Search results

  1. EnglishLady

    Smart wrapping developed to detect 'off food'

    They really do need to add another smilie to EO... y'know the one with the green face :p
  2. EnglishLady

    January 2011 Location

    Re: Jan Location At the J in Lamar PA, sunny and then an occasional snow flurry :D
  3. EnglishLady

    Polygamist Pummeled by Wives for Planning Fifth Marriage

    AOL News Jan 5 You know you're dealing with a special household when a domestic argument turns into a case of gang assault. But witnesses in Pakistan say that's what happened to polygamist Mian Ishaq, who was beaten up by his first and second wives for allegedly conducting a secret wedding...
  4. EnglishLady

    Real-Life Superhero Fights Crime In US City

    Sky News Jan 6 A real-life Superhero dressed in tights, a mask and a black and gold lycra suit, says he is helping to make the streets of Seattle safer by scaring away criminals The man, called Phoenix Jones, wears a bullet proof vest, and also has stab protection as well as being armed...
  5. EnglishLady

    Smart wrapping developed to detect 'off food'

    BBC News Jan 6 A new generation of smart packaging - which flags up when food is going off - is being developed in Glasgow. Researchers from Strathclyde University (Scotland) are working on indicators made from "intelligent plastics" which change colour when food loses its freshness...
  6. EnglishLady

    Thouands Of Dead Birds Fall From Sky In US

    Update (again) Sky News Jan 5 Two Million Fish Found Dead In Maryland Around two million fish have died in the Chesapeake Bay area in Maryland, just days after two similar incidents elsewhere in the US baffled scientists Officials are now trying to find out what happened...
  7. EnglishLady

    CES gadget show dominated by tablet computers

    BBC News Jan 5 Tablets look set to hog the headlines at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Industry watchers expect 100 or more of the portable gadgets to be shown off at the four-day technology extravaganza. About 120,000 people are expected to visit the 150,000 sq m...
  8. EnglishLady

    US oil spill: Cost-cutting decisions led to BP disaster

    BBC News Jan 5 The companies involved in the BP oil spill had made decisions to cut costs and save time that contributed to the disaster, a US panel has found. In a 48-page report, the presidential commission wrote that the failures were "systemic" and likely to recur without industry and...
  9. EnglishLady

    US Federal Reserve to press on with QE2 stimulus plan

    why is it called the QE2 ? :confused:
  10. EnglishLady

    Explosion kills one at Tennessee ammunition plant

    MEMPHIS (Reuters) – A blast ripped through an ammunitions plant in southwestern Tennessee on Wednesday, killing one worker and forcing the evacuation of neighboring industrial businesses, authorities said. The blast at the Kinematics Research plant in Oakland occurred during a midafternoon...
  11. EnglishLady

    US car sales confirm auto industry recovery

    Thanks Greg :D How do you interpret the posted profit figures in comparison (to what they are saying lol) to last year?
  12. EnglishLady

    The British Royal Family

    No, the President and Mrs Obama are really giants :p Seriously though - HM is really tiny So, no not photshopped in anyway :D
  13. EnglishLady

    Pink Floyd end EMI legal dispute

    BBC News Pink Floyd have ended a legal battle with their record company EMI and signed a new contract with the label. The rock group recently won a court ruling against the label over whether a deal signed in the pre-download age could be applied to digital sales. "All legal disputes...
  14. EnglishLady

    Are you a Gamer?

    BBC News Before you run out and get the Kinect ..... Kinect blamed for 'red ring of death' Xbox 360 failures Owners of Microsoft's Xbox gaming console have blamed its new Kinect hands-free controller of causing their consoles to fail. Console owners told the BBC that their...
  15. EnglishLady

    Pilot's coffee spill 'caused hijack alert', Canada says

    BBC News Jan 5 A pilot's spilled coffee has been blamed for accidentally activating a hijacking alert and prompting a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Germany to stop in Canada on Monday. The pilot of Flight 940 triggered an emergency code after spilling coffee on radio equipment...
  16. EnglishLady

    US Federal Reserve to press on with QE2 stimulus plan

    BBC News Jan 4 The Federal Reserve will continue with its $600bn (£385bn) stimulus programme as it is not convinced by recent signs of a strengthening recovery in the US economy, meeting notes have revealed. The Fed acknowledged the improving outlook, but said the programme - dubbed QE2 -...
  17. EnglishLady

    The British Royal Family

    Well they all look happy in this pic ..... Oh wait a minute is HM looking for the nearest exit :eek:
  18. EnglishLady

    The British Royal Family

    I have been tirelessly searching on this subject (well.. maybe not tirelessly LOL :p) It seems, and this is from Buck House, that because Prince William is not next in line to the throne, that this wedding is not a State affair. Meaning that the happy couple can "more or less" choose who...
  19. EnglishLady

    Thouands Of Dead Birds Fall From Sky In US

    Update of Update :rolleyes: Sweden reports bird deaths BBC News - Mysterious bird deaths hit Sweden
  20. EnglishLady

    US urges action to prevent insider leaks

    LOL I didn't even notice .... I wonder why :rolleyes: :D:p
Top