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Comment on Bad Move Dave… by baldy

baldy — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:46:04 +0000

“I hear what you are saying” but to be frank, I totally disagree because I think that under current circumstances, he is as good as it gets, right man for the moment although, that may well not help his career.

I note your “A very rich and influential clown…” remark and am truly trying to work out what you mean. Is ‘being rich a sin’ ? And can someone influential be a clown ?

I look at the “Reader’s Comments” on the Telegraph and see a bunch of demented fools, The Independent and people in total denial of reality and then, we have your personal prejudices. You are entitled to them but they solve nothing except assuage your need to be negative.

We are where we are and for sure, “the wheel will turn”…

Comment on Bad Move Dave… by Bill

Bill — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:53:13 +0000

For someone to have “Feet of Clay” haven’t they to have been a perceived Hero?

Cameron is a clown. A very rich and influential clown, i agree, but a clown and like Boris Johnson a very dangerous clown.

Comment on BT is Total Rubbish by Susan

Susan — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:03:17 +0000

I had an email to say that BT Vision would be activated 5 days’ ago, I received the equipment (only because I ranted to a supervisor on the phone), they are absolutely incapable of performing. I have made at least ten phone calls and wasted hours and hours talking to various people without making any progress. I feel really sorry for the employees, they are all without exception, helpful, IT literate people, but any requests sent by them are totally ignored. I am going to move to Sky TV which I didnt want to do, but BT is pathetic.

Comment on BT is Total Rubbish by fed up with bt

fed up with bt — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:42:43 +0000

BT should bring all call centres back to the UK then maybe will get to understand what is being said and hopefully they will understand us.i asked for some information and got sent a copy of my last bill(they are RUBBISH)

Comment on BT is Total Rubbish by Dek

Dek — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:08:05 +0000

BT, and their affiliated BT Openreach stooges are useless.

I’ve been without broadband for almost 3 WEEKS.

My provider says it is a problem with the network so cannot help, and you can’t complain directly to Openreach, so therefore it becomes a game of running around in a loop.

I run my own business, and things are tough right now, but having to rely on wireless internet is not great, and is not reliable enough for business use.

Someone needs to knock BT off their perch. Surely it’s time to lift the monopoly they have on the market.

Let someone else try – they probably could’nt do any worse.

Comment on Why the BBC is Now Total Crap for Truthful Reporting by Gerschwiler

Gerschwiler — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:40:23 +0000

So much rubbish has been said on both sides re the cat all showing how ill informed (or not interested in the truth) most people are.
My understanding of the facts are
The cat WAS cited
QUOTE Judge James Devittie said their joint ownership of a pet named Maya reinforced the quality of their family life and suggested that separating them could cause the man emotional trauma.
QUOTE The solicitor who represented the Mr Avila the Bolivian, Barry O’Leary, said that the cat was one detail among many in the case. He said: ‘When giving the reasons for the success the judge did comment on the couple’s cat,’ he said. ‘It was taken into account as part of the couple’s life together.
SORT OF QUOTE The Home Office appealled arguing that the decision was wrong in law, and one error they cited was that too much consideration was given to the couple’s cat.’
HOW CAN ANYONE EVER SAY A CAT WAS NOT INVOLVED. OF COURSE MAYA WAS INVOLVED.
On appeal a second judgement which took precedence over the first judgement then ruled that the main reason for allowing Mr Avila to stay was that the Home Office had not followed their own procedures (sounds to me that he was allowed to stay on a technicality)
HOWEVER summing up – the original judgement did cite the cat (possibly with other factors) in the findings. The Home Office did cite the cat (possibly with other factors) in its appeal. Only in the final appeal judgement was the issue of the cat left out.
BOTTOM LINE I dont feel insecure because Mr Avila has been allowed to stay
BUT
I do feel that UK law is a total joke world wide today. Photograph your daughter in a park, in a playground, shopping centre (Braehead?) and you face the wrath of the AUTHORITIES (arrest – confiscation of camera etc) often citing Anti Terror Laws whereas if you are a terrorist chances are on conviction you will be released early and if in addition you are an illegal immigrant you may well be allowed to stay in the UK permanently. Do I need to quote the statistics which show how often this happens…….

Comment on BT is Total Rubbish by Nic

Nic — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:21:58 +0000

I have fought BT now for 10 years. Their whole attitude sucks, and they refuse to accept the blame for all of their faults. BT Broadband is by far the worst service in the UK, and what really pisses me off is the morons that work at the call centres who know absolutely zero about broadband networking – nothing! I am just waiting for the day when we’re totally wireless, so I am not beholden to the company that owns the lines.

Comment on No Bikes, Just Stories… by baldy

baldy — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:49:43 +0000

Sadly not but I like his music.

Comment on No Bikes, Just Stories… by Gérson

Gérson — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:03:05 +0000

By the way, are you Phil Collins ‘s brother ?
Best regards from Brazil.

Comment on No Bikes, Just Stories… by Gérson

Gérson — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:00:04 +0000

Yeah, baldy. Like you I own a Y 22, but mine is a 1995 ice red one. I love its design too and mine has been used on a regular basis with my friends on local trails. This bike was my second Trek (I owned a 93′ 930 SHX ) ; both bought brand new. There is a curious story about it: when I realized I was reallly about to buy it the savings I was collecting to get married that year were all addressed to this bike. Needless to say I almost lost my wife. I thought the wife was already mine but not the bike. Man, that was scaring. She got very mad at me, but in the end everything got o.k. We are married ’til the present day and she is my adventure partner sometimes.
Best regards.