British & Irish Residents

"The home of Georgian architecture has managed to hang on to its world heritage status. But for how long?" - M F from Bookmarklet

OH NOES! - Simon Wicks from Bookmarklet

eeeeeeeeeep!!! - Iain Baker

COO!! - Timothy Griffin

"Years ago there used to be two ironmongers shops in Newmarket. I used to love browsing in them. Then one closed and the last one struggled on and finally closed last year. These were the sort of shops where you could find everything that you needed from dustbins with chimneys for burning garden waste safely to heatproof rope to mend the wood burning stove. Now we go to Homebase to buy exorbitantly overpriced packs of nails and screws. We often can’t find exactly what we want as the stock is designed to appeal to the majority of shoppers not the ones who have the need for something very rare like a replacement rubber seals for old Kilner jars. My friend Margaret in Ashley heard about my bottling frenzy. “Would you like a box of old Kilner jars. They haven’t got seals I’m afraid.” This was fine as in the past I’d spotted two places where I could buy these on the internet. The new Kilner jar metal seals (manufactured by Ravenhead) do not fit the old jars. The old jars need rubber rings.... more... - Spidra Webster from Bookmarklet

"On Wednesday I saw a British film “This is England” set among skinheads in the North of England in the early eighties. It is a powerful movie and brought back memories of growing up in Glasgow in the seventies. I spent the bulk of my teens running away from complete strangers who wished to do me harm. I was always very tall for my age and every time I left our housing scheme a large group of smallish kids would materialise from nowhere and ask ‘What team do you support? Even if you guessed right on the team, the follow up would be along the lines of ‘I heard you called me a poof’ or ‘I saw you looking at my bird’ these were dubious allegations but the onus was on me to disprove them, so I’d have to start running. I reckon that the seventies fashions saved my life; because these guys were wearing platforms and huge flairs, I usually got away. The whole decade had a kind of Lord of the Rings quality to it, a sort of undeclared civil war fought with swords. A friend of mine was a junior... more... - Spidra Webster from Bookmarklet

"Hundreds of people have fallen silent in honour of the men and women killed in conflicts past and present at a Remembrance service in central London." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

Peace* - Billy Warhol

Simon was kind enough to trial it out and in the above screenshot, it shows he left me a message and it automatically types out what he said in the message. Sure, the transcribing isnt instantaneous and it takes about 5-10mins, but its still decent enough. Ive got 10 invites here to try it all out for free if anyone wants a go to see what its like. - Giraffes Up In The AIr

Thanks :) I Like it. - Eric Logan

"O2 is to allow its iPhone customers in the UK to unlock their handset from tomorrow." - Martin Bryant from Bookmarklet

رونوشت به مخمل - Maryam Ardakani

"Are you sick of UK newspapers and (my fellow) politicians beating up on gaming? So am I. The truth is, UK gamers need their own pressure group. I want to help you start one up. I don't know how it should work yet but please register your interest if you agree that gamers need their voice hear in the corridors of power. And if you have any ideas, please post them to the wall." - Kol Tregaskes

"The government has approved 10 sites in England and Wales for new nuclear power stations, most of them on the sites of existing plants. It has rejected only one proposed site - in Dungeness, Kent - as being unsuitable on environmental grounds. A decision on where plants will be built will be taken by a new commission after national and local consultation." - M F from Bookmarklet

"The Home Office says it will push ahead with plans to ask communications firms to monitor all internet use. Ministers confirmed their intention despite concerns and opposition from some in the industry. The proposals include asking firms to retain information on how people use social networks such as Facebook." - M F from Bookmarklet

The 15£ charge is for pay as you go customers only it seems. I read their post in RSS and it was wrong, they have updated the article on the site now. #bastards - Simon Wicks

Yup. Takes the piss to charge them again to use it on another network, when they have paid the same as us, just outright not over 18 months + - Simon Wicks

"Office Christmas parties are being scrapped as part of an austerity drive born from the recession, events experts have revealed." - M F from Bookmarklet

There's no need to cancel company parties! Haven't these people heard of potlucks? - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

We're British Tina! We love being hard-done by ;) - Charlotte M

Nice, I'll be grabbing a PC version at some point. As I have an impromptu day off I can start looking for the best prices for a few games I'm after. Just waiting for my money to come through from my last job. - Kol Tregaskes

I think most of the supermarkets are selling new top games cheap nowadays. I know ASDA is one who sells them dirty cheap. - Kol Tregaskes

“This early (1927) color film shows 10 minutes of remarkable vintage London — especially the Petticoat Lane market scenes around 6:00, which are a rare glimpse into the life of everyday people […]” - Timothy Griffin

Very cool Even the HD button is available, but i think it must be upscaled. Definetly not HD! - Giraffes Up In The AIr

"The public are not convinced that the UK's Afghanistan mission is "doable," the head of the armed forces has said." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

Of course, the government only want to keep the armed forces busy, doing nothing but killing people and burning resources and money in the process, for the sake of it... Just my 0.02p. - Tyson Key

"Australia produced a dominant second-half performance to beat England for the second time in a row at Twickenham." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

I heard we had a lot of players out injured. Did we really miss them? Either way it shows we do not have depth in our squad. - Kol Tregaskes

"Britain's David Haye put on a magnificent performance to claim the WBA heavyweight crown from Russian Nikolay Valuev in Nuremberg." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

"Silly, irreverent people of the word unite, we have nothing to miss but our trains! Avin A Larf's mission is to promote musical comedy as a stand-alone genre and create an independent platform for emerging and established musical comedians, both online and offline." - Spidra Webster from Bookmarklet

Contest for musicians whose songs/acts are humorous. Several heats in London from Jan - Mar 2010. - Spidra Webster

"If you take a train to Twickenham, to the west of London, and then walk down to the edge of the Thames, you will discover a magical place that feels as though it's from another era. People like to say that the Isle of Wight feels like Britain did in the Fifties, but Eel Pie Island feels like I imagine London did back in the early Sixties, when jazz and R&B were still the pulse beat of the city." - M F from Bookmarklet

"British Airways reported a £292m pretax loss for the first half this morning and its chief executive Willie Walsh cited predictions that the industry would lose $11bn (£6.6bn) this year. Revenues fell 13.7% in the six months to the end of September. The airline has slashed costs and said there would be further structural change in the second half to ensure the long-term future of its business." - M F from Bookmarklet

get competitive with your damn fares, BA...that might help - Live4Emma (L4S)

"ITV's £25m sale of social networking website Friends Reunited has been referred to the Competition Commission. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said it had asked the Commission to study the deal due to fears over its impact on the family tree research sector." - M F from Bookmarklet

"‘What Do Graduates Do?’ is a new survey conducted by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU) in association with the Universities and Collesges Admissions Services (UCAS) and the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services. This research has shown that the prospects of a graduate facing unemployment are now at their highest level since 1995/6. The survey was conducted amongst 220,065 graduates from 2008. Of those surveyed, 7.9% were unemployed. This is an increase of 2.4%." - M F from Bookmarklet

They get more degrees. - Cristo

"Men and women have different approaches to dealing with technology problems, according to a gadget helpline. The service found that 64% of its male callers and 24% of its female callers had not read the instruction manual before ringing up. 12% of male and 7% of female customers simply needed to plug in or turn on their appliance. The company, Gadget Helpline, surveyed 75,000 calls received between 25 September and 23 October 2009." - M F from Bookmarklet

"Are we spineless, unobservant or just lacking a proper sense of life's utter perversity? According to new research, the three most annoying things about everyday life in modern Britain are missing buses, getting caught in a downpour and receiving a parking ticket. The 2,000 people polled for this woefully inadequate list of grievances must be a complacent bunch. What kind of utopia are they living in? Where is their sense of injury?" - M F from Bookmarklet

"The rise in the cost of train tickets has led to the first £1,000 rail fare, it was revealed today. The fare – of £1,002 – is for a turn-up-and-go, first-class return from Newquay in Cornwall to Kyle of Lochalsh in the Scottish Highlands." - M F from Bookmarklet

With Today being Guy Fawkes night or Bonfire night, whatever you call it, this should set you up for the night ahead! Enjoy! :) - Giraffes Up In The AIr from Bookmarklet

MMS messages sent on O2 – picture or video – will cost four text messages from your bundled allowance; send the same message on your Orange iPhone, and you’ll be charged 25 pence – regardless of whether you have bundled texts remaining. BUT, they have dropped the 750MB data allowance, and there is now unlimited Wi-Fi. - Simon Wicks from Bookmarklet