brommy

Just because we can't fully understand or comprehend the universe and all it's wonders it doesn't mean there must be some supreme being or locations for human 'spirits' or see-through people to disappear off to in between random appearances away from public view.

No 'life after death'. We are Homo sapiens - simply animals with a higher level of intelligence. Just as amoebas, ants, haddock, llamas and such don't have a heaven, hell or other such place, neither do we. Sightings, experiences or feelings about so called spirits, entities or ghosts are caused by the human brain being easily deceived, confused and convinced. Deceiving and/or confusing and/or convincing factors can be individual or sometimes combined aspects including tiredness, alcohol, other drugs, poor visibility, preconception, optical illusion, pranks, deliberate deception, peer pressure and some humans need to 'spice up' a story. The 'other world' falls in to the same category as religion. When it is examined in any depth it is revealed to be bogus and without foundation other than blind faith.

21/6/17

Because we're south of Wolverhampton.

Three totally different definitions for 'beta orbiter', a term I'd never heard of. Don't think I will be adding it to my vocabulary!

Two genuine questions: How does the second description even warrant being named and how does it equate to being a 'beta orbiter'? Does the second description fit in Xela's number 3 below?

Diana? Really? No one under 50 gives a fudge and those over 50 that still do, really should let it go.

I was going for AIDS but thought would he be able to sit?

It's cancer, isn't it? Has he got cancer?

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I assume because the Isle of Man want the money from the thousands who visit the island especially for the event.

Just like voting leave, I think many Labour voters are accepting that some things are worth it.

It's an old one but it still makes me smile: What did the cheese say to the mirror?

Are your acquaintances ghosting you?

Pigeon appears to have a black armband. Must be Liverpudlian.

Weirdly bookmakers don't offer fair value. For example if two teams are evenly matched to win the cup, they should both be at evens but instead bookies will price them both at 4/5. If Villa are 8/1 against to win the Championship, I expect the best you'll get for them not to win the Championship will be 10 or even 12 to 1 on, i.e. £12 risked for £1 gain.

My point being that Raikkonen wasn't asked to let Vettel win, as you wrote, Raikkonen didn't have the choice.

I don't think Raikkonen was asked.

You could drop the 'nowadays'. Monaco always has been a glorified parade but, as BOF wrote, F1 knows that. The world has a lot of people with a bit of money that love to look at those with a lot of money, so Monaco will remain on the F1 calendar until that changes, i.e., probably not in our lifetimes.

I've used BA loads of times, from Economy to First, and our business - customer relationship is nearly over. Once my next four Avios (air miles) flights are complete, I'll be looking to use pretty much any other airline. All down to a steady decrease in service over the last decade.

Perhaps Noel is on the 'no-fly' list.

I think there's lots of people who don't know what goes on behind what is immediately visible. Most companies have set security procedures according to the 'threat level'. Within minutes of the recent increase to 'critical', all our staff (several thousand) had emails detailing the additional security measures. These included a ban on visitors to all UK sites unless security staff had advance notice in writing, the visitor presented photo ID (passport or driving licence) and the visitor was escorted at all times. In reality most visits were cancelled. It's clear to see why strict security measures are eased back to more sensible levels when possible.

I have just googled the definition of 'public' in regards to the general population - "ordinary people in society, rather than people who are considered to be important or who belong to a particular group." As millions of ordinary people in society work for large companies whose security measures are directly affected by the government's decreed security level, I'd still say it has an affect on many of the public. In regard to the change in security measures and whether they should be held at the highest level whatever the government's advice, extremely high security can be very restrictive to business (as well as being an big inconvenience to the day to day work life of employees). If extremely high security is deemed necessary it should be used. If the risk has been deemed to have reduced slightly, then large companies usually move slightly less restrictive practices. High security instead of extremely high security, if you will.

In that it employs thousands of U.K. citizens and will be similar to many other large companies who together employ several million of the U.K. public, yes.

It certainly makes a difference to the security procedures across my company's UK sites.