CLOSED - THANKS to all customers for the last few years

Good evening all, whats cooking?

Hello Socks!

Not a lot of people know this...

Many years ago, pub frequenters had a whistle baked
into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill,
they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle"
is the phrase inspired by this fact.

Back in the good ol' days when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your Ps and Qs"

In my local when time is called, the landlord yells 'Time!' This is where we get the phrase "F**k off you w****r!"
:-)

Evenin all, watching the one dayer, England getting turned over again unfortunately. Was at Newlands last Sun for the last match when we were well and truly stuffed. More of same tonight methinks.

Jessie/ Hickey..I see Princely things have been happening to the GEM today,
wonder if Russ still reckons 6p is the right price?...lol

Also watched recording of Saints v Everton from Sun..travesty of justice..
thats it..Millwall etc next season...bugger

Its getting like evening classes in here these days since Hickey turned all clever Dick [where did that come from?]*

Understood 7th Floors!!

*Sir Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London.
He had a nice pussy as well!!
black I believe!

Its just a mine of information this coffee house

They just lock the doors in mine, 7up - and don't let us out for hours. :S
The landlord's called Pete...doesn't have the same ring, somehow.

Do you know...


what bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and, err, laser printers all have in common??

No! What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and, err, laser printers all have in common??

They were all invented by gorgeous girlies. :))

Doooooh!

What do Priests and Christmas Trees have in common?

I don't know...what do priests and Christmas trees have in common?

Do they both go woof when you put a match to them?

Their balls are just for decoration!

Night, night! :-)

choccie: I hesitate to dispute with you, but the inventor of the laser printer was Gary Starkweather of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. And he was definitely a bloke.

To compensate, there's a program next week sometime on BBC2 (I believe) on Hedy Lamarr, the 1940s Hollywood star who invented the concept of frequency-hopping spread spectrum radio. Anybody using WiFi or Bluetooth today is using her ideas in a modified form.

D.

His missus put him up to it, MM ;)
And he got all the credit....typical. :))

Choccie: you might be right . . . I can just see it: "And Gary, when you've finished cutting the grass and done the washing up, you want to look at putting an image on that electrostatically charged photocopier drum with one of them new laser beams switched by a digital image in semiconductor memory instead of directly scanning a paper image. That'd be handy."

But the Hedy Lamarr story is fascinating -- not just a pretty face, indeed.

I've just been very brave and downloaded Norton Internet Security 2005. Well I had little choice as my subscription to the 2003 version was 24 hours before expiry! However, downloading the new version has somehow overwritten the ad blocking option I had on before. I can't even see how to block adverts and AM suddenly looks multicoloured and adverts keep flashing at me! Please could some kind soul tell me which thingies to press to get all those horrid things to go away?

I'll be the one clutching a large glass of Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte in the comfy chair by the fire....

Evening all

Cilla - when you load up internet security you should have a screen with system status and then settings. In the setting bit the second option is ad blocking. If this says off then click on it and itll bring up an option to switch on. If this doesnt work, when you are in the moneyam page you should have a web assitant tab top right. if you click on this it has an option of block ads on this site - click on this to activate

hope this helps - spacey will probably give a far more technical response

Priscilla - did the same thing on November 29th and nothing has been the same since! Click on Norton Security symbol, then Norton Anti Spam, then turn on Ad blocking.............. however, mine is now turned off as it kept blocking all pop ups. It has been a nightmare. Wish I had taken someone's advice and just re-set my computer time and delayed the subscription expiry.

I would suggest you savour your drink and wait for opto to turn up, he will know what to do :-) However, I would love to keep you company with a glass of the Lafitte - everything will look rosier ...