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I think you become more socially conservative to a degree, but at 42 I'm as 'left-wing' (read Socially Democratic) as I ever was.
Ultimately, it's a choice. There's a Stewart Lee sketch, which I've been unable to find on Youtube, where he says that when he didn't have any money he was happy to have people pay their fair share in tax, but now he's earning a decent amount he feels that he should be able to keep everything he earns, because, "it's all mine." He's basically laying into the sort of people you're working with.
Or put it this way: you don't get more right-wing as you get older, you get more selfish.Also, Liberalism isn't inherently a left-wing thing by any means. Conservatives are economically liberal, if not socially.
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You should add that the support is Brix and the Extricated.
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Will Self on a Brompton in Oval, telling a taxi driver to, "piss off yourself, you c**t."
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Stick to purple, and metallic purple specifically. For some reason I think it really enhances the Condor typeface. In any case, black is boring, a 'non-colour'.
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The lever incongruity could easily be an optical illusion. Wouldn't explain the brake cables though...
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You're saying that Irish terrorist is sane and 'Middle Eastern' terrorist isn't? Are you sure about that? There's a lot different between the IRA and ISIS, but not that.
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He's very sweet. Pierre Rolland's victory yesterday had him crying.
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Flecha, as much as I like him, does come across a bit Borat though.
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This chap does some lovely old school jerseys on eBay. Take this as an example:
Casual yet functional...
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Why not just buy a more casual looking cycling jersey - something like this lovely Gazprom number?
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They said that that was a period "long before they bought over the company".
What did they mean by this? Given that Maurizio Fondriest retired in 1998, I had theorised that up until that point the Fondriest operation involved re-branding bikes made elsewhere (by whom?). I ride a steel Fondriest and was told by Fondriest Bici that it dates back to 1994 (which is consistent with its 8 speed group-set). If you can elaborate further it would be appreciated.
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Yeah, that's it - thanks for detail.
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Not exactly. If going bust was a more punitive process then small business owners would have more of an incentive to keep their companies solvent; they might pay themselves a more realistic salary and would probably provide a better service.
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Too bleedin right it is!
More to the point, the deeper problem is that under UK law there'll be nothing stopping Mr Vulpine from starting up a new business under a different name. In much of Europe he'd be forbidden from doing so for the next 5 or so years - he would be 'black listed'.
This is what a lot of business owners do - take out massive loans, pay themselves a huge salary, run their business into the ground, fuck off with the remaining assets and the company order book, and start all over again.
[I am not saying that this is what Mr Vulpine has done. I have no opinion on what Mr Vulpine has done. The only complaint I had against Mr Vulpine is that he appeared to fancy himself a bit.]
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Metallic light blue frames are my favourite... Indeed, the build itself is not really appropriate for the frame - 'tis a shame.
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A wholemeal pitta bread (toasted) stuffed with a whole tin of tuna. Add lettuce/spring onions and salad cream to taste. That got me through a 10 mile run in fine fettle.
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What do you mean when you say 'does it matter'? 'Matter' in what way?
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Not quite the same: Millar doped to win; Higgins gave the impression that he would be prepared to throw a match in an obscure tournament for a bit of money.
Regardless of whether he intended to go through with it or not, his actions weren't going to deprive others of victory.Not that I particularly care for him, but for a while he was the best snooker player in the world, so probably deserves a little bit more respect.
Now, if anyone wants to have a moan about that twerp Trump, then I'd be well up for that.
Shaun Murphy too.
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Those cider guys aren't 'blacking up' in a racial sense. I haven't said for a moment that blacking up in a racial sense is on. I've said that the manner in which these people have made their faces black is very different to blacking up as we tend to know it. Therefore it cannot be thought about in the same way. I feel this is a fairly straightforward and logical observation to make. A little objectivity please...
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Yeah, blacking up in a theatrical sense to portray the black man as some sort of buffoon. This is not what these Morris Dancers are doing - they are not passing themselves off as black characters.
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No, minstrelsy is a specifically offensive act: 'blacking up' in and of itself is not.
The photo jars because we jump to the conclusion that it's a piss-take - it lacks a recognisable context. Once we take on that new context are we not capable of shifting our view and accepting it for what it is?
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I'm genuinely interesting in testing my point of view - quite happy to shift my position on this.
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I fell back on that because I was struggling to come up with an appropriate analogy - I'll get back to you.
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Are you Peter Hitchens?
Liberal in that they believe in minimal state interference, privatisation and toothless regulation.
But yeah, these things would be viewed very differently from country to country.