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  1. redstar

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    Friend of mine brought this to my attention yesterday as just another fake ploy the media does to cause folks to think one way. So a story would be------James County police department has 70% arrest rate of back people, the national average percent arrest rate over the USA is 10% of black people.
    What they will fail to tell you that living in James County the population is 90% black people. They may also leave out that, that certain county across the county was deemed the highest crime rate county.
     
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      • pete

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        You should realise by now that there are certain things that us, the general public, do not understand and its only those in high places that know what is best for us.

        Its how the country has always worked and you would have thought by now things would have changed.

        Starmer originally said he wanted to abolish the House of Lords, as it now stands, but apparently he's just appointed a load of his cronies to the place, something he condemned the tories for doing, when they was having their bash at running a country.

        You couldn't make it up, we need to get away from these old traditional ways of messing up a country.
         
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        • pete

          pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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          I know quite a lot of British sign language, but not the one for Hello.:roflol:
           
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            You have to get the right people that will be on your side
             
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            • Philippa

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              Haven't heard this latest bit of madness but if it is the case, it confirms my original thought that they never had any intention of legalising AD. As that new criteria stands, both men and women will require a pregnancy test. If there has been coercion this will have occurred beforehand - no one in their right minds will wish to be filmed threatening their relative. The patient can not have had a holiday abroad in the last year ( ticking off their "bucket list" perhaps? ). Owing money on a credit card, behind with your electric bill ? Sorry pal, your relative cannot opt for help with death. As for the filming idea..........more Reality TV shows ? Given the accidents/leaks of digital info., imagine how many of the films would end up on some weirdo SM site.
               
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                I'm not usually a fan of fake news; however I really hope that the Trump Condom is just that.
                 
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                  Regardless of the AD legislation passing or not, they cannot stop you dying, you just can't have any help so DIY.
                   
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                    Indeed, there is no word in BSL for "hello", unsurprisingly it's just a small wave and a smile as far as I understand.

                    Then again I could be wrong as my achievements on the language so far is to tell my name with several mistakes (laxiqqa is my usual best result :sad:) but I keep trying to learn.

                    Sign language would be a great universal skill in a world where we struggle with understanding languages and accents. Esperanto didn't quite make it but the idea was good.

                    ...which takes me to the new voice automation on practically everything you try to do over the phone. "Thank you for calling Blueline Taxies. Please tell the pick up address after the beep. I'm sorry, I didn't quite get that. Please tell the pick up address after the beep. I'm sorry, I didn't quite get that. Please tell the pick up address after the beep. "

                    Unfortunately my accent doesn't comply with most of the automated services I have tried so far. :biggrin:
                     
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                      Perhaps sing it. Lots of accents disappear that way. I remember going to the cinema to see hard days night and was shocked that the Beatles had accents like that when they spoke. Their singing sounded Canadian .. :rolleyespink: :heehee:
                       
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                      • pete

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                        Those automated services never understand me either, I dont think they work, they are just there so you lose the will to live and hang up and stop bothering them.

                        Usually best to just not say anything and eventually it says they will put to through to a person.
                         
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                        Probably not enough swear words in it.
                         

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