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Forum: General Chat 17-02-2013, 11:32
Replies: 19
Views: 746
Posted By banjoman
Re: Doesn't seem a lot really

So politicians are elected to represent us and do the best for us. Wouldnt it be great if in the future technology allows us to vote on individual issues rather than for politicians. So Saturday...
Forum: General Chat 17-02-2013, 11:29
Replies: 218
Views: 7,817
Posted By banjoman
Re: Changes To Housing Benefits

Why ? I have worked my arse off for over 20 years to be able to afford a standard of living. I studied, pushed trollies round Asda car park and other such jobs, learnt my trade, worked long hours and...
Forum: Anything Goes 26-01-2013, 22:17
Replies: 2
Views: 300
Posted By banjoman
Re: Just Because They Were Cheap.

Was "horse" one of the flavours ?
Forum: General Chat 26-01-2013, 22:14
Replies: 16
Views: 608
Posted By banjoman
Re: Death at the Bookies

Whatever happens the two people who restrained him now have a long wait finding out whats going to happen to them, when all they did was a good deed. And even if there is no criminal charges, anyone...
Forum: Anything Goes 19-10-2012, 21:28
Replies: 16
Views: 743
Posted By banjoman
Re: 'Free' text message services

I still remember when our computer system refused to allow anything to "Scunthorpe" because of rude words
Forum: Anything Goes 12-02-2012, 11:49
Replies: 1
Views: 267
Posted By banjoman
Re: funny email I received

Fantastic. These are the kind of people who fail exams, but actually are more intelligent than the rest of us put together because their minds are always questioning and never accept what is "normal"
Forum: General Chat 05-02-2012, 16:40
Replies: 80
Views: 4,596
Posted By banjoman
Re: taxi rip off

Yes you are, it was the first post "use at your peril". Now you are potentially slandering a firm, based on one bad experience, without giving the firm chance to comment or redress. Now if you were...
Forum: Tech Talk 30-01-2012, 20:47
Replies: 10
Views: 856
Posted By banjoman
Re: Mystery files installed on my computer!

Its a temporary folder used by windows updates, where it expands the downloaded files then runs them. It should delete all the files when installation is completed. Otherwise its nothing to worry...
Forum: Buy, Sell n Swap & Wanted 14-12-2010, 19:33
Replies: 4
Views: 582
Posted By banjoman
Re: Gaming seat

These are on ebay for £30 with free next day delivery and 12 months guarantee
Forum: Questions and Answers 20-11-2010, 20:04
Replies: 9
Views: 455
Posted By banjoman
Isnt this fraud or at least lying ?

BBC News - Nick Clegg regrets signing anti-tuition fees pledge (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11732787)

Now surely Nick Clegg was elected because of his stance on this, and now he has done...
Forum: Anything Goes 16-07-2010, 17:39
Replies: 6
Views: 311
Posted By banjoman
Forum: Tech Talk 16-02-2010, 21:11
Replies: 2
Views: 434
Posted By banjoman
Re: Ocr scanning

You could try something like :

FreeOCR free download. FreeOCR is a complete scan and OCR program including the Windows compiled Tesseract free ocr engine V2.00. It includes a Windows installer and...
Forum: General Chat 16-02-2010, 20:56
Replies: 34
Views: 1,068
Posted By banjoman
Re: swine flu jab?

We just decided against it for our 4 1/2 year old son. However that was because he has just had a cold anyway and was still a bit under the weather and we didnt want to prolong his misery especially...
Forum: General Chat 17-01-2010, 21:16
Replies: 76
Views: 2,458
Posted By banjoman
Re: Pretending to grit

So, the people who have been elected by us , the people, in a democratic way, should then have to "request" from a non accountable or elected person?

No it should be the other way round and it is....
Forum: General Chat 17-01-2010, 19:25
Replies: 76
Views: 2,458
Posted By banjoman
Re: Pretending to grit

I believe Russia had that for a long time, called it communism.

whoever is in charge of gritting is in a no win situation. If they buy too much they get hammered (see all the stuff now going on...
Forum: General Chat 14-01-2010, 18:09
Replies: 94
Views: 2,704
Posted By banjoman
Re: The Law Is An Ass.

wait till summer and spray a wasp till its dead. Then store it under your bed next to the spray. After Mr burglar is sprayed, stick the dead wasp up his nose and claim he had a wasp on his face and...
Forum: General Chat 10-01-2010, 21:36
Replies: 94
Views: 2,704
Posted By banjoman
Re: The Law Is An Ass.

This is one of my pet peeves at the moment.

the law states you can use "reasonable" force to protect and defend yourself, but the test of reasonableness can vary so much. Its as if you are meant...
Forum: General Chat 10-01-2010, 21:28
Replies: 16
Views: 888
Posted By banjoman
Re: British Gas Cant Come for 5 days ...Pensioners.

thats really bad as you have paid extra for the specific service.

However we had the same homecare, and on Friday morning our boiler decided it was having a day off. We rang BG who said the...
Forum: Anything Goes 04-04-2009, 16:46
Replies: 9
Views: 381
Posted By banjoman
Re: At last a doc who talks sense

No it will be the 22 stone woman suing McDonalds because she is fat...oh no thats allready happened.
Forum: DVD/TV/Film Discussion 22-03-2009, 18:02
Replies: 121
Views: 5,176
Posted By banjoman
Re: Jade Goody dies...

I feel sorry for the boys. I was getting a bit annoyed with all the coverage around it meself. When Wendy Richards passed away it was quite a shock , but with Jade its turned into such a media event....
Forum: Anything Goes 20-03-2009, 17:40
Replies: 0
Views: 165
Posted By banjoman
This cant be right can it ?

Drug tattooist dodges jail | The Sun |News (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2331376.ece)

Surely she cant just be let off regardless of how drunk everyone was...In that case its...
Forum: Anything Goes 15-03-2009, 19:20
Replies: 17
Views: 680
Posted By banjoman
Re: That Time Again

From the male perspective I`d ask that if all brides are beautiful where do ugly wives come from ?
Forum: Anything Goes 15-03-2009, 19:15
Replies: 8
Views: 269
Posted By banjoman
Re: new words for 2009

I like PEBCAK when talking computers : Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
Forum: Questions and Answers 15-03-2009, 19:12
Replies: 16
Views: 1,165
Posted By banjoman
Re: Ossie teens' racist site

How can the school deal with it if there was a racial incident ? If it took place on school grounds and school time, and wasnt illegal then OK, but this was outside of school etc. Whats next ? If I...
Forum: General Chat 15-03-2009, 19:05
Replies: 15
Views: 656
Posted By banjoman
Re: Low Energy Light Bulbs

I dislike these bulbs. They give me some really bad headaches, and I much prefer my old 25w bulbs in the small lamps.
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