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and a merry xmas to you richard.

We've been having lots of rain the last week, called the Pineapple Express from Hawaii. Wettest Dec on record and more to come. The spring and summer are going to be incredible so if anybody wants to see this coastal mediterranean climate with 4...

Panasonic Lumix TZ8 Digital Camera Given that a few years ago I bought a secondhand Canon Ixus [?], which simply disappeared and so was eventually replaced with Fujifilm AV100, would this make a significant advance on the ones before? It would be fifty pre cent dearer than the Ixus, and nearly three times the price of the Fugi ... Not keen to go over £150 in any case, but the Panasonic may be had for that [more or less] at the moment. By now I shall never take great photos, and...

From Sky News: Might need three 500s for a 3.5 though, I reckon. Tony

Stu, Recipe below. Sorry about the imperial measurements, taken from a very old recipe book.Chou Rouge A L'Aigre-Doux (Sweet-Sour Red Cabbage)A Small red cabbage (about 2 lb)2 Medium sized onions2 Cooking apples2 Tablespoons sugar2 Tablespoons each of...

Hi folks. I'm after cheapish snorkelling kits for the kids for holidays next year. We have a budget of around £30 for face mask, snorkel and flippers. Any ideas for reputable companies as the choice seems bewildering Many thanks in...

I do keep seeing comments ( not here, I hasten to add ) from seemingly knowledgable people expressing surpise that the TA have deployed soldiers on Ops in Afghanistan. The next query is ususlly to assume that they're in base jobs, admin etc and...

"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" or great entertainment?

must be great to just be able to delete a thread, reminds me of the chair on the graham norton show.

I had a little bonus at the end of the year and my two (!) year old Dell laptop is on it's last legs.Because our household is becoming more and more Mac orienteted (Three Iphones, a macbook and an Ipad) I was thinking of the new Macbook air with...

Anyone had/have any experience with these? Probably not for the purist but might be a good step up from a point and shooter?

Well, the off-season has been pretty good so far. New teams, a Senna, new rules and the return of a legend. Will the championship live upto expectations? Will Legard still be doing his best to ruin Brundle's commentary efforts?Will Big Howard have a...

CoolCheck out some of the sample vids, some nice racing around Laguna Seca. The base jumpers give me a headache just watching..!

IT Help Please!! Some hyper-links don't work! Over the past week or so, I have noticed an increasing number of those blue-coloured hyper-links don't work. You know the things I mean? Where a retailer or advertiser has embeded a www.bbc.co.uk type of...

I think I must be addicted. Here I am not many months on from getting my nDAC (used with DVD5/HiLine/282/HiCAP/250.2/nSATs/nSUB), and I'm seriously debating upgrading it by getting an XPS2 or even (shock, horror) a 555PS.Is this a sign of "Naim...

Impressive & unique

Just been on Facebook and was reading a post from my youngest daughter. She answered their doorbell last night with our 2 year old granddaughter in tow, and they were both immediately pelted with snowballs by a bunch of teenagers. Frightened the...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZrf0PbAGSkBest regardsAndrea

Subject: International Threat Levels The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats, and have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved". Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to...

Hallo people, I'm going to spend Christmas and New Year's Eve in Frankfurt am Main.Any hint about good s/h vinyl shop?Many thanks, and Merry Christmas to all!!!Andrea

I see that the Yanks have made their own version of "Being Human". Yet another UK TV show plagiarised/copied for the US market. I suppose they could make an excuse for remaking a foreign language film, but why do it for one that's already in...

Did anybody else see this the other night? It was about the now well known British WWII deception where a body disguised as an officer was planted in water where it would most likely find its way into Nazi hands. It was carrying secret papers implying...

Any ideas?I face the not altogether unexciting trauma that is flying through Miami to get to Costa Rica in January, and it seems that in one direction at least this will involve an overnight stay (about 6pm - 10am). This is long enough to attempt to...

I figured some time ago I'd like one of these, landscape and architecture photography and for HD video of kids etc. and could have really used it yesterday while out and about.Stacks of commentary on web already. I have 7D and am unlikely to be moving...

Sorry if this has been posted before but I found it quite moving. Hallelujah Chorus" at the Mall