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  1. EnglishLady

    Google+ challenges Facebook in social network battle

    BBC News Online search giant Google has launched a new social networking website in its latest attempt to take on Facebook, which now claims more than 500m users. Google+ allows individuals to share photos, messages and comments but also integrates the company's maps and images into the...
  2. EnglishLady

    Funny One Liners

    Funniest one-liners *Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. *I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather.. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car. *We live in a society where pizza gets to your house...
  3. EnglishLady

    Los Alamos nuclear lab: New Mexico fire reaches border

    BBC News A New Mexico wildfire has breached the boundary of Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of the top nuclear weapons research facilities in the US. On Monday, officials said that they had detected "no off-site releases of contamination" and said the facilities face "no immediate...
  4. EnglishLady

    Saturday morning Heroes

    How times have changed :rolleyes: My 2 older kids "hero's" were The Power Rangers and for my youngest it was Pokemon :eek: :D
  5. EnglishLady

    The International Council of Manlaws, Ltd.

    ROFL As soon as I started reading this I knew hunkering would come into somewhere :rolleyes: :D :p
  6. EnglishLady

    Re: NLM and other Pick up #'s

    We have a saying (you might say it here too LOL) .... To err is human To really foul it up takes a computer (clean version :p) :D:p
  7. EnglishLady

    I need help from my load 1 family

    Have you tried calling Brian - he sometimes has one or two waiting for a seat :)
  8. EnglishLady

    INCOMING! Asteroid to Narrowly Miss Earth on Monday

    LOL I forgot about that .... Well done :D:p
  9. EnglishLady

    Mr Obama is not mentioned once LOL

    Enough of Mr Obama ... here's some news to make you smile (or gasp) :D A Tennessee man's body is being exhumed to remove dentures that belong to another man after a mix-up at a Chattanooga hospital. Court records obtained by the newspaper showed Manis died on June 12. The dentures...
  10. EnglishLady

    INCOMING! Asteroid to Narrowly Miss Earth on Monday

    ROFL I don't know if you went to the link, but where it says Discovery News, they have added .... will duck on Monday LOL :D:p
  11. EnglishLady

    INCOMING! Asteroid to Narrowly Miss Earth on Monday

    Discovery News This may sound like late notice, but astronomers have just spotted a rather chunky asteroid heading our way, set to narrowly miss us on Monday. In fact, it will be such a narrow miss that astronomers in the Southern Hemisphere should be able to spot the flyby with fairly...
  12. EnglishLady

    Columbo star Peter Falk dies aged 83

    I think I watched every Columbo episode - I thought he was great.
  13. EnglishLady

    House of Representatives votes against US Libya role

    BBC News The US House has refused to give President Barack Obama authority to continue US participation in the Nato-led operation in Libya, but rejected a bid to cut off money for the conflict. The US role in the Nato mission has drawn criticism from many in Congress in recent weeks...
  14. EnglishLady

    Columbo star Peter Falk dies aged 83

    BBC News Peter Falk, the American actor most famous for his role as TV's scruffy detective, Columbo, has died at the age of 83. The actor died peacefully at home in Beverly Hills on Thursday night, his family said in a statement. He had been suffering from dementia for a number of...
  15. EnglishLady

    Obama along with other countries to tap oil reserves

    Oh dear ... another hand over eyes moment please Witness :p
  16. EnglishLady

    Obama along with other countries to tap oil reserves

    Is the author of that piece a poitical writer Dennis? From that piece it insinuates that the President ALONE made this move and not that the IEA did this as a co-operative :rolleyes:
  17. EnglishLady

    Obama along with other countries to tap oil reserves

    I don't doubt that he would do that - its the way of politicians to praise themselves, but the intelligent voter will remember that it was .... "The IEA says the move is in response to the disruption in supplies caused by the Libyan conflict" and not the President doing it off his own back...
  18. EnglishLady

    Obama along with other countries to tap oil reserves

    LOL we are going in opposite circles on this one :p I will defer to Turtles post above about the IEA is a co-operative :)
  19. EnglishLady

    Mexico urges inquiry as US agent shoots man on border

    BBC News Mexico's government has condemned the fatal shooting of a Mexican man who was allegedly throwing stones at US agents across the Tijuana-San Diego fence. The Mexican foreign ministry said the use of firearms to repel stone-throwing was "disproportionate". San Diego police said...
  20. EnglishLady

    The price of oil has fallen after the International Energy Agency said that its membe

    US warns Syria over troop movement at Turkey border BBC News The US has expressed concern over reports that Syria is moving troops near the border with Turkey, and warned of a possible escalation of conflict. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the reported Syrian troops movements...
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