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Very nice and beautifully done - my wife and I are lucky enough to live and work in London and having bought a house 25 years ago can enjoy it in some comfort. But sad to say London is now the safe haven for the world's rich and prices are out of reach and then some for normal people. Which is a shame - but as Dr Johnson said if you're tired of London you're tired of life.

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Liberal Wannabe Celebs making much ado over nothing.

Fancy camera work but not much else.

Just telling it as it is.

Welcome new member you've just reminded me of Socrates Test of 3.

In ancient Greece (469 – 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to him excitedly and said, “Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?”

“Wait a moment,” Socrates replied. “Before you tell me I’d like you to pass a little test. It’s called the Test of Three.”

“Test of Three?”

“That’s right,” Socrates continued. “Before you talk to me about my student let’s take a moment to test what you’re going to say. The first test is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?”

No,” the man said, “actually I just heard about It.”

“All right,” said Socrates. “So you don’t really know if it’s true or not. Now let’s try the second test, the test of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?”

“No, on the contrary…”

“So,” Socrates continued, “you want to tell me something bad about him even though you’re not certain it’s true?”

The man shrugged, a little embarrassed.

Socrates continued. “You may still pass though, because there is a third test – the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?”

“No, not really.”

“Well,” concluded Socrates, “if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?”

The man was defeated and ashamed. This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.

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No mistake or badness about it, just telling it like it is.

I'm not the only one to say things like that about the exager8 mile crew.

If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and acts like a duck...

It probably is a duck. :)

Oh unlike some on here I don't rate a person by his post count and join date.

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