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  1. EnglishLady

    Question about load weight.

    IMO I would say that is a hard question to answer, because dispatch know's your weight limitation so would not offer anything over that. Yes there has been an occasional offer that was then noticed it was over our limit but very rarely that happens. :)
  2. EnglishLady

    Have a laugh - Share a Joke

    My Favorite Animal Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was, and I said, "Fried chicken." She said I wasn't funny, but she couldn't have been right, because everyone else in the class laughed. My parents told me to always be truthful and honest, and I am. Fried chicken is my...
  3. EnglishLady

    Fossils of earliest land plants discovered in Argentina

    BBC Earth The earliest plants to have colonised land have been found in Argentina. The discovery puts back by 10 million years the colonisation of land by plants, and suggests that a diversity of land plants had evolved by 472 million years ago. The newly found plants are liverworts...
  4. EnglishLady

    Bird death mystery solved: they 'drank' themselves to death

    Telegraph Authorities in Romania say dozens of starlings died of alcohol poisoning, not avian flu as feared Romeu Lazar, the executive director of the veterinary health department in the Black Sea port of Constanta said on Wednesday a post-mortem revealed the birds ate grape residue that...
  5. EnglishLady

    Arizona shooting: Barack Obama appeals to America to become better

    Still on my learning curve to learn about American politics, I have heard many voices on EO opposing President Obama - I have included in my posts today the highlights of the speech that the President gave in Arizona, which has won praise from many, including one GLEN BECK, which I know someone...
  6. EnglishLady

    Is there a genius in all of us?

    BBC News Those who think geniuses are born and not made should think again, says author David Shenk. Where do athletic and artistic abilities come from? With phrases like "gifted musician", "natural athlete" and "innate intelligence", we have long assumed that talent is a genetic thing...
  7. EnglishLady

    Sequel to Catcher in the Rye 'banned in US'

    BBC News A book billed as the sequel to JD Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye has been banned from release in the US, according to reports. Swedish author Fredrik Colting reached a settlement with Salinger's estate to end a lengthy copyright dispute over the book, Publishers Weekly said...
  8. EnglishLady

    US wholesale prices pushed up by higher energy costs

    BBC News US wholesale prices saw their biggest increase in 11 months in December, led by higher energy and food costs, official figures have shown. The Producer Price Index rose 1.1% in December, compared with November's 0.8% gain. It was the largest increase since January of last year...
  9. EnglishLady

    US banks to close foreign diplomatic mission accounts

    BBC News Foreign diplomats have complained to the US government about the decision of several US banks to end services for diplomatic missions. The diplomats of several countries said they were actively searching for new banks but were having little success. Federal officials heard...
  10. EnglishLady

    January 2011 Location

    Welcome to the"family" Xiggi :D:D Waiting at TA at Dexter Mi :)
  11. EnglishLady

    Tagging penguins limits survival chances, study shows

    Even one called Hubert! :eek: :D:D
  12. EnglishLady

    Global Nazi investigations rise for a second year

    BBC News Jan 13 The number of ongoing investigations into Nazi war criminals increased last year, says a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC). From April 2009 to March 2010 there were 852 investigations being conducted worldwide, compared with 706 during the same period in 2008/09...
  13. EnglishLady

    Arizona shooting: Sarah Palin breaks silence and accuses critics of 'blood libel'

    I didn't either, but maybe it is more well known amongst the Jewish population :confused: From the Guardian link from OP. Her use of the phrase "blood libel" was immediately questioned because, historically, it refers to the false accusation that Jews killed Christian children to use their...
  14. EnglishLady

    Palin e-mail hacker starts prison term

    BBC News Jan 13 A man who broke into Sarah Palin's e-mail has been imprisoned - despite being told he might be spared jail David Kernell, 23, was found guilty last year of illegally accessing Sarah Palin's e-mail during the 2008 presidential campaign. At the time, a judge suggested he...
  15. EnglishLady

    Astronomers reveal 'most distant' galaxy cluster

    BBC News Jan 13 Astronomers have revealed the most distant cluster of galaxies ever observed, caught at a never-before-seen stage of development. Cosmos-Aztec3 has been described as a "metropolis in the making", because such clusters are believed to grow like cities, absorbing outlying...
  16. EnglishLady

    hello

    Good morning and welcome to E.O :)
  17. EnglishLady

    Tagging penguins limits survival chances, study shows

    Too funny, but again great post :D One thing though ....... HUBERT!! :p:p
  18. EnglishLady

    Arizona shooting: Sarah Palin breaks silence and accuses critics of 'blood libel'

    Actually that was my line of thinking too
  19. EnglishLady

    January 2011 Location

    Who's a little star then :p Thank you so much for that info Sat at the Husky somewhere ..... I think in Mississauga :confused: Got a planned load for this afternoon going to Lake Orion MI unless something else comes in before that :D :D
  20. EnglishLady

    Calif. ranchers kill 3 escaped Hearst Ranch zebras

    LOL indeed. About to go into Canada now so I will have to pick this up again tomorrow :D
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