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  1. http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/titan-missile-history
  2. http://www.quizyourprofile.com/guessyournumber.swf
  3. Oh thanks for that, may he RIP
  4. Sorry but who was he ? I have never heard of him
  5. Just wondering if anyone thinks it worth getting up at 05.00 NZ time ( 17.00 UK time ) to watch it on TV ? ESPN are showing it live over here so no need for useless internet viewing where it keeps re-loading and has a rubbish picture
  6. I think that the police have charged some ******* scumbag with doing that.
  7. Cyber-Fug, Hampshire says... 6:03pm Wed 7 Oct 09 Southy, I will simplify a basis economic situation as to why socialism will never work. BAR ROOM ECONOMICS Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to £100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay £1. The sixth would pay £3. The seventh would pay £7. The eighth would pay £12. The ninth would pay £18. The tenth man (the richest) would pay £59. So, that's what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by £20." Drinks for the ten now cost just £80. The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the £20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?' They realized that £20 divided by six is £3.33. But if they subtracted that from everyone's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay. And so: The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings). The sixth now paid £2 instead of £3 (33%savings). The seventh now pay £5 instead of £7 (28%savings). The eighth now paid £9 instead of £12 (25% savings). The ninth now paid £14 instead of £18 (22% savings). The tenth now paid £49 instead of £59 (16% savings). Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. "I only got a pound out of the £20," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, "but he got £10!" "Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a pound, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I did!" "That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get £10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!" "Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!" The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill! And that, ladies and gentlemen, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
  8. Yeah, good luck trying http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=15972499 One of my cats watched for a few seconds then walked away from the TV.
  9. True for all cars except Nissans I dislike all Nissans be they cars trucks or buses :mad:
  10. http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2008-2-9-Il76-in-Australia.wmv
  11. I can understand keeping a ticket for a concert I went to, I have done same myself, but I can't understand why you would want to keep one for an event that never happened especially if you could get money back instead.IMHO there is no point in keeping it to make money in the distant future as surely no-one would buy it ??
  12. IMHO it is just a simple word for simple people to remember and use , oh yes and I refuse to use it
  13. AP could have a problem unloading some players IF the player doesn't want to leave OR no other club wants him.
  14. Not quite a recipe http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/hamster .
  15. I have to admit that there are some very tasty older Fords on here, and I am not a great fan of Fords http://www.59ford.com/carfriends/themountaintop.html :cool:
  16. Please read post 13, the answer is there
  17. In January 2008, Hajto was found guilty of manslaughter after speeding in his car and killing a female pedestrian at a zebra crossing on a street in Lodz. Pleading guilty to the charges, he was given a suspended 2-year jail sentence, ordered to pay a fine of 7,000 Polish Zlotys and given a one-year driving ban. Hajto had earlier been fined in 2004 for dealing in smuggled cigarettes.
  18. Perhaps the Saints Trust and or SISA could do something useful at long last and organise a fund raiser or two to help out ?
  19. Traffic wardens over here mark the tyre with chalk and now and then you see people rubbing very hard to remove the chalk before the TW returns
  20. Japanish ?????:rolleyes: I think that you will find that it is the Japanese GP young man :D .
  21. Do keep up chaps was posted on another thread 2 hours ago.
  22. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/09/back_from_the_brink_southampto.html#146591
  23. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/09/back_from_the_brink_southampto.html#146591
  24. Try this then Top Stories Freeview Users Warned To Retune Their Boxes 4:14pm UK, Wednesday September 30, 2009 Millions of Freeview users will have to retune their set-top boxes and TVs today. Television The upgrade will mean thousands of viewers will be able to receive Channel Five The service is being upgraded so as more customers can receive Channel Five and access high definition (HD) television. More than 500,000 Freeview homes will be able to receive Five for the first time - but about 460,000 households will also lose ITV3 and ITV4.
  25. Oh noes, now you will set that Dalek chap off :D
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