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About whiteowl

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  • Birthday 11/03/1970

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  1. The 11th of March is my birthday so I always remember the Sheffield Flood. As well as the Madrid train bombings, the Winnenden school shooting, the Fukushima nuclear disaster - think I might change my birthday! ☚ī¸ And of course, guess which date in 2020 did the WHO declare Covid-19 a pandemic? 🙄
  2. I have no problem with it. Optional taxation, if you don't want to pay then don't stop in the box junction.
  3. I vote in the council elections but generally don't bother in the general elections. Labour always wins my constituency with a large majority so voting seems pointless, whereas the council elections are a closer result so my vote is important.
  4. Years ago, I was on the Owler Bar roundabout having entered from the road from Totley. I was heading towards Baslow (3rd exit) so entered the roundabout in the right hand lane. Got past the first exit (where Moorlands is) and proceeded along where the roundabout is a bit straighter. Only to discover a car coming in the other direction! Not sure who was more shocked, me or him - I swerved over to the other lane and we passed each other while I gesticulated my thoughts about his actions. Morons on roundabouts indeed!!
  5. They should bring back national service, especially as I'm too old to have to do it myself! *shamelessly stolen from Al Murray*
  6. Indeed - my politics are probably centre-left so I do follow a lot of similar people on the Internet. To stop just being in an echo-chamber, I also follow people and publications from the right side of the political spectrum, to try and see all sides of a story.
  7. Which rights are people objecting to? Maybe people should be able to waive their own rights (to life, freedom from torture, etc, etc) if they feel strongly about it but leave the rest of us with the protection it gives?
  8. It's when a working class area gets a lot of new, mainly middle class people, moving in. Usually because of house prices. As a result a lot of trendy new cafes/bars/hairdressers/etc generally follow. And the existing pubs/cafes/etc put an extra pound on a pint as they assume the middle class people can afford it. Not always the case.
  9. Wasn't there a big hoo-ha about unelected officials a few years ago and how we'd be so much better without them?
  10. I thought this was a remake of Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire" at first 😉
  11. https://newsthump.com/2023/11/03/how-to-be-suitably-enraged-by-the-ms-christmas-advert-an-idiots-eight-point-guide-to-joining-the-front-lines-of-the-culture-war/ This made me chuckle
  12. My understanding is that the National Insurance you pay while you work does not go towards "your" pension. It is not invested in a pension pot as such. It goes towards paying the pension of the current crop of pensioners. Just like theirs went to the previous crop and so on. When the state pension was first introduced, there was no magic pot of money for it, it was paid for by the National Insurance being paid by the workers at the time. Winding time forward to the present day, and the "pool" of pensioners who are living longer and longer (good for them!) is now getting bigger and bigger in relation to the "pool" of younger workers that are paying the National Insurance. Which I'm sure everyone will agree, presents a problem. I don't know what the solution is, but things have to be paid for somehow - raising taxes is pretty much regarded as taboo by both major parties so where the money comes from is anyones guess.
  13. A friend of mine is gay and from listening to what he tells me about the almost daily abuse he gets, I would say no, they're not past their sell by date. So I think if anyone thinks they're past their sell by date then I guess they are part of the problem, not the solution,
  14. I'm thinking about joining Just Stop Oil. Seems to be an excellent way to get tickets to top sporting events. Will probably forget to do the protesting part though.
  15. Owls have released 7 players: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65790342 Jack Hunt, David Stockdale, Dennis Adeniran, Jaden Brown, Sam Durrant, Ryan Galvin and Ben Heneghan
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