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by derekbroad
Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:45 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Rwanda
Replies: 11
Views: 148

Re: Rwanda

If you were standing in Calais with thousands of pounds to handover to people smugglers knowing that the moment your feet touch land in Dover you’d be stuck straight on a plane to Rwanda, you might think more than twice before handing over the money.
by derekbroad
Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Water again.
Replies: 12
Views: 282

Re: Water again.

In my time I have run across many highly educated twits. Unfortunately these are the people who are mainly preferred to run these institutions/utilities. Decision making that defies any form of common sense, on too many occasions.
by derekbroad
Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:36 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Do you like tattoos?
Replies: 14
Views: 214

Re: Do you like tattoos?

Each to his/her own, Crummy but personally I abhor tattoos. For me it’s attention seeking. Why anyone would want to indelibly mark their body, I just cannot understand. Not for me either. My father had a couple done in Egypt during the war. You could hardly see any detail as they just looked like b...
by derekbroad
Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:35 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Still they prescribe this dangerous pain killer
Replies: 8
Views: 88

Re: Still they prescribe this dangerous pain killer

When we were half living in Spain some years ago it was prescribed for my wife, and she always asks me to check on any medicine. I found out then that she should not have been prescribed it as their was a directive issued back in 2018 that said it should not be for Brit holidaymakers or ex pats. We...
by derekbroad
Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Still they prescribe this dangerous pain killer
Replies: 8
Views: 88

Re: Still they prescribe this dangerous pain killer

More than 30 countries in the world in whose territory the use of dipyrone is banned, including Canada, the United States, and England, demonstrate that this medicine is not only unnecessary, but potentially harmful to health.
by derekbroad
Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:49 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Do you like tattoos?
Replies: 14
Views: 214

Re: Do you like tattoos?

Each to his/her own, Crummy but personally I abhor tattoos. For me it’s attention seeking. Why anyone would want to indelibly mark their body, I just cannot understand.
by derekbroad
Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:41 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Still they prescribe this dangerous pain killer
Replies: 8
Views: 88

Re: Still they prescribe this dangerous pain killer

Without knowing all the details it is hard to judge. All tablets can have side effects and every person is different but it looks like more research needs to be done here. It would be useful to know how many tablets have been dispensed and how many deaths there have been directly attributed to this...
by derekbroad
Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:47 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Got this yesterday.
Replies: 6
Views: 153

Re: Got this yesterday.

How bad is this. (Not my words dB) Copied and pasted from, jamesmaccleary@leweslibdems.org.uk Hi Paul, The recent new sewage figures released by the Environment Agency show Southern Water discharged sewage into our rivers and seas a staggering 29,494 times in 2023. The water company’s sewage discha...
by derekbroad
Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Water
Replies: 38
Views: 586

Re: Water

Energy companies raked in “eye-watering” profits of more than £1bn a week around the world last year as millions of hard-pressed Britons struggled to heat their homes or pay their bills in the ongoing cost of living crisis, The Independent can reveal. The Independent. Not me dB ! Shell, Equinor, Ex...