What do you think? An over reaction? 8 Things You Should Never Touch at a Restaurant 1 / 8 The table Charles Gerba, a professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona, found significant numbers of E. coli and coliform bacteria on restaurant tabletops — enough to present a danger to the public ...

Thank you 747. We are still waiting for it to happen in the UK but I have grabbed the bull by the horns and am on my first Gin and Tonic.
I would like to wish you and your family and all friends and protagonists on UM a Great, Prosperous, Healthy, Bright, Energetic and Extremely Happy 2016!!!!!

Jello wrote:Not for the claustrophobic.

Nor for life's farters I would have thought

I think what was important was almost everyone contributed to this victory.
I personally would have given The Man of The Match to Compton........he steadied the ship on the first day.

. This Shariah compliancy idea is nothing new so the headline of this thread is misleading. I think Sharia compliance is not only about pork and alcohol. Airlines might claim their hostesses wear the Hijab but many Muslims would complain they wear a sexually (If too strong, provocative) style of he...

The wife came home early and found her husband in their bedroom making love to a very attractive young woman. And she was somewhat upset. 'You are a disrespectful pig!' she cried. 'How dare you do this to me -- a faithful wife, the mother of your children! I'm leaving you.. I want a divorce right aw...

The French restaurant Le Petit Chef (Little Chef), came up with an original way to entertain guests while waiting for your order by using a projector on the ceiling, and the animation on the table. There is a small chef who appears on your plate.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/yBJEP4lsRFY

Can't wait for my first flight. Sounds like lots of fun!!!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti ... rline.html?+

Be warned! Sprout over-indulgence over Christmas can be dangerous!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/flo ... 58f6582c2a

It's almost here ! What is your favourite carol or song which epitomised Christmas for you as a child. The joyful, merry, decorative, family, traditional and dare I say it holy spirit of Christmas.
Here's mine......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EhVWGHDM9c

I think Thailand tries to solve its economic problems by spending too much time on the minutia. I have at least one visit to Singapore and Hong Kong every year and am always impressed when I go to a food court or bar at the number of students who are happy to talk to me mainly to improve their Engli...

Waanjai.... I am not sure vulnerable is the right word and if it is, it not only exists in this forum, but all over. IMO at best, these people are foolish and believe themselves to be sufficient in all aspects of life whereas they have a closed mind which prevents them from properly analysing situat...

bignote1 wrote: Or is your argument one of "I hate them therefore they shouldn't get anything"?

Thanks for that tudorandpim I suspected hatred was the prime motivator.

"Some people believe false arguments can justify real hatred"..........Karl Kraus

Can refugee/migrants obtain higher welfare payments than old age pensioners ? If they can it is wrong Your question brings into play Marshbags quoted figures The cash entitlement and available benefits entitlements I put in can be verified at a yougov pension site. Perhaps Marshbags and 747 can tel...

Do you mean you should get a bigger pension than people who have been on permanent disability all there lives and have never put a penny into the system because that's what you are saying. Or is your argument one of "I hate them therefore they shouldn't get anything"? You only obfuscate when you com...

Yes the figures aren't correct. The current basic state pension is £115.95 for a single person or £185.45 for a married couple. This basic pension is below the government's income support figure so if they have no other source of income they can get pension credits from the list I outlined earlier. ...

And to ADD Fuel to the fire.....I Committed A MORTAL Sin, I Missed 6 Years National Insurance payments...& Guess What I Got MY State Pension reduced by 40%..... I don't know your age but if you were born on or after 1945 you need 30 qualifying years to get a full pension. For every lost year you lo...

Marshbags your neurotic post fails to mention...... British Pensioners are entitled to Attendance allowance, Carers allowance, Public Transport Concessions, Council tax Support, Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefits, Heating Benefits and Personal Independence Payments. It always helps if the...

A drunken man was going down the street flinging his hands right and left, when one of his arms came across the nose of a passer-by. The passer-by instinctively clenched his fist and sent the intruder sprawling to the ground. He got up, rubbing the place where he was hit, and said, "I would like to ...

I think that you will find that there is now a policy in Udon of the banks refusing to do this anymore & telling the customer to use the ATM. Or so I have been reliably informed... Two weeks ago I went into a bank in Pattaya and asked the current sterling exchange rate.....54.30 I was informed. Han...