I remember where I was when this tragedy happened..
  I shall never forget the the horror as it unfolded on the tv..

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Farage has had very consistent policies for decades and I believe he is a patriot.

Maybe he takes money from dubious sources but there is little that he says he stands for that I can disagree with.

Putin may like him causing discontent here but I've heard nothing of Reform supporting him unlike the AfD which are probably funded by him.

I remember hearing talk about this at work. I thought it must be a light plane when I first heard one had crashed into the World Trade Centre and was wondering how it could have happened. Nobody knew much about it initially. Quite why it provoked a war in Iraq is a bit of a mystery as are where are all those weapons of mass destruction Blair was telling us about.

Arab Spring along with Islamic State and huge numbers of illegal migrants all followed directly on although I think Blair may have already opened the gates for mass legal migration by then. Certainly the Germans are pondering Angela Merkel's legacy now and I doubt all that many fondly recall her as Mutti.

Fishing. Water cooled enough to maybe take some pike without straining them too much. Weed dieing back. Will be the first time this season as the water has been too warm and the sun too bright most days.

Quote from: muddy on September 06, 2026, 03:32:53 PMI am looking for someone with integrity in politics can't bring one to mind at the moment .

Politics and integrity? 🤔 has to be an oxymoron surely? 

Reform seems to winning in local council elections .

On this day 25 years ago the world changed forever .

Lovely morning here, I might potter in the garden after breakfast.  My lovely daughter is taking me out for afternoon tea later.  Lucky me ❤️

Quote from: Scrumpy on September 09, 2026, 11:50:52 AMI don't subscribe to anything anymore... They get too greedy.. and ask for more..
 If I see a person with a collection tin and I want to donate.. then I will..
I  don't feel guilty walking by .. those days are long gone..
 Some charity shops are guilty of this too.. I have seen items (dearer) than the shop price..
When you consider everything is donated by the public and the (workers) do not get paid.. Yet those at the top make a fortune.. for themselves.. Scandalous..

I've been a volunteer for over 10 years in a charity shop.  We have a paid manager, assistant manager, and two part time staff.  Our shop is open seven days a week, and it's busy.  We take between £4k-£5k every week, sometimes more.  If we overpriced everything, it wouldn't sell, but mistakes do happen!  Things that don't sell after two or three weeks are usually half priced.  

Our managers work really hard, every bag of donations has to be carried upstairs, for sorting, and we can get hundreds in a week.  clothes get hung, steamed, and then taken back downstairs for display.  

Sadly a lot of stuff should have gone in the donor's bin, instead, it goes in ours.  And that costs, as businesses have to pay for refuse collections.  Old tatty clothing is fine, the rag man buys it, same with old and damaged books.   Chipped and cracked ceramics and glass? Not so much.

The chief executives of some of the bigger charities would be paid a lot more if they were running businesses of the same size in the private sector.   Our shops aren't run by happy amateur volunteers, they're one of the biggest retailers in the UK.