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yes and I disagree, wtp ;) my idea of a waste of money 1/. Cherie Blair £7,000 bill for having her hair done in an election campaign 2/. Tax rebates, why take it in the first place 3/. My divorce settlement when it happens :P (hm, perhaps this is in the wrong column)

nick, ok I agree that the comment is not nice for someone who comes from that country (if they could be bothered to take offence at it, I hardly think it is worh it myself) some one from a different country may find it amusing (I would go as so far that, if I had seen it on someones profile, it would have made me smile), but it would have been forgotten in a minute and I would not have thought any less of my friends from that country, nor would I have thought badly about the person who had it on their profile. In fact I may even think, ah that guy has a sense of humour, I would like to meet him If you want some guidance (I hope you don't take this personally as I do not mean to offend) what harm did it do you? they would probably have changed the message as soon as they got bored and have you not got better things to do as I consider this quite petty.(IMHO) But an insult is an insult and looking at it from a politically correct point of view, you were right to do what you did. my comments about it is probably petty and was intended to be slightly amusing only.

I can't see that it is a waste of money, we would still be living in a world that is flat and living in mud huts if we never explorded the unknown, whatever the cost in money or life, it is a basic desire we all have to go where no man has gone before (quoted from the great man himself "Captain Slog") why should we not want to colonise other planets, there has to be something out there worth having, lets get to it, lets claim it, lets start an empire, after all you can't just sit and accept this is all there is, other wise we have no progress and the rate we are using our resources and screwing up our planet, we may need to do it

it is not a nice thing to have on your profile, I agree, BUT, I bet $10 I can guess which country they are talking about

Whilst imigration has some benefits, cheap labour for one and helps to keep down wage costs, I think there are other issues. in the UK, the jobs available are not the well paid jobs, they are usually the jobs that the Inhabitants don't want, i.e road sweeper, warehouseman etc etc, probably why they don't want it, is each generation wants better for their kids and they encourage them to do well at school, go to university and get a well paid white collar job. so this leaves less people wanting all the crap jobs. We have imigrants from Poland and other old eastern block countries, Africa and Afganistan to name a few places, these people are here to earn money and get a better life, or they could be here to earn money and send it home to build a better future for themselves in their own country at a later date. I can understand this and would probaly do the same in their position. I do not think open borders are the answer, that allows anyone in (the UK, is totally incapable of managing the influx) and it is causing big problems, with housing , health, education and social issues, I beleive it is just the scale of people they allow in. So if you are going to allow imigration, you should allow set amounts in. There is the undesirable element, crooks, organised gangs and general freeloaders,that need kicking out, no idea how, but we should be doing it there are some hate mongers here and we are afraid to kick them out in case we offend these people, what a load of b******t, just kick them out and if people don't like it, let them leave also, we offer them jobs and some where to live, the least they can do is show us some respect. One major issue I have personally is, that whilst we allow them in, we are shipping out jobs to their countries and making less jobs available, these jobs appear to be being taken away from the traditional inhabitant (and I beleive this is fundementally wrong)(I blame the government for this not the imigrants) We should all try and help the persecuted and we should all try and adapt to make them welcome, we should not have to give up our own standards and own ways to accomodate them. open borders to workers, NOT shirkers another thing is a struggling country (take an african nation you know has problems) we are allowing all the young fit and health into our countries, do you not think this is exactly the type of person we want to stay in that country and help build it up into a successful nation?. Just allow work visas, why do they have to have the right to live in another country when they are needed in their own country No imigrant should be allowed social security at all, unless they have gone through a vetting procedure at an embassy in their country and given legal documentation to enter our countries as a useful member of society we have medical tourists, they come here with HIV (I use this example as where I live the HIV population has increased 5 fold over the last 4 years (and these stats can be backed up) 80% of new cases are africans, they drain our resources in the national health, why should we allow them in, when we do our best to send the medicines out to them. and stop the bloody student visas, they are so abused it is untrue I base my opinions on working with imigrants ( over the last 4 years probably 1,000 on temp and permenant basis) and learning about them, there are some great ones and would become an asset to the country they decide to settle in, but there are an awful lot that don't deserve anything thing except a tickets back home.

English Spades Hearts Diamonds Clubs :)

I don't really understand the rules about pshyces much, which is why I am asking the question 1/. if you have an agreement about pshyces does that mean that if p passes is that alertable? 2/. If he/she passes do you not now have UI?

1/. is Puppet stayman anygood? (I realise all conventions probably are if used with the type of hand they are designed for 2/.can you adds some pros and cons please 3/. if the problem is playing (or missing a 5/3 fit) how big is this issue 4/. is it not easier to drop openng NT with a 5 card major, ifyou feel strongly enough that missing 5/3 fits is not good TY all for any other comments

HAHAHA I can think of a small town, near where I live only they dobn't have such a good football team HAHAHAHA

I chose to bid 2NT over pards 1 Heart opener instead of 2 clubs game forcing Reasons I both are GF to us and it gives me a chance to see a short suit and I had extra values to compensate (and good hearts) for the lack of the 4th promised heart as the bidding went, I would like comments on my 4 diamond bid (can some one tell me does this guarantee the Ace and is it worth bidding to show more slam interest Do you think pard should bid 4 spades to show control, rather than 4 heart And do you think I should have bid 4NT or do you think I should have bid totally differently here is the hand [hv=d=n&v=n&n=sk82haq8764dqck54&w=sqj643hd96432ca92&e=st97ht952dj875c86&s=sa5hkj3daktcqjt73]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - 1♥ Pass 2NT Pass 3♦ Pass 3♠ Pass 4♣ Pass 4♦ Pass 4♥ Pass Pass Pass

[hv=d=n&v=n&n=sa32hqt9dakjt9c95&w=skthj87653d32cjt3&e=sj876hak2d4ca8764&s=sq954h4dq8765ckq2]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - 1♦ Dbl 1♠ 2♥ 2♠ Pass 4♠ Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass what do you think of the bidding here, can you make 10 tricks ? J club lead won with Ace and AK heart returned

Hi sigi The only thing I don't like about that statement is that then means more work for the moderators and that is not fair on them, they probably have a life and time that could be used more productively

I think that they are not what Bridgebase designed it for, I think there are plenty of other places to take some of these discussions, personally I don't care if you shut it down, but I can see issues cropping up ( there is already bad feeling or sniping amongst some of the posters), I think it has gone down hill (and I am a participant in these discussions and I probably help along with everyone else) politics, religion are endless in their discussions, no two people everyagree on everything so debate or arguements ensue. I think ban politics and religion, I have been married to long, I only discuss sex now anyway, I am waiting for that particular thread to be opened. leaving it up, things will only get worse, threads never get better

Hi, I am sitting here tucking into Ben and jerrys Peace of Cake ice cream at the moment, it is not bad, I have had better, what is your favorite make and what is your favorite flavour

Ok, Anthrax is not a good example of reclaiming land, but there are many alternatives, I am sure the old Iraqi regime, could give you alternative choices (and if that is not a weapon of mass destruction, what the hell is)

Claus when I was at school I was always teased about being fat (I still am occasionally, but I am thick skinned now) kids/people are provocative by nature, and freedom of speech is such, that they have every right to tell me I am fat, in fact "The kids do so. they just draw your attention to the fact you are fat"(hell of a quote) you have every right to expect freedom of speech, but I know from experience that the more you do it the more likely you are to suffer retribution, the person dishing out the retribution is usually classified as an undesirable, rarely are the provocotors judged to be at fault almost always the retaliarors. I use this as an example because of the Danish Cartoons, I lived and worked in Helsinge many many years ago, so I do have some experience of Danes and they way they are. You can point things out as much as you like, you are an opinionated man (I actually find you quite amusing and think you are clever, just somewhat misguided in your out look) It is a shame someone did not stop the Danes printing the cartoons, I would not call it censorship, I just think if you are going to say or do something, you should be the one that is prepared to take the consequences, not your fellow countrymen, I did not see the danes that printed the cartoon list their names and phone numbers underneath the cartoon publication. (for any possible feedback, from the people they knew they were insulting) They just sat back while the consequences (and I defy anyone with a level of intellegence to realise that the extremists would not kick off about this in their country and the chances of loss of life were IMHO quite high. I think that comedy central were justified in their decision, I do not think that the American Gov are as you put it guilty of this which is what I believe you are trying to point out. after the cartoon fiasco, I believe you should be posting on a Danish Goverment web site and pointing out their failings ( in other words Claus, get your own house in order before throwing stones in glass houses) and it is this statement that I belive "Here an example of censorship from number 1 nation of the free world." that contradicts this statement "No Jimmy - I am not. US Government has nothing at all to do with this case."

actually claus, I really think you are scraping the bottom of the barrel to have a go at the yanks

biological weapons do the same job, they are cheaper and easier to make and youi can reclaim the land quicker

1/. North miscounted and tried to rectify it after the 3NT bid 2/. he was drunk 3/. he is stupid 4/. he has a phobia about bidding 2 clubs with a balanced hand

well I liked ur bidding, but if my P had bid 3 spades (invite I take this as) then with AAKK max for my bid, I would have bid game. It looked to me like an invite, more so than a long or short game try or 2NT balanced game try, this just says bid game with max of your limited hand (well thats the way I understand it) I dont know why he has to give out info, he has already seen pard limit their hand so he just wants game and does not want to give any lead helping info out,asyou are never going to look for slam(well I hope this makes sense) I do not think there was anything wrong with 1 club opener, BUT, I do think with your hand you shopudl accept the game try

well I think pass is still right I called 2 D NOT clubs as natural so may be pard has a few helpful D's and a 5 card spade suit, easier to bid than a 5 card heart suit, so even passed I would expect reasonable spades 5/2 fit not so bad we are only after partscore anyway so why go tothe 3 level and get ur self in more trouble. If opps go to clubs or hearts at least with Kxx in both I can start shortening trumps for them and maybe 2 spades and a ruff and a K winner thats 4 tricks only need 1 more to set them at the 3 level and whats the worse that can happen -3 double not vuln (I have been in worse spots hahaha) also pard still has a bid to make

Kodak

1 pass 2 1 spade 3 2 spade 4 4 spade 5 x 6 x (hope it shows other two suits) 7 pass

after winning J D lead with KD I chose to go up to QC losing to the K, then I got the 8C back which I put up the 10 not the ace, seemed like a sensible thing to do at the time, then they returned another club to me which I could not cope with AC winning, at this point I had totally lost the plot and failed to take two sure Spade winners, trying desperately to go 1 down, not the 4 I achieved ;)

pass