Malcolm Robinson

Tim and Janice met on a singles cruise and Tim fell head over heels for her. When they discovered they lived in neighboring cities only a few miles apart Tim was ecstatic. He immediately started asking her out when they got home. Within a couple of weeks, Tim had taken Janice to dance clubs, restaurants, concerts, movies and museums. Tim became convinced that Janice was indeed his soul mate and true love. Every date seemed better than the last. On the one-month anniversary of their first dinner on the cruise ship, Tim took Janice to a fine restaurant. While having cocktails and waiting for their salad, Tim said, "I guess you can tell I'm very much in love with you. I'd like a little serious talk before our relationship continues to the next stage." "So, before I get a box out of my jacket and ask you a life-changing question, it's only fair to warn you, I'm a total golf nut. I play golf, I read about golf, I watch golf on TV. In short, I eat, sleep, and breathe golf. If that's going to be a problem for us, you'd better say so now!" Janice took a deep breath and responded, "Tim, that certainly won't be a problem. I love you as you are and I love golf too; but, since we're being totally honest with each other, you need to know that for the last five years I've been a hooker." "Oh wow! I see," Tim replied. He looked down at the table, was quiet for a moment. Deep in serious thought he added, "You know, it's probably because you're not keeping your wrists straight when you hit the ball."

Maybe we need more school warning signs..........

I like reading about this stuff as well merc………. Maybe being a bit more PEDANTIC I kind of think the clue is in the name…….FREE MASONS. It seems a giant leap to consider the huge magnificent buildings put up in Europe at a time of what in reality was pretty Dark Ages with little progression in intellectual advancement. The people capable of doing such feats would by necessity have been revered and in all likelihood given rewards commensurate with their skills. Skills which would have been passed down probably in families (brothers) and kept as closely guarded secrets to protect a nice little earner! Probably the same thing happened in Egypt and that is why the art of giant pyramid construction was lost, if one generation didn't have the work why pass down the skills to the next generation? For me Free Masons would be more likely to come about during a feudal system in the Middle Ages rather than the romanticised idea associated with the builders of Solomon's Temple almost 2 millennia previously! Not hard to see where the associated iconography comes from if we accept that premise. I too am a bit perplexed about the reference to religion. It would seem to be playing both ends against the middle as forbidding religious association yet insisting on spiritual development and indeed a belief in a Supreme Being would seem to me to be fundamental in most religions? Insisting on a non-secular organisation yet clearly using religious doctrines, be that the Bible, Koran or whatever seems inconsistent with the intent? Interesting titbit monsta, your skull and bones reference was originally a Templar sign designating a burial site for one of their brothers. So way before any maritime scallywags usurped it……..

Think you had better watch out what you wish for Stephen, you never know who might end up in the stocks!

Merlin, You are going to need tweesers to get any meat off a sheep foot?

Tez, Thought you would have underground heating down there by now!

Teaching Maths In 1970 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit? Teaching Maths In 1980 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is 80% of the price. What is his profit? Teaching Maths In 1990 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is £80. How much was his profit? Teaching Maths In 2000 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is £80 and his profit is £20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20. Teaching Maths In 2005 A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habit of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. Your assignment: Discuss how the birds and squirrels might feel as the logger cut down their homes just for a measly profit of £20. Teaching Maths In 2009 A logger is arrested for trying to cut down a tree in case it may be offensive to Muslims or other religious groups not consulted in the application for the felling licence. He is also fined a £100 as his chainsaw is in breach of Health and Safety legislation as it deemed too dangerous and could cut something. He has used the chainsaw for over 20 years without incident however he does not have the correct certificate of competence and is therefore considered to be a recidivist and habitual criminal. His DNA is sampled and his details circulated throughout all government agencies. He protests and is taken to court and fined another £100 because he is such an easy target. When he is released he returns to find economic migrants have cut down half his wood to build a camp on his land. He tries to throw them off but is arrested, prosecuted for harassing an ethnic minority, imprisoned and fined a further £100. While he is in jail again the economic migrants cut down the rest of his wood and sell it on the black market for £100 cash. They also have a departure BBQ of squirrel and pheasant and leave behind several tonnes of rubbish and asbestos sheeting. The forester on release is warned that failure to clear the fly tipped rubbish immediately at his own cost is an offence. He complains and is arrested for environmental pollution, breach of the peace and invoiced £12,000 plus VAT for safe disposal costs by a regulated government contractor. Your assignment: How many times is the logger going to have to be arrested and fined before he realises that he is never going to make £20 profit by hard work, give up, sign onto the dole and live off the state for the rest of his life? Teaching Maths In 2010 A logger doesn't sell a lorry load of timber because he can't get a loan to buy a new lorry because his bank has spent all his and their money on a derivative of securitised debt related to sub-prime mortgages in Alabama and lost the lot, with only some government money left to pay a few million-pound bonuses to their senior directors and the traders who made the biggest losses. The logger struggles to pay the £1,200 road tax on his old lorry. However, as it was built in the 1970s it no longer meets the emissions regulations and he is forced to scrap it. Some Bulgarian loggers buy the lorry from the scrap merchant and put it back on the road. They undercut everyone on price for haulage and send their cash back home, while claiming unemployment for themselves and their relatives. If questioned they speak no English and it is easier to deport them at the governments expense. Following their holiday back home they return to the UK with different names and fresh girls and start again. The logger protests, is accused of being a bigoted racist and as his name is on the side of his old lorry he is forced to pay £1,500 registration fees as a gang master. The Government borrows more money to pay more to the bankers as bonuses are not cheap. The parliamentarians feel they are missing out and claim the difference on expenses and allowances. You do the maths. Teaching Maths 2017 Ø£ المسجل تبيع حموله شاحنة من الخشب من اجل 100 دولار. صاحب تكلفة > الانتاج 80 من >الثمن. ما هو الربح له؟= 20

Flipping heck, is this the softer side of GGG coming out????????

Bubble car!!!!!! Would have been nice to have a Bubble car! I remember going into Brentford Nylons one night and my hands froze onto the handlebars of my motorbike. I had to drive into the factory and thaw out before I could turn the ignition off! That isn't when we lived in a shoe box in the middle of the River Blyth either, kids these days, never had it so good to paraphrase a controversial Conservative Lord!

2 down.......... http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20101125/tuk-uk-britain-politics-flight-fa6b408.html

Pete, What you mean that dissertation into EU philanthropy hasn't changed your mind. I wonder how much it cost to produce? Thinking about it, this whole issue probably sums up current social/political feelings by huge numbers of the electorate. The political class look far too remote from Mr and Mrs Joe Public and their cosiness to big business emphasises a feeling of being led by the nose rather than persuaded by valid argument. The EU being the epitome of autocratic and egotistical governance. I think it's a pity because I support the idea it's just the way it has been allowed to roll out!

Synopsis of the Partnership meeting held on 23/11/2010: The Chair opened the meeting by correcting some mistakes in the last minutes. These were then accepted. John from Synergy Radio gave a brief presentation as to their progress and informed everyone there will be a much fuller presentation at their meeting which was going to be held on the next night. The chair outlined some of the follow ups he has been doing then gave the floor to Sergeant John Heaton who gave the police update. One area of concern recently has been thefts of manhole covers and if anyone sees anything with regard to that they were asked to ring in straightaway! Next was the Town Council update. The Mayor refused to give an update asking for this item to be deleted off this and future agendas. He said if anyone wants to know what is going on with regard to the Town Council they should come to the council meetings or visit his website or get in touch with the Town Council clerk. There was an update by the Development Trust followed by a presentation of a project they are working on. This was a healthy food delivery business and even though a minority (30-40%) registered their support for it, it was felt this was enough to take the project forward. The Chair finished the meeting by mentioning some of the other items the Partnership have been looking into not least being the traffic congestion at Ridge Terrace. This is by no means the 'official' minutes of this meeting merely a quick resume of what was talked about, as suggested by Mr D. I will post the 'official' minutes as and when they become available.

Wow this'll hurt.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/8157210/Ireland-unveils-austere-15bn-budget-to-cut-deficit.html

Batten down the hatches tomtom!!!!!!

Makes you kinda wonder about the reason we went into Iraq....or what was settled on eventually.........getting rid of a despot ruler. Hmmmm, why not North Korea or even Zimbabwe, don't tell me, they haven't got oil reserves there!

This is supposed to change your mind Pete......... http://www.the-eu-and-me.org.uk/

This would seem a good start to me. Ending the hegemony of the big banks and politicians and also giving people access to reasonable rates has to be the way forward?

When the seagull follows the fishing boat.......and all that.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uop5R7E314

Pssst, wanna buy some carbon units? http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2010/10/28/carbon-trading-scheme-obesity-scu/

This might explain things.........

There I was sitting at the bar staring at my drink when a large, trouble-making biker steps up next to me, grabs my drink and gulps it down in one swig. "Well, whatcha' gonna do about it?" he says, menacingly, as I burst into tears. "Come on, man," the biker says, "I didn't think you'd CRY. I can`t stand to see a man crying." "This is the worst day of my life," I say. "I'm a complete failure. I was late to a meeting and my boss fired me. When I went to the parking lot, I found my car had been stolen and I don't have any insurance.. I left my wallet in the cab I took home. I found my wife with another man and then my dog bit me." "So I came to this bar to work up the courage to put an end to it all, I buy a drink, I drop a capsule in and sit here watching the poison dissolve; then you show up and drink the whole thing! But enough about me, how's your day going?"

Why can't we have weather reporters like this..........

New poster Pete.........

Monsta you show a rare talent for cutting to the quick of the argument! Maybe the soon to be over half a million redundancies in the public sector might have an opinion on the matter?

What else is there to back a national currency these days apart from future tax revenues and inflated house prices and equities? There is talk about getting back to a gold standard but our less than competent ex-Chancellor sold most of our national holdings in what can only be described as an act of financial desperation and done in such as way as to derive least value! Here's a theory which explains this stuff….. Quantum Saturation Macroeconomics, it a bit heavy mind! http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/411093-the-economic-fractalist/41783-1-january-2010-quantum-saturation-macroeconomics I think there are a few considerations regarding populist perceptions which cannot be ignored. First is the need to self-protect and that may well mean we continue this spiral of asset bubbles and QE irrespective of the actual damage they do to future prosperity. Instigating austerity measures would be as nothing compared to a full breakdown of the system and the political class will have no appetite for that. Secondly instigating political change through fiscal measures is the wrong way around and for that reason alone the EU and the Euro members will face a backlash from the people it supposedly serves.