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How does a fixed camera cause an accident ? Surely it's the driver who is not paying sufficient attention and is unsure as to his/her speed and braking distance ( relevant to the prevailing conditions ) that causes the collision ?

And, if you had gone past the cameras at a LEGAL speed, the 'nanny state' would be out of pocket, wouldn't it ! Therefore, I can only assume you were happy to take the risk, knowing and accepting the potential consequences of your actions. On behalf of the 'socialist nanny state' I graciously acknowledge your generous contribution towards funding the welfare system, and warmly thank you for your altruism.

Every driver that has ever been caught by a speed camera claims that they were driving safely and shouldn't have been fined. They generally also claim that fixed cameras are a money making exercise imposed by a Labour Government to 'tax' the honest motorist. It's quite simple, if you don't speed past them you don't get fined, and they don't make money. If you knowingly drive at 40 past a camera in a 30 zone, and get caught, tough ! You gambled and lost.

The Piranhas - "Space Invaders"

28 years of driving, average 20k miles per year; never had a speeding fine, never had a parking ticket. You may read into that what you wish.

Sorry, never had any so can't help Re the 'nanny state' jibe, have you considered that you have them because you broke the law ? The cameras are clearly signed, as are the speed limits. Perhaps you should go to specsavers ?

Custard creams

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At home and work it's Cafe Direct Premium, and never with cow juice. As a pointless aside, did you know it is illegal to grow Robusta coffee plants in Costa Rica ?

But africans do tend to win from 3000m up to marathons. Mind you, that is probably environmental - altitude, etc.

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Agree, the first 2 albums were fantastic, and I much preferred Oasis to Blur's mockney estuarine accented pretension, might have something to do with living at this end of the country. After Morning Glory they went all 'look at us, we're important rock stars', and completely lost their edge, but I do think 'The Importance of Being Idle' was a brilliant swansong.

"Married with Children" or "Half a World Away"

Nothing with Yorkshire on the label will ever get into my larder, let alone my cups. Generally for me it's PG, with the occasional Roibus & green tea varieties.

They have banned it under a 2004 law barring the sale of foods with added vitamins - so it is also impossible to buy Ovaltine, Horlicks, Vegemite, Farley's rusks, and most Kelloggs cereals.

If a person of Asian descent describes himself as a 'Paki' is it racist ? If you do, it most certainly is. The harm is in the intent, not the word itself. If I had wanted to vent my spleen I would have described Prince Philip as an 'overprivileged, xenophobic, bigoted, leech', but I didn't, I used an entirely appropriate descriptive term for somebody of mixed heritage, who dropped lucky.

Because I don't have to. You are trying to prove a point that is not there.

It's not an original concept : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/welcome-to-the-mongrel-nation-667933.html ...................................... http://thinkofengland.blogspot.com/2006/11/100-mongrel.html "One gentleman, in for a larger surprise than most, was convinced that he was 100 per cent English. His definition of what he meant by that? All of his relatives had been born here, for at least 12 generations. When pressed, he admitted he did not know this for sure, but was certain that it must be the case. I presented Dr Thomas with this criterion as a measure of Englishness and asked him, using it as a guide, how many 'English' people currently lived in England. The scientist thought about it. 'At a rough guess? Er, zero.' Such a thing would only have been possible if a particular social group, isolated from the rest of society, had inbred for centuries. When all this was explained to our participant, he took the point and was ultimately rather relieved to learn that he was anything but English, according to his own, original standards. 'I guess we're all mongrels,' was his phlegmatic response to the results of his gene test - which showed, in fact, that much of his genetic make-up pointed to origins in Russia and Eurasia." ...................................... http://www.outlineproductions.co.uk/catalogue_detail.aspx?program=191 Eddie Izzard's Mongrel Nation There is no such thing as pure Englishness. The Cross of St. George is merely a flag of convenience for an array of other nationalities and races who have combined in a two millennia-old melting pot to create the country in which we live. Whether it’s genetic and genealogical heritage, language, place names, buildings, culture, food, money, commerce, Christian and surnames, key institutions, humour, religion, art, events – practically all the components of our national heritage and identity come from abroad. In three hours of television, Eddie Izzard demonstrates how all of these cornerstones of the English way of life are foreign in their origin. In three hour long programmes, he examines how England became the Mongrel Nation.

Unlike you, I wouldn't cross the road to avoid them.

"To his credit, the not-really-Greek-after-all Phil (it turns out he’s a blue-blood mongrel mix of Danish, Russian and German with probably a little Croat on the side) made it abundantly clear he had no time for the toadying Titchmarsh’s smarm offensive." Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/reviews/864218-prince-philip-at-90-had-the-posh-and-posher-falling-over-themselves#ixzz1NMWQpt3Y

I am also English ( predominantly ), with some Scots and Welsh, and am quite happy to refer to myself as a mongrel - so yah boo sucks to you and dunce ! And as for the President of the USofA, to call him a mongrel is more accurate than his claim to be Irish !

I am glad that you have acknowledged my superiority ! As for mongrel - "A cross between different breeds, groups, or varieties,", so an accurate adjective in this case. Not derogatory, merely appropriate.