Thu 15 Dec, 2011 07:21 am - You'll be glad to hear that I am now away for Xmas (going back to old Angleterre to see family) and will be back in the New Year.
Just as an exercise, I'll put in the £/Euro... (view)
Thu 15 Dec, 2011 07:13 am - Her Majesty the Queen has been trained, from a young age, never to fart unless a lady in waiting is in the vicinity, with some loo roll.
Just in case. (view)
Thu 15 Dec, 2011 07:10 am - I'm not sure about the christian thing, but I suspect that I'm a born again labrador as I have an unremitting urge to pee every time I pass a lamp post.
Does that count? (view)
Thu 15 Dec, 2011 07:04 am - This is worth reading, IMO, as the nuts and bolts are spot on, even though he's a bit of a ranter at times.
I would reckon that he's in line with what most Brits are thinking....well,... (view)
Thu 15 Dec, 2011 06:33 am - "This has nothing to do with freedom or democracy - or Patton, or Wellington for that matter - so please drop that tack, it's irrelevant to the point of incoherence. It has to do with... (view)
Thu 15 Dec, 2011 06:06 am - "The Bank of Italy stressed that demand for the bonds had been high, with demand for the debts outstripping supply by 50%."
I'm sure that the Bank of Italy spokesman could have... (view)
Thu 15 Dec, 2011 05:39 am - "This allegation about the German bond auction is absurd - "
"Yesterday the crisis jolted Germany. A bond auction revealed that there were few takers even for normally rock solid... (view)
Thu 15 Dec, 2011 04:27 am - Henry VIII for a start! ....
Here's more....
" Decapitation has been used as a form of capital punishment for millennia. The terms "capital offence", "capital... (view)
Thu 15 Dec, 2011 03:00 am - "“It happened all the time, not necessarily in MNF-West all the time, but throughout the whole country,” General Johnson testified, using a military abbreviation for allied forces... (view)
Thu 15 Dec, 2011 02:48 am - It's basically alluding to the favoured method of execution in days gone by - beheading (chopping one's head off).
The author is being metaphorical, of course. (view)
