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Is this what happens when McCain Googles for a running mate? Oh Happy families Alaskan Independence Pregnant unmarried school age daughter - oh the shame of it................ and that's without the ethics investigation.Obama must be smiling at...
WC Fields - "Come on kid, I'll take you out back for a ride on a buzz saw."
I came across this artical today about a guy that got arrested and charged and fined £100 for taking a photo of a woman that was sat out on the street outside a bar! the woman was pissed and getting air by the sounds of it. she was upset about...
From a simplistic point of view:-CDO = Take say 90 safe mortgages and package them up with 10 sub prime ones. So at worst value = 90% but you get the interest from them. However if the percentage of sub prime mortgages increases so does the risk.Then...
The financial debacles at Wall street during the last few days have sent shock waves to every sector of the economy.I, for now, have decided to tighten my belt, and am ready to ride out the financial storms - Also it means that no more HIFI purchase...
Paul Newman died Friday at the age of 83. Not a fanatic follower of his, but I always thought he was a class individual, be it movies, racing, or his charitable commercial products lines.
Dear Friends,How would you describe the taste of Polish Vodka? At 44 I have never tasted Vodka of any origin before, but today I was given a bottle of Pan Tadeusz, which is one of the classics of its type from Poland according to my friend and work...
My one-thousandth post! Wow! How did I get here I wonder? The only posts I can remember making are all pretty inane dribble to be honest, and I’m sure I’ve taken far more from this forum than I’ve ever given. I’ve certainly...
I remember a trip to England around the early 80sand I was in late 20s. With a friend whom I knew well, I thought...I was dragged thru major museums in 35 minutes by said "friend" who couldn't stand museums. Tate, British, oh my gawd it's the Rosetta...
Amazing! The US tax payer funds banks losses but does not get to share in their gains. Should we not just nationalise all banks and be done with the whole thing!?
Everest SkydivingEverest - in Nepalese 'Sagarmatha' (Head of the Sky) - is now littered with the detritus of affluent adrenaline junkies, and in some cases with the affluent adrenaline junkies themselves, dead.This beautiful, awesome, and deadly...
Not renowned for his "conversation" Mr B Eccelestone in responding to Ferrari's (Montezemelo) comments that the Singapore GP was a "circus" Bernie thanked Ferrari for providing the clowns!
We've been offered a fixed price for fuel until 2012, for a premium of 7.5% over their current standard rates for gas & electricity. It seems like a good deal but am wondering if I'm missing something. Any views?
"Poncy little bits of ponced-up ponce, served on poncy plates in a poncified room" (AA Gill)Discuss.
My daughter has just bought the latest (4th Generation) ipod and having problems.Everything worked fine when setting up and syncing to itunes. But every time we copy a play list from itunes to the ipod it overwrites the previous one! Any help would be...
Hello there,Probably I'm one of the last people on earth, but I'm considering buying an ipod (classic). But I do have a few questions:(1) Can I connect the ipod to my Nait 5i? If so, what are the best cables to do this with?(2) How will the sound from...
What are the WMC advantages?Or disadvantages?I watch yesterday on TV an interview with Steve Balmer Microsoft CEO and he argues that iPhone is a bit expensive for most of people,that Microsoft focus is to lower the prices in order to most people can...
Anyone any experience of these Multifuel stovesClearview Stoves
The original thread is now locked, so I thought I would launch another, just as an information point really, to alert interested members to Inside Stories on this issue on BBC R4. Steve Hewlett's thought provoking programme discusses the role of the...
I woke this morning on the last day of our holiday and thought I'd see what the latest was on my Facebook via my mobile phone. And there it was... a message from the brother of my old gin-buddy in the RAF informing me that Dean died of a heart attack...
Hi, I would like to know how much current can demand my power amp (nap 250.2). I have very bad quality mains, with some interferences with my fridge and even lights. These cause noise through speakers and music dropouts with digital signals via coax....
Wikipedia has left me none the wiser.It's cropping up a fair bit in the distributed audio section, so how come I don't have one?ThanksJohnSJB
I, for one, am looking forward to watching the competition - a very "young" (ie:experience) US team against the Europeans domination, albeit with several veterans passed over in Faldo's selections.Although a "team" event, the purity of golf remains as...
have just announced a 37Mpixel SLR, in conjunction with Phase OneGulp
No other word for it other than "astonishing"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgGtjNqrdHA