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By and large the broadcast news brings us little cheer. Good news seems to occupy the last 20 seconds before the weather. Time for some good news, please feel free to add your own.My good news: Qualified today with a 1st Class BSc (Hons) in Building...

quote:RasherI'd argue that just when it seems most desperately necessary to ignore human rights for a greater good - is exactly when a Nation needs most to cleave to them unwaveringly.DeaneI understand the need for calm insofar as we don't want...

I've just re-read a couple of Ian M Banks SF novels and once again enjoyed them enormously. Wit, imagination and a bit of bite too. He is almost the only SF writer I've ever really tried though and I'd like some tips on others to investigate.So many...

HiI'm looking for somebody who is fluent in Greek to translate a phrase from english to greek for me.Basically I want 'You will never walk alone' translated. I have tried 3 different online translators and each one has said something different so I'm...

I don't often let the red mist cloud my view off life, but I have to say it's time!I was one of the 55,000 soles who went to Twickenham last night to see Genesis "turn it on again" (thoughts on sep thread) having spent and hour and half to crawl up...

I have discovered that some CD burners burn deeper than others. My old Sony internal burner produced CDRs that would play on any CD player. My OEM PC burner's products play on modern players but not old ones. My new PC's internal burner produces discs...

We seem to have another gulf between the workers who want a pay rise, and the businessmen who want to make the postal service competitive and modern. The money on offer is for modernisation but the strikers refuse to listen to the argument and just...

1. Grab a calculator. (You won't be able to do this one in your head) 2. Assuming you have a six digit 'phone number, key in the first three digits of your home phone number (NOT the area code) 3 Multiply by 8 4. Add 1 5. Multiply by 250 6. Add the...

I've had McAfee Spamkiller etc for a couple of years but seem to have got into a tangle with renewing subscriptions. Presumably if I don't renew the sub for the Spamkiller, new spam will get through - but when directed to their website for the renewal...

Did you know that you should stop smoking in your house if you have some one in to do some work?I's ALL explained here. It's no wonder the world is populated with so may lawyers. If any of them are on here and could translate the above into...

Hi,My beloved's tax situation just got a lot more complicated through the sale of a family company in Finland. The sums involved are such that some good professional advice is worthwhile seeking (and paying for). My question is how to go about finding...

My wife has been suffering from this for the past few weeks. She's been to the doctor a couple of times and has been told that she just has to keep mobile, keep taking pain killers (Naproxen and Paracetamol) and it'll work itself out. The trouble is...

Hi All,I am about to be posted to Australia to work for 4 years and I am being sponsored to do so by my company. I am currently living with my long term girlfriend (not quite engaged) and obviously I would like her to join me in Oz.Does anybody know...

I can't work out what the problem is so any advice would be welcome.Installed latest iTunes into a new PC and now my rip speed from commercial CDs has dropped to 1.5x - 3x at best. Using Apple lossless files. This is too slow to be useful.PC is a...

Didn't Hull used to have a high profile MP, who was also responsible within the government for the environment ? What was his name now, someone remind me, please ?

Folk don't seem to 'Have it off' anymore. I'm not sure what they were having off but they don't seem to anymore.You also don't appear to 'Get your leg over' much either. We apparently Shag, make love, bonk, F**k and other term's for close bonding...

The BBC has reported that a new scientific report suggests that Man's activities are thirteen times more respopnsible for the rise in Global temperature than the varying effects of the Sun over time. The scientists point out that the Sun's release of...

ChapsMrs Mick wants a sat nav that is dead easy to use, warns her where speed cameras are situated and possibly covers Europe.No fancy stuff just simple directions etc.Any recommendations.RegardsMick

Absolutely hilarious story about Chas not being "Bovvered" whilst 'smoking' out of a Train window. Maybe he was listening to "Whisky in the Jar" on his ipod Chas 'n Cigs

Right, now that I'm in the right forum...I am relieved to see that now even terrorists can't get things to work properly in Britain.Fortunately this resulted in the saving of many lives rather than making them more miserable.Here's hoping the police...

I've not long got back from Silverstone where I was watching the F1 qualification with my eight year old son.What a performance from young Mr Hamilton to snatch pole in the last few seconds after being down in fourth spot.Let's see if he can win...

After a great start in the 1st test at Lord's England are in danger of throwing it away. They should have been able to force the follow-on, but some determined batting by Dwayne Bravo, Chanderpaul and Ramdin along with poor bowling from Harmison has...

Here's my great, great, great grandmother aged 100. She smoked a pipe first (pictured) then Embassy filter tips which she placed in the end of the pipe.At her 100th birthday in 1937 she was sent a telegram from the queen and 'hundreds of packets of...

Fellow Forum members,I wonder if someone can advise me (in as basic terms as possible!) how to transfer all the songs in the iTunes folder on my laptop (running Windows XP) to the external hard drive I have just connected. I am concerned that I might...

The media seem to be hinting that very shortly after he resigns Blair will convert to Catholicism.Without wishing to have a jab at the Catholic Church I'm curious about the apparent message here-that somehow it would have been inappropraite for him to...