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The monetary system is broken, very seriously broken, but there is not a global visionary that can fix it

@kaz You are absolutely right there. The damage is done with huge companies ruling the world and the disconnection of money from anything tangible, and I don’t see how it can be undone without the collapse of the western world. If I had kids like you do, I’d be very frightened for them.

Short term-ism in politics is the other destructive force, with governments doing what they need to do to get re-elected, instead of what actually needs doing.

I don’t hate Corbyn, Bruce, I admire his principles. I just don’t believe that his socialist vision for the country will work. I wish it would, but nobody can point me to a country operating the level of socialism that he would like to see with a population the size of ours which works effectively.

We desperately need a center left Labor government as a viable opposition to the Tories.

By the way, I absolutely love communism as an ideal. I just wish human nature inherited from our earliest ancestors would allow it to work.

From each according to his ability. To each according to his needs.

Now wouldn’t that be something worth having?

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Absolutely – that’s what they did with the railways too – foment union strife and service withdrawal and then privatisation looks like an attractive option

@kaz That isn’t my recollection at all. I don’t remember union dissent, I just remember filthy old trains running so late that I would always catch at least one train earlier than the meeting I was supposed to be at should have needed.

If you want to talk about union dissent on the railway, how about the current nonsense about trains with no guards? There are trains running all over the place with no guards, and DLR doesn’t even have any drivers.

We need a complete refresh in Wedstminster and we need the Tories out. I always voted Tory until Cameron and I am ashamed of that. I do not know how anyone with any degree of social conscience can vote for Conservative

When your alternative is a fiscally incontinent Momentum led Corbyn government, who will support unions striking over things like running trains with only a driver, there seems to be no viable alternative to keep the country running to produce the taxes to pay for my social conscience to be delivered.

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I’m lazy. I wash my face with water in the shower then put moisturiser with spf on (15 in winter, 30 in summer). I do that when I get up (morning or evening depending on shift).

Don’t do anything at night. Barely wear make up but when I do, I do take it all off.

I’m 30 in July and don’t have any wrinkles, I’m told I look 22.

Other than that, I just drink plenty of water.

I really can’t be doing with anything faffy at 4.45am after a shower before work!

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My mother was a cleaner all her adult life, mainly in offices, but also in “posh people’s houses”.

She was bloody good at it too, most of our Xmas presents came out of her “Xmas box” tips.

She was horrified when, as a “DINKY” couple, we got a cleaner in.

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Yes I’m having this problem at the moment. My ex doesn’t want me to take our daughter abroad even for a holiday because my partner lives abroad and he thinks I wouldn’t bring her back. He’s being utterly ridiculous because I have a house and a successful business here – and as much as he is a total tool (unfaithful twice, first with a close friend of mine and then later on a work colleague) I wouldn’t ever take my girl away from her dad. I’ll let it be for now but I will happily get the courts permission if needed – my daughter is desperate to go so it’s not as if I’m trying to make her. Good luck, it’s a frustrating time I know!

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Deeside is beautiful. Driving distance to aberdeen, lots of castle’ lochs, mountains! Have a look at Glen Tamara Estate for cottages

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TBH having discovered the joys of paying for parking via smartphone machines, tickets and entry/exit barriers seem like a faff ?

@elly By far my preferred option is paying by contactless credit card. All the other options (such as mobile apps) have some kind of faff.

The advantage of smartphones is that they allow you to “feed the meter” remotely – but not if you’re about to have an MRI or something. Hence why I think pay on exit best suits hospitals – if you go there by yourself you enter, you are often incommunicado for some hours, then you leave. In an extreme case you might find yourself staying overnight – best that you can pay your parking accordingly when you go home than get fined.

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I’m surprised your foodbank wouldn’t take unopened items, all our local ones cry out for nice biscuits/chocs alongside the long life and tinned stuff. Maybe try any smaller ones? Church run maybe?

I’ll be taking a tin of chocs to work, where they’ll disappear, or failing that, there’s a couple of shops that I’m friendly with the staff, so they’ll go to them.

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Basically pack what you think you might need but be aware you may not want or need it!

Nipple cream if you don’t need it can be used for other things. And don’t let your oh buy pads, I got some massive tena pads that were too huge to be comfortable. Although padding is multifunctional for a few days after.