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firecraka1

Joined: 4/9/2009

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Company/Management Speak Posted: 8/9/2009 5:18:24 AM
All cultures have their own language. Work places, large organisations etc are cultures all of their own and hence have their own language and jargon. To those working within it it's useful and it means they are all speaking the same language and understanding one another - even if you don't like it you sometimes have to yield to it. Empowerment is a good word, it's been around a long time and saves using a lot of other words to get what you mean across.

firecraka1

Joined: 4/9/2009

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Raising of the Pension Receipt to age 70. Posted: 8/9/2009 5:15:31 AM
We were talking about this only last night and think it highly likely that those born the other side of 2000 could well find that they will have to work to the age of 70. But of course by then 70 will be the new 50 so it won't matter.

firecraka1

Joined: 4/9/2009

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male cleaning products Posted: 8/9/2009 5:13:28 AM
Maybe it's just to make you feel like a man is helping you with the housework. Maybe it's to attract men to do the housework. Deodorant bottles are shaped like such so that if ever you find yourself in a hotel without your vibro you have something that could double up. I don't know, there's loads of info on the net about advertising and why they do things, it's interesting.

firecraka1

Joined: 4/9/2009

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shewee wee Posted: 8/9/2009 5:10:23 AM
I just squat and pull aside, if you get a nice deep, wide spread squat you don't get splash back unless you are peeing onto concrete or similar. Don't forget the baby wipes though and the little cute plastic bags to pop it into when done.

firecraka1

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Should high heels be banned in the work place? Posted: 8/9/2009 5:05:28 AM
I have a slection of shoes for work and I wear what I feel is appropriate on the day and of course what works well with my outfit. Most of them are stilettos of no more than 3 inches. They are totally appropriate for my working environment, sitting at a desk or at a meeting table in a safe carpeted environment usually. When work takes me to a building site I'll slip out of the nice shoes and don the flatties with covered toes that I keep in the car for such occasions and hard hat. Give people some credit for making the right choices. However we've had to ban flip flops from our office building as we have had a number of unfortunate incidents with people wearing them and having accidents and have had to call time on them.

firecraka1

Joined: 4/9/2009

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women hitting men Posted: 8/9/2009 4:54:03 AM
If anyone loses their self control and hits anyone else they should expect to get hit back or to suffer some consequences of their actions. I've seen it happen before where a woman was smacking her partner on the top of his head with a stilleto shoe in the car park of a pub, she was wild and out of control and there was blood everywhere, nobody did a thing. (Evidently this attack was the result of a woman passing some flattering comment to him as she passed him bent over the pool table) As soon as he managed to grab her by the throat and shove her against a wall, an army of peole intervened and dragged the guy away from her. Personally I was hoping he'd give the crazy bitch a slap. If it had been the other way round would the story have been different? Perhaps.

firecraka1

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Paying for a course of Treatment, but then you change your mind! Posted: 8/9/2009 4:52:26 AM
Wouldn't have a clue where you'd stand legally but when I pay for a course of anything I feel the onus is on me to take what I've paid for. I'd ask for refund if the service provider wasn't fulfilling their side of the bargain. Otherwise I'd just see it the same as when I buy a packet of biscuits, I'm not going to take half a packet back just because it suits me and expect them to seriously offer me a refund if there was nothing wrong with them.

firecraka1

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What do you learn most from?? Posted: 8/9/2009 4:47:25 AM
We learn from all of our experiences in my opinon - or rather we should do. Some people don't. I feel that I learn from both mistakes and from getting things right. I think to say that we learn from our mistakes implies that we are taking responsibility for having made a mistake. We might not learn from them immediately but later on we may realise a thing or two. We should always be learning and never consider that we know everything about everything and are perfect because none of us are.

firecraka1

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What's Wrong With Country Music? Posted: 8/9/2009 4:36:23 AM
Nothing wrong with it at all. I love all the old stuff Jim Reeves, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rodgers, Don Williams and the newer stuff Lonestar, Pat Green and co. Fab. Can't beat a good bit of country to sing along to.

firecraka1

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Can respect be restored to British society? Posted: 8/9/2009 4:34:03 AM
I think there a lots of different reasons. 40 years ago families could survive no problem. Now, unless both adults in the household are working all the hours God sends the family can barely make ends meet This depends heavily on the lifestyle you choose. If you are prepared to go back to basics, rent a small house and have no mod cons and your kids share rooms, clothes, toys etc. Where you save up for what you want instead of getting it now and paying for it later - where new is a luxury and second hand is the norm. You could manage on one income. I manage on one income as a single parent and we have a decent lifestyle. I don't think this really has anything to do with it, unless you go from the angle that we are putting the emphasis on our pursuit of the wrong things.

firecraka1

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Teenage bereavement. Posted: 8/6/2009 3:52:58 PM
Was she particularly close to her friends brother? I think kids seem to deal with things far better than we give them credit for. At that age they belong quite often to a really strong peer group and that's a blessing as they will all be able to support one another. When you see such tragedies on TV you see the kids huddling together paying tribute laying flowers etc, not standing with their parents. When there are tragedies schools encourage kids to be sent into school to be together and offer specialist grief counselling at the school. They do this largely because sharing grief with a peer group is important in dealing with that loss. All the best hope it went OK

firecraka1

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please can all those with disabled and elderly or carers of either, please read!! Posted: 8/6/2009 3:47:32 PM
Because they are stretched to the limit there has to be reform - anyone would agree. If people complain that something isn't good enough then they should be glad that someone is listening and responding. Reform doesn't come about by throwing money into already mismanaged and poorly allocated budgets. It comes from redesign of systems and streamlining of processes and equipping of the workforce to provide first class services and agencies working together to provide real solutions and choice. Reform can't happen without change. Change is happening. Change is difficult and takes time.

firecraka1

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microchips or micro chips - embrace or waste Posted: 8/6/2009 3:37:01 PM
Tit and tit One type is useful the other isn't.

firecraka1

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Your Birthday And What It Means For You Posted: 8/6/2009 3:22:57 PM
Love my birthday it's a week long celebration but have started counting backwards now. Love making other people's birthdays special too even if they protest. I go on holidays, throw huge parties, have BBQ's, nights out, work do's the lot. Love it, I'm amazing and I'm glad I was born and I'm going to celebrate the fact. Love making kids birthdays special. It's a special day. People mark the day their loved ones die with all manner of ritual, they should make more of celebrating them being born while they are still here. I celebrate every birthday as if it's my wake with me there cos I don't want the pi$$ up of all pi$$ ups connected with me to be the one that happens when I'm gone cos I won't be there.

firecraka1

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please can all those with disabled and elderly or carers of either, please read!! Posted: 8/6/2009 2:58:21 PM
Does it all tie in with the personalisation agenda at the end of the day where people will have exactly what's being talked about here - ownership of their own care budget and the ability to choose how to spend it to provide a care package that suits them yet with more control over elements of it that have traditionally been open to abuse? Where they will be free to opt out of LA or NHS provided social care and take advantage of a more open and competetive market by including services provided by the independent sector in their choices. (Of course some already do this but largely that is funded from their own pocket, personalisation and individual budgets will open this up to all and make access to social care more equitable). Changes are afoot, health and social care provision is undergoing huge transformation, the main aim of which is advertised as providing choice and abolishing inequalities, but we all know it's about saving money particularly in anticipation of huge budget cuts in health and social care provision in 2011/12. Something has to be done to prepare for that, senior managers are busily making budget savings for 2010/11 already, shaving off the odd job here and there, tightening the belts and cutting back on services, knowing that next years savings are going to have to be much more significant. The 7 years of lean for the public sector is upon us, sadly it's not just going to affect staff but the people who depend on governmental assistance too. Lots of things are going on to start economising and using public money more efficiently. This is perhaps one of those things. Good news for the tax payer who has seen his/her money squandered for far too long but not such good news for those most vulnerable and voiceless members of society who I fear are going to have to be careful not to get totally shafted. Sometimes there are knee jerk reactions to new proposals, but often there is a requirement that a service is improved with no financial or human resource to achieve that requirement - a requirement which is often going to improve things for the service user and save the tax payer money. In order to fund such initiatives, savings have to be made to provide the resource to achieve the objective, this shows as service cuts and withdrawal of support but in the long run things will be better. Change is never pleasant and less pleasant when you have no resources to achieve it with - borrowing from Peter to pay Paul and such is not pleasant for anyone. Look at the whole picture if possible, sometimes it makes more sense. If they take this money away from a lot of people to pay for the homecare,many will be forced to put their elderly into care homes,surely a bigger financial burden on the government? The government's agenda is exactly the opposite, to reduce the number of people going into care and maintaining people in their own homes or in extra care housing as an alternative. To do that there has to be a fluid and competetive home care provision market which competes mercilessly with statutory services and drives costs down while simultaneously driving standards up.

firecraka1

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Doe your job affect your health? Posted: 8/6/2009 2:41:02 PM
My job can be very stressful in terms of demands on my time and constantly switching from one project to another and back again. Often I have very short completion deadlines for complex tasks and that can of course be stressful. I manage my stress by ensuring I make time to play and have fun and make some me time. At the moment I'm winding down to a fast approaching early retirement which I am sooooo looking forward to. New challenges and joys are on the horizon though which may be more tiring than my work! I do love my work but I've come to realise that there are other things that are far more important to me. I think that part of the remedy if your work is having a detrimental effect on your health is to notice it, consider long term implications and make some changes if possible if those implications are felt to be unacceptable.

firecraka1

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WHY? Posted: 8/6/2009 2:31:51 PM
"Fook knows" Responses to the question why this short will be marked F and all of that study you have put in will have been for nothing.

firecraka1

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Reasons to be spared prison? Posted: 8/6/2009 2:19:00 PM
I think the law roughly dictates who should and shouldn't go to prison. I agree though if someone has cancer and robs a bank, they should still receive the same sentence as they would have if they didn't have cancer. If a woman is pregnant and batters some poor bugger half to death she should still go to prison if she would have had she not been pregnant and so on.

firecraka1

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Does the type of pet you own say something your personality Posted: 8/6/2009 2:11:45 PM
I don't have pets and I don't like animals in my house so I guess it does say something about me yes. Animals this short may not be posted try a nice long python instead.

firecraka1

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Analysis Paralysis Posted: 8/2/2009 2:00:48 PM
It just needs some training so that in any given situation you can do a quick sweep analysis make decisions quickly act effectively and appropriately then move on. It's good to analyse to a degree but not good to spend too long doing it so that you end up not actually doing anything other than analysing. Analysis should be a means to an end it it isn't then it's pointless.

firecraka1

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Bring on Global Warming!! Posted: 8/2/2009 1:53:01 PM
Forgive me for being dim, but does the sun not have anything to do with how warm the UK is? It would seem that it is all to do with warm air currents and little else. Sorry if I've missed that bit.

firecraka1

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Rich Households Not to get Entitlements under a Tory Government Posted: 7/27/2009 3:29:03 PM
Does anything really change that much in terms of what we bring home and what we pay out for our daily living expenses depending on who gets into power in the whole scheme of things? To be honest I've never really noticed any significant changes which have affected my ins and outs considerably in my life. There are of course minor fluctuations and the expected rise in the cost of living over the years but surely career progresssion and subsequent salary increases, pay rises even increases in benefits take care of this. Maybe I just see things too simply - I earn far more now than I did 20 years ago and a loaf of bread costs far more than it did 20 years ago, if I'd been on benefits 20 years ago I would have received far less than I would receive today. My mortgage/rent would have been lower etc. I don't even care about this stuff anymore really, as we will survive. I doubt many of us are going to starve to death or be truly homeless in the next 10 years - that makes us more fortunate than a huge number of other people living in the world who face homelessness and starvation and watch their kids die for want of a cup of clean water every day.

firecraka1

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Do men get mad because some of us women prefer large penis's? Posted: 7/27/2009 3:19:23 PM
I love little c0cks me. But when I have a lovely man who is hung like a donkey, I just put up with it - what choice do I have? Knobs this short may not be posted. I just remembered I did have a bloke once who was really slow at coming forward in the sex dept, in the end his brother told me (this was a grown man in late thirties I might add) that he thought that my ex probably had a bigger willy than him! FFS! That night I just said to him, look slap it on the table and I'll tell you if it doesn't measure up and we can move on from this stalemate. When he got it out I laughed, but not in a nasty way, I was laughing because he had nothing to worry about - me and my inappropriate behaviour! Our relationship ended that night sadly.

firecraka1

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Stop and search: white people held 'to balance racial statistics' Posted: 7/27/2009 3:13:47 PM
The police should be able to stop and search anyone they want to. I'd not object and if they did it it might reveal a few more knives, guns, drugs stashes etc. Just stop em willy nilly whoever they are and search them after all they are are OK to pull your car over and subject you to a breath test just because they want to (I'm particularly thinking about random checks around Christmas period particularly in the morning during office party season pulling people over on the way to work). There's no difference however it would be alarming if the statistics were seen to be discriminatory so they should aim for a balance in random searches. Then again, if they are pulling in randoms in a largely black area, the statistics would be expected to show more blacks searched than whites and likewise in a largely white area.

firecraka1

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Giving up drinking, is that sensible? Or boring? Posted: 7/27/2009 3:06:26 PM
I'm like a lot of others I can take it or leave it and go months without a drink and when I do drink it's responsibly. My responsible drinking is partly due to the fact that I want to keep my liver working for as long as possible, and with young onset dementia cases (alcohol attributable) increasing, I want to keep my brain working for as long as poss too. I have other reasons for not drinking at the moment and don't miss it. When I've been pregnant before or whatever and not drinking I've still gone out and felt drunk on the atmosphere of a good party or company. It's sensible and not boring if it's what you want to do OP.

firecraka1

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Repercussions of a suicide Posted: 7/27/2009 2:56:45 PM
We're all thinking about this and contributing to this debate with a rational mind and reasoned opinions. People who are suicidal aren't looking at killing themselves in quite the same way.

firecraka1

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Internet memories - not of the romantic kind Posted: 7/24/2009 3:18:07 PM
Have had a PC since 1996 and have been on net since dial up days around 1997/8. Never used chat rooms but had friends who did. Started using MSN to chat to friends in 2000 but never went in MSN chat rooms. I was reminding the kids the other day of dial up days and dug out an old modem and we were laughing about the huge monitors and black and white printers and keyboards and mice that you had to plug in. They remembered downloading music from the old illegal sites, Grokster and co and having to leave you PC on all night cos a song was going to take 12 hours to download, then rushing to the PC in the morning to find that the beast you were downloading it from must have switched off their PC and gone to bed 2 hours into the download so you still didn't have it! Don't get me started on the Amstrad PC or typewriters! Changing those ribbons was a nightmare and getting your nails stuck under the keys - ouch! And carbon paper - what a bloody mess if you made a mistake! Counting and back spacing to centre stuff! Those were the days! Back on topic, my friends on the internet are people I've really met - I use Facebook but that's it apart from MSN for chats still.

firecraka1

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Downgrading: dumpin someone good lukin for less attractive person Posted: 7/23/2009 2:26:52 PM
All together now "everyone is beautiful, in their own way. Like a starry summer night or a snow covered winters day....."

firecraka1

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how often does ur ex see ur kids Posted: 7/23/2009 2:25:48 PM
I'd agree that the kids do grow up and make up their own minds about the absent parent and their lack of interest or input (financial or more importantly otherwise) into their lives. I've always encouraged our children to respect their father and the fact that he does what he feels appropriate as their father and I do what I feel appropriate as their mother. They seemed to be quite happy with speaking to him regularly on the phone and visits and the odd pressie he sends them. (His choice not mine, the door to our home is open to him whenever he wants to come through it, he's always been welcome to stay with us when he visits and any partner of mine has to accept this for what it is). Recently our daughter had a significant event in her life and everything was wonderful and happy and after the event a paternal relative offered to pick up the bill for the entire event. My normally happy go lucky, non judgemental daughter, burst into tears sobbing uncontrollably which is not like her at all and as I hugged her I heard her say "He should have been the one to do that, it should have been him, he didn't even come, I never want to speak to him again as long as I live". I realised that all of these years of thinking my daughter wasn't affected by his absence were lived in a kind of ignorance, in spite of having discussed with her often how she felt. It took her to be a grown up and a significant event to realise that it was OK to tell me how hurt and let down she was by him and to let it all out and to make up her mind that he was not really worthy of being her dad at all. I'm happy that she let it out and happy that she's been able to make her own decisions about her relationship with him. But if I said it didn't break my heart to hear her sobbing and to see her beautiful face looking so sad and to feel years of hurt pouring out of her as I held her in my arms I'd be a liar. It was a shock and I wasn't at all prepared for it.

firecraka1

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Is it disrespectfull to date so soon after a bereavement Posted: 7/23/2009 1:51:33 PM
I've seen it happen with friends or relatives of the person who have died supporting the wife/husband during the illness (if a long illness is what they endured before they passed away). Sometimes they become very close and their grief gives them a commonality. Grief is a powerful emotion and can make us do things and feel things that we'd never anticipate. I'd say unless you are in the shoes of the person concerned you can't judge. Losing one's partner must leave a terrible gulf - nobody to cling to, nobody to lie in bed and snuggle up and cry with when the day's done. It must be very hard I can only imagine. People do what they feel is best for them, let them get on with it, it's their life to live not ours.

firecraka1

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sits on the toilet outside in public? Posted: 7/23/2009 1:47:40 PM
I wonder if the guy is just always on the crapper? Do you do a lot of washing? I wonder if he's out there when it's raining when your washing presumably isn' t on the line?

firecraka1

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Under age drinking/ Liver transplant/ Ethics Posted: 7/23/2009 1:37:24 PM
13 year olds should have already been made aware of the dangers of drinking, smoking and drug abuse. They are old enough to be taught about sex at 9 so they are old enough to be taught about killing themselves through potentially life threatening life style choices. I know that they feel they are invincible and immortal and all that but the message can get through and parental guidance can ensure that they are aware of the dangers. This boy's family failed him long before his liver did. Shame on them. Sad that he won't get a transplant but I agree with others here, someone who has had their liver ravaged by something beyond their control deserves it more.

firecraka1

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On The Pull. Posted: 7/23/2009 1:31:33 PM
I have a few single mates and a few paired up ones, we still have girlie nights out even when we are paired up, don't see why you have to ditch your mates just cos you've got a bloke - never understood that. I don't go out on the pull, never have really, always gone out to have a good time.

firecraka1

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Identity fraud - Need advice. Posted: 7/23/2009 1:27:33 PM
I'd agree I reckon you have put 2 and 2 together and come up with 5. I can't see how from your passport they would have got your email address. Perhaps its a coincidence that you lost your passport (where did you lose it? In the street, on hols or was it just mislaid?) and then this happened and is probably just a bit of spam as the guy above said.

firecraka1

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Understanding Blokes? Posted: 7/19/2009 12:32:58 PM
There was a good point made earlier about getting to know the person you are with being all that should matter and I agree. The more time you spend together the more you get to know and understand each other and the more comfortable or otherwise you become with one another. 'Tis so true. The only understanding we really need to do is to understand that we are all different.

firecraka1

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Colloidal Silver, homegrown viruses and WHO control Posted: 7/19/2009 12:16:19 PM
I guess the long and the short of this debate is that silver is toxic and should not be used as a medicine - take it from those who know. It should only be used topically and only then is it really effective. Drug companies are about saving the world from disease and not about making money they have billions of dollars at their disposal and countless experts in virology and oncology amongst other specialisms yet my old granny still gives her £2 a month to Cancer Research and Elton John still has AIDS fundraisers for some strange reason. OK so conspiracy theory may sound a bit strange, and we do have cures for things which are discovered and thrown out for mass consumption now and then, but I try to have an open mind. I ask questions such as who produces the carcinogens that we are exposed to every day in our food and in the things that we use and why do they do it if they know it will make us ill? What purpose is there in that? Why isn't smoking banned? Why isn't alcohol banned? Why is junk food cheaper than good wholesome low fat and fresh food? Who wants us to be sick or fat or poison ourselves with alcohol? Who would that be exactly? Caring governments? Kind hearted drug companies? Or someone with something to gain?

firecraka1

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Astrological signs Posted: 7/19/2009 2:48:58 AM
^^^^^^^ what do I have to do to convince you that I don't know STILL if you are a cancerian or not? It wasn't a troll/bait post as I don't know what star sign you are. I apologise if you have taken it personally, it was not intended as such in any way. It was an observation I have made in my life and nothing to do with people on here, I have not MET anyone here including yourself, so how can I have meant you when I clearly referenced people I have MET? I also mentioned Virgos and Taureans and didn't single out Cancerians at all as you wrongly state. I am a Leo there have been a lot of negatives about Leo's have I taken them personally? No, because: a - as previously stated I think astrology is a load of cobblers b - the people saying it haven't met me so how can I take it personally? Calm down, calm down.

firecraka1

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Colloidal Silver Posted: 7/19/2009 2:28:59 AM
I've got a hang over but here on topic It was dressings for burns they cost £32.00 for 5 small gel pads impregnated with silver I paid for them on a private prescription they made me better very quickly. I am not a scientist, I'm interested in the conspiracy theory surrounding drug companies, diseases and cures. I'll get one of the kids to compile a reference list and PM it to you later and send you some links. Same vaccine debacle - I did say "IF" at the beginning of my statement however I was told this last night by a practice nurse friend of mine and thought she may be wrong as I'd read of the swine flu vaccine just being made available for use before the outbreak as stated earlier. She however was adamant that the drug she was injecting into patients was Tamiflu for immunisation against swine flu. I wasn't going to argue with her we were having dinner and there was another more interesting conversation going on about Vascular Checks at the time that I wanted to listen to. HTH

firecraka1

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Understanding Blokes? Posted: 7/19/2009 2:16:29 AM
Can I just show you my tits? I've got a hangover. I think we're on the same wavelength, I don't know what anyone's thinking, I just ask lots of questions like "why are you so quiet? What's wrong? Have I done something to pi$$ you off? Do you need something? Don't you like that?" and then base my findings on the responses.

firecraka1

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What do i do next? Posted: 7/19/2009 2:07:04 AM
Sorry if I've missed it, but what is his religion and what is yours? I'd be more concerned about the incompatibility if you follow different religions and religious practices or the same but to varying degrees. I was celibate for a length of time as a devout christian, but after 2 years I was gagging for it and decided that I had much more fun with the God of Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll and went back to him. Things like this depend on your level of committment to your religion and to one another. I'd agree with Mac finding someone compatible with you is important particularly with the big things like religion and lifestyle.

firecraka1

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Understanding Blokes? Posted: 7/19/2009 1:51:33 AM
And you based this opinion on what, exactly? My years of experience with thousands of men of course. They weren't all the same but there were some definate trends. You actually add to the research and support my thoughts with this comment: Well, perhaps some men don't need drama in their lives, so they avoid it whenever possible? The empty head thing and your response - same thing... different words I think but yeah that's what I meant, the problem of course comes from women not finding doing this so easy and thereby not understanding that some people can do it. Check back over previous posts for some excellent examples and observations made by your fellow man. Oh dear, is it my turn?

firecraka1

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Astrological signs Posted: 7/19/2009 1:45:36 AM
Msg 65 I knew I should have put, 'but then I've met many a bigotted and self righteous person who wasn't a cancerian' sorry I thought it was implicit in that I don't give it much credence. Did I really do this: yet claim also to be able to spot those who are born under the sign of Cancer Where did I do that then? Surely a claim is a definite "This is mine" or "I can do that" - at no point did I say "I can tell a cancerian a mile off by his/her bigotted self righteousness" I was interested in my youff so picked up some things then. I don't judge by star sign and certainly don't discriminate against cancerians. I have one now and he's quite lovely. The only people I perhaps discriminate against are twats and fortunately I don't come across many of those either here or in the real world. Sorry if I offended, it wasn't aimed at you but you do appear to have taken it personally my apologies if you are a cancerian - of course they are not all bigotted and self righteous. Also I did say that "I have MET..." so I wasn't directing it at you or anyone else on here as I've not met you so how could I possibly form an opinion of you?

firecraka1

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Msg: 29 (view)

Colloidal Silver Posted: 7/19/2009 1:30:36 AM
Do a search on drug research halted for starters - a lot of reading there. There are a number of books out there on the subject too if you have a scout around you will find them as I did. However, it's common sense - businesses rely on making money. They want to make as much money as possible. They also have governments in their pockets. They also rely on the people not asking questions and taking what they see at face value and media representation - panic over illnesses that are as likely to kill you as one you contend with every year. What value is there in a cure? For anything? Even for all 200 cold viruses? Even if there were 200 cures for 200 cold viruses that's still only 200 treatments you would need per person to cover all eventualities. Over the course of a life time how many drugs are sold to treat symptoms of colds to each individual who buys into this shite? Besides, who's to say that one treatment wouldn't kill 50 of the viruses? Similar antivirals are used for treatment of similar viral infections and in some parts of the world some viruses would be present and others not - just like with this flu business. If the swine flu vaccine is the same as the regular flu vaccine i.e. Tamiflue why are at risk groups being given it twice? Their regular shot and then another one for swine flu? Glaxo and SmithKlein are laughing all the way to the bank, the UK alone having ordered 60 million shots and the US a preliminary 100 million. The initial breakout if it was in Mexico was unfortunate. Mexico is a highly popular country for tourists from the USA and Europe, if I wanted to start off something that would quickly spread across the USA and Europe to countries that had the resource to buy millions of pounds worth of drugs, Mexico wouldn't be a half bad choice. Being quite a poor country, and not having flu as one of it's regular ailments, it would have quite a shocking and devastating effect on locals too. Good advertising? Good for inducing panic? Surely not, it was of course all a coincidence. Whichever way you look at it it's business, huge business and money is the main driver, don't kid yourself for one minute that individual lives matter in this because they are merely an advertising tool. Silver as a treatment for some things definately works, I had some silver treatment and it was amazing particularly when all else failed. One of the reasons it wasn't used at first was because of the cost, once I said I'd pay for it out of desparation to try anything, I was given it and it worked a treat.

firecraka1

Joined: 4/9/2009

Msg: 51 (view)

Whats the strangest message you've had? Posted: 7/18/2009 3:21:23 PM
Mine was "Can I see your pu$$y I love it" I'm marrying him in two months time, so the direct approach works sometimes. Messages this short may not be posted particularly when you have omitted to say that you are joking and in fact the message just made you giggle and you responded with a simple No.

firecraka1

Joined: 4/9/2009

Msg: 71 (view)

Crap songs you shouldn't like but secretly you do Posted: 7/18/2009 3:08:09 PM
Oh What An Atmosphere - Russ Abbott Messages this short can not be posted so I'm afraid I'll have to elaborate - come on all together now: Oh what an atmosphere! I love a party with a happy atmosphere, So let me take you there, And you and I'll be dancin' in the cool night air! Well we're at the dancin' party, And you're out there havin' fun, And your girl is there beside you, And you feel like number one! So get your body movin'... 'Cos tonight has just begun... OH WHOA! Let it go! WHOOA! Let it show.... Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah! Oh what an atmosphere! I love a party with a happy atmosphere, So let me take you there, And you and I'll be dancin' in the cool night air! OH OH Oh what an atmosphere! I love a party with a happy atmosphere, yeah mmmm, Music everywhere, And soon we'll be dancin' in the cool night air! Now we're out here all together, Everybody's hand in hand, We can make it last forever, When we're dancin' with the gang! Well you've got your favourite records, And Frankie's got his band! HUH!!! OH WHOA! Let it go! WHOOA! Let it show.... Aaah Aaah Aaah Aaah! Oh what an atmosphere! I love a party with a happy atmosphere, So let me take you there, And you and I'll be dancin' in the cool night air! OH OH Oh what an atmosphere! I love a party with a happy atmosphere, mmmm yeah, Music everywhere, And soon we'll be dancin' in the cool night air! (Riotous eighties party noises) (Repeat chorus and fade out) I hope that doesn't get stuck in anyone's mind for the rest of tonight.

firecraka1

Joined: 4/9/2009

Msg: 21 (view)

Understanding Blokes? Posted: 7/18/2009 3:02:12 PM
Most men are starting to understand, more about the women of our world, which so far itsn't to great That's a fantastic post that is!

firecraka1

Joined: 4/9/2009

Msg: 58 (view)

Safely Home Posted: 7/18/2009 2:57:33 PM
Again I don't know how this breaks down statistically but I'd hazard a guess that the vast majority of unreported rapes are those that happen as date rapes, or rapes by someone known to the victim in their own home etc rather than ones where the victim is brutalised on the street on her way home late at night. Whatever, it's besides the point. This is about people taking responsibility for getting themselves home from work, we're not talking about socialising. I take full responsibility for getting myself to and from work, wherever in the country that may be and no matter what time of the day or night I'm travelling or the distance. If I was travelling back from London due to business and my car broke down near Nottingham at 11pm would I be able to claim a taxi home? No it's up to me to make sure I have break down cover or an alternative back up plan to get me home safely.

firecraka1

Joined: 4/9/2009

Msg: 24 (view)

Bride-to-be dumps porn star fiance Posted: 7/18/2009 2:48:54 PM
She should have told him at the altar before the proceedings began that she had a confession to make before she could marry him... that she made money on the side as a porn star and watched his reaction to it. Then still had the party afterwards anyway.

firecraka1

Joined: 4/9/2009

Msg: 41 (view)

how many shirts do you own? Posted: 7/18/2009 2:37:44 PM
I have about 20 shirts (I hate the b word too!) which I mainly wear for work, but not so much these days as I prefer sleeveless tops under my suit - same reason as sjxx shirts tend to gape a bit particularly the bust buttons. Besides that I hate things done up to my neck and if you leave a few shirt buttons open showing just as much chest and cleavage as a normal top would, people seem to see it as you flashing your knockers for some reason - I think it has something to do with the undoing of buttons leading the eye down or something. Anyway I wear suits for work, skirts with jackets or trousers with jackets or crop trousers with jackets at the moment or occasionally a nice shift dress with a jacket- always with heels, always tailored and always high street for work - I like Coast and Monsoon. It feels like a uniform and I feel more professional when I'm dressed like that.

firecraka1

Joined: 4/9/2009

Msg: 52 (view)

Safely Home Posted: 7/18/2009 2:25:46 PM
Have any statisticians got any info on the numbers of males and females getting attacked late at night whilst out and about? This is only my perception but our local paper is full of stories of young lads getting done over on their way home, of taxi drivers getting beaten up etc and there are very rare reports of young women being attacked. Is this because women take more care and don't walk about the streets late at night or because men are in fact more vulnerable in terms of being attacked/mugged or whatever late at night. Thanks Msg 54. I wasn't being harsh and saying that women are safer and should wander the streets willy nilly late at night, I just wondered why they are less likely (as I suspected) to be attacked and if it was a false perception that women are more likely to be attacked than men. Therefore men should be given the same consideration as women when having to get home from work late at night. For instance if a little 19 year old barmaid in a club was having to get home on her own with no transport at 3am would she be more likely to be offered a taxi by her employer than a 19 year old 6'3 door man? If so would that be fair given that statistically the door man would be at a greater risk of attack?

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