Coming up to my fortieth, got me thinking.. a wwhile ago there was a poll Iabout users ages. I was quite surprised that the majority answered that they were my age or older, mostly older I think. It...
Bearing in mind that I am a total illiterate in computing matters, does anyone know of a program I could download that will reverse-spell a list of words? For example, if I input house, picnic and...
Can anyone give me examples of a mass noun. So often on Countdown
Susie Dent disallows a word because it is a mass noun and I wondered what
the rules were?...
When did 'incredible' become the popular intensifier that it now is ? It seems that everyone (apart from me!) now uses it, whether they are academics in TV documentaries, politicians or footballers,...
Hiya, I would be grateful if you would read this link about a school in Sheffield that has banned what it calls 'slang'. http://www.telegraph....-slang-in-school.html I think it is idiotic and is...
who died recently, i too wonder how this is all going to work out. I don't believe he was a racist, nor that for the most part he was wrong. Hounded out of the job for his views, how many more....
// Britain is under threat from a rising tide of "militant secularisation", a cabinet minister has warned. Religion is being "sidelined, marginalised and downgraded in the public...
What are Argentina upto?...British nuclear submarines have patrolled the South Atlantic,for many years.. Now they complain about HMS Dauntless being deployed to the area,and any submarines with...
In Saturday's Daily Telegraph (4th Feb) Quick Crossword was the clue, ' A glancing collision'. Five letters. The answer was given today (Monday) as ' CORAM'. I've never heard this word before and I...
She looks great this moring, and very smiley. She must've had a good bonk last night. It's a bit hard to see her against that sofa. Her look today is distinctly ... ... "camouflage!"...
...for the First of the month! We are both enjoying a weeks leave.Woke at 9! :-)As I made a move to go put on some coffee,I gave my oh,a pinch and a punch for the first of the month! She was...
Public opinion or Political Pressure?
The Forfeiture Committee has ruled and the Queen has accepted.
Yep Mr Fred down the local tonight..... Why was this not done sooner?...