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- Wed 25 Aug, 2004 8:24 pm
- Forum: RM General Discussion
- Topic: Walters & Nobbers
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9676
Over the last couple of weeks I have visited many war memorials in Scotland, from The Royal Oak in the Orkneys to the X Boats at Kylescu, from the Royals at Spean Bridge to the memorial overlooking Stornoway, they are all worth a mention, the McDonalds, the Frasers, the Campbells and so on. But one ...
- Wed 25 Aug, 2004 7:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: Control room-documentary
- Replies: 72
- Views: 15353
- Wed 25 Aug, 2004 7:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: Football
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6489
- Mon 23 Aug, 2004 9:32 pm
- Forum: RM General Discussion
- Topic: Spean Bridge
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8876
I managed to get to Spean Bridge on Thursday morning en route to Fort William from Skye. A wonderful memorial with a newish garden of remembrance which was full of flowers on a very wet and grey day. My coach driver ex Coldstream Guards narrated the reason for its siting here, as previously stated t...
- Sat 07 Aug, 2004 9:09 pm
- Forum: RM General Discussion
- Topic: News, what news?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5571
I've been on both sides of the economic mortgage yo-yo, when I had a mortgage, interest rates started at 6.25% in 1968 by 1988ish they had risen to 15%. I went out of my way to find a better paid job in life, I wondered why I hadn't looked earlier! I had paid my mortgage off early and what a saving ...
- Sat 07 Aug, 2004 7:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: 9/11
- Replies: 203
- Views: 32611
They see America as ruthless, agressive, conceited, arrogant, and biased. In short, they see the US as the new Rome, a ruthless and godless empire, not as a Godly republic or a shining city on a hill. Most Americans don`t care what Arabs think, but if we are going to war, in my opinion, we need to ...
- Sat 07 Aug, 2004 3:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: 9/11
- Replies: 203
- Views: 32611
Presently, I just feel there is so much paranoia going around on both sides. The West not trusting anything remotely muslim or Middle Eastern and vice versa. There needs to be more communication and integration at the grass roots level with community leaders, so representative communities do not fe...
- Sat 07 Aug, 2004 7:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: Who's gonna be watching the Olympics this summer?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5489
- Fri 06 Aug, 2004 10:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: Martial Law
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10749
I loved Singapore. Singers crime rate almost zero, safe to walk the streets, mind you I don't know what Bugis Street is like these days, apparently zero drug and chewing gum tolerance. Whitey:- I'm beginning to pick up on y'all southern accent an'all, the only trouble is where I come from they spea...
- Fri 06 Aug, 2004 9:30 pm
- Forum: RM General Discussion
- Topic: News, what news?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5571
- Fri 06 Aug, 2004 9:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: A new 'Bushism': We're gonna get us
- Replies: 114
- Views: 22393
Now public speaking is a gift, and I don't know how many of you have had stand up in front and give a speech or a public address, but it is not the easist thing to do. Yes I have this experience it is somewhat trying at times, I have a two hour delivery to make in 4 weeks tonight, you make mental n...
- Fri 06 Aug, 2004 8:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: Martial Law
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10749
We are fast becoming a lawless society in the UK, you know the feeling a lot are wrongdoers but get off Scott Free, some refuse to buy car insurance, road tax and have no licences and if they can't afford to buy a car they nick one. Road rage, shopping trolley rage, ever more vandalism, attitude pro...
- Fri 06 Aug, 2004 1:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: A new 'Bushism': We're gonna get us
- Replies: 114
- Views: 22393
- Fri 06 Aug, 2004 11:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: Martial Law
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10749
- Fri 06 Aug, 2004 8:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
- Topic: Martial Law
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10749
Martial Law
Would you like to see Martial Law in your country? I have been reading a lot of threads where there appears to be consternation as to how your own country is being run and the opposition to the alternative opposition parties. In the UK, the Labour party is unpopular, the Conservatives are also rans,...