tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.comments2018-04-22T14:48:34.661+01:00Jerub-Baal's Spleen VentTomrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15442487511149915434noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-13485891362427139552017-04-03T14:22:18.074+01:002017-04-03T14:22:18.074+01:00@Autumn Cote,
Sure feel free.@Autumn Cote,<br /><br />Sure feel free.Tomrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442487511149915434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-45558368380789923192017-04-03T13:54:11.878+01:002017-04-03T13:54:11.878+01:00Would it be OK if I cross-posted this article to W...Would it be OK if I cross-posted this article to WriterBeat.com? I'll be sure to give you complete credit as the author. There is no fee, I'm simply trying to add more content diversity for our community and I liked what you wrote. If "OK" please respond via email.<br /><br />Autumn<br />AutumnCote@WriterBeat.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17692984934301525727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-34229521123503939972012-10-23T13:46:38.833+01:002012-10-23T13:46:38.833+01:00I was in the audience at the show. It was a very ...I was in the audience at the show. It was a very crude reference to JS made by the host Mark Lamarr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-13633746118854032222011-12-02T13:17:19.867+00:002011-12-02T13:17:19.867+00:00The public sector workers are not in the main cont...The public sector workers are not in the main contributors to the public finances. The private sector pays the lot. <br /><br />Here's why, a govt employee earning £20,000 p.a. pays about 25% of this in tax and N.I.<br /><br />Works for 40 years @ £20,000 = £800,000<br /><br />Lives for 20 years on an index linked pension of 2/3rds pay = £13,333 x 20 = £266,660<br /><br />As everything is index linked the total pension divided by total salary is 33%. The govt employee has contributed a life time of tax and N.I. of £200,000 and has a pension of £266,660 plus all the other govt spend.<br />Private sector employees subsidise these parasites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-52305792663969639192011-11-06T04:32:16.296+00:002011-11-06T04:32:16.296+00:00Caption:
"It's bigger than Angela Eagle&...Caption:<br /><br />"It's bigger than Angela Eagle's little finger, see?"<br /><br />"Ah oui, but not by verra much."Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-43298391268767666512011-10-09T23:50:45.722+01:002011-10-09T23:50:45.722+01:00you cockyou cockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-28611969087840406812011-09-13T10:35:17.452+01:002011-09-13T10:35:17.452+01:00One "toes" a line.
WV: "mumpent&qu...One "toes" a line.<br /><br />WV: "mumpent".Elsienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-52446644699550936852011-07-05T19:06:57.370+01:002011-07-05T19:06:57.370+01:00Anon 13:26,
Very true: I should posit I am not ad...Anon 13:26,<br /><br />Very true: I should posit I am not advocating we <i>force</i> our wrinkly populace to move to Greece, merely offer this option that would almost certainly be a fraction of a cost of the UK equivalent, minus all the abuse and at least a reason for the staff speakin' foren'.<br /><br />;-)Tomrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442487511149915434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-65510994957491448582011-07-05T13:26:18.994+01:002011-07-05T13:26:18.994+01:00It wasn't only prisoners that helped colonise ...It wasn't only prisoners that helped colonise Australia, a lot of the orphaned "baby boomers" were forcibly sent there in the late 40s and early 50s.<br />Quite a few were verybadly treated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-25279227425931572832011-07-05T08:07:59.023+01:002011-07-05T08:07:59.023+01:00After watching the news and posting this last nigh...After watching the news and posting this last night I showed my article to my wife, who said it reminded her of the use of prisoners in the colonisation of Australia; I pointed out those prisoners weren't doing that badly.Tomrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442487511149915434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-52455211269641963452011-07-05T04:58:21.446+01:002011-07-05T04:58:21.446+01:00Actually, it makes a lot of sense.
One of the big...Actually, it makes a lot of sense.<br /><br />One of the biggest issues for the eldely here is heating so they'd be far better off somewhere thqat doesn't need heating.<br /><br />Plus, I'd love to retire to somewhere warm.<br /><br />As I said, it makes a lot of sense.<br /><br />Which is why it will never happen.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-14611612080257506622011-06-23T07:58:29.296+01:002011-06-23T07:58:29.296+01:00It amazes me hw 'LOL' is used in any situa...It amazes me hw 'LOL' is used in any situation from "Yes, I found that story quite funny", to "Guess what, I just sat on my own testicles".<br /><br />I admit that I've used LOLS and ROFLMAOs rarely while instant messaging (it saved time), but then I realised how much time I was spending instant messaging about nothing important.<br /><br />Defeated the whole point of the object in the first place, really,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-67040793165980848572011-06-09T15:02:57.968+01:002011-06-09T15:02:57.968+01:00Nope .. I tried reposting it with the question why...Nope .. I tried reposting it with the question why is he banning it ?<br /><br />DELETED !!Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14033959207017710565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-89197981092579233242011-05-10T11:45:41.441+01:002011-05-10T11:45:41.441+01:00Leg-iron,
Indeed; I actually went to see the auth...Leg-iron,<br /><br />Indeed; I actually went to see the authors of <i>The Spirit Level</i> in a lecture at my last job (at a university); I couldn't believe what I was hearing when they were calling for technological advances in mobile telephony to cease as we "had advanced it enough already". Insane.<br /><br />There is a character, a tramp who previously worked at the factory that John Galt started working at, in Atlas Shrugged who phrases his downfall, and that of the worlds, best: "the morality of cannibalism". <br /><br />Dammit I cant wait to see what they've done to the theatrical version of that book...Tomrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442487511149915434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-86528991400604221772011-05-10T02:26:34.909+01:002011-05-10T02:26:34.909+01:00See, it's all the fault of you nonsmokers. I h...See, it's all the fault of you nonsmokers. I have to smoke twice as much because you won't do your share. And I'm not even gay.<br /><br />Which probably means some other guy has to be twice as gay because I'm not doing my share. Then again, Julian Clary offsets about fifty straight guys so he alone can soak up the excess gayness in the world.<br /><br />Then there are all those tea-totallers. Do they have any idea what they're doing to my liver? If only they'd drink their fair share.<br /><br />It is a ridiculous concept, isn't it? But then the whole idea of 'equality' is ridiculous. <br /><br />I can't run, so should all sprinters have iron balls attached to their ankles? I can't fly a plane so should all pilots be grounded? I don't understand quantum physics so dismantle that cyclotron at once.<br /><br />'Equality' is a terrible thing, a world in which everyone is equal is a dreadful nightmare. A world of plastic people, all the same size, all washing their cars on Sunday and all cutting the grass on Saturday and all going to the office to do the same job every day.<br /><br />All getting the same pay which they use to buy the same things, all going to bed at the same time and getting up at the same time and none allowed to be artists or writers or academics in case the others feel left out.<br /><br />That's where it's headed. Anyone different must be made to feel guilty and get into line.<br /><br />Plastic Planet is just around the corner.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-21533907468533896282011-05-05T13:34:09.891+01:002011-05-05T13:34:09.891+01:00Been a while Shades', how are things?
Thought...Been a while Shades', how are things?<br /><br />Thought you'd see it my way on this.Tomrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442487511149915434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-20837954869064356442011-05-05T13:01:49.118+01:002011-05-05T13:01:49.118+01:00I'm with you all the way on this.I'm with you all the way on this.Shadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777836927500400430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-8966231266928822362011-04-07T18:50:42.526+01:002011-04-07T18:50:42.526+01:00Well said that man!
Fcuk em!Well said that man!<br />Fcuk em!Williamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-37630624082201460622011-03-25T07:26:44.455+00:002011-03-25T07:26:44.455+00:00Aye. Trouble is 99% of voters are imbicilic bastar...Aye. Trouble is 99% of voters are imbicilic bastards that are only inetersted in th 2% "more" the "Government" conceed not to rob off them, that they see in their pay packet.<br /><br />Then thesy go all "Ohhh what a fantstic party XYZ is!" And then go out and vote the bastards in again.....or vote the other bastards in because they are "offereing" 2,5%.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-49096274018763655972011-03-25T02:48:17.030+00:002011-03-25T02:48:17.030+00:00Well, £100 is five bottles of decent single malt, ...Well, £100 is five bottles of decent single malt, so once a year you can punish the evil liver until it cries for mercy.<br /><br />I have a better idea. I'll grow my own baccy and brew my own booze. The money saved will be money I don't have to earn and therefore don't have to pay tax on.<br /><br />Now, if I can get away with setting a few snares on that waste ground out the back...Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-80381309525643004902011-02-28T13:11:59.176+00:002011-02-28T13:11:59.176+00:00Stuffy,
More likely the price will be mitigated a...Stuffy,<br /><br />More likely the price will be mitigated against other things: inflation, insurance taxes (for they exist which is quite repugnant no?) and higher costs elsewhere.<br /><br />Prices are a signal to model behaviour; you are right in saying this will lead to greater problems manifesting elsewhere - more likely the problem will not be associated with the cause :-(Tomrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442487511149915434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-43554646851343734542011-02-28T11:07:29.020+00:002011-02-28T11:07:29.020+00:00So prices soar for women - do you really think the...So prices soar for women - do you really think the price will drop for men? I doubt it. It will mean than some women start driving without insurance like some young men undoubtedly do. Can you blame them when the insurance costs 3 times the cost of the car? Women are statistically safer drivers than men - I bet my insurance is cheaper than yours! Gender is taken into account as part of risk assessment. How dumb to use sexism to try and avoid that. Insurance for young people needs to be cheaper to ensure they actually have it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-61067238278418010762011-02-13T23:37:29.831+00:002011-02-13T23:37:29.831+00:00I follow your blog, and often agree with what you ...I follow your blog, and often agree with what you say.<br /><br />On this issue, I feel a crucial point is missed.<br /><br />A marriage (or civil partnership, or whatever you wish to call it) is a contract before the state. The fact that a straight couple have one type, and a gay couple have a different type is, inherently, illiberal.<br /><br />The state should recognise a contract of union between two people (regardless of gender of sexual intent). Or between more than two people. Any religious component is for those signing the contract to decide.johnlinfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721596897723364204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-76563007751894465312011-02-04T12:24:18.772+00:002011-02-04T12:24:18.772+00:00Read that a few days ago - sounds like a clever wa...Read that a few days ago - sounds like a clever way of creating an EU slush fund for White elephants like <a href="http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2011/01/story-has-been-floating-about-for-just.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>.<br /><br />There is no heroism in the cabinet, only venal politicking at it's cleverest.Tomrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442487511149915434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3686367864250239822.post-29179130155727236262011-02-04T11:17:35.212+00:002011-02-04T11:17:35.212+00:00Here is another relevant link
http://conservative...Here is another relevant link<br /><br />http://conservativehome.blogs.com/parliament/2011/02/tory-backbenchers-will-reportedly-get-a-free-vote-when-votes-for-prisoners-are-first-debated-next-we.htmlRichard Tebbothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450740098109471342noreply@blogger.com