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Rude People

Last week I went to visit one of my oldest friends (male) who was unwell. When I visit people I don't like to go empty handed - it is the way I was brought up. I took with me six iced buns I had made...

mccfluff

Would You Mind Voting For This Chap?

He is doing a cycle challenge and need votes to win £5k http://www.mountainwarehouse.com/charity/entries/top-to-toe-end-to-end-cycle-challenge-for-macmillan-cancer-support-e718.aspx...

jacjacjac

Confidentiality

Can anybody get information from a gp in uk without consent of the patient? My Sister went to her gp while suffering from a mental health condition, gp told her it was confidential, now another gp has...

anotheoldgit

Does Anyone Oppose This Bill?

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/09/tory-mps-ban-burqa-bill-reaches-parliament /// The bill states that "a person wearing a garment or other object intended by the wearer as its primary...

ToraToraTora

Blame Anyone But Yourself!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24013824 So it was someone else's fault that he tried to bully his Mrs Into taking his points was it? Then got caught playing away! Typical "right on" liberal...

LuvAngels1

Eft (Emotional Freedom Technique)

I'm an avid fan of EFT and wondered if anyone else has tried this technique? Thank you.

ToraToraTora

Is The The "beatification" Of St Nelson A Little Premature?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24010839 It seems that he's not a saint after all!...

anotheoldgit

Is There Any Need To Make Such Films?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2415405/12-Years-Slave-Audiences-gasp-walk-Oscar-tipped-film-giving-ovation.html We all know that such things happened during the times of slavery, but should...

anotheoldgit

Are The Women Police Officers Using The 'sexist Card', To Excuse Their Inability To Pass The Police Fitness Test?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/like-a-meat-market--police-fitness-test-for-new-recruits-attacked-for-being-sexist-8804129.html /// A police fitness test has been labelled “unfit for...

jake-the-peg

Do We Have A Lot Tho Thank James Blunt For? - Or Should He Have Been Court Marshalled?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11753050...

Booldawg

Drilling Into Brick

I know I'll need a masonry drill bit for this. Are rawlplugs required to get a good fixing? If so are standard rawlplugs suitable? I'm putting up a bit of guttering downpipe and this is for fixing the...

VHG

Many 9/11 Tribute Programs.....but

As the 9/11 date (or 11/9 as we in the UK know it) comes round there seems to be dozens of TV programs on at the moment about 9/11 and its aftermath. It is of course right we feel sorry for the people...

jake-the-peg

What Have You Done For Us Lately?

David Cameron has hit back at Russian claims that we are 'a small island nobody listens to anymore' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24000421 His list almost seems to validate this claim by...

ck1

Is 'sorry' Completely Overused?

I'm sorry you're not feeling well, I'm sorry your dog died, I'm sorry you got stuck in traffic...does it have any real meaning?

anotheoldgit

Europe Has Spoken Once Again.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2414852/Zimbabwean-criminal-burned-womans-face-melted-plastic-deported-breach-human-rights.html This is a new 'get to stay in Britain card' if you like....

beezaneez

The Rise Of Islam In The West , Why Has This All Just Come About Recently ?

i am concerned when i see muslims trying to implement sharia law in uk. 15 years ago i never heard of EDL or never took much notice of islam or anything like that, i knew there was national front and...

ToraToraTora

Has Anyone Told These Idiots......

http://news.sky.com/story/1138343/queens-effigy-burned-in-argentina-protest .....that the Falklands have been British for almost 100 years before Argentina even existed as a nation? Do they teach...

mikey4444

House Price Inflation The Only Good Inflation ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23983828 Once again, we are led to believe that a rise above inflation is good for houses but bad for petrol, gas, electric, food, etc. Never understood this and...

mikey4444

Dale Cregan Taken To High Security Psychiatric Hospital.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23986998 He will have Ian Brady for company, amongst others. Pity he wasn't put there years ago....

sp1814

The Worst Film You've Ever Seen

This was last asked back in 2006 in AnswerBank, and there's been plenty of dreck released since then. With the imminent release of the new 'Diana' film which is garnering almost universal bad reviews...

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Rude People

Would You Mind Voting For This Chap?

Confidentiality

Does Anyone Oppose This Bill?

Blame Anyone But Yourself!

Eft (Emotional Freedom Technique)

Is The The "beatification" Of St Nelson A Little Premature?

Is There Any Need To Make Such Films?

Are The Women Police Officers Using The 'sexist Card', To Excuse Their Inability To Pass The Police Fitness Test?

Do We Have A Lot Tho Thank James Blunt For? - Or Should He Have Been Court Marshalled?

Drilling Into Brick

Many 9/11 Tribute Programs.....but

What Have You Done For Us Lately?

Is 'sorry' Completely Overused?

Europe Has Spoken Once Again.

The Rise Of Islam In The West , Why Has This All Just Come About Recently ?

Has Anyone Told These Idiots......

House Price Inflation The Only Good Inflation ?

Dale Cregan Taken To High Security Psychiatric Hospital.

The Worst Film You've Ever Seen

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