What to stick on his windscreen which wont come off easily? [OT]

Hey, who nicked me n!

Pedant. B-)

True.

I know Mary, this is fun. I can almost see the kick trolls must get.

Exactly so when I go shopping with my father I can park us in the Parent & Child spaces.

Arf !!! I still go "look horsies" my oldest is 18 and gives me a pained expression.

I fully support the right of householders to execute burglars, or at their option, torture them.

'kin 'ell - If I got that, I'd probably blow a gasket. If I do get a problem like that I generally grit my teeth, because the MIL feels bad enough having to depend on us to get her around. She's old school proud. If I blew my top it would only make her feel bad and that would make me feel like a shit.

You could be arsed earlier on when it was someone else at fault :)

Definately not. Any father who considers his 45 year old son as his baby has severe problems. This is exclusively a mother thing.

See skint, and untrusting of people in the immediate area (or in general really, but incidents like the above hardly changed my mind on that one). As for music, you're not going to believe this, but I hardly ever turn the volume up above conversation level. If I want it loud, I'll plug my headphones in.

Yes, that is true. And my main source of relaxation happened to have disappeared at the same time.

And in comes the joint pain. I suffer from lower back pain, and occaisional problems with my knees, both of which are made worse by living on hard flooring. I don't need carpet to live, but it certainly makes things a hell of a lot easier, and that's without considering the soundproofing and heat insulation it provides. The look of the thing is actually just about bottom of my list of priorities.

Possesive as in the store belonging to the chain branded Tesco.

I don't know, it just seems a clumsy word, I've never really brushed up enough on the workings of language to look into it.

Look it up. My school was obsessed with far more important things than the finer points of the mother tongue to bother giving me half a clue, so the quarter I do have has been what I've taught myself over the years, probably wrongly! ;)

People in and out as quickly as possible whilst keeping them there just long enough to spot the "bargains" would seem to be the better business model for the typical supermarket, and that's exactly how the ones around here look to me. Luxury centres that are trying to sell you 4 figure credit deals on stuff you don't really need probably want you around as long as possible, so you give into temptation after that lovely sugar laden faux strawberry cowjuice and reconstituted meat sandwich in the refreshments area, and part with lots and lots of yet to be earned cash.

What I meant to say was more people per square mile than almost any other European nation. Which, if you look at the list isn't far off the mark. European countries with more:

Monaco (number 2, and a tax haven) Gibraltar (5th, and a small island with somewhat major British interest!) Vatican City (7th, and like Monaco hardly reliant on self support) Malta (8th) Guernsey (13th, and let's face it, as near to Brisitsh as makes not all that much difference in this debate) Jersey (14th, same as I said about Geurnsey IMO) San Marino (21st, and to all intents and purposes part of Italy) Belgium (29th)

So we're 50th, with 2 very British "countries", another one that's very much British so far as the people on it, a tax haven, and a religious commune are the handful of European nations with more people per square measurement. We're not exactly blessed with an abundance of land to support the population growth people keep wanting!

All of it did? There was never any thought to funding the elderly of the future with the money they'd pay over time? Is it possible the not unpredictable population growth can be at least in part to blame for the problem? Although my bet is that a great deal of the money has found its way elsewhere than intended, going by how governments seem to like to use it short term for their popularity, and leave the shortfall to be someone elses problem :(

A carrot often works better than a stick, but governemtns never really like to open the cupboard door, and in cases like this, are afraid the stick will be snatched off them and used to beat them out of power, IMO. Giving people a choice to work longer, an incentive not to breed so much, and sensible simple (and above all *optional*) schemes to help them provide for themselves would seem a good plan to me, as would offering the unemployed an optional incentive/ bonus scheme doing voluntary work without fear of losing the little they have to survive on. But that would take time, and not win many votes no doubt :(

And I'd be quite happy to live in a society that cares for it's sick, poor and elderly, whilst allowing people who choose to take risks that might take a few out (provided they take no-one else with them). Instead there's some silly fat bastard out there who thinks I shouldn't be allowed to have my water too hot, FFS! ;)

I don't see my mum's attitude changing on my 50th somehow...

:)

I think either

"I had to pop out to Tesco earlier today."

or

"I had to pop out to Tesco's earlier today."

is acceptable; the first because one is going to the local manifestation of the entity "Tesco plc" the second because the possessed "shop" is implied.

As there is only one Tesco plc

"I had to pop out to Tescos earlier today."

seems wrong.

HTH :)

Oh, I thought he wanted to use the python as the panther's lead. I was just about to contact RSPCA ...

Mary

By?

Thread drift drift:

More significantly for today's women, they are more likely to expose themselves to life-threatening conditions attributed to excess of oestrogen.Yes, there are other influences on that too but it's a fact that later menarche, frequent child bearing and long lactation help to protect against some cancers.

Thought you'd like to know that :-)

Mary

Well, I would suggest that all men have fewer than one child. It takes two to tango as well.

Mary

IC was one of the few people I have understood.

Mary

ANY mother?

Another inaccurate generalisation, which devalues your argument.

This mother's children were babies only until the next one came. The last one is still called 'Baby' in fun but in fact his name was used from when his siblings started using it, when he was a year old. I suspect they expected that another would be along shortly so he wasn't a baby any more.

Mary

And do you still say, "Mummy, what's that horse doing with that other horse?"

Mary

Not me gov, I suspect it's still on your keybord somewhere.

Well, the others aren't much use without are they?

Hey! I've just found your 'n', it's inverted in 'bounus'!

I couldn't possibly comment :-)

Mary

Yep, I agree with that.

Sorry lost me. Who or what is "possessing" Tesco, implied or not?

The apostrophe also implies something is missing doesn't it? In this case a missing " his". The use of which is clumsy at best to very clumsy hence the normal shortening.

"Fred's coat is red." -> "Fred, his coat is red."

"I had to pop out to Tesco, his earlier today."

Definately doesn't work!

Come on where are all the expert English pedants out there when you want one?