Cympil

Just had one Merlin, got wet through walking from the car to the front door

I didn`t have you down as one of these excercise freaks Pete

So who do you follow on Twitter (if anyone)

I see Cheryl Cole is on it often enough http://twitter.com/CherylKerl

Stevie Wonder likes to Twitter too http://twitter.com/_Steviewonder

If you follow anyone on Twitter, post your links here

Nope would not, my dignity is worth more than that. It's the after event and the effect it would have on family would weigh heavy on my mind, screw the money. My private life and dignity is worth more.

I can see your point, money has never been a factor as far as i`m concerned. My family, privacy etc is the most important thing.

But for these `celebs`, attention, greed and money come above anything else, they`d sell their souls to get a bit attention.

I`m sure they`ve all got a mental illness.

Again, that`s why i like to watch this programme, i can sit in my council house and look at those lot with all their wealth and think `i`m so glad i`m me`

Stupid feckers..they need a good reality check like.

The reason they're in there is cos they have no personalities, money left, dignity etc, I for one will NOT be watching

Your choice

I do agree though, that the reason they go on there is because they`re getting desperate, but to me it just makes the show all that funnier. The things they do eh

Well it`s too early to vote i reckon, i can say who won`t win though

Sam Fox, coz she`s a right twisty hoop

Katie Price - that`s if she appears

I would like to see Jimmy White win, but i haven`t seen any coverage yet so..............it`s just too hard at the minute, coz no-one has seen their personalities (other than Katie Price and she seems to be a right dragon)

I`ll give it one week then make my mind up

Well I've only heard of 4 out of the 12. I say Jimmy White. Still time to add a poll btw.

I never thought of a poll, but i don`t seem to be able to start a one

Haway then, who`s gonna win it?

For anyone that watches it, here`s the full line up

1) Camilla Dallerup ('Strictly' star Camilla Dallerup has packed her bikini, `Suprise, Suprise`)

2) Colin McAllister & Justin Ryan ("If we can't do camp, who can?" `Elton John, Graham Norton, Alex Reid (to name a few) TV personalities Colin & Justin)

3) George Hamilton (The 'Tanned One/Tango Man - George Hamilton brings some class to the jungle )

4) Gino D'Acampo (Madcap chef Gino (ooh, i say) D'Acampo promises to cook up a storm)

5) Jimmy White (Will Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White survive with his phobia of snakes? Who cares? Alex Higgins is much better)

7) Kim Woodburn (How clean is the jungle? Kim Woodburn (She-man) gets to the bottom of it!)

8) Lucy Benjamin (Ex-EastEnder Lucy Benjamin is most worried about her hair going frizzy )

9) Sabrina Washington (Popstar? Sabrina Washington may struggle with her fear of heights)

10) Sam Fox (Former Page 3 girl Sam Fox has promised be the "female Rambo") and i well believe it

11) Stuart Manning (Former 'Hollyoaks' hunk? Stuart Manning should keep the female campmates happy, unless they`re called `Samantha Fox`)

Apparently Number 12 is..

12) Katie Price aka Jordon aka Krusty aka Tramp

Come on folks, place your bets. This is better than the Prediction League

Is it really 30 year since Viz came out? It doesn`t seem that long

It is a laugh though

I have never swore on this forum, !*!@# !*!@# !*!@# just had to try it

You couldn`t resist could you?

Get the !*!@# in!

there down the oval opposite the airey houses! sad its just past guy fawkes!

You always get the odd one or two that put their decorations up in November. They must be sick of the sight of them by December

I must say, i`m pretty impressed with the xmas tree, it`ll look a lot better when the lights and decorations get put on though.

The workmen seem to have been busy too, you can finally get an idea of what it`s going to look like

That`s only coz your name starts with a `P` Pete Me and !*!@# have the same score

And i wasn`t swearing there mind!

Am in and I seem to have gone top

That`s only coz your name starts with a `P` Pete Me and !*!@# have the same score

Ahhhhh...if only i could get away with it!

Have you not got CCTV up? If you catch them on video at least you`ll know who they are and if they`ve been kicking your garage door in you`ll be able to get them charged with criminal damage or disturbing the peace (something like that anyway)

An interesting insight Cympil, and yes, in cases, I would agree.

In terms of immigrants, not all come here for the reasons you quote me on, however, all that I have met have been involved with one or more of the above once they are here. As I said, many immigrants come from awful backgrounds, more terrible than we could ever imagine, leaving a home, a community, friends and family (if any of these remain) is an awful thing to do, I don't feel that we should make it more difficult. Surely we should show some compassion?

As for your 'dole' comments, I am sure Cympil that you will have had first hand experience of knowing one or more people in a situation where they either cheat the system, or are happy to live indefinitley on benefits? In most cases, the money lost to the state isn't too much, it's a pathetic ammount to live on, however there are cases where costs for a single family can be phenomenal.

Take a family with a background of serious crime and substance issues, add a few kids, some social services intervention, specialist education, psychatrists... then consider the medical implications of, say, a couple with substance problems, the impact of constant operations and treatment on the NHS, oh and then the next kid to add to the nest... count up the costs. The price is a bit higher than the rent on a council house... perhaps the cost of benefits and rent for a whole street. These problems may not be directly from the streets of Bedlington, but take an inner city area and there could several families in this situation in one street. Does it seem fair?

Much as it pains me to quote Keith Allen, he mentioned on the news last week that the major issue for many families is the impact of cheap booze and tabs, an unhealthy lifesyle which bears a huge burden on the the NHS, much of it not even pulling in the revenue from taxes to scratch the surface of the costs. It seems that you think I consider all people on the dole like this? No, not all, but like I say, I am sure everyone knows someone who gets more than they deserve, and in some cases the costs are huge. Would you seriously prefer some immigrants to die needlessly or live in torturous conditions, so that some families can live carry on popping out an extra benefit every 9 month? It happens and it will have an impact on anyone claiming any benefit or waiting on an NHS list.

I am not saying that every family I cite as a burden on the taxpayers (and indeed the benefit claimants) is going to be from a white, British background. However, it appears that in the North East this is generally the case. Cympil, all I ask is that you count up the costs of some of the members of our society (and a small minority) and you will find that to support them will amass to the cost of the cost of all immigrants and many of the benefit seekers too. Can you not see that there is more than one group of people taking your money? My arguement, is that many people in one group, to my experience, are prepared to help themselves, where another is not. I have no more loyalties to chav from Newcastle than to a genocide victim in Zimbabwe... I would, however, be more keen to help the person who wants help and isn't going fritter it all away.

Too much to reply too tonight, but going over your post it reads like it`s the immigrants that do all that stuff..having kid after kid what they can`t afford to look after, come to England claiming every benefit under the sun, getting priority housing with all their rent paid.

And to quote you `Would you seriously prefer some immigrants to die needlessly or live in torturous conditions, so that some families can live carry on popping out an extra benefit every 9 month?` when did i even mention prefering immigrants to die?

Don`t even try the guilt trip on me.

Maybe you should try a bit compassion and loyalty to the people of England, they go through just the same hardship as anyone else..if you can`t get your head around that then maybe it`s time you jumped on the boat and took HP with you..MrDarn if there`s room too.

Oh, and how dare `the natives` have ill health. And by the way is `natives` a word the immigrants use? Is that their word for English people, or is it just the word you use? Either way, if i was easily upset (like some folk on here) i would call that racist.

Looking a bit closer to home perhaps we need to look at our lifestyles and the impact they have on the state much more than the impact of the small percentage of immigrants. I have worked with vast numbers of asylum seekers, every single one of which was keen to work, volunteer, educate themselves, stay healthy, generally be a valuable member of the community. The money I have seen spent has always gone on the problems of the 'natives' in crime, benefits, social services, ill health and the like... the ammount spent on some of 'our own' families can top £1million a year when you count up benefits, housing and mainly the cost of serivces 'to put them right'... 1 child alone, damaged by their parents can cost the system £20,000 a month to support them in education and/or medical support, multiply that by a family of 5... the kids of course, stay with their parents, it would be unfair not to... and the parents? well they will get more beer money if they add another to the nest.

So in a nutshell, all the immigrants (the small percentage )are here purely for to work, volunteer, educate themselves, stay healthy, generally be a valuable member of the community?) Whilst,`the natives` ie..English people, are nowt more than dole scrounging folk that think nowt of spending their benefits (all of £50 a week of it on booze, that`s if the !*!@# at the dole can be bothered to push a button for his minimum wage, hard work i know)

So i wonder how `the natives` as you call them, can even afford to buy bottles of plonk, let alone eat.

And do the `natives` not want to work, volunteer, educate themselves, stay healthy? Or are all `natives` alky good for nothings? It`s no wonder they`re in ill health really. Pity they couldn`t pull the `racism card` really.

Isn`t it ironic..Nick Griffin is being talked about?

While a lot of the stuff that the BNP stands for is totally wrong, a lot of the stuff is also true?

Maybe people are catching on to this?? Time will tell i suppose.

Use your unique powers of persuasion Monsta infiltrate a kipper factory and find out their secrets.........

According to this blog the herring are placed in a brine solution of plain salt and water for a predetermined length of time depending on their size and, lastly, they are hung on tenter hooks and placed in the cavernous smokehouses. Fires are placed under the rows of herring made of whitewood shavings and oak sawdust and these smoulder away for up to 16 hours before the kippers are ready.

About 8.00pm last night a red light with an intermittent white light below passed over Bedders. It came over the Hartlands and crossed over the Top End then went towards the Station and off. I looked at the wind direction and that was in the same direction and seeing there was no sound associated I presume it must have been some sort of 'balloon', but the lights............? I wonder is someone phoned the cops to say their son was trapped inside!

As for a camera sadly no, by the time I got the tripod out and loaded the flash pan..........

It might have been the tail end of a firework, there`s been a few going off.

and your point?

but this one doesn't make stuff up like certain others! (avg, antivir etc!)

there only pointing out security risks!

the thing is its from microsoft, its free and it actually works!

I would try it but `Your PC must run genuine Windows to install Microsoft Security Essentials.`

Looks good... Shame im getting rid of my Xbox 360 [Keeps getting the RROD]

I`m in the same boat

About a week ago, my 360 started `freezing`, sometimes when you switched it on it would freeze, other times you could put a game in and play for 5 minutes then it would freeze..this went on for a few days. Then the red lights came on

your not talkin about them little icons for new posts! please dont fetch them back they where tacky and cheap! looks better the way it is!

Ah, but these are clever doggies. They do their business straight into a bag

Have a good one

Hope you`ve had a nice day