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yeah similarly to you on Trident.
i was never fully convinced by the case to get rid of it, more of a general aspiration, but nowadays I would 100% keep it.
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aside from this I've changed my views on Welsh independence over the years, I used to be against, now I am for it.
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I used to think that local councils (elected members) should have direct control of all local services. But my experience of a housing ALMO (arms length management organisation) totally changed my mind. Much better to have tenants and service users with the main say on priorities and culture - leaving councillors mainly with strategy and top level budget decisions.
That seemed at the time to be more a LibDem than Labour philosophy, but it turned out the LibDems didn’t believe in giving power to tenants either!
I still think Trident should be scrapped.
I have always supported Welsh (and Scottish and Irish) independence.
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Wrong choice of apprenticeship, should have done the Sparky route, more cash in hand fiddles and much less physical. A bit regretful that I didn't go on to get an engineering degree although I've never needed one to earn and wish I bought two koalas 14 years ago when 1st time in Australia ,constant rows with Doris over which side of the bed little Aussie sleep's on
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Wrong choice of apprenticeship, should have done the Sparky route, more cash in hand fiddles and much less physical. A bit regretful that I didn't go on to get an engineering degree although I've never needed one to earn and wish I bought two koalas 14 years ago when 1st time in Australia ,constant rows with Doris over which side of the bed little Aussie sleep's on
How do you buy a Koala? And is 'Little Aussie' a Euphemism for ....you know..... If so, i like it, it's cute, like Koala Bears...
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How do you buy a Koala? And is 'Little Aussie' a Euphemism for ....you know..... If so, i like it, it's cute, like Koala Bears...
If anyone says ‘you can lip tush’ we can have a game of Euphemism Bingo!
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How do you buy a Koala? And is 'Little Aussie' a Euphemism for ....you know..... If so, i like it, it's cute, like Koala Bears...
Surprised you've not seen little Aussie although Doris does tend to hide the bears 🐨 🐨 🐨 🐨 when plastering is going on 🤣🤣
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I spent the first fifty five years of my life believing that children and grand children could confidently look forward to living a life that was generally better than it had been for their elders, I no longer think that.
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Wrong choice of apprenticeship, should have done the Sparky route, more cash in hand fiddles and much less physical. A bit regretful that I didn't go on to get an engineering degree although I've never needed one to earn and wish I bought two koalas 14 years ago when 1st time in Australia ,constant rows with Doris over which side of the bed little Aussie sleep's on
That's actually a massive non-political one for me, uni was pointless from an education perspective, partly because of timing and partly because I didn't really turn up, was good times though.
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I used to be very left wing, member of Respect, would make a point of buying the Morning Star from WH Smiths in the hope of keeping it on the shelves there.
So I subscribed to pretty much every anti-capitalist idea going (apart from buying things from Smiths of course). I generally believed capitalism was the root of all evil. I no longer do. Not the greatest fan of free market economics at all (despite Sludges accusations) but I was wrong on the evils of capitalism and it's ability to feed the world etc. I was also wrong on communism, but in the opposite direction. I used to proudly wear Che t-shirts and one of those CCCP old football shirts but I was largely ignorant to a lot of the horrors.
I was wrong on private schools. I used to hate them. I once fell out with a girl from college cos she worked in one. That is profound arsehole behaviour. I'm not a fan of them personally now, I would never send my kids to them (not afford to!) but the principles of personal choice are far more important to me now
I was wrong on the Big Bang Theory. I used to think it was hilarious but I watch it now and it's dreadful. I was right on Frasier though. It was, and is brilliant.
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I was mistaken until I reached my 30's to think that secular britain was mainly filled with people of no faith.
Having spoken to thousands of agnostics and atheists since, I now know that without exception, they all have views which involve trusting in either myths, theories or ideas which require massive amounts of faith in either processes, fables or people. But because most of them think that faith must somehow involve God, they are in complete denial regarding faith.
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I used to be very left wing, member of Respect, would make a point of buying the Morning Star from WH Smiths in the hope of keeping it on the shelves there.
So I subscribed to pretty much every anti-capitalist idea going (apart from buying things from Smiths of course). I generally believed capitalism was the root of all evil. I no longer do. Not the greatest fan of free market economics at all (despite Sludges accusations) but I was wrong on the evils of capitalism and it's ability to feed the world etc. I was also wrong on communism, but in the opposite direction. I used to proudly wear Che t-shirts and one of those CCCP old football shirts but I was largely ignorant to a lot of the horrors.
I was wrong on private schools. I used to hate them. I once fell out with a girl from college cos she worked in one. That is profound arsehole behaviour. I'm not a fan of them personally now, I would never send my kids to them (not afford to!) but the principles of personal choice are far more important to me now
I was wrong on the Big Bang Theory. I used to think it was hilarious but I watch it now and it's dreadful. I was right on Frasier though. It was, and is brilliant.
I've watched a couple of episodes of Frasier every morning this week and it is consistently funny, probably one of the most watchable comedies ever.
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I was mistaken until I reached my 30's to think that secular britain was mainly filled with people of no faith.
Having spoken to thousands of agnostics and atheists since, I now know that without exception, they all have views which involve trusting in either myths, theories or ideas which require massive amounts of faith in either processes, fables or people. But because most of them think that faith must somehow involve God, they are in complete denial regarding faith.
you really haven't entered into the spirit of this have you?
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I've watched a couple of episodes of Frasier every morning this week and it is consistently funny, probably one of the most watchable comedies ever.
Not the new ones though, with Nicholas Lyndhurst. I watched the first and it was unbearable.
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That's actually a massive non-political one for me, uni was pointless from an education perspective, partly because of timing and partly because I didn't really turn up, was good times though.
About 12/15 years ago I felt I could never get the good jobs because I never had that elusive piece of paper, it's changed noticibly now, too late in life for me to take advantage, opportunities have been presented although I'm not actively looking, my next job if it's tomorrow, next week or next year is the one where you put your feet up and say enough is enough only to find that Doris will have loads of work for me but it isn't paid !!!
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I've watched a couple of episodes of Frasier every morning this week and it is consistently funny, probably one of the most watchable comedies ever.
Absolutely. And so gentle too. A great way to start the day! And all done in what, about 3 main stage sets too. Would work well in a theatre
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I didn't get this feeling until in my 40s, But giving up on a career in Football at whatever level I would have found myself at. Got the old Yts, apprenticeship thing very early, offered it at 14 by one club and another offer from a club up north at 16, and a week with a midlands club, and oddly enough, a years contract with Chester City...... Wasn't interested, hated it, couldn't deal with the pressure, thought of failing, so bailed the **** out as soon as the power was in my hands. It took me to years to realise that none of us actually have to be that good (all of the time) at what we do to earn money. Just turn up, put a bit of a shift in, show a good attitude, and you generally get on. I didn't think that way, I thought that I had to be the best every day, and if I wasn't then I had failed. Life, " It's a funny old game"
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you really haven't entered into the spirit of this have you?
I'm begging you, please don't get into it with him and let him ruin yet another thread. Just ignore and let the interesting thread continue unhijacked
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I used to be very left wing, member of Respect, would make a point of buying the Morning Star from WH Smiths in the hope of keeping it on the shelves there.
So I subscribed to pretty much every anti-capitalist idea going (apart from buying things from Smiths of course). I generally believed capitalism was the root of all evil. I no longer do. Not the greatest fan of free market economics at all (despite Sludges accusations) but I was wrong on the evils of capitalism and it's ability to feed the world etc. I was also wrong on communism, but in the opposite direction. I used to proudly wear Che t-shirts and one of those CCCP old football shirts but I was largely ignorant to a lot of the horrors.
I was wrong on private schools. I used to hate them. I once fell out with a girl from college cos she worked in one. That is profound arsehole behaviour. I'm not a fan of them personally now, I would never send my kids to them (not afford to!) but the principles of personal choice are far more important to me now
I was wrong on the Big Bang Theory. I used to think it was hilarious but I watch it now and it's dreadful. I was right on Frasier though. It was, and is brilliant.
Sending your kids to private school is hardly the encompassing actions associated with personal choice Jim. Which brand of baked beans you purchase would be closer to the mark
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Sending your kids to private school is hardly the encompassing actions associated with personal choice Jim. Which brand of baked beans you purchase would be closer to the mark
But I've never had an opinion baked beans (apart from the other day when I noticed again how disgracefully expensive Heinz were).
Whereas I would have gladly seen every private school closed in my early 20s and now I recognise it's an important part of parental choice, for those who can afford it.
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But I've never had an opinion baked beans (apart from the other day when I noticed again how disgracefully expensive Heinz were).
Whereas I would have gladly seen every private school closed in my early 20s and now I recognise it's an important part of parental choice, for those who can afford it.
You've never had an opinion on baked beans? C'mon jim, we all know that we get what we pay for when it comes to baked beans, everyone knows that. For those that can afford it, which is not many people, yet the advantage in getting a private education is huge.
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But I've never had an opinion baked beans (apart from the other day when I noticed again how disgracefully expensive Heinz were).
Not got your finger on the pulse then?
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You've never had an opinion on baked beans? C'mon jim, we all know that we get what we pay for when it comes to baked beans, everyone knows that. For those that can afford it, which is not many people, yet the advantage in getting a private education is huge.
Lidl beans are as good as Heinz.!!!!
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Lidl beans are as good as Heinz.!!!!
I'm an Aldi man myself, only 10 doors up...
