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Forum: General Chat Topic: Now then class, no naughty tea & coffee drinking! |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 20:00
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| The document said that hot tea, coffee and low-calorie hot chocolate had "minimal" nutritional benefits. Of course they don't have nutritional benefits. They're basically flavoured water. People don't drink them for nutritional benefits, they drink them because they like them. What's the ... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Jail for Driving Instructor Who Sat the Tests! |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 13:23
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Replies: 5
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Dusty wrote: I have to confess to scrolling down to look for the forign sounding name and also to be not being at all surprised to find it!
Confirmation bias.
There are countless stories all over the news about misconduct by people with non-foreign names, you just aren't counting them. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Auto Road safety and autism? |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:23
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Replies: 47
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anton wrote: Silly question, but do you get autistic girls?
Yes but approximately ten times less often as boys. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Environmentally friendly light bulbs ‘can give you skin canc |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:17
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Replies: 43
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| sort of related issue here http://uk.news.yahoo.com/register/20080107/ttc-home-turbines-can-t-light-a-candle-d1d76f9_1.html Domestic "microwind" turbines, recently championed as "power from the people" by opposition leader David Cameron, are about as useful as a chocolate teapot... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Environmentally friendly light bulbs ‘can give you skin canc |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:34
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I'm no fan of energy saving bulbs, and find their light quality rather dismal, but:
This is number 187,367 in the tabloid list of "things that cause or cure cancer" and is almost certainly total bullshit. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Brundstrom...is he ON ecstasy! |
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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 13:58
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Replies: 72
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| What to prevent a bunch of emo kids from ODing on paracetamon because they want someone to give them attention. If someone wants to commit suicide, making them tour several outlets soon isn't going to stop them, it just makes things a pain in the arse for the rest of us. People who are suicidal are... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Greetings to me. |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 21:03
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Replies: 19
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Happy birthday Dave.
It's my birthday too (28).  |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Brundstrom...is he ON ecstasy! |
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 19:03
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| I believe that Brunstrom is correct, scientifically, about ecstasy. I'm not sure if I agree with him about drugs in general: I can see the arguments on both sides. However as usual he has approached the issue like a prat. It also pisses me off when ayone claims whatever idea they're proposing is 'in... |
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Forum: Paul Smith, RIP Topic: Condolences |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 18:45
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Replies: 179
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Very sad to hear this.  |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Consumer Rights? |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 21:53
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| You are, of course, correct that it is the retailer's problem if the appliance dies within, I believe, 14 days (the periods vary for various purchases, but within the protection of statutory rights rather than warranty) since you have a contract with the retailer, not the manufacturer. The retailer... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: We motorists are in denial about our terrible speed habit |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 12:15
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Replies: 7
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Has he handed in his licence? If not I don't see his point.  |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Meredith Hughes |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 23:21
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Replies: 109
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Meredith Hughes |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 14:30
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Replies: 109
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| If he requires a solicitor then he obviously isn't going to plead guilty. He must believe there is something wrong with the evidence otherwise he would have done the decent thing and pleaded guilty and offered mitigation and asked not to be banned as it would affect his ability to do his job. How o... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: Buses worse for the environment than cars? |
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 18:05
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Replies: 20
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| It's not just the CO2 either: buses are generally old and emit a particularly foul exhaust smoke, whereas cars are much more stringently controlled on what they can emit. |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: I'm So Worried |
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 18:16
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Replies: 26
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| Actually I agree with the sentiments you express here. However, if we accept that the real threat of a terrorist attack does not warrant such extreme measures, we also have to accept that the security services may not latch onto a developing plot early enough to prevent it from being enacted. The m... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 14 farham cases won-funding needed to get 1000's FPN refunds |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 14:13
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Replies: 106
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RobinXe wrote: As I understand it, this verdict does not constitute precedent, and so by appealing they only risk it becoming precedent, if the verdict is upheld in a higher court.
Well exactly, my point is that by admitting this they are also admitting the whole thing is just a scam. |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: 14 farham cases won-funding needed to get 1000's FPN refunds |
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 14:01
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Replies: 106
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| If they disagree with the 'decision of the learned district judge' why aren't they appealing the case? If they are accepting that verdict but continuing to prosecute other cases where the situation is identical, then that is fraud and abuse of process. They're clearly chancing their arm that a lot o... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: 'Congestion charge dodgers register Bentleys as minicabs' |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 20:10
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Replies: 29
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| Is it illegal? I would not have thought there was anything illegal about registering a car as a minicab, provided one did not drive it for hire or reward without a valid driver's badge. They would probably find they couldn't smoke in them anymore though :P Round my way, minicabs need a council road... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: road rage at bus |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 16:36
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Replies: 144
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smeggy wrote: traffic islands, or should that be ‘pedestrian refuges’, very close to the bus stop
Indeed - when did you stop beating your pedestrian? |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Why don't cyclists use lights? |
| Zamzara |
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 22:10
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Replies: 147
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| So, you just found another reason to drive more slowly and carefully when its dark. Not exactly, I was just able to put into words why I already do that. But I also realised that I might miss an unlit object no matter how careful I am, and that it isn't possible to understand why while still clingi... |
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