Rant of the day

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Havit, Sep 10, 2016.

  1. Cyborgbot

    Cyborgbot Guest

    I’ll down grade my rant. Some woman who was also stranded in York for hours got her husband to drive down from Durham to collet her. They then kindly offered me and a Virgin Stewardess a lift to Durham, and even dropped me at my hotel on the way.

    Given all the shit going on in the world, I am genuinely taken aback by their kindness and generosity.

    True Saints!
     
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  2. Wessa

    Wessa Cruising

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    Nowt worse.... hope you get home soon.
     
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  3. Cyborgbot

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    #2423 Cyborgbot, Dec 5, 2019
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    I guess that makes a change from dressing up in stockings and the naughty nurse outfit.

    One day Mrs Duck will catch you...
     
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  4. Oldfart

    Oldfart Senior Member

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    It's the arse bandits at 6 o'clock you've got to watch out for.

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  5. Oldfart

    Oldfart Senior Member

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    Glad to be of assistance :D

    Oldfart
     
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  6. MadMrB

    MadMrB Elite Member

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    Just been and voted, and everytime I have voted previously, I had thought that our system is wide open to election fraud.
    • No identification required
    • It is not annoymous voting, as both your election card and your voting form are numbered and cross referenced to your name when your collect your voting form. Therefore who you actually voted for can be traced.
    • We use PENCILS!! - FFS how easy would it be for someone to erase a pencil cross and replace it.
    • Just two people administering each ballot box, and I assume that they need comfort breaks occasionally leaving just one individual responsible for the completed votes. I'd like to see military personnel overseeing the administrators, and completed votes at all times.
    • The postal voting system, already proved to be easily corruptable.
    • Students voting twice, at both their university constituency and their home constituency.
    • Universities registering voters without their knowledge.

    Maybe I'm paranoid... :confused:
     
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  7. Callumity

    Callumity Elite Member

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    No, you are not. We need a whole host of electoral reforms from implementation of Boundary Commission changes through to electoral fraud and, for me, a qualified form of PR that ensures the outrage of major SNP over representation and gross UKIP/Brexit under representation cannot be replicated. I am less concerned with promoting any particular view than ensuring continued faith in democracy. We are nearing a point at which the entire system can be corrupted and we wind up with a form of totalitarian government.
     
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  8. Adie P

    Adie P Crème de la Crème

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    I think we need a "couldn't agree more" emoji/rating symbol.
     
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  9. Biker Jock

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    Interesting - I had to check why we use pencil on the voting paper, and it seems to be a tradition from when there was only liquid ink (rather than quick-drying ballpoint ink). So pencil was preferred to avoid ink spillage and smudging, and to avoid a still-wet cross being transferred to a second box when the voting slip is folded, thus looking like two boxes were ticked.

    You are allowed to take your own pen if concerned.

    Not arguing or debating above points made by @MadMrB, I was just curious as to why pencils - we do like our traditions.
     
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  10. Judd Dredd

    Judd Dredd Giver of Drugs, Vaccines and Hard Truths

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    The Triumph Party in election 2024?
     
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  11. Judd Dredd

    Judd Dredd Giver of Drugs, Vaccines and Hard Truths

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    please see a previous manifesto proposal
     
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  12. Helmut Visor

    Helmut Visor Only dead fish go with the flow
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    No ;);)
     
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  13. tcbandituk

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    You want the Swiss Army for that.....
     
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  14. Cyborgbot

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    Ha, it was the commando comics you should have been reading. That’s how I learnt German! Atchung!
     
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  15. Cyborgbot

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    yeah, well I had my nanny read them to me. :rolleyes:;):joy:

    Edit: she was really good at doing the machine gun noises.
     
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  16. David Cooper

    David Cooper Triumph Rocketeer.
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    I used to love those comics in the sixties, my once a week pocket money was what we called a half dollar, or half crown ( 2 shillings and sixpence) 12 and a half pence in today's money, one shilling for the comic and the rest on kets (sweets) and when it was gone you got nowt else till the next pocket money day.
     
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  17. MadMrB

    MadMrB Elite Member

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    Commando was brilliant :) - Still going today: https://www.commandocomics.com/
     
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  18. crispey

    crispey crispey creme de la creme

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  19. Judd Dredd

    Judd Dredd Giver of Drugs, Vaccines and Hard Truths

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    damn you lot are old......
     
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  20. Oldfart

    Oldfart Senior Member

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    ...and you never saw her lips move

    Oldfart
     
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