Jump to content

pedg

Members
  • Posts

    3,636
  • Joined

About pedg

  • Birthday 19/04/1963

pedg's Achievements

  1. More, I believe, that they want to send special trains down the lines to check for fallen tree's etc before sending normal passenger services.
  2. tapatalk currently 64p on google play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quoord.tapatalkHD
  3. One thing about the Broad incident that I have not seen covered in the press is the viewing angle of the camera compared to that of the umpire? Given the small distance the knick went before hitting the gloves and that the camera is further back and higher up I think its quite possible that Broads bat hid the trajectory of the ball from when it was knicked to when it hit the gloves when viewed from the lower and closer umpires position. Everyone saying it is a bad mistake by the umpire but that's based entirely on a view that the umpire did not have.
  4. Me thinks there is a word beginning with C missing between "massive" and "and". Actually several possible C words but the one I am thinking of rhymes with "Bleats"
  5. There have been a number of good articles fairly recently from people who accepted honours who you might expect to have refused which are quite informative (e.g. http://timesonline.typepad.com/dons_life/2012/12/obe.html). I am sure it possibly crossed his mind not to accept but I think his statement is clear that he accepted as the title could help with some of the things he is involved in and that he is not taking it that seriously. "I'll use my new title with abandon to highlight the causes I believe in: the importance of culture, the arts and heritage in our society, and the plight of the infirm elderly and their carers. I also pledge that I'll slaughter all unruly dragons, and rescue any damsels in distress who request my help."
  6. Worth pointing out that this was a political award, i.e. almost certainly nominated by the labour party whose national executive committee Tony Robinson was on for a while. Opposition parties are allowed to put a number of suggestions forward and probably better him than some retiring MP or whatever.
  7. Pompey takeover saga sir? No its not dead, its just resting...
  8. Interesting article on the use of the much quoted term abomination in the bible: http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/sexandgender/2826/does_the_bible_really_call_homosexuality_an_%E2%80%9Cabomination%E2%80%9D In summary its mainly a mistranslation and should really be 'Taboo' or something similar.
  9. I don't think I missed the point. I may have not explained my point properly though... Lets assume we have a couple (sexual orientation irrelevant) that wish to make a commitment to each other. Lets assume they have a free choice between Marriage and a Civil Partnership. If the main difference is adultery is not punished in a civil partnership then what sort of couple is going to choose a civil partnership over a marriage? Those that would implies to me a likely attitude that would often be referred to when married as an 'open marriage' where there is a implied agreement on non-exclusivity. This then implies that if they were married they would be less likely to sue for divorce for adultery anyway. In which case they might as well be married anyway.
  10. Would someone who would file for divorce on adultery agree to a civil partnership rather than marriage if that's the main difference? i.e. if they are the sort of person who would probably file for divorce to end their relationship if they found their partner had committed adultery then they would probably prefer marriage and if they were not then there is no difference between the two?
  11. Problem is that previously most of the ukip media stories came via Farage. Now his new band of councillors are doing their bit to show another side. Ukip Councillors In Lincoln Refuse To Sign 'Multicultural' Anti-Racism Pledge http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/18/ukip-councillors-anti-racism-pledge-lincoln-_n_3297890.html Ukip Councillors' Racist Comments Posted Online Mock Immigrants And Barack Obama A Ukip councillor has described "illegal immigrants" as "sandal-wearing, bomb-making, camel-riding, goat-f******, ragheads". http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/19/ukip-councillors-racist-comments_n_3301138.html?utm_hp_ref=uk UKIP Councillor Eric Kitson Resigns Eric Kitson resigns just two weeks into the job after admitting sharing offensive material about Muslims on Facebook. http://news.sky.com/story/1091098/ukip-councillor-eric-kitson-resigns
  12. pedg

    SORN car

    If it is a car park and not residence parking on the road then I would have thought you would be fine.
  13. He is a busy boy isn't he? Just about everything mention was being investigated and considered and stuff.
  14. Notice any coincidence in the highlighted bits?
  15. What I would like to see (and what has not got a snowballs chance in hell of happening) is for the government to set up a truly independent commission that would examine possible scenario's for different levels of engagement with europe and for each clearly state both the advantages and disadvantages, the likelihood that each such a scenario would be possible and the risks involved if we decided to pick that option but agreement could not be reached. At the end producing a report that was comprehensible to 'the common man' without having to be 'interpreted' for them by the media.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

View Terms of service (Terms of Use) and Privacy Policy (Privacy Policy) and Forum Guidelines ({Guidelines})