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Good on him !! Her indoors has a all singing and dancing phone, which really has to be heard to appreciate some of her swear words which I did not know that she knew about. The icons seem to switch around on a daily basis, and noises from the device really are amazing. Mr Pat we should meet up and commiserate together !!!

Low skilled jobs,...........automation takes over,..........personel involved made redundant,.........on scrap heap as unable to find another low skill job due to everything now being made automated,.........join the happy band of, by now, people on benefit,...........how long can the treasury make these payments for ?? What a depressing scenerio

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No secrets= no problems with snooping !! More likely to be snooped upon by a hacker here !!

Automation may be the do all at the moment, but in my experience everything which is high teck and automated needs constant attention as regards maintenance and repair. From where I am the off shore wind turbines are constantly being visited by the servicing tenders. Two visits by a" teckie" this year so far to unravel my computer problems, don't mention Boeing and their problems.

"Load up the trolley with nuts"--- not often in this country, the prices are eyewatering high for cracked packeted nuts here. Oh well, try nuts with their shells on,---- still much too expensive for anyone on a low income. Hence a large slice of this country is nut deficient. Not surprising !!

Recycling is the latest buzz word, but to be frank who really understands the whole subject. Our collection company some years ago wanted empty long life milk cartons to be placed in with newspapers etc. This continued for some time, and then we were told this was not right, it had become the rule to put these into the plastics bin [still with the story ?] However this week it has been decided that all the foregoing information was wrong! We now have to put these cartons in the non-recyclable waste. Ernie where are you ??? [ apologies to the feminists }

Please then explain your items 1+2+3 how they are not carried out in practice. Starting two years ago the EEC decided to decrease the grants to GB, however the grants to Germany and France increased !! Presumably it was difficult to argue against 27 other member states who love how the "system " works so well in their favour.

The poor old tast buds will not know which way to turn when offered this ensemble

What cobblers! To suggest that because of Brexit people are buying certain species. It could be said that sales of semi-tropical species are selling because the country is coming out of winter and people want cheering up and will feel the warmth from the tropicals.

If it does transpire that this country returns to the EU, it will be inevitable that the "brains" in Brussels will think of some way of punishing UK for having the temerity to even think about leaving. There will be a price to pay [ not yet decided ] so as to discourage other Iberian countries from trying to wriggle free.

Just to-day after switching on "the beast", checking to see that it might behave itself, went and boiled the kettle made cups of tea, still no sign of you know what. Still not making an appearance, so gave up, will try later to-day. Personaly I don't think even a trip to see Dancerupstairs at the Citizens Advice would help to lassoo some more power from broadband in this area !!

Please check on Mogg's directorships and shareholdings..............hmm

Sorry but I think you may have been absent, staying within the EU does not mean that we would be able to change their ways. It has been tried many times in recent years .....- David Cameron the last was given a flea in his ear and sent packing for having the temerity to suggest the EU might possibly change their ways. After all if the members of the EEC are enjoying being on the gravy train, why should they change their ways to accomodate the silly English. Most of the displaced East Coast fishermen to my knowledge are not " extremely rich right wingers trying to line their pockets". If you don't believe the effect of the disasterous policies of the EU, would you like to see and talk to the fisherfolk who had to sell their boats and are now on the scrap heap? We now know who started the fake news about American food products.

I think that the 20-30 somethings really do struggle with all the fine print attached to any of the bank schemes offered nowadays. It is not surprising that they find themselves in such a financial mess, bearing in mind the number of A1 class citizens who have landed their businesses into liquidation inspite of having professional guidance. In spite of the advertising given out by the banks, lets face it they are out to make as much profit as possible, and regard the young people as "easy meat".

If it does happen, the only items that will be in short supply will be Union Jack flags and buntings etc. Lets hope the dustmen are overwhelmed by all the discarded EU flags and posters.

Walter Raleigh has a lot to answer for !!

After the last couple of weeks,.........just give up and emigrate somewhere to be represented by sane people.

Well consider yourselves very lucky to do all these wonderful things "on line". It would be so wonderful if broadband could ever reach the advertised speeds that are advertised so forcefully. People here are still using the abacus, but there is no point in complaining ...no one is interested if you are over 65.

Democracy ......".a form of government for the people by the will of the majority of the people, based on conception of the equality of man ". Oh really, perhaps someone can explain to me what is happening in HOC this week !!!

This debate is beginning to smack of hypocrisy. Moving the smoke free from the UK but instead moving and increasing cigarette sales to the developing and 3rd world countries seems OK for the industry [still trying to convince the public that smoking is not harmful ?] and therefore safeguard their profits.

Sounds like utopia and would offer better health all round. However by doing this the Government would lose a large slice of their tax revenue. This massive reduction in tax receipts so far, has resulted in the savage cut backs in the amount Government sends to councils and various other dependencies.

Its all very well for some of the younger oldies to say that it is so useful and increases safety. In our area there are no banks or post office, broadband ??- well don't be in a hurry ! Most of the banks wish us all to bank on line, so they can do away with sending paper statements, and reduce their costs. Utility companies offer incentives to do everything "on line" again to reduce their costs. I just wish that there was some way we could emulate these companies and save ourselves some money, without wrestling with the so called digital revolution. All of these things are designed to isolate the elderly.

Wriggle, wriggle just watch the latest developments. Are the bookmakers taking bets on this yet ?? Odds are against the silent who will have to decide- TV licence or keep warm this winter. Shame on you for even thinking of this meany minded action you Parliamentiers.

Yep you have beaten the TV this time !! A recent programme discussed just what you have covered, Well said !!

Things will go on in favour of the femlib campagne. At some time in the future when there is another violent war , then there will be much adoo about should a woman be on the front line with a Lmg fighting off drug enraged fanatics. Only time will tell.

This group can just stay with the rest of the children and give vent to their egos. For many years now Scandinavian people look upon the HofC as a laughing stock with the ya boo shouting seen and heard across Europe. Add to that the tantrums thrown out by the Brexit "debate" really does make one wonder about this institution.

Having spoken to an owner of one of the latest "smart" phones, it seems that an owner needs to be a Bsc these days to just fathom the workings of these latest creations. The main problem seems to be that techknowledge is moving faster than a human can absorb. Every few weeks apparently there is an "update" which moves all icons around and produces different results than previous. The vital question is how can the older generation just keep up with these advances. To add insult to injury, when enquiring from a phone shop as to how?? To then be told everyone knows how to do this/that etc, that's why an instruction book is NOT available !!!

Well said Lionel. It is really alarming to hear "it's on the internet ". However those of us that live in rural locations do not have the luxury of broadband and the internet just when we like. In spite of the hand wringing by the government this country is still not fully covered. I regularly meet seniors who do not want their bank account "hacked" and prefer to try to conduct their business personaly in what is left of the high street banks. Many of the older generation no longer have good eyesight and find fiddling with the screen impossible.

Yes have some fun, [difficult to find these days ! ]. Let the poor shopkeepers have a little "bunce" to balance off the horrendous business rates now levied by local councils.

I can see at least two of these people that are in this group who are there just to boost their own egos and get publicity for themselves. One of these people has a very nasty temperament, and a borderline de-selection by the local party anyway.

The so called social media is much to blame over this than will be admitted by these rich fake news sites that are read avidly by the younger generation, and everything therin ,to them is absolutely true. Every thing from body shapes to brain functions is covered and the "norm" is pushed via further advertising thereby pushing into the sub bliminal. Result some very sad and disallusioned teenagers with some form of mental disarrangement who think that they do not conform.

Not sure about a dry January, now that the drink drive/drugs figures have been published for the previous month. These seem to indicate that the words of wisdom have fallen on deaf ears again.

The well rehersed replies to Brexitiers by the Remoners just makes for sadness in that they seem to know so little about what the true aims of the EEC really are.

Very nice, but I cold not get up that early to take such a shot ! great photo.

I do like the formation of the circle well spotted. Looks great.

Is this perhaps an unwanted gift from an MP's garden! Very unusual shot and well executed.

Lovely cat ,lovely orchids, looks like a really nice set up !! Congrats !!

With all of the "pleasure giving" drugs now on sale via every drug dealer in this country, it really is not surprising that aggression is now to the fore amongst certain motorists after partaking of their favourite snort, and then ripping up along roads.

"Snowflake" is a very apt title for to-day. Because everyone is being encouraged "to come forward and find help" there will be a sharp increase of people demanding some form of treatment, after all the NHS is free or this is what the snowflakes feel.