Olly

What exactly did Apple do wrong there?! Apple Corps were the company that refused to settle with Apple Computer, and kept taking them to court...

Aaaand breathe! ;-)

Why? It's a wasted vote - you may as well vote for nobody...

I can't stand cats, get a dog instead!

Thanks guys (and girls )

I'd like to point out that I wasn't aiming all my comments directly at you ;-)

You think we're millitant about it, yet you're the ones starting a thread to whinge about it in? Er... right... It's like you're saying 'Wow, I'm so cool because I'm different and hate reality TV!' by posting this.. that's the issue I have with it.

Yes, I do actually have some idea what I'm talking about, believe it or not. I have eyes, and a brain. I've had a great idea, every time I see something I don't like, I'll start a thread about it on here - wouldn't that be fantastic? We could all start threads on here about how to run our lives, too. I can see it now! Should I breathe tomorrow? How many slices of toast should I have for breakfast? What excuse can I use for not doing my homework? Some guy/girl looked at me, do they fancy me?

I've got a bright idea for you, just say you're not interested! Why make a big song and dance about it... I just don't get it.

Then... just ignore it? I can't understand why you're making such a big deal out of it. I don't like football but when that's mentioned on the radio and TV I don't go and start a thread about it. It's almost as if you're trying to make a 'It's cool to hate reality TV/Big Brother' club, and the more noise you make, the cooler you look.

Can I make a really obvious suggestion here? Just... don't watch it? And stop whinging about it?

Me too... don't quite know why though

I think 50% of smokers die because of their habit.. that's 1 in 2, half...

It also increases the risk of heart disease, cancer etc. etc. I don't see how there are any positives to it at all. My dad died just over 3 months ago from a heart attack (at 48 ), and he hadn't smoked for nearly 30 years, wasn't overweight, cholesterol and blood pressure were pretty much normal... anything you do to increase the risk is crazy in my opinion.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6216523.stm Very good news if you ask me...

There are no local shops here, the nearest place to buy anything is probably the petrol station 4 miles away. Public transport here is quite literally non existent - please explain how we are meant to live without using cars? If you're that worried about global warming, go and target the countries and people emit the most CO2, not motorists.

It won't happen in my lifetime, so I don't care. In 50 years I expect they'll have come up with an alternative fuel source, anyway

It won't run out, it'll simply become uneconomical to extract.

The other problem is that diesel cars can't run on Ethanol, and I think over 50% of cars sold across Europe are now diesel... Ethanol isn't really viable as a future fuel source in my opinion.

A couple of garages sell E85 (85% Ethanol/15% Unleaded), but it's only 2p/litre less than normal unleaded, and cars that run on it (of which there are about two for sale in the country) are less efficent when using it. Therefore, it actually costs far more to use - if the government reduced the duty on it, perhaps uptake would be higher?

Morning ;-)

Rubbish. UK motorists only make up 11% of the UK's carbon emissions. It seems that it's just an easy target for 'green' taxes. Even if everybody in the UK gave up their cars tomorrow, it would make almost no difference to global carbon emissions anyway. It'd probably have the same effect as you trying to lower sea levels by filling up a tea cup. Some more interesting facts: If every single SUV owner changed their car for a Toyota Prius Hybrid, the UK's total C02 emissions would decrease by just 0.3% UK motorists contribute just 0.2% of world carbon emissions If every single driver in the UK changed their car for a V8 powered Range Rover, world carbon emissions would increase by just 0.2%.

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I didn't watch this out of anger because it meant that they didn't show The Bill this week!

Hands off, Serin's mine!