angryjoe

I can't see why it's different, but where I am, people were getting served in quite a few places from being about 13 (voice hadn't even broken!) Obviously I couldn't go to town centre type places but a few local pubs and stuff will serve anyone. I have also, like you said, drank on the street just because of the price of it, although I don't think making it cheaper would change owt. One of my teachers was telling me that he was in France on his gap year when they won the world cup. Apparently all that happened was a few cheers and hugs went around before everyone finished their half and went home. For me, that just shows the culture difference. It was mental enough when we won the Rugby world cup, if we won the football one it would be crazy. :shock:

Yes, South Park is funny. You are not. http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=561170

:wall: Stupid me. I was thinking like a bike chain or something.

just a heads up, this is OT nobody gives a damn which runescape tip site you use. I would actually prefer he used Rune HQ.

What is chain snatching? And if it is what seems obvious, stealing a chain, why would you steal a chain? :?

I don't think that something being in the public sector means that they don't have the incentive to be efficient or make profit. There were plenty of public sector firms making profit before Mad Maggie sold them all. I mean the NHS is, like you said, bound to lose money. However I think that that can be limited and the NHS run efficiently. I don't know if you watched that thing with Gerry Robinson, but that gave a good insight into some of the failings of the NHS and some of it really was ridiculous. But he did offer some solutions. One was on the lines of privatising it but running it on government funding, which could work. I just think it really could and should have something done. It doesn't need to be as much of a black hole as it is while also providing a beter service.

I suppose that seems a bit unfair on you, but someone walking past could be pretty intimidated by a big group of 20. I suppose it is a bit if a dilemma, mabie try going out in smaller groups in future and if you all want to go somewhere together, just arrange to meet up there and all get their and back different ways.

You are forgetting the added cost of Government Bureaucracy. That cost can be massive. I don't know if it is in Norway's particular case but in general(there are always exceptions) governments do a horribly innefficient job at things when compared to a free market. Just look at FEMA after the hurricane hit New Orleans. Do you want those same idiots running our Healthcare system? I agree, although I think in principle it would be lovely if everyone could have access to a perfect healthcare system regardless of financial background, in reality the costs of running such a system through the government are massive, and terribly inefficient. But then again, I don't the US system is a particularly good solution either. It's a tricky one, and i'm open to suggestions and opinions. I think that what we have in this country would be fine if the NHS was run more efficiently. I suppose we could also do to cut down on the so called 'post-code lottery' scenarios but in general it is pretty good. There are private healthcare optionsif people can afford and feel the need but the basic healthcare is there when needed. Thats my opinion anyway.

The solution is using the drive-through. :wink:

What would be bad about that? (as long as the French shut their white flag factory - they could even put the money into the CAP :D ) It would bring the EU closer to being a superpower, and it would be a more controlled military, so no more following other countries and no more contovertial military action.

I notice your from UK... How is health care in UK? Are you happy with the services you get, or should some things change? Yes it has always been fine for me. In the last few years, I've been to hospital once and it was fine. Every couple of months or so I have something or other that I have to go to the doctors for and have always been very happy with the service. I could probably do without going to the doctors really however I can't really imagine not having access to it if I needed to. There are alot of complaints about our healthcare system though. It is run very inefficiently. It makes huge losses, which is expected of course being free but they are much higher than they should be. There are almost as many administrative positions as there are nurses. There is also apparently alot of super-bugs going around that are most probably the result of, stupidly, hiring private cleaning firms to clean the hospitals. There are other failings in the NHS that don't spring to mind at the moment and they are only thing that I've heared on the news. My own experiences have been fine, so I can't really complain.

I haven't seen the documentary, but the thing is, would the majority of Americans be willing to pay the increased taxes that would result from having free healthcare? I suppose it is one of the downsides of having a free market. The rich keep getting richer and the poor get shafted. However I do believe that it should be a human right to have at least basic healthcare but unfortunately that doesn't look like happening over there.

No snow where I am but lots of frost. It's nice though, since there is no wind it's very calm and nice crisp air :)

Sunday dinner.

That really was a sucker punch. :wall: I ought to be shot.

...and the pun is?

[bleep] off.

There is a pun? :?

Seemingly not.

People watch this after the auditions?

Doesn't take away the fact that this thread is completely pointless. :| Completely pointless, but still awesome. :) A pig coming is awesome? :shock: Whatever floats your boat pal :|

Doesn't take away the fact that this thread is completely pointless. :|

Thermal underwear. Vests, longjohns, the job lot :D

well, what can i say. Mayweather was sublime. Just got in at half 6ish :shock: After thge fight i can see right, that basically, although people werre saying hatton had won the phycologicalk battle, mayweather had, and knew he had, won it. Hatton was really phycologically involved wheras for mayweather it was business as usual but even better. after the fight, I really like mayweather. First of all, being a LUAFC fan, i really like wind up merchants and mayweather is brilliant at that. And also, he is a winner, he migjht have a bit of a dislikeable style by always ducking into grapple and dancing around, but it works for him and all the beast. And he is a charitable person, he may spend alot himself and f;ash the cash, but i would in his situation. he is from a hard background and done well for himself and also gives to charity and is rather gracious in victory. Well done flloyd, yuou have won at least one, and probably a few more fans tonight. Also, i still like hatton, however he was rather sour about losing. I mean fair enough the referee played to Mywthr (sounds welsh) but it wasx still part of the rules, and although that point deicted was a bit unfair, he would have still ost the match. All in all a good fight.

Plus the fact that a Volvo would never be going at the kind of speed needed for that to happen.