hamster

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Realy surprised that noone has plumped for the odious MK Dons, they sicken me, the mere fact that they exist makes me. Who was the top team in Milton keynes before those charlatns rode into town? Really hoping that we do the quadruple over them on Sat. Apart from the obvious I also can't forgive Swindon for a couple of nasty matches down at Priestfiled in the seventies.

btw it was a good night, really enjoyed the whole set, in particualr the one about a 'blue sky' and the start wars one - 'C3PO eyes' I think it was called. The venue is pretty cool too, loke a posh marquee with red carpet entrance, stage, bar, cloakroom, dancefloor and toilets with hand conditioner to boot. I am pretty sure that they'yll get quite a few wedding receptions in there once it gets known about. Best bit (says mrs h) was the twinkly lights in the ceiling.

DS I know nothing about poultry but at last years Royal Berks Show at Highclere there was someone selling lots of diferent breeds. As a townie I was amazed at the range, some were quite magnificent creatures. Personally I'd love to have the time to keep and race pigeons like my Granddad did, good luck to to you. Are you buying them to breed or for their eggs btw? Is it an expensive hobby/interest and how much were you planning on shelling out?

I have no connection to this bunch but after an extensive search for something to do this evening and wanting to resist the temptation to just get bladdered down the local I cam across this little chestnut. The Coast are playing what i believe to be the opening gig at The Fox in Fair Oak tonight. The venue is the brand new 'Woodlands Suite', which has just been finished. Say hi if you go and buy me a beer. FREE ENTRY - Doors Open 7:30 http://southampton.gumtree.com/southampton/06/55489206.html

One (of many) reasons I left aviation security. Pre 9/11 we had training in 'profiling' passengers (and staff for that matter). It was about body language, responses to questions and behavioural traits etc. I remember one chap on his induction watching a video of about a dozen people walking through and airport, the candidate had to mark out of 10 which they thought most likely to have been a terrorist. This poos bloke marked ALL of the non-white passengers high, the white ones (which includede bader Meinhoff (sp) members were according to him extremely low threats. When they went ott on the so called 'randoms' I started to lose faith in the system. People were getting bollocking for not searching 1 out of every 10 passengers, for not pulling 1 in every 5 bags. Guess what, our confiscation rates didn't just improve, they were sky high. At your lovely cuddly little airport down the road they were - per passenger - the top performimg security operation within BAA. They rocked, with literally thousands of confiscated items. Things like; nailfiles, needles, bottle openers, corkscrews etc. As far as crime prevention was concerned each and every confiscation was a crime not commited. And each person who had an item had in actual fact commited a crime 'attempting to carry a banned item into a controlled area, contarry to some aviation act'. Why did these people not get arrested? Why were they not cautioned? Why were they not summoned or even their names taken? Draw your own conclusions. And fwiw, it didn't take long for the monotomy of 1 in 5 bags to set in, the selected bags got smaller and smaller and smaller. But the buckets of nailfiles and clippers went up and up and up. RESULT! Anyone who thinks that this Black/White profiling (otherwise known as Sand S) is proper profiling is wrong. Intelligence based profiling has a place in my humble opinion, but colour based profiling is for fools. It may tick certain boxes but it is for fools.

I ain;t been in long and haven;t read this whole thread but no offence glt, am I reading that (in Bold) correctly? I don;t really think that I need to adjust my thinking one little bit also mon ami. On the subject of 'minor crimes', the ones that you mention excepted for obvious reasons, I can see a coralation between unemployment and 'minor crime'. For example, if you or I for that matter were discriminated against in the job market becasue of the colour of our skin or our asian, east european accent, then it may just follow that we'd be worse off, we may be more likely to live on benefits (scrounging to some) and it might also follow that we'd be housed in the most run down inhospitable areas of town. In those areas we and our kids may well be more likely to be preyed upon by thugs and those disgusting drupo dealers who try to get us hooked on all kinds of crap. I reckon it might naturally follow that a higher proportion of our 'brothers' would take to criminal activities in order to pay for those drugs. If not drugs, then maybe a nit of tea-leafing to put some grub on the table or to buy that pair of Nike trainers so that our kids don;t get further discriminated against in the schhol playground? Maybe it is not me that needs to delve a little deeper. This bit is very important, so please read it before launching a counter-attack. I do not condone nor endorse crime of any kind (well most crimes), I think that crime should be tackled. I do not however think that the best way to tackle ALL crime is to simply sweep an area arresting as many black people as we can in the knowledge that there might be a higher proportion involved in criminal activities. Would you shoot into a crowd simply because you were sure that somewhere in that crowd stood a shoplifter? Tackle crime intelligently I say, tackle the underlying causes of crime i say. If you don;t then you are stuffed. Always do what you've always done (mr policeman) and you will always get what you always got. here endeth....bla ....blah

As a young impressionable altar boy I remember the first time I had something 'proper' to take into confession, as opposed to the usual 'punched my brother', didn;t eat my sprouts' rubbish. I had actually copped a feel of a girls boob (albeit it through her bra, vest and school pullover). I thought i was going to hell on a handcart - that's what these bloomin religions do to you you see, giult is a terrrible thing imho. Anyway, I sat there quivering and told the priest of my' sin' then sat in silence awaiting the punishment to be meted out for my 'pleasure of the flesh' Then a strange thing happened. the priest said to me in a whisper "my son, it is a good thing that you see the error of your ded, I hope that you will in future appreciate that any contact betweeen members of the opposite sex should be contained within marriage. Can you promise me that you will not commit sins of this nature again should the good lord offer you forgiveness on this occasion?? "I promise father" He continued "Is this the first time that you have commited a sin of this magnitude my son?" "It was father, I promise you that it was" I answered petrified that the heavens would open if I was lieing and be struck by a thunderbolt. "and finally my son, before I give you penance, will you tell me the name of the young lady who commited this sin with you?" "I can not do that father. I am sorry but if I tell her Mother would take the belt to her, I could not have that on my conscience" "You don't have to tell me her name but a simple yes or no will suffice. Now tell me young man, was it that little red headed floosie from number 7 Prospect Row?" "No father, it was not" "Then might it have been Mrs Gillard's daughter, Clare, known to all to be generous with her favours?" "No father it was not" "Okay my son, was it Mary, Mr and Mrs Taylor's daughter who lives at the other side of town in the flat above the greengrocer shop?" I am sorry father ir was not her either. Father, I promised not to tell on her, and surely if I break a promise i would surely go to hell, please father, please don't make me tell on her?" "Okay my son we shall leave it at that. But I must tell you that unless you can tell me the girl's name then I cannot offer the lord's forgiveness. Good day to you" Off I trotted, running all the way to the local rec where my best friend was waiting for me. "Well hamster, did you go to confession?" "Yep, sure did" "And....did you confess your sins?" he said impatiently "Yep" I said "And, did father O'malley forgive you for your sin with ***** ********?" "Nope, he wouldn;t forgive me the old fart" "Well what a waste of time that was thern" He lolled. "Not quite i lolled back at him, not quite my little friend" And why might that be young hamster me old mucker, me old mush?" "I'll terll you why it wasn;t a waste of time my little testosterone fuelled partner in crime, because I got three more dead certs out of it, that is why!" The End

http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre/warning-from-commission-over-disproportionate-use-of-stop-and-search-by-police/ i think it has come from this report.

/\ apparently those forces who use 'Stop and Searcg' as a major tool in their crime prevention/solving strategies are way behing those that use 'intelligence' based tac-tics, and it is a tac-tic no matter how they dress it up imho. Source? It's out her and I shall try to find the BBC link in a mo.

At all 3 of the previous encounters thus far I couldn't help thinking their 'MK Dons' chant was akin to that insipid "USA - USA - USA" rubbish.

Just saw the report on BBC South news that says that in Southampton whhite people are about 7 times less likely to be subjected to the archaic 'Stop and Search' laws than non-whites. Clearly not effective and leaves no doubt that the 'force' is well behind the times. i wouldn't necesarily accuse them of institutionalised racism, but come on, wtf are they playing at. Hope this is not too controversial for the LOUNGE. Thoughts?

gently

unlikely

stock, aitken and waterman. before your time ? You got it, but just didn;t realise that you had got it. Have I seen you on that quiz prog with CJ and the real ale looking type and that judith woman, can't think what it's called off the top of me head, sorrry.

eurovision

piles

Hard as in HARD

Norway

haha

Pompey pull one back. Could be the one that kick-starts their season perhaps?

pullet

I have an original vinyl version of 'Oh When The Saints' by The Beatles (with Tony Sheridan), their first EVER recording (in Hamburg). I would have lent them that if I'd known they were considering crap versions. Possibly worth more than the actual trophy!

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