Just in the last few days I've noticed on the television news sports coverage of the Paralympics there has been a marked absence of the U.S.A in the Medal tables. Do the U.S.A not send any disabled...
I am off to Hawaii in a fortnight. I was planning to take a couple of hundred pounds in dollars and rely on my Lloyds-TSB debit card for restaurants, trips and other larger bills. Can anyone see any...
Mrs BT and I are visiting London next Monday to watch the Olympic parade. It is out intention to also visit the Olympic park, can anyone give me a clue as to the best way of getting there. Thank you...
When Max Bygraves died, his friends all said what a lovely guy he was. Now the papers say he was an unpleasant bully, horrid to people he worked with, had a string of secret affairs, a number of...
Was Oscar (a thoroughly likeable athlete) right to protest about the length of his opponents blades after he was pipped to the post in the 200m final tonight? Was it bad sportsmanship or was he just...
I'd finally got to like Kate Garraway and I loved Dan Lobb. Now it looks like the hopeless Lorraine Kelly is sat beside Winston Churchill. Sorry, cannot watch it anymore. You?
Good morning - help with last one please - 18a 4 and 3 letters. clue The ...... 1824 oil on panel by artist Sir Edwin Landseer depicting one of the fables by Jean de la Fontaine. I have ?a?s?a?....
Grant Shapps, the Housing minister who has been described hyperactive, an effective media performer and an "attack dog". http://www.independen...-shakeup-8100022.html Or Baroness Warsi, the...
I'm away for a day or two - and the cottage doesn't have a shower - only a (smallish) bath - mainly because the ceilings are too low. I hate bl**dy baths - they are just not 'fit for purpose' -...
Thank you all for your best wishes. We had a roast beef platter in a pub with bread, pickle, salad, (could have had horseradish but don't like it). Really nice meal. Does anyone remember when pubs...
We are entertaining on Wednesday evening and our guests are vegetarians. Would really appreciate a recipe that would suit both vegetarians and meat eaters alike. Don't think they eat fish either. In...
It's our wedding anniversary today and I was trying to decide where to take my OH for a meal. It was a toss-up between MacDonalds and BurgerKing. Our youngest and her husband have come to the rescue...
Rhett Butler: What kind of a ring would you like?
Scarlett O'Hara: A diamond ring, Rhett, and do buy a great big one!
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Do you have it on all day? When does it go off? I put it on as soon as i get up! Mum dosent. I wasnt allowed tv on before school AT ALL. We have news on during dinner, and i usually fall asleep with...
what has many limbs,but cannot walk? Mark can throw a ball as hard as he can and it always comes back to him.Nothing and no one touches the ball except Mark.Why does the ball come back? many...