StefanAVFC Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 minute ago, HanoiVillan said: Presumably the answer for this point 2 is contained in your point 1? Normally governments try to do the persuasion thing before they pass the legislation because it provokes less backlash that way, but there's nothing to stop them doing it the other way round. This isn't a government campaign though. It's a private charity. They are doing it, even though they've already won. Very much a rubbing in the face moment, is all I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Oh! And in other Polish government news, they're launching a new channel on their mouthpiece media called 'TVP Woman' where they teach women how to be good women 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: This isn't a government campaign though. It's a private charity. They are doing it, even though they've already won. Very much a rubbing in the face moment, is all I can see. Fair point, though maybe there is some co-ordination between government and charity here? Anyway, I can understand why you're annoyed, it's completely gratuitous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: Oh! And in other Polish government news, they're launching a new channel on their mouthpiece media called 'TVP Woman' where they teach women how to be good women One of the comments Quote Reklama opowiada historię transpłciowej kobiety która po zobaczeniu uroków pozytywnej kobiecości uświadamia się o swojej płci i dokonuje transition po której jest w 100% akceptowana i wspierana przez inne kobiety. The ad tells the story of a transgender woman who, after seeing the charms of positive femininity, becomes aware of her gender and makes a transition after which she is 100% accepted and supported by other women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 10/02/2021 at 18:54, Paddywhack said: Driving home at lunchtime today, after picking up my son from nursery, I decided to take him to the park. We were walking on the slightly muddy path round by the pond when I stood aside to let a dog walker go past. She pointed at my feet and said “ooh are you okay? White trainers...”. I said “haha yeah it’s fine”. Then, walking past a couple (probably in their 70s, both dressed in full hiking gear; big boots, backpacks and a both with a pair of hiking sticks), the woman said “Nice white trainers”. Being polite, I replied “oh I know, I think I’ve made a mistake. I didn’t realise it’d be muddy”. She said, “yes, snow and ice tends to melt you see. The paths then get muddy”. She carried on walking, using her sticks. Her husband looked at my feet, laughed, shook his head and then followed her. 1. It was spur of the moment, I didn’t know I was going to the park. 2. It really wasn’t that muddy, my white trainers are still very much white. 3. It was Leasowes Park in Halesowen. We weren’t in Snowdonia. I was dressed way more suitably than Edmund Hillary and his mardy faced wife. Unless you are a rap artist then you shouldn't be wearing white trainers in any conditions ... under the circumstances you got off lightly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 23 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Unless you are a rap artist then you shouldn't be wearing white trainers in any conditions ... under the circumstances you got off lightly Trainers any other colour just don’t look right! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 17 minutes ago, AVFCDAN said: Trainers any other colour just don’t look right! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 16, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 12/02/2021 at 09:15, lapal_fan said: My biggest argument against these roadworks that go on for months, if not years is - why close so much of the motorway, when only a fraction of it is being worked on at any one time? Some 50mph zone go on for 17 miles, you see activity in the first 2, then nothing! Why not just slowly move the bite sized problem along the motorway as you've finished the last bit? I understand that surveys etc need to be done and sometimes they can require 100s of meters between points, but that's completely different to taking up 10+ miles of the M6! Generally it isn't the length of the roadworks that causes the problem, its the merging of the lanes at the start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 When spaghetti bolognese gets served like this . (Just blobbed in a pile on dry spaghetti) Mix it with the sauce FFS. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 16, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 hour ago, AVFCDAN said: Trainers any other colour just don’t look right! You should know by now that anything that looks remotely good or fashionable will be rejected by the middle aged VT fashion police 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted February 16, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 16, 2021 18 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: You should know by now that anything that looks remotely good or fashionable will be rejected by the middle aged VT fashion police @bickster wears spats over his trainers and epaulettes on his jacket and a Sam Fox unofficial 'Touch Me' t-shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 16, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Follyfoot said: @bickster wears spats over his trainers and epaulettes on his jacket and a Sam Fox unofficial 'Touch Me' t-shirt You definitely have me confused with @tonyh29, that is mos def.... southern behaviour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 A gentleman only wears sports shoes when engaged in exercise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 16, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2021 33 minutes ago, Davkaus said: A gentleman only wears sports shoes when engaged in exercise. A gentleman only wears white sports shoes when engaged in tennis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I dress ‘like a rapper’ to work because who gives a ****? added bonus is i’m already prepared to rap and play tennis at short notice. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Back in the old days I used to laugh looking at the men in their new holiday trainers at the airport. Used to make me smile for some reason. Could be a British thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StefanAVFC Posted February 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: I posted about this previously, but in Poland late last year, the government got their cronies at the constitutional board to essentially outlaw abortion in the country. Only in cases of proven rape and risk to mother. All defects, including those that leave the baby dead, or close to dead, must be carried to full term. There were mass, mass protests about this, but the government haven't been stopped. Now, a charity led by a millionaire is running an almost militant propaganda campaign across the entirety of Poland with these billboards. There are EVERYWHERE. I was driving home last week and on a normal, fairly busy road, there were 6 in my eyeline. 'Jestem zalezny, ufam Tobie' means 'I am dependent, I trust in you'. This is a joke but it's legit like this: The truly sickening thing is that 1) The general public didn't want this change to the law; there is more positive opinion for liberalising the law (the split was like 15% new law 60% keep it as it was 25% liberalise) 2) These people got what they wanted, so why the hell are they pushing it all over the country; they aren't fighting for anything, they won 3) The BBC equivilent in Poland is run by the government, so any protests are spun as evil, anti-Poland, anti-Catholic meaning that any protest to this advertising is broadcast on national news to millions and spun as evil. This is an emotive topic, for millions who feel their basic rights have been taken away and the winning side are rubbing it in. Truly tragic. I know I'm the only one interested in this (and @fightoffyour!) but on my drive home today, in the 15 min 10ish mile stretch within the city, there were 28 of these in my eye line at some point. The worst thing is the disengenous nature of them. They portray a healthy, defect free baby at full term. Nobody is talking about aborting full term healthy children. It would be like a liberalising of the law coming in, and the pro-choice lot putting thousands of billboards of a cartoon aborted foetus everywhere. I also researched what this 'Kornice Foundation' are getting money for. They are behind 'Perinatal Hospices' where the woman with the seriously ill baby with no chance of living can go, be supported spiritually, then give birth, give the baby a name, let it die then bury it. Horrifying. Like something from Gilead. Edited February 16, 2021 by StefanAVFC 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Genie said: Back in the old days I used to laugh looking at the men in their new holiday trainers at the airport. Used to make me smile for some reason. Could be a British thing. Got to get your £3 pair of white boat shoes from Primark mate! I think holidays are the only reason I buy footwear to be honest It's like the adult equivalent to buying school shoes every August. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 6 hours ago, Davkaus said: A gentleman only wears sports shoes when engaged in exercise. For all other circumstances, its a nice pair of pepperpot brogues. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Clothes shopping in general, I absolutely loathe. I'm like Bart Simpson, I have a wardrobe full of the same outfit. I have about 20 black t-shirts... and the other colours are navy blue, charcoal grey and very dark green! 3 pairs of identical jeans as well. I only buy stuff for holidays or if i'm desperate, then i'll bulk buy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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