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Edgar Brooks

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  • in reply to: Are We Slowly Slipping Into World War? #1840100
    Edgar Brooks
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    As soon as the South Korean/U.S. wargames are over, and the Americans go home, the North Koreans will be able to tell their populace that they’ve forced the opposition into a humiliating climbdown, and everything will go quiet again.

    in reply to: General Discussion #241481
    Edgar Brooks
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    Don’t forget another possible villain, in this, and it’s the solicitor who’s undertaking to represent her, probably with the “No win, no fee” carrot dangled in front of her. If the garage decides it’s cheaper to settle out of court, he/she will have a nice fat fee for doing virtually nothing.

    in reply to: Police wo/man sueing crime victim #1841092
    Edgar Brooks
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    Don’t forget another possible villain, in this, and it’s the solicitor who’s undertaking to represent her, probably with the “No win, no fee” carrot dangled in front of her. If the garage decides it’s cheaper to settle out of court, he/she will have a nice fat fee for doing virtually nothing.

    in reply to: General Discussion #241827
    Edgar Brooks
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    Do remember that the Korean war was (is) between the North Koreans and the United Nations, not just the United States.
    As China is now a member of the U.N., perhaps it could be asked to supply troops to fight against the North, now there’s an intriguing thought.

    in reply to: Are We Slowly Slipping Into World War? #1841361
    Edgar Brooks
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    Do remember that the Korean war was (is) between the North Koreans and the United Nations, not just the United States.
    As China is now a member of the U.N., perhaps it could be asked to supply troops to fight against the North, now there’s an intriguing thought.

    in reply to: General Discussion #242903
    Edgar Brooks
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    I was told that I was born on the day Hitler finally gave up on the idea of invading; so it means I was good for something, even if it was just as a deterrent.

    in reply to: Aviation the day you were born. #1842257
    Edgar Brooks
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    I was told that I was born on the day Hitler finally gave up on the idea of invading; so it means I was good for something, even if it was just as a deterrent.

    in reply to: General Discussion #243061
    Edgar Brooks
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    It’s about time you dropped this “below average” crap about Webber; a winning team, like Red Bull, can afford to pick and choose, and, if they thought that there was a better driver available, they would not have stuck with Webber, year after year, but would have found somebody else.

    in reply to: F1 result…. Well ( can contain race spoiler ) #1842388
    Edgar Brooks
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    It’s about time you dropped this “below average” crap about Webber; a winning team, like Red Bull, can afford to pick and choose, and, if they thought that there was a better driver available, they would not have stuck with Webber, year after year, but would have found somebody else.

    in reply to: General Discussion #243440
    Edgar Brooks
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    It was just a giggle to see him ignore team orders and go for it…webber should know him well enough by now

    And I’ll bet the team would have thought it absolutely hysterical, if Webber, believing that Vettel would obey orders, hadn’t seen him coming, and put them both out of the race.
    Funny how few seem to have heard the Mercedes boss saying that they’d got the fuel strategy wrong, so had to ease off, to ensure they had enough fuel to finish, and have enough to supply a litre for testing (or face disqualification.) The difference, of course, was that his drivers were adult enough to do as he asked.
    The question, now remaining, is will Webber ever feel, again, that he can trust his fellow driver?

    in reply to: F1 result…. Well ( can contain race spoiler ) #1842644
    Edgar Brooks
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    It was just a giggle to see him ignore team orders and go for it…webber should know him well enough by now

    And I’ll bet the team would have thought it absolutely hysterical, if Webber, believing that Vettel would obey orders, hadn’t seen him coming, and put them both out of the race.
    Funny how few seem to have heard the Mercedes boss saying that they’d got the fuel strategy wrong, so had to ease off, to ensure they had enough fuel to finish, and have enough to supply a litre for testing (or face disqualification.) The difference, of course, was that his drivers were adult enough to do as he asked.
    The question, now remaining, is will Webber ever feel, again, that he can trust his fellow driver?

    in reply to: General Discussion #244524
    Edgar Brooks
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    As long as costs are the driving force, in the NHS, rather than the patients, these nonsenses will continue; our local hospital (1 mile from the M40, and 7 miles from the M4) has had its A&E closed, and moved 14 miles away to Aylesbury (nowhere near a motorway, but Bucks’ county town.) We’ve now had instances of Stoke Mandeville hospital pleading with the public not to attend, because their A&E can’t cope, but, naturally, the local “trust” won’t budge.
    We had a recent case, where a woman, with a history of heart trouble, suffered a recurrence of her symptoms, so tried to get herself admitted to Wycombe’s hospital; she was refused, but advised to stand outside the hospital, and dial 999, whereupon an ambulance appeared, took her around to the admissions door, and she was allowed in.

    in reply to: Great Western Ambulance Service Rant #1843507
    Edgar Brooks
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    As long as costs are the driving force, in the NHS, rather than the patients, these nonsenses will continue; our local hospital (1 mile from the M40, and 7 miles from the M4) has had its A&E closed, and moved 14 miles away to Aylesbury (nowhere near a motorway, but Bucks’ county town.) We’ve now had instances of Stoke Mandeville hospital pleading with the public not to attend, because their A&E can’t cope, but, naturally, the local “trust” won’t budge.
    We had a recent case, where a woman, with a history of heart trouble, suffered a recurrence of her symptoms, so tried to get herself admitted to Wycombe’s hospital; she was refused, but advised to stand outside the hospital, and dial 999, whereupon an ambulance appeared, took her around to the admissions door, and she was allowed in.

    in reply to: General Discussion #244719
    Edgar Brooks
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    We already have a Eurocard; he’s known as Nigel Farage.

    in reply to: Why Doesn’t Europe Launch a ‘EuroCard’? #1843663
    Edgar Brooks
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    We already have a Eurocard; he’s known as Nigel Farage.

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