Making the news today....

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

5 minutes ago, Stubby said:

An astute observation Kev .

You ever been there Stubby?

 

I'd driven past it over many years transiting between Portsmouth and Plymouth.  Watched it grow from green field to all built up and one day decided, I'm going for a look see at this.  Cracking example of modern town planning.  Integrated commercial and residential, open green spaces, thoughtful and aesthetically pleasing mixed architecture, it's bloody posh mind, they got Waitrose!!

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

You ever been there Stubby?

 

I'd driven past it over many years transiting between Portsmouth and Plymouth.  Watched it grow from green field to all built up and one day decided, I'm going for a look see at this.  Cracking example of modern town planning.  Integrated commercial and residential, open green spaces, thoughtful and aesthetically pleasing mixed architecture, it's bloody posh mind, they got Waitrose!!

No , never Kevin . We have a Waitrose , M and S , Sainsbury , Tesco , Aldi , Liddle , and a Saturday market . So depending on how posh one feels ..........

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

1 minute ago, TIMON said:

 

Morning Kev, did you get my PM?.
Thanks
Timon

 

Yes I did Ti, sorry mate I don't do private performances except by Royal Warrant....  Could you write to my agent in St Tropez and we'll see if we can arrange to smuggle some hot buttered Malaysian boys in through back channels for your bachelor party....  We've had problems with this type of thing before mate, can you offer a guarantee that any permanent marking or disfigurement will be avoided?  It gets tricky getting them back to their villages without awkward questions being asked.  I've got a few possible lines I can try next week but this type of thing has got increasingly more difficult since the cursed Tory austerity measures...  I'll make some calls next week and get back to you....  

 

 

 

[forestboy1978]

"When your enemy is nearly defeated, and final victory is at hand; gas your own people so that nations greater than yours will intervene and destroy you." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War (Page: Never!)

[TIMON]

Yes I did Ti, sorry mate I don't do private performances except by Royal Warrant....  Could you write to my agent in St Tropez and we'll see if we can arrange to smuggle some hot buttered Malaysian boys in through back channels for your bachelor party....  We've had problems with this type of thing before mate, can you offer a guarantee that any permanent marking or disfigurement will be avoided?  It gets tricky getting them back to their villages without awkward questions being asked.  I've got a few possible lines I can try next week but this type of thing has got increasingly more difficult since the cursed Tory austerity measures...  I'll make some calls next week and get back to you....  :thumbup1::lol::thumbup1:
 
 
 

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Nice one Mr J !!

[Mesterh]

4 minutes ago, forestboy1978 said:

"When your enemy is nearly defeated, and final victory is at hand; gas your own people so that nations greater than yours will intervene and destroy you." - Sun Tzu, The Art of War (Page: Never!)

We will soon find out, Syrian strikes have started.

[difflock]

(i) That is a, or was a, pet project of Prince Charles was it not, Poundbury?

 

(ii) The lack of road markings/signs at junctions, to force drivers to accept responsibility for their decisions, was successfully trialled in the Netherlands if I recall correctly.

 

And "information overload" has become an ever aggravating issue in respect of this 59 year old's more recent driving experiences, it is virtually impossible to absorb all speed limit and bus lane and variable speed limits and other traffic camera monitered cash-cow shit,

while paying such proper attention to other road traffic, cyclists and pedesterians so as to be a safe driver,

without driving so slowly as to be an annoyance to other road users.

And this comes from someone who did and still does consider themselves a proactive professional driver, who prefers to "make progress" when traffic and road conditions allow.

Without ever crashing or causing a collision in 40+ years driving

marcus

Edited April 14, 2018 by difflock

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

6 minutes ago, difflock said:

(i) That is a, or was a, pet project of Prince Charles was it not, Poundbury?

 

(ii) The lack of road markings/signs at junctions, to force drivers to accept responsibility for their decisions, was successfully trialled in the Netherlands if I recall correctly.

 

And "information overload" has become an ever aggravating issue in respect of this 59 year old's more recent driving experiences, it is virtually impossible to absorb all speed limit and bus lane and variable speed limits and other traffic camera monitered cash-cow shit,

while paying such proper attention to other road traffic, cyclists and pedesterians so as to be a safe driver,

without driving so slowly as to be an annoyance to other road users.

And this comes from someone who did and still does consider themselves a proactive professional driver, who prefers to "make progress" when traffic and road conditions allow.

Without ever crashing or causing a collision in 40+ years driving

marcus

I like it on many levels - such a shame that other developers and town planners can't 'invest' a bit more thought and care into planning a green and pleasant land of the next generation....

 

http://duchyofcornwall.org/poundbury.html

[Vespasian]

Well its not much of attack on Syria is it all said an done, still, the point being to humiliate Putin as best we can without going to far. In that regards its job well done..

 

Nothing Putin can do but smart for a day or two, help him reflect of his own use of chemical weapons on British soil..  

 

the knob head thinks to laugh in our faces, well who's laughing now...   

[Commando]

I do wonder if this recent action was a condition of sale for the Eurofighter deal with Saudi[emoji848]