buctootim

I don't disagree - so you then have only two choices. You either acquiesce and let them take whatever they want - with the demands gradually getting bigger and bolder, or you front them up. If we arm Ukraine you make the costs for Russia much higher, higher than the benefits of action.

Of course "don't forget to pick the car up" kind of quick calls are fine - but my ex just wanted to chat frequently during the day and got really offended / took it as a gauge of how much I loved her if I said I couldnt chat whilst at work.

:lol: That used to drive me 'kin insane. "What you doing at work?" - "Well you know, getting dagger looks from my boss as the third call today goes on for another 20 minutes and the prospects of me retaining this job which pays the mortgage and all the bills and allows you to stay home and not cook, clean the house or otherwise contribute, recede by the minute". I'm divorced now btw....

racist

Three thoughts: 1. Russia was jointly responsible for starting WW2. If they had stood with Britain and France against Germany instead of collaborating with them and invading Poland and the Baltic States, then Germany would have baulked and WW2 would never have happened. 2. The Russian winter won WW2. Of the c2m German losses on the Eastern front the Russians probably only actually killed around 500,000- 1m, at a cost of around 8.5-14 million Russian soldiers. Every time they have been called upon Russian forces have been **** poor. They even managed to rack up big losses against Georgia, population 4 million. They have some good units but more than half the Russian army is poorly trained and equipped conscripts - labourers with rifles. War isn't like that any more. A third of their armed forces budget goes on nuclear weapons - so their conventional forces budget is actually similar to the UK's - and a tiny fraction of the combined resources of the US and western Europe. Much of their equipment dates from the 1970s and is outclassed by modern western weapons 3. If you want to prevent war in Europe we need to arm Ukraine. We don't need to go overboard - anti-aircraft and anti-armour missile systems would do it.

South Africa had loads more going for it than Qatar - its a big proper country with a lot of people who like football. You cant overestimate how desolate and empty 90% of Qatar is.

With a population of only 2million and just 15,000 hotel rooms in the whole country (60,000 by 2022), most games are going to be half empty

He's still upstairs hosing down the pony.

I used to be like that. All boys school innit? You'd hope they'd have grown out of it by 40 though.

I thought you got a used one with a massive rear which had been round the block a few times?

More focus on quality of life rather than just standard of living too. I hope Bennett resigns because she clearly isnt up to the job as leader and they're too nice to ditch her before the election.

41% possession and a goal down at home to Tranmere. Well that Lazerus like two game resurrection didnt last long!

Yeah but if they're pushing your pint and cheese & onion off the table it can be off putting.

What is there to say? People get stabbed in the US, Canada and the UK but the US murder rate is 4.7 per 100,000, Canada 1.6 and in the UK its 1.0.

Good job her dad was out

Sea

Introverts are more efficient at processing information, they get less 'data loss'. Extroverts tend to be louder and more gregarious because they need more stimulation to get the same brain response as introverts.

In Cyprus my mum bought a bottle of what she was told was the local equivalent of Angnostura Bitters - 'Happy Drops'. God knows what was in it but it was the weirdest trippiest thing Ive ever tried. anklebiters

angoras

Specially when they dont have to pay for it.

Our defence budget has shrunk to about 2% of GDP - which is way too small imo. In 1982 the budget was around 5.4% - somewhere around 4% seems about right to me. I spend far more than 4% of my income on various forms of insurance.

"Dont mess with our beer otherwise we'll end you?" I can't see that being catchy enough.

This has nothing to do with paedophilia -it just one of the stories du jour. Gone from being totally ignored to wall to wall coverage.

The small group of idiots giving it large on the Metro and pushing a black guy off the train are lowlifes who behaved badly. However it in no way justifies the prominence given to it in the media - more space than Ukraine or the HSBC scandal in some papers. Race, football, Europe and paedophilia. 'Got a story about any of those?' 'Thanks very much, full page spread.

Geller