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Rita - beats me re: the grey hair thing. Does seem a bit unfair, yes, but then the fairer sex are so much better at dying their hair anyway...
It's alright for all you with hair...I'm thinking of getting a grey syrup for BIRC '07!!
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Ah, but you have superior cooling!
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Nothing wrong with grey hair.

In my (limited) experience it lends an air of serenity and latent passion. (Don't let my wife see this).

Every time my kids say my hair makes me look "distinguished" they get a treat.

If they say I'm old, they get sent to bed with gruel.

Who is Kate Beckinwhatsit?

Now if it's Mme Binoche or Sandra Bullock, I'm willing to put in an extra 10k or so to get us to the moon.

On the male totty front, my wife is keen on Damian Lewis and the guy who played the adult Billy Elliot as a dancer (apparently he has a fit back).

Too pretty. :twisted:
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Rita wrote: How come guys with grey hair are considered sexy and women with grey hair "old and unkept"? Would Kate still be considered "hot" with grey hair?
I suspect so......

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(does my attempt to avoid marking come across as very obvious? :lol:)
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Is that you teacher?
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JanetS wrote:
Rita wrote: How come guys with grey hair are considered sexy and women with grey hair "old and unkept"? Would Kate still be considered "hot" with grey hair?
I suspect so......
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Janet, you have my full and total sympathy regarding marking and coursework. All I can say is GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

And I won't mention MODERATION.

AND when I rule the world I will ban:

1) Computers that lose rowing data at BIRC :(;
2) Reality TV;
3) People who are famous for being famous;
4) Listening to the opinion of a celebrity about anything that they have no experience of. e.g. I am interested what Wayne Rooney says about football (well, mildly interested; well not really interested to be honest) but why would anyone care about his opinion about fashion or something like that?!
5) People who dodge taxes then complain about the government's lack of investment;
6) Governments who make decisions by "focus group" :evil:

And I would:
1) Increase PE in schools massively
2) Double the salary of all teachers (to raise their status with parents as much as give me a great wodge).
3) Stop forcing kids to study science at GCSE
4) Make compulsory planning orders for wind power all over the country & invest heavily in researching the hydrogen economy. We could be world leaders in this but are doing nothing.
5) Give massive grants for solar power and research it like mad. (see above)
6) Cut down corruption in government that lets builders build pretty much where they like if they wait long enough and pay enough money in to the right place (not that I am AT ALL sensitive about the small estate built in my next door neighbours garden, although this is conservation area and the planning application was repeatedly rejected by the district council).
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Add to the snake pit any politician who mentions "choice".

Choice in education - total cr4p.

All the good schools are filled very quickly and in rural areas there is no choice.

There might be options for the big cities but the politicians think the world ends beyond Zone 1.

I'll leave a discussion on tax, "A moral obligation or political invention" to a beer time. :oops:

Snake pit as well for the lazy ar$e train guard :twisted: who didn't get out of bed this morning and as a consequence led to my train being cancelled and probably 500 people having their day ruined. Personally I'd sack him/her but put him on gardening leave on condition that he used my tarin every day. Get in trouble with the unions for that though.
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I would end:

Sets of road "works" where the only work being done is by the speed cameras (miles of cones and no-one in site with as much as a shovel in sight)

Bad customer service - if you screw up in business (which happens - fair enough!), at least have the decency to make an effort and PUT IT RIGHT - QUICKLY!

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Chocolate being fattening

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ptruz wrote:Is that you teacher?
Yeh - just thought I'd take a quick snap in the mirror before dying my hair 8)

Is lying really so bad?!

PS Plummy: with you all the way on chocolate :D

I'd also have blade handles which don't give you blisters......
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IS chocolate fattening??? Bugger!!

On the banning front:

Grumpy taxi drivers.
WAR!
Coffee Creme flavouring.
Welcome meetings whilst on holiday
Reserving sun loungers
Whatever Gooner Neil was drinking at BIRC!!
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I would add:

Call Centres with foreigners you can't understand
Cold calling (from said foreigners above)

e.g. I had a call the other night....(I should point out I am not married, hence my partner's surname is Heather)

"Is that Mrs Heather"

My reply....

"Well, does it SOUND like Mrs Heather to you?"

"Uh...not really. Is that Mr Heather"

My reply...

"No...He's DEAD"

Silence...


I've also had someone call me to sell me a conservatory. I went along with it for about 10 mins...then said....

"One question....How are you going to attach a conservatory to the side of a 1st floor flat?"

Silence....again....bliss!
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PSims wrote:I would add:
Cold calling (from said foreigners above)
Got sent this link the other day:
One possible approach to deal with cold callers....

http://howtoprankatelemarketer.ytmnd.com/

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Paul

I whole heartedly agree on the cold calling front and I LOVE your examples.

What I normally do if I get a cold call is ask for their home number and ask if I can phone them any time between 6 - 8pm while they're having their dinner or getting ready to go out. - they usually say no...WELL DON'T BOTHER ME THEN YOU &^%$^$$$!! :twisted: :twisted:

Or ask them to hold on as I have something on the cooker....and leave them there. :twisted:

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Good skills Paul. I am too nice. I never have the heart to do that because you just know that the people on the other end are hardly the best paid people in the world. I just politely decline.

BUT there was a long running thing with British Gas billing our house for a meter that did not exist in the name of a local (and dead) man. They would not let it lie. I just kept asking to speak to the manager - in the end I got £20 compensation. Whoopeee. :?
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Thomas you are too nice and, for the record, it is something you pick immediately upon meeting you.

Nothing wrong with being nice, not enough of it about.
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nice is nice.....I like nice people.
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I like nice biscuits, although I must confess I do go slightly weak at the knees for a Chocolate hob knob
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Ahhhh food hot and sour soup from won keis in wardour street or Chili Chicken Ramen from Wagamamas!!!!!!
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Isn't that NICE biscuits? Sure it is supposed to be in CAPITALS. We have an hysterical book "A nice cup of tea and a sit down". Everything you never knew you needed to know about tea and biscuits.

And isn't being branded "nice" something you hate when you are young and on the lookout for someone of the opposite sex? Don't mind now.

Gooner. Start a food thread! I LOVE Wagamama. Anything on the menu really. Will comment when you start the thread.
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Tip for junk mail shots.

Always open the envelope and find the free reply one.

version one, shred the material and put it in the reply envelope and send it back.

Version two, as one but add a handful of metal washers because this makes it heavier and more expensive to return.

Version 3, as with one and two but get a really big envelope (probably stolen from work) and send it back making it more expensive.

Version 4, collect the junk mail over a week ro so and send back the "wrong" inserts in the "wrong" envelopes. Causes total confusion and you get taken off their lists. :twisted:

There is also a way of askign the post office not to delvier any but where's the fun in that? :P
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Note to self: "Don't annoy Webberg - ever!"
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