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Born Wimbledon... Ex-lorry driver... Moved from UK to France 2002... Now teaching English ESL (TEFL Qualified)... DELF B1... 300/600 points towards my OU Degree... I registered with Uclick in 1997... Preferred pronouns he/him/his...

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  1. 44 minutes ago on Speed Bump

    I hasten to add, this is not a competition, no winners or losers, no discussion or arguments. If you can’t answer my two genuinely, sincere questions, just say so. I won’t hold it against you… Just a “why” question and a “what” question… That’s all…

  2. about 1 hour ago on Speed Bump

    This should make it easier and less complicated for you.

    I asked:

    1. Why is it only in American politics that voters and candidates of opposing parties find it necessary to slag each other off and bad-mouth each other?

    and

    2. What is the point?

    These were the two initial and genuine questions.

    Your reply was It’s not just American politics, it is in every republic/democracy that’s ever been.

    I named a couple of republics and democracies that this statement did not apply to.

    I then asked you to name some political parties, outside the US, who do slag each other off and bad-mouth each other, in public forums. It was necessary for me to specify “outside their house of government”. I thought it might have been implied, but no.

    I’m still waiting to hear the names of at least two parties.

    The second question simply asked, what is the point of slagging each other off? What purpose does it serve?

    I can not make it any simpler than that. I’m sorry…

  3. about 3 hours ago on Speed Bump

    Bad checks. That happens when your country is broke. You don’t even remember your own accusations.

    I genuinely feel sorry for you. With your attitude you’ll never resolve your problems. You think you’re right. But no one else does. It’s not just me either…

  4. about 3 hours ago on Speed Bump
    The French-built MRI – the most powerful scanner yet – is set to revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases, one pumpkin at a time.

    The world’s most powerful MRI scanner, which could have profound implications in diagnosing neurological diseases, has delivered its first images – of a pumpkin.

    Called “Iseult,” the machine is the fruit of more than 20 years of research and partnership between the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and German manufacturer Siemens-Healthineers.

    Oups again. No mention of the Good Old US of A. Left behind again. And a little more reliable than Wiki..

    Ah ha. There we have it Correcting your Brit propaganda revised history You don’t like the truth so you have to revise it. How friendly with Winston Smith are you?

    Reposting is better than not posting them at all, but think that you have.

    Examples of personal rudeness. Evidentially no more arguments. Most arguments of this nature, in this forum last a lot longer than this. You’ve given up much sooner than most. I am disappointed.

  5. about 3 hours ago on Speed Bump

    Benny Hill and Mr Bean are an embarrassment… So are several stand-up comics. Many of those are Amerits. So I’d keep quiet if I were you.

    Ooups, this is a little embarrassing. Nothing there even suggesting that Hill and Bean are American. Many stand-up comics are Amerit not Hill or Bean. We call this Karma. If you hadn’t have been so rude, it would have been les embarrassing for you.

    You’re living in a day dream (or in your case, a nightmare). You are losing it. You talk about examples but can’t produce any. Every argument I’ve used I can back-up with real data. All I hear from you is tears of anguish. Calm down. You’ll make yourself ill.

    Building army vehicles for the 3rd Reich is tying yourself to the Nazi Party. Now you’ve lost it.

    Whatever the Insurance Companies do with your premiums, it doesn’t seem to be getting back to those patients who need it. Your premiums are paying for those 35 floor buildings and their CEOs wage slip.

    They were not your lands, you stole them. The British claim to sovereignty dates from 1690, when they made the first recorded landing on the islands,

    You know your truth. It just doesn’t match everyone else’s.

    The Amerits had no intention of helping the Allies. They only entered the war after their friend Hitler, declared war on the Amerits. You can thank us for saving your bacon and you can cancel your German language course now.

    If the Amerits had actually listened to the experienced British War Office and taken their advice they’d have lost fewer men and the war would’ve been over quicker. But no, the Amerits know better than anyone else. This is where your problems begin.

    There were probably as many spies in the US as the UK. I wouldn’t say that’s a fact because none of the data is reliable. The fact that you categorically state there were more in the UK, without evidence, leads me to have less faith in anything you may say…

    I don’t know where you think these examples are, but they’re not appearing on this page.

  6. about 4 hours ago on Speed Bump

    France developed the MRI Scanner for hospitals. As usual the US so far behind were unable to develop their own. They had to buy their machines from France. (They couldn’t steal it) France is currently installing Generation 3 machines. The US is still using the original Generation 1 machines. It’s a similar story for my prostatectomie. In the US it would have cost me 35,500€. In France they made me pay for my own coffee.

    If you can stop from wearing those rose tinted specs and listening to the BS that no country is more advanced than the US, you might be able to catch up with the rest of the world. At the moment you’re sliding into a deeper rut, with less chance of evacuating yourself…

  7. about 4 hours ago on Speed Bump

    3/3

    Benny Hill and Mr Bean are an embarrassment… So are several stand-up comics. Many of those are Amerits. So I’d keep quiet if I were you.

    Is your memory that bad? Apparently so is my eyesight, because I can find no example of you mentioning other countries slagging each other off, over politics. I agreed with you over Chamberlain. You got nothing else right.. You ignored a lot, but you had no defence for most of it.

  8. about 4 hours ago on Speed Bump

    You’ve mentioned cherry-picking and moving goal posts, several times, without giving one example. I’m not aware of either, but I have noticed you subtly changing the wording on my comments.

    Why is it only in American politics that voters and candidates of opposing parties find it necessary to slag each other off and bad-mouth each other? (Any day there’re dozens of Amerit postings, in this forum alone, slagging one or other of the left or right. Have you seen anything similar from any other country? France is in the throes of an election at the moment. Do you hear any slagging-off… No… The debates may not change too many minds, but there’re no personal insults flying back and forth…

    I’ve already admitted the cock-up over the Middle East. That doesn’t really entitle you to jump up and down, screaming “Look I got one right”… Compared to the monumental cock-ups the Amerits have perpetrated around the world. I’d keep a lower profile if I were you. Especially when it comes to invading oil producing countries.

    Not an Empire anymore, but a very strong bond with our Commonwealth friends (or friends).

    I think I’ve just understood what you meant by cherry picking. In order to prevent you from ignoring the more difficult arguments, I numbered my arguments. You still managed to avoid the questions you didn’t like.

    I know you’re too scared to tell your government what you need, but blaming us because you couldn’t make decision without asking for help, is scrapping the barrel and doesn’t put you in a very good light.

    France is broke? You wouldn’t like to share your sources comparing the US debt with France comfortably in the black?

    Almost every country is more advanced then the US. For the last 70 years you’ve been fed propaganda brain-washing you into believing the US is still great. Take a trip across to Europe. You will be shocked by what you’ve been missing.

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  9. about 4 hours ago on Speed Bump

    2, 3 & 4. If you want to stop the killing tell your government to introduce gun-control. The British did, very successfully. You don’t want gun-control then you cry about your school children being shot and killed.

    6. When your first number is lower than your last number that means there’s an increase. Your Insurance Companies are increasing their profits every year. Did you understand that website I gave you?

    You have a problem with us defending our own lands and people? While you go off, trying to plant flags across the planet, and failing.

    A lot of the world actually sees you Amerits as the terrorists.

    With regard to Chamberlain’s piece of paper. We’ve blamed him for the Arab/Israeli war since a long time ago. I could easily excuse myself, because it has nothing to do with my initial questions, but I do accept Chamberlain’s cock-up. The British were in Palestine merely as policemen. They had no right to go distributing land (as you said) that wasn’t theirs. But I’m not quitting that easily. He was either totally naïve or completely stupid. I’m neither.

    My research into scalping tells a very different story. Unless you want to argue it out with The Encyclopaedia Britannica. My quote was straight from their pages. Would you like to quote your sources?

    Brits have often claimed victory in the face of defeat Amerits often declare that they won WW1 & 2 single-handedly, despite them not turning-up until it was all over. “Private Ryan” anyone? Thanks to the British role in the Battle of Britain, Amerits don’t have to speak German. You’re welcome.

    I don’t believe we will ever discover the truth about the Manhatten spy fiasco. Everybody seemed intent on sharing their information with our Russian “friends”. The fact that the Amerits stole the research from the British is undeniable.

    It wasn’t British companies assisting Nazi Germany. GM, Ford and IBM were up to their eyes in contracts with Hitler. Amerits were very pro-Nazi at this point.

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  10. about 5 hours ago on Speed Bump

    2/2

    It wasn’t British companies assisting Nazi Germany. GM, Ford and IBM were up to their eyes in contracts with Hitler. Amerits were very pro-Nazi at this point.

    You’ve mentioned cherry-picking and moving goal posts, several times, without giving one example. I’m not aware of either, but I have noticed you subtly changing the wording on my comments.

    Why is it only in American politics that voters and candidates of opposing parties find it necessary to slag each other off and bad-mouth each other? (Any day there’re dozens of Amerit postings, in this forum alone, slagging one or other of the left or right. Have you seen anything similar from any other country? France is in the throes of an election at the moment. Do you hear any slagging-off… No… The debates may not change too many minds, but there’re no personal insults flying back and forth…