How silly!
That's quarter of the price of a house!
Or a VERY posh car.
Or my salary for 2 1/4 years.
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- Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:30 am
- Forum: Electronic Gadgets Galore
- Topic: The ultimate mobile (cell) phone!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4692
- Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:02 am
- Forum: Word Games
- Topic: What was the last thing in your mouth?
- Replies: 426
- Views: 61545
What was the last thing in your mouth?
Lemonade, & before that some polos.
Oh, & by the way, I've not been here for a long time, but I'm back.
Hiya anyone that remembers me.
Oh, & by the way, I've not been here for a long time, but I'm back.
Hiya anyone that remembers me.
- Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:58 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Leave me the hell alone!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1309
Leave me the hell alone!
<r>fuzzy butt;936921 wrote: Hey, just drop in on her once or twice before she's had the chance to "put on her face" that'll fix her. <E>:D</E>:wah::wah:<br/> <br/> <br/> That seems the best way to get the message across, that's unless you can't just tell her to call first.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Per...
- Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:49 pm
- Forum: Members' News
- Topic: The FG Girls on Video
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4362
The FG Girls on Video
<t>Interesting to see the members who post here.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I thought the second one was better than the first because the names didn't go right over the faces so much in the second one. It's nice to be able to see the faces and the names at the same time. If the names are going to be in...
- Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: how will forum garden remember you ???
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2461
how will forum garden remember you ???
Jimbo, I remember not long back you saying you were leaving FG. But you came back. Maybe Pheasy will come back too, maybe she just has something important she needs to do right now.
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:14 pm
- Forum: Health and Drug Concerns
- Topic: How to Really Communicate with Your Doctor
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1624
How to Really Communicate with Your Doctor
<t>Thankyou for that post, DedGlitter. I'm having trouble with my doctor at the moment, I'm suffering from something called 'frozen shoulder', & it's affecting not only what I can do with the affected arm, but maybe more importantly to me, the quality of my sleep, something that affects everythi...
- Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:13 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: What error would not you do if could return back?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1341
What error would not you do if could return back?
<r>G#Gill;912625 wrote: I would never have sold our lovely cottage in the country and moved into the suburbs of a large city. The biggest mistake I have every made ! <E>:(</E><br/> <br/> <br/> Why did you move in the first place? Did the suburbs offer a better job with better pay? Was there somethin...
- Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:38 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Sale of 1 house will help 30 villages
- Replies: 6
- Views: 767
Sale of 1 house will help 30 villages
<t>I'm in two minds about this action. Why did they need to broadcast it? Isn't that a bit like the Bible story of the rich people publically pouring money into the temple coffers but still walking away rich? Why not just do the deed quietly, like the poor woman (or man, I can't remember the details...
- Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:49 am
- Forum: Travel Places
- Topic: Poisonous Australia...
- Replies: 105
- Views: 13778
Poisonous Australia...
<t>Watch out for the ferocious dunny spider (dunny, right word?, Australian outside toilet). Apparently they lurk in the bowl & bite your bum, then you get very ill & may die. Well that's the shock horror rumour, but it's probably just scaremongering, I shouldn't worry too much, I mean Austr...
- Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:34 pm
- Forum: Friends, Relationships, Advice
- Topic: Moral Compass...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2185
Moral Compass...
<t>Hello there.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Might it be that you feel your life is somewhat dull? Maybe you drink to lower inhibitions, then feel able do do stuff you wouldn't do normally, which brings some excitement into it? But then when sobriety returns you question the value of that excitement.</t>
- Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:15 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: 3 Wishes
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1507
3 Wishes
I think the standard 3 wishes would be good enough for me. That's health, wealth & happiness.
- Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:31 am
- Forum: Abortion
- Topic: Abortion will not solve overpopulation in the long run.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 23349
Abortion will not solve overpopulation in the long run.
Trying to make all males homosexual is as ridiculous as trying to convert naturally occuring homosexuals to hetrosexual. This is a daft idea, but presented in a humourous way.
Welcome to FG.
Welcome to FG.
- Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:30 pm
- Forum: Word Games
- Topic: Bakers Dozen : Alphabet Animals
- Replies: 336
- Views: 39536
Bakers Dozen : Alphabet Animals
13 ANIMALS BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER A
1 aardvark
2 alpaca
3 alligator
4. Armadillo
5. Ape
6. Ant Eater
7. Antelope
1 aardvark
2 alpaca
3 alligator
4. Armadillo
5. Ape
6. Ant Eater
7. Antelope
- Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:31 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Very Cool Illusion
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1035
Very Cool Illusion
Very clever. I've seen this before.
I wonder if a photo can be done with this effect in reverse, so it's Marylin Monroe at normal screen distance & Albert Einstein from further back?
I wonder if a photo can be done with this effect in reverse, so it's Marylin Monroe at normal screen distance & Albert Einstein from further back?
- Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:16 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: My 6 yr old has just announced that Santa is fake!!!!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1430
My 6 yr old has just announced that Santa is fake!!!!
<t>Santa as a magical person is fake (I prefer the word 'imaginary'), but the whole point of Christmas is the IDEA of it. The idea of someone like Santa can be kept alive a few years longer for your 6 year old, it's just part of the rituals & stories at Christmas time. Children love stories &...
- Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:00 pm
- Forum: Scotland
- Topic: Is Scots Gaelic in crisis?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5005
Is Scots Gaelic in crisis?
<t>The trouble with minority languages, however important they are culturally & historically, is that they don't sit well with the international culture of things like the internet. To make someone learn two languages may just be complicating (or even limiting) their access to the wider world we...
- Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:13 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: The Hot Seat
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1484
The Hot Seat
Dynabertawe;880449 wrote: One member will be on the Hot Seat for the next 10 pages
Ten pages??? !!!!!!!! At how many posts per page? About 10?
That's a heck of a lot of posts about one person! :-2:-2:-2
Ten pages??? !!!!!!!! At how many posts per page? About 10?
That's a heck of a lot of posts about one person! :-2:-2:-2
- Fri May 16, 2008 7:32 am
- Forum: Conservation The Environment
- Topic: Fields of Amber Whoosh
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2065
Fields of Amber Whoosh
Quinn asked, "Couldn’t we have improved the technology for generating stations and accomplished the same result and not even dependent on Mother Nature?"
Any suggestions for how to do this?
Any suggestions for how to do this?
- Mon May 12, 2008 2:24 pm
- Forum: Problems, Solutions Feedback
- Topic: Why doesn't cut paste work when making a reply?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1083
Why doesn't cut paste work when making a reply?
When I right click on forum garden posts there is no copy & paste option for me. But there is for everything else I want it for. That's why I thought forum garden may be different. Hmmmm, very odd.
- Mon May 12, 2008 12:03 pm
- Forum: Wall Street to Main Street
- Topic: Pay Check to Pay Check
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2929
Pay Check to Pay Check
<r>nvalleyvee;863097 wrote: BTS and I do $1600.00 a month for mortgage = we have another 20 years to go. That isn't going to happen - it will be sell - sell - sell when we are 65.. The stupid house is worth $550,000. Our mortgage is $225,000. Can you say retirement?<br/> <br/> <br/> Already you've d...
- Tue May 06, 2008 7:03 am
- Forum: Problems, Solutions Feedback
- Topic: Why doesn't cut paste work when making a reply?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1083
Why doesn't cut paste work when making a reply?
<t>When writing a long post I sometimes want to shift the text about so it makes better sense.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> But the cut & past function isn't there for Forum Garden posts. I have to write it all out again.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Does anyone know why this is? It's there for other forums...
- Tue May 06, 2008 6:47 am
- Forum: Problems, Solutions Feedback
- Topic: where's my post?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3175
where's my post?
Make your post & send it. Then click the back button twice. Then click refresh.
I find when I make a post & click send my post appears on it's own. I want to see it under the others on that thread. I use the method above to solve this problem too.
I find when I make a post & click send my post appears on it's own. I want to see it under the others on that thread. I use the method above to solve this problem too.
- Tue May 06, 2008 5:59 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Play On Words.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 704
Play On Words.
<t>Can you cry under water?<br/> <br/> Yes, until you run out of breath!<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Why does a round pizza come in a square box? <br/> <br/> You can get more advertising on a square box. Also they store easier. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" wh...
- Sat May 03, 2008 2:05 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Woman causes lover's death, convicted of false rape accusation
- Replies: 123
- Views: 10226
Woman causes lover's death, convicted of false rape accusation
Thanks, Accountable.
- Sat May 03, 2008 8:26 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: FG Women: on voting
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2232
FG Women: on voting
<t>Not just women, but everyone should vote. The right to do so was the fight of the poorer members of society, the working classes, before it was the fight of women. Now everyone has that right, wealth & gender no longer prevent you.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> The trouble now is that many people ar...
- Sat May 03, 2008 7:59 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Sorry a Morbid Question
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1707
Sorry a Morbid Question
<t>Pheasy;855049 wrote: If you thought you were sick ... like beyond treatment ... would you want to know? Like go to the doctors or not? Sorry for morbid Friday night question ... I was just wondering what peoples thoughts would be on this? :-6<br/> <br/> <br/> I think it's better to know. If it's ...
- Sat May 03, 2008 7:39 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Woman causes lover's death, convicted of false rape accusation
- Replies: 123
- Views: 10226
Woman causes lover's death, convicted of false rape accusation
Redtail;855342 wrote: got me off on a dui
What's a 'dui' ???
What's a 'dui' ???
- Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:14 pm
- Forum: Photography More
- Topic: The house you grew up in.
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6981
The house you grew up in.
<t>Great idea for a thread, I can relate to this!<br/> <br/> I spent my first 3 years of life in a little cottage. It was extremely primative by modern standards, (no bathroom, no toilet, just an elsan outside). I have no memories of it, just what my parents told me. One thing I liked was that they ...
- Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:37 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: What can God never see?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1210
What can God never see?
<t>When Adam & Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge they realised they were naked & hid themselves from God in their embarrasment. God asked them where they were, maybe he couldn't see them because they hid.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Or maybe he didn't see them because they shut themselves away f...
- Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:22 pm
- Forum: Music
- Topic: someone has to know this song...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1446
someone has to know this song...
I don't know what the song is. But I recognise the style as being very like what the Swingle Singers used to do. The Swingle Singers used to sing the works of Bach in a very similar style to the one on that clip.
- Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:19 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Baby born with two faces
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1436
Baby born with two faces
<t>Pinky;832360 wrote: There was another child born in India with three sets of arms and legs...weird thing is, the mother dreamt of the goddess Lakshmi before she was born. Lakshmi is traditionally portrayed as having three sets of arms and legs. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Naturally, they named her af...
- Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:32 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Dear John Frieda ......
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1206
Dear John Frieda ......
Transfer the contents into different containers you can tell apart!
- Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:19 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Missing Friend Found-But Not Here in the Garden
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2423
Missing Friend Found-But Not Here in the Garden
You wouldn't have to put a fake address on the letter. It's simple really, just give them your email address. They can reply to that if they want to.
- Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:59 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Russia - US tunnel.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 856
Russia - US tunnel.
<t>What would it achieve that couldn't be done easier & cheaper by more conventional means?<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> OK, it would be a fantastic engineering achievement, but they'd be well advised to look at how well the Channel tunnel isn't working (economically) & draw lessons from that.</t>
- Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:58 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: What really makes you mad
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11631
What really makes you mad
<t>Adverts make me mad. When I come online or watch television or read the paper I don't want pushy salespeople pushing their products down my face. They impose on what I went there for & spoil the experience. Yes, you might argue they help pay for it, but they shouldn't have the effect of drivi...
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: the anything not depressing or word game thread
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1344
the anything not depressing or word game thread
jimbo;810964 wrote: if you want to talk about cutting babies heads off , throwing puppies over cliffs or liquidizing your little fishy then this is not the thread for you
Absolutely brilliant opener for a new thread, I love it.:wah::wah::wah:
Absolutely brilliant opener for a new thread, I love it.:wah::wah::wah:
- Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:30 pm
- Forum: Kids Family
- Topic: Kids and MSN
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1857
Kids and MSN
<t>Koan, it sounds like your neice needs to be taught some basics of making conversation. Maybe she needs to appreciate that talking to someone who offers little in reply is hard work, you may be able to illustrate this by asking her if there's someone very shy she maybe knows at school, & what ...
- Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Happy St. Patrick's day!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1666
Happy St. Patrick's day!
<t>I feel St. Patrick's day no longer celebrates the saint but has instead become a week long promotion for Guinness.<br/> <br/> Take Guinness & all the stuff associated with it out of the St Patrick's Day celebrations & what's left? Not a lot.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> A bit like Christmas, wh...
- Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:29 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: heather mills awarded £24.3 million divorce settlement
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1174
heather mills awarded £24.3 million divorce settlement
£35 000 a year JUST for school fees & a nanny.
My God, I wish I had that to live on (for everything).
I'd feel very rich with all that.
My God, I wish I had that to live on (for everything).
I'd feel very rich with all that.
- Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:22 pm
- Forum: Friends, Relationships, Advice
- Topic: Does a 6 year old need a cell phone?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 15442
Does a 6 year old need a cell phone?
Of course they don't NEED one at 6 years old. They may WANT one, & of course the phone companies want ALL children & teenagers to have them, but that's just their commercial interest speaking.
- Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:16 pm
- Forum: Christianity
- Topic: Does this say anything to you?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1980
Does this say anything to you?
<t>OK, a picture is beginning to emerge. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I admit I never felt Herod worthy of the title Great in the conventional sense of the word. But that's only from views coloured by the one sided account of him in the New Testament. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> If he did oversee massive bui...
- Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:08 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Interesting Facts
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1567
Interesting Facts
Thanks for the information. So a black light isn't really black, the term is just a quick name for an ultra violet light? That makes sense.
- Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:06 pm
- Forum: Christianity
- Topic: Does this say anything to you?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1980
Does this say anything to you?
<t>Thanks for those links. They confirm that Herod was called the Great, & they're interesting for what they say about his life & the extent of power he had. But what they (& other sites I've looked at since) fail to do is answer the question.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Not many kings worldw...
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:47 pm
- Forum: Christianity
- Topic: Does this say anything to you?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1980
Does this say anything to you?
<t>Some of the posts in this thread have mentioned King Herod, so I'd like to go off at a slight tangent here. Herod has been called Herod the Great in some writings (Ok, not in this thread). My question is quite simply what did Herod do to earn the title Great? <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> He can't have...
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:34 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Interesting Facts
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1567
Interesting Facts
el guapo;783864 wrote: A cat's urine glows under a black light.
And how do you get a black light? What exactly is a black light? How can light be black? If you shine a black light in the dark would you know the light was on?
And how do you get a black light? What exactly is a black light? How can light be black? If you shine a black light in the dark would you know the light was on?
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:47 pm
- Forum: Just For The Fun Of It
- Topic: A Letter From The Moderators
- Replies: 6
- Views: 663
A Letter From The Moderators
Chezzie;765681 wrote: To Repent, You Must:
[ ] Bust up your modem with a hammer and eat it
Just like some clarification on this one, is that eat the modem or eat the hammer?:-2:D
[ ] Bust up your modem with a hammer and eat it
Just like some clarification on this one, is that eat the modem or eat the hammer?:-2:D
- Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:33 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Who's tidier girls or boys?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2273
Who's tidier girls or boys?
Chezzie;750606 wrote: Kelsey my eldest has a huge frog collection (not real hah hah) that take over her bedside cabinet...little green sh*ts, i have to polish every bloody one of em
No you don't. You choose to. You could always delegate cleaning them to her!
No you don't. You choose to. You could always delegate cleaning them to her!
- Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:21 am
- Forum: Just For The Fun Of It
- Topic: I Have The Personality Of ~ Sponge Bob Square Pants
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1951
I Have The Personality Of ~ Sponge Bob Square Pants
With my score of 32 I'm Sponge Bob too.
I seem to be a nice person!:yh_smiley
I seem to be a nice person!:yh_smiley
- Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:09 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: earth's water where did it come from????
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2391
earth's water where did it come from????
So the water you drink may have been round before & been drunk by someone else.
And peed out by them
Eeeeeeeeuuuuuugh, you may be drinking what's left of someone's pee.
Just thought I'd say this before someone else did!
Haha!
And peed out by them
Eeeeeeeeuuuuuugh, you may be drinking what's left of someone's pee.
Just thought I'd say this before someone else did!
Haha!
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:27 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Happy Crimbo guys!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1725
Happy Crimbo guys!
<t>Are Christmas & Crimbo the same thing?<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Sorry, but I've never liked the word crimbo. It sounds a bit unfriendly, agressive almost. Not a pleasant word. If you want to take Christ out of the festivities this time of year isn't there a better word? <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> ...