Don Pearson
@Andysport , Apologies. My post was off-topic as far as providing you with useful information.
@neilh naughty. However, it has always been obvious to me that any American company will have been subject to pressure to ensure NSA access. For instance, if you were seriously dodgy, would you trust the integrity of any system or any encryption provided by Microsoft?
@neilh Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Clearly nobody who believes that people are the property of the state in which they happen to be born, bound to obey its laws, even if the state itself does not.
Such harrassment could be a criminal offence and it may be worth contacting the police. From Protection from Harassment Act 1997. Prohibition of harassment. (1) A person must not pursue a course of conduct— (a) which amounts to harassment of another, and (b) which he knows or ought to know amounts to harassment of the other. (2) For the purposes of this ...
@Paul An idea for you to consider from a pompous old git: Absorb what people say on the merits of their case, rather than who they are. I am an atheist but do not dismiss what a religious person says simply because they are religious. As another example, I do not assume that I know better than younger people just because I am older. Don
..and you can always put people up on a settee in the living room. Perhaps they will reclassify those as bedrooms too.
@jools88 fairly clear, I think.
Elect politicians (or appoint a town manager) for one year only and call them the King or Queen. Crowning to be a major celebration. Let them live in style. At the end of the year have a vote as to whether or not they have been successful. If so, they must retire. If not, they are sacrificed on the Lawn to the Black Swans, with much merry-making. Major tourist attraction for the Summer. ...
Neil, Thanks. It was the usual Topsy problem where I did not set out for it to be long and I became completely absorbed in thought and action - searching out links, reading, pasting them into the message, etc. (completely missing the rugby I had intended to watch.) Don
"It is estimated that twenty nine million that's (29) will come to these shores within the next few years." Clearly nonsensical. This is what was said, Coloured highlights are mine: "Twenty nine million Romanians and Bulgarians will gain the right to live and work unrestricted in Britain in 2014 under European “freedom of movement” rules. Last night forecasters said it could lead ...
