I got quite worked up about it too. As someone who is ‘openly English’ I couldn’t see what the fuss was about but perhaps it may have been better to have said ‘obviously Jewish’ instead. However I could not believe the patience of that police officer and, although I hear this morning that Rowly has backed his actions, it is a great pity that the Met thought it a good idea to rush out not one, but two, apologies. The bloke in question was really lucky not to get arrested, several times I saw him try to push the police officers out of the way, something you might confirm amounts to hindering the ..read more

Corona: I phones are smooth operators Sade - Smooth Operator - Official - 1984 ..read more

plod: Falter was “openly Jewish”, but this comment seems to have been regarded as an insult. I To be fair it was taken out of context. I think the police officer misspoke - but only to the extent, in the very brief time available, of not fully appreciating the possibilities for media furore generated by the phrase “openly Jewish” and perhaps going for something more like “in this context your current dress could be considered provocative ..read more

A halt to the manifesto, sorry to say, apparently to be an MP you need to be able to prove a certain level of cheating and lying and, sorry to say, I don’t come up to scratch. Doesn’t matter anyway because I can’t find the photos of sexual deviency that were required as well. Meeeeanwhile, back to the thread. Haven’t heard from Pat, my ex-wife, yet re the candidates so might try the Mayor’s office instead. Also my question about proxy voters, post or in person, remains a mystery. If they can do it by post, like me, can’t see the point. If it is a question of speed, perhaps I should ask Amazon ..read more

I was fortunate with two jobs I had in being able to cycle or walk to work. I did have one where I had to go from Ealing to North Finchley. Hanger Lane gyratory and then North Circular Road. Both ways , of course ..read more

If you think about it, the stamping on entry to determine when the 90-say period starts is pretty pointless in many cases because, as you point out, there’s no way to know whether a person has stayed in, say, France for 90 days. They could have popped over to Germany for a few weeks ..read more

Inoffensive stand-up comedy Edit: !Apologies for any upset caused ..read more

Corona: Now I use Windows media player to rip as I am being a bit lazy. Is there a way or different player that I can adjust rip levels as some tracks are quite quiet compared to others which is a nuisance in the car. I used to re-eq some of my ripped music with Audacity, and also trim outros if they seemed excessive. You could certainly tweak volume or normalise levels if you wanted max possible volume without distortion. Corona: Yes agreed and chinese watts can never be relied on To me, it’s always been solid state watts. It’s been funny playing gigs with an 18watt 1x12 combo and havin ..read more

“we live in a time where intelligent people are silenced so that stupid people won’t be offended ..read more

Its been donkeys since I last fitted door springs but I believe I used a rachet tie down strap over the top pin to stretch the springs into place because they can bite ..read more