DEEJAYKEG

From what our Canadian players have said, the new plastic bank notes have had a mixed reception. I wonder how they'll react to the news that the maple leaf shown on them is not Canadian but Norwegian?! http://www.bbc.co.uk...canada-21093230 Edit: Please don't reply to this as there is already a thread active on the topic (original author Shamu). See: http://www.xtremeidiots.com/index.php?/topic/34136-well-canadians-what-say-you/

Ce sont les tiennes! Nope the bad weather is always coming from west/north west and guess who is living there ? Mais..c'est LE NORD!

Very much deserving of the clap...

Ce sont les tiennes!

It helps if you get the same stuff year-in year-out. For the past couple of decades, we've had very mild winters and little snow to speak of. Some people say it is due to global warming whilst others point to natural fluctuations in temperature. The lack of need for snow ploughs, gritters and rock salt has resulted in the resources allocated to highway authorities being reduced. Somehow, even if they have the drivers on duty, the salt loaded up and a few days warning, they still don't manage to keep the roads open... We have pitifully weak snowfall here currently. A single sweep of the broom cleared the back step. Sunday could be a different ball game; we are now told that some French weather is due to cross the Channel... French weather is always bad news (the rain/snow does not smell of Chanel No.5 or garlic, by the way). Merde!

A large lesson that should be learned by all is that celebrity should not be worshipped. We've been confronted over here with the revelation that a highly popular DJ and TV presenter abused kids over six decades. He's dead so can't be tried and punished. He raised millions for charities but it seems his endeavours were a cover for his sexual predation. That wipes out all the joy we felt when we saw the good things on TV.

They need to get you back to work m8, i am thinking of dumping Virgin, the lag and high ping rates i am getting every afternoon now for around 3-4 weeks is really pissing me off,mornings are fine but as soon as the clock passes midday for some reason everything goes shitty, i thought oh maybe they are working on something but it has gone on too long, not having a go at you Baldie you have helped me out numerous times but it is just one thing after another with Virgin, i never seem to get a good run before shit happens again...that was my mini rant over now what were we talking about again The connection kept dropping here, the other day and I was cursing BT... I found the likely cause at the end of my road - a BT engineer with his head in the big green cabinet covered in fine wires in the pouring rain! Looked like he was trying to milk a shaggy mountain goat!

Sounds a bit like covering ones ar*e, there... Elf 'n' safety and all that! Having been a manager myself, I have some sympathy with the guy, though. I used to have people on my team who lived miles away and I wouldn't have wanted them stranded and unable to get home at the end of their shift. I think you're right, though, in the concluding assessment! I've shared my parents' experiences in post-war London during a particularly bad winter to illustrate true hardship and poverty. They lived in one room with a single gas ring for cooking/heating and the old man (then a bus driver after being demobbed) got gastric flu. No sick pay so Mum had to pawn her winter coat to pay the rent else they'd have been kicked out onto the street. These days, if people haven't got SKY TV and a ready supply of fags and lager, they reckon they're hard-up! Sorry if I sound a bit like a certain Monty Python sketch! Luxury!

You got that right Deejay I've just heard from a nephew who runs a hotel in the "red zone", on his arrival back in Wales following a motorway drive from Essex. No problem, he said! I do firmly believe this hysteria is a generational thing. Because those below our age have seen little in the way of real winters, they panic when a snowflake flutters down. If they'd lived through winters when the pipes froze and powdery snow came through the window frames and into the house, they'd see today's non-event as a piece of cake!

That is tragic. We have minimum working temperatures here but no maximum (it is rarely a problem!). It is currently -1C with a wind chill of around -6C and going colder on Sunday.

The United Kingdom will be closed for the entire weekend due to snowfall. Trains and flights have been cancelled and it looks as if the highways authorities are doing the usual poor job of keeping the roads open, despite having been forewarned of this weather front coming in.... Wales has received a "red" warning as a single foot of snow is expected... We may have to cope with a massive two inches locally. To use a phrase often uttered by a Canadian friend in-game, "Unbelievable!"

Hope your balloon doesn't burst and you enjoy a super time, today!

Just use that knife to cut the cake, today! Enjoy!

http://youtu.be/Gz3Cc7wlfkI

If you've tried one of Chile's recipes and want to prevent leaving unpleasant odours in your vicinity, perhaps you need a pair of Shreddies... http://www.underwearexpert.com/2012/03/shreddies-flatulence-filtering-underwear/

So funny... This deserves an Academy Award! The funniest thing I have seen for a long time! Thanks Hxtr!

The blue one has more features of the classic American styling I like but looks slightly ridiculous also. As for electric cars, Johnny already knows my feelings about the overpriced and impractical vehicles. The future of the automobile surely lies with hydrogen fuel cells that are more practical (and we have a planet- sized supply of hydrogen).

Sad to read of Mr Bubbles' ill health and I, too, send my best wishes for speedy recovery from whatever ails him.

If you won't heed my advice or that of Sophos, maybe DOHS is more credible... "Unless it is absolutely necessary to run Java in web browsers, disable it... even after updating to 7u11. This will help mitigate other Java vulnerabilities that may be discovered in the future." http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/15/disable-java-browsers-homeland-security/

Shakespeare resonates through (at least) British English due to the wealth of idioms derived from his plays. See: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-sayings-shakespeare.html

This is released on 12 February (that is February 12 for those across the water): http://youtu.be/P7BkqmMNQWA

Or just ask matron to look it up on your notes. Your name is also on them if you have forgotten that as well...

Don't overlook his factual text books ("dictionaries") on the River Thames and London - they are interesting to the student of history or genealogist with London roots.

Association football (soccer) was invented in England but it is now international. It is NOT "European"! It is played in Europe and every other continent of the world (barring Antarctica?) and many of its most able players have come from Africa and South America (heck, we even have a few "septics" in the Premier League in England!). http://youtu.be/BgyJY9yndv4

Association football (soccer) of which I am a keen fan attracts some beautiful people. I am not sure the same could be said of American Football....