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« Reply #45 on: 16:48:02, 09-03-2007 » |
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Ho! Dawkins is an unpleasant, overly conceited little person.
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« Reply #46 on: 17:02:06, 09-03-2007 » |
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Well just what does he think he has achieved by saying that lady had one of the most stupid faces he has ever seen? Just because she wanted to wear a cross and chain! How rude is that?
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« Reply #47 on: 17:02:16, 09-03-2007 » |
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You do have to admire the younger generation for a supremely clever bit of re-labelling though. I went through several years of envy at how cool and together they must be, in contrast with my generation, before I finally twigged that 'chilling' actually meant being slumped on a sofa with the curtains drawn in front of daytime TV eating Shreddies straight from the packet.
If only I had known that I was 'chilling' all those years ago. Mind you, no daytime TV then, just a cardboard box with a picture of the Beverley Sisters stuck on the front.
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« Reply #48 on: 17:33:12, 09-03-2007 » |
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The problem for me with Richard Dawkins is that he destroys his own argument (which I feel has some truth in it - is it ducks under sofa time again?)) by being utterly unable to see any point of view but his own, and assuming everyone else is "stupid". I'm not religious, and I feel religion has done harm, but it has also done good - and there is a spiritual dimension, which he just can't see. I bet he's not interested in music or poetry!
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« Reply #49 on: 18:39:50, 09-03-2007 » |
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There's going to be something about putting sand back on beaches on NW Tonight BBC1 NOW-ish. But it said pensioners, so that's not Milly.
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« Reply #50 on: 19:50:51, 09-03-2007 » |
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I think I know that road (remember I had a grandmother in Knott End a long time ago, so I know that coast). Nice place to live, minus the sand! You could see it hadn't blown there.
Did they interview you and not use it? I suppose pensioners make a "better story".
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« Reply #51 on: 21:02:48, 09-03-2007 » |
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I could not understand at first what you were going through Milly, but now I do. May be the TV news will help.
I would not know it was you anyway and how you look.
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« Reply #52 on: 21:23:00, 09-03-2007 » |
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P.S. I was so annoyed this morning about it all that I did actually consider sticking around to give my two penn'orth - but changed my mind. Besides, having advertised it all on here, you'd have all known what I look like and that's not supposed to be a good idea on the internet is it?
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« Reply #53 on: 22:52:30, 21-03-2007 » |
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One of my last molars just popped out of its tenuous attachment to my gum! This is the only place I can share this news with anyone who will not be daft enough to mention a dentist in the next sentence. What dentist? Can't find any here that do not want a monthly subscription plan. This makes me so mad. Why does one have to be well off to enjoy dental health?
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« Reply #54 on: 23:00:09, 21-03-2007 » |
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CDJ Bad luck! That is indeed one of life's bastard surprises. Er, is there any hope, even with a good dentist? You want a replacement? You can probably live (and eat) without it. Molars are overrated anyway. Say bye, get back on the dental horse.  |
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« Reply #55 on: 23:26:20, 21-03-2007 » |
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i guess the time has arrived for the prosthetic solution!
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« Reply #56 on: 23:36:42, 21-03-2007 » |
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Calum - if you are within reach of Ryanair or Easyjet flights, and time your travel right (ie avoiding the Easter beanfeast), you can fly for penny-ha'pennies to Estonia and Latvia. (Literally for ten quid each way, but you have to be prepared to spend some hefty time looking for the real cheapo dates). In Estonia or Latvia (or Poland, for that matter) you'll find dentists who will most happily provide you with high-level dentistry for around one-quarter of the price of private care in Britain, and as a one-off, without any "subscription" etc. I know this seems entirely barmy, but if you have a pricy bit of work that needs doing, you can easily save the costs of a nice city-break holiday to the lovely medieval town of Tallinn back, and still end up quids-in on the trip :-) Oh, and did I mention the beer in Estonia is 80% cheaper than in Britain? And they have a jazz festival in Tallinn :-) And no visa needed. There is an outfit offering trips to Poland for low-price dental work advertising in Private Eye at the moment, but I don't know what they are like.
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They say travel broadens the mind - but in many cases travel has made the mind not exactly broader, but thicker.
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« Reply #57 on: 23:57:15, 21-03-2007 » |
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Reiner, you are right. One of my patients was telling me recently that a young Polish woman that works in a doctors surgery goes back to Poland for her dental work and so do her friends. They even go back there to the hairdressers for things like colouring because it still works out cheaper than having it done in England. They make a short break of it and save a hell of a lot of money.
Think on it Calum.
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« Reply #58 on: 00:04:24, 22-03-2007 » |
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i guess the time has arrived for the prosthetic solution!
If you do decide to head for Eastern Europe, please let me know how you get on with the plywood teeth. String and sealing wax will only get you so far. Of course, Kowloon used to have a Street of the Illegal Dentists, but that was a few years back... |
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« Reply #59 on: 09:32:38, 22-03-2007 » |
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Oh, and did I mention the beer in Estonia is 80% cheaper than in Britain?
Ah, saving on the costs of anaesthetics too, I see..... Tommo |
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