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Afaik we are a long away from individual medical interventions for single patients, would be hugely costly. I guess developing better tests which can tell if an embryo has the disease or not would be the way forward. Its a real ethical minefield. Pharmaceutical companies are developing drugs which can modify behaviour and personality traits - maybe make you more outgoing, less anxious, a better public speaker, less confrontational etc. Goes to the heart of what itb means to be human.

We could fill the world with white people too. Im not averse to GM in principle - but it needs to be done with the same care as introducing drugs because a mistake could be disastrous. At the moment they are just chucked out there in open fields to see what happens - and the pollen can contaminate everywhere. The biggest problem we face is that decades ago mankind grew thousands of types and varieties of crops. No the large majority of our food comes from maybe a dozen. Very risky relying on so few.

Unrelated triplets

If you got 1,000 members of Saints Web and put them in front of 1,000 typewriters, would they produce a coherent, grammatically correct sentence?

He's watched Borat too many times.

Loser. I got 19. I could take your bird.

Wrong thread - thats the 'how do you become a spy' thread.

'kin 'ell. That was quick.

I'll give you a fiver now. Will be worth nothing in two weeks remember.

No need to be. If you can show that you arent expected to live into retirement age - and this is compelling evidence , you can access pension funds now. Spend spend spend like theres no tomorrow Jill.

According to this you are covered by the UK government (unless you mean you actually have an off shore account, in which case local rules apply). http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/safe-savings

Im pretty sure they're all going to be struck by fireballs and incinerated whether you put them out or not.

You still might. A family outing to earth for Her, God and Jebus.

Better vacuum too. Divine retribution can be nasty apparently.

The end of the world is coming by May 27th latest apparently. http://the-end.com/2008GodsFinalWitness/?gclid=COLa6bv0ibACFcshtAody1FkMA God / Jebus are ****ed off with us and are taking back control. Thanks Ron, who knew? In the nine days left to me I plan to clear out the excess junk in the office / spare room. Get a really, really good ribeye steak and possibly visit the hot Russian woman Ive havent seen for over a year. Anyone with interesting plans?

I don't think it should make you nervous - they're being honest. As another poster said the 'master builder' thing is just a marketing ploy - you pay your subs and can use the badge. Unlike most European countries there isnt any credible measure of work quality or standards in the UK. Try and pick the build specification apart a little. The finished build shouldn't just look good but keep you warm, let plenty of light in and not mean you can hear every flush of the toilet and footsep throughtout the house. Generally shoddy builders will have specified cheap windows, low standards of insulation etc so you can get some idea of their attitude from their plans. What U value have the windows got (at most 1.8 and the lower the better) and where will they source them? For a solid build and good sound insulation stud walls should ideally use 4x2 timber rather than 3x2, plasterboard should be at least 12.5mm (ideally use acoustic board) and the internal stud walls need to be filled with acoustic insulation. What thickness and what type of thermal insulation in the roof will be used (isocyanate is best)? What will they do to strengthen the loft floor (lofts arent built as strong as normal floors in houses); how and where are they going to route the water and soil pipes to /from the bathroom etc (you dont want a boxed in poop pipe appearing in one of the bedrooms underneath for example) .

I'd understood from interviews over the last two years that the aim was to eventually have half the first team made up of academy graduates. In the most recent interview on Saintsplayer Adkins talks about 50% of the academy graduates becoming professional footballers. Dont know if this is a separate aim, backing away from 50% of team aim, or just a slip of the tongue.

'Compromise agreement' are the magic words to put to them. No blame, no finger pointing, no tribunal, no blabbing. You walk away with a good reference (agree the words first) and tax free money.

Was always going to happen. But its a bit like a chicken being saved from the slaughterhouse by a fox. The story might be a little different but the end is much the same.

1. No new jobs were created to give to the boys. 2. The new committee members are existing councillors who aren't paid. Apart from that, a sparkling piece of reporting by the Echo.

There are lots of places I'd like to spend time in, maybe even live half the year in. Cant think of anywhere I'd rather be permanently than here

Not suggesting it for your workmate, but this is really cool for £10! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nice-Xmas-Gift-Blue-Binary-LED-Light-Dot-Matrix-Mens-Watch-/200656985288?_trksid=p4340.m1374&_trkparms=algo%3DPI.WATCH%26its%3DC%252BS%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D15%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8464817420515000558

Fair enough. Some other good watches on that site imo though.

Sorry dont like it. Fake anything is never good in a present, especially not fake gold.