GTD Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I suspect your Good Old Days are now numbered, Davis I refuse to be pigeon-holed - well, not on the first date anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Actually I concede to looking nearly as old as PD this morning anyway ☹️ I was scaring myself witless reading the latest Tess Gerritsen into the wee small hours last night and then what little sleeptime was left was interrupted with the wind and rain ... I'm all jittery this morning and I still haven't finished the book BTW PD being an elephant I'm bigger than you ... it'd only take one sweep of me grey leathery trunk and you'd be flattened!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Village Idiot Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Surely Windy thats being too nice, I think a damn good trampling would be more effective 😬 Dickie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongy Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Bad girl WC *nono* Dry-sumped White Supersprint Webshots here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Yep, I reckon that is WC being caught short while out shopping Supercheese R250 Caterham pictures here 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Lowe Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 There are some very brave (MAD) people on here Guy Lowe Rider Lowe o *arrowup*o How to fit a ZETEC in one easy lesson here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 😬 There are some perks to being an elephant ... no more queuing for the loo 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Guy it could be worse here How are your roses by the way ? Supercheese R250 Caterham pictures here 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Voyant Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 There are some very brave (MAD) people on here True; very very true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageyH Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Only dead fish go with the flow....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongy Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 She hasn't improved much Dry-sumped White Supersprint Webshots here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbarella Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 the latest Tess Gerritsen Windycat - not an author I'd heard of before - or so I thought. I looked up her name on Amazon and found I had actually heard one of her books (The Bone Garden) reviewed on R4. Is that the latest one? email me if u don't want to mess up this thread with book reviews and stir up the 'natives'. Ta A Woman's Place is - in her Se7en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Oxbiggar Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 The real good old days.... 😳 School 1977 vs. School 2007 Scenario 1: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school. 1977 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up mates. 2007 - Police are called, Armed Response Unit arrives and arrests Johnny and Mark. Mobiles phones with evidence of fight are confiscated. Both are charged with assault, ASBOs are taken out and suspended even though Johnny started it. Diversionary conferences and parent meetings conducted. Mobile phone video shown on 6 internet sites. Scenario 2: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts other students. 1977 - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given 6 of the best. Returns to class, sits still and never disrupts the class again. 2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Counselled to death. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADHD. School gets extra funding because Jeffrey has a disability. Jeffrey drops out of school. Scenario 3: Billy breaks a window in his neighbour's car and his Dad gives him the slipper. 1977 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normally, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman. 2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. Psychologist convinces Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mum has an affair with the psychologist. Psychologist gets a promotion. Scenario: Mark brings cigarettes to school . 1977 - Mark shares a smoke with the school principal out on the smoking area. 2007 - Police are called and Mark is expelled from School for drug possession. His car is searched for drugs and weapons. Scenario: Mohammed fails GCSE English. 1977 - Mohammed retakes his exam, passes and goes to college. 2007 - Mohammed's cause is taken up by local human rights group. Newspaper articles appear nationally, insisting that making English a requirement in school is racist. Civil Liberties Association files class action lawsuit against state school system and his English teacher. English is banned from core curriculum. Mohammed is given his qualification anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English. Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers, puts them in a model plane paint bottle and blows up an anthill. 1977 - Ants die. 2007 - MI5 and police are called and Johnny is charged with perpetrating acts of terrorism. Teams investigate parents, siblings are removed from the home, computers are confiscated, and Johnny's dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly with American airlines ever again. Scenario: Johnny falls during playtime and scrapes his knee. His teacher, Mary, finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him. 1977 - Johnny soon feels better and goes back to playing. 2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces three years in prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy; becomes gay. 😔 Joint AR South Wales The Taffia Webshots here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Phew I'm so glad that 2007 was last year Supercheese R250 Caterham pictures here 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted February 1, 2008 Area Representative Share Posted February 1, 2008 Well the Sage of Cinderford reads Shining Wit. OK, fair enough but at least give the attribution Ash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Barbarella YHM Uh oh .... watch out folks ... I need the loo again ... *eek* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I need the loo again nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageyH Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Only dead fish go with the flow....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Supercheese R250 Caterham pictures here 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongy Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 😬 😬 Dry-sumped White Supersprint Webshots here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Oxbiggar Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Ooooooops GJT I was emailed it at work! Never saw it in Shining Wit *redface* 😔 Joint AR South Wales The Taffia Webshots here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageyH Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 And now he is a whining s... 😳 Only dead fish go with the flow....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongy Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 now *confused* Dry-sumped White Supersprint Webshots here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageyH Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 now what? Only dead fish go with the flow....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I need to go again ... *eek* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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