Quote: Oldrocker @ July 5 2010, 9:41 PM BSThttp://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/07/03/pool-windows-covered-up-for-muslim-swimmers/
Fair enough. When I lived in Kuwait I asked that the loudspeakers at the mosque over the road be turned off because the pre-dawn call to prayer disturbed my sleep. Of course they agreed.
Quote: Oldrocker @ July 5 2010, 9:41 PM BSTNo, not in particular, just that little sh*t ! Mind you . . . http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/07/03/pool-windows-covered-up-for-muslim-swimmers/
Sshh! You'll set Kipper off!
Is a man more likely, in general, to punch a woman up the bracket if she has short hair and looks like a boy?
Quote: zooo @ July 5 2010, 10:00 PM BSTIs a man more likely, in general, to punch a woman up the bracket if she has short hair and looks like a boy?
No. Except in the Famous Five, George got punched at least once (possibly twice) because boys thought she was boy.
I thought you'd be all over Shami like a rash, what with your leftist tendencies, Oldrocker!
Quote: Aaron @ July 5 2010, 10:10 PM BSTI thought you'd be all over Shami like a rash, what with your leftist tendencies, Oldrocker!
That's a discussion for another day !
Quote: Kenneth @ July 5 2010, 10:05 PM BSTNo. Except in the Famous Five, George got punched at least once (possibly twice) because boys thought she was boy.
That is true.
Quote: Oldrocker @ July 5 2010, 9:41 PM BSTNo, not in particular, just that little sh*t !
Mind you . . .
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/07/03/pool-windows-covered-up-for-muslim-swimmers/
Aside from the central issue, the councillor's response is annoying.
Councillor Anthony Harris said : "I'm pleased that we've been able to make these modifications because not only does it show we're listening to the views and concerns of our users but also because it enhances the privacy of swimmers."
The signs in a Sydney branch of my bank. Where the signs used to say "Tellers" they now say "Listeners"! Seriously. I asked the two tellers on duty if some halfwit had been paid for coming up with that ridiculous idea and they just smiled at me.
Quote: Kenneth @ July 6 2010, 6:49 AM BSTThe signs in a Sydney branch of my bank. Where the signs used to say "Tellers" they now say "Listeners"! Seriously. I asked the two tellers on duty if some halfwit had been paid for coming up with that ridiculous idea and they just smiled at me.
So they listened...but didn't tell?
Quote: Nogget @ July 6 2010, 9:42 AM BSTSo they listened...but didn't tell?
Presoupsly. Australia is getting dumber every day. "Listeners" indeed! I mean, honestly, if you walked into Barclays or NatWest and saw that someone had installed large signs saying "Listeners" over the tellers, you'd think there was an imbecile running the place. Even worse, the North Sydney Council has removed all public bins from the streets - to save money and purportedly to encourage people to take their rubbish home with them, while fines for littering have increased. Stupid country; to say nothing of its excessively earnest inhabitants.
Quote: Kenneth @ July 6 2010, 10:47 AM BSTNorth Sydney Council has removed all public bins from the streets - to save money and purportedly to encourage people to take their rubbish home with them, while fines for littering have increased.
We did this in the UK a few decades ago, because it was said that the overflowing bins were the source of litter. I don't remember it being heralded as a triumph or a failure. Later on, remaining bins were removed because they were seen as an easy place for IRA terrorists to put bombs. These days, I've seen new 'recycling' bins appearing. I'm not sure why councils mess around with bins so much, surely they can't be that important? Maybe it's just a very visual way of showing that they are trying to deal with problems, when what's really needed is bins that get emptied more often.
Quote: Nogget @ July 6 2010, 10:58 AM BSTwhat's really needed is bins that get emptied more often.
Indeed. I don't much like eating an apple as I walk to the bus-stop and then having nowhere to put the damn apple core until I get off the bus and walk inside the office.
Quote: Kenneth @ July 6 2010, 10:47 AM BSTPresoupsly.
Interestingly, if you had an apple core in your hand in London, you might think a recycling bin would help, but in fact, they don't seem to take 'green' waste.
I see you've been having an unusually cold time in Oz; the coldest since 1892 in Adelaide?