Posts by George

Quote: Originally Posted by TRINI How did I know this is what you'd ask about? er....er......Crystal ball....Tarot....?

Quote: Originally Posted by GBR What patronising nonsense. No one has any requirement to own such weapons and shooting burglars to death is not acceptable. it may be an American custom but mercifully we are not that...

Quote: Originally Posted by RSS I've often heard it said here at SF that most people don't pay attention to what others are wearing. This one might draw a bit of that attention others are failing to get. I do like...

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Quote: Originally Posted by lasbar My wife reads that shit and i have threatened divorcing her if she doesn't switch to the Independent... She found it boring... Women... Interesting article: How true...

Quote: Originally Posted by culverwood The Independent! Commie rag. The old quip goes: The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country; The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the...

Quote: Originally Posted by lasbar Every system has his shortcomings ... What you see as money wasted others see as investments... I work in the railway industry and believe me it is very hard to have a balanced...

Quote: Originally Posted by apropos The Swedish implementation of socialism has worked for 60 years. Aye, I wonder why. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compuls...ization#Sweden. Whinging Poms? You lot take...

[quote=Ianiceman;4049094][quote=Mac;4049021]Not to be a stickler, but wasn't comprehensive education in the UK introduced in '64? Quote: Don't know when it was introduced but I know for a fact that kids born as late as 1962...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ianiceman This is loosely what used to happen in the seventies when kids did an eleven plus exam and those more academically inclined would go on to a prep school and study vocational...