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Your thoughts on Margaret Thatcher please ?

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Questiontime Thu 27-Aug-15 16:28:28

Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979, that's over 30 years ago I think. ?.

This question should separate the men from the boys, as the saying goes.

Right people, "gloves off".

On your marks, get set, go.....................

rosequartz Sat 29-Aug-15 15:07:05

Charleygirl if you fancy a game of tennis, we found some old racquets in the garage yesterday, and I have some strawberries if you bring the cream.
Of course, it might be more relaxing to sit back and watch Federer battle it out with Questiontime.

Federer for me every time wink

Alea Sat 29-Aug-15 12:08:57

Men from the boys?
Wheat from the chaff?
Sheep from the goats?

Sense from . . . ( oh stop it Alea, maybe someone felt withdrawal symptoms because of an absence of comments on MT on GN)
<sigh>

trisher Sat 29-Aug-15 12:06:08

Thatcher, plimsolls and tennis add some strawberries and cream and it's a perfect English summer's day.- Predict that one Questiontime? Men and boys separated? Well off for lunch with the "girls"! (Sorry it's an expression I would never use! We are of course "ladies who lunch")

Charleygirl Sat 29-Aug-15 11:19:41

Yes please rosequartz absolutely anything but this.

rosequartz Sat 29-Aug-15 11:16:20

NotTooOld - the plimsolls referred back to another equally daft thread by another probably rogue poster who wanted to ask about buying plimsolls for DS but only Vans were good enough for her DD (Hence my 'Vans' comment) whatever Vans are ...
Oh, don't get us started again ....

Anyone for tennis?

NotTooOld Fri 28-Aug-15 23:38:19

Mrs T and plimsoles? What is the story, please?

(Mrs T - first woman prime minister, let's at least give her credit for that. Unfortunately she turned into a man later on!)

Elegran Fri 28-Aug-15 23:30:55

If you predicted the posts that replied to you here, you must be a mind reader. Are you sure you read them all through?

annodomini Fri 28-Aug-15 22:38:18

If no-one already has, I would like to refer the OP to this thread in which many opinions will be found. No need to recap.

Anya Fri 28-Aug-15 22:35:50

Predictable with hindsight wink

Ana Fri 28-Aug-15 22:08:32

Sorry, you'd already made that point Alea.

However, this thread has certainly separated the men from the boys...

Ana Fri 28-Aug-15 22:02:43

If the response was that predictable, why bother posting in the first place, Questiontime? grin

Alea Fri 28-Aug-15 21:51:57

Predictable. confused?
I am amazed that you were able to predict that hardly anybody would post anything about Thatcher, politics, 1976 or even boxing gloves, and that if so, you CBA to initiate a non-thread.
Any other topics you'd like us to ignore?

absent Fri 28-Aug-15 21:49:46

Questiontime My posting produced a predictable result I see. Really?

absent Fri 28-Aug-15 21:48:41

A friend who is something of an expert on cats suggested a way to introduce a new kitten to established house cats when my daughter rescued a tiny and very grubby kitten that was probably too young to be away from her mother (kitten, not daughter). She (friend, not daughter or kitten) suggested dabbing a little oil from a tin of pilchards on the back of the new kitten's neck and giving the pilchards to the house cats. The idea was that the cats would eat the fish and then lick the oil off the kitten's neck and everyone would have got to know each other in a friendly way. Dylan and Pepsi (house cats) guzzled the pilchards and shot out the cat flap, completely ignoring the kitten. After a couple of days, the kitten who was destined by absentdaughter to have some sort of girly name, started to smell awful and I remarked that she smelled like rancid fishpaste. Fishpaste she became and remained so for the next 17 years.

Questiontime Fri 28-Aug-15 21:37:23

My posting produced a predictable result I see.

Nelliemoser Fri 28-Aug-15 14:27:00

We could have buttered and Marmited the paws of our Ginger ex tom cat. He was a right softy.

Alea Fri 28-Aug-15 14:01:18

Now why are we assuming it's a "he"? (Not that I don't agree with you!)

Lona Fri 28-Aug-15 13:46:14

Well, he's at it again with another long rant!

Alea Fri 28-Aug-15 11:15:03

Ah, why indeed?
I just took it as a case of lighting blue touch paper before retiring and as such I suppose the "t" word springs to mind. Hope HQ are keeping their eye on the ball as they loll in the sun over the BH toil in a sticky office deprived of BH freedom.

annodomini Fri 28-Aug-15 11:03:06

Sorry about the repeats. My laptop isn't taking instructions very well today and I thought clicking 'control enter' hadn't worked, so clicked again - and again.

annodomini Fri 28-Aug-15 11:00:51

Why were we being asked to give our thoughts on a subject that's been done to death (sorry!) long ago? confused

annodomini Fri 28-Aug-15 11:00:51

Why were we being asked to give our thoughts on a subject that's been done to death (sorry!) long ago?

annodomini Fri 28-Aug-15 11:00:51

Why were we being asked to give our thoughts on a subject that's been done to death (sorry!) long ago?

Alea Fri 28-Aug-15 10:54:31

Why what, Anno?

annodomini Fri 28-Aug-15 10:03:23

WHY?