Parafox

Have you got a stammer?

Small planes (like the little Cessna in How Airplanes Work) have locks on the doors and ignition keys inside to start the engine. They are pretty much like a car in this respect. The reason why they need locks and keys is because they sit out in relatively unsecure parking areas, sometimes for weeks at a time. They need locks for the same reason that a car does when it is sitting in a parking lot. Commercial jets, on the other hand, have no locks on the doors and no ignition key of any sort. You can hop in, flip a couple of switches and start one up!

Are beef cattle domesticated then? Sorry, splitting hairs

Agreed but as devil's advocate, the human race were originally herbivores and evolved to be omnivores. Lions, tigers, hyenas etc have always been predominantly carnivores

It's not cheap, I can tell you as a perent of a 13 year old who drinks it.. and Appletize and Schloer... I blame her mothers expensive tastes

They should stick to throwing tomatoes... Or is it oranges?

I can see why you're in law and not comedy

Right now... rain... enough FFS... enough now, Lord People in normal ride-height cars who drive over those small speed cushions as if there in a Helmand Province minefield. You CAN go over at more than 3 MPH you tarts. Even more annoying when the tw*ts are driving 4x4's. Old people in supermarkets in general, but in particular when they're trying to use the self scan tills... OH MY GOD!!! They don't understand how it works... they can't see the barcode... if they can see the barcode they have to pass it EXACTLY face-on to the scanner. Then they pay in loose change from their penny jar... if they pay with a note they then can't work out where their change comes out.. THEN they have to study the reciept to make sure the computer has worked it all out correctly... AAAAARRGHHHH Have you brought your own bag? Yes, she standing behind me. Oh... and another thing... tennis on the radio, just doesn't work and everyone sounds awfully plummy, dahling...

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Thank you. I was in two minds about mentioning it on here because it's pretty personal but the replies have been genueinely comforting, thanks

Sadly No, there are no agreements on face to face contact from the adoptive parents. It will be restricted to a yearly letter. We won't know where she is or what kind of life she might expect. We only know the rough age of the adpoters, that's all Social Services will tell us. We are adoptive parents ourselves so we know this experience from both sides now. We always felt it important to give the birth family as much info as possible. In our 2 cases both birth grandparents declined to have any direct contact for reasons they didn't disclose. We would have been willing to allow it as it's important for the adopted child to know as much about their family history as possible, good and bad. Often a bad family history give the child a sense of justification in being adopted. Whatever happens, an adopted child needs to know "things". I could go on at length about adoption and all it's pleasures and pitfalls. If anyone is interested i could start a thread or PM me if you like.

Thank you. Time will heal... I hope.

Not a good week 2 yr old grandaughter is being adopted and we had our final farewell visit, buckets of tears. :cry:

Tried it and I agree they do gather round it but then when they disappear nothing happens except more arrive the next day. I think its a Japanese plan to take over the world and is some kind of ant fertility and growth hormone

Just getting very dark and thundery here. starting to rain

Yes I could, but then I'd have to live on take-aways and never wash up 'cos they mass all in the kitchen and hallway

Ants... Came home from a weekend away and the fookers are everywhere. Ant powder in copious amounts doesn't seem to kill them even though it says on the container... "kills ants dead". Mind you, I suppose anything eventually killed WOULD be dead, therefore it's not a misrepresentation Any ideas on ridding myself of them?

Stalker... living in the woods... Not Burbage Common by any chance?

Those TV ads for cosmetics that use impressive-sounding but obviously fake names for their "special ingredients"

I think, if you search for "system restore" via the start menu search box it should take you to the right place

Nope... According to sources there are 2,999,999 others

They call it a semi-final because its the round before the final, but I know what you mean. Anyway, would you REALLY want a fourth, fifth or sixth round, then a quarter final then a semi of this sh1te? The finalists are pre-determined by the shows producers. Someone I know went last year and stood in line for hours and watched as the production team went round with acts names on a sheet of paper and pulled them out of the queue. It turned out these had been promoted by agents and tapes had been seen by the shows producers before the auditions were held . Hence I predict the Irish singer/songwriter, the 3 guys (whose name I forget) and Only Boys Aloud will be in the top 4 tonight

Ahhh... Tim Vine

Hard butter...

Probably already mentioned but... CAPITAL RADIO... Dear God, I have to put in on in the car sometimes at my 13yr olds insistence. Every time i have tuned in I have heard the same 3 songs as last time within the first 20 mins. Otherwise it is a series of repetetive and frequent ad breaks. It's just annoying drivel with no decent music (not even decent chart music), it's presented by airhead, non-thinking plebs with no life experience or personality, no matter how shouty they are. Volume doesn't make what you say interesting or meaningful, you twats. Probably worst of all is the pitiful playlist... shorter than my penis and a lot less exciting.