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Gypsy Weddings

I watch this and am totally amazed at how much money is spent on the above. Where on earth do the gypsies get that kind of money - they live like millionaires....

mikey4444

Dave's Reshuffle Has Started With Ken Clark

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28291281 I am a dyed in the wool Labour chap but I have always liked old Ken. Avuncular and a great companion for a night in the Pub with lashings and lashings of...

sherrardk

End Of Year Presents

Just wondered what other people's thought are on end of year presents for teachers, etc?

DJHawkes

2.8 Miles From My Doctor

I live 2.8 miles from my GP, apparently the practice is having a cull of patients who live beyond 2.75 miles from the practice. I I walk there it would be less than 2.75, as the one way system by car...

DTCwordfan

Another Groan Alert - A Sqad Joke And A Polish One.

Polish Terminology for Expat English Doctors artery the study of fine painting barium what you do when the patient dies benign what you are after you are eight cesarean section a district in Rome...

agchristie

Coffee Debate...

Ive tried so many coffee brands but always end up with Nescafe.Is there a brand that you can recommend as I'm convinced that there is something special I'm missing out on!!

andy-hughes

The Trial Of Gillian Taylforth ... ?

Give that it all happened so many years ago, why on earth would anyone be interested in a dramatic reconstruction? I haven't watched it - but I remember the case at the time - a lot of fuss about a...

gordiescotland1

Nhs Views Father As Offensive And Changes Documents To Partner Political Correctness Gone Mad

NHS Scotland has banned the use of the ward dad in a maternity handbook so as not to offend gay couples and replaced it by partner? It is ridiculous. What do others think...

sp1814

Should Gay People Be Subjected To This Kind Of Questioning?

Is this worse than the PC re-write of 'Dad' to 'Partner'? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/13/passport-official-suspended-gay-man-interrogation Should gay people accept that their sexual...

anneasquith

Theresa May.

will be making a statement re the resignation of mrs butler-sloss at 3pm approx.

tamborine

Mrs & Ms

Am a widow and prefer to be titled Mrs rather than Ms. Ms is a lone female and denotes gender equality according to PC. I'm not comfortable with Ms be bandied globally about me whereas Mr gives no...

excelsior-1

It Has Been......

........ a lovely hot sunny day here in cambridgeshire (just perfect for the carnival i went to) but now i can hear the rumbling of thunder in the distance seems like it's going to be a wet night...

sandyRoe

Can You Read Between The Lines Here?

"His two word malediction, the first a gerund and the second, 'English', was particularly hurtful. I'm Irish." Is it clear, or clearish, what the phrase was?...

inksplotter

The Dishwasher Chef.

Would you eat a meal that had been cooked in a dishwasher?

DJHawkes

As The Ship Arrives In Dublin....

Bringing all the staging and gear, all 3 million dollars of investment and planning, I sit at work hoping the dream will happen. Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

anotheoldgit

Anti-Israeli Demonstrators Bring London Traffic To A Standstill

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2689465/Hundreds-pro-Palestinian-demonstrators-bring-London-traffic-standstill-protest-outside-Israeli-embassy.html /// However, despite the traffic jams and...

agchristie

Thinking Of Buying A Treadmill....

Anybody know what the running costs would be?

ChillDoubt

Balls Of Steel? Or Insanely Idiotic?

Just been glancing around a few bike websites and came across these. They genuinely made me feel ill: http://nynerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/mountain-biking-cliffs-of-moher-ireland.jpg...

DTCwordfan

Dtc's Day - Christ - Truro Cathedral Had Xmas Decorations On Sale!

Went in there for a rather interesting quilt exhibition of Cornish saints tied back to the parishes - some stunning work and that is going to tour the country. However, couldn't help but notice that...

10ClarionSt

Going To Some Great Venues.

A couple of weeks ago my granddaughter sang with the Chamber Choir at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and the Halle Orchestra. On Wednesday, she played at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham at the...

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