Haha, I love this ‘opt-out’ nonsense – lets see how much it costs your precious private care when you’re properly ill, or it means you have to sell your Audi to pay for cancer treatment for your loved one. Just take a look at America to see how private health care only works for the well off.

I absolutely agree, I can afford to opt out and hopefully this reduces the queueing time for other. It would be stupid to think that any of us are getting any younger and I’d hate to think that anything serious happens to be, but it would be hell of a lot worse if I thought there wouldn’t be an NHS.

Public sector?

As long as you know that you have the confidence, don’t worry about the nerves. It’s sign that you’re a human being and as long as it’s all under control use it as a positive. Without nerves you’d just come across as arrogant, the interviewers know this too. ;-)
Good luck and chill.

Agreed, I felt the same when Woolworths went down. :-(

Milk in tea? Whatever next, ready mixed G&T?

Never good to see a football club going out of business, especially one of the biggest and most successful clubs in the country.

Why? They’re businesses now and run, or should be run, like any other business. If they are mis-managed, they fail. Not hard, is it?

An interesting strategy, when I was about 13/14 yrs old my mum gave me a Ducados cigarette because my father, a smoker, couldn’t handle them. I smoked for about 20 years before giving up.
I’m just saying that what might seem like a good strategy to you might just backfire.

Class.

Normal people???!!?? Thank Betsy I’m a freak.

Why was one ok and the second not?

I know this one. Is it because the ref is always right and can’t be questioned?

A wee warning about conservatories, be sure you think it through properly.
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Liverpool player, Luis Suarez… “I have spoken with the manager since the game at Old Trafford and I realise I got things wrong”

Where are Manchester United’s apologies?

Same place as yours probably.

Harsh

Very.

Dog food pie for dinner.

I believe they call it haggis. ;-)

FFS!

Chwarae teg.

Apparently not!!

You beaut!

WTF?

Get in sunshine!!!

Has shane been at the just for men?

A touch of the Biebers going on too.

Oops!
This is breath taking.

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mâd,
Tros ryddid gollasant eu gwaed.

Chorus:
Gwlad, Gwlad, pleidiol wyf i’m gwlad,
Tra môr yn fur i’r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i’r heniaith barhau.

Hen Gymru fynyddig, paradwys y bardd;
Pob dyffryn, pob clogwyn, i’m golwg sydd hardd
Trwy deimlad gwladgarol, mor swynol yw si
Ei nentydd, afonydd, i fi.

Chorus

Os treisiodd y gelyn fy ngwlad dan ei droed,
Mae hen iaith y Cymry mor fyw ag erioed,
Ni luddiwyd yr awen gan erchyll law brad,
Na thelyn berseiniol fy ngwlad.
:-)

My problem lies with the fact that je didnt have the courtesy to call me and tell me what had happened first.

That’s father in laws for you!! ;-)

At the time (middle of december) he told my father in law that his apprentice had accidently knocked his burner over on the carpet but they had sorted it out, so my father in law said ok and paid up.

Contractor comes clean and admits fault.
Customer, or agent acting on instructions of customer, signs work off as ok.
Customer has problem.
Customer should be looking at compo from father in law and not contractor.
I fail to see where contractor talking as if the customer is one of the boys can be the same as tax evasion, all I see is a discount being offered. VAT discount is just another way of saying I charge too much in the first place. :-)

Only about 55k, not too bad.

Actually, no.

You could try thinking about how much “luck” plays in any game or sport, then think about how the word can be applied in support of a particular point of view.
Back to rugby, Wales were just so unlucky not to have won the world cup, they were clearly the best team.

Sounds very much like the Wales Ireland game to me.

Sounds pretty much like every rugby game ever played to me, every football match, Olympic competition, cycling race… Can you see where I’m going?

Call internet provider.

Probably a lot worse than carrying a sleeping bag or two, a small stove, a couple of tins of food, some warm clothing, a good pair of boots, charger for the phone and a shovel. Be prepared and don’t make unecessary journeys . ;-)

But spain isnt uruguay…

It is considerably closer in terms of experience having had friends from Uruguay than you’ve had, yet you appear to want to demonstrate that you know all about using the Spanish word negro in a non racist way.
Is this an example of an STWer trying to sound smart while talking crap. You are a queer little chap.

I have a G-Spot[/url] but can never find it. :-)
Seiko would be second choice at this price point.

What an odd thing to say, I guess I understand how the Spanish word negro is used and how racism appears in Spanish day to day life, but if you don’t wish to learn from other’s experiences, I can’t do any more.

Hablo Español, comprendo perfectamente bien que significa negrito, macho.

Probably better than yours having lived among Spanish and South Americans, I would say yes. It’s more likely that Suarez sees racism as acceptable as he has been a victim of it in the past.

Something like “I kicked you because you are black”… might be considered as using the word black/negro/negrito in a racist way then?

No I did not say that he admitted racially abusing Evra – he used the spanish word “negro” in a conversation in spanish. That is not racist abuse.

When would you consider a Spanish speaker using the word negro as being racist?

Suarez’s defence was that in his culture, the word “negro” has no racist connotations

Do you believe that there is no racism in his culture? If it does, how do you think it manifests itself?

Was I too subtle? Sorry.

I’d do something where I could legally get my hands on firearms, I’d then be able to get anyone who’s taken the piss, bad time!

Your tattoo, put it where you want. If you’re asking for opinions i think you should wait a bit before having it done.

Bloody heck!