General Discussion
Late notice. If you're interested in trees watch the Great British Garden Revival this evening at 7pm. It's featuring Stone Lane Gardens which is a national arboretum for birch and alder near Chagford - fantastic place.
Great news!
Interesting article in Der Spiegel about NSA hacking activities: "The NSA's TAO hacking unit is considered to be the intelligence agency's top secret weapon. It maintains its own covert network, infiltrates computers around the world and even intercepts shipping deliveries to plant back doors in electronics ordered by those it is targeting ...... A document viewed by SPIEGEL resembling a ...
@ Don Not sad enough. How about the three spelling mistakes (not magic spells either) - 'independant', 'sauted' and self assured'?
Convenience? - everything in one place, saves time & money driving around. Parking? - plenty of parking space and free for as long as you need for shopping. Weather? - everything indoors, specially helpful if also have children in tow Price? - not sure about this. I suppose it depends on what you're buying but I suspect supermarket would overall be cheaper Anything else?
Don't forget to watch the Alternative Christmas Message today - Channel 4 at 4.15pm.
@OLD FART . Surprisingly we agree. Alf Garnett is good enough for you @Taylorjack and Merry Christmas to you and, as Carer said, goodwill and best wishes to all irrespective of race, creed, colour or religion @webmaster . Congratulations. You have a tough job. Keep up the good work for 2014
I think I have just reminded everyone that Christmas is one symbol of a season of goodwill to all, which I would extend to the whole year, not just a few days at the end of December. Is that not a nice Christmas message to everyone? And what Maureen Greaves has done is a beautiful message to us all. Perhaps you are saying that you do not want goodwill to all? And if you don't then it's just ...
Unbelievable!!!!!!!! Wake up Taylorjack (and whoever agreed with you!!). Christmas is NOT English. It is celebrated around the world as a Christian 'festival' and the aethos is most definitely goodwill to ALL. Whether or not you are a believer in Christianity that seems a laudable sentiment.
Everyone seems to have conveniently forgotten about the illegal and unethical activities of the secret services who seem to believe that they are above the law. The US is now rapidly back-tracking on the clandestine powers of the NSA: " First, a federal judge took aim at the agency's vacuuming of the phone records of virtually every American. Richard Leon may have been appointed to the DC ...
