badgerx16

Bread and circuses, nothing more.

This is the wallpaper on my PC at work :

Would that be bog snorkelling and canal vaulting ? As you have posted pictures of your garden on the forum, which clearly show the neighbouring houses, I can categorically state you are much more of a 'townie' than me - wannabe country boy.

That would be the sort of 'civilisation' that hunts animals for sport and accepts social rank is based on God given heredity ?

The clues are there !

Dune & working -mutually exclusive methinks

I'm not sure that there's as much going on as the media would have us think. Been out and about today, covered quite a few of the local villages, and into Cleveleys and Fleetwood - probably no more than 1 in a 100 houses have any sign of bunting or flags, together with a few pubs, but nothing at all in terms of street decoration. Out of what I've seen, there are more St George's flags up for the Euros than Union flags for the Jubilee.

I use AUDACITY - probably bigger and many more features than you need, but free and easily edits and rearranges MP3 files.

Bet they're a devilishly difficult team to draw away in the cup.

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The suicide rate in France has always been high - they also consume high levels of anti-depressants... http://www.enotes.com/topic/Suicide_in_France http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/why-are-so-many-france-telecom-workers-dying-1795171.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/business/global/30employ.html?pagewanted=all ( From 2009 - with Sarkozy in power ) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/why-are-so-many-france-telecom-workers-dying-1795171.html ( From 2007 - Sarkozy in power )

This is assuming the Skates will start next season.

This as regards the Prem, plus the Skates ( assuming they survive the summer ) @ Nottarf in the cup.

Latest transfer rumours : David Villa to Villa, Antonio Valencia to Valencia, and Danny Sh|ttu to Liverpool.

There is something fishy about a political party whose leader is calld Salmon(d) and the deputy is called Sturgeon.

But how close would Chinny be to getting a proposal accepted - does he have the necessary %age in support ?

I thought that was how it had been arranged, but somebody forgot to vote.

Did anybody hear the piece on the BBC radio news about Olympic sponsorship and advertising - the Ricoh Arena are having to cover up all the Ricoh signs, any advertising around the pitch and stands, and even the manufacturer's logos in the wash basins and toilets. They cannot even announce 'Welcome to the Ricoh Arena' over the PA. This apparently extends to an 'exclusion zone' around each venue, to the extent that Network Rail are trying to find a way to avoid having to mask the word 'BRAINS' on the Brains Bridge near Cardiff railway station, as it's within the 'zone' for the Millennium Stadium. Edit, link to Beeb : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18171672

Surprised none of the Daily mail readers haven't posted a link to this, ( or did I miss it ) : "The Queen's Jubilee Bank Holiday could keep Britain in recession" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2145710/Jubilee-Bank-Holiday-Britain-recession-warns-Mervyn-King.html Damned stupid Nu-Labour idea undermining Osborne's economic recovery plan.

Do non-Christians all go to work on Christmas Day, Good Friday, or Easter Monday ? Do arch-capitalists all do the same on May Day ?

You can be proud to be British and prefer to not celebrate the jubilee.

What if you don't drink ? Anyhow, it will be nigh on impossible to avoid - there is bound to be all day 'live' coverage on the TV and radio, with plenty of vox-pops with flag waving folk in union flag decorated plastic party hats, and the newspapers will be bulging 'souvenir' editions.

I'm hoping for a fine day so I can go for a long bike ride and miss the whole darn thing, just like I did last year with the royal wedding. Humbug !!!

From that article : "The BBC's Jeremy Cooke says that at a time of recession the latest figures make remarkable reading."