Daughter in law was in Vienna a couple of weeks ago, it looked fabulous!  Very Christmassy.  Not wintery. 😉

The shops are full of festive food
Mince pies, fruit cake and Christmas pud

So envious you can drive Raven.  I've got at least another two weeks before I'm allowed. I'm going out every day now, OH drives me, or I have a little walk locally.  I'm only using one stick now, and the bionic knee feels strong.  Still various bits of pain round the site, but my nurse daughter is pleased with my progress.  The hardest bit is trying to get my leg completely straight.  Ouch. 

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I get notifications on changes to the HMO planning application for the house next door to me. All neighbour responses to now have been in opposition apart from  this one. They even uploaded as an attachment the local agency report they refer to which was already there from the agency.

In line with the Far Cotton & Delapre Housing Needs Assessment (HNA)I feel this plan will
add value to the area as there is much need of affordable accommodation in the are
supporting vital local workers in the NHS and Care and Education sectors who can live to
their work and support the local community.

What a load of old fanny. The local uni has cut back on African students this year presumably following the large number of complaints they generated. Two houses full of them nearby were apparently damned nuisances with regular noisy all night parties. One house the landlord hasn't taken any students and the other is almost empty. I image the drop in student numbers has left plenty of HMO vacancies. It's not as if everybody is fighting to live in a cramped shithole.

Don't go there.

I was just giving the reason I read for why the second amendment is there. One thing is certain it has been nibbled away over the years and every change has been fought tooth and nail. Truth is if it was removed no modern government would ever enact it again. Everything any government does these days is the restriction of citizens or in our case subjects rather than endowing them with more freedoms. Well apart from some portions of the population here obviously.

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 01:14:26 PMThe reason the right to bear arms is written into their constitution is to enable them is, should it become necessary, to enable the  citizens to defend themselves against a corrupt government. Doesn't seem to work too well at that either though...

A pre-emptive strike?  Those children may well have grown up to be the corrupted government of the future.  Boys from Brazil?

Quote from: muddy on Yesterday at 02:33:52 PMIt seems that there  is always some tragedy near to Christmas .

Often a plane crash

Waited all day for a delivery, it didn't arrive.  Maybe tomorrow (sighs)