David Posted July 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 It's changed now, but the headline on a story on the BBC News site earlier was "New Blue Peter Presenter Named After Viewer Vote." Turns out the new presenter had been announced, but it sounded like this was a new twist on the old viewer votes for naming the Blue Peter pets. I would have quite liked a new presenter to be contractually obliged to change their name to Smudge or Fluffkins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megustaleer Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 It's changed now, but the headline on a story on the BBC News site earlier was "New Blue Peter Presenter Named After Viewer Vote." Turns out the new presenter had been announced, but it sounded like this was a new twist on the old viewer votes for naming the Blue Peter pets. I would have quite liked a new presenter to be contractually obliged to change their name to Smudge or Fluffkins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxminnie Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 Payday loans may well be the only thing that some low paid people can get and honestly think that they can repay.I was wary of coming across as lofty or judgemental in my post - I know that these companies are ripping off very vulnerable people. That's why I think they should be more closely regulated. They dangle easy money in front of people and make them feel as if it's ok, that everyone else is doing it, and they're not obliged to check that people can afford to repay. There are cases of people with learning difficulties or mental health problems taking out these loans. It's all so irresponsible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iff Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 (edited) It's changed now, but the headline on a story on the BBC News site earlier was "New Blue Peter Presenter Named After Viewer Vote." Turns out the new presenter had been announced, but it sounded like this was a new twist on the old viewer votes for naming the Blue Peter pets. I would have quite liked a new presenter to be contractually obliged to change their name to Smudge or Fluffkins. the reason the presenter had to agree to being named by the viewers was that they had taken out some payday loans that just accumulated when they couldn't pay them back. poor fluffkins Edited July 26, 2013 by iff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megustaleer Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 the reason the presenter had to agree to being named by the viewers was that they had taken out some payday loans that just accumulated when they couldn't pay them back. poor fluffkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassie Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 I was reasonably impressed with Welby on This Morning on Radio 4, never thought a cleric could do that to me! I don't think he mentioned god once! However he did make sense, as well as being highly embarrassed about his church's connection with Wonga. I grew up with Credit Unions, my parents always kept some savings there as their money was helping the local community. I have always been surprised that they weren't more common in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 the reason the presenter had to agree to being named by the viewers was that they had taken out some payday loans that just accumulated when they couldn't pay them back. poor fluffkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 I was wary of coming across as lofty or judgemental in my post - I know that these companies are ripping off very vulnerable people. That's why I think they should be more closely regulated. They dangle easy money in front of people and make them feel as if it's ok, that everyone else is doing it, and they're not obliged to check that people can afford to repay. There are cases of people with learning difficulties or mental health problems taking out these loans. It's all so irresponsible. I certainly did not mean to accuse you and am no fan of payday loan companies, which are legal loan sharks as far as I'm concerned. I just think that it's not a simple problem and that perhaps if we fixed the low pay, cuts in benefits (and no, I don't think that people should get to live on £26,000 a year at taxpayer's expense), and reduced (somehow) the cost of living, that the payday loans won't be necessary and they'll go out of business by themselves. It is easier to regulate though and I believe that Glasgow City Council are already taking steps to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazel Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 So away for a week and the news is: Royal Baby George - lovely news, don't like the name (wish they had gone for a more modern name - not Tyler or Jaxsan ... obviously). Spanish Rail Crash - horrifying. Wonga Church - shock! horror! Church involved in scandal! Not really news but I hate payday loan companies and agree with the Church's (good) intentions. Stuart Hall - well deserved doubling of sentence. Only wish it could have been more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxminnie Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 I certainly did not mean to accuse you and am no fan of payday loan companies, which are legal loan sharks as far as I'm concerned.No, luna, I didn't mean to suggest that: I just thought I sounded a bit haughty in my original comment!I know it's easy to judge when you're not in the situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Someone didn't think things through in the LG marketing department - Promotion Goes Wrong. "People arrived with BB guns and knives on sticks for a race to grab smartphone vouchers hanging from helium balloons." Yeah, that was always going to end well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iff Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 It's changed now, but the headline on a story on the BBC News site earlier was "New Blue Peter Presenter Named After Viewer Vote." Turns out the new presenter had been announced, but it sounded like this was a new twist on the old viewer votes for naming the Blue Peter pets. I would have quite liked a new presenter to be contractually obliged to change their name to Smudge or Fluffkins. this becomes partly reality for a soccer team http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/english-soccer/humble-farnborough-fc-now-power-ed-by-a-list-of-football-s-all-time-greats-1.1493196 Seeking publicitySome accused Paddy Power yesterday of seeking publicity – which, bizarrely, some have provided by writing about the story – when they announced that “every player in the first team squad of Farnborough FC has changed their name by deed poll to that of a legendary footballer in their respective position”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waawo Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 Some accused Paddy Power yesterday of seeking publicity – which, bizarrely, some have provided by writing about the story – when they announced that “every player in the first team squad of Farnborough FC has changed their name by deed poll to that of a legendary footballer in their respective position”. Some people think changes to the law that make changing your name easier might have gone a little too far ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 (edited) Not what you could call a headline but it's something that I find interesting. Especially "The Scottish Maritime Museum and Historic Scotland supported the vessel's export to Australia, dismissing plans by Scarf to move the ship to Wearside as "not technically feasible or properly costed"". But she CAN go to Australia. Brilliant. :-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-23975347 Edited September 7, 2013 by lunababymoonchild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 I love an owl with a healthy sense of mischief... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momac Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 I love an owl with a healthy sense of mischief... Good one David, people never cease to amaze! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/speedway/24412504 Britain has its first Speedway GP world champion in 13 years. Well done to Tai Woffinden. I was watching the final round on Eurosport on Saturday evening cheering him on from my sofa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iff Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/06/coconut-detained-maldives-vote-rigging from last month, there was a story about the maldives police arresting a coconut in relation to vote rigging i'm just thinking that 2 officers in the maldives police department had this conversation officer 1: i'm bored. officer 2: we could play a prank. officer 1: oh, who'll be our target officer 2: lets see if we make up a ridiculous unbelievable story and issue a press release to see if anyone in the foreign press will report on the story. officer 1`: we'll say we arrested a coconut. officer 2: i honestly don't think they'll fall for that but hey lets see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iff Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/uk-politics-video/10367227/Owen-Paterson-accuses-badgers-of-moving-goalposts.html this just makes me laugh Appearing on the BBC's Spotlight programme in the West Country, Mr Paterson was asked whether he was "moving the goalposts" over the badger cull. The minister replied: "That's not right, the badgers have moved the goalposts." really,, it is the badgers fault? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxminnie Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Is anyone as fascinated as I am by the missing Malaysian aircraft? I decided to do a creative writing exercise with my first year: they had to be one of the passengers who turned up safe and well, and tell the story of what happened. They came up with lovely imaginative ideas, of having found Atlantis or defeated hijackers. But that got us checking the news and watching the story unfold, and now I am slightly obsessed. Does anyone have any theories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 No, but I am surprised nobody's mentioned the Bermuda Triangle. I don't understand what threatening hunger strike is going to achieve, though. It's like an episode of Lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megustaleer Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 This explanation seems plausible, - but there must be a flaw or the airline would have considered it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binker Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 I'm interested and my daughter--not currently a brave flier--is riveted. My current, mutually-exclusive theories in order of likelihood (to me): 1. It accidentally crashed into the ocean somewhere that has not yet been searched. There's a lot of unsearched ocean. 2. It landed in western China, but I'm not sure why and don't feel very sanguine about the fate of the passengers. 3. Someone actually knows, but doesn't want to admit it because they would have to reveal the existence of spy satellites that they don't want to talk about. I have heard this theory (U.S. spy satellites; don't want to tell China). 4. It invaded someone's airspace (China) and was shot down and now they don't want to admit it. 5. It landed near that Andaman Island where all visitors are immediately killed, although I think 239 people would be a lot for them to manage in one fell swoop. Okay, that's probably making light of a very serious situation, so I'm sorry about that. But I won't delete it. Meg: that theory is sweeping the internet here, but it apparently doesn't explain everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 I'm very interested and so sorry for the relatives of the passengers having no idea of what happened and grasping at any straw. Here are my most probable choices of why it is lost - 1. I suspect it is at the bottom of the ocean by now, but wonder if, when it turned it was because of a hi-jack move, but passengers resisted and all went out of control. 2. They have crashed on one of the 572 of the Andaman islands and it is either uninhabited or sparsely so. 3. Someone knows more than they are telling, but like Binker suggests in 3 above they will never admit to knowing. This is possibly why the relatives are threatening hunger strike, but that is not going to help at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherrypie Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Like Luna the Bermuda Triangle (which as RG suggested would have to have mysteriously shifted to South East Asia) theory had crossed my mind however unlikely. RG has expressed surprise that the usual bunch of "wack-jobs" have not been to the fore with a theory of "alien abduction"! Just how do you lose a Boeing 777, it is not like you have just misplaced your car keys? Despite all theories being proposed I suspect that the plane itself is somewhere under the ocean and the sooner that the wreckage is found the better for the sake of all those waiting to learn of the fate of their loved ones. The not knowing must be unbearable and in the same situation I am sure that I would want to know one way or another even if bad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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