lindal1000
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Very true Dave.. My brother was advising a younger colleague about a job application and immediately looked at his Facebook profile, which featured a cover photo of him rat *rsed somewhere. It was all cleaned up before the application went in.I took a great photo (with my DSLR) at the tour de France, of a woman dancing away as the peleton approached while her friend filmed the impending carnage on his IPAD. I have always liked photography and the fact that it is now an interest that is accessible to all is not a bad thing. Yes there is a lot of CR*p around and people will laugh at the silly things they photographed in years to come but I can't see how it does any harm. It isn't compulsory if you don't enjoy it.
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Maybe just because it's possible. I quite enjoy looking at my friends' photos on Facebook. As they all live miles away I would never get to see what they are doing otherwise. Once photos are posted on-line they remain there for eternity and no doubt people will look back at them with amusement at how we used to dress etc. I suppose its a bit like discussions on on-line forums, which will remain long after we've gone. I've started to scan all my old photos..and I have loads of family photos from my mother. They are of interest to genealogists and social historians.
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It very much depends where you are living. In a city you will have a fair bit of choice and competition for services. Where we live, in the middle of the country, we are restricted to a choice of a slow and inadequate service from Orange, a satellite service with restrictions on uploads and downloads, or a service via WiMax. We have this and whilst not brilliant it's adequate. It costs us 29 euros a month
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Like a lot of UKIP policies, the 'healthcare for immigrants' one seems designed to pander to the paranoia of those who believe that 'all immigrants are illegal and claiming benefits '. The majority of recent immigrants are in paid work and contributing to the system, so not sure how or why you could exclude them from the system. The only way would be to fundamentally change the UK system so that access to healthcare is only given after a minimum level of contributions, as is the case in France. However the reform required would take a very long time to implement and would affect many more of UKIP's loyal voters than it would the immigrant population.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31869967It is beginning to look as if Clarkson set himself up for this. It seems he was the one who made the complaint about the incident..not the producer that he allegedly hit, who has done nothing. Makes him even more unappealing in my eyes.. Personality I think he as gone way past his sell by date. Still, if he wanted to quit but was tied into a contract it was a good way to do it.
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People in this part of France who's houses have been for sale for years are now selling. We know of several people who this year, have finally made a sale and although less than they had hoped for, not the falling out of bottom prices that people had thought. Some buyers are British, some French and quite a few from non EU countries. By contrast.. friends selling in the Uk (in London) have had a terrible time. No shortage of interest but potential buyers unable to raise funds at last minute and they are also having difficulties borrowing against what, a few years ago would have been a very safe bet with a very sizeable deposit. Lots of reluctant buy to let landlords in London I think. Not that any of this has much to do with the EU, but I know where I'd rather be right now!
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Never been interested in top gear with or without Clarkson. I used to watch it with OH and a few years ago it was marginally interesting and quite funny in places. Now even OH won't watch it, as it churns out the same formula of tired old jokes, banter and very little content. Jeremy Clarkson will probably go the same way as many other presenters who have jumped ship, never heard of again on terrestrial TV tuner until they are compelled to come back to do celebrity big brother. Mind you shouldn't think Clarkson is that worried as he has no need to work again.
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Where I used to work they increased the number of nursing places to an all time high, but actually couldn't recruit enough suitable candidates and when the admission criteria were lowered then the drop out rate increased, I don't know about medicine, but in nursing they do train enough, except that many give up after a few years due to working conditions, or the fact that it is very difficult to work as a nurse with the shiftwork when you have a young family. Add in the high cost of accommodation in London and for most nurses it's only viable as a short term option. When I trained in my allied health profession I shared a flat with 4 other people. One practiced for three years and then gave up, one had to give up for health reasons, one worked for a few years as a clinician and then became an NHS manager, one worked for many years but then left 20 years before retirement and I became a teacher and then retired early. When I worked in London we'd never have survived without the endless supply of Australians on their overseas experience.
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I was watching a 'Top of the Pops' type programme from the 70s the other day and we commented that all the women were very slim and flat chested , which is normal when you aren't overweight. If you look at a similar scene now many slim women have perfect 32dd boobs , making them look rather top heavy. Sadly now I think many younger people feel compelled to make their bodies conform to this stereotype of perfect beauty. When you look at many of the TV personalities that you think have 'aged well', most of them have had some sort of 'work' done. If they have a good plastic surgeon they will just look 'good for their age'.
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Sadly for us though we no longer have the benefit of a complete ozone layer to protect our skin from ageing and the more harmful effects of the sun. The older people queuing up for cosmetic surgery are the Mick Jagger generation, so perhaps look to their teenage idol and want to look as young as he does at 70! Also, compared to previous generations many people have a fair bit of disposable income.I wouldn't bother, but then I never have done, although that said I've coloured my hair since I was 13 so I don't see why I should stop now. I use a face cream that I like and wear a sunscreen 365 days a year but rarely wear make up.
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Tv5 monde is also on freeview
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When you are in the queue for your hospital treatment how do you know that those on front of you have not contributed as much if not more than you? How would you judge who was entitled or not? If it was on what you'd paid in, there would be an awful lot of indigenous population who wouldn't be entitled. I'm not sure Nigel has any more answers to any of these questions than any other party. The policies of some sort of apartheid or 'send them all home' are only held by the likes of the BNP, a party that Nigel distances himself from. I think if I wanted to make a protest vote I'd be better off voting for The Pub Landlord.
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Apparently one of the best ministers, whatever department he was in, was Peter Mandelson. Apparently he always took his role seriously and would turn up well briefed and fully conversant with all the issues on day one. It was his personal integrity that lead to his downfall. I remember a couple of good health secretaries. They weren't always ex -doctors and in fact just because you have worked somewhere doesn't make you any good. Frank Dobson was one of the better ones, and Alan Milburn one of the worst!I don't think people will vote strategically in the general election although in a way it would help the Labour party if they did. UKIP will not get a majority and if they do win a few seats it will be the conservatives that will lose out. If the conservatives do win then they have promised a referendum, which could be interesting and I guess would depend on the mood at the time.
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Well he may be no worse than the others but I wouldn't say squeaky clean!"Nigel Farage is facing fresh questions over his European expenses after he admitted that an office for which he claimed more than £205,000 from the taxpayer was provided to him free of charge by a Ukip supporter.The Electoral Commission is considering what action to take, because donations such as rent-free office space should have been declared to the body within 30 days of a regulated person accepting the benefits.Farage failed to do this, meaning that it appeared the office – near Bognor Regis – was leased on a commercial basis. However, Ukip said he declared the donation in a register in the European parliament and this was the logical place to make the declaration.The Electoral Commission sought clarification in April over Farage's failure to declare these donations-in-kind, leading Farage to register 14 separate donations dating back to 2001, with a total value of over £205,000, on 14 May. The non-cash donations came from party supporter John Longhurst.The Electoral Commission can levy a fine if it deems the breach of rules sufficiently serious.The Times suggested earlier this year that Farage received £15,000 a year from the EU to pay for his constituency office. But since the office, an old grain-store near Lyminster, was rent-free, the true cost of administering the office was close to £3,000 a year – suggesting £12,000 a year was unaccounted for.In his correspondence with the Electoral Commission, Farage has confirmed he did not have to pay rent on the office for 14 years. This leaves him needing to explain where more than £160,000 of taxpayers' money from the European parliament has gone."
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I guess the next generations view of their governments is not helped by the fact that they are constantly being caught out engaging in corrupt and illegal activities. (The latest one with Rifkin and Straw being one example). Is the EU corrupt..almost certainly..but is it any more or less corrupt than the governments of the member states.. probably not.
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It's in Daily Mail and the Express so it must be true! Apparently it's to check up on illegal immigration. I guess the scenario they want to avoid is people entering on a tourist visa and then overstaying. If you don't check all your exit points then you don't actually know how many people are in the country. Of course the information could be passed on to other agencies such as the NHS, but at the moment they seem to be struggling to come up with a system to link it to customs and border control, so I wouldn't hold you breath on that one.
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I don't remember that bit Clark Kent.. although now I come to think about I do remember the labour party being very anti Europe. Funny how times change! I do remember my family discussing it and there being a difference of opinion between my mother and father. My father was an old style socialist and had no time for Europe, having a mistrust of anything foreign. My mother on the other hand still remembered her traumatic experiences of living in a Europe at war and saw her vote as a wayof ensuring a peaceful future. I guess we have been a lucky generation really in that all we have had to worry out is whether people in the various parliaments are spending our money wisely, rather than whether we are going to have to take up arms against our neighbours.
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Well I don't know about you Idun but when I vote I largely vote for things that I think are going to be in my interests to do so, and as someone who has benefited from the free movement policies of the EU and made the most of them, then that's why I think there is a link. Maybe it is more esoteric than that though and more about sense of identity. I emigrated to Canada when I was younger but didn't really settle and moved back. However it wasn't England that I missed but Europe and things European. Fact is I have never really identified much with the land of my birth. The vote for whether the UK should enter the EU was one of the first elections in which I could vote and I voted in favour. If there is a referendum in my lifetime I would still vote in favour, and for the next 10 years I can vote in the UK. Personally I don't think the Uk will leave the EU, but if it did, probably in reality the worse thing that would happen would be that people would have to find something else to blame for their misery, because it certainly wouldn't put any more money into the pockets of individuals or protect vulnerable services such as the NHS.
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Is everyone else on this forum a UK resident? I only ask because a lot of the anti EU views here seem in the main to be from people living in the UK. I really can see no advantage to British people who live in other EU Countries for the UK to leave the EU. I can only imagine that it will make life more difficult. Personally I have benefited greatly from EU membership in terms of employment and education and freedom of movement.
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I'm white and straight ebaynut and I am certainly in agreement with Quinlan on this. Your post is rather strange however, as I'm not sure what someone's religion, race or sexuality has to do with their point of view on the EU and UKIP. In fact the only link I can find to whether someone supports UKIP or not, is their IQ.
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I never knew you could get gas ones. I thought they only made chocolate and plain?
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As a coincidence I received an email from the currency brokers I use yesterday, saying that due to change in regulations they needed to ask me whether I was tax payer or filed tax returns in the USA. I didn't need to prove it..they just had to ask.The tax authorities in all countries must receive millions of notifications of large deposits being deposited into accounts and could not possibly investigate the majority. My guess is they pick a few at random.
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I've just transferred a largish sum of money over using a currency broker and I got a call from laposte . I happened to be at work at the time and I couldn't speak to them but I think they just wanted to sell me some savings products. I have arranged to go and see them as I need to open a second current account for my AE and I have no intention of paying professional account fees for something that will only have a couple of thousand euros going into it..so I intend to use it as a bargaining tool. I'll be interested to see if they ask about the source of the money. I deliberately kept the amount to just under 10000 euros. I think all financial companies here and in UK have a responsibility to ensure that the money they are dealing in comes from legitimate sources. The company I used wanted a lot of info about me and my bank account before they would trade for me. I have also bought a car in France using a direct money transfer from the currency trader into the bank account of the car company. You won't necessarily know if you have been investigated. When my sister in UK applied for a mortgage and a credit check was done, she found that she had been investigated for money laundering after she received the money from our late mother's estate into her bank account.
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[quote user="NickP"]There should be a rule that forbids anybody who is too old to bend down and pick up the poo that their dog deposits on the ground from owning a dog.[:D] (Tin hat on and head down). Of course the owners of seeing eye dogs and the like would be exempt.[/quote]You can get a long handled pooper scooper for that! Frederick, there are all sorts of reasons as to why elderly people don't want to move. A pet is not necessarily an obstacle to moving. Perhaps she just doesn't want to go.
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