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Ken Clarke Britain is on brink of 'meltdown'

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  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    It was frozen in winter and sour in the summer which I hated despite loving milk.

    I've always hated drinking milk anyway. My mother has a very mild allergy, which translated into a more serious allergy in all 4 of us as babies. She had to be on a milk-free diet when feeding babies, so there was never much milk around at home.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    I've always hated drinking milk anyway. My mother has a very mild allergy, which translated into a more serious allergy in all 4 of us as babies. She had to be on a milk-free diet when feeding babies, so there was never much milk around at home.

    If I don't fancy a glass of wine with dinner I'll have a glass of cold milk instead.

    Mrs Generali and I even ran a blind tasting of milks to see which was best. Duchy's Original won. Unpasturised probably would have if it'd been in the taste test but we didn't have any.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Afghanistan 42
    Australia 82
    China 73
    Israel 81
    Japan 83
    United Kingdom 79
    USA 78

    http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=WHO&f=inID%3aMBD03
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    Afghanistan
    42Australia

    82China
    73Israel
    81Japan
    83United Kingdom
    79United States of America
    78

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    Also, beware Chinese stats.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    If I don't fancy a glass of wine with dinner I'll have a glass of cold milk instead.

    I pretty much only drink water, tea, and herbal tea. Very dull.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Afghanistan 36

    Australia 73

    China 64

    Israel 71

    Japan 75

    United Kingdom 71

    United States of America 69
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    I thi
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    Way ahead of you - fixed within the time when it doesn't even show as edited (-:
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Australia 24.8
    China 31.8
    Israel 24.6
    Japan 29.4
    United Kingdom 35.7
    United States of America 23.9

    http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?q=tobacco&d=WHO&f=inID%3aRF18

    PS - I don't believe that for China. Everyone seems to smoke there!
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Annual Chinese cigarette consumption grew from 100 billion in the early 1950s to 500 billion in 1980 and is now 1,800 billion. One in three of all the cigarettes smoked in the world today are smoked in China.
    At present, two-thirds of Chinese men (but only 1% of the women) become smokers before the age of 25.



    http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/projects/smoking-and-death-in-china/emerging-tobacco-hazards-in-china/emerging-tobacco-hazards-in-china-world-first-study-for-chinese-scientists
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    Annual Chinese cigarette consumption grew from 100 billion in the early 1950s to 500 billion in 1980 and is now 1,800 billion. One in three of all the cigarettes smoked in the world today are smoked in China.
    At present, two-thirds of Chinese men (but only 1% of the women) become smokers before the age of 25.



    http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/projects/smoking-and-death-in-china/emerging-tobacco-hazards-in-china/emerging-tobacco-hazards-in-china-world-first-study-for-chinese-scientists

    So the Man on the Shanghi Omnibus smokes about 1700 fags a year/5 a day. Assuming that Granny MSO and the MSOinis smoke too.

    Chinese Govt stats are rubbish.
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