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Best Wishes to you all for 2015, and may you get the ups and downs that you want.

Hi all! So some of you are already aware that I am in my final year of university. A big part of the final year is a dissertation. My dissertation is a study and I would absolutely love it if you lovely people will participate! It's an online survey and should take you no more than 30 minutes. The only requirement for participation is that you are over 18. My study is looking at what factors determine the decision to release offenders. The link is below: https://portsmouthpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_aVS4cTIdULj5SnP It would massively help me out if people do participate; I need nearly 160 participants! I shall be eternally grateful (and you may well …

This topic is here to discuss your conspiracy theories, and what you think is and isn't true. Here is a list of things to discuss:9/11 Terrorist AttacksIlluminati GroupMoon LandingJFK AssassinationPrincess Diana DeathArea 51etc.Hope this helps. Thanks. Zac.

a few weeks ago now, I made the foolish mistake of turning windows media player off. so I installed winamp, and it worked fine.. it had it's bits I didon't like, but my cd ripper which I usually use... power to go, won't work as I don't have my media player turned on (I can't figure out how to turn it back on!) so can anyone advise me how to turn it back on, or if not, suggest me a new cd ripping software I can install thank you emily

I'm starting to get really tired and fed up with all forum websites, all they seem to be for is for people to mock and attack each other for expressing there opinions when they wouldn't like to be undermined themselves or mocked for there opinion. I used to use digital spy and artl aswell but they both just go irritating and tiresome with all the bitching and sniping if not every comment it was every other comment, so is this all forums are for? I thought they were supposed to be for people to express there opinions freely?

Hey Y'all, It has gotten to a stage where lately, I've got myself becoming really lazy and eating a lot of crappy food and naturally the pounds have crept up on me and literally breaking buttons so I thought it was time to take action and take a proper go at eating healthily and hopefully lose some weight ready for the summer season. When I was younger I could eat as much as I liked and never had to worry about putting anything on - I was skinny as anything and walked the dog twice a day which helped I'm sure. But Adult life has taken over - convenience is the way to go, dog has gone so no longer walk as much as I did - I now drive and work in an office so it's no surp…

Right, as this conversation refuses to die I've split it off from Loggers Leap topic. I've done the best I can to move posts that leave both threads making sense and relevant. Hard hats on, this thread could be dangerous apparently......

Om nom nom. So right now my mum is cooking one of my favourite meals (chicken casserole) and it gave me the idea for this topic! As the title suggests this does not include restaurants, take-aways or things like McDonalds *cough*Marc*cough* as that would be unoriginal (and we have a seperate topic for it) However it doesn't have to be something that's cooked from scratch; you could say chicken and chips, without having killed, plucked and gutted your own bird or made your own chips My favourite is definitely tuna napolitana Pasta has always been my favourite food for as long as I can remember and this just yummy! My mum admittedly doesn't make the sauce from scratc…

The London 2012 Olympic's is finally here! So discuss in this topic: Events Medals (lots of golds hopefully!) What you think about the Opening Ceremony? What do you like? What don't you like? Thoughts on the venues? And many more about the coming two weeks that you might want to discuss! Or for the pessimistic of you all: What are your not-so-favourable opinions on the Olympics? Waste of money? Bad for the economy? Bad for the environment? On your marks. Get Set. DISCUSS!

Simple question, simple poll - on average, how many of your recommended 5 fruit and vegetables would you say you get a day? For me, I normally eat about 3 or 4 pieces a day, though I've noticed since I've finished college, I'm eating a lot less healthily of late, so about 3 a day is right for me..

Well I love graphic designs, music and filmography and photography... You?

I shoe fitted Nick Knowles daughter at work, and I also served someone from Take That.Anyone met anyone interesting?

Weird topic but many people on here like talking about trains and buses so.... discuss here.Today it seems there's an increase in transport police presence and more terrorist 'be vigilant' announcements at train stations. Wondered if there was some kind of warning for trains? (I know we're on high terrorist alert.)And I hate buses. My bus had been sat at the terminus for ages, yet decided to leave five minutes late. Made my train though, woo.

After an interesting conversation in chat I thought I'd make this poll. So, do you worry about the chemicals in your food and drink? Do you perish at the thought of preservatives? Do you find additives abhorrent? Or do you knock back the e-numbers and aspartame without a care in the world?Discuss!

So, with the referendum just 16 days away, what's your view? Will you actually vote? (Seeinghow quite a lot people on here aren't eligible to vote due to age, this will probably end up being slightly more hypothetical, but meh).For those who have no clue what I'm on about... On the May 5th, a referendum about whether general elections is happening about whether general elections should switch from the first past the post system to the Alternative Vote (AV). It's binding, so whatever the result, that's the final answer.Personally, I support the yes campaign! Whilst AV might not be the simplest of systems, nor the most proportional, it's a step in the right direction. …

So, just wondered what you guys think.Do you reckon it is best to not go into further education and go straight into work. Or do you feel that studying gives you a better option for the future.With rising tuition fee's etc. it's an interesting topic.I understand that obviously it depends on what you would like to do (jobwise) but yeah, general answers.

I'm not sure if this will mean a lot to people who've only joined TPM in the last two years but for ex South Parks members this will ring quite hard..Last night Cjw passed away. For anyone who knew him very well he was an incredibly prolific, kind and agreeable person and the world does feel a little emptier without him. I wouldn't normally start a topic about somebody passing away however it felt only right to open this topic.

I heard on the news this morning that Jade goody only has 8 weeks to live. I've been reading this from the start, doctorss had hoped they could cure her with a drug of some sort, but now that's been withdrawn. She is so young, and leaving behind 2 lovely kids, who are also just starting their lives. I just think it's so sad, I wonder how the kids will take it

Do you know now exactly what you want to do when you grow up?Do you have many ideas or no idea at all?

I do..

I'm getting a new phone in a few days and networks passed through my mind. So what Network are you? Never seen this poll come up in a forum before, so I thought it could be interesting.I'm infact on 02 and dont plan on changing, as I think there just the best

Okay I own a sexy fish. What pets do you have?

I'm on a nostalgia trip. If you know me its no secret you probably know I'm training on Runaway Train, which incidentally was my first ever rollercoaster back in 1992. Nowadays theme park is dominated by Stealth and ride reliability. Its hard to believe I've been well into coasters for nearly 10 years. So my question to you was when did you really get into rides and attractions and was there a ride that helped push you into it?My story isn't exactly complicated but looking back it was a very humble start. It was June 1998. Having not ridden anything huge for several years, as a small 10 year old I was extremely excited to go back to the "best day out in the South". Upon a…

So where are people going this summer?I'm going to the Algarve in Portugal and checking out a couple of water parks, Aqualand and Slide and Splash.Post your holiday plans and past holidays here!