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I would love to try skydiving once but a problem stands in my way. That being to remember to pull the ripcord. Until I have worked out a fool proof solution to that it will have to be an ambition.


Have you thought about tandem skydiving - that way you get the thrill but somebody else pull the ripcord.

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Amnesia10 wrote:
I would love to try skydiving once but a problem stands in my way. That being to remember to pull the ripcord. Until I have worked out a fool proof solution to that it will have to be an ambition.


Have you thought about tandem skydiving - that way you get the thrill but somebody else pull the ripcord.

HTH

Well that does defeat the objective of being able to so a solo jump. Though I think that there are automated release systems so it might be possible anyway.

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220 parliamentarians have recent or present financial private healthcare connections.
145 Lords have recent or present financial connections to companies involved in healthcare.
124 Peers benefit from the financial services sector.
1 in 4 Conservative Peers have recent or present financial connections to companies involved in healthcare.
1 in 6 Labour Peers have recent or present financial connections to companies involved in healthcare.
1 in 6 Crossbench Peers have recent or present financial connections to companies involved in healthcare.
1 in 10 Liberal Democrat Peers have recent or present financial connections to companies involved in healthcare.
75 MPs have recent or present financial links to companies involved in private healthcare.
81% of these are Conservative.
4 Key members of the Associate Parliamentary Health Group have parliamentarians with financial connections to companies involved in healthcare.
4 Patrons of the pro-reform think tank 2020health have Peers with private healthcare links.
Nearly 40% of the most powerful individuals in healthcare are from companies with links to Lords and MPs.
333 donations from private healthcare sources totalling £8.3 million has been gifted to the Tories.

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220 parliamentarians have recent or present financial private healthcare connections.
145 Lords have recent or present financial connections to companies involved in healthcare.
124 Peers benefit from the financial services sector.
1 in 4 Conservative Peers have recent or present financial connections to companies involved in healthcare.
1 in 6 Labour Peers have recent or present financial connections to companies involved in healthcare.
1 in 6 Crossbench Peers have recent or present financial connections to companies involved in healthcare.
1 in 10 Liberal Democrat Peers have recent or present financial connections to companies involved in healthcare.
75 MPs have recent or present financial links to companies involved in private healthcare.
81% of these are Conservative.
4 Key members of the Associate Parliamentary Health Group have parliamentarians with financial connections to companies involved in healthcare.
4 Patrons of the pro-reform think tank 2020health have Peers with private healthcare links.
Nearly 40% of the most powerful individuals in healthcare are from companies with links to Lords and MPs.
333 donations from private healthcare sources totalling £8.3 million has been gifted to the Tories.

Corruption is nothing new.

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Corruption is nothing new.


Neither is the haves blaming the have-nots for all the ills in the world.

I learned the other day, so not technically new today, that the chief reason why the UK never underwent a massive workers' revolution was someone declared war on Germany in 1914. All the workers, rather conveniently, were sent off to fight for King and country.

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Corruption is nothing new.


Neither is the haves blaming the have-nots for all the ills in the world.

They are the last in the queue for causing the worlds problems. They will have a lower carbon footprint than the rich. Most of us are literally a pay check from being amongst them.

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The TV series The White Queen has two distinct versions. One cut for us in the UK, where there is more (dubious) history, and one for the USA where there are more boobies.

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The TV series The White Queen has two distinct versions. One cut for us in the UK, where there is more (dubious) history, and one for the USA where there are more boobies.

that blows. Which version will they sell on DVD?


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The TV series The White Queen has two distinct versions. One cut for us in the UK, where there is more (dubious) history, and one for the USA where there are more boobies.

that blows. Which version will they sell on DVD?

Have them on the same one and use the 'multiple angles' feature. 'Press the green button on your DVD remote for boobies'.


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The TV series The White Queen has two distinct versions. One cut for us in the UK, where there is more (dubious) history, and one for the USA where there are more boobies.


I heard it was rubbish anyway. Game of Thrones FTW!

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I think Helen Mirren has earned the right to wear whatever the hell she likes :lol:


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I think Helen Mirren has earned the right to wear whatever the hell she likes :lol:

Totally. Her reasons for doing it are that she is much shorter than many actresses.

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