... majority are in work because they have to earn not in something they love. I'm sure nowadays parents are just happy seeing their kid earning and being able to deal with life as it comes, being independent. As an example. School used to have the facilities of brick laying, electrician work, plumbing ...

if he doesnt do something good this year I cant see him being in the premier class much longer

... funded for those that can. Taxes still need to cover the unfortunate (and sadly the lazy sneak in under that umbrella) We just have the luck of being the generation where that shift was made, but I do believe it's not a moment too soon. As for the rest of it, the political parties here are just ...

Yep, no more local authorities for schools, they've all got to go academy This country is being ripped apart by the government I am unsure if that is a bad thing. Our education system is shocking. English people are amongst the worst educated in the world, and I don't ...

Yep, no more local authorities for schools, they've all got to go academy This country is being ripped apart by the government That's been part of the agenda for a few years now. Interesting polls I saw earlier about the EU referendum. Currently it's about 52-47 to ...

What being c;nts

Yep, no more local authorities for schools, they've all got to go academy This country is being ripped apart by the government Maybe their strategy for reducing immigration is to make this country such a crap & unpleasant place to live that no one will want to come ...

Yep, no more local authorities for schools, they've all got to go academy

This country is being ripped apart by the government

Got it on the optimate ,I think it's getting close to being used soon

Kwacky wrote:It's the law - if someone pulls out on you you're the one to blame for either being there or for not realising what they were going to do.

Fair point. Stupid me.

It's the law - if someone pulls out on you you're the one to blame for either being there or for not realising what they were going to do.

... after they nearly pulled into my van suddenly because their lane was blocked. What they didn't count on was me leading them into a cul de sac and being able to block them in before they realised what was going on. Middle aged, red faced, type 2 looking fat bloke and his Mrs. I pulled up, put my ...

... both through a narrow railway bridge and hared off into the distance, i suspect hoping we would take the bait but neither of us did. I can see him being an early statistic if he carries on riding like that.

Whilst it's great to read of insurance companies being brought to book for a change, I can't help but suspect (from reading the article ) that this may actually be a case of a claim that they "knew" was fraud, but were simply struggling ...

... to the nicest suite in the hotel for less than half price because after a little conversation in the morning we realised we didn't really like being on ground floor with people walking past...if you r want to chill out on our balcony in our panties we can do now!! [SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH ...

I can't help but feel that in accidents of this nature, a portion of the blame will inevitably end up being the result of human ego....although that can never be proven.....we all have our comfort zones on our bikes for instance, and we expand them slowly. gradually pushing ...

... So you're happy for that to come to the UK? As I posted earlier, morally a support structure is obviously preferable. However, human nature being as it is, doesn't that same support structure removes the incentive to strive.?

I'd say you're being overly kind to them Kwacky. They make me physically sick

... too expensive to put kids through the services. Plus we haven't got the room for them alongside the regular armed forces. With the cuts that are being applied, there is more "room" than "services" in our Armed Forces,? National Service (as it was) is less applicable, because, ...

... undermining our society. When the first of my peers left school, back when I was 15/16 I was dumbfounded to learn that some of them were being paid money by the government to do nothing.! Whilst I got nothing whatsoever for studying & attending school. My upbringing had kept me utterly ...