Padded Cell
I'd like to extend an invitation to members of the forum who are citizens of the United States of America to comment about the detention of suspects at Guantanamo Bay.Would US forum members tolerate a foreign government detaining US citizens or...
I've not smoked for over 7 months now, but sadly I'm still chewing several bits of nicotine gum every day.Has anyone got any advice on how to stop?It's better than cigarettes, but it's still basically an addiction...
I have about 30GB of (my own!) music in iTunes loaded on my recent 12" G4 powerbook.I have very little space left on the hard drive. Over the past few months it's dwindled from a huge 7GB to just 2GB. I have a feeling that with only 512MB of RAM and...
Can I be alone?OK I'm an atheist anyway; but the merry-go-round of commercialised crap and conformity is well into its stride and (plastic) Christmas trees abound, just about everywhere. I refuse to be swept along with this nauseous nonsense and have...
I understand that the Government is going to attempt to ban advertising junk foodSoon it will be illegal to eat junk food in enclosed public spaces!I wonder what will be the next bete noir that our dear legislators can impose...
OK. Who's rating everything in the Padded Cell with 5 ticks now? Just how is one supposed to prioritise what to read when it's all rated the same?
Just heard on the news that Yassir Arafat is braindead, something the palestinian authorities deny. What will happen now with the israeli/palestinian "conflict"? Can we hope for peaceful solutions or will anarchy spread even more?
I’ve been thinking a getting a film camera for ages, and have done a lot of homework. Question is though Leica seem to be the dogs whatsits could you, all things being equal as far as possible, tell from say a A3 print which was the Leica lens...
Is it tag team now?
...how do I format the hard drive on my G4 iMac? Or at least, wipe all data, apps and re-install OSX.2 which is the most up to date version I have for it. Just need to get this job done so I can sell it to help finance the iBook I already bought...
Im not a great book reader as most spare time is spent enjoying good music! but my job sometimes means spending a bit of time in airports/planes/hotels.... cue an easy to read entertaining book!Soooo... to help me out next time i go to waterstones...
I am taking Mrs S there for a (ahem) week-end soon...Real ale and good lunchtime food essential
From today's (Tuesday 16th) Eastern Daily Press:-Festive lard stocks are running low"Christmas cooks have been braced for a second festive food shortage - with a warning that lard supplies are running low.Somerfield said that the Europe wide shortage...
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Been trying this with incredible results so far, I'm no computer bore so don’t understand it totally as yet but I’m learning fast.http://www2.blinkx.com/overview.phpAny body else tried it or other search engines?Martin
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A small wager rests on this.In the UK an employee with less than 12 months continuous service cannot bring an unfair dismissal claim against an employer. My understanding is that during this 12 month period the employee has virtually no protection and...
Similar to the chicken e-mail from a while back but this time it's a Virtual BarmaidSteve
Have my impeccable standards for TV drama dropped or has Enterprise improved this season to the point that it's no longer painful to watch? I'll entertain the competing hypothesis that with Buffy off the air, there no longer is anything good on TV...
"Keep power wires separated from signal wires--do not bunch your power wires together, but keep them flowing as gracefully as possible" (electricity does not flow effeciently around sharp corners"Was looking through Audiogon ads, and saw one from a...
As subject really. I'm currently with Nildram and fancy moving to 1mbps but don't fancy paying £35 a month for it.My usage is erratic to say the least, some months it's 2gb, some it's 12gb, it just depends what I'm doing.I think I'd be looking...
Hi folks,First it was the 52/SC, and now it's our Mini. We've decided to downsize to something boring but economical, and I'm wondering what is reasonable to expect as a trade-in?Actually, it's not a trade-in at all as we're not buying anything else...