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On behalf of any other forum members - pick which every you fancy the look of, but don't tell the mods ;) Urban Landscape - Greenwich & Canary Wharf - London https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2248/2251652535_1a140d4dbf_b.jpg More of a seascape - Harlong Bay, Vietnam https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8203/...

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This is a minefield. Often, much these funds go unclaimed because it has to be "matched" by funding from Westminster, and that claim they can not afford it, so it goes begging. My business (based in the South East) looked into getting a grant to assist with training and development, and although we...

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Is Scotland really a nation? Is a constituent country actually a country or is only the larger country a country? [Again, not trying to trick or bait you or anyone else into anything with this, I'm genuinely not sure] My passport says (paraphrasing, don't have my acutal passport handy) United Kingd...

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The goings on between Boris and Osborne is truly pathetic and sums up politics perfectly. Their claims about being in or out are so extreme that it's simply a joke. I wish someone on either side would put a more genuine example of how it could change the UK if we opted out. Sadly I'm passed listeni...

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These comments are what was said on two separate cases. Neither of the people involved broke any laws. It's the principle that's at stake here. Cameron responding to questions about Philip Green who is an massive tax avoider (and donates hugely to the Tory party). 'I am not getting into an individu...

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These comments are what was said on two separate cases. Neither of the people involved broke any laws. It's the principle that's at stake here. Cameron responding to questions about Philip Green who is an massive tax avoider (and donates hugely to the Tory party). 'I am not getting into an individu...

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As far as I can see, and I'm probably wrong, the Tory government's (and Cameron's) aim was not to crack down on UK residents or companies who legitimately derive taxable income from overseas / offshore investments (and pay tax on their income / profits), they wanted to stop overseas based companies ...

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Asphalt doesn't like Cameron / Tories - that's all you really need to know. ;) PS Offshore trusts have existed for years, they're not a secret, and previous governments could have done something about it but didn't. So, I don't care if Cameron is the world's greatest hypocrite, provided he actually...

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Asphalt doesn't like Cameron / Tories - that's all you really need to know. ;) PS Offshore trusts have existed for years, they're not a secret, and previous governments could have done something about it but didn't. So, I don't care if Cameron is the world's greatest hypocrite, provided he actually ...

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It's about as obvious a ploy as you can get! IDS (a member of the landed gentry) wants to take us out of Europe because he doesn't want Johnny Foreigner interfering with how he rules over his people. Sticking the boot in had nothing to do with his deeply held sense of moral justice because he doesn'...

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I'm really not sure still. There are many good things that the EU has done for us and Europe as a whole, but there are also many really irritating things as well. The main thing I'm thinking right now is kind of what biffa said, the irritating things are just that, irritating but not life altering ...

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This article on Norways' EEA membership written by a former Norwegian foreign minister, is pretty much say the same thing as the Economist. I get the impression that most people who want out are going to vote either on principal (e.g. "we don't want Johnny Foreigner telling us what we can and can't...

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Beat me to it Woody. Was going to start a similar thread :) I'm still undecided. I need to listen to the various debates & understand more fully the ramifications & the pros & cons involved. ... Unfortunately no one will be able to say with any certainty what the consequences of leaving will be, th...

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Not sure what sort of monkey this is - taken at Ranthambore tiger reserve - India https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3538/3434285338_7a4c18c048_b.jpg Chinkara - Indian Gazelle @ Ranthambhore https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3589/3400515057_defa96a61c_b.jpg Caracal - Indian Lynx @ Ranthambhore (quite rare ...

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Beat me to it Woody. Was going to start a similar thread :) I'm still undecided. I need to listen to the various debates & understand more fully the ramifications & the pros & cons involved. ... Unfortunately no one will be able to say with any certainty what the consequences of leaving will be, th...

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Cool photos Blake, not sure I'd want to get that close to a bear, even if it's walking away! Coincidentally I have a few photos from Yellowstone too (we went on a snowmobile trip round the park one winter) - plus some other places. Herd of Bison in Yellowstone - near Old Faithful I think. https://fa...

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Congrats, Jimbox! Loved the pics you posted. Thanks Blake but I don't really view this as a competition, more somewhere to share photos. So, in the spirit of sharing and Christmas here are a few to take a peek at. Dinan, Cote d'Armor - my new local town (reminds me a bit of Canterbury https://farm1...

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All from the age of about 7 or 8: * Shared a small bedroom (2x bunk beds) with 3 older brothers for a few years, until my oldest sisters got married and left home aged 18/19. There was no heating upstairs (no central heating in the house), so we used old coats for blankets in the winter. * Sunday ni...

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Another needless human tragedy, but I tend to agree with the 'overhyped' POV. The West has literally bombed tends of thousands (probably more) of innocent civilians in multiple countries under their 'purported' war on terror whose only achievement so far seems to be more terrorism in more places ar...

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Sorry I didn't vote last month. I didn't think I'd entered and then forgot to reply to the email. :blush: Anyway, here's some to make up for it - only one eye in each photo unfortunately, so I don't think any of them would qualify as an entry. Self Portrait https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3504/386165...

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Is it Doors AND Windows or Doors OR Windows? If it's Doors OR Windows, does there need to be more than one door or window in the photo, or can there be just one door or one window? Also, should the photo be OF a door or window (as in the principal subject of the composition), or could it a shot take...

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We've just exchanged contracts on a house which includes a 1.5 acre lake full of mirror and common carp, up to 32lb allegedly. No idea what to do with it because I've never fished in my entire life - except for sticklebacks when I was a kid. I know it has been fished, and we're quite happy to contin...

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Blake wrote:Congrats, Jimbox!

Thanks Blake, a bit unexpected to be honest.

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Coulthard, We were there from Sunday through Wednesday, dividing our time between Yellowstone & the Tetons about 60/40% respectively. Our travel itinerary was so packed that we didn't have much leeway to extend it further, so I guess I am just going to have to go back again soon! A couple of sugges...

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Farm Waste Apples - the ones that didn't make it to the supermarket shelves. https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3070/2777502181_a52f5d85f1_z.jpg Tons upon tons upon tons of farm produce is dumped every year, either because it didn't meet the supermarkets' spec, or it simply didn't sell. The stuff that d...

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Well done Blake - nice one

I currently live (until Wednesday) on a commercial fruit farm, so 'Life on a Farm' is perfectly OK by me, you really don't need to clarify or expand the brief if you don't want to.

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I thought we'd been to loads of different places, but when you added them up it's not that many really - maybe it's because we keep going back to the same countries over and over again. http://cdn1.matadornetwork.com/travel-maps/6bd8166b0f3778cf0631519bb4a9b9dd-1432898894/my-travel-map.png My tips o...

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Need to make up for missing the vote - in March!

This is one of the few relevant photos I can find. Pretty sure I have more, but it might take a while to find them.

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P-F1 Mod wrote:Why not make it an entry, Jim? You've got a solid history in the competition, and it's a decent photo.

I've already entered a photo, so can't enter another - it's against the law!

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Not an entry, just thought it was an 'epic' moment and wanted to share. This is a Sparrowhawk, it landed a few feet from me last Saturday when I was out doing stuff in the garden, and stayed long enough for me to go and get the camera. Heavily cropped, so image quality isn't as good as I would have ...

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Might be an idea to wait for all the facts to be made public before hanging anyone - just a thought.

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Nice one Tufty

Does this count as Epic? - Epic name in motor sports?

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Given the choice between a Scottish bigot or English bigot - I personally choose neither.

Scotland for the Scottish, England for the English - it's all the same carp to me.

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Britain of year, Farage? Maybe in England yes, but as a Scot I don't think so. Well, despite recent revelations regarding his alleged Germanic ancestry, as far as I'm concerned you're perfectly welcome to him. https://www.houseofnames.com/Farage-family-crest The sea-swept Hebrides islands and the w...

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Running a laptop short for about the next week: about 5 this morning there was a huge bang and a flash, tripping the electrics. I had to reassemble the fuse box before turning the circuit back on, such was the force of the explosion. Amazingly no real damage to anything apart from one laptop charge...

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Wouldn't it be great if all the countries of the world could come together and form some sort of organisation dedicated to protecting the rights and freedoms of everyone on the planet. Maybe they could call it something like the 'United Nations', and they'd be directly responsible for keeping the pe...

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This might be helpful: English to Scottish Translator RACIST It's also inaccurate. It doesn't translate people, friends, enemies as c**ts . This is a common substitution in Glasgow at least. (This is a tongue in cheek post, just incase this wasn't clear). Celts? Anyway, I can't be a racist** becaus...

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This might be helpful:
English to Scottish Translator

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P-F1 Mod wrote:You won't get one, he isn't coming back.

But what about his rights under the first amendment!

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