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Hi folks.We've got a problem with our BT phone line, and it's getting replaced in a week's time (the old wires are 40-odd years old and have become brittle - a wire relocation recently has resulted in a lack of ringing, though the lines otherwise work...
The 14th Ig Nobel Awards for science were announced yesterday. Including an award for a fascinating study on the effect of Country Music on suicide rates.See http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2004Matthew
Hi folks.I'd quite like to get the new series of HHGTTG into iTunes in an AAC or MP3 format so that I can listen to them on my forthcoming iPod. Also there was a Jeff Buckley documentary on R2 last Saturday that I forgot was on and would also like to...
I have been loading cd's onto itunes on my pc at 256kbs AAC. The music is then transferred to my ipod at the same quality. Having nearly filled my mini ipods 4 gig I would now ideally like to reduce all the music on my ipod to 192kbs to free up some...
I've just had a newsletter from my energy supplier talking about saving electricity. It recommends turning off TVs, videos and other appliances that are commonly left on standy.Being a caring sharing wet liberal pink green type, I was just wondering:...
Does anybody know how this applies to message boards, chat rooms etc? Another board I visit occasionally has been hacked by somebody who's started to publish other users' passwords and it's on the verge of causing real trouble but the moderators are...
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Muchachos I hasten to add that I lifted this from another website, I am NOT a Daily Mail reader... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pag...8902&in_page_id=1770 What a slap on the wrist.... Regards Mike Spending money I don't have on things I don't need.
I was just wondering after seeing some of the recent threads on the forum, and how they degenerate into personal abuse among some members. Wouldn't it be fun to imagine who would be the biggest box office draw in the ring... "the fight of the century...
As I'm going for a trip to Greece.4 months ago I went to a trip to Belgium and Germany.This is the first time for me to go twice at the same year to a trip abroad.So I'm waiting to Fritz to ask me if I was abroad! (and going from Israel is not like...
Mine has started skipping (dum de dum de dum!)- are there laser cleaners available - any other advice?
What underwear should I be wearing for an audience with Pres. Blair?Please don't be flippant - I'm really stressing about this one.D
I know this has been discussed for 10 years, and there have been world conferences on it, but what was in Marsellus' case, and was it connected to the Band Aid on the back of his neck?Just seen it again for the ??th time. Unbeatable, and every time I...
Is it just me or are half of them (guess by definition that also means us?) going around with their bloody eyes closed?Every night I drive through town and around the outskirts on the way home.. every night there are cars waiting to pull out into the...
Sally and I are having a couple of night break in half term.Any must see's and any reccomendations for a good and resonably priced resturant(s)?TIAHoward
Who knows how to stop/reduce the nuisance of spam? I get about 30 spam EMails a day despite the company's dedicated "anti-spam" server, firewall and "sophisticated" blocking software.The most worrying thing now is "threatening" EMails from people...
A bloody good subject to talk about when all's said and done, innit !Graham George Of Knottyash
Having recently spent a small fortune seeing Rush at two nights at Wembley recently I wanted to start a thread bemoaning the current very high price of concert tickets. I see that Billy Conolly is performing his stand up show in London and tickets...
As no one else has started this thread... Yusef Islam has just been refused entry to the USA. For why? Perhaps he was giving a rendition on the plane of his 1967 hit 'I'm gonna get me a gun'...
The drama on BBC last night, whilst I quite enjoyed it, I'm not too sure how much it does for world unity.Whats are others' thoughts?
The ones that drive very close behind you - is this a reflection on people being in too much of a hurry?Whatever it is, it is really annoying
Does this guy deserve a medal for his contributions to the forum ?A ray of sunshine in an otherwise often dull world - Thanks, BF.Steve ...
An incredible story is just emerging from the gluepot public bar where Mike the Fish is drinking (Fishlike) and telling the World how in 3 years he will become Britain's first tale in space. Graham George Of Beliveitaornot Sponsered by Cross & Blackwell Chuntney's & Pick A Lilly's (Or Was it Marble Arch ?) N.B. "I do hope it doesn't take our Tony's limelight away right now ?" (Davey Jones ) Floatin a tin can.
I hope Kenneth Bigley survives his captivity.I humbly and sincerely offer my condolences to the countrymen of Eugene Armstrong and Jack Hensley. What a godawful way to lose their lives. What a godawful situation. My heart goes out to the British and...
Being an animal that regularly spells and interprets words wrongly I suggest a new thread called simply "Can You See/feel/hear The Beauty ?". It may be musical, architectual, political, mythical, artistic, etc, etc, which naturally may well be...