Woof999

I would think that there were one or two of his policies that I'd agree with. Apart from that he's a vile human being. He has not one character trait that I could admire. Does that make me a lefty, a socialist, a cult member?

I would be more like the late Queen Elizabeth II without the plum.

You wrote all of that without giving your own answer to your own question?

If I may be so bold, a couple of requests for taxi-meters. 1.) Please use the taxi-meter, or consider changing the sign on your car's roof to taxi no-meter. 2.) Please leave all weapons at home.

You have to go at the right time of the day/week because of the overcrowding. In other words, the overcrowding has affected you because you have to go at specific times to dodge it, not at any time the place is open. Again, no big deal if you can work around it, and I'm glad they are doing things to address the problem.

Another coffin dodger has retrieved his thesaurus.

As I wrote, I would have voted to remain, but I would still have strong reservations about what I would perceive as the negative. I would word that as "the majority decision is necessary". With the EU you're either in for everything or you're not. This will tie in more with an answer to one of your other points below. It is only the best decision because there is little other choice. The EU's purpose is far more than just a single market (in terms of a single trading market). The EEC already had that covered. A single market does not require unified immigration policies. The UK had already gone down that path of no return with immigration, most recently from the policies of the Labour party under Blair and Brown. The dream of creating a multi-cultural society was a disaster in the making right from the start and was, IMHO, done solely for political reasons rather than anything to do with bringing some Great back into GB. We (the whole human race) do not mix well with others of (even slightly) differing views, religions, beliefs, habits, even dress sense. Britain was not becoming a multi-cultural society, it was becoming a small geography forcing differing societies to live even closer together than they were previously, without addressing much of what makes those societies different or why they are different. Those societies still do not particularly mix and they often do not tolerate. They don't even want to mix. Power breeds corruption. It is human nature and it will not change. Those in power in Brussels will naturally seek more power. Whether the result is better for the bloc is not the driving force of those decisions. I am a strong believer that most choosing a career in politics are doing so for their own good, not the greater good. Perhaps I'm just getting more and more cynical as I get older. If the EU was solely about a single market then there was no real need for the EU. As mentioned before, a single market already existed. The EU's end game is a single republic with any meaningful power residing in a single federal government. You cannot have a single republic without losing much if not all of your national identity. This I am 100% against. The US tried it starting 250 years ago or so. The US is more divided now than at pretty much any other point in it's history. I can foresee the same for the EU. More and more unity breeding more and more division. The Euro was a logical decision. For the UK it was a bridge too far and, with due respect to the other founding members, the UK was allowed to keep the £. What if the next step was a single language? I can see that coming. What will that language be? I can't see the UK returning to the EU in my lifetime. I hope I am wrong. There is too much bitterness. The UK (again IMHO) made a mistake. The EU will not allow the UK to undo that mistake without taking a huge Euro of flesh.

I find it totally fascinating and somewhat worrying that the likely top 2 candidates for one of the most powerful positions in the western world are: 1.) A senile old man that should have passed on the baton a decade ago. 2.) A total fraudster (who would also be well into his 80s by the end of term) who, to anyone with half an ounce of common sense, is clearly in it for nothing other than himself. Neither should be in the role following the next election.

Just paste the entire review into a Google search and you'll find it easily.

It's got me stumped. I mean, the US keeps itself to itself and rarely pushes its personality outside its borders. Finding a US citizen in a crowded room is so difficult because they tend to be the timid, quiet ones, sat in a corner keeping themselves to themselves, with their voices drowned out by citizens of every other country. Go figure.

Appears to be no aircon in the house, so maybe the perp thought it was Only Fans? I'll get my coat.

If the EU was reasonable then the majority of the UK voters wouldn't have voted to leave in the first place. I had already left the UK before 2016 but would have voted remain. The EU is far from perfect, but it's benefits outweigh the negatives. The one thing I don't get about the EU is the willingness for it's members to allow their national identities to be slowly yet surely eroded. If the EU's remit remained closer to that of the former EEC and less that of a singular republic that seeks to control all aspects of all member states then it would have had far more UK support.

LOTS of fixed position cameras with very highly skilled operators. Spider cams, line cams and at least one heli-cam. A motorbike wouldn't stand a chance keeping up with an F1 car. EDIT: Oh, and don't forget several onboard cameras attached to every car, plus helmet cams.

In software development, often the best way to reproduce the problem is to recreate the environment.

Similar to me, but my ex wife said I was deficient in gold and silver.

All I'd need to do to win gold at the next Olympics is to run a bit faster. Technically correct but still pretty absurd.

You're technically correct, but the US leaving NATO (IMHO) would lead to pretty much the same thing. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/could-nato-cope-without-united-states https://georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org/2017/03/14/nato-without-america-a-grim-prognosis/

Do you honestly believe that Putin cares one iota about Trump, other than the fact that Trump threatened to disband NATO? Do you think Putin admires Trump or sees him as a world leader that projects power? I bet Putin couldn't believe his luck when Trump won in 2016. I bet he'd love him back after 2024. It is amazing that you think Trump's primary focus is on America. His primary focus is and has always been himself; over family, country, everything. What qualities does Trump posses that you would love to see in your own offspring? Hmmm...

There's a fair amount of adverts and then there's what this forum does. My mobile browser is "free of extensions" and this site is next to unusable on it. I pretty much only use it via PC.

Yep. Citizen of the year for sure.

Indeed, but that one, when I was last there at least, doesn't even have the cabinets with the covers.

Off to the optician for you.

Mainly obtuse.

That is the largest 7-11 in the world. It does get a lot of attention. Another strange fact, it's the only 7-11 I've every seen here that does not sell cigarettes.

Oi, you can't park there!