Is it me, or does it feel like 1970 again?

[Ruse]

Yep, still waiting for some power cuts, quite possible as our electricity is run by the french now.

We used to find power cuts really exciting as kids, candles everywhere and definitely too dark to consider doing any homework...

That is until my Dad went out and bought a petrol powered generator and ruined our fun.

[TimberWolf]

The IFS says these figures show that the spending squeeze to come will be harsher than at any time since the 1970s, when Britain was forced to slash spending in return for taking huge loans from the International Monetary Fund. All Labour’s spending increases since 1997 may have to be entirely reversed in order to plug the widening gap between the government’s expenditure and its income.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle6888891.ece

As I (jokingly) once asked, did anyone press "save" in 1997, from which we can do a restore?

[AtW]

As I (jokingly) once asked, did anyone press "save" in 1997, from which we can do a restore?

The save file got corrupted...

[centurian]

As I (jokingly) once asked, did anyone press "save" in 1997, from which we can do a restore?

The chancellor told us that he had abolished boom and bust, so no-one bothered to take a backup...

[bogeyman]

Slade will be No. 1 in the charts.

"And here it is, Merry Christmas, everybody's having fun... Here's to the future now, it's only just begun..."

Same as every year since 1973.

[wobbegong]

Slade will be No. 1 in the charts.

"And here it is, Merry Christmas, everybody's having fun... Here's to the future now, it's only just begun..."

Same as every year since 1973.

On a related note, can anyone please explain why there are Beatles CDs, T shirt and memorabilia everywhere? I get the Jacko stuff (sort of*), but this baffles me.


* actually no, I don't really understand the mentality of people who, in their droves, buy an artists music or films just because that artist has died. Surely if they were fans they'd already have it, and if they don't already have it, why start buying it now?

[sasguru]

Tony Benn was dribbling on in the papers this week about how concorde was such a great thing because it kept 250,000 people in a job.

Aye, right you are Tony, perhaps we can all get in linen cloths and build great pyramids on Holland Park for the next decade.

Isn't all human activity ultimately futile?
At least Concorde was a genuine human achievement.
As was going to the moon.

[AtW]

Isn't all human activity ultimately futile?
At least Concorde was a genuine human achievement.
As was going to the moon.

[Zippy]

Isn't all human activity ultimately futile?

Yes, I gave up years ago

[HairyArsedBloke]

On a related note, can anyone please explain why there are Beatles CDs, T shirt and memorabilia everywhere? I get the Jacko stuff (sort of*), but this baffles me.


* actually no, I don't really understand the mentality of people who, in their droves, buy an artists music or films just because that artist has died. Surely if they were fans they'd already have it, and if they don't already have it, why start buying it now?

Remastered CD Box set and a video game 'Beatles Rock Band' were release recently.

Doesn't the Jacko estate still own the rights? If so, it should help out with the debts.