Postaday2011: Describe the best road trip you’ve ever taken
Describe the best road trip you’ve ever taken Hitch-hiking from Athens to Brussels with only five dollars, a loaf of bread and a carrot to my name. Slept mostly on building sites. Got surrounded by Yugoslav military with machine guns for picking firewood in a military zone. Got drunk three times - toasting Greece and Britain co-operation during the war, an American soldier feeding me bottled … [Read More...]
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Prisoner’s vote issue handled childishly
David Cameron, a supposedly intelligent person, recently stated that he felt sick at the thought of prisoners voting in elections. This situation arises as a recent court case ruled that it broke prisoner's rights not to be allowed to vote. As a result most of the right-wing … [Read More...]
Postaday2011:Describe your dream vacation.
Describe your dream vacation. Bonus: describe your last vacation. (extra-bonus, is to compare your dream vacation to your last one). I'm training up for my dream holiday, which will take place in 2012. It will be a long trip around Europe in my camper van Bongo Little. I … [Read More...]
Postaday2011: What is something you believed in, until an experience changed your mind?
I lost my belief in religion in Bethlehem. I was there three weeks after the Six Day War and Israel really challenges your views. You walk around a corner and you are suddenly in completely different way of life. I got to meet Jews, Christians, Druze, Bahai, Muslims and many … [Read More...]
There are other terrorists.
I hate the fact that David Cameron, our supposed leader, made an attack on multiculturalism, which was clearly biased against Islam. There are some terrorists who are Moslem, but I have lived my life under the threat of Irish Republican terrorists. When I was working as a … [Read More...]
Cameron’s Big Society is a Big Con
In the next couple of years the existing, real 'Big Society' is going to be bulldozed. The grant cuts to local authorities are going hack to death many local excellent projects. For example there will probably be 250 Sure-Start schemes axed. These schemes help turn around … [Read More...]
postaday2011 Heroes and Villains
Topic: Who is your greatest hero This started me thinking of the women in my family and so I'd like to nominate four women as heroes: Ninny – my great grandmother had a horrible life living in a two up and two down house, which backed onto the railway shunting area so there … [Read More...]
Best job – worst job?
This is my response to the query what was your best ideal job and what was the worst job you've ever done? Best job Sticking the tassels on the show girls at the Folies Bergere - it's ony $5 per hour - but it's all I could afford. Woody Allan Seriously I would like to set up … [Read More...]
