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And he wondered why I said he was sexist - or a made up irritation.

Why sad?

Simonet: Its pedants like you that are taking the fun out of Society. Not much fun being mown down by a speeding vehicle.

I don't think Simonet is a real person. There is no way anyone can be that much of a sexist, irritating, full of crap pig.

Sexually aggressive pervy old men!

Yep, quality that is affordable is definitely something I'd like to see.

You had 9 points on your licence and want people to respect your views on driving?

The Unicorn site looks really good. Go on Mr Barber, release your inner hippy!

Lol, yes the snow man looks like he's having more fun!

The People's Supermarket seems like a much better idea.

Long ago we used to celebrate sculptures of genitals as fertility symbols, then the Victorians decided anything to do with bodily functions was taboo. I'm not a fan of the Victorians and found the snow sex sculpture quite funny. Not sure why you are so offended Hugo unless you are upset by the size of his snowy appendage or something :))

Not a lot of information about her disappearance though in the local paper and only one line in The Guardian.

Why has this not been on the news? The other poor girl who was found murdered was on the news as soon as she was missing. Why has no-one taken any interest in this young girl going missing? This is awful.

Streetcar do a VW Touran that you could use when family are down. There is one near the police station: http://www.streetcar.co.uk/location.aspx?location=1629 Here are the cars they have: http://www.streetcar.co.uk/cars.aspx and the Touran is a 7 seater

I have looked everywhere but can't find any shops selling fabric dye. Does anyone know anywhere locally that sells it?

Staying in babysitting granddaughter. New Years's resolution is to get my own business up and running and get loads of food growing in my garden.

I agree Sean Mc. Tarot was trying to take the piss out of the McCann posters. He/she was not attempting to raise awareness of mental illness at all, in my opinion.

Thanks HD

I have an old iMac and have been trying to get it hitched up to my modem but it keeps trying to dial up some old Internet number. I know nothing about macs anyway and am completely lost on this piece of computing history. Does anyone know how to get it to recognise my router?

The Southwark News are interested in doing a piece about Daniel in their paper and he is still looking for about ?1000 of sponsorship. Are any local businesses interested in sponsoring him and maybe getting a mention in the Southwark News?

I'm a greeny Hugo so not kenn on our dependence on oil and gas anyway. Not sure we'd end up in the stone age without these things either. You should check out how Cuba dealt with their 'peak' oil crisis. http://www.powerofcommunity.org/cm/index.php

We all pay for the people who are being exposed by Wikileaks and are often otherwise unaccountable. We have a moral right, if not a legal right, to know what they are doing in our name, being paid with our taxes. Louisiana's clients would expect to have access to the translation they pay for and would have a right to question her work if it appeared to be erroneous. Why you would expect someone who is completely unconnected with this process, to have access needs explanation Hilldweller.

Thanks Louisiana for your insight. It seems that the McCann case is a bit of a quagmire and it is very difficult to form an opinion about what may have happened. The no comment interview seems to have been made months after the incident and was when the Portugese police seemed to have changed tack in their investigation if Wikipedia is anything to go by. I was under the impression from previous posts that the no comment interview was immediatley after Madeline went missing. If it is the former then it would make the case against the McCanns weaker in my opinion. It's hard to know what is hype and what is fact from either side the more you delve into this sorry affair.

I seem to have completely missed some briefing somewhere. Can someone explain what is gwanin?

Thanks for the link DJKQ it looks like the police in Portugal may not have handled things as well as they might, but the Wiki page is a bit out of date I think. The charges against the officer were thrown out as far as I am aware as the complainant had different and contradictory accounts. The person pushing the prosecution was the lawyer employed by one of the investigation agencies instructed by the McCanns and involved in the McCann case long before the allegations arose, so in my opinion not credible.