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laser47 
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Joined: 11 Feb 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 349 |
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 Topic: New Budget.Posted: 24 Mar 06 at 10:52pm |
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nah its got to be Monster Raving Loony Party all the way
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49erGBR735HSC
Really should get out more 
Joined: 30 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991 |
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Posted: 24 Mar 06 at 8:38pm |
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Guess why I don't vote??????? Tories, Labour, Lib-Dem, all the same nonsence at the end of the day....... Only voted for the Scottish National Party as it would give Scotland Independance and increase my chances of selection for the Olympics, sailing the 49er, as Scotland would be entering their own entries and would not be under GBR.
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jeffers
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Joined: 29 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3048 |
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Posted: 24 Mar 06 at 6:31pm |
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When you get stuck behind them being (badly) drive down the middle of a road you will hate them too.
It is fun watching them trying to park in Tesco's though. My point is they are totally uneccessary for most people when a normal car will do the job, polluting less and causing less hassle. Think of the amount of congestion that can be reduced if city dwellers had shorter cars (there was a study on this a few years back, the results were quite eye opening). Anyone remember the furore about 'bull bars' a few years back, how many do we see on vehicles these days? Again just another craze/status symbol. Rant over.....I just find most 4x4 drivers either can't drive or think they own the road (with some exceptions as always). I'll stick to my car that costs me £110 a year to tax as opposed to £210 (like my borther in law will have to pay). As for the opposition getting in.....the devil you know or the devil you don't. Does it really make any difference in the long run? |
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Paul
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mike ellis
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Joined: 30 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2339 |
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Posted: 24 Mar 06 at 5:42pm |
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i can rant at people who dont check their mirrors before pulling out of their car park space in front of a school: i ride my bike to and from school every day. i ride past a primary school with all the little kids shouting and screaming at each other. i have the sense to ride through here very slowly with half my brakes on the whole way. some idiot shoves their kid out into the street infront of me then shreiks at me for "riding my bike in an iresponsible way in a crowded area" which i wasnt doing anyway. a little bit further along someone pulls out from the side of the road without checking and knocks me off my bike. says "oo im so sorry i didnt see you are you alright?" i say im fine and i get shouted at again for riding irresponsibly!!
 what did i do wrong????? now my favourite trick is to knock on the windows of cars that are about to pull out. i have been shouted at more which is probably reasonable but ive never been shunted off my bike again.
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
Also International 14, 1318 |
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Ellie
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Joined: 09 Mar 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 198 |
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Posted: 24 Mar 06 at 4:52pm |
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what i dont like is the parent who insist on driving their kids to school in their 4x4s when school is a 10 min walk away! (this is in london so it must take at least 20 mins for them to drive the distance) they just clog up they roads and normally its some insane mother behind the wheel who thinks she owns the road and refuses to check her mirrors before reversing even tho (coz she is outside a school!) there are loads of little kids wandering round! i have nearly been taken out a couple of times and i have seen it happen to others so its not just me. they are absolute fools! it really winds me...and im grumpy at the mo anyway coz i haven't been sailing for 2 weeks so anything i can rant about is good to vent the stress ho hum thats me done anyway... Edited by Ellie |
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timnoyce
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Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991 |
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Posted: 24 Mar 06 at 4:39pm |
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As for the 'running over children' argument, hello... it's a parents
responsibility to keep a child from running into oncoming traffic- put
'em on a leash if they incompetent of knowing 1,000kg + of steel
travelling at 30mph is gonna do some damage irrespective of whether
it's got a landy badge on the front."
I totally agree. I think that as a race we are being too soft. I am all for Darwins survival of the fittest here. If you are stupid enough to get hit by a car (be it a mini or a bus) you don't really deserve to be on this planet anyway! There is mildly graphic advert on road safety being aired on tv at the moment which is supposed to depict a kid mucking about who runs onto the road without looking and gets hit by a car. The point of the advert is supposed to raise the issue about speeding in built up areas, bit for me, only goes to show that it doesn't matter how fast a car is moving DON'T jump in front of it! |
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BEARFOOT DESIGN
Cherub 2648 - Comfortably Numb |
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Bumble
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Posted: 24 Mar 06 at 3:55pm |
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I forgot to mention..... the champions of capitalism, once again, the champions of protectionism.
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Bumble
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Posted: 24 Mar 06 at 3:50pm |
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The crux of this budget marker of zero tax for the'new' hybrid engine cars and same rate for most other with a massive rate for the 'gas guzzlers' might seem like an unfair competitive advantage for the makers of cars with the approved hybrid engines..... these are Honda and Toyota. Surely we have no interest in giving these manufacturers a hand, or do we? http://www.iht.com/articles/1997/01/30/toy.t_0.php That was back in 97 - with such investment on the table I find it unlikely Toyota etal wouldn't do all it takes to protect it. Well they can thank new labour for a big helping hand in getting their product of the ground. |
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Rupert
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Posted: 24 Mar 06 at 2:33pm |
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Of course, for expressing our views, we will all be questioned by the police under anti terrorism laws, and Y&Y will be banned as an extremist and subversive magazine...
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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tack'ho
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Posted: 24 Mar 06 at 2:30pm |
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So to change tack a little (get it?) what about the opposition, credible chance next time?, bad as ever?
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I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e!
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