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Is it safe?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-110888 7/What-did-wrong-Parents-took-toddler-walk-fro zen-pond-deny-reckless.html At times I have been among the first to criticise 'The Nanny State', Health &...

Oneeyedvic

PS3 Linux - is there a point?

I am awaiting delivery of my PS3 now - have really only purchased it to use as a media streamer and Blu Ray player. However I noticed that you can install linux on to it - just wondering if anyone has...

mandimoo

optimum heart rate for fat burning

i understand this to be 60-70% of your max HR for sex/age/weight. i have been exercising hard for approx 2-3 months before xmas and not really seeing any fat burning results. for xmas i got a heart...

BRIGHT SPARK

four wheel drive vehicles

Why do so many people in this country appear to have negative praise for the above ?. Is it just media driven or do people have minds of their own?.

johnlennon

help! being a guarentor

a friend has asked if i wold be a guarentor for a 3,000 loan for her which she will be paying off over six years. i understand some of the risks to this but i have recently bought a house. i...

rov1200

Afghanistan - continual drip of soldiers being killed

Is the policy in Afghanistan really working? Every day or two a soldier is killed by the Taliban. Could we take a lesson from the Israeli military? That is where a known suspect is living to blast a...

Bangie

If you truly loved someone, would you let age stand in the way?

"Age is a question of mind over matter, if you don't mind, then it doesn't matter" Love is already hard enough to find in this world, if you were truly in love with someone, would...

anotheoldgit

Are they waking up at last and beginning to smell the coffee?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-110404 6/Britains-betrayed-white-working-classes-beli eve-immigrants-receive-better-treatment.html Ms Blears warned that white people's concerns about the...

SpikieMikie

Vehicle lease - my car doesn't exist !

In May I ordered a new Volvo through an independent broker and was financed through Lombard. The car arrived the second week in September. Since then Lombard have failed to claim any payment - 3...

HaizeyDays

Refund Notices...

Is it illegal for shops to put notices in windows saying that they will not offer a refund? If so, what is the relevant legislation? Many thanks, KHT

Oneeyedvic

Dinner Party games

Any ideas on dinner party games (not purchased ones - just verbal games you play during the evening or over the cheese / port)

Annna

Archos5???

Looks very good, but at ?300 odd its very expensive. Does anyone have one, and what is the verdict? I want a good video player for on the train say, internet access, music, games and an e-book. Does...

R1Geezer

Jonathan Woss....

Why is this peice of talentless excressence being allowed back on air? I can't believe the BBC cannot come up with a replacement. At least the other tw&t did the decent thing and fired himself.

anotheoldgit

Not British?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7789773.stm I wish the media would stop calling these convicted terrorists BRITISH. What has happened to the word Traitor? These traitors should give up all entitlement...

Mani Hussain

Another Blow to American Democracy

American democracy was dealt a heavy blow on Monday when gun loving Vice President Dick Cheney admitted that he supported the use of torture techniques in Guantanamo Bay....

sp1814

Why aren't the Tories doing better

Assuming the country is 'going to hell in a handcart' (immigration issues, financial meltdowns, housing market woes etc etc), why aren't the Tories doing better?...

SazzyC0

Cottage Pie

Anyone have any secrets on how to make this more interesting?

Gromit

Should Jaguar get a bailout?

Ailing car firm Jaguar wants a Government bailout. Sales are down for the luxury car maker that employs 15,000 in the UK. The company was sold by Ford earlier this year for ?1billion. The carmakers...