Re: Car dependent lifestyle turns children into obese phone addicts
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:51:06 -0700 (PDT)
On 18 Jun, 16:45, Adrian <toomany2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ?i?ardo <h...@nowhere.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>
> > Surely it just shows that there is "a Doug Bollen" living at that
> > Catford address, which could any one of a number of clones that seem to
> > infesting this newsg ...
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Exclusive Official review admits biofuel role in food crisis.
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:27:58 -0700 (PDT)
Told you so!
"Britain and Europe will be forced to fundamentally rethink a central
part of their environment strategy after a government report found
that the rush to develop biofuels has played a "significant" role in
the dramatic rise in global food prices, which has left 100 million
more people without enoug ...
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School-run mum shopped by her own daughters for drink-driving
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:21:28 -0700 (PDT)
Shocking! Why are such people ever allowed in charge of a car and
posing serious risk to the lives of others?
"A mother was facing prison last night after her daughters reported
her for drink driving.
Tracey Cox, 43, was arrested after an anxious call to police from 21-
year-old twins Emma and Helen, who had ...
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Do you cycle to work?
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:12:20 -0700 (PDT)
"Have you recently taken up cycling to avoid the frustrations and
expense of travelling by car, or do you simply cycle for pleasure?
The BBC is asking for readers to send in their experiences of cycling
in their area. We would like to hear about why you choose to cycle and
the problems you face on your daily jou ...
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Re: CO2 and GW is good for the planet.
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:18:47 +0100
Conor <conor_turton@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I actually pointed it out in a post that I cancelled
Ah yes of course. In the post I cancelled I got the colours right but
decided to post one with the wrong colours in to give you something to
talk about.
I also cancelled the post with the one-line proof of Fermat' ...
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More vehicle-based attacks against pedestrians
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:25:36 +0100
Doug, in your frenzy to start as many car-related threads as you could today
(incidentally one of which is not UK-related, so therefore OT, and one is a
non-story anyway, as the tanker drivers dispute is no more), you have once
again missed cases of real vehicle-based intimatation and violence on our
streets, ...
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Hey Doug, did you miss this the other day?
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:40:15 +0100
Carbon negative, converts waste to oil. I bet you *still* have a problem
with it...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece
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Abo ...
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Tanker drivers
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:11:06 +0100
I see they got 14% over two years:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7460452.stm
Now they're blaming inflation on the tanker drivers?
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Abo ...
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[OT] Woo Hoo!
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:08:38 +0100
Heck, my home is carbon neutral at last. The last item to sort out was
completed this week as we moved to 100% hydro for electricity.
I wonder what the residents of Catford did for the environment this
week? Moaning and groaning doesn't count. ...
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Re: CO2 and GW is good for the planet.
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:58:15 +0100
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:46:48 +0100 someone who may be Tony Dragon
<tony.dragon@btinternet.com> wrote this:-
>> I made a mistake about three phase colours, umm mea culpa. I plead the
>> fact that no bugger can remember the current scheme which is just plain
>> silly.
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>On your last point, I agree, why fix it i ...
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