The Round Table

The Cow, The Ant, and The Olde .......

The Cow, the Ant and the Old PhartA cow, an ant and an old phart are debating on who is the greatest of the three of them... The cow said, "I give 20 quarts of milk every day and that's why I am the greatest!" The ant said, "I work day and night, sum...

Mobile phone help needed

Hi Guys,I'm a bit of a dimwit where these mobile phones are concerned. I mean, I've only just got out of keeping one in the car with the idea of keeping it in the car in case we are iinvolved in an accident and need some kind of physical help in gett...

Body found in skip in Manchester

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-29201970 I wonder if it belongs to the bloke who got bail for setting fire to the Dog's home.Remarcable coincidence anyway.

EBay, please publicise Pottery and Glass Groups!

I thought the very useful Category forums had been wiped. They have but Groups, which have been around for years, are where Category Chat is now to be found. I don't see any names I recognise from the old Boards which were hosted on the US site but t...

Jack the ripper was Polish!!

The Daily Mail has exclusively revealed that Jack the Ripper was a Polish immigrant only ‘over here’ due to our overly generous Victorian immigration policy. Over a hundred years of professional and amateur investigation has led the paper to conclude...

Evidentiary argument?

We've all seen the recent cases where celebrities have been in Court charged with a variety of offences going back many years and one of the things said by the accusers and Prosecution is that "so many people couldn't have got it wrong"? Now we see i...

Time to resurrect all the conspiracy theories?

It's the thirteenth anniversaty of 9/11 and still we see the wickedness of fanatics killing innocent people who don't share their perverted opinions. Isn't it time an end was put to it once and for all?

I have sold on ebay for several years but my my new PC does nearly everything I want except when it

I have sold on ebay for several years but my my new PC does nearly everything I want except when it comes to my listing - I can sign in to ebay and even start my listing but when I get to insert or delete a picture it does not continue I have cleared...

Why are we paying to subsidise the unions?

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/debate/columnists/andy-silvester-why-are-taxpayers-subsidising-unions-1-6833975 This week, the TaxPayers’ Alliance revealed the scandalous £108m subsidy that the Government grants trade unions through paid time off...

Heartbreaking - Over 60 dogs die (

Fire at Manchester dogs home http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-29170371

Ebay/Paypal don't get any better!

Bought an item yesterday from a 0 feedback seller - as normal I opted to pay via Paypal - all went through as normal until I had confirmed payment at which point Paypal inform me onscreen that the email account is 'unregistered'. The payment was for ...

Loyalty Cards

I'd like to buy something online from WHSmiths, but it doesn't appear that they're connected to either Boots' card or Nectar's. Have I overlooked it? It seems strange that out of all the retailers that you can collect Treatstreet or Nectar points fro...

This Case could be worth following

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29145248Jacintha Saldanha: Inquest for hoax call nurse starts Jacintha Saldanha Jacintha Saldanha was described as an "outstanding" nurse Continue reading the main story Related Stories Royal prank call DJ quits radio job N...

how long should I wait for a buyer to get in touch after the auction ends.I have sent four emails

how long should I wait for a buyer to get in touch after auction ends.I have sent for emails requesting payment but so far have not received a reply.

Disabled Toilets

I overheard a couple of cleaners at work the other day, one was upset about having to clean up in the disabled toilets in the building, it was unecessarily adding to their workload in their opinion. They said they thought that as there were no disabl...

Questionable Parenting

Here are some activities performed by parents. Looking at the choices in the bracket; which would you say were appropriate? (Provide your own ideas if you wish) Having their child’s ears pierced. (Baby, Pre-school toddler, Infant, Junior, Teenager, s...

Man jailed for 33 months over illegal Film copying

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/22/man-jailed-illegal-copies-fast-and-furiousA 25-year-old man has been jailed after filming Fast and Furious 6 in a cinema and selling copies of the movie on Facebook.Wolverhampton crown court heard that in M...

Have you seen this?

If you're a driver watch this video. If you're impatient start it 2 minutes in:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq2xStb0R-c 97 MPH = 142 feet per second. 70 MPH = 102 feet per second. 60 MPH = 88 feet per second. 54 feet a second less would have giv...

The truth of the matter

At approx 5pm this afternoon, the Port of Calais was stormed / invaded by between 70 to 80 migrants. They ran riot throughout the Docks, overwhelming all border force and Port Staff. Some tried to forcibly board ferries that were in the Port at the t...

Avoid paying bedroom tax?

I think I read on here, someone had posted a legal way to avoid the "bedroom tax" whoever it was could you please re-post the info as it may help a dear friend of ours. Thank you. Jimbo.

More NEWS

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/duchess-of-cambridge-pregnant-kate-middleton-due-with-her-second-child-30569762.htmlThe Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant with her second child, it has been confirmed. The Queen and members of b...

What's in YOUR kebab?

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=257964574413855&set=vb.205459936330986&type=2&theater

Scousers :(

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11078359/Welfare-claimants-to-get-attitude-tests-employment-minister-reveals.html Benefits claimants will undergo interviews to assess whether they have a psychological resistance to work, the employment minis...

SOS (What isan SOS?)

I hopefully holding an SOS. Wats an SOS I hear you ask. SOS is SENSIBLE OFFER SALE. I have two largish boxes with stuff in that I wanna sell. Can I tell you what there is? No cos theres so much I couldnt go through each item and terll you exactly wha...

Look For This Car..

http://news.sky.com/story/1326571/missing-ashya-feeding-tube-runs-out-today...Missing Ashya: Feeding Tube Runs Out Today The sick child is still likely to be in a wheelchair or buggy, he cannot communicate verbally and is immobile, a police spokesman...

When is enough...........ENOUGH !!

I my youth, we could push the boundaries just so far; then My Father would issue those words "Right Enough is Enough" and woe betide us if we pushed things one inch further. Today, looking around at the World, with Governments lying to their people, ...

Birds. Anyone else noticed....

Has anyone else noticed a distinct lack of the usual birds? There doesn't seem to be anything like the number there uses to be. Also, one thing that stands out is the usual food that birds consume isn't getting eaten. I noticed that Blackberries are ...

Toilet joke

Ma was in the kitchen fiddling around when she hollers out, "Pa! You need to go out and fix the dunny!" Pa replies, "There ain't nuthin wrong with the dunny." Ma yells back, "Yes there is, now git out there and fix it." So Pa mosies out to the dunny,...

Web We Want

As most people here use the internet to make a living - this may be worth considering taking part in - if you tweet or use social media. This is about the future of the internet and how we shape it - and that includes online trading, thus ebay - it i...

They Should Be Embarrassed!!!

Passport Office bonuses revealed after backlog delayshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29073232 No I don't mean the Passport Office should be embarrassed I mean any member of the Labour Party witnessing this Barrel Scraping as an attempt to gain favour. A...

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