Today, a friend and I were discussing what books we had read at school, as 'class readers for study'. As we are similar ages, we actually read almost the same books even though we went to school in...
Hello, after cancelling our Sky Subscription we need to get a freeview or freesat box. I would like to be able to record and rewind etc and get On Demand Can anyone tell me the difference between the...
Just had my first afternoon watching the tennis on my PC - excellent coverage.
They seem to have decent coverage of quite a few sports, anyone else used it?...
... I'm not sure where to post this,so here goes. A neighbour of mine is passed retirement age (he's 67) and is now working a shortened 3 day week.He has worked continuously for the same company for...
...I was just wondering why the BBC boss is the 'Director General' and not the more usual title of 'Managing Director'.Does anyone know of any other organisation with a DG as opposed to a MD.
Which one of these pronounciations is correct. I personally think the latter sounds ridiculous. I would imagine it is how the French might pronounce it but don't think it has any place in the English...
I am not a fan of the spelling and grammar police who pick holes in posts. I am guilty of typos, spelling and grammatical errors as much as the next ABer; as long as the meaning is clear then I tend...
The expression "Rush Hour" suggests an hour of particularly heavy and congested traffic almost certainly due to commuter and school run traffic. I commute from my village to Liverpool city centre...
Hi I am trying to buy "The Mother Tongue" - audiobook by Bill Bryson but I can't find it anywhere! The usual suspects (Amazon, eBay etc.) have loads of Bryson audiobooks but not the one I want! Does...
Pundits, fans & so called experts, moaning about ifs,butts and maybe`s. The weather, bad batting. It could have been 2-2. What a load of bolloxs it was 3-0, The Aussies never won a game in the series...
Hi guys...I have a rather heavy silver salver which was thrown away by an old lady whilst I was on the dustcarts. She said "it kept turning brown". so I decided to take it home. Well you would woudn't...
I am driving myself mad trying to remember the title of this series. I was sure Warren Clarke played the role of the factory boss and I vaguely remember a very funny scene where he, trying to be...
...apart from the bleeping obvious answer they're all rivers,what else is connects these The Mersey The Trent The Severn The Shannon The Tamar The Tyne Please don't just google it, have a bit of fun...
The Wolverine releases yesterday. But I didn't found any good review . Even google trend shows any good search results. What could you say about it. Is this Fantastic movie or Just fine....