It doesn't seem that way, we have council tax which is quite expensive, for all local services. You only have to pay council tax if you own a house (we do), and it depends on the classification of your house how much you pay (ours is tiny).
http://www2.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/council taxandhousing/counciltax/counciltaxbanding.aspx
There is also income tax at about 20% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TaxationintheUnitedKingdom#Incometax
That's all the personal taxes, apart from inheritance tax and value added tax (20% vat on expensive/luxury items).
I rarely wear makeup, but I can see your point. Girls in my school (especially the juniors and a-levels) seem to have no clue that their hair looks like a birds nest and their face like they've smeared mud on it. And you'd expect the adults to be a little better... but no! Some people never learn how to properly apply makeup and totally kill their hair with colouring, spraying and straightening. Bitchy rant over.
I said I wouldn't care for a guy who didn't value me. I'm not desperate for guys or sex like men are for women and sex. I don't even want to be involved in all that, and I think if men really are so childish that they need that, it's pathetic and primative. Id, id, id!
Discworld witches!
Tiffany http://24.media.tumblr.com/
Granny Weatherwax http://unleashthefanboy.s3.amazonaws.
Nanny Ogg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_isKZO0E2UQM/
Magrat Garlick http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs11/i/2006/
I think that the universe is balanced, and everything exists. If everything exists, and nothing also, there is nothing that can upset the balance. Ah... that's confusing. Nothing upsets the balance? As in Nothing with a capital N, the void? Maybe it is possible, but not by a person.
"This ground is hot enough to cook the Sunday roast!"
John Seach (Volcanologist) just before his boots melted on the hot ground. Lopevi Volcano 2000.
For some reason I instantly thought of this.
From this page: http://www.volcanolive.com/quotes.html
I don't get the link. I'm not amerian. And I don't think anyone who hates a country 'deserves' to die of cancer. Especially countries like America and Britain who have screwed things up for so many undeveloped countries and still claim to be good.
Actually the Xbox was made by a team from Microsoft. Someone was bound to say this eventually though. It's harsh to say your god made something when it was actually the product of long and arduous hours of human effort and brainwork, really.
It takes training, but you can use someone's stregnth against them and quickly incapacitate them. You just need to remember how, and practice and practice...
Martial arts really help with confidence in your abilities too. I'm all for everyone having access to this from a young age, I think everyone should be capable of defending themselves. Muscle is not always the advantage, but speed and accuracy is.
Red meat is actually really unhealthy!