All sorted out now

It was at Pokernitez in wokingham, I went there for a game when i got back from the states and they had a sat running that night to this event, 23/24 sept. I won my seat, I am calling them now, I'm not too bothered, seems like they should not have been running this sat, I'm sure they will just refund me.

No it was to this, I saw the blonde poster at the club prior to playing it

I Played a sat to this at a poker club.  if you go to the poker club there is a poster on the wall with the winners names on it that should be heading up there, I will contact them later today, I' sure they will just pay us out, they must have missed the deadline or something, I will post here and let you know what they have to say.

I'm Glad i Popped in and saw this thread, I won a seat to this about a month ago, But looking at the two lists i'm on neither so i saved my self a trip to birmingham. Will have to look into this

New family member, Joseph was born thur 13th, You don’t really get to see him here, but most other pictures seem to be naked, So I will add a baby picture soon.




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Today, I got approached by an old Lady while walking past Borders.   She was collecting for the Christian aid.

She gave me a leaflet and asked me to have a quick read at it.  It said " How to recycle a goat".  Basically all the money she was helping raise for the Christian Aid was going to be used to buy a goat for starving people in Africa.

Here is what the leaflet said .

 ( This is what buying a goat will do to help a child in Africa )

1. Give an orphaned child a goat

2. The goat produces manure

3. The child grows more crops to eat and sell

4. The Child doesn't go hungry

5. The goat produces more goats

6. The Child sells a goat to pay for school

7. The Child keeps a goat

8. The child gives back a goat


The old Lady asked that I donate as little as 50p.  She gave me all the obvious reasons why my donation was vital if steps were to be taken to help address poverty in Africa.

Like everyone else, I feel terrible when I hear of people starving in Africa and other Developing Nations across the World. However I also care for animals.  I asked if my donation would go to anything other than buying a goat.  Her answer was that the aim of the Christian aid in this particular campaign was to provide what the leaflet suggested. A goat for people who had nothing.

I knocked her back and tried to explain my main concern was for the welfare of the animal.  She could not give me a concrete promise the goats would be cared for in an appropriate way.  Once the goat was bought, it is down to the owner to care for it, no vets keep an eye on the animal as this is to expensive.

Is it fair to subject a goat to the horrors of a Continent that struggles to feed themselves?.  I believe the answer is, No.  I don't know if my view is correct or wrong, but it was my choice and I will stick to it. 

Who gives a f**k about a goat,  are you for real?

Firstly if an old dear asked me for 50p in the street I'd give it to her on principal irrespective of what it was for(it would be a bit more that 50p)

secondly thats one of the most morally reprehensible contentions pertaining to African relief aid Ive ever read.

theres just so many things wrong with what you said its unreal.

being a reasonably benevolent person you would have been eager, i imagine to support the cause had it not involved a goat, then what was your conclusive proof that the goat would have been subjected to mistreatment that compelled you to refuse a donation, if theres only a vague sense foreboading with no discernable evidence supporting your concerns the moral thing to do is to give the donation and believe that the reputable charity charged with running the campain were doing so in a way non detrimental to the health of the goats.

I really couldn't care less if the goat was stuffed into a box and died a slow and painful death if it somehow contributed to the sustainment of a human life.

Not only do you seemingly put the potential well being of a goat above that of a human life, which is what your post is tantamount too, but you nit pick with an old lady over 50p!!!!!

can you imagine being outside trying to collect donations of 50p and someone like you comes along proffessing philanthropic tendencies but ear rolling her and ultimately declining to make a donation because of the well being of a goat!!!!

Of course it will be mistreated, these people cant even afford to eat, cure themselfs, LIVE!!! ,so of course the goat wont have a five star life with three meals a day and massages because its the drought ridden Africa!!!!!!! but who cares its there to serve a purpose.

You were asking about whats happend to the country the other day, well I'll tell you its posts like this and people who agree with them that make me despair, absolutely unreal that the most criticism you received was from rod which was a well worded rebuttel outlining the practicalities of the situation but not highlighting the unbelievable lack of forsight, insight, compassion , and decorum from you.

I agree with you 100%, I too wrote a post to reply, absolutely outraged at a goat over a human life. It also made me remember a post about a homeless person that kicked a dog, and how he was about to punch this person on behalf of the dog, it seems that human misery takes second place to animals.

After reading my post back several times I then decided not to post it. 1 it might come across as a personal attack

And 2 who am I to tell someone they are right or wrong in their thinking, after reading your post I again see it makes my blood boil, There is NOTHING worst than seeing a child suffer. Nothing..

Hate me, Flame me, Ban me,  I should have spoke out when I first read it.

AAAAAYYYYYYAAAAAAARRRRRRR

Welcome back mate...for some reason i thought you still had 6 and a brek left. you get out early for being a good boy.

When's the Paris write up we have all been waiting for.?

It might seem a little anti social, but for the last two months or so I have had my chat options turned off on all the sites I play, reminds me why I’m there.

If you want software type into google  myscreenrecorder,  I’ve had it for about 4 months. You get a 30 day free trial, then only $30 to purchase, Camtasia is priced at $300 I believe.

Ok I know there are some people who find my avatar annoying (Red springs to mind) and I agree with him, I never really noticed that stupid vacant look on her face before.

But a lot of people seem to want her back. So STAY OR GO it’s up to you guy’s



NEM How the hell do you put a poll up?

    it must be a hell of a job doing the right thing all the time, and worst still, trying to figure out what is expectable and what isn’t.
With all the changes taking place on blonde, new task bars, spell checker, people being offended by Jokes and certain words that bring back memories.

MY GOD who wants that job. A BIG UP to all the mods, and yes especially tighty who seems to have had the worst of it over the last few days…

 

To tell you the truth, me either. I might go blank for awhile

The old girls on her holidays, she’s been running for 35 days non stop.. she was looking knackered so being the nice guy I am, I thought I would give her a break.

If there is any rucking going on just watch me old Hampstead heath Please….