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Bale of hay maybe? 
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I've got something for you - clickity[^]. I saw it and thought I know who'd lurve this.
It does not involve sheep and is safe for work. Maybe not safe for your brain, but safe for work.
speramus in juniperus
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That may well be safe for work.
But it ain't safe for lunch... 
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This picture[^] has a sheep to calm your tattered nerves.
speramus in juniperus
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Has anyone ever told you that you have a sadistic streak? 
Yes, I thought so! 
"State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful"
Chris C-B
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BLARF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
- Mitchell Kapor
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Not to be sniffed at, Nigella's new Cookbook £2.
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Amazon are listing "Know your Road Signs" under "Scientific, Technical and Medical".
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[Off Topic] My Mum phoned me about a thing on the BBC about the way Amazon treats it staff, anybody know what its called or am I going to trawl iPlayer for it[/Off Topic] edit send in the spammers hamster to your guns!!
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Ta Buckets!  (as French would say if they were from the north of England!)
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I agree - no way would I want to sniff Nigella's new cookbook. Nigella, on the other hand... 
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Had to look her up. Not bad for 53.
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djj55 wrote: Not bad for 53 32G.
ftfy
speramus in juniperus
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Much better name than previous ones 
btw, why "third" !?
Thanks,
Milind
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The first two funniest are obvious aren't they?
The previous name wasn't my name I just changed it for one post to impersonate the troll and forgot to change it back.
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The Pope, and Reginald D Hunter?
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Is there a reason these two things can't co-exist? It seems the 'big six' are rather taking liberties at the moment, so why not set up a nationalised competitor which, if it can deliver better value, would have people flocking to it.
I've thought the same about Visa and Mastercard before. These companies makes huge profits simply on transaction fees. Why doesn't the Bank of England offer a rival service with profits fed back into the treasury?
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Simple; Private companies are funding the nationalist politicians.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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Maybe you are too young to remember, but they already tried that. The customer service was appalling and the prices were not much better. When you contacted the GPO to request a telephone for your home, the first question they asked was "Why do you need a telephone?". The current system is far from perfect but nationalisation was never wonderful.
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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When I was at university in the 1970's we visited the only nationalised business in the country that was making a regular profit when it was nationalised - (un)surprisingly it was a brewery[^] (in Carlisle)!
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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As if the owner of the asset determines whether or not it'll be "great"; one can have mismanagement in both private and non-private organizations. The larger companies are trying hard to prove that they're as ineffective as non-private entities would be.
The only difference is that private corporations tend to maximize profit. Be happy that the price of water is relatively stable.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Be happy that the price of water is relatively stable.
We are fortunate to live in a part of the world where it falls from the sky in reasonably regular and generous quantities. When that changes we are in trouble.
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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Not for much longer. The word has already been circulated that water and treatment prices will have to rise consistently over the next ten years to pay for upgrades to the infrastructures such as new pipes. The consumers will not protest, only grumble.
Like the rail commuters who every January bitch and moan about the above-inflation ticket hikes. They stamp their feet and I thought they did that to warm their feet up on a cold day.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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