Ian FG

Good option Chris, at least keep the security updates.

John (Gozzer), It was irrelevant that Maggie was a woman. I liked the way she was strong, she stood up to people, she believed in low income tax, low interest rates, low inflation and home ownership. She refused to let the Government be bullied by people like Arthur Scargill. She was prepared to take risks, she took a huge chance sending a task force to the Falklands and it paid off, and don’t forget that the Falkland islanders have always wanted to remain British and that the American secretary of state at the time, Alexander Haig, called the Argentinean government, “A bunch of thugs” after he tried to reason with them. She stood up to bullies. I remember how the miners brought down the previous Conservative government under Ted Heath and how they caused the ‘Winter of Discontent’ under a LABOUR government led by Jim Callaghan. Margaret Thatcher decided this had to stop. Arthur Scargill, the miner’s leader does not get to choose the government, the voters do. If some miners chose to work rather than strike she decided that strikers would no longer be allowed to physically assault those who chose to work. This appeared to come as a bit of a shock to the strikers who assumed they could attack whomever they pleased, they even killed one taxi driver, taking a ‘scab’ to work. When Thatcher took over from Callaghan in 1979 we had huge inflation and interest rates (I forget the figures) I remember that income tax was 33%. She changed all that. She empowered thousands of people to attain home ownership Yes I am a southerner and I apologise profusely for my use of the word “Northerner” as a derogatory term. Yes I am at least 40. You are right, geographic location had a lot to do with how opinions were formed in those years. I have never seen a mine or met a miner. I have never been made redundant, I have never seen whole communities devastated. I watched the news every night of miners violently attacking policemen. I guess I was lucky to live in the south, if your experience was different then I am sorry for it. I am not a ‘YUPPIE’ I left school at 15 and have worked hard all my life. I have never been wealthy and have always been modestly employed, I did move up the housing ladder throughout my life (through bloody hard work) then due to personal circumstances lost it all again. I put my son through university. So yes, I liked Margaret Thatcher and I dislike New Labour, as you say, this may be because of geography. I think Labour has done a good job with the NHS, education and the economy but I can’t understand ‘targets’ PC, immigration, lack of law and order (remember Tony’s speech ‘Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime?) Brown has plundered the nation’s pensions apparently. I understood the first Gulf War but I do not understand the second. I do not understand why Tony Blair followed George Bush into Iraq. The generation I condemn in my later post is not a generation at all, it is a bunch of chavs, more youngsters these days are going to University than ever before. Ian (a Conservative supporter).

Other goods uncovered included eight mobile phones, three sim cards, some home-made booze, 150 tablets, and 30 syringes. Blimey! Poor woman, must have been painful!

Oral sex may increase risk of throat cancer: study That's my Mrs. safe then!

Nick - Good point, well presented. NHS - Never had a problem with the NHS, every experience I have had with it has been excellent, if you break your leg they fix it for free, what's the problem? Try moving to Somalia and see how you get on with your broken leg there.

John Prescott fails in his new career as a diplomat: More public support for John: What's wrong with these pictures of Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott? a] The one on the left is Jabba the Hutt b] The one on the right is Jabba the Hutt c] They are both Jabba the Hutt

Davy, I have every sympathy for real poverty, especially young mothers abandonded by violent husbands who dodge their financial responsibilities....personal experience there. But, take a drive to The Vale of Evesham and observe the hundreds of clean, decent, well-behaved Polish workers in the fields producing fruit and vegetables for our supermarkets. You would never catch the young, able-bodied, foul-mouthed, young chavs who hang about the town centre, with their bling, fags and cider doing that, not while there's benefits to be had.

The British public showing their appreciation of John Prescott in 2001

I liked Margaret Thatcher and I don't mind admitting it. I do not wish her opponents rot in Hell as much as I dislike them. Why is it that left wingers automatically think they are entitled to (aggresively) seize the moral high ground? This arrogant assumption by New Labour supporters that they must always be in the right is what I find most galling. Don't expect to find much support here, but I live in hope.

All hail the right honourable Queen Margaret of Thatcher

I just can't understand how any sane, logigical, person with two brain cells can possibly see that it is right that John Prescott can possibly be second in charge of this country. That fat, northern, left wing, shagging, five house owning, two jags, arrogant, pugnacious, disagreeable, has worse English than a Pole fresh off the boat, immigrant loving champagne socialist. Don't get me started on Cherie and Blunket. No wonder the jocks are baleing out, who can blame them? Sorry for being a bit ambiguous

Total Space Cadet and former male model, "the xylophone-playing cricket enthusiast" has been presenting the same show on TV for 50 YEARS!

Chris, Windows update does add some signicant security updates sometimes. But it's your choice of course. Other Ian

Chris, First thing is DON'T PANIC!!! Second thing is just select all the stuff the program finds then choose to delete those bad boys. HOPE THIS HELPS!!! Ian

Thanks for the tips Andy, but have a look at A-Squared and Advanced Windowscare v2 both are free and both work very well, Windowscare has many handy tools. Ian PS keep away from the Cheesy Wotsits while you're surfing!

Ad Aware A-Squared Advanced WindowsCare v2 Don't forget to update them after installation and update each time before you run them. Ian

Phil, Try this: Go to majorgeeks search for the following free programs: lavasoft ad aware, a squared, windowscare v2. Download them, update them and run them. Works for me.

Bottom line....if you want to be totally legal then you need a 3" or smaller folding knife that is not a lock knife. A 4" lock knife in a public place is not legal for a course fisherman. Not much chance of getting caught though unless you fish canals in London and need to defend yourself with your illegal knife fighting off junkies.

And I love the irony of a guy using a forum to ask where he can find a better forum than the one he is using and then getting many well meant suggestions from the forum owners and then refusing to leave.

I seriously suggest avoiding COMET, it's their delivery policy and their delivery drivers that are the problem. The delivery driver's concerns are apparently more important than the customer's. But if you really want to see aftersales 'service' at its most hysterical, try buying (or renting) a brand new house.

My son has started a business and he has registered a domain name. I assume he now has to buy hosting for a website. Who would you recommend for hosting? How does the email work with domains/websites? How do you set it up? What would the email address be? A very new area for me. Any help gratefully received.

You sexists! I suppose you'd like these clips too! Clare Grogan Bit of class RIP love Cold shower it is then! God loves us.....we know this is true because he gave us beer and YouTube Ian

How to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP CLICK

He could try this: 1. Open Internet Explorer 2. Click on 'Tools' 3. Click on 'Internet options' 4. C;ick on 'Programs' 5. Check the box that says, 'IE should check to see if it is the default browser'

Very, very true Elton, do you remember THIS PLACE near Ipswich? Without the Internet this memory would have slowly faded away, it was a long time ago and these pictures bring it all back. It's hard to believe I was actually there and actually went through all of that.