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Looks like product placement, to me!

Oh... I see. How do we stand on product placement? If I recommend a neat bit of gear, do I get frowned on?

<t>cars wrote: Only Servers that are also smokers themselves would enter these roomsThat's where the separate rooms idea falls down. Servers are cattle, in the eyes of their head offices - I remember when Sunday Trading came in, and every employee in the land was promised that if they had religious ...

That's not Spam, that's an offer on the manufacturer's homepage! Look at http://www.xmradio.com/skyfi/ - it says free there too.

I expect it only picks up one satellite, and they put a lot of advertising content in their output.

<r>I'm sure everyone recalls all of this. I've made up nothing, just collated a few quotes. I'm posting it mainly in response to today's article at <URL url="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002262069_tillman04.html"><LINK_TEXT text="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/n ... man0...

<r>Scrat wrote: Spot. You really seem to know what your talking about here. How serious;y do you think we should take some of the conspiracy theories out there? I don't have a lot of time to read about it and I really don't know what to believe. Any pointers?Hi Scrat - Wikipedia is a good...

<t>Philadelphia Eagle wrote: Some years ago I had the privledge of meeting the (now deceased) Shah in Teheran. He was trying very hard to modernize Iran until Khomini appeared and the whole process came to a grinding halt.The Shah in Teheran was trying very hard to modernize Iran? This is the same u...

You haven't addressed my question, though - who, exactly, are the Iranians supposed to have bullied? If you want to enlarge the question, who is currently doing the bullying in that part of the world, if it isn't actually the Iranians?

<t>BTS wrote: You've been listenin to Michael Moore WAY Too much .......... conspiracy theories with no proof are for traitors such as you I think it might help people if I put up a direct quote from Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Defense P...

<t>Have I forgotten, BTS? Not now, not ever. When you and your countrymen finally jail Rumsfeld and Cheney and their vile underlings for suppressing the investigators and the normal air defense, so that they could have the domestic outrage they'd angled for, you'll have absolved yourself of responsi...

<t>Philadelphia Eagle wrote: Tomorrow (Tuesday) the Federal Reserve Board hold its May meeting and Chairman Alan Greenspan is likely to announce a quarter point hike in overnight interest rates bringing them up to 3%. They do prefer not to spring surprises, don't they: Associated Pre...

<r>Flouncey wrote: It used to be taught as standard in most secondary schools but I don't think that is the case now. <E>:(</E> "In England and Wales , the National Curriculum compulsory subjects for KS1Ã¢â‚¬â€œ3 include English (and/or Welsh in Wales), mathematics, science, design ...

<t>Philadelphia Eagle wrote: Spot - what I have said is a repeat of generally held views here except that the language I used is considerably toned down from that which you would hear and see nightly on our TV screens. I wouldn't dispute that for a moment, PE. You haven't addressed ...

skittles2004 wrote: I DONT MIND WALKNING. BUT WHAT THE HECK!Bring it back into fashion, Skittles, they'll award you a civic medal eventually. If you want to be particularly ecological, you could even hitch-hike! I have a lot of interesting conversations, hitching.

<t>Philadelphia Eagle wrote: It is considered here that the efforts of Britain, France and Germany will eventually come to nothing. None of those countries seem to have learned that appeasment doesnt pay and none of them have the political will nor strength to really stand up to bullies.Oh, PE, this...

<t>john8pies wrote: Never come to the UK, then, Philadelphia Eagle or it might upset you to find prices creeping up towards Ã‚Â£5 a GALLON!!!That a bit of an exaggeration, John - the pump price today in Bristol is 86p, that's Ã‚Â£3.90 a gallon in England. There are 12 US gallons in each 10 English g...

skittles2004 wrote: I don't drive. Not legal of coarse but hey i never have to worry about gas prices. it's gonna be me and my bike!Good for you, Skittles, neither do I. I need a new pushbike, though, my last one was destroyed a couple of months back and I've been walking since then.

smithy87 wrote: Yesterday I was basking in the sun, in boob tube, shorts and flip flops and the heavens opened.I expect the Lord often reassures the faithful of His continued existence by behaving this way. Was there a passing congregation?

<r>Where are you discussing, Captain? There are countries which ban alcohol but have higher driving death rates than England. Here's a few paragraphs from the UK government Drug Driving report (01/07/2003) at <URL url="http://www.drugs.gov.uk/ReportsandPublications/Communications/10823657...

<t>I saw Riverdance at the Apollo Hammersmith in London, it was a curious affair altogether. The had a magnificent bodhran player which made it worth being in the audience. I did think that the management had the cast tightly controlled. I don't think anyone's gone from performing to fame, which is ...

skittles2004 wrote: Not again!!!!!!! :-5Again, Skittles? I don't recall the Iranians ever had a reactor in the past, but perhaps I missed it.

If anyone knows of a "Help Buy an Enriched Rod for the Ayatollah" charitable Paypal account, do please post the address.

Have you ever visited England, Captain?

Around Bristol we have culinary specialities. Umm.... cider, cider or cider?

I do a mean line in curried cow, which is surely a local derivative.

gmc wrote: I reckon nuclear proliferation is likely to be a bogger problem in the future,No truer word was ever spoken! As we say in Lancashire, it'll be a reet bogger and no mistake.

No, I'm not sick of them - the trick is never to watch one. I've never watched one.

<t>capt_buzzard wrote: Agreed, but there is also Government sponsored terrorism around the worldCertainly. Governments secretly sponsor unattached groups to commit crimes, frequently against their own nationals, in order that the interests of that government are furthered. The executives of the terr...

<t>BTS wrote: Arguing on this forum is like > :-5Anyone who simplistically equates terrorism with Islam deserves all the derisive laughs they get, BTS. I hope your head hurts from the banging. There is state terrorism, and there is private terrorism. The IRA or the Basques, ove...

gmc wrote: Revolutionary socialsts regard social demeocracy as a sell out.So I can take that as a yes, you can be communist and democratic?

I'm not sure that I see most of the posts on ForumGarden, though I'd prefer to. There are far more... conferences? folders? - than I'd expect. But it's a long time since I was on a bulletin board, I might just be out of practice.

<t>reddragonlord wrote: I think Steinbeck was a communist.Seems a fair assessment to me. Who wouldn't be, describing that sort of society? How can anyone not get angry enough to want social equity, reading it?reddragonlord wrote: Although it is not necessarily a call to overthrow government,How do y...

<t>I'm all for a bit more proliferation, myself. Nobody invades countries that have the Device, have you not noticed that? Besides, there are so many of these things in the US that the federal authority could transfer a significant portion to State-controlled National Guard units, and not...

<t>You'll enjoy London, if you're moving to England, Lady. Covent Garden is a terrific Opera venue. The oddest performance I saw there, was during Lionel Friend's time, when they did The Plumber's Gift by David Blake. It was sung in English, set in an hotel, and I wish I'd had the librett...

<t>That had me flummoxed - I thought it was in response to me playing Keith Emerson, and I wondered why this excluded me from enjoying Jeff Beck... You'll have to excuse me, Ma'am, my mind seems to have lost focus this afternoon. For the record, Jeff Beck is high on my playlist...

<t>That's a choice?? Chinese. Great stuff. I'll pay ransom to avoid the burger. OK, my turn. Given that there's a starving indigent man in town for whom you could buy fish and chips and a cup of tea, would you rather meet him so you could help, or not meet him so you...

I'm about fifteen minutes into the Five Bridges Suite by The Nice. I doubt if there's many of you who remember that!

<t>It's hard to see how anyone could throw enough megatons to kill even as much as, say, nine out of ten people on the planet. Even in the sixties I think that was the case, and it's more so now. I'm more bothered by the reduction in living space for wildlife, that's where destruction lies, not in n...

<t>I think it would be easier if we said what meaning we're giving to words here. This is hell: The abode of the dead; the place of departed spirits; the infernal regions or Ã¢â‚¬Ëœlower worldÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ regarded as a place of existence after death; the grave. For many people, ove...

You think that spider's scary? You should see our alligators!

This isn't immediately outside my door, but it's easy walking distance. We have a couple of miles of harbor through the center of town.

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<t>Hi lou-lou, welcome to the Garden. The longer you stay, the more at home you'll feel. The Internet's full of communities, this one's more of a transatlantic mix than many of the others. Join in with the current topics. If you want a topic aired that nobody has raised, start a new thread and we'll...

<t>OK, I think I could defend this list as the greatest all-time ten best guitarists, and nobody's mentioned any of them yet, unless I missed a post... Mark Knopfler Carmelo Luggeri Claire Hamill Les Paul Joni Mitchell Johnny ...

Good Lord, Jives... OK, I'll bite - may I have a representative track of your selection 3 to 10, please? I'll enjoy reviewing it for the thread.

<t>Come on, ArnoldLayne, there's good rules of thumb about this. Can you recognize the guitarist from the first few bars of anything he ever recorded? Has every other guitarist on the planet tried to get your sound with your riff, in his bedroom? Does your granny perk up when you put him on the turn...

I haven't seen many of your list on stage, turbonium. Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, and Segovia, that's it. Great sets, all of them... which of the others have you seen?

<t>Great thread, ArnoldLayne, thank you. OK, your 1 2 3 is unarguable. 1. Carlos Santana 2. Jeff Beck 3. Steve Vai Why you drop Hendrix to 8 is a puzzle, though. 8. Jimi Hendrix which leaves me 6 to find. OK, the...

Thank you, gentlemen and Madam. I'm overwhelmed with your assorted kindnesses. I hope to meet you all in future threads.

I wondered, as I was growing up, why I got odd looks for casually saying that I swung both ways on the Tennis courts. Ambidexterity can lead to embarrassment.

<t>Philadelphia Eagle wrote: Welcome from the world's only Superpower. I don't think Russia qualifies as one. Oh... neither do I, Philadelphia Eagle. I do think Europe as a Union has the potential to be one, though, and I'd like it a lot if Russia was a part of that. Some...

<t>Hi Hotsauce. How old are these 60 kids of yours? So - you can be the kid expert while I ask a question that's bothering me. The world's getting paranoid about kids talking to strangers - I grew up talking to strangers all the while and I'm sure it was good for me. There were child-murd...

<t>Hi people. My name's Spot and I'm an ambidextrous part-European adult male. I found I was ambidextrous at the age of 7, after breaking my right wrist. By the time the plastercast came off, I was writing tolerably with my left hand. Switching hands at pool is neat, too. Every...

<r>devist8me wrote: I'm not sure my little towns video store would carry those early ones, possibly some 70's titles. I would have to go into Springfield and probably have them special order some of those. Possibly, some of the classics from those years they may have but I'd have to search for them....

<t>I've seen... exactly... none of them. But I have heard of one - the Robert De Niro / Dustin Hoffman / Barbra Streisand knockabout. I've admired their work, all three of them - the first in Brazil, which is only a small role but it shows he has a sense of humor! or in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; ...

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