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With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, It is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which almost went unnoticed last week. Larry La Prise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Kokey", died peacefully at age 93. The most traumatic...

Is this in, out, or pending ? At which level just HGV, or throughout the lower echelons of goods vehicles? It's all happening ... Euro, blanket speed limit looming on the horizon attached to fuel saving drive... :D :D

Not saying it is bad, but all becoming just a bit complex... Soon be unknowingly (I know, ignorance of a law is not a defence) breaking the law whatever one does .. hopefully not an eight bullet job, yet. :roll: :roll:

ordered Norton Ghost V.8 on Sat, arrived 8-30am tues, installed, backed C drive .. Image integrety checked. Deleted c: contents from dos .. restored c: .. 41 mins to back up, 15min to check, 41 mins to restore .. works like a dream on the auld Oirish telly ... 20GB backed to 9GB on D:.. May not...

Just saw on TV, home for £205k, contents the whole shebang overlooking Acapulco bay..... a stunner ! :D :D

We all know the yanks will spend without a need .. Yes, righto ! :wink: Venezuela plane crash kills 160 Just a tad late for some. :(

Is it becoming 'you pays your money and takes your chances...'? To Oz? .... Singapore Airlines or Qantas then BA, once did far east with the latter, crew seemed intent on 'lights out' and literally disappearing, whereas SA crew patrolled quietly and unobtrusively 'being there' throughout the...

We did poorly at the worlds ! But just look at Germany, only 5 medals total, inc. 1 gold and 1 silver. What happened to the potential after the collapse of the 'wall'? Too busy making dosh in other areas I suppose. I really thought the Germans would have challenged the US by now... :D :D

If lunatic atrocities begin to take place on a regular basis could our economies survive? Is the terrorist destined to win in the end, gnawing from the inside? At the end of the day, given the Irish supposed 'end game', should our leaders attempt to hold dialogue with Al Qaeda, if there...

Anyone notice how the women hammer throwers' appearance has changed? Excellent performances from some well fit ladies. The slighter and shorter athletes have done well too, power to weight ratios I suppose ... I am still a little skeptical about the muscle on the female sprinters ... more than...

On the horsey angle I certainly remember the mighty Arkle, a 'chaser, probably the greatest ever. LINK Used to give away 'stones' of weight to opponents under the handicapper, all but 3 times gave them all a sound thrashing, apparently some 27 times over the sticks. Can you imagine the Irish...

LINK Saw a similar thing once, on Singapore back in the 90's when Indonesia was burning then.... Quite frightening in a way, no escape from the smoke haze.. As bad as living where I do at times .. plonkers and garden fires.. :wink: :D :D

Just when I thought we had hit the straightway !! Most snow since '51. LINK :wink:

Why this Q? BT have upgraded customers to 2Mb.. fine. But an 'Intelligent Updater' virus update of 8.42 MB from Symantec downloads in seconds... Again this is great, but for normal surfing I am wondering if the speed brings it's own set of problems to the process .. The question is how to...

Somerset dawn this am. :shock: :D :D :D

Ah, the twin 'anchors' of the Labour party...LINK :wink: :D :D

Just saw this elsewhere ..... from 2004, is it relatively easy to secure ? :wink:

Turbo Charged !! :D :D :D :D

Oh dear, looks like we just may turn out to be the worst performing home nation, when the old Olympics stagger around in 2012. They used to moan about the 'semi-pros' from overseas during the shamature years ... Now they flounce around in Mercs laden with 'bling' (WTFIT?)... Too vain to train ...

LINK Oh, really? As if he did not know this, being a Lawyer !! How many other flawed pieces of claptrap legislation has this Govn instigated, only to back-track / down later? It is just to pander to popular public opinion, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing ! We just get more of the...