Recent content by Hereford

You can get them free on the NHS but you’ll need to have a blood test specifically checking your active B12 count - the action threshold in the UK is far higher than Europe (I’m told) so to qualify you would likely be suffering from pernicious anaemia (like me) - symptoms include as I mentioned...

Around 3 years ago, I was diagnosed with early onset arthritis in the lower part of my spine - chronic, debilitating pain at times. The consultant rheumatologist prescribed two ‘p’s - paracetamol and Pilates. I watched my father for many of his latter years persevere with pain killers against...

No - I am not qualified to judge on racial issues. No - I am not beyond reproach and am susceptible to prejudice, just as any culture or race is. My wife is indeed black and my children are mixed race. I will never fully understand what my extended black family, my wife and my children have...

I did say that it is nuanced; this is from CEOP and child protection course literature, which I attended: The true number of offences remains doubtful, generally assumed to be larger, due to expected unreported cases of child abuse. Some 90% of the sexually abused children were abused by...

It’s nuanced - also best to avoid the disproportionate argument, especially considering some of this thread has discounted that. https://fullfact.org/crime/what-do-we-know-about-ethnicity-people-involved-sexual-offences-against-children/

I’ll be sure to check later if my wife and my 3 mixed race children have the whole chip pan.

Query why she is a ‘stupid bitch’? I am fairly sure that she does more to help people that most of us.

I don’t expect to get arrested more just because I’m white and middle-aged (White middle-aged men make up the predominant percentage of paedophiles by some margin).

Best enjoyed loud...

Exactly - being honest if you’re fairly fiscal then all the insurance you really need is for major issues like whole roof blowing off, total loss fire or if it falls down. I too have only ever made one small claim in 24 years of home ownership (£2k when I hadn’t much of a pot to p!ss in) and...

Right back atcha!