Scotland's Navy

The thing is Cappy the rest of the world knows this and is why every layabout makes for the UK. With out trying to appear pedantic we worked mostly at a very early age as in most working class families, be it messenger boy, newspapers etc etc and was to supplement the household expenses. nowadays you get people screaming children being abused and made to work, it was very nearly a pleasure to know you were assisting your family. Nowadays kids are getting groomed to go to University from a very early age, why? Half the time it is to appease snobby parents who think their offspring are better than anyone elses. The degrees they get are useless half the time but are acceptable to some employers purely for their status value. As you said we are breeding a bunch of malcontents who are finally not going to fit into any society. They are non producing and expect the state to keep them, this is even worse when you get the thousands pouring in wanting the same deal. Going back if it were ever possible to rectify this would be ideal, but unless anyone invents a time machine is not going to happen. The only answer and is doubtful it would work, would be to tighten up the welfare system, unfortuanetly in this case it is usually the authentic cases that are caught up in the web and the layabouts find holes in the system.. However for starters no welfare should be paid to immigrants regardless of what mein fuhreress has to say, and the only way out is to come out of Europe. The longer they take the worse are going to be the consequences. JS

how hasit ever got to the stage were one of the most used words is benefits........benefit is something you get whenyou wprk and reap the rewards or again people get a benefit when they get NHS.......no doubt soweone will say we payed for the NHS.....well the price we paid wouldnt .have bought a packet of cigs or a fish and chip supper............once a week ......you get what you pay for and if it wasnt for massive subsidies the NHS would have folded years ago.....i dont know how many people are inhospital at any given time .....but i am sure there are millions......what is there normal food bill .....they get free food in hospital.......surely a pound a day while your inwouldnt skint anyone.....and it might even stop the polys using the NHS asa football and let them bray on about other things for a change .....its not rocket science ......its common sense......and no freebees for forienersiether ....cappy

I see that the good Scots Nationalist politician, Mr. Salmond, has, after resigning as head of the SNP leader has suddenly woken up to the fact that the trough has been pulled out from beneath his feet and has now declared that he is going to fight for a seat in the Westminster parliament in order to ensure that the devolution of powers to Scotland promised in the referendum does actually take place.
Call me cynical but is there a hint of him realising that the trough is deeper in Westminster than Edinburgh thus enabling him to have a lifestyle more akin to a king of Scotland rather than a leader of a political party.
rgds
JA

pat and i were shopping in harrogate two weeks ago...it was cold and wet a young man with no disabilities physically...as far as i could see..... was sitting on a cushion as we walked past he muttered ant was in a whining voice i am wet and cold please help...standing next to him was what can only be described as a scruffy dirty female very thin and looking half starved......my answer to his request was ,,,,no thankyou .....the female then set off on a tirade of language as good as any seaman i have ever heard.....starting its all right for you in your warm coat and shoes .....my anger rose to the surface and i started to tell him do you want the coat of my back .....at this stage my beloved pulled me away.....but it spoilt my day shopping with pat which i dont like doing anyway....was i wrong were they wrong ......bloody parasites.......rgards cappy

I see many of those in town, I always say "Join The Army, Lad, new boots, three meals a day and a big overcoat, " I always get " vick off"
If I was like that I would certainly join one of the Services, You can learn a trade in the Service, come out and get a good job.
But these bums make a lot of money begging. They nearly always have a small dog for the sympathy. what a load of crap.
Brian.

Re No 45- moktay.
Enough said about Jap Whisky.
To add insult to injury, the English Whisky Co which is based in Norfolk has been named as best whisky maker in Europe. I wonder why?. Their whisky has hardly had time to mature in the casks, as the distillery has only been in operation for six years. During the period of maturation, Scotch Whisky is stored in oak caskets or barrels for a minimum of three years. It can't be sold as whisky at this young age, but can be used in Blended Whiskies. Scotch needs to have matured for a minimum of eight years before it can be marketed. As far as I'm concerned this English unmatured stuff at £45.00 a bottle is a very expensive way of lighting the fire. Remember a dram is only a real dram, when it's poured from a bottle of "Scotch Whisky". One good thing going for the English Whisky Co is, I notice that they have managed to spell their product without an "e".

FOURO.

Hi Des T.J........your #33 refers.

I too suffer with the disease of which you speak. In medical terminology it is known as
'DuyPuytren's Contracture' (or, as you say, in common parlance, 'Viking's Disease'). About two years ago, I had the operation to straighten out my left little finger. Although most common in little fingers it can occur in any finger or thumb. In fact, both my thumbs will require surgery at some time in the next year or two. If left unchecked the fingers will curl into the palms seriously impeding any use of the hand.

As your Doctor has told you, the disease is most common amongst Scandinavians or those of Scandinavian descent, however I'm not certain that it is totally exclusive to people of Nordic races. Since having been diagnosed with this condition I've become quite enamoured with the idea that, like you and Kong, I may well be the descendant of Vikings. What makes me feel even more positive is the prospect of running around waving a broad-bladed sword, raping and pillaging to my hearts content. It does have a certain appeal;) Furthermore, having seen the film ' The Vikings' many years ago, I now rather fancy myself as a poor man's Kirk Douglas or Tony Curtis.

As a final token of loyalty to my new-found heritage, I have left instructions that when I die I'm to be placed in my small cabin-cruiser, which is then to be set alight and pushed out into Sydney Harbour from the Opera House steps, whereat Brunhilda (she of ample proportion, wearing a billowing daiphanous gown with two dustbin lids to shield her gargantuan bosom and a helmet with protruding horns) will, in voice falsetto, sing a selection of Viking lullabies....... I see it all so clearly :)

.......Roger

p.s. With apologies for this divergence from the thread subject.

Cappy & Brian I was in the market when I was approached by one on the great unwashed with the dog on a piece of string.Can you help me out he asked me I asked him,what way did you come in!!!!
Seriously though this is Liverpools City council take on it.
Regards.
jim.B Liverpool told 'don't give beggars money' in council homelessness campaign - Liverpool Echo

please remember
They can claim extra for the dog.
Great country we live in .
Ron the batcave

Des & Taff #33, #45 . I also suffer from Duputrens Contracture. I had an operation on my left hand which was often contracting into a fist, they removed the infected tissue from tendons connecting my little finger and two index fingers. I am waiting now to see if my right hand gets any worse as all four fingers are affected. The consultant told me that the operation can only be performed once as the scar tissue can do more damage to the use of your hands than the operation so never rush to have the operation done. Like you guys I was quite pleased to learn that I must have Nordic ancestry in my past. As on my mothers side my great grand parents are Welsh. My father was Irish but as he was born out of wedlock I have no idea who his father was. His mother was also Irish as far as I am aware He never knew who his father was. He lived around the docks in Dublin as a young lad, So I like to think that my Paternal Grandfather was a young Nordic seaman doing what we all did in our youth at sea which was a few drinks ashore with some female company and not worry about the future.