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  1. Wrong about what? Wrong about letting anyone who wants to live off our state entry into our country (thus packing out the formerly dwindling ranks of something-for-nothing socialism, as per the Blair/Brown/Balls hidden agenda)? Wrong about not funding the tired old men of Europe and their gravy-train politics? Wrong about getting back to trading freely with the rest of the world and not participating in the biggest cartel in history? Wrong about the need for a party that provides a true alternative to the three woolly social democratic parties we now have? Wrong about actually having the long-overdue referendum on the EU (not The Common Market), and not simply "cast iron" promising one, then having total amnesia on the matter the moment they get into power? Wrong about not giving away eight billion pounds a year on an entry ticket to a club that we don't need to be a member of, when that money could be recirculating in our own economy producing jobs and services for British people? I submit that Nigel Farage is "a brilliant politician and an extraordinary public speaker" because he's only saying what everyone knows to be true, and because he doesn't need to fall back on the usual politico's evasions, subterfuges and diversions. i.e. telling the truth is actually quite easy, because you don't have to guard and pre-filter every word. I think that what upsets you is the irrefutable logic, together with the "class" of people he draws much of his support from.
  2. Do not install this one unless you have time to waste! Lots and lots of people reporting problems and I've wasted hours recovering a machine three times from the black screen with mouse cursor curse! Hide it until M$ fixes at least some of the problems. When you do try it make sure that it's the only update you run - i.e. don't let any other updates install at the same time, and reboot the machine a couple of times after you do, before you try doing anything else. This is an "Optional" update related to video and not a security update, so you don't need to install it anyway!
  3. Somewhat more LD voters (even % wise) transferred to UKIP than Tory voters - which is strange considering the LD love affair with Europe and the fact that the majority of Tories are "eurosceptic". This means that a significant proportion of LD supporters don't share the leadership fixation with Europe either, and only support the party for their record on management at a local level. I think they've shot their temporary cred at offering a real alternative at national level, and will revert to doing OK in local elections, but not being a credible force for change. Nige's "We'd have won if the Conservatives hadn't split our vote!" was the quote of the night. The traditional parties haven't woken up to new and unstoppable forces at work - just like the tired old men of Europe haven't worked out that their gravy train is rapidly heading towards the buffers.
  4. Malc: On another thread you doubted my assertion that UKIP was becoming a serious force in national politics. Percentages: I think it more appropriate to post this here than the other thread because it's really a reflection of public opinion regarding "Dave's Big Speech". Like myself, few believe his promises any more. My easy prediction is that come the Euro elections Rumpy Pumpy is going to be facing a solid block of UKIP MEPS, being the majority UK party, a prospect which he's already very aware of.
  5. He might be the Pope and infallible, but I've never entirely bought the story that he sat in the seat, but never pressed the fire button. Maybe he only just remembered something? Or more likely this time around he sat in the seat, but never pressed the fire button - and should have!?
  6. From the plot of Kiss Me Deadly I think you probably are wrong. Chances are it's in this list: http://uk.imdb.com/k...wspaper-editor/ ...or try refining the search by changing the words at the end of the URL (separated by hyphens). Do let us know the gripping ending!
  7. Acrobat and Reader XI Feb 20, 2013 11.0.02 OOC* Latest release. This patch fixes specific security issues. Acrobat and Reader X Feb 20, 2013 10.1.6 OOC* Latest release. This patch fixes specific security issues. Acrobat and Reader 9.x and 8.x Feb 20, 2013 9.5.4 OOC* Latest release. This patch fixes specific security issues. ...allegedly! *Out-of-cycle patch (OOC): An update targeted at security fixes. These noncumulative patch files contain few functional updates with the intention to limit impact.
  8. ...and try Bedlington.co.uk on your mobile. A whole new experience that rocks! Save a link on your smartphone's home page right now!
  9. ...and if you haven't tried Bedlington.co.uk on your smartphone then you should! It's bang up to date with current mobile browser technology, looks quite different from the normal desktop/laptop edition, and is very easy to navigate. Save a link on your phone's home screen right now! Even better join in and help make our town's website even better. There are dozens of ways you can contribute, and dozens of ways you (or your businesses) can benefit from truly local not-for-profit Internet! Bedlington.co.uk - constantly building a better website to benefit our local community.
  10. I just love the completely out-of-the-blue "Maybe because I am Jewish"! You won't do exactly what I want so you must be an anti-semite seems to work on lots of politicos. Haven't heard much from Cherie Blair since her little critique of Israeli treatment of the Palestinians have we? Some guy extracted a sample of one of our budget products once. I think we did get a half-baked magazine review out of it, but we were later ashamed we fell for the pitch! I'm surprised Eben didn't explain what a non-profit foundation means in real English, a concept obviously completely lost on "Steve"!
  11. Make and model always helps. Also what's the actual problem? Those will help any repairer advise you about likely cost and viability, and whether they can take it on at all.
  12. On the old political principal to never have a referendum when the vote is going to go against you, the politicos are going to cook up an excuse to go back on their promises. So many past promises, so much hot air. And they wonder why the public is disillusioned with political parties! Political manifestos - no wonder no one ever gives them the time of day! But at least we know how the Tories and the LD's say they stand. How does the Laurel and Hardy act on Labour's front bench stand? Seems to depend on which day you ask them, or which fag packet they are reading off the back of.
  13. Why not create a free classified ad here (and make sure you update it when/before it expires)? If you contact a moderator they can arrange for a display ad for you too. 270 x 320 .gif .png or .jpg not to exceed a few KB. Also MyURL.co.uk will do you a special rate for hosting not-for-profit websites affiliated to bedlington.co.uk - top-notch high performance hosting not just pile 'em high sell them cheap! PM me for details.
  14. Great work Brett, but I doubt that facebrook thing will ever catch on!
  15. It's a law of nature - you never see the BIG event coming! Humans prattle on about largely inconsequential things (so called global warming; holes in ozone layer; horse meat; etc), but nature smiles and does its own thing. A lesson to the anti-nuclear/anti-progress lobby. They make a song and dance about inconsequential levels of radiation, yet nature bombards us with it constantly, and sets off the equivalent of a nuke over our heads without any warning. One day it will be more than an odd few tons of rock and poof - we'll all go the way of the dinosaurs! So they'd better start their protest campaign agin nature right now. Though they would do well to note that the only way we will ever have a tiny chance of escaping is if we intelligently pursue a nuclear future.
  16. ...though both cowboys and rustling may well be involved somewhere! Even if there was no emptoring - and the board were appointees - then they should have/be doing a substantial amount of caveating! The chairman and his board need to do some quick revision on their legal responsibilities. Here is a good starting place for their revision. Paragraph 11 would be particularly relevant, and doesn't provide for I-didn't-knows/nobody-told-mes. Paragraphs 16 to 20 might focus minds. My original post seems to indicate so. I never watched Blackadder, but didn't it popularise a phrase about planning?
  17. It's worse than that merc! He states he was told three times there was no debt. A senior official of a company is required to find these things out for themselves and not to take what others say at face value. If he can't read his own company's accounts, or find someone who can, then he shouldn't have taken the job in the first place! He should be presenting the full facts to the club, and not coming up with excuses that read like a kiddie's sickie! A competent company chairman would call a meeting of members at the first opportunity. In such a serious matter it should probably be a meeting of all club members and not just significant stakeholders. Bedlington deserves better than this!
  18. Upshot is that you shouldn't open any .PDF files that you aren't fully aware of the source of. The vulnerability is being exploited so this is not just academic stuff! Adobe PDF Reader 9.5.3, 10.1.5, and 11.0.1 are all affected, and there are no fixes just yet. http://www.computerw...researchers_say
  19. Hmmm... I recommend a full backup before installing this one. In fact I'm doing that for someone else's machine right now! Reason: I expected a smooth experience, but no! My own very stable W7 machine didn't reboot and went to a black screen with only the mouse cursor. Half an hour later just the same - this on an i5 machine with a top of the line SSD! Rebooted only on the third attempt, and only after a cold boot. Suddenly a Chromebook is looking very attractive, and I'm definitely going to aim at creating a Windows virtual machine to run under Linux, rather than the other way around!
  20. Name & Registered Office: BEDLINGTON TERRIERS FOOTBALL CLUB C.I.C. 17 FRANCES VILLE SCOTLAND GATE CHOPPINGTON NORTHUMBERLAND NE62 5ST Company No. 08390003 Status: Active Date of Incorporation: 05/02/2013 Country of Origin: United Kingdom Company Type: Community Interest Company Nature of Business (SIC): None Supplied Accounting Reference Date: 28/02 Last Accounts Made Up To: (NO ACCOUNTS FILED) Next Accounts Due: 05/11/2014 Last Return Made Up To: Next Return Due: 05/03/2014 Bet no one tells his honour about this a week on Friday! cf.: ASHMOOR CONSTRUCTION LIMITED (In Liquidation) RWB CONSTRUCTION LTD (Dissolved) Are there really two Mr Ritchie Wharton's born three years apart? If not someone really should tell Companies House! I like this song:
  21. The Romanians have employed Gordon Brown as PR consultant. The latest line from Bucharest is that it's a global problem!
  22. http://blog.avast.com/2013/02/08/malware-on-la-times/ Apparently this has been going on since late last year!
  23. Nonsense! It's a well-know fact that they regularly wreck restaurants in order to (re)distribute the fruits of the earth to their poorer brethren. I vividly recall Lady Dutt-Pauker delivering a charming anecdote concerning one such raid on her favourite Hampstead restaurant.
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