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by Val
June 4th, 2012, 9:23 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: This Weekend
Replies: 21
Views: 3090

Re: This Weekend

Special royal car often does not carry number plates. I remember Morecambe and Wise as traffic wardens and Eric trying to book the chauffeur.
by Val
May 28th, 2012, 12:05 am
Forum: Comedy Club
Topic: Hosepipe ban
Replies: 11
Views: 5785

Re: Hosepipe ban

does anyone else agree with me that we should stop building the high speed train and use the money to build reservoirs to solve the drought/flooding problems?
by Val
May 23rd, 2012, 9:58 pm
Forum: Sciences and pseudo-science
Topic: Laminine
Replies: 11
Views: 3232

Re: Laminine

Fia if I am still around I will remind you that you do not have a tv so one less thing to worry about.
by Val
May 18th, 2012, 9:27 pm
Forum: Sciences and pseudo-science
Topic: The Geek Manifesto
Replies: 46
Views: 7160

Re: The Geek Manifesto

I picked this book up in Waterstones tody and the man standing next to me reached for a copy and said "they have soon got this out, will another election change it?" Seems lots of us have mis=read the title. ( I did not buy it, my budget for payday already spent)
by Val
May 8th, 2012, 8:54 pm
Forum: Culture Club
Topic: AGFL
Replies: 2
Views: 2179

Re: AGFL

Thanks Alan I did a google thingy but nothing came up unless I did not look far enough. Thanks for the link I have ordered the copy from Amazon. I don't mind using Amazon for hard to get books, although I usually use Yeadons in Elgin or Waterstones.
by Val
May 7th, 2012, 7:14 pm
Forum: Culture Club
Topic: AGFL
Replies: 2
Views: 2179

AGFL

Does anyone remember a man by the name of Alan Lewis who used to write puns. I had a book of them but it is long gone. To jog memories here are two of his.
"Continental quilts are all very well but duvet keep you warm" and
"I have had this cough for 7 days now, it is just a wee old."
by Val
May 5th, 2012, 9:50 pm
Forum: Sciences and pseudo-science
Topic: The Natural World
Replies: 610
Views: 94647

Re: The Natural World

Thanks for the tip Alan.
by Val
May 3rd, 2012, 5:02 pm
Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
Topic: Fairtrade
Replies: 37
Views: 9660

Re: Fairtrade

Alan C when I arrived in Kyle of Lochalsh two weeks ago I was told to wait until I had crossed the (toll free) bridge to Skye to fill up with petrol because it was 5p a litre cheaper due to being subsidised. I can confirm that it was indeed cheaper but how doe this accord with Shetland? Are you not ...
by Val
May 1st, 2012, 9:30 pm
Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
Topic: Do/can we have free will and moral responsibility?
Replies: 172
Views: 29191

Re: Do/can we have free will and moral responsibility?

I used to find that if I exercised my free will and did not walk my two Old English Sheepdogs, they used to shit on the kitchen floor.
by Val
May 1st, 2012, 9:25 pm
Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
Topic: Fairtrade
Replies: 37
Views: 9660

Re: Fairtrade

Nick I looked up monopsonistic never having come across the word before. The dictionary definition (Collins) does not help me at all. Can you enlighten me?
by Val
April 25th, 2012, 10:16 pm
Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
Topic: Socialist Humanism
Replies: 50
Views: 13825

Re: Socialist Humanism

Dave b, I like the idea of putting serious books on kindle in case one is hospitalised but in my experience heavy going books will not be read or enjoyed. I find it is much too hard to concentrate unless in a single bed ward. Like food, reading material needs to be 'little and often' for me in a bus...
by Val
April 22nd, 2012, 7:25 pm
Forum: Culture Club
Topic: Recipes
Replies: 66
Views: 18619

Re: Recipes

Can anyone help? my son-in-law had an operation to remove a cancer from his tongue on the 11th April. He must not eat anything spicy for quite a while. Can anyone suggest something to 'spice' his meals up that won't hurt his tongue/scar.?
by Val
April 19th, 2012, 9:10 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: Gays and Avon!
Replies: 7
Views: 1711

Re: Gays and Avon!

Ssigned but don't ask me to boycott Avon their 'skin so soft' really does repel midges. The local shops on the West coast sell it by the shed load.
by Val
April 19th, 2012, 9:05 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: Food and drink
Replies: 54
Views: 14554

Re: Food and drink

It sounds revolting to me. I will stick to Scotch when I am not on the wagon, which I am at present having been allowed to drink whilst on holiday on Skye. I do not like the West coast malts though and prefer The MacAllan above all others. Nor do I go with the premise that red meats means red wine e...
by Val
April 15th, 2012, 9:49 pm
Forum: Religion
Topic: The Big Question - Is God a woman?
Replies: 14
Views: 3325

Re: The Big Question - Is God a woman?

if there was a god i would have to believe he was a man because no woman would impose the stupid painful system of reproduction on females. at least she would allow us to switch off once we had all the children we wanted, not still have another 20 years of periods, followed by the menopause, then af...
by Val
April 8th, 2012, 10:48 pm
Forum: Comedy Club
Topic: Just a Joke
Replies: 802
Views: 177513

Re: Just a Joke

Alan C if the egg came first why is the chicken the one enjoying the cig?
by Val
April 6th, 2012, 5:45 pm
Forum: Sciences and pseudo-science
Topic: Homeopathy
Replies: 1207
Views: 300171

Re: Homeopathy

It was definitely the same woman and I think the same venue. She kept going on about the memory that the water retained and the ultimate dilutions that would work best. I particularly remember her gestures with the hands and arms invitiing the audiance to agree that they were with her.
by Val
April 5th, 2012, 10:55 pm
Forum: Sciences and pseudo-science
Topic: Homeopathy
Replies: 1207
Views: 300171

Re: Homeopathy

Alan I thought this vid was going to be the one where she talks about the water having memory. Is this the same woman and can you please find that bit for me again. Not lazy just confused/
by Val
April 4th, 2012, 10:10 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: Big Society
Replies: 60
Views: 11837

Re: Big Society

Thanks Nick, yes that does help.
by Val
March 30th, 2012, 8:05 pm
Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
Topic: Do/can we have free will and moral responsibility?
Replies: 172
Views: 29191

Re: Do/can we have free will and moral responsibility?

I can't keep away. Just to point out that selling a house in Peckham and moving to Achiltibui is a very good idea.