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About 22 miles from the Continent of Europe seems to work well.

In World War 2 there were a lot of non-whites fighting for the British cause. There were more volunteers (over 2 million) from India alone fighting the Japanese than there were American ******.

I don't know what doctors get over there.The salaries I quoted were for General practitioners - the ordinary ****** , non hospital based local ones.It makes a lot of sense to pay a general rate for this sort of service. Bear in mind that part of the package is an inflation proof pension (half...

I think it's the normal practice for the winner to be awarded costs , certainly in this country.That's one reason why "no win no fee" isn't the bargain it appears to be.There are cases though where the case goes one way but the judge considers it is in the interest of justice not to award costs.

When the NHS was founded in the UK in 1948 the medical profession was implacably opposed to it. That is not the case today after over 60 years of actual experience of it. The doctors aren't badly paid, the average ****** doctor gets around £110 000 a year , specialists and surgeons a lot...

I did History at school. Basically there were three things to remember; When we beat the French Where we beat the French By how many the French outnumbered us at the time. (The Normans were a French speaking Viking enclave by the way)

I speak it after a fashion (studied it up to A Level in the 60s) Had it not been for a guy called Napoleon it would now probably be a world language rather than a ***** European one.

Criminal assault can vary in degree from ***** to major and as you say this is relatively ***** in the level of physical damage caused.That is hardly the point here though-the sentence will reflect this.

There are good Presidents and lucky ones.And being lucky can make you look good.

That is hardly the point though is it? I'm sure that if you were standing at a bus stop and a driver came past and deliberately drenched you with water you would get pretty annoyed about it.You would probably have to go home and get changed, perhaps have your clothes cleaned, possibly miss what...

There are quite a lot of prosecutions for doing this. If deliberate it can lead to serious charges , if negligent it can still be very expensive and add points onto your licence.

Most on that list which would be knocked into a cocked hat by a lot of UK brewers.Or for that matter a lot of American craft brewers.Many of these are run of the mill nondescript brews churned out by the tanker load.

A word of explanation-in the UK a public school is one where parents pay vast fees for their ******** to receive their education in exclusive surroundings. Such as Eton and Harrow.They are in fact private schools. What an American would call a public school is known as a State school here.

They are popular because of the gullibility of the public as well.Tell people how smart they are to ***** it, market it with advertising and they will buy it. I was once invited to ***** some Heineken after having a couple of pints of low strength (3.6%) cask ale and I tell you straight that I...

Jennifer Lavoie, Playmate of August 1993 and still modelling and looking as good as ever.

On our local NHS campus is a privately funded treatment centre ; part of the agreement was that the NHS provide the land in return for some access to the facilities.To step into this place one thinks it's a 5 star hotel ; it has 40 foot high palm trees inside, plush seating and wide open...

Some people do carry private insurance too, though usually it's a job perk.Frankly I haven't and neither myself or my ****** have found it remotely necessary. I can get a doctor's appointment within an hour or two for example, on the NHS. I mean the amount of your premiums spent on swanky...

I mean the amount of your premiums spent on swanky buildings, shareholders' dividends, executives' bonuses and unnecessary procedures rather than on healthcare.

We go better than that. Many goods here are subject to duty (which is a tax on quantity not value)-such as motor fuel, *******, tobacco. On top of which we pay a sales tax valled VAT. So we pay (with taxed income) tax on tax.

We're going to get bogged down by semantics here because when it comes down to it no two people can agree what the word "fair" means.Remember the divorce lawyers' dictum that if both parties feel cheated then it's a fair settlement.It isn't fair for example that some people should fall ill and...

Modern history teaching is really superficial looks at very limited topics.I learned a lot of history long ago at junior school-done informally by excellent teachers who felt they had to try to explain why things in the world are as they are.I also feel that present day teaching neglects to...

It's true that the EU is undemocratic in many ways but this isn't really relevant to the health care issue.All the constituent nations have their own version of healthcare regardless of any influence of the EU.It remains a fact that however unpalatable it might be to your entrenched views that a...

No. The first class fraudsters are the present insurers and hospital managers.They could give lessons on fraud to the government.

Before you start see if you can remove the hard drive and set it up as a slave on another computer.This way you can save your files.It might also be possible to replace the damaged file and restore working if you know what it is.

Agreed about most of what you say-why can't people grasp the difference between it's and its-it's easy enough! However, Xmas is quite respectable.Since the start of christianity the Greek letter Chi which we use as X has been used to denote Christ. Regarding "each to his own" , that's...

So you don't partake in any risky activities yourself? You will , regardless of all this, end up paying less overall than with a commercial enterprise.With insurance you are still paying some money towards such people anyway but you are also paying shareholders and executive bonuses plus...

Yes, but in the UK where the brewers cherry pick the best ingredients on the planet and brew smaller amounts without the benefits of scale they can still sell their **** at about a dollar a pint less in the pub.It's actually cheaper to buy good craft **** than trash like Bud, Heineken...

Like others I find the use of text language when not texting is annoying.If you haven't enough respect for the recipient to call them "you" instead of "u" then you shouldn't be writing to them.

To set matters straight here , Switzerland is much richer per capita than the US. So the payments are almost the same.

Let's have two threads-one for favourite gnat's **** (mass produced lagers also known as a con trick played on the public) and one for favourite true beers.

This is nonsense on many levels.The Constitution was written at a time when things like nanny states weren't even thought of (and national incomes would have rendered such ideas impossible anyway, there wasn't enough to go round) and neither did the Constitution preclude public health care...

Exactly. Socialism is a poor way of running an economy-ask the USSR about that-but it's a useful counterbalance to the excesses of capitalism.Let capitalism be the engine providing the wealth but keep it in check as it doesn't care about you or me.If it's more profitable to export your job to...

If that's how you see it :) But I'm sick of seeing poor quality flavourless pap being promoted as ****.This is the **** equivalent of sliced white bread-the world contains wonderful stuff from master bakers-crusty, multigrain and all sorts of beautifully flavoured and textured bread. And most...

It's tragic that with so many thousands of good beers available so many posters settle for the lowest denominator.This is factory produced so called lager.The name doesn't matter;Heineken, Red Stripe, Bud,Miller,Coors, Stella, Corona they are all mass produced from cheap ingredients with flavour...

Governments do what they can to protect their country's interests at the time.Britain and the US gave massive aid to the USSR during WW2 because the pressing need was to defeat Hitler.There is a saying that my enemy's enemy is my friend.Circumstances change so what was a good idea at the time...

I think that cricket is #2 because of its vast following in Asia.TV audiences of 3 billion have been recorded.

Point is-how good would Owens be with modern equipment on modern tracks with a modern diet and modern training? The track surfaces and shoes alone make a significant difference.

I have been to a McDonald's.Once.Then I realised I preferred good food. I just wonder what all those people who go regularly are used to!

Let's be clear about this-nothing in this life or on this planet is safe.There's a risk attached to everything and all you can do is to judge whataction makes sense and what doesn't.Overall, vaccination is a good thing but to a given individual it might be a disaster.Who knows? As for...

Not really.Interestingly enough in WW1 the Prince of Wales was denied active service.He was told - we don't mind you getting ****** because there are other heirs to the throne.But we can't risk you getting captured. The same arguments would apply today.It's pretty certain that Andrew did in...

Prince Andrew's place on board and the possibility of the Queen's *** being ****** in action made the British government apprehensive, and the Cabinet desired that Andrew be moved to a desk job for the duration of the conflict. The Queen, though, insisted that her *** be allowed to remain with...

It's an excellent program well respected by experts.

Go to the East coast and even now the grass looks parched and is not really greening up.It's been a lovely summer over there.

Like hangover cures, if these things really worked we wouldn't be discussing them, they would be part of mainstream medicine.

There are plenty of parasites in the capitalist system too who skim off money they largely haven't earned or who overpay themselves.Or take huge bonuses even when the company has made a loss.Or claim for expenses they haven't suffered.That's your money they take by the way and more than matches...

Socialist simply means working together. As mentioned elsewhere that includes the military and the police , the border guards , public schools and so on. Although I have always voted against socialism in the UK I treat it like *******-a lot of it and it's bad news , depend on it it's bad news...

Difficult to know what constitutes true nationality.For example Cliff Richard was born in India but is surely considered to be English because that's what his parents were.Many people in the colonies regarded themselves as british with an overseas address.There is so much to-ing and fro-ing of...

In the US there is a ridiculous custom of tipping the bar staff simply for serving a ****.As other posters have said already it's not part of our UK culture-if I go into a pub I expect prompt service, a full measure and a sample of a **** I've not tried before.This without tipping (if I tried...

Why disfugure yourself voluntarily? OK , it's a fashion thing. Fashion is about doing stupid things because other people do them.Unlike clothing or other fashions you are more or less stuck with a tattoo.

If you can't provide for one , fair enough.As fot the other point of view there's nothing like a bit of responsibility to change your outlook.True there are some things you can't do if you've got **** but equally there are things you can't do without them. Truth is you never can afford...