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  1. EnglishLady

    Strange but True News

    Oh very good Turtle :D Well done :D
  2. EnglishLady

    WikiLeaks dropped by domain name provider

    Assoc. Press Dec3 2010 – 21 mins ago STOCKHOLM – WikiLeaks' American domain name system provider, EveryDNS, has withdrawn service to the wikileaks.org name after the secret-spilling website once again became the target of hacker attacks. EveryDNS said in a statement that it...
  3. EnglishLady

    Strange but True News

    (Dec. 2) -- Unless you're a twin, the odds that you'll share a birthday with a member of your family are pretty low. And the chances of falling in love with someone born on the same day as you and then having a child also born on that same day are really astronomical: about 1 in 133,225...
  4. EnglishLady

    Dick Cheney faces bribery scandal charges in Nigeria

    .Nigeria's anti-corruption agency is to charge former US Vice-President Dick Cheney over a bribery scandal that involves a former subsidiary of energy firm Halliburton. The case centres on engineering firm KBR, which admitted bribing officials. A lawyer for Mr Cheney said allegations he...
  5. EnglishLady

    Ivory Coast election: Army says it has sealed borders

    BBC News The Ivorian military has sealed the country's borders and cut international media as tensions rise over the outcome of the presidential election run-off. It comes after the Constitutional Court rejected a declaration by the electoral commission that opposition candidate Alassane...
  6. EnglishLady

    Are you a Gamer?

    LOL :p The games are indeed Country formatted (as are DVD's, don't get me started on how many of them I left LOL) and of course the power supply is different also. But ... if I had used my noggin, I could have brought the hard drive with me, which would have meant all my saves would be...
  7. EnglishLady

    The Noose tightens around Wikileaks Assange

    Raphael G. Satter And Malin Rising, Associated Press – 26 mins ago LONDON – The law is closing in on Julian Assange. Swedish authorities won a court ruling Thursday in their bid to arrest the WikiLeaks founder for questioning in a rape case, British intelligence is said to know where in...
  8. EnglishLady

    Have a laugh - Share a Joke

    An 8-year-old girl went to her dad, who was working in the yard. She asked him, “Daddy, what is sex?” The father was surprised that she would ask such a question, but decides that if she is old enough to ask the question, then she is old enough to get a straight answer. He proceeded to tell...
  9. EnglishLady

    U.S. Loses Bid to hold 2022 World Cup (soccer)

    Russia and Qatar have been chosen to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals respectively after a secret ballot of Fifa's 22 executive members in Zurich. Russia was selected ahead of co-bidders Spain-Portugal and Holland-Belgium and England, which won only two votes. Qatar defeated bids...
  10. EnglishLady

    "New Form of Life" found in the U.S.

    Arsenic-loving bacteria may help in hunt for alien life BBC News The bacteria slowly incorporated arsenic into their innermost workings The bacterium, found in a California lake, uses the usually poisonous element arsenic in place of phosphorus. The find, described in Science...
  11. EnglishLady

    Prisoners could make own toilet paper

    BBC News. Prisoners could make own toilet paper under Iowa plan The move could save the Iowa state prison system up to $100,000 (£64,292) a year Prisoners in the US state of Iowa could soon be making their own toilet paper, in what officials describe as a bid to save taxpayers money...
  12. EnglishLady

    Any ideas of what caused this?

    LOL - I'm still learning all about the wildlife here in the US .... I had to look that one up on the net :D
  13. EnglishLady

    Are you a Gamer?

    ROFL - I'm still laughing reading that first paragraph :D My soulmate and I decided it was time for us to settle down instead of flying back and forth :) And you are probably right on the scan distance required for the Kinect - that would be even funnier than the van rocking wouldn't it -...
  14. EnglishLady

    Only a Woman would understand this ....

    WOOHOO I found the solution :D
  15. EnglishLady

    Are you a Gamer?

    That would be a no I use the mobile wireless internet...... only got this 360 last year cos I had to leave mine in the UK, with all my games I might add :( None of it would work over here - but I'm building my"library" of games back up - and like you said - the $10 section is good for that...
  16. EnglishLady

    Funny or Not pic's & Photo's

    This Photo is titled ....... "Don't you just hate dropped calls" :D:D
  17. EnglishLady

    Are you a Gamer?

    I have mobile internet - its not that good for mp and can drag the party down lag wise :( But saying that, it can be dragged down even if you are hardwired, depending on who's party you are joining & where you live :D
  18. EnglishLady

    December Locations

    Mi to Alabama :D
  19. EnglishLady

    Have a laugh - Share a Joke

    My Car! My Car! A very successful lawyer parked his brand-new Lexus in front of his office, ready to show it off to his colleagues. As he got out, a truck passed too close and completely tore off the door on the driver’s side. The lawyer immediately grabbed his cell phone, dialed 911, and...
  20. EnglishLady

    New Brain Teasers

    Find the answer that best completes the analogy people : democracy :: wealthy : A. oligarchy B. oligopoly C. plutocracy D. timocracy E. autocracy :p
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