Steven P

There was a toddler shot himself the other day too with his mums loaded gun left in the car as she went grocery shopping.

I started but the images were getting 'not safe for work', less nunny and more Lady Godiva

No, but the burka thing is just xenophobia

But Catholic nuns... they're OK? So long as the scary eyes behind the mask are white we are all happy. Ask for masks... nothing new, the accused are often seen hiding their faces - did you only ever start watching the news 4 years ago?

If there is water then it has to be coming from somewhere. Painting the felt sounds like just sealing it in. Have a look at the other end where the chimney leaves the building perhaps

D'oh, yes! that one

Yes, 59% of the rest of the population live in poverty. Take head from arse and look at the world objectively instead of just being objective.

It's never quite that simple though is it? Could be that Israel's policies keep Gaza - generally - in a state of poverty... and in poverty extremism flourishes. Give people a chance and a hope (generally applies everywhere) is the way to drive out the terrorists (and generally criminal gangs - terrorists are just more organised with better infrastructure?). Can look at that area from both sides very easily as "well, they started it" and point out what each side has done, but it doesn't stop them attacking each other.

weirdo - you mean foster some sort of understanding between all sides rather than just rules of the playground "they started it?"

Was told once I should be grateful to pay tax because that means I am earning enough for the tax man to care (and not too much to be an arse and hide it away was the rest of the sentence). All I'd do is make sure there is enough coming into the bank account each month (after taxes) to keep me in the style and life I want.

Is there any risk associated with the tree - paths, public accessing the woods, falling on anything? If the risk is minimal is there a need to remove it is where I am coming from. Had a couple similar in my wood but was able to leave them, storms brought them down eventually, no risk to me or anyone else.

Its the constant -anything bad a non white person does is reported by you as making the news today, any similar crime by a white person is ignored-. In this week you might be surprised to know that white men have also stabbed others to death, you never mentioned that, why would that be? The news article itself is not a racist article, but your bias of what you post. Constantly. Stick to the milling thread, comments on the diving, people are interested in that and respond positively. Just reading what the forums interests are.

I'll humour your relentless political and racists posts with just the one. Probably a similar response as the previous administration did. No better. No worse.

Or this? Woman, 25, charged with assault after milkshake thrown at Nigel Farage NEWS.SKY.COM Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, will appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court on 2 July following the incident at a campaign event in Clacton, Essex on Tuesday.

Is this what you mean? Man to be sentenced after throwing cup at Clacton MP Nigel Farage during General Election campaign | ITV News Anglia

Just seeing that one of the guys charged with cutting down the sycamore gap tree was in court today - pretrial hearing, trial due later in the year. Apparently the tree was worth about £620k and Hadrians wall damage about £1k. The other defendant was 'excused attendance' - does that mean he is being looked after at his majesties pleasure? (the guy charged is 38, but looked like he had a heavy paper round, but that is me just being bitchy)

You see a few caravans in the forest near us, especially at harvesting time - never parked up near each other though even if they are on the same job. I suspect there is a factor with age that your own bed is more of an appeal than roughing it every night. Hotel / B&B / Guest house every night sounds god, someone does the laundry, breakfast cooked and no dishes but that gets tiring after a few nights. However if it is a job you like, the money is reasonable, a weekly commute might be a small inconvenience, especially if you can get home any night you need or want to

We're office based so might be softer but driving hours are seen as a part of the working day (8 hour day, 2 hours drive there 2 back leaves 4 for work, 8 hours working +2 +2 driving = 12 hour day). Similarly they consider early starts too - some stats out there for road accidents are more common at the early start rather than end of the day. Pretty much they push us to public transport (no driving) or an overnight stay if the travel is more than an hour each way. OP - 110 mile I'd be estimating 2 1/2 hours each way, plus half hour break (recommendation a driving break every 100miles / 2 hours) on decent roads, back roads (40-ish) could be 3 hours. If the 110 miles wasn't 90 on motorways I'd be considering the total working day, perhaps an overnighter and combining 2 jobs in the area if they are lucky to pick and choose. A lot of us are 'older' now and younger days driving wasn't seen as much as an avoidable risk so am sure we all have stories to tell, mine tend to be cross Pennine for a 9:30 Cumbria start wacky races (before A66 was upgraded a lot - race past the lorries on the half mile stretches of dualled road and hope you don't get your front taken off by the guy pushing it a little bit more), and a round trip Edinburgh to Birmingham for 10:00 start and then back to Penrith to climb there the next day.

If it's just to stop the rust spreading around the holes and cut edges wire brush off the rust - use rust remover if you want - and then a galvanising spray over the where the rust was and any new holes or cuts you make should do the job. I did fill a hole in the garage roof with bolt / washer and some bitumus paint - did the job OK so yes, cheap and cheerful will work to - all depends on the finished look you want

I think paint would be just for the look of things - the sheets have lasted well so far, your couple of years plus the life they had before. So if you want them to look nice an undercoat and top coat - paint for metal of course will do the job, hammerite should do. The only point I would worry about are where you drill fixing holes - galvanising is a surface treatment so you loose that on the edge of the hole - you can get a spray (Halfords?) if that is all you need to do. However if it was me and wanted them to look prettier, I'd go hammerite.

I couldn't find the statistics but Yew poisoning is very rare. I did read that you need 0.6g / kg of body weight to kill you - it isn't going to be 1 berry or a couple of leaves, got to be a few (one report I read was about 50g killed a man). As above if I remember right, the seeds have to be broken - chewed or something else they pass through OK and don't taste nice. But yew trees are not the only poisonous or unpleasant plant out there - so what to do, take all the trees and put them in a tree museum? I'd be inclined to suggest signs along the lines of 'eating plants can cause poisoning' - education is my preferred route rather than sterilising the world. Oh, and The Boys also have found some good yew trees to climb (among others) - but then, before they get hungry enough to try them it is usually time to find a coffee for me.

Pretty similar - (In the UK) the advisors from the Civil Service are the same, the conclusions from that advice will be similar but some emphasis where to spend or save money will change, and some ideas ignored for 14 years will be tried out to see if they work.

That's the story of any political party though - look to the UKs own general election and the claims the Tory party were making "Improve this, fix that".... but they had so many years in charge it shouldn't be broken

also reckoned on the news that the thoughts are some of the hatches were opened, which also might have filled the boat with water - take away the air pocket inside and it won't right itself so easily perhaps. Another image I scrolled past was the mast broken in half sticking in the sea bed (just a drawing). Who knows, suspect many factors all adding up at the wrong place, wrong time.

Its going to grow and cover the window? Give it a bit more time, see what it does next year - my fruit trees took a few years before they fruited well