Oh hospitals suck in the UK.

There was a woman who was on the radio today, she had gone undercover and filmed some undercover stuff for the BBC that was really shocking...
As a result she was struck from the nursing register. Now it seems she has a 1 year ban from nursing.


It may be free but it doesn't mean it's good.

30-50 Rollies a DAY?!?! Jaysus...

People in England smoke rollies like everyone else smokes regular cigs. They're just cheaper.

Oh please. I'm around a lot of Irish and they smoke more than the Brits, they're naturally nervous or something. But 30-50? I was a heavy smoker, still am when I drink and don't get near that.

I used to do 40 daily, minimum. 60-80 if I went out. Not rollies, but I did used to smoke 'em when I was younger, and would smoke 20-25 in a day easy.

My mum cut down from 80 to 40 Gitanes/Gauloises a day when she was pregnant with me.

Some people smoke a lot, just sayin'.

I now smoke 2-3 cigs a day.  I'm no quitter.

Damn, everyone tells me I smoke too much, and I've only ever been about a pack of Winstons a day.  Maybe a little over a pack sometimes, if I'm working on something and need to concentrate.

Yeah, that's too much.

Yeah, that's too much.

1 is too many and a 1000 is never enough... blah blah blah.  Non-smokers annoy me when they get drunk and bum start bumming cigs from me. 

Totally.

This non-smoker doesn't ever just have one, no matter how drunk, because this non-smoker knows that just one = buying a pack tomorrow.

Who said you had to buy a pack to be a smoker?  You just take half of the pack from the dead beat your roommate is dating.  It's fool proof when the fools are sleeping.

Non-smokers annoy me when they get drunk and bum start bumming cigs from me. 

Me in Japan, look forward to it

Non-smokers annoy me when they get drunk and bum start bumming cigs from me. 

Tulip. Seriously.

Up, up and away !!

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/6-year-old-alone-in-hot-air-balloon-over-colorado/?hp

Yeah I watched it unfold on The Weather Channel. It was empty. They're thinking the kid passed out from lack of oxygen and fell out. Nice.

It's on every channel.

Just saw it 'live'. 6.37 am ? hmm. The ABC is going get in trouble for this one.

Wonder how high a 6 year old would bounce from 5000 feet?

1' - 1'6" maybe. Depends on what he landed on.

CNN's saying right now he was found alive and well.

I weas hearing bits & pieces of this story at work.  On the drive home, NPR told me it was basically a media blitz over a child's hoax (it was a brother that said he'd climbed into the balloon).

It was an encoded message by the news media.
Translation: Nothing noteworthy happened yesterday.

The chance of broadcasting a 6yo kid crash and burn, live on TV, trumps anything on most days.

Publicity stunt. Charges filed.

Holy shit, he's utterly retarded.

He might as well be dealing drugs inside a police station.

Hahahahahaha That reminds me, I actually DID deal drugs from the basement of a police station!

It had been partially converted to an independent club for youth. But the police station attached to it was still in use.

Anyone that looks at least 12 can buy beer in Germany. Or as some said could reach high enough to put their money on the counter.

I was about 19 at the time and I dealt hash and sometimes mescaline and acid.  Smalltime though. I also manufactured a few pipes.

NZ dont want Nick to have kids....

it would be far better for this appalling underclass to be offered financial inducements not to have children, given the toxic environment that they would provide for any child in their care

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26280835-23109,00.html

Well what would you expect from a country that BEATS IT'S CHILDREN!!!!!

There are nearly 7 billion people on this planet.  At current growth rates, we'll hit 9 billion by 2050 if we don't hit our Malthusian catastrophe before then.

I'm against paying people to not reproduce.  I'm for random, forced sterilization.