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Because of course, horse owners don't do abandoning, like those scruffy oiks who abandon their dogs or cats... Anyway, there was an item about this on the BBC news but couldn't find much on their website so here is a link direct from the horse's mouth (sorry...) http://www.horsetrust.org.uk/Doc_News...

I am mostly hoping they last at least until my daughter has gone to her Dad's for Xmas and arrived home again...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7714763.stm

Saw this on the telly and it took me a minute to be sure I hadn't misread the decimal point...

I thought that particular environmental hazard was restricted to your side the Penines but NO!! On leaving work this afternoon I found it was falling through the atmosphere here in Yorkshire. I had to put on special protective clothing and deploy a personal fall-out shelter. Disturbingly, there was...

Andy_K wrote:You guys are all pansies. I bathe in the stuff!

Yeah, but would you drink a pint of it, like I just have (under strict scientific controls, obviously)? Wimp!

Disgusting! I have counted at least 7, possibly 8 sources of this evil substance IN MY OWN HOME! Something must be done - won't somebody think of the children?? On further investigations, I have discovered thatI also have four substantial containers of the stuff! Help, what can I do to remove the t...

Isn't this the very stuff that Leah Betts died of? And I notice there's a dispenser in our office, just a few feet from where I'm sitting in fact. It hasn't got so much as a warning sign on it! Disgusting! I have counted at least 7, possibly 8 sources of this evil substance IN MY OWN HOME! Somethin...

What about doctors, nurses etc, not necessarily applying much brute force, so not a very high wattage on average, but fairly important, no?

As a disabled person, I am fairly anxious about my future, even in the best case scenario...

It's a long time since my first house where the windows froze on the inside! You're going soft ! :D Aye, life was so tough in OUR house, that in winter the oxygen froze out of the air. The youngest bairn had the job of stirring the pools of liquid gas on the floor to get some oxygen to the rest of ...

Possibly, but in a situation where things aren't quite that dire, but regular currency is wheelbarrow-fillng in uselessness, I would think that gold and silver coins are likely to become at least nominally valuable, as people do have an attatchment to 'real money' which would be likely to last at le...

SunnyJim wrote:

Andy Hunt wrote:

SunnyJim wrote:tinfoil

Is that for the party hats?!

Hhahahahahah. No to wrap the spud in!

Hey, there's no harm in a little recycling after the spuds, eh? Oh, I'll leave my book behind and bring lots and lots of cheese for the spuds, deal?

Trouble with silver is that unlike gold, you have to pay VAT on it if it's not second hand... and second hand silver is very scarce, so it's very difficult to invest in it unless you're willing to pay way over the odds Ah, I see... Also, is there any point in getting gold coinage that's not 24karat...

I've never been much good at partise, so I'll bring my book, my knitting and a nice big bottle of apple juice, and be over there in the, er, corner?

What about silver, does anyone think there's much point having some of that? I doubt I can manage the outlay for more than one small gold coin (if that!), but could get two or three silver coins for similar money...

Overall, I quite liked it. There were some bits that were quite annoying, and i'm reserving judgement until I've seen part two, and that ruddy sex scene was just silly (though I suppose if you're the BBC and you've managed to get Neve Campbell to be in your drama, you're going to at least try to get...