On Aug 31, 12:31*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:45:37 -0700 (PDT)

1506 wrote:
In fact, that's my only face - following a cycling accident, the lower
part of my face is paralysed, hence the rather unsuccessful attempt at
a smile in that (and all other) pics.

And there's us being told how healthy cycling is.

No one would wish that sort of accident on anyone. *Had I known I

True.

No problem. No offence taken. Hell, I dole it out often enough, so
it's only fair I receive some flack from time to time.

On 31/08/2011 12:33, d wrote:
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:54:31 +0100
Graeme wrote:
You were claiming that British farmers could set up a cartel and cause
the supermarkets, such as Tesco, to panic about their suppies. I merely
pointed out that given the world wide supply chains that supermarkets,
such as Tesco, have already set up, then said supermarkets, such as
Tesco, were unlikely to be that worried.

On the contrary , I think they'd be very worried. As I said , if they started
sourcing ALL their goods from abroad the price would go up steeply.

They source much of their produce from abroad already. If British
farmers put their prices up above what they can buy and transport from
abroad then the supermarkets (Tesco et al if you wish) will easily
change. After all they regularly change suppliers as prices change with
the seasons.


You then introduced the standard right-wing bogie man of the EU which
has nothing to do with the issue.

Umm hello? Farming subsidies?

That wasn't the context in which you introduced the bogie man and
British farmers get them as well so that playing field is fairly flat.


As for your obsession with mung beans, do British farmers actually
produce such things on any great scale?

You're the one who keeps mentioning them, not me. I've never eaten them,
know nothing about them and nor do I care to.


You are the one that brought them up, to coin a phrase. apparently they
are another right-wing bogie, er, veg...

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Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:49:08 +0100
Graeme Wall wrote:
You're the one who keeps mentioning them, not me. I've never eaten them,
know nothing about them and nor do I care to.


You are the one that brought them up, to coin a phrase. apparently they
are another right-wing bogie, er, veg...

Oh FFS, it was tongue in cheek.

B2003

On 31/08/2011 14:29, d wrote:
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:49:08 +0100
Graeme wrote:
You're the one who keeps mentioning them, not me. I've never eaten them,
know nothing about them and nor do I care to.


You are the one that brought them up, to coin a phrase. apparently they
are another right-wing bogie, er, veg...

Oh FFS, it was tongue in cheek.


Wooosh!

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:40:52 +0100
Graeme Wall wrote:
You are the one that brought them up, to coin a phrase. apparently they
are another right-wing bogie, er, veg...

Oh FFS, it was tongue in cheek.


Wooosh!

Whatever.

B2003

In article ,
Graeme Wall wrote:

On 31/08/2011 09:56, d wrote:
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:33:31 +0100
Charles wrote:
What happened 1000 years or even 50 years ago is irrelevant, I'm concerned
about what's happening now.

How far back does your "now" go ? Do you see Big Mistakes MkI and MkII
as "irrelevant" ?

Shall we start with 1997 when the worse thing to happen to this country
in a generation got elected into power?


I thought Major lost that election?

I think he transposed the 9 and the 7.

Sam

On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:21:14 +0100
Sam Wilson wrote:
I thought Major lost that election?

I think he transposed the 9 and the 7.

Thatcher went a bit mad in the end but at the start she was just what this
country needed. Blair turned out to be a disaster from the get go. And I
will admit to voting for him myself in 1997 when I was a young and naive
20 something. I'm buggered if I'll ever vote labour again however after the
way they messed this country up socially AND economically.

B2003

In article
,
Nick wrote:

... And I'm afraid
that I find Conservative attitudes completely incompatible with my
understanding of Christianity.

I don't usually like joining in this kind of thread, but let me add an
AOL here.

Sam

In article , d
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:21:14 +0100
Sam Wilson wrote:
I thought Major lost that election?

I think he transposed the 9 and the 7.

Thatcher went a bit mad in the end but at the start she was just what this
country needed. Blair turned out to be a disaster from the get go. And I
will admit to voting for him myself in 1997 when I was a young and naive
20 something. I'm buggered if I'll ever vote labour again however after the
way they messed this country up socially AND economically.

For the sake of clarity rather than argument, I didn't vote Conservative
when I was young and naive, and I wouldn't now. I don't think I've ever
voted Labour either.

Sam

In article , d
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:05:39 -0700 (PDT)
BrianW wrote:
Whereas Mr "Auer"-Hudson is an intelligent loon, Bloatar is just a
retard. One ought to feel sorry for him, really.

When you look this gormless in a photo pal its best not to cast aspersions:

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/node/54249

Or was that your best Frank Spencer face?

I don't think he looks that odd. Can we have one of you to compare it
with - it seems only fair.

Sam