did anyone see ghosts last night?

tenpence · Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Posts: 174

what did you think? v sad....

ex-VAG · Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Posts: 445

Missed it, the PVR didn't record as I set it to, have set it to record the repeat though.
Was it any good?

luke · Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:48 pm Post subject:

pensggs · Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 361

Chosts, they are all around me, all the time. Chosts of my past, present and future. Pity, no mechanical means have been identified to capture them.

Don't bother to set your modern equipment. The only capture media is the so-called 'greymatter' weighing no bigger than the 'greymatter' sited within the skull of the pigs. HOWEVER, SCIENTISTS HAD NOT INVENTED ANY DRUG TO CUSTOMISE ALL 'GREYMATTER' IN ORDER FOR ALL OF US TO SEE THE SAME GHOSTS. MOREOVER, NOBOBY HAS COME UP WITH ANY EQUIPMENT TO CUSTOMISE OUR 'GHOSTS'.

Good luck with your mechanical efforts. i WILL KEEP MY GHOSTS, WELCOME THEM, LIVE WITH THEM, AND USE THEM TO ASSIST ME FOR THE REST OF MY JOURNEY. BON VOYAGE!

pensggs · Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 361

Greet any 'ghosts' yet? No!!!! How sad. Need to book yourself to see your 'psychologist', you got a 'BIG. BIG, BIG PROBLEM'. Of course, if you are a 'pre-vocalised' infant, you are excused.

sandmanching · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:21 am Post subject:

errr...ahem, l think they meant the film ghosts...about the chinese cockle pickers that died at morcombe bay a few years ago...l haven't seen it 10p as l don't have digital yet. may wait till it comes on channel 4.

ex-VAG · Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Posts: 445

luke, it was repeated on 21st. Haven't got round to watching it yet and if I can work out how to pull it from the pvr onto disk I'll send you a copy.

pensggs · Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 361

Sad to have missed it. Will look out for repeat.

Jeff Minter · Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 342

Just seen it... how nice of the lovely woman to grass on them like that when they got chucked out... Poles would've been fine, of course.

And the fighting on the beach... if that really happened, the chinese next to the lead bloke should have helped him fight - instead they just stood there and watched him get beat up. Woohoo for Solidarity!

Amazing that this sort of overt racism still happens well into the Noughties. Whatever, will soon have enough funds to bugger off to a nice place in the countryside in Europe... goodbye, lowlife brits!

sandmanching · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:14 am Post subject:

wow jeff, l am green [ countryside get it? ] with envy as l always thought about leaving england and away from towns/cities...well away from people really haha. l think you will find that europeans can be just as racist as some people in england...in fact so does all the so called civilised countries...america, australia, new zealand even canada,l don't think you can escape it really. if like you said, people are " me me me " then where ever you go, you will find lowlifes and bigots. still, l hope you end up somewhere nice.

pensggs · Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 361

Had a conversation with my gardening contractor. He pays £350 per week for two workers from an agency. These workers come from East Europe. Out of the £350, the agency takes half for administration, house them in a caravan, four to a caravan, charges them £50 each for the priviledge. Travel to work, charges can be £50 per day to travel to London. Charges for use of any facilities, e.g. washing machine, showers, etc. At the end of the week, they will be lucky if they had £150 left to send to their family. They smell because they cannot afford the luxury of showers or washing. AND THESE WORKERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK IN UK LEGALLY. THEY ARE EU CITIZENS.

You would question. Why are these workers still working for this agency? WHY ARE THE THESE WORKERS SO AFRAID TO LEAVE? I am sure all normal thinking persons know the answer to this. However, any normal thinking person would be stupid to get involved, UNLESS YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH.

Know of a family. Husband was bankrupt eight years ago in the Far East, after the collapse of the property and share market. Escape from the creditors to England, managed to establish a permanent residency in UK for his family. Today, the family owns a brand new house. All the children today are either studing or qualified as architect, lawyer and civil engineer and doctor. All their education paid for from the public funds. Of course, this family worked all hours to re-establish their family. Of course, they put in all the hard work to achieve what they have today.

On the day you are drowning , the person who saved you that day, you could not ever repay in your lifetime. Without this person, you will not have what you have today. Can you count how many countries or governments in the world in the Far East or South East Asia would have provided this family with this second chance. NOT MANY IN MY KNOWLEDGE.

You are angry because you feel that your adoptive mother do not love you, or treat you less favourably than her own children. Analyse what you would be or have if you were left in the orphanage. Be thankful that you are fed in body and in mind; given the tools of life. You are now grown up, use these tools to build yourself your own family. Be thankful even if you are not grateful to the adoptive /foster mother, who gave you the opportunity to gain these tools of survival. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOVE BRITAIN, BUT APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY. Many English people do not like the Britain of today, however, it is still their mother land. This foster/adoptive/natural mother land has equiped us with the tools of life, love her for that if nothing else.

YOUR MOTHER MIGHT NOT LOVE YOU, IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO HATE HER. Hate is destructive, first to self, then to all those our life touches.

ex-VAG · Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Posts: 445

How much of that do you think was true and how much was sensatonalised/dramatised for viewing effect?

Found it quite sad and pityful that we were effectively exploiting our own kind, particularly those trying to make some money for a better life for family back home.

Can work out or decide if the big fella (who got beat up on the beach) was actually a good guy for looking after those who came over looking for work, or exploiting this fact, I mean it did show him having to graft the hours with them, so was he or wasn't he taking advantage. The other side of the coin is that if he wasn't there, those who'd come over would be on their own on the streets.

Talking of the fight on the beach, why didn't the others step him and help him out? I know if that was a mate or someone I knew we'd join in, maybe the workers didn't like him enough to help him.

Also, pretty f*cking brave for the girl to play herself after such a traumatic experience don't you think!

pensggs · Joined: 24 Jan 2007 Posts: 361

The easiest pickings is the exploitation of our own kind. This is done both illegally and legally. It is even easier when the victims do not have the protection of the law of the land, do not understand the language of the land and do not have the support structure of the land or society.

This coupled with the traditionsl beliefs of the following :

In your lifetime, do not become a soldier; in your lifetime to not enter the doors of the court(authority), etc.

This is a sad fact. Every society have their vultures; some dressed in smart white suits and others much easier to identify.( dress in the black plummage of the vultures).

chunxueping · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 749 Location: Beijing, PRC

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