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  1. EnglishLady

    Economics E.O Style

    Early hours of this morning I found myself watching some program about the US Economy .... as far as I could make out (as I came partway through the program) the panel were made up of Economists. Now bear with me cos this was at 3am this morning, so I can't remember everything that was...
  2. EnglishLady

    Smoking addiction-

    Same as any addiction really - why some have more will power than others to never start or to quit is a mystery even to the Scientists. Alcoholics are another good example - they are hospitilised for whatever reason and the first thing they do when they get out is find a drink. A famous...
  3. EnglishLady

    Skirts

    Sort of ........ :o My brother-in-law is Scottish :D
  4. EnglishLady

    Inseparable twin friars die hours apart, age 92

    BBC News Identical twin Franciscan friars who rarely left each other's side from their births 92 years ago have died within hours of each other. Julian and Adrian Riester went to school together, travelled together and joined the Franciscan order together. The Buffalo-born brothers both...
  5. EnglishLady

    Skirts

    Phew !! Oh No now you know I was here again .....:o :D:p
  6. EnglishLady

    Skirts

    :o sorry, I can't visit this thread again now :o :p
  7. EnglishLady

    Jack Kevorkian dies

    Why would you want to lay a guilt trip on a women that has been raped and finds herself pregnant? :confused: I don't believe making a women feeled shamed, guilty or anything else makes for happy motherhood ! As always IMO :)
  8. EnglishLady

    Jack Kevorkian dies

    Maybe below 20 weeks - you hear all the time about prem's surviving from around 21 weeks into the pregnancy.
  9. EnglishLady

    Jack Kevorkian dies

    Your opinion can't be wrong - we each have an opinion and thats what makes the world go round :) I can see what you are saying .... but my input would be that that makes it seem like an easy "get out of jail card" We need to somehow educate ppl that it is not As I said before, an...
  10. EnglishLady

    Skirts

    Just as long as it is not Scotsman style - you know about Scotsman and their kilts right :o
  11. EnglishLady

    U.S. police shoot fake alligator

    Hmm seem that I have quite often heard the term .... NUKE 'EM !! since I have been here :rolleyes: :D:p
  12. EnglishLady

    U.S. police shoot fake alligator

    LOL I liked the part ..... ''After a brief stalk through the Hedge End savannah...... " And please note ...... not one shot fired at the "tiger" :D:D
  13. EnglishLady

    Jack Kevorkian dies

    This is such an emotive subject A raped woman must be able to choose for herself if she wants to carry or have an abortion. Parents of a fetus that has been medically diagnosed with a severe condition must be able to choose, though ultimately it must be the woman's decision that is final...
  14. EnglishLady

    June Location with banter

    We were just up in your neck of the woods .... didn't know you were home .... you could have put the kettle on :D:p
  15. EnglishLady

    U.S. police shoot fake alligator

    Touche :D:p But the tiger was scarier than the aligator :eek: :D
  16. EnglishLady

    U.S. police shoot fake alligator

    Reuters KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters Life!) – Police in a suburb in the state of Missouri recently encountered one tough alligator -- or so they thought. Officers in Independence, a Kansas City suburb, responded to a call on a Saturday evening about a large alligator lurking on the...
  17. EnglishLady

    New Yorkers on benefits face fizzy drinks ban

    BBC News - Newsbeat If I may just explain .... Newsbeat is the UK "children's" BBC News, but I thought that this piece was rather interesting. For Dennis, Johnson and Javii, playing basketball in the Bronx, it's the kind of weather for a refreshing fizzy drink. "Soda's good for us,"...
  18. EnglishLady

    Skirts

    I don't know whether I'm in shock or just having a laughing fit :p Some of the guys at truckstops don't look good in the "trousers/shorts" that they have on already. trying not to imagine them in a skirt :eek: :D
  19. EnglishLady

    US Pentagon to treat cyber-attacks as 'acts of war'

    BBC News The US is set to publish plans that will categorise cyber-attacks as acts of war, the Pentagon says. In future, a US president could consider economic sanctions, cyber-retaliation or a military strike if key US computer systems were attacked, officials have said recently. The...
  20. EnglishLady

    Global war on drugs has 'failed' say former leaders

    BBC News The global war on drugs has "failed" according to a new report by group of politicians and former world leaders. The Global Commission on Drug Policy report calls for the legalisation of some drugs and an end to the criminalisation of drug users. The panel includes former UN...
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