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Fair enough John Oxford reference book defines Great Britain as “England, Scotland and Wales considered as a unit; the name is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. Wales was politically incorporated with England in the 16th century and the Act of Union formally united Scotland...

Every other GB contestant I've seen at the Olympics has "Team GB" and their name on the back of their team shirt. What is it with Murray that he hasn't? Is he really that anti-English/anti-UK?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFYOHrwi-W8

"Emma" by far their best

More fun there than Illya Kuryakin had!

Just watched a dvd of Series 1 that daughter loaned us. Great TV at a budget price and that Joanna Lumley was something else! Anybody remember the series?

Can't help but agree with you on this one Joe. Question is "How long before the **** hits the fan?"

Mate of mine who lives in the States claims he is suffering from Erectile Dysfunction, as in neither of the candidates turn him on. Do you think we might catch that in the UK soonish?

The Thought Police are still very active then

Final feedback and thank-you Having changed both the washing machine for a new energy-efficient model (and a reasonably new Dishwasher in 2006), our water consumption (measured over a 20week period) has dropped from 165m3 p.a. to 115 m3 p.a. At Cornwall rates that is a large savings...

As the article says, Taylor-Wimpey also in the same clag and laying people off. Other reports say they may not survive their cash-flow crisis So does this mean the end of Estate Agents, Solicitors et al? :roll:

Reminds you of the story of the Suadi Crown Prince visiting the USA with his family on holiday. At the end of his stay he had a courtesy visit with Bush who asked him if he and his family had enjoyed their stay. The Crown Prince said yes but his son, who had become an ardent Star-treck fan...

Might work Tim They do say "You can't keep a good Watership Down" :roll:

Thanks for the replies gents The Serviceman who came today was the engineer who installed this system originally (when the house was being built). He confirmed all connections to the control box etc were soldered ["proper job" he said] He gave us a £20 discount on the call-out as he was...

In trawling the relevant webpages I get the impression that most elements of an alarm system have a relatively short life (battery 5 years, ditto sensors). That's a worry as my system is nearly 8 years old and my neighbours identical system of similar age, has started playing up and going off in...

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Reminds me of the old joke years ago when all DC10s were grounded on safety fears Rumour had it that Air Lingus didn't have any DC10s so they grounded 2 DC3s and a DC4

Many thanks Ricky (feeling stupid)

Theres is a device mounted on my external wall in the middle of the oil feed line to my boiler. It is made by Teddington Controls and is marked OFS E101 -1996 0936 11-54-07 and has a single wire entering the top. It is dripping fuel from the small rubber-covered button in the bottom of it...

Seems fairly certain now that it's only a matter of time before a change at Westminster. Question is should we be warning them north of the border that we will shortly be returning their cast-offs? Or do you think they will have worked it out for themselves?