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I agree, Canny Lass; I suffer mental health issues (controlled by medication) and don't feel the need to kill people. I'm also politically aware and inspired, and similarly don't. I'm not, to put it simply, a nasty murdering bastard.

I just bought one of these things, £45 quid, the best purchase I have ever made. Quite an excellent device.

"When someone like that performs an extreme act it's because they've misread the social signals of others" Or, and I would say more likely, it's because they are evil and/or unhinged. The reactions to this incident, from various factions, I've found interesting; the far right commentators immediately panicked, for example, the instant they heard of a (incorrect, it seems) connection with Britain First. Doubtless, had the man been a member - not likely as there are very few - it would be difficult to confirm it now. The opposite pack immediately marched in with their own agendas, highlighting the connection with extremism. The tabloids, and others, immediately applied the Terrorism tag to the murder, without any real evidence. This was the brutal and needless killing of a well-liked and respected, hard-working woman, who did nobody any harm, by an idiot, a murderer, a worthless human being. Nothing more, and nothing less.

Agree with all of that, 3G. Credit to Wetherspoons, there is plenty of information on Birkenshaw, Stephenson and Gooch on their walls, as well as info on the ironworks.

I think there are many contenders to that claim; Railways were in operation elsewhere in the UK before Birkenshaw produced the Bedlington Rail, which did revolutionise the railway industry. By the way, why does a site bedlington.co.uk underline the word Bedlington in red whenever I type it!

Maggie, a neighbour has a mate who is a scrap dealer, pm me you address etc and I'll let him know

Someone posted it on a Facebook page. Did you manage to see it?

Ahoy train spotters; The legendary Flying Scotsman is passing through Bedlington today at a scheduled 1.44pm, stopping at Morpeth for a drink! Good opportunity for photo's. I'll probably be at the Swan!

I am absolutely stunned. I didn't know Ian personally but respect his endeavour to succeed in his chosen sport. I know of one member here who will be particularly upset by this very sad news.

Who says the Out campaign had/has the least popular support? Just about everything I've read and heard says the opposite?

Just an update: Archibald Jones, my big lad, took another chunk out of the Rat Bastard population today. Thought Monsta might appreciate that.

Where headstones are concerned the responsibility is always with the legal owner. With those of this age determining such could be difficult.

Canny Lass I'm interested in the headstones also, I'll set aside some time and try and take some pictures.

lol. This is a window hinged from the top; it has two levers, one needs to turn left, the other - of course - right, and then you need to push. I have never seen her do it, but how else do I find it open when she is the only living thing in the house, and outside? Interesting about the knocking on window thing: I'm deaf - almost totally - and all my cats to date have learned the usual 'meow' won't wake me up, but standing on my face will. Feline sign language, I guess.

Not saying owt about purple hats! My older cat has learnt how to open the kitchen window, so she can go and sort out the rat bastard population without bothering me. Given there are two levers that need to be turned in opposite directions, I'm extremely impressed.

Happy birthday young fella!

Aw Canny Lass I like the sand! I can throw it in his eyes! (Only kidding 3G, I would more likely buy you a pint!)

Yes, perhaps ignorance was wrong; arrogance is more apt.

Your ignorance in that last post is utterly astonishing. My 'mates in the pub' are a bunch of intelligent, politically aware professionals from many different walks of life; your blanket dismissal is typical of your superior attitude, and serves little purpose in the discussion. For the record, and this is yet another display of ignorance on your part, you'll find few in Bedlingto in support of Mr Lavery; his core vote is from Ashington. I stand, firmly, by my point: people, in general, have lost interest.

Now this is more like it!

Well, to be honest, I haven't read before my post. I did a straw poll today, in the local: everyone - 100% out of 20 odd canvassed - has lost interest thanks to hearing about it over and over again. It's been killed, stone dead. The turn out on voting day will be meagre.

"It's a life and nation changing event, and deserves a bit more application." I couldn't agree more, but my point still stands; I'm bored to death with it, and there's almost a month to go before we vote. I'm not alone, either; I am now prone to change channels when I see it come up on the news - and, for the sake of clarity, it's not news, it hasn't happened - and, like just about everyone I've spoken to, I don't bother reading about it any more. It's been killed by the media to the point that, when the poll happens, people will be utterly apathetic, and won't bother voting. I'm not saying it's not worthy of our serious consideration, but that its been rammed at us so hard and so much that the general populace has switched off. I haven't even bothered to read any of your threads over the last fortnight, I'm that fed up with the subject. There's plenty else going on in the world.

This whole debate - the Remain or Leave thing - is the worst example of media overkill I can remember. It's got to the point now where I've actually lost interest. I turn on the TV news each morning and it's the same thing, every day. I've heard it all, thanks. Yesterday, I read my paper in the pub opposite a mate doing the same, and we each did the same thing, and skipped all the pages about the EU subject. We've read it all, it's all that's been written about for weeks. If we haven't made our minds up by now, having been force fed both sides of the argument for an eternity, we're a lost cause. I know what I'm voting, and I'm sure others do, too. It's boring now, and if others are displaying the same level of apathy as I am, it's the fault of the media having nothing else to talk about.

Forget that last one, got you, it's a VPN, interesting stuff, I'll try it.

Is this for real, webtrekker? Looks useful! Would this mean I could access the net when I don't have credit on my phone or when I cannot get a public WiFi spot?