Off-Topic Discussion

Slightly off topic but a while ago I watched a programme about the long-suffering staff who worked for the Child Support Agency. They had to be very careful when they opened the post, as they never knew quite what they would find. Anyway, they had one young lady on their books who would not...

Thank you very much for your's and Mrs Shiney's kindness.

Of course although golf etiquette is maintained, the guys with whom I play are no angels as far as language on the course is concerned, myself included, although never in earshot of other players. A missed putt can provoke some rather choice expletives and that's just the women! (no, I lied...

Furthermore, I add that Celts originates in a region that is roughly the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) in Germany. It is "bizzare" to think that Celts originated in nowadays Germany, settled in Britain and were eventually pushed away by those german "Saxons" that nowadays call themselves "British...

Yeh they just have a small shelf at the back where they place any books which they have withdrawn from the catalogue for some reason, I also know very little about fungi identification although I'm lookign to change that =] it's one of my top 3 plants (I realise that fungi are not plants but...

Looks like a good site =]

Thanks Jaz,Strongy and Ziggy too..:thumb:

Thanks for that Gemini, one of my mothers sayings also. Its nice to know where they originated from. As you say, oh so true.

I have a set of graining combs that belonged to my great grandfather, so that would put it around the late 1800s. He apparently worked for a local brewery and had the job of "graining" doors windows and presumably bar fronts in the pubs the brewery owned.As for "hardwood" it comes from any...

We're a far way from being classed as Third World and the UK holds great influence still even though this is not directly apparent and the source of the influence must be held in history somewhere. Could the UK hold its own in a conflict now? Almost definitely not. Are we ridiculed, almost...

I like Matt, Rebecca & Mary the rest are so lacking in any talent it is laughable, especially Wagner!!!! :yez:Val

Hi Maksim, I agree, hotspots wouldn't be my first choice of where to live but its difficult to move if you were born on one. Man has chosen to risk the danger often because of the good fertility of volcanic soils. No where is 100 % safe. A volcano can form any where, it only takes a shift in...

Still not watching this, but my wife is (pOer her knitting)! She suggested I would have liked this, so I found it on YouTube from Saturday night. I was impressed and I think a few others may be too. YouTube - Kara Tointon & Artem Chigvintsev - Salsa - Strictly Come Dancing - Week 6 ...

Well, the ex pats I know don't get winter fuel allowance . However they did say they should get it to pay for the Air-conditioning.:lollol:My heart bleeds for them.:hehe:

I do tell a lie, I once got the first CRV out of the drive and onto the road with the nearside wheels up on the kerb. My wife then came out of the house got in the car "her side" and as usual shut the door. I turned the key but it wouldn't start. I called out the emergency services and the...

Thanks for all the advice, guys. :gnthb: Driving isn't an option so we've managed to find a trip that goes from S'ton airport. That'll kill 2 birds with one stone. The g-children haven't flown before.:wink: I hope they leave me alone long enough so that I can have a cuddle with "Minnie":D

That's a nice gesture Ziggy.:thumb:

Thanks Kedi, it was too short (I wish I was still there!). We did get a food voucher in the Airport but had a turbulent flight back so not a nice ending to the holiday but that will never put us off (booked next years' months ago!). I'm sure I would have used up all my memory card if I had...

Thanks Ziggy - a bit wordy but nicely put.I you look at the whole universe it tends to put things in perspective Ever since I was a kid, I have always believed that the universe was so large that there must be many, many, other races of intelligent beings out there. And that they must be...

We're with Virgin, there's rarely a problem, but if your internet connection fails, when you phone (free) you hear a recording of a list of the post codes affected by any "outage" before they talk to you.