Romey 1878 Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 He was trying to get to Canada, not here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34141716 Where did that story come from? Googling "Abdullah Kurdi dental care" gives nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Plainly not the only or primary reason if you read the whole story though, as the video title suggests it is. It was just one of the ways his families life could be improved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Plainly not the only or primary reason if you read the whole story though, as the video title suggests it is. It was just one of the ways his families life could be improved. Fair enough. He can't have been fearing for his life so much seeing as he's gone back there to bury his family. Well, we've relented and said we'll take 4000 now so there's a few who'll get their improved lives. What I don't get is that these 4000 have been guaranteed housing as soon as they arrive but all we hear about is a huge waiting list for housing for people already here and that we need to build more houses desperately. How is that even possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Fair enough. He can't have been fearing for his life so much seeing as he's gone back there to bury his family. Well, we've relented and said we'll take 4000 now so there's a few who'll get their improved lives. What I don't get is that these 4000 have been guaranteed housing as soon as they arrive but all we hear about is a huge waiting list for housing for people already here and that we need to build more houses desperately. How is that even possible? He may not be the ideal poster boy for more tolerance given the teeth thing because obviously people will latch on to that. As to fearing for his life? He may not have been, but there are many other reasons for wanting to improve your families future. If I was living in a war zone and then left that to live illegally outside a refugee camp with my wife and kids I'd probably be quite keen to move somewhere a bit nicer, irrespective of the legality of it, rather than accept that as my place in the World. The second bit you need to ask David Cameron about. Shitloads of houses being built down here but sadly most of the locals can't afford them and all the council housing has been sold off. It stinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 He may not be the ideal poster boy for more tolerance given the teeth thing because obviously people will latch on to that. As to fearing for his life? He may not have been, but there are many other reasons for wanting to improve your families future. If I was living in a war zone and then left that to live illegally outside a refugee camp with my wife and kids I'd probably be quite keen to move somewhere a bit nicer, irrespective of the legality of it, rather than accept that as my place in the World. The second bit you need to ask David Cameron about. Shitloads of houses being built down here but sadly most of the locals can't afford them and all the council housing has been sold off. It stinks. They say you shouldn't talk politics because it causes problems and we're going to be polar opposites on this, so it's probably best to leave it there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 They say you shouldn't talk politics because it causes problems and we're going to be polar opposites on this, so it's probably best to leave it there! Fair enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 There's nothing here that surprises me: http://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelgillard/the-queen-is-going-to-be-mightily-pissed-off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 The Guardian gave "Legend" a two star review. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/03/legend-review-tom-hardy-on-double-duty-in-cartoonish-krays-biopic It made the poster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 The Guardian gave "Legend" a two star review. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/03/legend-review-tom-hardy-on-double-duty-in-cartoonish-krays-biopic It made the poster. That's hilarious, but very smart from the graphics team. Well placed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 That's hilarious, but very smart from the graphics team. Well placed! Naughty, but certainly clever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 I think the film looks like a pile of shite myself. The adverts for it make it look like a comedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 I think the film looks like a pile of shite myself. The adverts for it make it look like a comedy. Yeah I don't think it looks any good. Certainly not going out my way to watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 I think the film looks like a pile of shite myself. The adverts for it make it look like a comedy. I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 I may be anti-royal in general, but congratulations to the queen for becoming the nation's long-serving monarch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 I may be anti-royal in general, but congratulations to the queen for becoming the nation's long-serving monarch. yeah she's also the longest serving human to not smile, queen of one of the most powerful nations in the world and still unhappy. bet she's a peach of a granny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 I may be anti-royal in general, but congratulations to the queen for becoming the nation's long-serving monarch. Job for life. It's like congratulating her for her dad dying young and living 'til she's eighty-nine. No congratulations from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 Was talking to my brother the other day (Father Michael) he is 13 months older than me. We were reminiscing about school days and particularly about playing football. I started at St Matthews in Richard Kelly Drive in 1947. At 'play-time' there was always a 40 a side game going on and I quickly learned that there were only two questions to ask. 1. Which way are Everton kicking and 2. What's the score. It was amazing how equal the two sides were, Everton and Liverpool supporters seemed exactly split down the middle. One goal was on the school wall and the other was at the end of the playground on the brick air-raid shelter. The ball was an old tennis ball and you were lucky if you got more than a couple of kicks during the quarter hour or so. The winners had bragging rights until the next time. This continued every morning and afternoon, 5 days a week, winter and summer. I hope it still goes on at schools in Liverpool, the only difference being that the lads will now wear flash trainers and have a proper football. Golden memories though. MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MikeO Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Tragic this... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-34243631 Just up the road from us. The league Josh used to play in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Tragic this... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-34243631 Just up the road from us. The league Josh used to play in. Read about that earlier. Such a sad story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 A ginger James Bond? StevO will be delighted. http://uk.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/09/damian-lewis-james-bond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 (edited) A ginger James Bond? StevO will be delighted. http://uk.complex.com/pop-culture/2015/09/damian-lewis-james-bond No thank you. Kopite. Edit: Much prefer a younger model, like a Luke Evans. See what someone younger could bring. More energy? Edited September 28, 2015 by tenaciousj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 I want to keep Daniel Craig for as long as possible. Possibly my favourite of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 I want to keep Daniel Craig for as long as possible. Possibly my favourite of all time. I agree, never though anyone would match Connery but I thinks Craig's probably on a level with him now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 I thought Connery was the best 'film' Bond, but in the context of reading the books and forming an 'image' of Bond, I thought Roger Moore was closest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 I thought Connery was the best 'film' Bond, but in the context of reading the books and forming an 'image' of Bond, I thought Roger Moore was closest. Never read any of the books, Roger Moore was dreadful imo; in fact he is/was just a dreadful actor. His range extended to playing himself; if a plank of wood could raise an eyebrow I'd cast it ahead of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 I agree, never though anyone would match Connery but I thinks Craig's probably on a level with him now.dalton was my favourite before; heartless and genuine. Wasn't fussed with the others, too suarve / camp for a spy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 I want to keep Daniel Craig for as long as possible. Possibly my favourite of all time. Wirral bias! The Bourne Identity really made the James Bond filmmakers improve. It was light and day between them at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Went here yesterday and climbed to the top, never heard of it before but incredible, get really sand-blasted! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2317656/The-marauding-mountain-sand-swallowing-roads-houses-forest-west-coast-France.html And this afternoon we're off here, be interesting I reckon. http://www.uboat-bases.com/en/Bordeaux/photo-gallery.html Scene of the "Cockleshell Heroes" raid in WW2, made into a film in 1957. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Frankton Thus endeth geography and history lessons for today, but there'll be a test next week . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Went here yesterday and climbed to the top, never heard of it before but incredible, get really sand-blasted! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2317656/The-marauding-mountain-sand-swallowing-roads-houses-forest-west-coast-France.html And this afternoon we're off here, be interesting I reckon. http://www.uboat-bases.com/en/Bordeaux/photo-gallery.html Scene of the "Cockleshell Heroes" raid in WW2, made into a film in 1957. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Frankton Thus endeth geography and history lessons for today, but there'll be a test next week . The Uboat base reminds me of the Linnahall in Tallinn, we stumbled upon on our travels. Completely derelict. It's HUGE and there's now nothing there. Just a concrete structure with no real purpose. "The 22nd Summer Olympic Games were hosted in Moscow in 1980. As inland Moscow had no suitable venue at which to stage the sailing event this task fell to Tallinn, the capital of thenEstonian SSR.[1] Apart from the main venue for the sailing event, Pirita Yachting Centre, a lot of other sports and entertainment facilities were built during preparations for the Olympics." Really odd place to stumble upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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