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Yeah, you said that right.

Cap, we all know the bubble had to burst. I just query if it is going to be as bad as all the 'Chicken Littles' are saying.

It's just that there always seems to me to be a human desire to talk up any problem.

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Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Back from the deep ehhhhhhhhh ;);););) Hows life on the tudder side me hearty..... All ur threads getting highjacked so u return to ours ah ah

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eh?

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Spot on there ?

I see no ships !

Crisis what crisis ?

Or as we mariners sometimes say :

He was right, dead right as he sailed along
But he's just as dead as if he were wrong !


I wonder if good old winston's words will hold true tonight :unsure:

It will be long
It will be hard
And there will be no withdrawal !

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A few years ago it was dangerous dogs. Then it was bird flu. I seem to remember our kids would grow massively overdeveloped thumbs through excessive texting. And the Teletubbies would prevent children learning to speak.
What these all had in common was they were written in the SUMMER, when all the grown up journalists are on holiday.
It is not known as the silly season for nothing. If you get overwhelmed with it just take a cold beer and sit down somwhere comfy till September. It will all look and feel much better then.

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But who is going to take in the spaghetti harvest bigglesworth ?
By the look of the trees at the moment it is going to be a bumper one this year and sure to ripen in the next few weeks.

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A very saucy post El capitan, some may say a load of bol (ognese) :)

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Indeed George and we can swap recipes for the best sauce in town.
:thumbup:

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Of all the scares, bird flu is the one with most basis in solid fact. The way we rear and traet chickens, we are begging the virus to hurry up and roll three sixes.

If the genetic shuffle, - which is going on all the time, ever does turn up a winning combination, then the overpopulation fears can be shelved for a while.

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that and foot and mouth.....

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Yeah, a nasty disease. Thankfully it shows little tendency to spread to people.

Have there ever been more than a couple of cases in people?

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Ere .............. whats the title of this thread??? :D

It doesn't include disease and pestilence

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If you are a UK blood donor living abroad you will know they are making sure it`s not spread by humans.
You are an untouchable......

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Its easily spread to humans actually, as someone who lived through the last outbreak with sheep I can tell you that we had to be careful not to get too close to our livestock, and I still have the MAFF paperwork they sent at the time.

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Well I never. I had no idea it was that easy for it to jump the species barrier.

Bit of a p*sser to lose your livestock AND come down with a disgusting disease to boot.

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FMD is killed by acid, therefore once it reaches the gut it is killed, but it has to pass the lips first and since it attacks mucus membranes it will then infect you.

Its not about jumping the species barrier, FMD is an Apthovirus and as such can effect humans.

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Can you elaborate please?

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not on this thread no

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http://www.daff.gov.au/animal-plant-...eds/animal/fmd

Human Health
Does FMD affect humans?
Human infections have been reported but they are very rare and do not result in serious disease. Humans can carry the virus in their nose for up to 24 hours and can be a source of infection for animals.

Is the human hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) the same thing as FMD in livestock?
No. The two diseases are quite different and are caused by different organisms. Viruses from the group called enteroviruses cause HFMD. FMD in livestock is not a threat to human health.

HFMD affects the inside of the mouth, the palm of the hands, fingers and soles of the feet, mostly in children. Typical symptoms include a rash or ulcers in the mouth, on the inner cheeks, gums, sides of the tongue, and bumps or blisters on the hand, feet and sometimes other parts of the skin which may last seven to 10 days. Seek medical attention if you think you or your child may be affected.

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Can we please keep to the original posters perameters

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Sorry Mitz, I was just fascinated by what Matt was posting.

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Just speaking to a friend this morning. He's a property developre, and he was in a big meeting with finance people and the like.

Their comment was "We are not in a recession, but we sure as hell are talking ourselves into one."

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absolutely, bil. US market has bottomed, housing starts up. Doomsters always want to make others miserable. We will not see a repeat too soon of the the growth of the last 15/16 years, but that is very different from a recession.
Only caveat I have is that of course property developers would say that - they need epole to buy, just as government always talks interst rates and inflation down because they need US to lend them money to finance the 600 billion quid they ahve already borrowed and to 75 to 100 billion they plan to borrow this coming fiscal year.
'Put not your faith in princes' has always seemed to me to be the best advice

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Ain't it de truf'.

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http://www.gibbleguts.com/funny/wp-c...rtingdogs1.swf


These are the famous abandoned Spanish hunting dogs turn on your sound and follow the instruction. Now I know why the Brits have taken them to their hearts :p:p:p:p:p:p sorry farts

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Not So Shocking Crime Figures

I haven’t really been looking too hard (honest) but I sat down to a tea break from painting and came across some more good news pertaining to the recent media uproar over the huge outbreak of stabbings in Blighty.

From statistics just published by the Met Police, comparing Jul 07 through Jun 08 with the previous year, in the last 12 months, there were 9,997 knife crimes in the capital. The year before, it was a total of 11,642 so in fact a fall of 14%.

Similarly Gun crime has fallen by 14% and youth violence is down by 7.7%.

Year to Jul 07 there were 175 murders in London. The subsequent 12 months came in at 154 which is 21 fewer.

So, should we keep reading the papers and watching the news to see how terrible it is all getting? To be fair, let’s wait and see how the media handles the new knife crime and murder statistics.

<sound of breath not being held>

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I did hear someone say that if you cut yourself while making toast, it goes down as a knife injury/stabbing.

Have a look at figures for injuries involving trousers! Such dangerous things should be banned!

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I don't suppose these comments help those mothers who have just buried their children.
Crime figures can be adjusted to tell you anything you want to hear. Car jacking at the traffic lights was flavor of the month a few years ago then burglary and drugs related crime. It so happens a rather lot of people have died in a short time frame which has brought this to the attention of the newspaper editors.

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Absolutely - it is the silly season after all.
Positive comment - crime IS falling in the UK. Because the buggers are getting locked up! And if they are in the nick they cannot break the law.

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Neither will hysterically talking it up, inciting more idiots to carry knives and then walking away when another more sexy subject is deemed to sell more papers.

Nary a one will do a single bl**dy thing to deal with the causes, they will all scream about the symptoms.

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Mitzy has already reminded you......
Read the title of the thread "The no Doom only positive comment thread"
Start your own thread in Siesta time.... don`t hijack.

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It'sa lovely day here in the UK. I am just sitting here on my dick relaxing. :o

Ooops ,been watching to many of those New Zealand property programmes.Of courseI meant deck, what else?:eek:

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" The positive attitude of Spanish people.

Rosemary "

where oh where do you live ? i want to go there !!

by the way , there are plenty of stabbings and shootings in spain , they just dont quite make it in the media , we couldnt have that now could we ?

i love learning spanish recipes , there thats my positive comment . my one and only.

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Looks like theres another white van heading back to blighty :p

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haha maybe , just maybe

nah not really , i would miss the pinchos :)

just an off day sorry no offence . its just that spain is not some fantasy land and the uk is all horrible and with nothing...

there are too many brits living in spain and giving it the oooh i couldnt live in the uk again oh no....the same people dont speak spanish or mix with anyone spanish or eat spanish food , nothing....

but i do live in the most racist , closed region i have ever lived in so i tend to rant from time to time , just looking for a move thats all......i wasnt havinga go at anyone here

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I for one do not say that I could never live in UK again, I only mix with Spanish people and I eat Spanish food.

Rosemary

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Thought I would enforce your positive approach with this

http://www.housing.org.uk/default.as...ArticleID=1301 :D:D

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I'd prefer never to have to live in the UK again.

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And we just want the chance to be able to say that! Still trying to sell the house although in the spirity of "The no Doom only positive comment" ... we have our 2nd viewing on Thursday :thumbsup::)