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@thin ice wrote:

i love that word

Hey Thin

I might not be narrow, but I am straight . . . . . . 8)

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@yourchoice wrote:

One thing that has become very apparent is the sexual tension between a number of posters two in particular ………..I really do think these two need to get it on or move on.

Any views on this observation of mine :?:

I am in the process of preparing a list of those with whom I have apparent sexual tension, in the hope of raising support for subsequent dalliances. If you would like to be on the list please send in your applications.

Please indicate whether you would like to remain anonymous and whether you would like to receive promotional material from me or any of my affiliates. 8)

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@minim wrote:

………And there are others who know how to use the system, obtain far more than they are entitled and make it ever harder for the truly deserving.

Well said mimim, but the truth is that it’s not those who fiddle the system who design it. They will exploit loopholes of any kind and there will always be loopholes.

In a society that leave reckless bankers in charge of the economy and forgive “friendly fire” and “collateral damage” the response to a (usually overstated) number of cheats does less to prevent cheating than to victimise the most needy (anyone care to guess whether the retesting of every disability claimant is going to save anything like what it will cost?)

Gesture politics rules! But not in a good way.

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Thanks for that thought, Thin, it’s good to have our minds broadened in a noble way.

It is unfortunate that ‘the homeless’ will survive until we as a society decide to eradicate the causes of homelessness – which includes building the kind of personal support and wider inclusion which would make having a home a better ‘choice’ for those who might balk at more conventional society.

But it is also tragic that many homeless people have not survived because of their homelessness and that here in the fourth or fifth richest country in the world, homeless individuals will die in their hundreds this and every winter. If we can find the energy to do something to help them survive we should.

There used to be a man who slept in the stairs by the viaduct near where I worked and along with the rest of my colleagues we all complained about the smell, because he obviously defecated near where he slept. Only one of my colleagues actually sat with him and listened to his story, which I have since found out it is very common. An ex-soldier, you know those ‘heroes’ people like to go on about, whose marriage and family had split up and whose subsequent depression had left him unable to negotiate the existing provision from state and charities.

So I’ll be quietly thankful as I look at my two teenage ‘babies’ sucking the pizza topping off their fingers in a warm room with an illuminated tree and remember that my ‘problems’ are just minor irritations compared to many.

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For believer or non-believer
In family or solitude
The dark, cold time of winter
Cries out for light and uplift

In conflict or in harmony
In silence or in hubbub
Each year looks the better for
A few days of tolerance

We stop,
Make sure the ones we care for most are fed and cheered
And extend our goodwill far beyond our tiny circles
So that a world pulled at by hopelessness and fear
Might seem, if not a better place
At least like one in which goodness always has it’s space

To all in JC who have befriended, ignored, supported, exasperated, entertained, insulted and uplifted me.

Peace, Love, Hope, Sufficiency and Joy for Christmas and All through 2011 and beyond

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@thin ice wrote:

@Wordsworth50 wrote:

Hey Thin, I did alright in Swansea mate! Yeah, London hit me on ‘skint week’ but I’m already saving up for the next one so if you haven’t rendered yourself ‘non grata’ by then there will be at least one lined up for yer! :lol:

im teasing mate
and i might be on dodgy ground by the time london meet comes up again :lol:

Who knows? I’ve only been on here a couple of days and already I have Such Indignance! lol

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Hey Thin, I did alright in Swansea mate! Yeah, London hit me on ‘skint week’ but I’m already saving up for the next one so if you haven’t rendered yourself ‘non grata’ by then there will be at least one lined up for yer! :lol:

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Well if I was dead, I’d get an agent to get me somewhere that pays better for my work, I’m sure there’s money in it.

As for controversy, I’m often surprised at the topics that end up being controversial in chat. But hey! I’ll be bland for a while Yvonne.

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