I was in queueing in the bank this morning, when at 11 am, all the workers stopped what they were doing, and everyone began observing a two minute silence in respect of those members of the armed forces that died in the war. Two indian looking guys were quite bemused and asked why everyone had stopped. Someone explained that it was Armistice day. For those that may not know, last Sunday was "Remembrance Sunday". That's when the two minutes silence is normally observed, but it seems to be done on
For anyone that might be interested, I found this great internet radio station that plays soulful and funky house. You can listen here: www.unknownfm.net/live.php
It looks like North America is, or was at one time, looking to get rid of the dollar. Fact or fiction? http://www.dc-coin.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=8
This is not very pleasant to watch, but it goes to show that even the great and the good have their bad habits. Even the President of Italy. Not for those of a weak disposition. You have been warned!
Sometimes it DOES take a little rocket science. This is a true story. Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners and military jets, all travelling at maximum velocity. The idea was to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields. American engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high-speed trains. Arrangements were made
I was going going through some old stuff today, and found a videotape of the film Midnight Express. Have not seen it in years. They never seem to show it on TV. Along with that electronic soundtrack by Giorgio Moroder. Here is the theme tune, The Chase.
Rick James died a few years ago. I was going to "embed" a couple of his tracks here, but unfortunately "embedding" has been diabled on www.youtube.comInstead, here are the links to the tracks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFmQAQ9EDeM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVZfm7qXY9A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75qXUfp4wtw Turn up your speakers and dance!! :-)
Well, I was digging through my vinyl yesterday, ( thats a type of disk we used to have before CD) :-), and came across this track "Love Wars" by Womack and Womack. haven't played it in ages.
Then I found this track mixed over another W&W track, "Teardrops"
P.S. Why haven't we got a dancing emoticon?
I heard this new song from Kanye West today. It seems that he is taking a new direction: Trying singing instead of rapping. I must admit, I quite like it. Not to everyones taste though I suppose.
Is it just me? Or is anyone else having problems trying to read the forums?I keep getting the following message: phpBB: Critical Error Error creating new session
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I found this article in the newspaper today. Look who is at No1!Our poor old queen HRH Queen Elizabeth 2nd has dropped to No12. Must be the credit crunch.
The richest royals 1. King Bhumibol Adulyade of Thailand (£18.79bn) 2. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates (£12.35bn) 3. King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia (£11.27bn) 4. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei (£10.74bn) 5. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai (£9.66bn) 6. Prince Hans-Adam
