Sir Cliff Richard
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dandarez said:
25NAD90TUL
Just sneaked a look at your profile... why has (your car) been blacked out?
Was/is it a tasty motor and possibly recognisable?
Another thought, prob wrong I know, but your username... could be a couple of personal reg plates 25 NAD and 90 TUL ?
Did you say you had one No. 1?
With initials SM ?Just sneaked a look at your profile... why has (your car) been blacked out?
Was/is it a tasty motor and possibly recognisable?
Another thought, prob wrong I know, but your username... could be a couple of personal reg plates 25 NAD and 90 TUL ?
Did you say you had one No. 1?
Regarding earlier comments about Chris Fay being a fraudster, I chanced upon this while looking to see what else the Journalist that did the 'Butler-Sloss said the Press would love to bash a Bishop' story had been up to since:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-ord...
I am feeling a bit relieved that she's a crooked copper I don't find in the least appealing after thinking the two with that police man oop north that was taking the confiscated drugs and selling them back to drug dealers and splashing out on designer sausages and that one in Gosport that was passing information to criminals mildly appealing.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-ord...
I am feeling a bit relieved that she's a crooked copper I don't find in the least appealing after thinking the two with that police man oop north that was taking the confiscated drugs and selling them back to drug dealers and splashing out on designer sausages and that one in Gosport that was passing information to criminals mildly appealing.
Edited by carinaman on Monday 18th August 21:09
ATTAK Z said:
heppers75 said:
ATTAK Z said:
heppers75 said:
Still going by all accounts... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mungo_Jerry
So you reckon their highest chart entry got to no. 14 in 1983 ?25NAD90TUL said:
First bit of sunshine and I start listening to R2 and local beeb radio (there's a clue there) nobody came up with who I was, if they had I would've coughed.
A years wages expected, and that was for a measly no 29 and no 14, imagine a number 1, then imagine Abba with 9 mumber 1s.
I can recommend the music game, but you have to be on the writing side or you get 10 or 5 %, still, my co-conspirators will get something...to add to their dole money
A years wages expected, and that was for a measly no 29 and no 14, imagine a number 1, then imagine Abba with 9 mumber 1s.
I can recommend the music game, but you have to be on the writing side or you get 10 or 5 %, still, my co-conspirators will get something...to add to their dole money
Although the "Wang Chung" suggestion made me laugh - not thought of them for 25+ years.
Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 18th August 21:16
desolate said:
I thought we had settled on The Lotus Eaters?
Although the "Wang Ching" suggestion made me laugh - not thought of them for 25+ years.
Yes we have, and I reckon it's Peter Coyle who wrote 'The First Picture of You' which charted at no.14 in the summer of 1983 ...Although the "Wang Ching" suggestion made me laugh - not thought of them for 25+ years.
and ...
He has a Land Rover that he uses as his DD (Daily Driver)
ATTAK Z said:
Yes we have, and I reckon it's Peter Coyle who wrote 'The First Picture of You' which charted at no.14 in the summer of 1983 ...
and ...
He has a Land Rover that he uses as his DD (Daily Driver)
That's some good detective work right there....you should get a job questioning MP's.and ...
He has a Land Rover that he uses as his DD (Daily Driver)
graphene said:
longblackcoat said:
graphene said:
Derek Smith said:
We imprison more offenders than any other western country other than the USA. There's around 100,000 prisoners at any one time.
86000, according to published figures. And our imprisonment rate isn't higher than other european countries.Austria 98
Belgium 108
Bosnia 80
Czech 163
France 103
Germany 78
Italy 100
Norway 72
Switzerland 87
I've not looked at all the European countries, but it looks to me like we're well ahead of almost all when it comes to imprisoning people.
http://www.civitas.org.uk/crime/prison_too_manyjan...
V8 Fettler said:
More importantly, how much of my tax money did the BBC waste on that helicopter? I'll be writing to them to find out, will no doubt get the usual feeble excuses
If it's the BBC News branded one, it's part of a fixed price contract they have. I think it's a specified number of flying hours per year for an agreed fee. If they don't require the aircraft for all of the hours, they still have to pay. I think it's safe to assume they have to pay an additional sum if they exceed the hours, but it'll be at a pre-agreed amount. As for the hourly rate, I've no idea what it is, although I believe it's pretty competitive.
The answer, basically, is that it depends. If they don't exceed the contract hours by the time the year's out, it's cost them basically nothing, if they do exceed them, then it'll be a cost of some amount.
25NAD90TUL said:
My userID is the military code allocated to my DD, and therefore very cool!
My poor placings in the top 40 and top 20 were balanced by them staying in the top 40/20 for a lot of weeks, and continued airplay every summer since 83 and 85. Yes we did have Pan's people in the background. The songs are probably more popular now than they were then, just waiting for one to get picked up for a film, this happened to a friend of mine, admittedly his song was no 1 for 5 weeks in 75 but was then picked up for the film 'Shallow Hal' I kid you not, 'yes' he replied when he got the 'can we use your song' phonecall from Hollywood, I live in hope!
Yes Sir Jim was there but, as I wasn't 14 and didn't have tits he completely ignored me.
I'm sure Pan's People were only on TOTP in the 1970s - are the references to 83 and 85 a red herring?My poor placings in the top 40 and top 20 were balanced by them staying in the top 40/20 for a lot of weeks, and continued airplay every summer since 83 and 85. Yes we did have Pan's people in the background. The songs are probably more popular now than they were then, just waiting for one to get picked up for a film, this happened to a friend of mine, admittedly his song was no 1 for 5 weeks in 75 but was then picked up for the film 'Shallow Hal' I kid you not, 'yes' he replied when he got the 'can we use your song' phonecall from Hollywood, I live in hope!
Yes Sir Jim was there but, as I wasn't 14 and didn't have tits he completely ignored me.
25NAD90TUL said:
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Beeb pays 89 quid a play...
Sorry for the late reply.Beeb pays 89 quid a play...
Are you saying that every time 'your' record gets played on the BBC they pay you £89?
I don't know much about the music business, but there is one person on PH (who has posted in this tread) that does and I hope he reads this and posts.
I thought you got paid by the PRS not directly from the BBC as you seem to be saying?
graphene said:
Include crime rate or measure crimes per conviction and the picture is different:
http://www.civitas.org.uk/crime/prison_too_manyjan...
The conviction rate, to which you refer, is a well-known metric. If you chose the wrong measure to support you argument, that's nothing to do with me.http://www.civitas.org.uk/crime/prison_too_manyjan...
Super Slo Mo said:
V8 Fettler said:
More importantly, how much of my tax money did the BBC waste on that helicopter? I'll be writing to them to find out, will no doubt get the usual feeble excuses
If it's the BBC News branded one, it's part of a fixed price contract they have. I think it's a specified number of flying hours per year for an agreed fee. If they don't require the aircraft for all of the hours, they still have to pay. I think it's safe to assume they have to pay an additional sum if they exceed the hours, but it'll be at a pre-agreed amount. As for the hourly rate, I've no idea what it is, although I believe it's pretty competitive.
The answer, basically, is that it depends. If they don't exceed the contract hours by the time the year's out, it's cost them basically nothing, if they do exceed them, then it'll be a cost of some amount.
Monkeylegend said:
10.
1 to turn the lights on, 2 to do the search and 7 to guard the cars.
How many police officers does it take to search premises? 1 to turn the lights on, 2 to do the search and 7 to guard the cars.
Firstly you need the team which enters the building, complete with warrant. Any occupant has to be escorted away or monitored while they remain. You need a search team. This is an essential. They are the pros, the ones who grimace in disgust when some ignorant director has the police search premises on a film or TV programme. You need evidence bagged. You need someone to open things. You need someone in charge of the search team. You need someone in charge of the property seized. You need everything itemised, including the stuff you choose to leave behind.
How long do you think it takes to search a room? One where items, small items, might be secreted?
On one search I was on - I stood at a door to stop people going in and out - there was an electrician because there was a fad of hiding drugs behind sockets and some of the sockets in other searches were booby-trapped.
Evidence gathering is a specialist job. I don't know the tenth of it but I do know a lot of people are required to ensure that anything found is not rejected in court due to poor process.
Oh, and there might well have been a video record of every room.
Or they could have sent one PC on foot with instructions to look around to see if there was anything that looked good.
Just the one car then.
It may well be correct that we imprison more people than other European countries.
The fact is though many of them in our prisons are... Europeans!
To put things into a real perspective, last year we jailed 142 Vietnamese.
Everything, as per usual in the UK, is all under control... not.
The fact is though many of them in our prisons are... Europeans!
To put things into a real perspective, last year we jailed 142 Vietnamese.
Everything, as per usual in the UK, is all under control... not.
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