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Holy crap, they're only 9th in the list now apparently! http://ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_123.pdf Sterling are top. Never heard of them.

Would love to see just how they came to those figures, seems spectacularly high to me. Still could be achieved by refusing treatment, but I concede maybe it would be a good idea. As an aside, do we know if smoking numbers are still on the decline, and if so by how much? Just wondering how much difference all the new rules on bland packets with death pics on them and hiding them away has made any difference to falling numbers at all. Interestingly my local Co-op no longer even stocks Bensons, according to the guy on the till the other day which I just found bonkers given they must be one of if not the biggest seller in the UK. I still think the guy couldn't find them because all the packs look the same, tbh.

Almost certainly, can't argue with that there. That said, if they won't treat you unless you do something about your weight then you get the same result without an extra tax. I'm just against food taxes in general, like the sugar tax or the strong alcohol tax. I don't believe that you should punish those that choose to have a few things here or there that aren't necessarily going to kill you just because a few people can't stop eating everything in front of them. I should add that I struggle massively with my weight, as I have the appetite of a horse and am constantly hungry regardless of what I eat, so I understand the urge to EAT ALL TEH FOODS but I don't because I don't want to be a fat c*nt again. Yeah yeah, I know that just makes me a skinny c*nt instead

I was referring more to people who claim that they're mentally unwell and won't get better unless they get X surgery done, rather than just boob jobs for all. Although I'm not entirely against that policy... As regards the fatties, obese people should be made to lose weight before being given surgery. No effort made, then no going under the knife. Same with alcoholics who need a liver, smokers who need lungs etc. If people don't help themselves first and foremost, then why should anyone else bother? Disagree with a tax on fatty foods though. A burger once a week doesn't hurt anyone, unlike smoking. Quite where that attitude of mine leaves alcohol and the duty paid on that, I haven't a clue tbh!

Interesting stuff, well put fella Personally speaking I think the NHS covers too many things, and that's the biggest issue. Stuff like PReP, anything cosmetic not due to accidents, and even things like IVF; I don't feel the public should be funding these until such a time as we have the budget to do so. We should be charging £25 or whatever for missed appointments too, it's not hard to ring up and cancel if you're not going to make it. I fully support the NHS in terms of emergency treatment, but people need to stop treating it like a free pass: How many times do we see and hear people going to their GP because they're got the sniffles, or a bit of a headache, or other such nonsense? That has to stop, and we need to take a collective look at how we use our services. [GZ, this next bit isn't aimed at you personally] Private healthcare should not be seen as the root of all evil, and from personal experience I could not believe the change in attitudes in my fellow patients the other month when I got transferred from NHS to private. It was like I was the devil or something, despite me actually freeing up a bed and resources for someone who didn't have the option to go private like I did. That's an attitude I can't understand, as in theory the more people that go private the more space is available in the NHS for those who can't afford to. That would be the ideal system for me, perhaps a means-tested measure that says if you earn over X then you must have private healthcare. Sure, it would be seen as another tax, but I also can't see another way to free up space in the NHS system. Private insurance is relatively cheap these days anyway, I'm surprised that more people don't have it if I'm honest, it's actually quite cheap these days for the basic cover.

Huzzah! And about time too.

It'll be fine. I mean it's pretty crap stuff and I wouldn't use it for anything, but it won't damage anything.

Oh you have the old-fashioned way of actual discs, I forgot. Okay, that makes more sense now.

And is it wrong that I immediately knew the exact moment in the film that quote came from? Down the corridor, Picard chatting with Lily who is shocked he doesn't get paid.

No joy today then?

I wouldn't be doing the IoM when I was breaking an engine in. You'll hate yourself! Laps of the M25 my friend, that's the way forward

Do they not just automatically download? Mine did when I had to get a replacement Xbone.

Actually, I was only talking to friends about that today. So ner

I could never get excited by something that looked like that. Aside from the Corolla, is there a duller '90s car? My god, even the MG-ZS did it better!

Go and thrash the nuts off the brakes, see if it gets better. 5x stops from 50-30 light pressure 5x stops from 70-40 med pressure 5x stops from 100-40 hard as you can but without triggering ABS Give it a couple of mins driving at 70mph inbetween each session to allow the brakes to cool. Do each application as quick as you can, so lots of acceleration too.

Disks are square, discs are round. Floppy disk, brake disc How obvious is the warping (and are you sure it's warping, not pad transfer)? If it's not that noticeable I'm not sure I'd worry about it, if it is and would detract from an otherwise perfect car then always replace. They'll only haggle you down on cost anyway, best not to give people too much ammo.

Why do you want thicker oil? You'll lose performance as more energy will be used pushing the oil around rather than being delivered to the drivetrain. I mean, I'd do it for FI applications as they will generate more heat anyway, but for NA? Unless it's a track monster, I'm not sure it's needed.

They had to take it away as too many people were using it on my posts, and it was in danger of overloading the forum. Sorry 'bout that.

I just did some research and basic maths to work out just how much the NHS spends. According to the NHS Confederation, budget for this FY is just over £120Bn. Break that down per day and you get to a total of over £300M. Per day. Every day. Ouch. So when any of the political parties (and I do mean any) say they're going to spend X amount extra on the NHS, then it really should be compared with that figure. As an example, I looked up the LibDem 2015 manifesto (p67/68, as we were speaking about the LD above I figured I'd go take a look) and they said that they wanted to spend an extra £8Bn on the NHS. Sounds great, a whole 6% extra! 6% is peanuts, it's like earning £250 a week and getting an extra £15 in your pocket, it ain't going to set your world on fire. All of this assumes that NHS costs won't increase YOY, which of course they will because inflation and population etc. I'm not actually picking on the LD specifically for this at all, as if you check the Tory manifesto in 2015 (p37) it makes the exact same promise, £8Bn increase per year by 2020. So this is the evil Tories vs cuddly LDs promising the same thing. For balance I looked at the Lab manifesto too (p40): They simply promised to spend £2.5Bn more than the Tories, which was to go on 8k GPS + 20k nurses + 3k midwives. Again though, an extra £8Bn still makes chuff all difference. When these parties are promising X amount of money, it really means nothing and won't make a real world difference unless they're talking MUCH bigger figures. I've not checked, but I suspect all three made the same kinda promised about education too. It's all a crock of shite, there's simply not enough money to support the public services right now regardless. Tax the wealthy more and they'll simply leave, tax the public more and you'll just make us all hate you. I'm not saying there's not a difference between parties, or that you shouldn't bother at all, what I'm saying is don't believe all the numbers that get thrown around. Although you now see why people are getting twitchy over the £100Bn Brexit bill, as it would be enough to pay for the whole NHS for almost an entire year...

Fluid will be fine, I'm not a massive fan of EBC discs but again they do a job. Lines done already I take it?

I use Krystal hosting for all my stuff, excellent customer service and a good option of base products to choose from. Sounds like you need two different things: One is a website designed, and the other is hosting for it. Most design places will be able to offer this as one, but very few hosting companies will (or will sub it out anyway). Can I ask what business it is?

It's like I've stepped into Modified Taxi Monthly or something.

What discs and fluid? Z-rated will be okay, I don't think they'll cope as well as the 2500 on the fronts for track work tbh but they'll do a job nicely. And they'll be better than stock or dead ones for sure!

I always thought it was more like "Hey loser, you want to drive over that way? With power? MWAHAHAHAH FU! I'M GONNA SCRABBLE AND SHAKE AND MAKE YOU WORK FOR IT YOU LITTLE BITCH! When I'm done, you'll have no idea which way the wheels are pointing and every corner will be terrifying, but terrifying like I'm going to rape your face with a hacksaw instead of terrifying like a great rollercoaster! COME ON, WHERE YOU AT?!" Or something like that. Ahem. In all seriousness, torque steer is the worst thing I've ever experienced in a car in terms of killing fun. Understeer you can work around if you play with weight transfer (up to a point, it's still not very pleasant), but torque steer just leaves you feeling out of control regardless of what you're actually doing, and it just wrecks any subtle inputs you try to make. A little wee smidgen of it I can live with, bagfuls of it wrenching at the wheel really isn't my idea of fun at all. This is the main reason I hated our old R56 Mini CS so much, and why I can't understand how people actually like them so much.

Facelift has headlights rather than candles, which is also a useful addition at night