Yesterday was introduced to a chap who I last met at school some 60 years ago when he was called Ralph. His name is now pronounced "Raif". Anyone know any other name transformations?...
It's quite shocking actually: "Many female novelists, like Harper Lee, Anne Rice, Amy Tan, Donna Tartt and some 300 others, had been relegated to the ranks of “American Women Novelists” only, and...
I have been sent a video file by a friend in Italy but nothing on my laptop will play it, the file is in mp4 format - I am running Win XP and have Windows media player and Inter video but neither of...
I am due to make a very rare trip up to Town by train, into Paddington. Does anyone know if there is WiFi to be had on the train ? I notice some long-distance coaches advertise that they have it....
The issue of whether a small group of insecicides are killing bees comes up again at the Europen parliament today with a call for a 2 year ban on neonicitinoids. Since these came into use a few years...
Got an email from my dad the other day and in it was a link to someone promoting a site where a woman makes 60,000 dollars a month blah blah. I thought this was a bit strange as my dad is very wary...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/10020432/Sir-Winston-Churchill-to-appear-on-new-5-banknote.html The idea seems good but why have we had to wait until 2016, and why include a quote from a...
My internet connection failed a week ago today but a rep visited yesterday and installed their superhub so now it works. The thing is, the fault they are claiming was fairly widespread, 27 customers...
Am I alone in being amazed at the scale of the recent measles epidemic ? Its occurred here in my home town of Swansea, and there appears to be 1000's of children who have been immunised, with...
I've just seen people whinging on the news about the ten match ban Suarez got for biting an opponent like an animal. Shouldn't they be directing their anger at the player for being such a thug?
I need to meet my elderly mother with heavy suitcase etc on the platform at her carriage from the train arriving at Kings Cross. Do platform tickets still exist? If not am I allowed to go through to...
It was reported on the news this morning that should Scotland gain independence, they would like to maintain monetary union with the rest of the Union. Is this Scotland wanting the best of both...
Imagine if she ran for President? Actually, it could still happen. Does anyone else worry about Ms Palin being elected the leader of the free world. By the way, you may think this is a spoof....
I was wondering how easy this could be, I have been on Emirates Airbus which is massive and a few other airlines and if you got on the plane late and instead of going to your seat and seeing some free...
Yippee! After many drawn out episodes and lots of theories, we will finally find out who killed Danny tonight. I had thought it was the vicar, now im thinking it was someone that we least expect, like...
