it changed and they shut down. It was almost a relief to hear that everyone was finding it hard and it wasn't just me being crap!
Still, a bad weekend at Wingham still counts as a great weekend for me - half the attraction is the place itself, it really is a bit special. This should cure the ills of two nights on a camp bed:
That,s the best post I have seen for years.
:thumbs: 
Blended it looks like.
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I had the privilege to be invited to fish Wingham 2012 for the Saturday and although my basket was empty at the end of my session, it is sometimes only secondary to the experience of being at such a wonderful place and having a chance to meet our AN friends.
Firstly and big thank you to Steve for inviting me, I have not had any opportunity to fish in the last twelve months and I enjoyed myself immensely.
As usual the organisation was second to none and a tremendous thank you to Steve, Peggy, Terry, Glynn and all the bailiffs who have work so hard to make this annual event the highlight of our fishing calendar.
Here are some photo,s of the outlook from my swim, which I hope conveys the sheer beauty of Wingham.
Once again many thanks to all.
Richard.
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Ahh this is the life
Hi Si,
I am at the moment about 30 miles from Wingham and the weather does indeed look and feel just right for your Carp adventure, good luck and I hope you lock into one of the big common,s, see you tomorrow maybe.
Richard.
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Hi Richard
If i bought all your weigh slings you have left how many would that be, and Is that the best price you can give for them all, Also would you be able to deliver them to peterborough pe2 5nn i would of course pay postage.
Many Thanks.
Steve.
I think you should be addressing your question to Phil not me, I am a buyer, Phil is the seller.
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Arrived OK and very pleased, excellent value, thank you very much Phil.
Richard.
Dear believer
in Non-Fishing Chat
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Despite overwhelming medical evidence supporting the withdrawal of intensive care in extremely ill children who are unlikely to survive, parents who have deeply held religious beliefs may hold out for a miracle, a small study has found.
Although religion provides needed support for many families of critically ill patients, the investigators found hopes for divine intervention are increasingly causing children to be subjected to aggressive medical treatment that is not in their best interest. The ethics and legality of these cases should be reevaluated, the study authors suggested.
The study, conducted by a team of intensive care doctors and a hospital chaplain, involved a review of 203 cases in which parents were forced to make end-of-life decisions for their children.
The researchers found that in 186 of these cases, the children's parents and their doctors were in agreement about the withdrawal of aggressive medical care that would ultimately be ineffective.
In 17 cases, however, there was prolonged debate between the sick children's parents and their medical team over the best way to continue with their medical care. Although the children's doctors advised the withdrawal of intensive care based on overwhelming medical evidence, their parents insisted on continuing aggressive medical treatment.
Of these cases involving disagreement over the children's end-of-life decisions, 65 percent, or 11 cases, involved directly expressed religious beliefs that intensive care should not be stopped because the parents anticipated divine intervention and a cure. Among the religions represented in this group were Christian fundamentalism, Islam, Judaism, and Roman Catholicism, the researchers noted. These parents also thought the doctors were overly pessimistic and wrong.
In the remaining five cases in which religious beliefs played a role in children's end-of-life decisions, resolution was not found so intensive care was continued. Four of the children eventually died. One child survived with profound neurological disability, according to the report published online Aug. 14 in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
The study authors noted that intensive care was withdrawn in all six of the 17 cases in which religion did not sway parents' decisions about their children's treatment. Five of these children died and one survived with severe brain damage.
It's "completely understandable" for parents to advocate for their children, the researchers noted in a journal news release. However, when children are too young to actively subscribe to their parents' religion, these beliefs may not be the appropriate determining factor for their treatment, study author Dr. Andy Petros, of the pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, in London, and colleagues explained. In some cases, they stated, continuing useless aggressive medical treatment may be inhumane.
"Spending a lifetime attached to a mechanical ventilator, having every bodily function supervised and sanitized by a carer or relative, leaving no dignity or privacy to the child and then adult, has been argued as inhumane," they said in the report.
"We suggest it is time to reconsider current ethical and legal structures and facilitate rapid default access to courts in such situations when the best interests of the child are compromised in expectation of the miraculous," the authors concluded.
Just from we with great emotional love.
Richard.