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the monkey hanging in 1772? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7866993.stm

I am, tongue-in-cheek, referring to the tale of a monkey being hung in Hartlepool during the Napoleonic wars, on...

I fervently believe that that late eighties-early nineties rave/acid-house drug culture was kick-started, not by the influence of the music scene taking off in Ibiza or the proliferation of raves,...

'Big Brother', would it improve? I do not watch 'BB'. I was railroaded into watching the opening night. After a seriously frightening realisation that I fancied Latoya AND had a curious weakness for...

I read a few snippets, including the tale of Bishamon and the story of the swords Muramasa/Masamune.

Where can I find a collection such stories? Any suggestions?

...ridiculous government suggestion yet? Source - BBC News:-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7800846.stm

Now, I may have been a freakish little boy aged 10-15, but one thing I always knew. If a...

I am not naive enough to assume that acting talent should be equal to earning potential.

But Will Smith???? Come on.

How can a man who released three (I think) songs with the immortal rap hook...

I am not naive enough to assume that acting talent should be equal to earning potential.

But Will Smith???? Come on.

How can a man who released three (I think) songs with the immortal rap hook...

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/12/08/liverpool-s-big-santa-dash-hailed-a-runaway-success-64375-22425593/

It states 7,000+ santas (7,032 if you analyse the...

The problem with that Skidoo, is that the judicial system is very reluctant to change, and the internet, as established, is now truly un-policable. Besides, I am not so sure it is the judicial system...

breaking the law? Let us be clear on his charges:-

1 count of assualt, 1 count of false imprisonment.

The same charges applied to the offenders in the Securicor raid.

These are very serious...

A few initial bits of info - I am not a parent myself, and this is aimed at children aged 3 years old upwards, not babies as I understand they cry for a reason.

Now, without being boring, I had...

I was utterly perplexed by this.

For anyone not aware, she is entering the latest series of 'I'm a Celebrity.....'

Here is one of the most successful women in Tennis history. Yes, she is going...

If a function is raised to a negative (-) power, it becomes a reciprocal of the function i.e. x^-2 is 1/x^2

So, e^-(infinity) is actually 1/e^infinity,

Which is 1/infinity, which tends to zero....

If a function is raised to a negative (-) power, it becomes a reciprocal of the function i.e. x^-2 is 1/x^2

So, e^-(infinity) is actually 1/e^infinity,

Which is 1/infinity, which tends to zero....

Fairly recently, I read that the Government/Universities department had 'grossly' underestimated the number of people going to University in 2009 and there is to be a massive shortfall in the grants...

Faith, the problem is, as reported in several UK documentaries (Dispatches did a particularly good one) the huge influx of immigrants has helped to fuel/mask the human trafficking/child prostitution...

I was talking with a friend last night who is vastly superior to me with his political and current affairs knowledge. He started to suggest to me that Poll Tax would have ensured a much fairer way of...

My God,

Walking down Bond Street/Oxford Circus in the pointy shoes vintage years: August 2004 - Summer 2007 was awfully dangerous in a crowded area. Whereas normally people step on your feet,...

Your local photo machine will no doubt prefer a compressed format (RAW is uncompressed, and hence large in size).

Any digital camera I have had has always converted pictures into JPEG format - I...

Please don't think I'm a prude - I loved Bananarama shaking themselves around a mock-up cell singing of how they stood "Acuuu-used of love in the first degree"....

Surely though some of today's...

Television?

Met the guy who plays Super Hans in the UK series 'Peep Show' in a pub in Carnaby Street. He was almost exactly like his character (probably playing up to it I guess) but he was really friendly, let...

Sainsbury's.... 2 tins of Cadbury's Roses.... for £10!!!!

EDIT:- Would just like to wish everyone a happy evening... looks like it could all go Safeway from here.....

I'm interested to know if parents feel the range, and standard of teaching is of a good level; also if we are 'mollycoddling' children too much; has a lot of political correctness flooded into how...

...didn't think much of? I am currently getting towards the end of The Shining.... I loved the film, and while the book plugs many of the gaps (not least the weird scene near the end with the man in...