Doug Tait
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But not bitter about it at all. Andy beat me to it.
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I was thinking the money could be found by not giving billions of it away to the likes of the Mone woman, Hancock's landlord etc. for no other reason than they know someone in gov.
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I'm not sure you get the idea at all. From what I've heard on the matter from friends and family that have and still do serve this country then good working conditions for the military isn't about persuading the enemy during a war or battle not to engage in violent conflict. It's more about them getting a decent level of training, not having to buy their own personal equipment in order to have stuff that's fit for purpose, or providing their families with a decent home to live in while they're serving the country.
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Dedication's what you need...
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Don't judge a book by its cover as they say. The guy had over 70yrs practice to build up to it.
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The thing that makes me uncomfortable about birth control in drinking water is that inevitably there'd be unintended consequences for the natural world. Humankind would blunder into another mass experiment on nature, not just our own species.
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For all the new forum members looking for free firewood......
Doug Tait replied to scbk's topic in Firewood forum
Never mind firewood spud, with your reputation I imagine plenty would drop their wife off in return for a ported saw! -
We need to look a very long way back for a time when life wasn't micromanaged by big state.
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désolé je ne comprends pas votre seigneurie
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Apparently black death was quite beneficial for the survivors, being able to have more say in their lives, earn more, keep more of their produce and in general be less under the thumb of the overlords. For a short time anyway.
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Our local primary school seems to mainly engage the children in making signs for "save the bees" and "stop cutting this grass" which they erect on the verge at major road junctions. I don't suppose they explain to them the road safety reasons for cutting verges at junctions though. Ironically of course the school itself is entirely surrounded by tarmac and concrete to keep the wee ones shoes clean, they all get taken and collected in individual cars that cause gridlock as they all have to be dropped right at the gates, and their playing field is cut a lot more frequently than the road verges but no evidence of protest signs there.
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In that case he wasn't sleeping, he was listening whilst resting his eyes
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It's sad how much mediocrity the population accept from the leaders of society at all levels. I don't see that changing unfortunately.
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Thanks J, very interesting. As Canal Navvy said it's been good to see your new beginning, I'm a little bit jealous to be honest, and I wouldn't mind a shot driving the piste groomer too!
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Amazing what they can do these days! I was interested though along the lines of is there a lake to pump from or snowbowsers delivering it, what does it take to build a ski slope? @Big J Edit. Actually, if snowbowsers exist, I can imagine BigJ driving one
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How does the snow production work?
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I commented to the boss the other day that I've never seen so much competition to take a twig to the chipper, whoever was in the mewp was even coming down regularly to grab a rake for a few minutes.
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I could never do that, not to my dog...
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Best get the beard cosy on for the bike ride today J.
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And no exercise or stimulation because it's not summer anymore! When I took the problem dogs in for behavioural work it was usually humans that were at the heart of the problem. The amount of "unmanageable" dogs I've worked with that had no issues at all given proper exercise for the breed and clear rules to follow. A lot of people just don't deserve to have a dog.
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There's a face in your Black Poplar AJ.
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When I think about seeing him play it makes sense. Always made the goalmouth look small and unwelcoming with his presence.
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Did he call you Dempsey after that
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Granted that sounds awkward. I once said it to a gent I cut hedges for, he laughed uproariously before inviting me up to the "birds nest" attic above the garage. It was like a Naval museum and I got a tour from Vice Admiral (ret.) Sir blah-blah with letters. Think he was the first man to lead a British fleet through all the great lakes. Interesting man.
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Thanks, it's not something I'll dwell on though. Worse things happen at sea as they say. I used to box, a little martial arts and plenty of rugby so I'm no stranger to a bit of rough and tumble. Just didn't expect to deal with any more than threats and name calling at work really.
