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MY NEW NAME IS IN THE SUBJECT BOX ABOVE ......BUT DON'T LAUGH UNTIL YOU FIND OUT WHAT YOUR NEW NAME IS We all need a little stress-reliever. This only takes a minute. Sometimes when you have a stressful day or week, you need some silliness to break up the day. If we are honest, we have a lot more stressful days than not. Here is your dose of humor.... A. Follow the instructions to find your new name. B. Once you have your new name, put it in the subject box and forward it to friends and family & co-workers. Don't forget to forward it back to the person who sent it to you so they know your new name. And don't go all adult - a senior manager is now kn…

This is a thread for ideas like the one below from Sister Purity. I've put it in Gen Chat so that non-policing ideas can be put in it as well. I'm sure I don't need to say be careful not to give away any things which should be kept schtum about, but ideas like SP's are so good they could be shared.

Sometimes I struggle to get my head around things the fairer sex come out with. This morning, I accompanied "her indoors", Mrs B, to the supermarket, where she spotted an old crony called Julie from her days in the building trade: Mrs B "..and how's Trevor?" (I subsequently discovered that Trevor is Julie's eldest son and is a steelworker) Julie: "Ooooh! He's in hospital! He was working up on a gantry and the beam collapsed. He fell nearly thirty feet onto the concrete floor." Mrs B : "Oh my goodness! How is he?" Julie: "Broke his right leg, right arm and cracked three ribs" Mrs B: "Oooh! He was lucky" Julie: "Yeah. Really lucky!" I felt an almost overpoweri…

House of Lords rule Abu Qatada can be deported to Jordan. He can appeal to the European Court of Human Rights. Abu Qatada can be deported: It is a victory for the Home Office which had appealed against a court decision preventing Qatada's deportation on the grounds he may face unfair treatment in Jordan…… Sky News Ron Barker2009-02-18 10:16:30

not one, but TWO mentions in dispatches this week (at the weekly meeting) for good work during our last set of shifts

... if you want to get on. Apparently Jeremy Clarkson's decription of Gordon Brown is "Unforgiveable" Why? What part of "One-eyed Scottish idiot" is unforgiveable? It seems like a very accurate description to me.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7897366.stm This female really pi$$es me off. She has no idea of parenting skill, but blames everyone but herself for her daughters demise, and is full of self pity. She leaves a 15 girl, in the care of a Tour Guide whom she had only known for three weeks, living in a dirty caravan, on a beach in Goa, while she bogs off to another country. I am really surprised she hasn't been charged with child neglect or something similar. Maverick222009-02-19 09:04:43

When you hear some woman going on about 3.9 million kids being "in poverty" what does that mean? Does anybody know the set of criteria - presuming there is one? Surely it's relative!?!?

A jealous husband strangled his wife to death after she shouted the name of another man during sex, a court has heard. Ever called your partner the wrong name during this intimate moment? As the moment got close 6 months back, i once screamed out HATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Happy Birthday to Sykes!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7892600.stm The BBC has gathered a panel of experts to help people with their financial dilemmas at the Money Matters Roadshow in Manchester. You got 6 right! Cash conscious More then i expected.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1148756/Sleaze-watchdog-tells-Jacqui-Smith-explain-116-000-homes-expenses-bill.html Lets hope Lyons makes a better job this time, he should be replaced as he is too close to Labour, somebody more independent should be employed. Maverick222009-02-19 08:42:35

Happy birthday Sykes, and i see Calvin got his resident badge, i am guessing your in the service now;. :smiley_notworthy: :smiley_notworthy: :clapping:

Sky is replacing some of it's PACE HD boxes because of some sort of fault..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7894000/7894752.stm I've just checked mine and it's one of the models listed - although Sky has yet to advise me that some chap, who looks like he should still be at school, is going to come round my house and replace my HD box. AND I'm going to get three months of HD services for free. Neat!!! The downside is that I'm going to have to put all my bloody favourites and series links in again..............now THAT is annoying! IveToldYouOnce2009-02-17 14:22:50

Selling my White MacBook. 2gb ddr 800 memory 180gb harddrive 2ghz dual core processor just reinstalled Mac osx Leopard 13.1" Screen MagSafe power port Gigabit Ethernet port Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps) Mini DisplayPort Audio line in Audio line out Kensington lock slot Built In Wireless Good Condition, with 2 years warranty left as i bought Apple Care with it. Macbook is in perfect working order, i upgraded the harddrive and memory. There are some surface scratches on the laptop, but they are due to wear and tear, there is a slight crack on the lower casing about 5cm to the left of the touchpad, which measures about 2cm in width, this has no effect on …