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He turned $20 into $40,000

A British businessman who sold bogus bomb detectors to countries at war where hundreds of people were dying and injured by explosive devices was found guilty of fraud at the Old Bailey yesterday. James McCormick made massive sums of money selling nov...

Put the people back to work.

Dire state of Britain's job market unveiled as 4,300 people apply for just 150 vacancies at new Tesco storeAlmost 30 people applied for each job at store near Gosport, HampshireLocal Nichola Stanley: 'Everywhere you look people are dying to get a job...

Thatcher - security gone mad!

I work right next door to the Tower of London, and my daughter asked me to take a couple of photos of the cannons that were going to be fired off at minute intervals during Thatcher's procession. Methinks no problem, so I approach one of the Beefeate...

can't join in

Evening all I would have liked to add some comments to a few good posts I've seen on here recently, but my reply button hasn't been working for ages. Any one got any ideas as to why, and what I can do about it. Ta very much in advance.

Question for reno or other Americans

I watch a lot of US fictional programmes This scenario has happened a few times, mainly on cop shows, but once on a hospital based one. A guy is on death row, and due to be executed in a few days.He is then found collapsed for one reason or another, ...

From the silly American again Question??? Who was Mr. Blobby???

There is a small picture of "Mr. Blobby" in a book that I'm reading, somehow connected with a small town in Scotland... Who, or what, please, was he? Is he still there?

Anyone want to join my discussion debate group on Facebook.

Anyone on here liked to join my discussion debate facebook group we have 200 members at the moment, there are lots of posts every day for you to discuss get help and debate, we are a friendly bunch so why not come along and dip your toes in and make ...

It seems that food scandals.....

It seems that food scandals are nothing new? (it's a long read) :- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21689069 There you see that once again undercutting with cheapjack ingredients and lack of checking is at the root of it all?

Legs Eleven dance group. Can you do beter?

Great dance group. ould you and 4 freinds do ths? http://1funny.com/legs-illusion-dance/

A very intelligent mouse

What a very intelligent mouse . This mouse was in the rodents Olympics and won GOLD medal) http://www.wimp.com/intelligentmouse/

What would you do in this situation?

Driving home tonight I was on a two lane, one way road the formed the tail of a T-Junction. I stopped and a Police car drove across from my right. I then turned left and followed the police car. We are still on a 2 lane, one way road with the Police ...

Essex Pedants

Five blokes in an Audi Quattro arrived at an Essex Ferry checkpoint.Tracey, in her brand new uniform, stops them and tells them: "I can't let you on the ferry. It is illegal to have 5 people in a Quattro. Quattro means four. One of you will have to g...

Will you be going to the London Marathon?

Or has events in Boston put you off?

The 'Voice' may have a star after all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCK2AGDxXtg I love Bo. She should have won it instead of Leanne IMHO I hope this gets to number 1

An example of how farcical the bedroom tax is

My neighbour's rent is currently £80 and is 100% paid by housing benefit. He has a spare bedroom which is a small box room. He has been told that from April he will have to contribute £11.20 per week towards the rent which he cannot afford so he has ...

Maggie had 2,500 mourners - how many will YOU have? Lol!

About 2500 people crammed into St. Pauls to say farewell to Thatcher. I'm wondering how you'd match up to that when your time comes:-D The thing is, how many of those were genuine mourners? In India and other Far East countries, it's big business. Yo...

They know how to do it in Ireland.

Give up satellite TV and don't go on foreign holidays, Irish homeowners filing for bankruptcy are toldIreland's Insolvency Service will allow only eight euros a day for foodDebtors must give up cars and private health insurance under new rules120,000...

damaged goods

hello need a bit of help who is responsible for sending a damaged item back to seller i sold an item now she is claiming i package it wrong and claiming it was damaged on 3/4 sides if i want to see the item who pays for the return i think she is tryi...

Your view/opinion from across the pond?

I am curious what those of you think about the Obama administration not sending a senior delegation to attend Thatcher's funeral? Here is a cut and paste from an article which discusses it; --- Today, April 17, 2013, Great Britain buried Lady Margare...

Could anyone help with the markings on this reclining Duck figure??

Anyone able to help by any chance? The markings are faint, its not my picture taking... Thanks Ted

Those crazy Indian cricket fans . :^O

Two things of note, if the television camera closes in on a kid for some reason, people sat nearby whether they be other kids or full grown adults seem to take great pleasure in shoving the kid out of the way so they can get on TV. Secondly, when adu...

Who exactly are ..........

these Fitch people - and the Bog Standard and downright Poor, not to mention the Frances May and Frederick Mack pair? I mean, who decides who they are to be downgrading and upgrading and any kind of grading come to that?? Can they grade flour as well...

£10 million.

Cameron defends '£10m' bill for funeral ceremony and attacks Alastair Campbell's claim that he is using Baroness Thatcher's death for political gain David Cameron last night defended his decision to spend millions on Baroness Thatcher's funeral - and...

Council Demolishing Blocks of Flats

Not sure if it is official or not, but my friend has heard that her block and two others nearby are being demolished. 60 flats in each block. The reasons are, they are too close to a petrol filling station, (which was built after the flats were), and...

Anyone watch a TV gameshow called "Sell Me The Answer"?

If you don't watch it, here's a quick rundown. If you DO watch it, scroll down to the dotted line to get the question. It's a really boring question that Aggie asked me and I didn't know the answer so please don't come back with comments about how bo...

1 Boston bombing suspect killed, other being hunted

One suspect (number 1 in the shown photos from yesterday) was shot a number of times, In a shoot-out with law enforcement Officers near MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) near Boston, after a car chase. The Police and FBI have said, the one ...

Utter madness.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22164122

Tecos profits down.

Aww poor Tescos. Thats all Im gonna say. Shame though. I love Tescos. There prices are cheaper than the other two super markets in our town.

windows 8 charms bar

I have just got a windows 8 laptop Wish I had not but they do not seem to do windows 7 any more Followed all the instructions to get rid of the blinking charms bar . Done the new key “EdgeUI“ reg edit all correct. Tried 3rd party software but the bli...

Buying an item that has a arrived part broken

Morning all, wonder if you can help me, I am a private buyer and seller and I have just bough an 46 knobs from a business seller, 2 of them were broken, and I sent a picture of them as requested by the seller, I don't want a refund, I just want them ...

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