Well who would have believed that Leo Sayer would get to number 1 again. Must be something to do with his flight to Australia (or could be that the producer of this new version has a clue about making a hit). I wonder if Leo will get enough royalties for his flight back home? I saw a contract rider for his bookings once and it said (sad) if any television work was offered then he had the right to cancel any live performances he was booked for - that's a good way of getting gigs - NOT!

Well it was a strange one for me, early am blew the car up going to work. AA man towed it to a friends house, back to work bought another car from a chap there which is cheaper to run and is bigger than the old one. Went back home after work and had Fish & Chips for tea (as did a friend of mine too!!!) just goes to show, every cloud has a silver lining and the most popular meal for Valentines is fish & chips. Happy Valentines day (belatedly) !! PS. didn't get any cards or roses tho'
PS. PS. Glad your back with us Ivory, I hope you're feeling better

Yes, I agree with the punctuation, spelling etc. but what really gets my goat when I'm driving, is people driving in the opposite direction who 'flash' you when you're overtaking and there's miles of room, what do they think... that it'll stop me doing it? .... I don't think so, it just makes me pull in later!! Another thing ... 'pipping' what's that about then? Ok when you are trying to attract someones attention but it gets used as a finger wagging exercise, if everyone that flashes or pips examined their own driving ..

Yippeeee !!! I've booked mine (first for five years!) I'm going on a narrowboat. Can't wait, relaxation, pubs, good food, pubs amd I might just have to sample some real ale in a .. now what do you call them ... ohh yes PUB

Hurray it's Friday at last!!!
I must say that Tuesday was NOT my most productive day this week. It'snot been a productive week really I can't seem to get my head round this working lark! Ah well I'll try harder next week.

FullAuto: What do good taxes look like, exactly? If you want a strong economy and good quality of life, with free health care and unemployment benefit and the state looking after you as you look after it in turn, then you need to pay a decent amount of tax.

Lower taxes are just something the well-off get behind to get popular support from the lower class, not because they give a shit about anyone else, they just want more money.

Look at Scandinavia. High tax, but a high quality of life, low unemployment and so on and so forth. I think most of the countries there paym ore VAT than we do, too, but their economy and their populace is in pretty good shape.

Hi FA, can we agree to disagree on this one? Still friends????

Cannot agree more, I do like Jim Carrey as an actor but do feel that you get no surprises in any film he stars in (he takes typecasting to the limit). Poor film with few highlights, I did think the scene where Dick & Jane are getting it together intheir room only to climb inot bed saying 'can't wait till saturday - sex is goin to be good' or words to that effect, why do I remember them from somewhere?

Truce then, my handbag is on the floor under the desk now, but yes STD you were drifitng again!!!

FullAuto: What do good taxes look like, exactly? If you want a strong economy and good quality of life, with free health care and unemployment benefit and the state looking after you as you look after it in turn, then you need to pay a decent amount of tax.

Lower taxes are just something the well-off get behind to get popular support from the lower class, not because they give a shit about anyone else, they just want more money.

Look at Scandinavia. High tax, but a high quality of life, low unemployment and so on and so forth. I think most of the countries there paym ore VAT than we do, too, but their economy and their populace is in pretty good shape.

A good tax is a fair tax which is paid by those that can afford it (ie income tax) as for free health care, have you tried registering at a NHS dentist lately? I can't see that the state looks after you as you look after it, how about self employed small business people? they go off ill - no sickness benefit. Unemployment benefit/Income support, good in theory except for those that screw the system and there are loads of those(ok a system is not accessible unless it is open to possible abuse). I agree that we need to pay a decent amount of tax, but this should be based on your income and circumstances. I can hardly shed a tear for the upper management of large companies who are earning in excess of £250,000 per year (and mostly for doing a poor job of it) but I do feel for those who are just above the poverty line (and a benefits policy of - 'if you have no kids then it's tough shit!'doesn't help) and can't claim any assistance. Not convinced FA, what we need is a revolution brothers.

Perhaps Brit taxes wouldn't be that bad if we didn't have all the stealth taxes - income tax , ok you pay more if you earn more but everything else gets taxed on top, fuel, food, power basically everything. How can this be fair? If a person needs to eat and keep warm and, heaven forbid use transport to buy certain commodities how can this be done without paying YET MORE TAX? For the person 'on the bread line' this is almost impossible. Just because British tax isn't 'that bad' doesn't mean it's good, that's the trouble with the Brits, we (I do not include myself) are so happy because 'things could be worse'. Fuck that! things could be a lot better!!!! Ask Mr F***ing Blurr if he has to think before he orders the next 5 bags of coal to keep warm? It makes me MAD!!!!

By the term 'Green' I think this must mean 'naive' as they obviously are! I do think that we should be concerned, but the manufacturers of packaging could do a whole lot to help the situation, perhaps they should pay fines for over use of plastic etc? Even Mr Blurr isn't likely to listen to this kind of codswallop, imagine having to assess someones waste? (doesn't bare thinking about!!!)

silvertongedevil: Now there's a thing, Nik Naks, have you ever had the scampi ones and then smelled your hands????

No prizes for guessing what that smells of.

Scampi??? Just a stab in the dark ...

silvertongedevil: Now there's a thing, Nik Naks, have you ever had the scampi ones and then smelled your hands????

No prizes for guessing what that smells of.

Scampi??? Just a stab in the dark ...

silvertongedevil: Now the nights are getting lighter I have to say that holidays keep jumping around in my head. I'm a bit like FA though, I like to relax in an old Cathedral town, some food, pubs, ........... more pubs ................ come to think of it I may as well just go to the pub.

If I go to an old pub that should solve the problem.

You sure it's holidays? I find they don't jump much. Southwell is quite good for pubs but if you're being picky then it's a minster not a cathedral, do you know it's the only church with a depiction of the Green Man inside?

silvertongedevil: Well it's still officially owned by Privet Hedge Trimmers Bi-monthly but I think the whole thing will be sold off when the Shopping Trolley Directory and Sauce Bottle Collector combine next month.

Shit!! I've just subscribed to Sauce Bottle Collector after I had a bad experience with Shopping Trolley Directory (To do with a classified I responded to - dodgy, very dodgy!!!). Is it too late to cancel?