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  1. EnglishLady

    Expert board game players utilise specific brain areas

    BBC Jan 21 Scientists have discovered that expert board game players use a part of their brain that amateurs fail to utilise. The research, published in Science, involved scanning the brains of both professional and amateur Japanese "Shogi" players. Shogi is a Japanese game, similar to...
  2. EnglishLady

    Fossil female pterosaur found with preserved egg

    Not even going to go there ROFL :D:D
  3. EnglishLady

    For those interested: Tony Blair 'deeply and profoundly regrets' Iraq dead

    Tony Blair on the coals ...again ... for taking the UK into the Iraq War BBC News - Tony Blair 'deeply and profoundly regrets' Iraq dead
  4. EnglishLady

    Banned in Britain: Pastor Terry Jones

    thats going to sound funny in a pub soon (cos of the new glass size thats being introduced) "You wanna another two thirds mate?" :D:D
  5. EnglishLady

    Banned in Britain: Pastor Terry Jones

    Oh trust me that is still going on today with only one change ... today it is .... THE METRIC SYSTEM !! ..... :mad: We are STILL half and half on this - we use Litres at the pump but road signs are in MPH etc One shop keeper was prosecuted for advertising the fruit in lb's instead of a KG. He...
  6. EnglishLady

    Banned in Britain: Pastor Terry Jones

    I do remember my mum & dad not being happy about entering "The Common Market" I have no idea why we are in the EU when we are an Island and have always stood on our own. The EU probably threaten to cut trade or something :mad:
  7. EnglishLady

    Banned in Britain: Pastor Terry Jones

    ROFL Being a part of the EU doesn't mean we HAVE to be called European don't y'know :D Anyhoo we kept our own money, and don't bow and scrape to every whim from Brussels .... that has to count for something don't you think :p:p
  8. EnglishLady

    Banned in Britain: Pastor Terry Jones

    ROFL - that was funny :D
  9. EnglishLady

    Are you a Gamer?

    Woohoo, my youngest just received an offer of employment from Codemasters in the UK (they make the driving video games) :D He will be starting in the QA department Feb 7 :D:D
  10. EnglishLady

    George Lucas says world will end in 2012

    LOL ... I liked the early one's better than the latest one's :p
  11. EnglishLady

    George Lucas says world will end in 2012

    Telegraph Jan 21 Seth Rogen, a comedian and actor, said that he was left speechless by a recent conversation in which George Lucas, the producer of Star Wars and other Hollywood hits, told him of his belief that the world would end in 2012 Lucas made his claims at a meeting with the actor...
  12. EnglishLady

    Fossil female pterosaur found with preserved egg

    BBC News Jan 20 For fossil hunters, it represents one of those breakthrough moments. A pterosaur has been found in China beautifully preserved with an egg. The egg indicates this ancient flying reptile was a female, and that realisation has allowed researchers to sex these creatures for...
  13. EnglishLady

    Banned in Britain: Pastor Terry Jones

    Thats quite alright Aristotle :) FYI - although I maybe classed as European by some, we do not use that term - we are, British or English (or Welsh, Scottish etc) I think you will find that is the same with any of the Countries on the Mainland too - they are German, French, Spanish etc I...
  14. EnglishLady

    Banned in Britain: Pastor Terry Jones

    ok No, I have not heard of that book or Melanie Phillips before. I have been doing some quick reading up on Ms Phillips and, Oh my word she does have a lot of bee's in her bonnet. She seems to have a gripe with every country, not just the UK, and that includes the USA. :rolleyes:
  15. EnglishLady

    Banned in Britain: Pastor Terry Jones

    Really? And what expert opinion do you base that remark on? Brussels sneezes and the rest of Europe gets a cold - is that it? Which is why Britain stands aloof on many things that Brussels "wants".
  16. EnglishLady

    The weird, the odd & the funny

    Telegraph 11:11PM GMT 20 Jan 2011 US restaurant to offer African lion tacos A Tucson taco restaurant already has served up python, alligator, elk, kangaroo, rattlesnake and turtle. Next on the menu will be lion meat. Boca Tacos y Tequila says it's accepting orders for African...
  17. EnglishLady

    The Tudors

    If you enjoy a good period drama, I can recommend The Tudors. BBC America Wednesday 10/9c In short its all about Henry VIII and his wives - the only thing to remember is it is not a factual docu-drama, its more like ..... "what if it happened this way" But a very good, entertaining series.
  18. EnglishLady

    Brenda Jensen's voice restored after larynx transplant

    BBC News Jan 20 A woman in the US is able to speak for the first time in 11 years after a pioneering voicebox transplant. Brenda Jensen said the operation, which took place in California, was a miracle which had restored her life. Thirteen days after the surgery she said her first...
  19. EnglishLady

    And now here is the weather ......

    Because I know how much you all love this subject :p:p BBC News Jan 20 2010 hits global temperature high 2010 was the warmest year since global temperature records began in 1850 - although margins of uncertainty make it a statistical tie with 1998 and 2005. The World...
  20. EnglishLady

    German man admits smuggling live tarantulas into US

    :eek::eek: btw ... Tony says thanks :rolleyes:
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