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Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime
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I have limited sympathy with Huhne. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. This happens a fair bit. I found these while looking for a different case. I'm a little surprised as to the extent of it but a couple of months behind bars seems proportionate to me:
Ultimately the law has to be upheld.
Generali... I would fully agree with your comments and I would also have him pay the Court Costs because he has wasted so much time and Public money that it would be totally unfair if the public have to foot the bill.0 -
I heard that moving's one of the most stressful things you can do. Did it almost eight years ago and don't want to do it again. Proabably will have to when the kids have both moved on though.
Our house is only yards from some good shops including a small Waitrose. Good pubs and restaurants in case we ever had enoughh money to go out. Good buses, train station's close. Not much free parking space though. Hospital's a bus ride away but we're near a miain road to ambulances are always passing by. Near a fire station and a huge police station too, and good parks for walking the dog.
Last houase was big but in the sticks and I couldn't stand the incovenience. You couldn'#t buy so much as a box of matches or a stamp without ctlimbing into yout car.
You seem to be in an idyllic position which you must have done a lot of planning to achieve. To be able not to have to rely upon your car is a great bonus and yet if you can afford the cost of keeping it on the road you keep your independence.
We last moved almost four years ago because our house had an annexe for my MIL to live in, she was a wonderful lady that was unfortunate to have suffered from Alzheimer's disease and one evening nearly set the house on fire warming her bag of beans with the micro-wave to take to her bed. The poor soul had switched it on and forgot to put it on the timer. My MIL was watching tv in our part of the house and my wife suddenly got a wiff of the burning and opened the door to her Mums annexe only to find black smoke pouring out. I came running downstairs and switched off the main fuse box to the dwelling ripped out the cable and with a fire blacket ran out into the garden with the micro-wave holding my breath all the time with this oven on fire, :eek: scary stuff I can tell you. But that is the way that you react to these circumstances.
Anyway I digress so we had to move as fast as we could and find a property that had an on-suite for my MIL so that we could look after her. Then that was when the credit crunch happened and that did not help. We found an ideal bungalow but after three months my MIL had to go into special care because we could not cope that was a distressing time for us all and then after about three months she passed away. God bless her.
So you can see the reasons why my good Lady and I are having to move away anf find another suitable home because this one if far too big and costly to run on my pension.
many times in life you do not always have a choice because family comes first. Hope that I have not bored you folk's.0 -
I wasn't talking about me, but I know people who allegedly have.
My wife's car was spotted by a speed camera going marginally too fast. By the time we got the notice, we couldn't remember which of us was driving at the time, so we tossed for it. Those were the first, and only, points either of us had!No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
We last moved almost four years ago because our house had an annexe for my MIL to live in, she was a wonderful lady that was unfortunate to have suffered from Alzheimer's disease and one evening nearly set the house on fire warming her bag of beans with the micro-wave to take to her bed. The poor soul had switched it on and forgot to put it on the timer. My MIL was watching tv in our part of the house and my wife suddenly got a wiff of the burning and opened the door to her Mums annexe only to find black smoke pouring out. I came running downstairs and switched off the main fuse box to the dwelling ripped out the cable and with a fire blacket ran out into the garden with the micro-wave holding my breath all the time with this oven on fire, :eek: scary stuff I can tell you. But that is the way that you react to these circumstances.
That is scary! It's also very hard to rid the house of that much smoke. It gets into the paintwork, the fabrics, everything!No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Yes, when it all goes public in ten years time they'll be nosing about this thread and reading out these quotes on the six o'clock news.And, if you do do it, keep quiet about it!
We'll be accessories after the fact (or whatever the legal term is) for not grassing you up to the rozzers. Or something :eek:There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
Yes, when it all goes public in ten years time they'll be nosing about this thread and reading out these quotes on the six o'clock news.
We'll be accessories after the fact (or whatever the legal term is) for not grassing you up to the rozzers. Or something :eek:
There's no legal (as opposed to moral) obligation to 'grass up' in this country, other than in connection with terrorism, IIRC. So, you're safe.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
That is scary! It's also very hard to rid the house of that much smoke. It gets into the paintwork, the fabrics, everything!
The smell was very acrid and really took some hard work to remove, we found that Johnson Oust odour eliminator helped quite a bit also scrubbing and finally we had to repaint all the ceilings of the lower part of the two houses.
It reminded me when I used to clean the ceilings of the coach that I drove in the days when smoking was so popular the ceiling was covered in nicotine and boy that was disgusting.:(0 -
The smell was very acrid and really took some hard work to remove, we found that Johnson Oust odour eliminator helped quite a bit also scrubbing and finally we had to repaint all the ceilings of the lower part of the two houses.
It reminded me when I used to clean the ceilings of the coach that I drove in the days when smoking was so popular the ceiling was covered in nicotine and boy that was disgusting.:(
You didn't claim on your insurance?No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
My hellebores are nodding happily in full bloom, and the snow drops are still going strong, but the sweet box is looking a little tired.
the lilac is heavy with bud, I saw three daisies yesterday and a fair few dandelions, and today noticed the first japonica flower has popped from bud (annoyingly at the back of the plant). And the primroses I planted last year are blooming away merrily on the wild flower bank.
Life is appearing everywhere, green buds on trees, And plants ...getting ready, getting ready.....0
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