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phlegmatist

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  1. No so good these days unfortunately - way to expensive for a little bit of fish that looks as though it dropped off a proper bit, mushy peas watered down so much you could eat them through a straw, and so it goes on.
  2. He was poking his nose into other people's business - they've started to crack down, so better watch out.
  3. . . . and just as a friendly tip - don't say 'right to light', 'right to a view', or 'loss of house value' as you'll be shot down; none of these being planning considerations. :-)
  4. Given that you know the date (presuming that you do know the name :-) ) it will be pretty easy to get. If you want to be precise, go to ancestry.co.uk and you will be able to search the register to get the full reference number. Then go to the General Register Office site where you will be able to order a copy of the certificate (if I remember correctly, it will be cheaper if you can get the reference number from ancestry, otherwise you pay a little bit more, for the GRO to do a search). (All this, unless the death was relatively recent, in which case you have to contact the district register office where the death was registered)
  5. It went round six times when I went on it early Thursday evening - although I'm sure that is an exception rather than the rule.
  6. It's funny - I seem to remember a while back when JCP were striking in protest over the massive staff cuts that the Government imposed across the department, there were many messages on here saying 'too right that their staff are cut - there are too many people pushing pens as it is'. Now that we're in a position where the average jobcentre has seen new claims volumes double recently, and there just aren't enough staff left to devote the time to claimants that they expect, people are surprised.
  7. I think it's the people on the wheel who are going round in circles.
  8. Technically speaking, thunderclaps themselves are sonic booms - they don't just come from aircraft.
  9. If I had to guess I'd say 'piloting', but that is just a guess !
  10. I'd certainly recommend the PO travel card. Apart from anything else, it has the advantage that, should you have any money left on it when you return, rather than having to faff around getting it changed back, you can just continue using the card as normal in this country until it runs out.
  11. When you say the cannabis smokers are/were everywhere, do you mean that they were omnipresent deities, or that the park encloses the whole known universe ?
  12. There's a new(ish) cookshop on the lower half of Chapel Walk - not sure if they'd have what you're after?
  13. Whilst the graffiti on other buildings is bad, I really don't mind that on the skate park and am glad it's where it is - largely because any negativity from the painting is totally offset by what a great spirit the skating area always seems to be being used in. Whenever I've walked past there I've always been struck by how fantastic the atmosphere there is, totally at odds with what I'm sure a lot of people's impression of these facitilities (and the people that use them) is. There is very often a surprisingly diverse range of people using it from mums and dads with their young children going up and down the ramps on their little bikes up the older, really very skilled, 'proper' boarders. They all seem to rub along well and have an excellent time with none of the (by some) expected clashes, drugs, abuse . . . etc
  14. So what ? Tough doodoo ! - who cares about slowing down arrogant 'we own the road' car drivers; cyclists have got absolutely as much right to use the road as you have. (and before anyone else is thick enough to mention road tax, that ridiculous argument has been blown way out of the water many many times in other threads, both on this board and countless others.) Consult any safety organisation, cycling proficiency school etc etc and they will all tell you that cyclists are advised and encouraged to ride well in towards the middle of the road - and certainly not near the curb / gutter. (Oh and some people need to check the highway code where it clearly points out that cycle lanes are purely voluntary).
  15. This is just one example of many drivers' apparent obliviousness. This morning the traffic lights were out of order at the junction of abbey lane with abbeydale road, at the corner of Millhouses Park (due to a fairly icky looking crash in the early hours of this morning between a civilian car and a police car). Drivers were making a pretty decent stab at observing other cars, and sharing out the stopping/allowing others through etc but virtually all seemed oblivious to the groups of pedestrians periodically building up on either side of the pedestrian crossing. Did they not work out that the traffic lights being out of order also meant that the green man wasn't working either or, more likely, is it a case of 'tough doodoo - I'm in my little motorised box so am more important than you'. It just makes me so frustrated that so many drivers assume that they are 'road users' whereas everyone else are just 'road borrowers'.
  16. I probably wouldn't advise staying in Pisa for four nights; nice though it is, once you've seem the tower etc, there's not really four night's worth of other stuff to see/do; perhaps better would be Florence, with a day trip to Pisa (quite a common way of doing it).
  17. Where I come from 'gash' also referred to a lady-part and I remember I couldn't believe it when I first saw a shop called it (yes, it also literally referred to a cut, but the context would make that clear). As previous posters have said, not only did gash mean that, but it was also at the particularly rude end of the scale, along with the c-word (if not worse); similar to another expression which I can't really name on here (but it had to do with the damage caused by a chopping implement)
  18. Given that it's only been 3-4 hours, I'd close your curtains back up, and let people get on with their own business. Not everyone can afford a skip, as they don't particularly come cheap, especially when stacked up against the minimal cost of a 'mate with a van'. You should be pleased that they appear to care enough about their home to give it a thorough clear out and spruce up.
  19. I know, I keep telling myself that I won't get anymore, but the little nagging voice in the back of my head has started already !! It was £190 for just over three hours work.
  20. Wahay !! Got my first tattoo today and I totally love it !! It's just what I'd wanted. I think the pain went through the whole range from 'pencil on sunburn', through 'red hot scratch' up to, in a couple of places, 'are you freakin kidding me with this !' but it was totally worth it. Thanks to Tacho at Thou Art in Chapel Walk. Anyway, here's the pic Simon
  21. Quote from that Star piece : 'Starbucks, who will be trading at ground and first floor level, with a terrace offering extensive outdoor seating overlooking the Square'. Ah, just picture it, extensive seating overlooking the wondrous vista that is Orchard Square; I hope they stay open late enough to be able to appreciate the magical sunsets over Fatface, with herds if majestic wildebeest roaming down to Zavvi.
  22. I hope they turn it into a mobile phone shop, there's just nowhere on Fargate to get a phone these days.
  23. Joking aside, is there one on tomorrow, does anyone know ? Noticed the blue cross signs on the doors this afternoon when I went past on the bus; does that mean it was today (and I've missed it) or have they just put the signs up ready for tomorrow (tomorrow being Thursday, as an earlier poster mentioned ?)
  24. Many thanks for the replies, guys. Glad you liked the pics. The camera I use is a Canon Powershot A620, so pretty much just a point and shoot. So no filters etc used when taking the pictures - all processing done later in Photoshop. The Millhouses Park photo was one of those 'happy accidents' that occur when you're just playing around. The original photo was an almost monochrome frosty picture, and just randomly-ish fiddling with things resulted in the final slightly ethereal look you see here. Trouble with 'accidental' effects like those, however, is that I probably couldn't do it again if I tried for hours !
  25. I think the people that should be moved on are the 'God is Coming/Jesus Wants you for a Sunbeam/The End is Nigh/Christ and all his little Goblins Hate Poofs' crowd.
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