Malcolm Robinson

Merlin, That would be the better option theoretically but it would carry a heavy financial penalty. The whole point of the system is to use our elected representatives for this sort of thing………

Pete, I have tried to find out how long punters have to be without supply before they get compensated but it looks like all the companies have revoked their user charters? My advice, say you smell gas and say this telephone conversation is being recorded!

We would all get locked up! Council tax is one of the taxes which carries jail sentences for non payment. Not disagreeing sizsells only pointing out a potential flaw.........

Thats nothing Tez, spare a thought for our wildlife at this time of year, this was taken down at the Golf Club yesterday!

So thats a Scottish Mouse and an apple??? Like the shorts!

A statement made by Spain's Central Bank chief Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez: '' The outlook for a gradual recovery is surrounded by uncertainties….in an environment where financing conditions must remain restrictive, and in which the public and the private sector have a pressing need to pay off huge debt, we can expect the pace of recovery in household consumption to slow versus the first half of the year.'' Exposure to Spanish debt among EU banks is far higher than that to any other troubled EU Sovereign. There is around €460 billion (£390 billion) of bank assets tied up in Spain. If we add the figures for the Irish bailout and something akin for Portugal we see the whole of the EU stability fund wiped out. Also Spain's economy represents about 12% of Euro GDP more than Ireland, Greece and Portugal combined. The EU will soon have to decide whether to bring everyone under a full fiscal union or allow defaults on debts, either way a poison chalice! Thing is the rest of the Eurozone banks, Germany, France etc. are hog tied to Spain because of property exposure. Just like the UK (RBS and Lloyds) if the Irish default on their property portfolios that will inevitable mean more hand-outs needed from George and Merve, providing bailout money could be seen as a cheaper alternative. Even if it is sheer madness and short-termism par excellence! We also seem to be holding quite a bit of Spanish property debts and Barclays is especially exposed to Italian property debt! Spain needs to refinance a huge 300B euros by 2013 with just under 200B in 2011. Given their bond yields are heading northwards at an alarming rate can they do so independently………..? This whole rotten pack of cards is entirely down to the banking sector deluding people they were wealthy because they could handle more and more debt with the sole aim of increasing banking sector pay-outs, lunacy! The people who did this should be locked up, the people who failed to regulate this should be locked up and the politicians who oversaw the whole thing should be locked up too!!!!! We are now taxing future generations and taking away crumbs of comfort to senior citizens to pay for banking bonuses, it's immoral!

The tube, ah yes made in the Newcastle hosted by a Manchurian halfwit!

Hmmmm.......

No can do, wor lass seems to think its too noisy when I fire up my home made hoover......

John, I presume the foot stamping, thigh slapping, yahoo audio track is what we can expect to be pumping out into the ionosphere around Bedders soon…………………. What a bunch of cowboys!

Mr D, I don't even know which hands beat other hands so thats no excuse!!!!!! I am sure we could learn on the job (ahem, so to speak!)

Haltwhistle.......

Low Chibburn Hospitallers Preceptory. Originally a small farm owned by the Knights Templar, it was first recorded in 1313, and it was abolished in 1540.

Berwick.......

Lesbury........

Hartburn Church.........

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You could say that Merlin.......

THE 10 COMMANDMENTS The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse or Parliament, is this - You cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not Steal', 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians ..... It creates a hostile work environment.

COWS Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Bourne almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the county of Lincolnshire? And, they even tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 125,000 illegal immigrants wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.

Let's put our OAPs in jail and the criminals in a nursing home. This way our OAPs would have access to showers, hobbies and walks. They'd receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, wheel chairs etc. and they'd receive money instead of paying it out. They would have constant video monitoring, so they could be helped instantly, if they fell, or needed assistance. Bedding would be washed twice a week, and all clothing would be ironed and returned to them. A guard would check on them every 20 minutes and bring their meals and snacks to their cell. They would have family visits in a suite built for that purpose. They would have access to a library, weight room, spiritual counselling, pool and education. Simple clothing, shoes, slippers, PJ's and legal aid would be free, on request. Private, secure rooms for all, with an exercise outdoor yard, with gardens. Each OAP could have a PC a TV radio and daily phone calls. There would be a board of directors to hear complaints, and the guards would have a code of conduct that would be strictly adhered to. The criminals would get cold food, be left all alone and unsupervised. Lights off at 8pm, and showers once a week. Live in a tiny room and pay £900.00 per month and have no hope of ever getting out.

GGG, I still cannot get my head around Italy not being the fall guy right from the start. (Maybe it has something to do with the quality of ex-pats it attracts?) What must now take place are haircuts for indebtedness and once that starts there will be a stampede to get on board. As for bondholders well the ECB hold about 66 billion euros of toxic debt now and say they will be increasing that figure. So bondholders can effectively use the ECB as a put option! The whole thing is madness placing the responsibility of maintaining a corrupt banking sector on the population as a whole. If Darling hadn't signed up to that last minute financial arrangement we wouldn't be seeing 8 billion squid disappear across the Irish Sea! It boils down to cutting senior citizen provision here to help very highly paid public sector staff across there! Someone needs a lifetime pass to the Tower of London!

John, Suitably admonished if not chastised! I think the quality of the recording can be assumed given the professional nature of the home cinema installation apparent in the clip! However in my defence the title of your topic is ''Youtube at its best'', best being a subjective superlative adjective? I would therefore argue that high production value is not necessarily a guarantee to best quality content! Right back to my Turkish bagpipe……………

Is this what you call a faux pas?

A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a question and gently tapped him of the shoulder to get his attention. The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb and stopped just inches from a large plate window. For a few moments everything was silent in the cab. Then, the shaking driver said "are you OK? I'm so sorry, but you scared the daylights out of me…" The badly shaken passenger apologized to the driver and said "I didn't realize that a mere tap on the shoulder would startle someone so badly." The driver replied, "No, no, I'm the one who is sorry, it's entirely my fault, today is my very first day driving a cab. I've been driving a hearse for 25 years…"