The Round Table

Oil shortage

A lot of people can't understand how we came to have an oil shortage here in our country. Well, there's a very simple answer. Nobody bothered to check the oil. We just didn't know we were getting low. The reason for that is purely geographical. Our O...

Not sure where to put this...

Hello, I am new to eBay discussions, and probably wont use it again since I have an easy time using the site with little to no problems what so ever.My question, or rather situation, is concerning a seller who is using photographs I have taken.There'...

Can anyone help re dieting?

I'm not exactly fat. My biggest issue is that I have more weight round my gut than a man of my age should have. I carry no extra weight anywhere else. Also, and just to complicate things, my height had gone down from 6 foot and 1/2 an inch to 5 foot ...

why can't I

upload a picture to a new topic on here ........ hmm trying to get advice on an item but won't let me upload any photo's anyone got any thoughts ? cheers

Deap Parrot sketch comes to life - sorry Steve

A Pet owner walked into a Scottish RAF base, put his dead parrot on the desk and demanded the RAF did something about it, the parrot had died after a low flying Hercules transport aircraft flew over his House. He got £2000 compo, another Parrot owner...

HELP! foxes are driving my springers more mental than the breed standard!

I live on the outskirts of a large green area and for years the foxes (and cats, feral and domestic) have been steadily increasing. I have been able to fence in two sides of the back garden and the garage n gate n conservatory block a third but the l...

The chicken rice with NO CHICKEN and bacon bits made with crushed INSECTS:

The chicken rice with NO CHICKEN and bacon bits made with crushed INSECTS: How dozens of so-called meat flavoured products don't contain a scrap of it Beef and Tomato Pot Noodle, Uncle Ben's Chicken Rice and Schwartz bacon bits are just some of the b...

Bye Bye Live World.

Effective from Summer 2013 (U.S) Live World press release. San Jose, CA, & New York – May 24, 2013 – LiveWorld, Inc. (OTC Markets: LVWD), today announced that it is focusing on its broader social media presence and will spend fewer resources on the d...

Mobile phone with low storage - advice ?

I have an HTC android phone. The phone storage is not great and most of the memory is used up. Is there any way to put more apps onto the SD card? A few I have downloaded offer this as an option but the pre installed ones won't transfer.

Ring Con

I won 3 x ladies rings from different auctions / sellers in China and received the first delivery in the post today from Hong Kong but the package only included a ring box and a plastic wheel valve cap. I am not sure which seller has sent this as the...

painting old bedroom tiles

hi all any help gratefully receieved.can you tell me what paint to buy etc and is it possible to paint on the old brown floor tiles that i have in my bedroom?i have no idea where to start.HELP!many thanks for your time,THERESA X

The most Beautiful aircraft in the world...which is it?

Many of you might choose the Spitfire... But when we lived in Las Vegas, Nevada, I saw a Vulcan in flight once - it was a giant manta ray, gracefully swimming the sky over Nellis Air Force Base - I've never forgotten it. That's just one idea - what d...

Possibly the best Poster on the Underground???

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I though the USA were our friends.

Britain could miss out on billions of pounds of U.S. investment if it leaves the EU, Obama officials warnEurope and U.S. set to negotiate one biggest bilateral trade deals ever EU said it will be worth more than £400 to every European household Obama...

I dont believe this should happen..

Secret court jails father for sending son 21st birthday greeting on Facebook after he was gagged from naming himGarry Johnson breached gagging order stopping him publicly naming son46-year-old brought up his son and still lives with himJudge sent fat...

A message from the Headmaster - Mr Cameron

Dear Plebs, First of all, can I say a big thank you to all of you who work so hard behind the scenes for the good of the school. You get very little credit and sometimes people are a bit patronising, but I think you take it very well and good for you...

Those pesky folks over in the C.I.A.

They're nasty. These are extracts from official CIA worksheets on how to disable a person using plants and other readily available substances. Nobody dies of suffers serious injury but if these things happened to you, you'd be a tad miffed . :^O Harm...

It's horrific ...... Do not open this thread.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-22728150 It seems that pupils in a school in Newmarket have been bamboozled by an educational error. They have been told to read up on Bram Stoker's Dracula when the test was actually about Mary Shelley's ...

5 weeks to go

Well, maybe just under 5 weeks and I'll be tweating Mrs Wabbit to a twip to Wales followed by a holly day in Scotland. Distillewies optional (Whisky) Wabbit

He's been found guilty

Poor April, poor parents. Now put him in the hardest prison around and leave his cell door open for an hour or two. I'm sure the other inmates would love to handle this one.

Gazumped

Evening all - any one got a little advice to offer. I have only ever bought a council house before, and was already living in it, so I have no real experience of buying property. Recently I was trying to buy a little studio flat for my son to live in...

..ebay colour scheme revamp.....

Is it just me, or is the colour awful? Not to mention the price slider scale....this isnt some payday loan scheme! And before I forget, who cares about the box that flashes up to tell you someone has recently viewed an item you are currently looking ...

He he He The odd joke. Yup I mean the ODD joke

He He He The wife was counting all the 5p and 10p coins out on the kitchen table when she suddenly got very angry and started shouting and crying for no reason. I thought to myself, "She's going through the change." Local Police hunting the 'knitting...

Yet another boring thread from yours truly.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22631731 It seems that we are to stupid to multi-task and it's not just men, it's women too. Researchers have found that we get so tied up when we are texting that we are a danger to ourselves, and others. What we nee...

Time.

Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day.Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out ...

Remember this .....

..... And now this....... And a spokesman for the Gypsies crowd recently camped in London said: ''We are waiting for your government to give us a home and a job.'' I rather suspect they will get a home ;-). But they should be told not to worry too mu...

A good news story - unusual I know :-p

A mosque has been praised for serving tea and biscuits to English Defence League supporters after the far-right group arranged a demonstration there. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-22689552 I love it - best way they could h...

New irn bru advert.

Just seen it:^O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UprxM_aBWk

Research for a book - finer points needed

I'm in the very early stages of writing a book set in 1955 to present. According to statistics average cost of a house was £1500.00 and a working wage was somewhere in the region of region of £9.00 per week. What I need to find out are the finer poin...