Patrick Bateman

I'm a medium in most shops and I'm a 44" chest (and a 34" waist").

Yes, but the general public buying such an animal from a reputable breeder would be buying one that has had their bits done (male and female). Only the very very best examples are kept for breeding from to keep the pedigree line as perfect as possible. Breeders selling them unspayed etc. aren't very good and they aren't therefore proper pedigree. Of course you get the occasional cats that are kept for breeding but can't. My female Maine Coon was infertile (so I bought her from the breeder) and the male Maine Coon wasn't interested in breeding (!?). Most people keep them indoors as a) they don't want them to get runover (cost) and b) they aren't actually as hardy as moggies and are more liable to pick up illnesses etc. It is however recommended to have a massive outdoor pen/cage/closed in area to let them out in when you're there - which is what I did.

I had 2 Maine Coons, they are awesome animals, so loving and almost dog-like. Had a ginger and white female and an all white male, who was absolutely massive - dwarfed every other cat I've ever seen!! Love Bengals, but they are probably a bit TOO mad for me (also my Maine Coon breeder does them as well)!

Women shouldn't be allowed to vote, let alone be an MP, let alone make important decisions for the country! Get with the times!

Er ... Andy Porter said; "I get about 400 miles from £50 in my 1.3 combo CDTA, not much better than what i got from my corsa." 400x2 = 800 miles £50x2 = £100 So I'd say it's no more efficient on the wallet than Andy's car ... ?

VM have used Indian call centres for as long as I can remember - depends on when you phone up and how busy the lines are on which centre you get, whether it's Scotland, Wales, the North or one of the Indian ones.

I really do hope so. What pleases me the most is that we have 2 parties both with some good policies, both with a couple of dodgy ones (inheritence tax threshold and the euro for e.g.). What I wanted and what we have are 2 parties now working together on a good, considered list of policies, with the more dodgy ones on the back seat. This is fantastic.

A brilliantlt written piece from NC, just goes to show how a real businessman/CEO acts, speaks and deals with the media. Also proves I was right (in my own mind) about listening to "rumours". Every since Markus has bought the club, NO ONE has had any inside information, thank goodness. These guys run a right ship and the best and first place to look for news is saintsfc.co.uk

Yes, of course. But if your salary is £30k and your OTE is £80k. You DON'T live to an £80k lifestyle, simple. And Trousers; I suggest they find jobs here, seem to be plenty of them: http://www.careerintravel.co.uk/cabin-crew-latest-jobs.htm

Get realistic. A bonus is just that, a bonus, if the company does well and you meet your personal targets - the company don't have to pay a bonus. Overtime and commission can be changed at will, in every company I've been in, this happens. The person can leave and find a new job, or carry on under the new scheme. But again, the point is that you should not be living beyond your base salary means. Simple really. Then when a company is in the poo and decides not to pay a bonus/change the commission structure/withdraw overtime, you aren't royally shafted. I have bugger all sympathy with BA cabin crew at Heathrow.

"I'm a BA crew member and these changes mean that all of us will have to work harder for less money" LOL - welcome to the real world and joining the rest of us!! "I am a BA cabin crew member on longhaul. This change is being imposed - our union has not agreed to this. Around 50% of my salary is made up of variable pay, i.e. money I receive depending on which trips I am rostered." Again, welcome to the real world. 'Extra' money you earn should be considered a bonus and saved, you shouldn't be living above your base salary. Ask any salesman that. Ask anyone who does overtime. Idiots.

You have anger issues. He didn't questions the quality of teaching at all, he asked how you would deal with an unruly child when teachers now can only use voice and sanctions. He asked what YOU would do? Where's the link to your school's OFTSED report then out of interest (i.e. name of school)?

Often talk about yourself??

Rubbish, I know a LOT of teachers, having been married to one for 10 years and with another one now (I don't learn!!) ... most of them would love to beat some of their horrible horrible, rude, obnoxious, moronic kids. Also, I know for a fact the ones I know will be refusing to strike.

I heard that!! Made me chuckle - "Stu from Romsey".

Good shout. Maybe you heard from the same taxi driver as me who picked him up from Southampton Airport and drove him to the training ground?

I do agree that it's completely ludicrous. You pay tax on your earnings, tax on your savings, tax on what you spend (on most things), tax on buying your house, tax on your pension, then tax on what you've got left after that when you die. Weird. I thought the general idea of inheritence tax is that it was brought in years and years ago (i.e. hundreds of years) to tax landowners who owned a significant portion of land. The thresholds haven't changed much in recent times. So I do agree with scrapping it up to £1m. £1m falls back (in my opinion) to richer landowners (unless you live in Mayfair where £1m buys you a parking space ... ) Regardless, our tax system is FAR too complicated. I don't think any party has even thought about addressing that issue?

Mind if I don't sign, thanks. As the internet grows (10 million more people use the internet now, than 10 years ago), more policing is needed, that includes limiting the amount of pirated and illegal material. Also please note; MOST MPs didn't bother to vote. I think this is disgusting. I know someone who has written to his local MP saying he'll be tactically voting to remove him for not voting. Voting on issues like this should be mandatory. THAT is the concerning point about this whole #debill issue.

Agree with that, every one of his stand-ups since have been a let down!

More than likely same number of teams (3) will go up, with a similar knock on to the leagues below, I would have thought?

I saw this, it made me laugh. Maybe that's not the right reaction, but ... it was so utterly stupid, pathetic and backwards. It's everything a "sensible" political party shouldn't be, it makes George Gallaway look normal and balanced. The picture of Churchill?? Is it supposed to be some kind of sick joke? For a party that wanted to move away from racism and be taken seriously (haha), it was a very very bad move.

Great table BTF! I always thought Switzerland was supposed to be a tax haven!? Hence why Phil Collins and Lewis Hamilton ran off there ... Switzerland 25% 45.5% 7.6% So I'm confused, does this mean it's a haven for non-Swiss nationals as they don't have to declare their income if they live there?? Sorry if this seems a dumb question.

5% is still ridiculous when it should be zero rated (as I thought it was). But then 5% of £2 a month (I'm guessing here!!) is 10p, so hardly a bank breaker. I believe incontinence is VAT free only if you're registered with a relevant medical condition.

I refer you to my post above, no they don't. Every day items?? Food, loo rolls and news papers are VAT free. If someone wants to go and buy a new car or TV, then it's up to them, if they can afford it, but it's not essential, far from it.

There is nothing wrong with increased VAT, it's a good thing. Correct me if I am wrong, but there is no VAT on essential items, is that right? So food, books, newspapers, sanitary items ... note the word essential. Buying a new TV is not essential. Most items aren't, 'essential'. What do you need to live? Food, water, sanitary products, papers (for info), a bed, a sofa (which you can get from charity shops and there are some goods around) etc. Also, you can argue that those with a higher disposable income buy more non-essential "stuff". They'll spend more on bigger/newer TVs, cars, games consoles etc., so, are in fact paying more tax. So the "poor pay more tax" argument doesn't stack up.