A thread for nothing

[Saulaac]

I've noticed that in this country, if an older man (40+) is losing his hair and doesn't shave his head, he's probably a Tory.

Not foolproof but I've noticed it.

Look at the MPs next time you see PMQs or whatever.

Guessing the Tories don't want to look like the great unwashed or hooligans by having shaved heads.

Michael Fabricant - Tory
Mick Lynch - Not a Tory

Haha, that's not a bad observation lol    And I support the hypothesis that you're more likely to see a comb-over in a right wing MP than a left wing MP. (Arthur Scargill has a great receding haircut, but he was a different era.)

And Mindy you've been posting some nice messages recently. "There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path". I'm starting a part time job next week teaching English to high school students in France, and there's going to be a huge difference between what I learned in training vs. delivering the classes. A bit like rally driving where I proved to be a trusty co-pilot, but now I'm being told to drive the car!

[Lisnaholic]

Yes, some of Quantum's quotes are very good. I liked this one:-

I've noticed that in this country, if an older man (40+) is losing his hair and doesn't shave his head, he's probably a Tory.

Not foolproof but I've noticed it.

Look at the MPs next time you see PMQs or whatever.

Guessing the Tories don't want to look like the great unwashed or hooligans by having shaved heads.

Michael Fabricant - Tory
Mick Lynch - Not a Tory

^ Haha! I was going to post a photo of Eno to prove you wrong, then realised that a photo of Eno would prove you right :

[Lisnaholic]

And Mindy you've been posting some nice messages recently. "There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path". I'm starting a part time job next week teaching English to high school students in France, and there's going to be a huge difference between what I learned in training vs. delivering the classes. A bit like rally driving where I proved to be a trusty co-pilot, but now I'm being told to drive the car!

Good luck with the teaching job, Saulaac. I hope your classes will be small and decently behaved: that makes the difference between Heaven and Hell imo. Let me know if you have any questions that you imagine I could help you with, ok?

[jimmy jazz]

Thanks lads! Give it a go next time you watch the news. Doesn't have to be an MP either.  For example I've just seen Lord Lloyd Webber talking about the farmers. Should shave his head.

The baldometer is rarely wrong.

[Saulaac]

Good luck with the teaching job, Saulaac. I hope your classes will be small and decently behaved: that makes the difference between Heaven and Hell imo. Let me know if you have any questions that you imagine I could help you with, ok?

Thanks Lisna, appreciated!    I hope I can deal with it and if I can't then you'll be hearing about it in the next couple of weeks on here.

Class sizes are about 25 to 30 students, so I should be fine (he said). The 18 yr olds are studying lit. such as Pride & Prejudice, but the younger ones are still coming to terms with basic English such as conjunctions, vocab and irregular verbs. So that is my challenge. How to motivate them to fall in love with basic English grammar so that they can express themselves in an easy going way. I'd love to introduce them to some MB or SCD banter but it is probably a tad too soon for that.
Lesson preparation is key apparently, and the other teachers said they would help me with that.

I seem to remember you're teaching university students in Mexico? Keep going with that! We'll make it rocky, and funky!

[SGR]

Thanks lads! Give it a go next time you watch the news. Doesn't have to be an MP either.  For example I've just seen Lord Lloyd Webber talking about the farmers. Should shave his head.

The baldometer is rarely wrong.

[Saulaac]

Thanks lads! Give it a go next time you watch the news. Doesn't have to be an MP either.  For example I've just seen Lord Lloyd Webber talking about the farmers. Should shave his head.

The baldometer is rarely wrong.

Need to catch up on this beef between Lloyd Webber and farmers. Lloyd Webber is probably a theathrical sort. Farmers somewhat less. Baldometer engaged    .

[jimmy jazz]

Need to catch up on this beef between Lloyd Webber and farmers. Lloyd Webber is probably a theathrical sort. Farmers somewhat less. Baldometer engaged    .

Sorry I might have worded it wrong, he's not beefing them he's defending them, he was at the protest. He has 5,000 acres of farms, but he wasn't there for himself, apparently.

- Wealthy land owner
- Tory donor
- Needs to shave his head

[QuantumSync]

[Saulaac]

Sorry I might have worded it wrong, he's not beefing them he's defending them, he was at the protest. He has 5,000 acres of farms, but he wasn't there for himself, apparently.

- Wealthy land owner
- Tory donor
- Needs to shave his head

I completely misunderstood your post JJ, sorry about that.
English/British farmers descending on Westminster to protest about inheritance, whilst French farmers block motorways and spray muck on town halls to protest EU import regulations. They pretty much have the same gripe. An erosion of assets which they have tried to build up over a couple of/ a few generations, and now these assets are being gnawed away at by the government of the day.

On the one hand, they have probably worked hard for it. On the other hand (and this is the scary bit) why is the government of the day going after this group of local people at this time?

Well, my two cents is that that the UK govt. can't really go after the really rich investors who have paid a lot into the UK and French economies, because a lot of them are based in other countries such as Russia and China and have complex investment packages protected by lawyers and bankers. If the govt. really did put their foot down then these rich foreign investors would try to pull out, or if they can't, they would sow discontent through whatever power they have in the media.
So the UK govt. is picking on the rural rich to try and balance the coffers. I say rich, most of them are in debt to the banks as they have a lot of equipment and land taxes to pay off. They probably still drive a Land Rover and wear a sports jacket, but I don't think that automatically means they are rich. (Do they have sufficient means to eat relatively well for the next couple of years?; well, defo).



That's how I see it at the mo.

[jimmy jazz]

I don't doubt some are asset rich and not necessarily cash rich, but why should they be exempt from paying a tax everyone else has to? The deal on the table is already very generous. Paying half of what everyone else pays and over a ten year period.

Cough up, imo.

[Saulaac]

Well I think you're right. They should pay the same proprotiate amount that other Britons are taxed upon.
But there's a whole other level of guys from elsewhere who sign up to investment programmes which are exempt from UK tax, but they still benefit from growth in the UK economy. This is globalism. How far should national economies continue to welcome legitimate and shady investments?