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I use my credit card as much as possible because it gives me cashback-I even bought my car using it. But I ALWAYS pay off at the end of the month because the interest they charge is ridiculous and there are cheaper ways of borrowing.

Boris is very,very far from being an idiot. Behind that open exterior is a very sharp brain indeed.You can't judge a man by what he says on the spur of the moment , we all say things that are ill advised under these circumstances. One of his attributes will be his circle of contacts-if he needs...

That's putting it mildly. Even the weekend newspaper supplements are written from a London viewpoint. In this case though we had a contest between two very high profile people-both well known throughout the land so it was more interesting.And nice to see Labour getting the ****** nose which...

Clinton, like Brown (as Chancellor), was just lucky to be the man in charge when the world economy was calm and steady.Neither had to deal with any real economic problems and neither was tested under difficult conditions.

That doesn't make Ken any better for the job.He's had 8 years to prove his worth and it was a bit lacking.

Jeremy Brett gave the most authentic representation by far ; his Holmes was the closest to the Holmes as portrayed in the books. Rathbone's portrayal was most enjoyable but it was a mile off being authentic.

A large part of the profits will go to financial institutions , for example pension and investment funds. The big problem with oil is that it's (even now) a very cheap and highly efficient source of energy, particularly mobile energy. There is an excellent infrastructure in place.None of the...

Ken didn't actually make London the world's leading international financial centre, it just happened while he was in charge.Similarly the Labour claims on the economy ("we have had 11 years of interrupted growth with low inflation and low interest rates") are simply the results of the world...

There seems to be something in the American psyche about governments ; I correspond with a lot of Americans from all walks of life about a variety of topics but mention the word "government" and there's an almost paranoid response. The founding fathers set up a system of checks and balances and...

Yes they are , up to a point. But they are generally getting bigger and better equipped.As an example the VW Polo (which must be the most uncomfortable car I've ever been in) was brought out as a smaller car to sell alongside the Golf.The present Polo is bigger than the original Golf. Cars also...

It's a good times/bad times thing.For years oil has been relatively cheap and the oil companies (which have to make a profit or you won't get any oil) made their mark up and sold products at a low price.Because they kept prices down governments saw it as an easy source of income.Because of the...

Never could understand the idea of apple pies as being American , they've been round since the Dark Ages.And baseball is just a development of a game the first settlers took with them.Poor choice of image, Chevrolet !

It's a good ploy to let your opponents underestimate you (students of Reagan will tell you this) but Ken Livingstone for one is well aware of Boris' capabilities.

Boris has a needle sharp brain which he hides behind his buffoonery , he's also puts people ahead of politics.Ken's outrageous road pricing scheme can't help him-motorists are **** white at every opportunity and are then made to pay if they want to drive down roads they've already paid for...

We once had a Minister for Education who said "It's terrible that half the ******** in the country are below average in Mathematics"

I wasn't talking about just the Magna Carta.It's the fact that we have moved from being a feudal society to what we are at the moment , arguably among the freest people on the planet by actually changing and reforming the governments stage by stage largely by ***** of argument.Our biggest...

He's making a comeback.He's just got 3 feet to go........

My point was that we have brought about changes to government not because of being armed (though until 1920 there was no *** control in the UK) but through popular persuasion and public pressure.Americans almost throw up their hands in horror at the mere word "government"...I wonder if it's...

We're talking about parts per million here.CO2 is simply formed by burning C in O2 so an increase in one will be exactly balanced by a fall in the other. The Earth is warming-we are in an interglacial state having relatively recently (in geological terms) come out of an ice age. Judging by what...

It WAS a major problem but although the King was advised to allow it he was mad at the time so that was that-interesting to wonder how the world would now be if he'd changed his mind.Canada became effectively self governing in 1867 and without the War of Independence presumably all British North...

No , you didn't have to fight for your rights, you already had them EXCEPT that you weren't allowed to be represented in Parliament in London.There was already habeas corpus, the right to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence.The US constitution was based on English concepts of freedom...

The idea that *** ownership gives some protection against governments taking your rights away is so absurd that I run out of words!And that senior justices actually believe it is quite alarming. My country went from a feudal state in which most people were the property of the King into a...

I remember people laughing at the Russians for still using valve electronics in the solid state age.Until it was pointed out that solid state electronics could be taken out by a simple electromagnetic pulse.In a nuclear war all NATO aircraft would have been useless.

The claim that it runs on water is nonsense;it uses water as an intermediary.

Use a splint. 2 matchsticks and a rubber band should do the trick.

The trauma suffered by the men in WW1 is unimaginable and there was little or no support.I remember as a boy quite a lot of ex Servicemen quite clearly still afflicted by experiences 40 or 50 years ago.I can't believe that Iraq , with respect , is anywhere near as stressful. I knew a WW2...

I'm not American and I defend her right to make what many would call fair comment.It's not a racial thing anyway , it's a religious one.The UK view is that freedom of speech exists up to the point where you are inciting hatred or ******** .I don't think that BB's statement was doing this.

What price freedom of speech?

If you look at ther history of the USA nearly EVERYONE there (native Americans apart) is an ******* ***** or the descendant of one.Even those who immigrated "legally" (as defined by those who had taken control) .Settlers just turned up and drove the indiginous population away.Then they...

****** right.Tattoos and anal. Both are pointless.

Quote ;Does anyone here think that Uncle Sam can afford universal health care? Many much poorer countries manage it.It's one of the benefits of civilisation and you should go for it.

I remember Bob Monkhouse talking about it.He said "My girlfriend's half French.She only shaves one armpit"

Ever worked out how much you pay for potatoes when you buy a packet of crisps? For our US friends, crisps is what you call chips. Chips are of course what you call fries.

It's Russia who needs to worry because what the Chinese will be after next are living room and resources.

Those guys don't realise that as things are in the world today, $4 a gallon is very cheap.It's $8.50 a US gallon for diesel here. Diesel costs more than gas in the winter as it's essentially the same product as heating oil and demand exceeds supply.In the warmer months the situation resolves...

Check how the membership is to be billed on your CC statement.Some have names which could be explained as an anti virus program for example.

How do you play football if you're loose?Sounds embarrassing to me.

There are so many "degrees" dished out these days that their currency has been debased.At one time they were set at a level which only a tiny proportion of the population could hope to achieve and meant something.

How did you get her to pay $250?

There was a perfectly good reason for its introduction-as a form of shorthand where the lengths of messages are limited.There's no excuse for using it where space isn't limited (anyway it's ****** in Freeones) as among other things it shows a lack of respect for the reader.If you can't be...

What use is a diploma which a lot of people can achieve?

Have you ever wondered how much radiation goes through you all the time?How many radio/TV/commercial communications transmitters are there? Life just isn't without risks , often avoiding one sort increases another. But smoking ***** over one in three smokers and wrecks the health of a whole...

I've got cars with both types of gears and both my wife and I manage them both easily. We both learned on manual transmissions (most cars in Europe have this as auto is regarded as being for old ladies and not for proper drivers)-in traffic I like auto , the rest of the time I don't care,in my...

I agree and remember as a ***** seeing images of ********* African women and being amazed that they would subject themselves to such treatment.But that isn't Western culture though some cynical and unscrupulous people try to make it so. To deliberately and unnecesarily ******** yourself hardly...

Because it's a deliberate disfigurement and makes you look ridiculous.

I have no sympathy for any woman stupid enough to have her nipples pierced in the first place.If she has so little self respect to do this why should she get upset by what's happened?

Fattoos are the most idiotic and mindless creations the human organism has inflicted on itself. What a beautiful woman thinks she is doing by deliberately disfiguring herself I can't imagine. Talk about sheep mentality.To do something stupid just because others are doing it...Baaa Baaa

I have a Ford , both my sons have BMWs. Taking image out of the equation, I have to say that mine is the best car of the three.It's not that German cars are particularly overrated but rather more to do with Ford's image as manufacturer of ordinary ****** cars.Not just me-I remember watching...

I get frightened by heights when I put on a thick pair of socks.

If that's what it costs that's what you'll have to pay. Here in the UK people just carry on as before, pay up and curse the government for the high duty/tax they charge.But there's no alternative in sight which comes down to anything like as cheap as oil, even at the present price.