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    Seriously though, it irks me! I don't know why. Maybe it's because I know I work hard to earn my ...
  • macbros
    You talk like your surprised. Didn't you know that all taxpayers in the world support meaningless government spendings?
 

May 31
2007

Posted by richard

So what is our illustrious Prime Minister actually doing now?

Oh that’s right, gallavanting around the globe doing f*** all work. Because he’s announced his retirement he figures he and the missus would abuse the taxpayers, use public money on travelling the world saying goodbye. Forgive if I’m wrong, but didn’t the British public vote the Labour party in to do a job? And shouldn’t the Prime Minister be actually doing his job? And what the hell is Mrs Blair supposed to be doing? Are we paying for hundred-odd pound haircuts again?

I don’t give two figs if the PM needs to travel for important meetings, but Mr Blair doesn’t seem to be having any of those (at least work-oriented). He can go travel all he wants AFTER he retires, can’t he? He’ll probably land some cushy job after all this, after his Knighthood, and be able to afford Mrs Blair’s lifestyle ;)

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  • richard
    Yeah how true. Unless they diversified ... Hehe continue to drive SUV's eh - what energy conscious ones?
  • macbros
    But if they did that, how would the Oil Companies gouge us? The Govenator is up from California to promote Californian ...
 

May 29
2007

Posted by richard

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Ok I say ‘new’ but really they’re been developing the concept since 1999. But still, it’s ‘new’. 100 miles on 1 litre.

I doubt we’ll see it on the road in the current form though, I mean seriously, look at it. One knock from a Chevy suburban and you’d be roadkill, plain and simple.

If they could move the engine from that into normal cars, and ban SUVs, I bet the oil we have would last twice as long. But again, I doubt that will happen.

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May 29
2007

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One of the Tory front-benchers, Graham Brady, quit his position today so he could criticize the Tory leader’s approach to Grammar Schools. He believes in them, David Cameron does not.

Frankly, having gone to a Grammar School (King Edwards VI Grammar School), I am a bit of a fan of them too. Not only that, but this is the only school in this entire (rural) area that matriculates students from 16-18 years of age, and who administer A levels. So without such a grammar school – what would serve in its place? Maybe Mr Cameron would push for those years to be pushed onto the local 11-16 year old schools: new, modern, crumbling edifices of post-war education policies. Pity.

Come on David, you’re not using your head here. This isn’t a city, this is a rural area, the school is very historical, going back as far as 1276. Don’t get rid of grammar schools, or end your support of them, simply because it’s the political thing to do (read: wanting to be more like the Lib Dems). They serve an excellent purpose, letting the local area children get A levels to go to University, to get good jobs, to build up the prosperity of the nation.

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    Hehe Yeah ok maybe I can imagine you smiling when you're washing your clothes ;)
  • macbros
    :D I love to wash my cloths :D :D Washing cloths is super duper :D :D They say if I stop smiling, ...
 

May 27
2007

Posted by richard

I know we all have them, TV adverts that drive us nuts. For me, it’s washing powder ads. They drive me crazy, I cannot stand how fake they are.

I mean seriously – who washes clothes with a friend and stare at each other smiling like their lives depend on it? Honestly, I don’t smile when I’m washing clothes. Nor do I lift each piece out and examine it minutely for stains.

Given that we all have to wash clothes, and given that pretty much each washing powder/washing liquid is the same and achieves the same results – why do the washing powder companies go to such lengths and such expense?

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  • mrcorey
    I feel bad about you both getting all this drizzle. Now about 10 minutes drive away from Mac, I ...
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    It only drizzled for a few minutes, and passed by. Now it's that late evening sort of 'after-storm' weather, quiet, ...
 

May 26
2007

Posted by richard

It was so nice out this morning. Went for a walk around and thought that all of the weather forecasts by co-workers on Friday were BS – then this afternoon about an hour ago it turned an ugly shade of grey. But it actually did nothing, it was just a darkness.

I wish it would just rain, or not of course.

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    Don't ya' just hate when that happens? It's especially bad if I leave in the middle of a song and ...
 

May 25
2007

Posted by richard

I listened to Queen’s Greatest Hits last night and their first song, Bohemian Rhapsody, has been going around my head all day long. I just found myself doing a bit of work and humming it. Not too fond of Bicycle Race, but all the other tunes on the album are great.

CDs 2 and 3 however, aren’t so good as the first. Nevermind, they’re all ‘good’ per se.

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May 24
2007

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I have become more and more convinced the older I get that there is some very subtle conspiracy amongst the technology giants of our quaint little world. I mean, you see a phone one month, think to yourself oooh I can just afford that. You save up for months, waiting until your contract expires, then just as you get ready to buy it, another new one comes along. Instant commercial orgasm.

Car manufacturers are just the same. As the fizz slowly fades from the latest car line, they introduce an updated version, or some other line just like it but just every-so-slightly different. They put ‘em on pedestals, shine them up, drape hot chicks in floss-g-strings on their bonnets (or in some cases, even without ‘em) and everyone’s mouths drool in sheer lust (for the car).

Was it like this a hundred years ago? No, of course not, we didn’t have cellphones or washing machines or LCD TVs or cars and so on. There was not as much variety to bring out, and what existed existed in similar ‘fashion’ to similar items.

Marketers have hit that sweet spot that makes us all want, the commercial orgasm. We didn’t want something then all of a sudden we have a yearning desire for it. We HAVE to have it. NOW. God they must really play us …

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May 24
2007

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Just caught another episode of Lost, my favourite TV show. Talk about the height of tense television, they really know how to spin a story. Mind you, I think their continuity leaves something to be desired.

I mean seriously – look at Jack. The guy’s been on the island for what, 2 months, and he has a 5 day growth of beard at MOST. His hair looks barely more than an inch long. Sawyer on the other hand has gotten scruffier and had his hair grown considerably. What is going on? Is the mysterious polar bear a sneaky barber at nights?

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  • richard
    Yeah it's almost like hearing that Victory had burned to the ground. Sacrilege! I can't believe that someone would have done ...
  • mrcorey
    That's a shame! I remember doing a plastic model of that ship when I was a kid.
 

May 21
2007

Posted by richard

What a pity to see that sight, the in flames in her drydock. Even worse, what a thing to see first thing in the morning when you’re still half asleep and nearly whacked your head into the kitchen lintel as you hear the words ‘flames’ and ‘cutty sark’ in the same sentence…

And then tonight seeing the images on the news, the rotted blackened carcass resting on the iron frame – the death of the Cutty Sark.

Fear not, I have no doubt she will rise like a phoenix.

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    Good God Man! You sure know how to pour salt on an open wound don't you. This sorta BS really ...
 

May 20
2007

Posted by richard

Finally a bit of common sense from someone in government. At work there is a lot of talk about politics and the stupid things that we see done. None of us do anything about it of course – primarily because we feel we can’t, I suspect. Even voting turnout is apathetic at best amongst us.

But now, Margaret Hodge has said something that I completely agree with. Reported in the BBC:

Established British families should be given priority over economic migrants for council housing, government minister Margaret Hodge has said.

She has called for a rethink of social housing policy, to take account of length of residence, citizenship and national insurance contributions.

Well duh! We see how people emigrating here get new houses, free food, free money and so on. It’s disgusting. We should also cut down immigration to a trickle IMHO. Those jobs they get – let those who suck money off the government work for a living instead of giving it to immigrants.

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