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For your information; If it's from Scotland it's whisky If it's from Ireland it's whiskey Love them both, eslecially the single malts.If it isn't made from malt it really shouldn't be called whisk(e)y at all.

If you want people to know you're a dumbass simply wear a baseball cap indoors.It's a total giveaway.Or smoke in public, only a dumbass smokes these days knowing what it does.

There are three individuals to consider, the mother, father and the unborn child.Present thinking seems to discount the last two.

Over millions of years plant activity and planetary events (wind, rain, earthquakes etc) converted all but a tiny amount of the CO2 into the atmosphere into free oxygen and fossil fuel. There's enough fossil fuel then to reverse that process and use up all the oxygen in the air. That's how much...

I remember the North Sea oil finds.They were regarded as something interesting, nothing more. Along came the 1970s oil crisis, oil prices shot through the roof and suddenly it became economic to develop technology and extract it. Resources technically are finite, in practice they are...

And the Mexicans have a point.It was all once Mexico and American illegal aliens moved in and took over.The Mexicans themselves were also illegal aliens of course, having moved in without as much as a "by your leave" to the existing inhabitants. The whole of America is as it is today because...

He's actually a pretty good guy from those I know who've had dealings with him. As for the cuts, if they aren't made where's the money to come from? The last lot empltied the well and poisoned it too.The aircraft carriers and Trident were left with such penalty clauses in place that it's...

The New Scientist in the 1960s predicted that oil would effectively run out by 1984. There is in fact an almost inexhaustible amount of fossil fuel on the planet, the only problem will be extracting it cheaply.All the oxygen in the atmosphere is balanced by fossil fuel (that's how it got there)...

Use a female camera operator.Many men don't like other guys looking on anyway.To have one woman doing the handjob while another watches sounds like fun.

Presumably you find the taste of tapwater too strong.These are not beers that are frauds masquerading as beers.

No, they cancelled the shit in favour of quality.

I agree with what's been said about a few things. No spitting, it's not attractive or exciting, it's also unnecessary.Uncut cocks look much better . I DO NOT want to see ANY guy jerking himself off even for a moment.That's pitiful if he can't let the girl do it and perform. Don't forget the...

Americans are red and live in tents.The rest are illegal aliens.

Reebok was a British company (started back in 1895) until becoming a subsidiary of Adidas which is German.

Governments are no more than people who do a certain job.There's no way a lid could be kept on things indefinitely with changes in personnel, policies and so on.The more people involved in a conspiracy the sooner it fails.

Re: The U-boat skipper who torpedoed a British ship then defied order to rescue survi They make some very good beer (and some crap too) but it's no better than the good stuff brewed in Britain or America. Who also brew a lot of crap as well.

A lot of people not at all to the left (I don't think by the way that Americans have the faintest notion or experience of real left wingers) realise that having such a prize and badly informed idiot in such an influential position is frightening.

Fried in beef dripping not oil I hope.The fish and chips I mean, not the pickled egg :-)

Clinton was successful because there was a world wide boom during his terms to carry him along and make the people feel good.Obama inherited a poisoned chalice which nobody could hope to deal with over a short period.Also when taking office a president finds that things aren't quite as they have...

Metric system dates back to 1790 so that won't help.Its problem is that it isn't intuitive. The Imperial system (refers to the Roman Empire by the way!) developed to suit the everyday needs of people. I used the metric system right through my career and I still don't feel comfortable with it...

Be careful here, if there's a whiff of collusion then you're both in the shit.If the employer fills the vacancy you've left some awkward questions could get asked.

I've a feeling that it would have been more of a millstone than a benefit to the UK if we'd got it. To be truthful I don't know what all the fuss is about over such a dull and dreary game anyway. There are much better ones to watch.

For those who think that the UK's response to snow isn't that great while other countries cope with lots more there are two things to bear in mind. One is that for much of the country heavy snowfalls are rare.My sons were 8 years old before they had enough snow to use their sledge.So the...

Usually seems to blow out before it reaches us, we've had perhaps a couple of inches but on Tuesday I travelled a mere 20 miles and there was 6 inches more.

When you join the services you do in fact give away the right to do what you like with your own body.Get yourself sunburned and if it affects you when back on duty you're on a charge. Tattooing is a fashion and as my father always said, fashion is doing stupid things because other people do...

The best universities in the Western world are all pretty good. Very often it depends what you are studying.The UK gave up its clear #1 position when it began to widen its intake. I'm not sure of the value of a degree when half the population go to university.A generation ago the standard of a...

Re: Shud ppl who poll about sterilising ppl who poll about sterilising ppl b sterilis I'd sterilise people who use text language in a forum like this.

Pedantry perhaps but she's not an ex Playmate. The status of Playmate is conferred for life by Hugh Hefner and Playboy.

The tyrannical oppressive country also governed Canada and they didn't see any need to revolt. In fact had the King not been mad and refused representation at Westminster the revolution wouldn't have occurred.Taxes were low (much lower than the settlers were paying back home though they had been...

The "oppressor "united with Scotland at Scotland's request. A century before the Scottish king had been offered and accepted the English crown. Scotland kept its own laws and education system after union.The governments in Westminster always had a disproportionate number of Scots in the top...

Edison was an amazing man, he is reputed to have invented the light bulb which was patented 20 years before he was born. It's surprising really how few of the great technological advances and inventions came from the US bearing in mind its size and population.What America shines at is...

Perhaps it's a matter of attitude.I found having a family the most enjoyable and rewarding experience ; true there were times when not everything came up roses but I don't regret for a second having it .Certainly it placed restrictions both on finances and time but the gains heavily outweighed...

My suspicion is that it was clear to FDR that the US would never have real security by sitting on the sidelines during WW2 but could never have convinced the people of this.Whatever happened in Europe would result in either German or Soviet domination, neither of which would stand...

It's too soon to even think about placing Obama. Good men on the whole don't make good leaders , there are exceptions but it's a good rule of thumb. As for Truman and the bomb, at the time the US was preparing an invasion of the Japanese mainland and projected casualties were horrendous.On both...

You also invented the baseball cap which is hard to forgive.

It's interesting to compare how things are done in English cricket.There the best players are placed under a central contract and train as a team.Eleven good players working and meshing together can beat eleven great but uncoordinated ones. Younger promising players are brought into the squad...

So did baseball :)

It's quite legal to photograph or film people without their permission in a public place or a place of "public resort" (eg a supermarket car park.) Otherwise of course there could be no photography or videoing , no newsreels or news coverage unless in a private place with permission.There would...

This is not how I understand things. During the Industrial Revolution people flocked ito the new cities from the land.Although conditions and wages were dreadful by our standards they actually constituted an improvement at the time.Or of course they wouldn't have moved.We can't imagine just how...

Capitalism is a wonderful thing, it is the engine of wealth creation.But it has its downsides. Those who praise it seem to be the same ones who resent the resiting of industry and jobs to places like China and to immigration from Mexico.But these are the simple effects of capitalism , people go...

Just be aware that even the safest looking sites might have been targeted by the bad guys to carry malware. You can drive safely on the roads, it helps but it doesn't provide you with complete safety.There's always the other guys.

Re: Near-death experiences 'explained': Experts believe it's a last gasp of a dying b People being tested in centrifuges have experienced these just before passing out , it's been known for a very long time.

It would be interesting to find out just how many Americans actually value the existence of the Second Amendment.The gun lobby certainly makes a lot of noise but is it representative of the whole population? By the way, people bear arms not bare them. "Democracy, is two wolves and a lamb...

Cops are cynical beings and have seen pretty well everything. Some are surprisingly enough, intellectually honest.The conversations tool place about 30 years after the event so few if any of the cops he met were directly involved so there was no cover your ass element involved.Those with doubts...

Some years ago I discusses the assassination with a senior policeman.He had earlier been exchanged with a Dallas cop for a year and got to know anyone who was anyone in the Dallas police force.He said that the Dallas guys both privately and publicly had no doubt that the official version was...

Any statistician would tell you that correlation isn't proof of cause and effect.

They are both yeast extracts and Vegemite was the result of an attempt to find a substitute for Marmite.They are different but that's in the detail rather than in what they are.

They were wrong.Marmite has been made in the UK since 1902 and was exported to (among other places) Australia.During WW1 supplies to Australia were cut off and Australians tried making a substitute. Eventually they perfected a product and called it Vegemite. It's rather less flavoursome than...

The brewers spent a fortune in registering the name as a "beer of origin" and a couple of years later moved it away from Newcastle to Gateshead.According to the rules they shouldn't have been allowed to keep on calling it Newcastle Brown Ale. It's pretty poor stuff really though many people...

It's the third time London has hosted them. They do seem to be a sort of pissing competition with every host trying to outdo the previous one.Perhaps one day common sense will prevail.In 1948 the London Olympics more or less used the facilities already there and it went off very well.