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The end of the Dandy

http://www.telegraph....birthday-edition.html Ah! the end of an era. How long will it be before the Beano goes, and why is it that the children of today don't care for comics? What other comics did...

sandyRoe

Prince Philip in hospital again.

Will you join with me in wishing him a speedy recovery? http://news.uk.msn.co...p-taken-to-hospital-2...

TWR

Tears!

Does a particular song you hear cause you to go into floods of tears, with something you remember from your past?

berniecuddles

petrol prices!

cant believe how much the price of petrol has gone up in 2 weeks when i last filled up at asda it was £1.26 2 weeks ago now today £1.33 why?

joggerjayne

Olympians And Their Abs

Almost all of Team GB were sporting impressive tummies at these Games. http://www.guardian.c.../aug/04/olympics-2012 I haven't seen this anything like so much in the past. Is this a good target for...

Jeza

Is it only me.....

Who struggles with child proof tops on bottles and jars. I have two different sizes of contraptions which are okay for jars. It's the bottles I struggle with. The type that you push down and then...

triggerhippy

This was not me 2

http://news.sky.com/s...n-and-drink-100-beers...

joggerjayne

Did We Take To Wenlock ?

Did we? LOCOG say that he became really popular. Personally, I think it was stupid. Has anyone bought a Wenlock soft toy? key ring? fridge magnet? etc ......

TWR

Good Evening

Did you enjoy our success? I do mean the gold medals in case anyone can not understand my meaning, are you proud to be British? did it put a tear in your eyes? ( Be honest)

Myriad2112

Olympics cost £11bn .... would we have really missed it?

So the Olympics is over and the country is £11bn worse off. Being sone of the minority who watched less than 4 minutes of the whole thing, do we think that it was all a bit of a waste of time...

sandyRoe

Nationwide. Phishing spam...

"We recently have determined that different computers have logged on to your on line banking account and multiple password failures were present before logons." The e-mail finishes with:...

maggiebee

Cliques

Do you think there are any "cliques" on the AB site? Sometimes feel that there are "in" jokes and some seem to know each other rather well. Am I being paranoid?

Buenchico

Another 'Closing Ceremony' thread.

While there are a few individual posts on the subject, I can't see a thread suggesting names which were missing from the line-up last night. Here's a few that I think should have been considered:...

Bambiagain

Help with wedding speech needed

Sorry, I have no idea what category this fits in, which is why I'm putting it here. Quite simply, who can advise me on how to phrase the beginning of a speech that I am translating into English. The...