Liam T Posted July 5, 2012 Report Posted July 5, 2012 Oh hello to the new addition to the London skyline! Quote
Smidget Posted July 5, 2012 Report Posted July 5, 2012 The sheer height of The Shard is terrifying beyond belief. I genuinely hate just walking by it as it makes me feel unbelievably dizzy and causes me to panic Quote
Ellie Posted July 6, 2012 Report Posted July 6, 2012 I think the Shard looks amazing but its going to be £25 per person to visit the viewing platforms!! That's £6/7 more than the Eye and if I'm honest, if it wasn't for my AP I wouldn't go on the Eye either so the Shard is just too much for me. Disappointing but expected. Quote
Mer Posted July 6, 2012 Report Posted July 6, 2012 Seeing as there isn't a general sports topic I'll put this here Well done Andy Murray on getting through to the Wimbledon Final First Great British male finalist in 74 years Quote
Tom Posted July 6, 2012 Report Posted July 6, 2012 Oh hello to the new addition to the London skyline! Haha, you say that as if it hasn't been a part of the skyline during the years of construction! Quote
pluk Posted July 10, 2012 Report Posted July 10, 2012 A colleague of mine has been shot by Peter Reeve. It seems he could be anywhere by now. Find this man, do not approach him. Dial 999. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-18778574 Quote
Ricky Posted July 10, 2012 Report Posted July 10, 2012 Well as the Olympics grow nearer and nearer the Olympic Torch Relay gets ever more heated by the day. Today marks the 53rd day of the relay from which the torch was transported from Oxford to Reading. The torch arrived in my town of Egham around 15:39 where the torch was carried through by 3 people, I thought I would take some pictures. Some pre-relay entertainment in the rain. The Torch arrives near the high street of the town, Egham where it is switched over to a new runner. The newly acquainted torch bearer now begins her run to the next runner, ] It was a very tipsy, enjoyable afternoon even though the typical British weather let us down and everyone got very wet! Here is a video to view the full switch over of the flames. Quote
JoshC. Posted July 10, 2012 Report Posted July 10, 2012 Ah, right past my college. Didn't bother going to see the relay as I don't really get the point of it tbh, but ah well. Seems the majority of people involved with it / who watch it enjoy themselves, which is only a good thing! Quote
Mark9 Posted July 24, 2012 Report Posted July 24, 2012 Saw the flame in Hackney on Saturday afternoon. Really joyous and brings everyone together on the street to celebrate the event. Quote
Liam T Posted August 27, 2012 Report Posted August 27, 2012 I'm not just a Lion, I am an IAMS Lion! http://www.bbc.co.uk...-essex-19388301 Quote
Mark9 Posted October 29, 2012 Report Posted October 29, 2012 Hope everyone is as well prepared as they can be on the Eastern Sea board of America. Will be a very rough few nights. Tom, MikeC and Mer 3 Quote
Tom Posted October 31, 2012 Report Posted October 31, 2012 Casually been stranded on Long Island. My flight was due to leave JFK on monday evening but of course was cancelled. Some local powerlines will take up to a week to prepare; a local friend of my mothers has lost power in her home. The phone lines, internet, TVs, power has been down in patches and is slowly getting back up and running. It was truly frightening even being on the outer limits of the storm on monday night as trees fell down and transformers 'exploded' in red flashes in the distance. Thankful that it's all over although I'm now stuck for a week and will miss my first week of work at a new job! Doh. Quote
Mer Posted November 7, 2012 Report Posted November 7, 2012 So Obama has been re-elected In the past I've never given any interest into the US election, but as I was up late and couldn't sleep, I ended up keeping an eye on it via Twitter, very handy It was exciting watching the results come in! I'm glad they have a leader to be proud of, unlike us poor unfortunate souls in the UK. My aunt posted a great Facebook status: "God I wish we lived in the states where we had a leader to be proud of and was actually popular. Instead of a couple of total mindless knob ends." (Apologies to anyone here who likes Cameron... ...if there actually is anyone) Liam T 1 Quote
pluk Posted November 7, 2012 Report Posted November 7, 2012 Scary thing is, Cameron is probably best of the bunch we've got to chose from. And he clearly is a slimy, smug, self satisfying tool who I'd barley trust to run a newsagents, let alone a country. Our country sucks at the moment. MikeC, Sidders, Mer and 1 other 4 Quote
Mark9 Posted November 7, 2012 Report Posted November 7, 2012 Scary thing is, Cameron is probably best of the bunch we've got to chose from. And he clearly is a slimy, smug, self satisfying tool who I'd barley trust to run a newsagents, let alone a country. Our country sucks at the moment. I love Obama, he really is the sort of guy you could just hang out with in a pub with a nice cool beer. I'd be scared that I'd have to order peacock if I spent any time with Cameron. Mer 1 Quote
Tom Posted November 8, 2012 Report Posted November 8, 2012 I sort of wanted Mitt to be elected just to show the world that nothing would change. JoshC. 1 Quote
pluk Posted November 15, 2012 Report Posted November 15, 2012 If you is old enough, go and vote this evening. S'important, init. Quote
pluk Posted December 15, 2012 Report Posted December 15, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20730717 WTF is wrong with these people? I also don't understand how the US pro gun lobby maintains such strong support, of course people will kill people whether or not they have guns, but they'd have trouble taking out so many so quickly and easily without them. Deadly US mass shootings 1984: James Oliver Huberty shoots dead 21 people at a McDonald's in California 1986: Postal worker Pat Sherrill kills 14 people at post office in Oklahoma 1991: George Hennard kills 23 people at a cafeteria in Texas 1999: Two students at Columbine high school kill 13 and injure 20, before killing themselves 2007: A student kills 32 and injures dozens more at Virginia Tech university 2009: 13 people are killed in a mass shooting at Ford Hood military base in Texas Mer, Luke_A and Smidget 3 Quote
Benin Posted December 15, 2012 Report Posted December 15, 2012 And pluk hasn't even touched the surface of how many mass shootings America has, even forgetting the last recent event in Aurora Cinema during Dark Knight Rises... Americans really are a bunch of pretentious idiots when it comes to gun control, constantly promoting self-protection and "people will find other methods" is absolutely straight out of their arses... This right to bear arms is so outdated and medieval in the modern world, and it's because of this guns are so easily obtainable to every single person in the country... I saw someone suggest on Facebook that the teachers (of a PRIMARY SCHOOL?) should have be trained and armed... Because more guns in a gunfight makes exactly a lot of sense... They need to stop having such a pro look on guns, yeah we have guns too, but how difficult is it for someone to procure one legally? Incredibly so, as any arguement the Americans could even throw towards us we can point to the fact that we don't have farmers going off on a rampage... Indeed, we had some incidents similar to these, and because of these, we tightened the laws even further... But America won't do that because of the lobbyists and their outdated constitution... When you see them arguing that if people don't use guns, they'll use knives, it's so stupid... Yes people will find other ways to kill or hurt others, but it's a lot harder to kill 20 kids with a knife than it is with an automatic rifle... Let alone someone saying they need guns so people can hunt and stop deers and other animals over-populating the country and eating all their crops (wonder what the Native Indians think of that)... The quicker North Korea nuke those idiots the better... Some can come over here of course... That's fine, cos not all of them are awful, but most are... And there will no doubt be more and more of these incidents in the future unless they bother to change their mindsets about how guns actually cause more problems than they solve... Smidget, Luke_A and Sidders 3 Quote
Luke_A Posted December 15, 2012 Report Posted December 15, 2012 I saw this image earlier and it just goes to show how America seriously need to bring in some sort of law to make it harder to obtain guns, although in a country where they're already so readily available it's gonna be tough for them to enforce much in my opinion anyway. Inferno 1 Quote
pluk Posted December 15, 2012 Report Posted December 15, 2012 West Germany? Guessing those are well out of date numbers then, more recent stats show things haven't improved much though. Annual firearm deaths per 100,000: UK 0.22, USA 9.00 Sidders and Luke_A 2 Quote
Sidders Posted December 25, 2012 Report Posted December 25, 2012 'Murican lojik. Don't get me wrong, I'd be first in line to take a pop at Piers Morgan but the man does speak sense sometimes. Abusive comments later in the interview aside, I can't understand why Pratt or any of the 31,000-odd petitioners aiming to deport Morgan from the US think they have a leg to stand on. For this interview, Piers is now being threatened with deportation back the UK for reasons that his opinion here "offends the 2nd Amendment Right". Ironically, his opinion would naturally be protected under the 1st Amendment Right. Only in America would they aim to uphold the 2nd Amendment Right by ignoring the 1st... Quote
Mer Posted January 20, 2013 Report Posted January 20, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21108337 Me and my brother can't stop laughing at this The fact that the episode was aired given everything revealed about Savile recently is awful of the BBC, but so awful it's funny. Especially the picture in the article! According to The Sun, they sang "One Finger, One Thumb"…oh gawd! Luke_A 1 Quote
Luke_A Posted February 7, 2013 Report Posted February 7, 2013 Horse meat returns and this time in Findus ready meals... More than 60% horse meat content found. Makes me think just how many more beef products are there out there from the lesser known suppliers which contain this too!? http://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates/news/2013/feb/findus#.URPqzKVR9S8 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21375594 Quote
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