am glass box for tuesday
Do you have any ideas you could share with us for tonight's programme? If so, drop them into the glass box before we have our meeting at 11am. Thanks, sequin.
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I have had a re-think you know Sequin? I would like to be President of all those Celebrity magazines advertised on my TV. Just so I could tell a few USual Suspect subjects to go away for about a decade before they get mentioned again - and actually DO SOMETHING. lol
Someone wants to be with her Ex - allegedly and another is having a nervous crisis - allegedly. Just where I would go if I too were suffering similar trials - a magazine - every week!
Did I say Trials? Not now available as ikt should be for those lacking funds perhaps? Civil Cases and Legal Aid. More please PM. Lord Justice Judge - heard today.
Subject: and take them to other worlds - and take them to other worlds
Anagram: Awoke throttled - Mothers Dna - mothers Dna hatred welt took
Throttled - I thought! That sounds like something that should be known about more widely but perhaps some rather too conspicuous has broken her finger nail again - allegedly. HOLD THE FRONT PAGE!
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An interesting item from the China Daily website, just do a Google search if you want to read the full item as urls tend to get removed by this site moderator for some reason, reminds me of the editing out of Arab Ministers holding glasses of Champagne by Ministries of Information!
Any way I paste below a few lines and wonder if UK investors should not do the same for their bank losses!?
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A group of 30 millionaires plan to sue 11 foreign banks including ABN AMRO, DBS, HSBC, and Citibank in Beijing, claiming those banks cheated them into buying complex financial derivatives which led to losses of more than HK$1 billion ($129 million).
Lai Jianping, a partner of the Transking Law Office in Beijing and director of a so-called 'Victims Association of Discount Stock", told METRO yesterday there are 30 members in his association, including some living in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
"We had a total loss of HK$1 billion," he said.
Lai said the group filed lawsuit applications in 4 Beijing courts but were yet to receive a reply.
The group wants the bank to compensate their losses.
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#1. steelpulse
I think you are eluding to the multi-talented Jordan. She does have her knockers and yet the celeb mags are obsessed with her life.
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More here:
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-10/27/content_8853284.htm
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2 JAlexW
Just on a point of information ... the moderators tend to remove links to content which does or may have copyright issues. You should be find posting links to content (such as at Chinadaily) which is made available by its owner ... as long there aren't any naughty bits.
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(correction to 5: you should be fine, you should not be find)
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Just had my credit card statement. Apparently I owe them £0.04. Yes that's it 4 pence. Shall I send them a cheque or pay electronically?
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Looternite - I'd write them a letter, and enclose a second-class stamp. That will give them the idea that you are hugely generous.
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7 Ln
Yours is truly a charmed existence.
:o)
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Just been informed of this unusual out of office message:
"I will be out of the office starting 09/12/2008 and will not return until 10/12/2012."
Now there's a right way to handle going on a 4 year break (i.e. ask ICT to disable your account) and a wrong way...
Even better - the person that informed us accidentally sent it to an email list covering several hundred people, rather than the helpdesk. Oops.
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That's a long, long maternity break ...
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#9. lucien_desgai
That's just one of my credit cards.
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#8. Sid
Nice idea, but I have not read the small print and so not sure if they will accept it as payment. Might get charged £20.00 for not paying.
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I'm still festering over the TA cuts. We're in Afganistan to deny them the training ground with which to attack us in the Streets of the UK. But our military will not be training to save us £17M?
How much did the thinking and press/propaganda depts. coming up with the 'careers advice for seven year olds' cost?
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Surely London getting the 2012 Olympics can only strengthen Blair's case for being the President of Europe?
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Quote Number 3 "She does have her knockers?" Unquote. lol
Looternite. I think you are right but how long since she broke up with whats his face? There was a book on the local library shelf about the alleged reason for self same estrangement - yup a whole book and already.
I admit I struggled to keep a straight face. I am thoroughly ashamed though of that reaction and the book about said shame is in your local bookstore next Friday!
It is sometimes just "too much" - insight and yes incite. Just too much information!
What was it Oscar Wilde said about hearts of stone and the fate of the fictional Tiny Tim. Oh yes! lol
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Did you guys and girls hear John Humphreys interview Lord Stern this morning?
Shock upon shock, rather than just roll over, he actually asked questions about the whole global warming thing
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#16. steelpulse
My #3 was written with a smile.
She has made a lot of money out of nothing.
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Jordan makes more money out of nothing than even the banksters do?
We need an Evan Davies two part expose on Jordan?
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#19. Lepus_Madidus
It's difficult to respond to your post and not get moderated.
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Hey, it's October 27th, when, 11 years ago to the day, the middle class young picked up their red flags and took over London.
Two reasons for mentioning it here.
One, then members of the National Front had been arrested for arms possession (a huge arsenal, of 'Schmeisers', grenades etc), a few days before. A fellow conspirator said they were to be used to massacre the fron ranks of the VSC demo, this day, 11 years ago!!!
Two, the Revolution turned out to be put off indefinitely because everyone involved, from Tony Benn to Tariq Ali thought they were in serious danger of winding up on a road gang if it were implemented.
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I got billed 20 quid for not paying a fiver on account for an outstanding debt of £1.53p.
''As Da technology' got an Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area from me, yesterday. A broken wine bottle.
I had a lot of stuff, so I piled it all in the bagging area. ('Cos I thought, since the system is weeighing it to check, I'd better not remove anything paid for). A two pound thirty eight paid for bottle of wine crashed to the floor. They made it good to me out of this year's profits. There was only a small change in their share price.
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I don't have a credit card - debit card + online banking means I make sure I can afford something before I buy it. But then again, I'm a singleton in a fully furnished maisonette, so rarely need to make 'big' purchases (apart from £535 monthly rent, my biggest expense is the annual round of car tax/insurance/MOT - and I'm seriously considering buying a new car with a few year's worth of all that lot included in the package come February).
But, if I don't maintain vigilence and go over my overdraft limit, that's a £35 fee. And if they decide to honour any standing orders / direct debits that take me over that limit, there's another £25 per transaction. Not to mention the nearly 15% interest rate. One of the charges is deducted the same month, the other the following month. I once fell victim to that last year (before signing up for internet banking) - needless to say after reading the second statement, I didn't hang around much longer before signing up to internet banking!
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Forgot to mention: apparently you can remove stuff paid for, from the bagging area when the system is flashing. It's called the de-bagging function.
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Saw a thing today, on a BBC News site.
A woman dealing with the language used in medicine. She describes her treatment for cancer as a life giving river in her veins rather than an invasive radio active insult. (My crude version of her beautiful description)
Have we gone too far in deliberately highlighting the downsides of treatments - especially when without treatment the future is nightmare?
ECTs etc obviously should remain under a cloud.
One interesting mid-range one is dental treatment.
Apparently on average dentists get thumped by patients about 3 times in their careers.
As it is described in the Dental Schools, 'We know this is a medical intervention, but occassionally patients' atavistic reactions take over. They see it as nothing more thna common assault' Which it sure felt like in the bad old tooth decay days.
Whilst I'm here. Yesterday I peeled some garlic cloves as per usual, topping and tailing the whole corm all at once, then breaking it up, then using finger and thumb nails to peel away the outer dry skin.
Today (first time ever) my finger tips and nail beds are on FIRE. I've checked in the mirror, but no sign of a third nipple yet.
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