http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/-t1.htm Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:24:02 GMT 10 http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/13/56/93/16/newico10.gif http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/-t1.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/site-anomolies-t766.htm wrinkles Having recently joined here I was looking for a thread regarding tips tweaks or problems with the website and couldn't find one. Sooo..... So far I'm impressed and have been happily reading through the threads, however I have a problem that although it may be local to me, may in fact be general ie Firefox, my browser of preference, finds the site very hard going and struggles. mouse action and general response is agonisingly slow. Internet explorer 6 is ok though. I have no problems with Firefox ... Entry forum & notes Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:24:02 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/site-anomolies-t766.htm#6101 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/site-anomolies-t766.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/top-university-places-all-gone-already-t762.htm Angie baby It seems, from a report in the Guardian today that almost all of the best places in our top universities are already gone and that is just a week or so after the highers and "A" grades have been awarded to the brightest of our pupils. If this story is true then there has to be something wrong with our university clearing system as if all the places are already gone there is going to be a lot of bright sixth formers that are going to lose out on university places and a chance of ... Entry forum & notes Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:10:17 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/top-university-places-all-gone-already-t762.htm#6071 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/top-university-places-all-gone-already-t762.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/i-am-now-redundant-t519.htm Markfox01 So last friday I got my matching orders. My office hasn't made money for 2 months and they needed to chuck out the sandbags and quick.. so i was one of them sandbags. But its quite crazy, I am 30.. and in my life I have been made redundant Twice. The got into deep water as they decided to focus on new business and not focus on the accounts they had that was low in margin but good business none the less. They wanted to chase that golden goose, to say. That same business model was used on another ... Entry forum & notes Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:41:15 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/i-am-now-redundant-t519.htm#4236 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/i-am-now-redundant-t519.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/new-plans-for-immigrant-citizenship-procedures-t739.htm papa_umau I am sure that most of you will agree that the latest plans for immigrants being allowed to stay permanently in Britain are basically a good idea. ( Migrants who choose to come to Scotland will get extra "points" for making this choice ). Here is the full story from the Online Scottish Daily Record: Boost for migrants who choose to come to Scotland Immigrants who come to live and work in Scotland could have a better chance of earning full UK citizenship, it was revealed ... Entry forum & notes Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:41:53 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/new-plans-for-immigrant-citizenship-procedures-t739.htm#5981 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/new-plans-for-immigrant-citizenship-procedures-t739.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/riasa-good-deal-ruined-by-a-bad-website-t750.htm papa_umau I spotted a new TV advert last night about a car insurance company that especially caters for the older and safer driver and I thought that as I am one of them I might have a look and even get a quote. Boy but I wished I hadn't ! The RIAS quotation website has to be the least user-friendly website that I have EVER seen as after filling in pages full of unnecessary information - some of which which I had to rake for - I came across a page that stopped me in my tracks. Most of you ... Entry forum & notes Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:12:53 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/riasa-good-deal-ruined-by-a-bad-website-t750.htm#6019 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/riasa-good-deal-ruined-by-a-bad-website-t750.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/should-smoking-be-banned-in-all-cars-carrying-kids-t651.htm zathrus A leading doctor has called for a ban on smoking in private cars when children are present as the concentration of smoke in a closed vehicle is much worse than it might be at home or anywhere else. Professor Terence Stephenson, head of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has said that as we have already banned smoking in front of collegues at work he sees no reason why we cannot do this for children too as second hand smoke has been found to be strongly connected to children's ... Entry forum & notes Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:30:17 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/should-smoking-be-banned-in-all-cars-carrying-kids-t651.htm#5453 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/should-smoking-be-banned-in-all-cars-carrying-kids-t651.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/another-cop-shooting-gone-wrong-t586.htm papa_umau A guy from Carfin, Lanarkshire, who phoned the police and told them he had a gun was eventually cornered on a rail-yard and shot by the cops. It seems that after this shooting had taken place it was found that the "gun" was in fact a piece of wood. ( No gun has been found after a massive search !). If this is the case then I find it astounding that armed police are unable to satisfy themselves that a person is actually brandishing a real gun before they get trigger-happy. It ... Entry forum & notes Sun, 17 May 2009 12:11:57 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/another-cop-shooting-gone-wrong-t586.htm#4803 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/another-cop-shooting-gone-wrong-t586.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/muslim-teenagers-groomed-for-jehad-t585.htm papa_umau I am sure that we all think about 7/7 amd 9/11 as we go about our daily lives in the West and with these thoughts in mind I was wondering why and how the Muslim clerics do not keep a tighter watch on the people who are radicalising our teenage Muslims ? A report in the Sunday Times shows that ordinary Mosques are breeding grounds for fundamentalist jehadis and while the hate-filled Mullahs are radicalising our Islamicist children to become suicide bombers it seems that the Muslim hierarchy ... Entry forum & notes Sun, 17 May 2009 11:54:51 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/muslim-teenagers-groomed-for-jehad-t585.htm#4800 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/muslim-teenagers-groomed-for-jehad-t585.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/the-banking-debachle-explained-in-easy-terms-t590.htm papa_umau Here is an amusing look at what went wrong with the banks all those months ago. It was sent to me by my son who found it on the internet: Derivative markets..... An understandable explanation: > Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Kansas City . In order to increase > sales, she decides to allow her loyal customers - most of whom are > unemployed alcoholics - to drink now but pay later. She keeps track of the > drinks consumed on a ledger (thereby granting ... Entry forum & notes Tue, 19 May 2009 11:00:11 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/the-banking-debachle-explained-in-easy-terms-t590.htm#4820 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/the-banking-debachle-explained-in-easy-terms-t590.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/off-topic-general-discussion-forum-t589.htm Anonymous
I have been checking in a lot more than usual and find it extremely sad that this forum becomes a ghost town after 4pm most days and today there’s not been a post since 1pm.

add your view so the admin can see if this idea as any strength and should take the idea into consideration.]]> Entry forum & notes Mon, 18 May 2009 15:46:35 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/off-topic-general-discussion-forum-t589.htm#4813 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/off-topic-general-discussion-forum-t589.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/nhs-treats-oaps-like-sh-t567.htm riders_on_the_storm Hi all Having experience of a close elderly friend of the family who, 5 years ago, had an operation on the gall bladder and who has not been right ever since, plus all the other never-ending stories about the appalling, disgusting and downright inhumane treatment of elderly people, I felt compelled to highlight this huge problem in this country. Now the friend of the family could have been a younger chap but the stories I keep hearing is that they are just being shoved around from pillar ... Entry forum & notes Sun, 03 May 2009 19:20:49 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/nhs-treats-oaps-like-sh-t567.htm#4630 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/nhs-treats-oaps-like-sh-t567.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/major-phil-packer-takes-13-days-to-finish-london-marathon-t578.htm Angie baby ( Wasn't sure what section to put this in as it is not really a rip off or a consumer subject or a political subject so I just put it in the generic forum....OK ? ) In these days of bad feeling about Britain and the British and when we are all struggling to get by I thought that the wonderful act of this brave soldier was so uplifting that I just had to mention it here. A man had both of his legs blown off in war and after he was told he would never walk again he not only walked again ... Entry forum & notes Sat, 09 May 2009 13:00:34 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/major-phil-packer-takes-13-days-to-finish-london-marathon-t578.htm#4697 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/major-phil-packer-takes-13-days-to-finish-london-marathon-t578.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/green-is-the-new-black-t579.htm Historian It seems that environMENTALists are united in their hatred for... The TREE! Conservation groups including Greenpeace and FoE have joined forces with the RSPB to cut down swathes of forest to boost wildlife populations http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5300490/Deforestation-plan-for-Britain-which-has-split-green-groups.html In a move guaranteed to increase your carbon footprint not to mention cost 61 million pounds these jackasses are fiddling while Rome burns. Seems ... Entry forum & notes Sun, 10 May 2009 14:56:03 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/green-is-the-new-black-t579.htm#4716 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/green-is-the-new-black-t579.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/a-particularly-local-whine-t573.htm papa_umau Maybe some of you will recognise this syndrome in your area ? As some of you will probably already know - especially our Andrew - that this year is Scotland's Homecoming Year and as such everything is being done by the Scottish government, the local government, the Tourist Board and Visit Scotland to try to encourage Scottish ex-pats to come back for a visit so as to renew their roots and to refresh their Scottish blood with the sights and sounds and tastes of modern Scotland. Sounds ... Entry forum & notes Thu, 07 May 2009 12:05:18 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/a-particularly-local-whine-t573.htm#4664 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/a-particularly-local-whine-t573.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/netiquette-t565.htm Historian
It seems to me that the use of alter egos to try to boost your popularity is actively encouraged. Would anyone care to tell me how many actual members there are? papaumau you are the worst offender but then it is your forum. Anyone else care to come clean that they have more than one personality? It would be nice if people were honest with each other

Red]]> Entry forum & notes Fri, 01 May 2009 21:38:59 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/netiquette-t565.htm#4600 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/netiquette-t565.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/it-had-to-happen-didn-t-it-t562.htm papa_umau There has been a discussion going on for some time now about the wearing of the full-face veil and Burka as far as general shoppers are concerned and this discussion has had little or nothing to do with the religious needs of fundamental Muslims being dressing as their faith dictates. It os obvious that although almost all of the women and girls that wear the full veil will not have ulterior motives for conforming to their religious rules there ARE bound to be times when some people might ... Entry forum & notes Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:25:53 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/it-had-to-happen-didn-t-it-t562.htm#4562 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/it-had-to-happen-didn-t-it-t562.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/hello-everyone-t558.htm kahuna hi everyone!! I'm new here! Cool forum! Great to meet you all! Entry forum & notes Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:12:52 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/hello-everyone-t558.htm#4539 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/hello-everyone-t558.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/who-are-we-fighting-in-afghanistan-t537.htm papa_umau After riots were generated at the NATO summit in Strasbourg as a result of NATO promising 5,000 more troops to the war in Afghanistan I have been encouraged to ask....Exactly who is it we are fighting in Afghanistan and if it is not the Afghan people then why are we using Afghanistan as a theatre of war so that we can take on the Taliban and Al-Quaeda ? With religious fundamentalism and Jehad hard behind the fighters of the Taliban and Al-Quaeda will we EVER defeat these people while we ... Entry forum & notes Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:08:00 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/who-are-we-fighting-in-afghanistan-t537.htm#4345 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/who-are-we-fighting-in-afghanistan-t537.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/the-devalued-bonus-culture-is-alive-and-well-in-britain-t539.htm papa_umau After all kinds of promises being made by all kinds of people in power that the damned bonus culture of the fat-cats would stop, here are TWO examples that suggest it is not stopping at all. The basic arguments against this culture were that it should never happen on the back of failure or on top of redundancies because a company needed to rationalise losses. It appears that the top executives can STILL find reasons to pay themselves such obscene bonuses even although their ordinary ... Entry forum & notes Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:27:13 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/the-devalued-bonus-culture-is-alive-and-well-in-britain-t539.htm#4376 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/the-devalued-bonus-culture-is-alive-and-well-in-britain-t539.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/what-can-we-do-to-stop-extremists-killing-each-other-t527.htm papa_umau Reading Reuters today I saw that 200 Tamil-Tiger activists have been protesting outside Wetsminster for three days where they are asking us to stop the war between the Tamil-Tiger revolutionaries and the Sri-Lankan government forces. We see a very similar situation in Iraq where the extreme Sunnies and Shiites are planning to exterminate each-other because of their religious and traditional hatred of each-other. So I ask....Why should we send our soldiers to get embroiled in THEIR local ... Entry forum & notes Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:04:25 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/what-can-we-do-to-stop-extremists-killing-each-other-t527.htm#4294 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/what-can-we-do-to-stop-extremists-killing-each-other-t527.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/guns-in-the-hands-of-children-t475.htm Angie baby I was not sure what category to place this post in Paps so I just put it in the original one. Hope that I picked right. I know that we don't have many gun problems in Britain other than the odd crim' shoving one in the face of a robbery victim or a member of a yardy gang bumping off one of the members of a rival gang and maybe that is because our gun laws are so strict. Japan also has very tight gun-ownership laws and we very seldom see any gun crime there either but in countries like ... Entry forum & notes Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:56:40 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/guns-in-the-hands-of-children-t475.htm#3931 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/guns-in-the-hands-of-children-t475.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/are-some-women-becoming-sperm-jackers-t511.htm Angie baby I was reading an article in an online MENS magazine, ( you know, just to get the other side of the story ) and I came across an article that rather surprised me. It suggested that some women that are moving up in their fertile years are resorting to picking up guys just so that they can steal their sperm and have babies without any complications. I mean, do any of you think that women might stoop to doing this just so that they can get themselves impregnated in the easiest way possible ? Sounds ... Entry forum & notes Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:35:57 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/are-some-women-becoming-sperm-jackers-t511.htm#4180 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/are-some-women-becoming-sperm-jackers-t511.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/climate-change-con-in-danger-of-exposure-t472.htm Anonymous Interesting to see the media coverage of the second climate change conference last week http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/4990704/Nobody-listens-to-the-real-climate-change-experts.html Whilst the scare mongers attention was focussed on Copenhagen with all manner of ridiculous stories about massive changes in sea levels etc, Another conference in New York discussed that the scare over global warming has been deliberately stoked up for political reasons and ... Entry forum & notes Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:14:38 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/climate-change-con-in-danger-of-exposure-t472.htm#3910 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/climate-change-con-in-danger-of-exposure-t472.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/latest-labour-sleaze-t495.htm Anonymous Nice to see another Scottish Labour MP bringing the house into disrepute by getting drunk and shagging his secretary on Remembrance day of all days. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/5038632/MP-Nigel-Griffiths-faces-sleaze-inquiry-over-sex-shame.html Do these scumbags know no shame? Time to get rid of them methinks GENERAL ELECTION NOW! MotCo Entry forum & notes Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:50:54 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/latest-labour-sleaze-t495.htm#4072 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/latest-labour-sleaze-t495.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/good-news-and-bad-t512.htm Anonymous The bad news is the loony left have joined forces with the tree huggers and organised a march in London in protest against the G20 talks being held in London next week. How they are supposed to be seen if the delegates have not yet arrived speaks volumes about their organisational capabilities. Nothing to do with the presence of Baldrick actor Tony Robinson I suppose. The good news is they wouldn't even fill Tranmere Rovers football 'stadium' with numbers estimated at 15 000. The picture ... Entry forum & notes Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:11:48 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/good-news-and-bad-t512.htm#4183 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/good-news-and-bad-t512.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/society-general-t508.htm Anonymous In a prepared speech after his sons moronic killer was jailed for 16 years, The father of Jimmy Mizen said "We are becoming a country of anger, selfishness and fear" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5062876/Jimmy-Mizen-Father-laments-anger-selfishness-and-fear-of-modern-Britain.html Is this true or has there always been idiots on the loose? What do you guys think? MotCo Entry forum & notes Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:51:03 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/society-general-t508.htm#4149 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/society-general-t508.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/the-name-game-t499.htm Anonymous Our wonderful home secretary has announced a new counter terrorism initiative under the ridiculous code name "Contest 2" Link to non-existant news story in the left wing press Now all that is needed is a name for the 60 000 or so snoopers, sorry, informants. MotCo proposes the name "Brownshirts" Then we could all sleep safely in our beds knowing our interests were being safeguarded 7/7, sorry 24/7 Any takers? MotCo Entry forum & notes Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:13:44 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/the-name-game-t499.htm#4087 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/the-name-game-t499.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/the-cost-of-red-tape-t505.htm Anonymous In a recent posting certain supposedly well informed members of this forum had never heard of red tape. In a startling outburst yesterday the British Chamber of Commerce listed somme of the offending regulations yesterday and attempted to put a cost on it.. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businesslatestnews/5055791/Regulations-under-Labour-cost-business-77bn.html If the government are serious about the economy and want a recovery where people earn a living without recourse to ... Entry forum & notes Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:48:03 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/the-cost-of-red-tape-t505.htm#4133 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/the-cost-of-red-tape-t505.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/panic-on-the-streets-of-london-t501.htm Anonymous Motco had a very enjoyable lunch today with the manager of his local Nat West Bank. He was amused to hear of all the removal of checks and balances on lending following their acquisition by RBS (oh and no tickets to Rugby matches either) But what should concern us all is the forthcoming G20 visit to London where plans are afoot for a campaign of mass violence and intimidation aimed against BANKERS! Nobody in a suit should go to London that day unless they have to in which case they should ... Entry forum & notes Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:05:17 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/panic-on-the-streets-of-london-t501.htm#4102 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/panic-on-the-streets-of-london-t501.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/another-one-of-browns-schemes-hits-the-buffers-t482.htm Anonymous The £1.3 billion small business finance guarantee scheme is turning out to be a lemon http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/5002189/Some-home-truths-about-that-1.3bn-the-Government-promised-you.html It would appear that far from providing the helping hand the government wanted us to believe, they are offering it on such exorbitant terms that nobody in their right mind would take it up. MotCo can vouch for this having considered the option earlier in the year. Interesting ... Entry forum & notes Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:32:42 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/another-one-of-browns-schemes-hits-the-buffers-t482.htm#3986 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/another-one-of-browns-schemes-hits-the-buffers-t482.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/now-the-killjoys-start-on-booze-t476.htm Anonymous Having successfully persuaded the shallow thinkers that a smoking ban was a good idea, the kill-joys are now working on booze just as MotCo predicted years ago (the main reason why I oppose a smoking ban incidentally on the grounds that once you give power to a politician they will abuse it) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/4993299/Governments-top-doctor-recommends-price-hike-for-alcohol.html Plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol are being tabled - soon it will be as toxic ... Entry forum & notes Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:30:47 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/now-the-killjoys-start-on-booze-t476.htm#3940 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/now-the-killjoys-start-on-booze-t476.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/revealed-the-rel-reason-behind-id-cards-t477.htm Anonymous The governments eBorders scheme to record every passenger journey to and from the UK has been revealed for what it is - an attempt to raise £billions more from the motorist from all the unpaid fines and parking tickets issued http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/4996018/Motorists-could-be-banned-from-leaving-Britain-over-unpaid-parking-fines.html Whilst some will no doubt say the motorists concerned should pay up, there is a serious issue here with personal ... Entry forum & notes Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:04:09 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/revealed-the-rel-reason-behind-id-cards-t477.htm#3942 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/revealed-the-rel-reason-behind-id-cards-t477.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/joke-of-the-day-t465.htm Anonymous What's the difference between Bernard Madoff and Gordon Brown? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeffrandall/4981299/Gordon-Brown-and-Bernard-Madoff-are-separated-by-a-single-detail---Bernies-pleading-guilty.html Madoff is the one pleading guilty to swindling people MotCo Entry forum & notes Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:40:43 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/joke-of-the-day-t465.htm#3838 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/joke-of-the-day-t465.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/schools-pander-to-social-misfits-rather-than-teach-the-majority-of-pupile-well-t466.htm Anonymous
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/4973584/Bright-schoolchildren-take-back-seat-to-social-misfits-says-head-teacher.html

What say you?

MotCo]]> Entry forum & notes Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:19:32 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/schools-pander-to-social-misfits-rather-than-teach-the-majority-of-pupile-well-t466.htm#3839 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/schools-pander-to-social-misfits-rather-than-teach-the-majority-of-pupile-well-t466.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/red-nose-day-good-or-bad-t467.htm Anonymous As MotCo took his kids to school this morning he was confronted by hordes of people wearing clown outfits. He then realised it was Red Nose day yet again. My view is that this event has gone too far - it is now a compulsory event in the chuggers calendar which no charity should ever be. It also props up the careers of overpaid TV celebrities whose careers are on the wane at the expense of far more worthwhile charities (this is Motco's favourite http://www.fsncharity.co.uk/). Some of us would ... Entry forum & notes Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:25:42 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/red-nose-day-good-or-bad-t467.htm#3840 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/red-nose-day-good-or-bad-t467.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/nimrods-finally-taken-out-of-service-t460.htm papa_umau At last and eventually the MOD have relented and decided to take the flawed Nimrod spy-panes out of service to modify them in order to make them "safe". Three years ago a mid-air explosion in one of these ill-fated craft over Afghanistan killed all fourteen crew-members on board and a coroner's verdict decided that they were ALL too dangerous to keep flying. The MOD thought differently and they have been flying sorties ever since. They DID do the absolute minimum by stopping mid-air ... Entry forum & notes Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:02:07 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/nimrods-finally-taken-out-of-service-t460.htm#3781 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/nimrods-finally-taken-out-of-service-t460.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/bombs-are-indiscriminate-so-why-do-they-use-them-t429.htm papa_umau Looking at the bombing in Cairo yesterday where a french woman was killed and three Saudis, ten French, a German and three Egyptions were wounded, I wonder exactly who this bomber was targetting ? The thing about bombs is that they do not discriminate between friend or foe and they certainly do not discriminate between soldiers or police and women and child civilians of all races, creeds and colours. With this in mind I must ask why they do this as they are not drawing anybody to their ... Entry forum & notes Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:59:46 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/bombs-are-indiscriminate-so-why-do-they-use-them-t429.htm#3420 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/bombs-are-indiscriminate-so-why-do-they-use-them-t429.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/should-schools-stay-open-in-very-bad-weather-t382.htm Angie baby I have mixed feelings here as there are a lot of points to consider in this question. I do think that every school teacher should try to get to school so that they do not let their charges down. The thing is that all schools have to have a minimum compliment of teachers turn up before they are allowed to open. That can force a decision on the head that he or she might not want to make. If schools suddenly decide that they will not open on the day or the day before this often creates ... Entry forum & notes Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:47:19 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/should-schools-stay-open-in-very-bad-weather-t382.htm#3108 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/should-schools-stay-open-in-very-bad-weather-t382.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/gotcha-t424.htm riders_on_the_storm I see that IPCC scientists have been caught red-handed falsifying data to support the polemic man-made global warming crap. I wonder how many times they have done this previously and not been caught? If it had not been down to the good guys over at climateAudit and Watts up with that for their sheer scientific analysis of the figures (instead of cooking the books) then these people would not have been uncovered as the liars that they are. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/3563532/The-world-has-never-seen-such-freezing-heat.html It ... Entry forum & notes Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:26:20 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/gotcha-t424.htm#3391 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/gotcha-t424.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/british-airways-shows-how-it-should-be-done-t438.htm Anonymous
I would thoroughly recommend our national airline to everyone as a standard for others to follow.

MotCo]]> Entry forum & notes Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:46:08 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/british-airways-shows-how-it-should-be-done-t438.htm#3479 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/british-airways-shows-how-it-should-be-done-t438.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/those-bonuses-the-true-story-in-full-t401.htm Anonymous MotCo has a bank account with Lloyds-TSB and has known a number of the staff as friends socially as well as business. This bank has enjoyed a stodgy reputation over the years for conservative banking (small 'c') and has made a reasonable living out if it for its staff and shareholders (stakeholders if you include customers). Every years they would supplant their staff's meagre wages with a bonus of around £1000 each if the bank did well. Since the government brokered merger with the failed ... Entry forum & notes Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:33:26 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/those-bonuses-the-true-story-in-full-t401.htm#3262 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/those-bonuses-the-true-story-in-full-t401.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/new-northern-rock-mortgages-t431.htm Angie baby ( First, I am sorry that I did not get to the forum on Saturday as I have had the flu and I was in my bed all day Saturday and Sunday. I am now much better and expect to be back to work tomorrow ). Back to the topic. Now that the government have injected even more cash into Northern Rock I hope that that extra £14 billion shows up as products in the window. The very first thing that needs to happen is that the Northern Rock and the rest of them want to start offering ninety-percent ... Entry forum & notes Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:50:48 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/new-northern-rock-mortgages-t431.htm#3439 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/new-northern-rock-mortgages-t431.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/why-no-phone-number-t423.htm riders_on_the_storm Hi Just recently I have had the misfortune to request the services of customer support for one or two items and found that almost all companies are very hard to reach by phone. You are requested to email them and then you either have too wait weeks for a reply or - as usual - you get snubbed. Shouldn't all companies who supply a service be forced to supply a working phone number for support, and also to honour their customers by providing adequate ongoing support for the products you ... Entry forum & notes Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:50:24 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/why-no-phone-number-t423.htm#3390 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/why-no-phone-number-t423.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/midwives-or-mechanics-t399.htm Angie baby I was stunned to read that a group of midwives have been forced to learn the basics of car maintenance and fill in a three page log-sheet/check-list on their cars before they do anything every morning. Not only does this mean that such midwives will not only be wasting precious time doing this but they will be going to home-births wearing the same clothes that they wore while doing their vehicle check. Seems silly to me in these days of transferrable infections. Sometimes I think that ... Entry forum & notes Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:50:54 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/midwives-or-mechanics-t399.htm#3248 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/midwives-or-mechanics-t399.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/crass-incompetence-t391.htm Doctormalc I watched the 'grilling' of the Masters of the Universe (bankers) yesterday with incresing dismay. Not only should they be up for the chop, but so should the wasters in this government. The real killer for me was when they were asked if they had any banking qualifications and not ONE of them had !!!. That means that my work as a social scientist could also allow me to dabble in running a major bank (just need a degree perhaps, but no banking experience !!). How sick is that !!. If I was not qualifed ... Entry forum & notes Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:41:22 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/crass-incompetence-t391.htm#3176 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/crass-incompetence-t391.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/48-inmates-trash-luxury-private-jail-t389.htm papa_umau The latest prison build under the PFI scheme in Scotland and run privately instead of by the SPS - called Addiewell Prison, ( nicknamed The Addiewell Hilton by the cons ), has blown up due to a lack of control by the privatised and poorly-trained staff. This jail was described as THE most luxurious prison ever built which had TV and internet connections in every cell and which had THE most modern and luxurious recreation and sports halls in any prison in Britain. Of course everyone ... Entry forum & notes Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:33:12 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/48-inmates-trash-luxury-private-jail-t389.htm#3163 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/48-inmates-trash-luxury-private-jail-t389.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/manorlane-goes-bust-t388.htm papa_umau And I say "hell mend em" ! Manorlane is a company that has made many millions of pounds out of the last building bubble where it built whole gated communities of half-million and million pound homes for the rich. It's latest venture - which was originally intended to be a whole new town of 170 executive-level houses at around and above half a million pounds each - has had to be ground to a halt after the first show-home was left only half completed. Now that the bubble ... Entry forum & notes Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:27:34 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/manorlane-goes-bust-t388.htm#3151 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/manorlane-goes-bust-t388.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/would-car-scrapping-scheme-worrk-here-t376.htm zathrus In Germany, people who have cars more than nine years old are offered a bribe to scrap their old car and buy a new one. As the global downturn has hit new-car sales badly right across Europe this idea is being considered for Britain. If this scheme was to be initiated here it would mean that around £2,180 would be paid to encourage the old cars to be scrapped and new cars to be bought. Do any of you think that this might be a good idea and if you were offered that amount to scrap ... Entry forum & notes Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:13:43 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/would-car-scrapping-scheme-worrk-here-t376.htm#3063 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/would-car-scrapping-scheme-worrk-here-t376.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/council-tenents-are-being-bribed-with-30000-t380.htm papa_umau Because of the chronic shortages in social-housing stocks many tenants are being encouraged via a £30,000 bribe to go to the private sector to buy or rent so that this council stock will be released for the needs of the millions of people that are homeless or are waiting for social housing. The trouble is that these "bribes" are coming from the taxpayers so that a quick-fix can be found for the terrible state that is prevalent in the council social-housing situation. I am ... Entry forum & notes Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:51:44 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/council-tenents-are-being-bribed-with-30000-t380.htm#3090 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/council-tenents-are-being-bribed-with-30000-t380.htm http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/obama-caps-banking-chiefs-to-100000-t387.htm papa_umau In his first few weeks of power President Obama has done two things that have been needed doing for some time. 1). He has started the procedures to shut down Guantanamo Bay camp. 2). He has placed a top-end cap on the chief executives salaries of $100,000 for all of the bosses that are running state-owned and controlled banks. ( I would love to see Brown doing the exact same here ). Before anyone says it....Motco....I know they shout that the best top executives have to be paid ... Entry forum & notes Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:48:00 GMT http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/obama-caps-banking-chiefs-to-100000-t387.htm#3130 http://rippedoffbritain.forumotion.net/entry-forum-notes-f1/obama-caps-banking-chiefs-to-100000-t387.htm