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  1. EnglishLady

    Life Changing Decision

    Hi and welcome to EO :) You are correct with your title .... it will be a life changing decision and you do need to think very hard and seriously about what you will be giving up. Expediting is a gamble every single day. Some days you win, some days you lose even if you are in a usual...
  2. EnglishLady

    Stupid or Dangerous?

    If it were true, I would be blaming someone other than the President and pretty pronto too !! He only knows what he is told ....... someone else had their finger on this pulse first !
  3. EnglishLady

    No, no Grandma

    It actually reminded me of me trying to teach my Mum how to use skype and FB ..... it was always the computers fault ROFL :p
  4. EnglishLady

    No, no Grandma

    LOL, this is so true LOL :p
  5. EnglishLady

    Ready for a change !

    Welcome to EO .... :)
  6. EnglishLady

    Norwegian driver hits bear after trying to avoid moose

    BBC A Norwegian driver who tried to avoid crashing into a moose hit a bear instead, a wildlife official said. The accident took place on Wednesday night on a rural road 225km (140 miles) north of Oslo, in Hedmark county. While the driver escaped uninjured, a search party was tracking...
  7. EnglishLady

    Ecuador grants asylum to Assange

    I only meant to enlighten those that may not know why that older law was mentioned. I agree that they are at a stalemate at this time, but I don't see Britain "waiting" for years. Its really laughable that Assange says "It was not Britain or my home country, Australia, that stood up to...
  8. EnglishLady

    Ecuador grants asylum to Assange

    With very good reason .... WPC Yvonne Fletcher Wounded policewoman dies in hospital | World news | guardian.co.uk
  9. EnglishLady

    Scott's wrecked ship Terra Nova discovered in Arctic

    BBC The wreck of the ship that carried Captain Robert Scott on his doomed expedition to the Antarctic a century ago has been discovered off Greenland. The SS Terra Nova was found by a team from a US research company. Scott and his party set off from Cardiff aboard the Terra Nova in 1910...
  10. EnglishLady

    Beard row halts trial of Major accused of murder

    Was he clean shaven before the shooting? I'm going to take that as a yes because of the line "It is also argued that the beard makes it hard for witnesses to identify him" Was he a Muslim before the shooting? If so, then he should have no problem shaving the beard off as he was clean cut...
  11. EnglishLady

    Breaking News .... Two police shot dead and two injured in Louisiana

    BBC Two police officers have been shot dead and two others wounded after they were attacked in the US state of Louisiana. The shooting happened early on Thursday in the community of St John the Baptist Parish, 35 miles (56 km) west of New Orleans. Police spokesman Captain Dane Clement told...
  12. EnglishLady

    Beard row halts trial of Major accused of murder

    BBC The trial of a US army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting spree at an army base has been suspended while a court decides whether his beard should be removed. Major Nidal Hasan's lawyers say the beard is an expression of his Muslim faith, but army regulations state...
  13. EnglishLady

    Ecuador grants asylum to Assange

    Update BBC News - Julian Assange: Ecuador grants Wikileaks founder asylum
  14. EnglishLady

    Ecuador grants asylum to Assange

    Oh boy this is going to get ugly !! BBC Breaking News BBC News - Home
  15. EnglishLady

    Israel Plans Iran Strike

    The BBC's take on things ..... Israel's outgoing home front defence minister says an attack on Iran would likely trigger a month-long conflict that would leave 500 Israelis dead. Matan Vilnai told the Maariv newspaper that the fighting would be "on several fronts", with hundreds of...
  16. EnglishLady

    Feed the kids, get a fine...

    Wow! what a compassionate neighbour .... NOT! and what about .... "I don't think it's my responsibility to go to her to say, 'why don’t you come to talk to me to see if there’s something that we can do to help your program,'" William Pisarek, the Chester Township business manager, said...
  17. EnglishLady

    Apologies to any blondes ......

    A blonde lady motorist was about two hours from San Diego when she was flagged down by a man whose truck had broken down. The man walked up to the car and asked, "Are you going to San Diego ?" "Sure," answered the blonde, "do you need a lift?" "Not for me. I'll be spending the next three hours...
  18. EnglishLady

    Apologies to any blondes ......

    Blonde takes her computer in for repair and the techie asks for her password so he can get into her setting to fix it. The blonde says "MickeyDonaldGoofyPlutoMinnieWoodyBuzzLondon" Geek says "Why the long password?" Blonde replies "The manual said it had to contain at least 7...
  19. EnglishLady

    Bill Gates looks to new toilets to improve world sanitation

    BBC Bill Gates is, in a manner of speaking, flushing his money down the toilet. His charitable organisation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for future loos that can improve sanitation around the world. At the Reinvent the Toilet fair, hosted at its Seattle campus this...
  20. EnglishLady

    Modern Technology

    I was visiting my son and daughter-in-law last night when I asked if I could borrow a newspaper. 'This is the 21st century, old man,' he said. 'We don't waste money on newspapers. Here, you can borrow my iPad.' I can tell you, that bloody fly never knew what hit it...
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