GarethRDR Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Ich liebe horny Germans... So they've gone from a nation that solves their political differences with genocide to a nation that solves their political differences with swinging in less than a century? :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 16, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted November 16, 2010 That Charlotte Roche is a real perve. Just read any random page of her book (Wetlands). :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Ich liebe horny Germans... So they've gone from a nation that solves their political differences with genocide to a nation that solves their political differences with swinging in less than a century? :shock: It's the British influence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Let me compare thee to a two-bed semi: estate agents get poetic Agents given poetry lessons to help them sell houses In response to the sluggish UK property market, sales reps at Brighton-based estate agents Bonett's have been sent on a poetry workshop. The aim was "to learn how to reinvent space and avoid the cliches". The team were given a property description and asked to turn it into something more poetic. Here are a few of the best lines: The first thing you eye is the sea meeting the sky; like old comrades they share a warm embrace. Translation Direct sea views. Without feeling lonely, the room has an echo. Translation Spacious accommodation. The windows lead out on to the terrace, taking you above and beyond, with room to breathe and take in the world. Translation Large balcony. The road noise scurries by like a gentle sea breeze. Translation Good location. Green like the colour of grass that has just two weeks rain, Gold like the colour of the Sahara desert. Translation Yellow and green interiors. A murmuring whisper – is it cars or just the waves? Translation Seafront flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted November 18, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2010 This police log from Akron, Ohio has a few gems, but this one stands out: A masked intruder demanding money and prescription drugs confronted a 70-year-old Akron woman inside her home early Saturday. The woman was not injured but the intruder stole and crashed the Uncimorse Avenue woman's car. Police arrested Cory A. Buckley, 22, of Winston Street in Akron. He is charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, kidnapping, theft, carrying a concealed weapon and failure to control a vehicle. He is being held in the Summit County Jail. Police say a man wearing a clown-like mask broke into the woman's home, demanding cash and the painkiller Oxycontin. The woman had neither. She was forced into a bathroom while the intruder ransacked her home. He then took her 1991 Ford Escort and fled, police said. Responding officers found the car near Hancock Avenue, where it had flipped and crashed at Pikes Avenue. television report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Brings back memories from my trips to NZ watching news about mining rescue in Greymouth in South Island. Not looking good though for the men trapped down the mine, hope they'll be OK. I went cave river rafting near Greymouth. Amazing adventure, glow worms, caving & river rapids to boot. Great day out and met a Villa fan from Brum, living in Oz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witton_Lane Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 This one slipped under the radar today thanks to the Irish bailout, can't help feeling it was deliberate too. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11810527 Absolute disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Yes, I'm pretty sure the bailout was timed to prevent another countries (least of all the British) military from looking bad. Good thinking there Sherlock. It is disgraceful though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witton_Lane Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Yes, I'm pretty sure the bailout was timed to prevent another countries (least of all the British) military from looking bad. Good thinking there Sherlock. It is disgraceful though. wouldn't surprise me but you may have a point My old man was on Christmas Island from 1958-1960 on national service and I've had him in my earhole all day about this, I guess it's sent me a bit loopy. He's got some real horror stories to tell though in all fairness, the government puts all these horror stories down to coincidence - and obviously bribed judges let them get away with it time and time again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b6bloke Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 North Korea again! South Korea says it has returned fire after claiming around 200 North Korean artillery rounds hit one of its islands. Seoul says the country is on its highest non-wartime alert and F16 fighter jets have been scrambled to the island. Around 60 to 70 houses were ablaze after the shelling, according to a witness. Two people were injured while another report claimed four soldiers were hurt. The rounds landed on Yeonpyeong island and also went into the sea near the countries' disputed western border. South Korea says its troops then returned fire. Between 1,200 and 1,300 people reportedly live on the island. TV pictures showed black and white smoke rising from the location. North Korea Attack View North Korea Attack in a larger map The firing comes amid tension over North Korea's claim that it has a new uranium enrichment facility. The countries' western maritime boundary has long been a flash point between the two Koreas. The North does not recognize the border that was unilaterally drawn by the United Nations at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. North and South Korea have fought three bloody skirmishes near the maritime border in recent years, most recently in November 2009. http://tinyurl.com/3a6egvj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 ^^ I've got a feeling its going to get very ugly very fast in Korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaztonVilla Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Royal wedding on April 29 2011, and it will be a public holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracker1234 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Royal wedding on April 29 2011, and it will be a public holiday. That's a Friday....Does that mean every April 29th we will get the day off or just once? Meh, April 29th 2012 is a Saturday anyway....The world will end that year no doubt...Just so we don't get another day off in 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa_shere Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Its a 4 day weekend as Monday 2nd May is also a bank holiday. (we play baggies away on 30th April) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndunse Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 And Easter weekend the weekend before!! Book the 3 midweek days between Easter Monday and Royal Wedding Friday off work and you get a week and a half holiday for the price of 3 days holiday used. Genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Ridiculous. Once again the employers suffer. They should be reducing the number of bank holidays, not increasing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 23, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted November 23, 2010 You speak for yourself, trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Ridiculous. Once again the employers suffer. They should be reducing the number of bank holidays, not increasing them. Are you loopy? England and Wales only get 8 bank holidays a year compared to Scotland and Ireland's 10 (and I'm fairly certain we stack up even worse against Europe and the rest of the world). The "employers" (sounds ominous) can do one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undesirable Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Ridiculous. Once again the employers suffer. They should be reducing the number of bank holidays, not increasing them. Are you loopy? England and Wales only get 8 bank holidays a year compared to Scotland and Ireland's 10 (and I'm fairly certain we stack up even worse against Europe and the rest of the world). The "employers" (sounds ominous) can do one. I may go to work on principle on 29th April but i'm with Gareth on this, we're overworked and underpaid in this country so a day off, even if it is in respect of a bloody royal, is welcomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Ridiculous. Once again the employers suffer. They should be reducing the number of bank holidays, not increasing them. Are you loopy? England and Wales only get 8 bank holidays a year compared to Scotland and Ireland's 10 (and I'm fairly certain we stack up even worse against Europe and the rest of the world). The "employers" (sounds ominous) can do one. I forgot the winky thing, but I maintain that having two very long weekends back to back is crazy. The royals should get married in October and give us all a break! Talking to a colleague in Holland yesterday, she made the point that they lose both Christmas and New Year public holidays this year as they fall on the weekend. So they all finish Friday 24th and back in the office on Monday 27th. Nice! Countries where Catholicism is rife seem to get the lion's share of public holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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