In the morning Tom calls to his boss: - Good morning, boss, unfortunately I'm not coming to work today. I'm really sick. I got a headache, stomach ache, and my both hands and legs hurt, so I'm not...
next Saturday on bbc2, from 2005hrs till 2100hrs 'the star trek story' it is listed as "a documentary exploring the cultural impact of star trek, and chronicling through history of one of the world's...
He is undoubtedly the best player but a slightly flawed genius.However I am sick to death of his fan club i.e. Virgo,Taylor and Thorne forever droning on Ronnie this and Ronnie that.If BBC could get...
Hi, I'm looking to go camping with my girlfriend this summer in the south of France. Can anyone please suggest some good destinations, ideally by the beach, quiet campsite with shops not too far away....
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...