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Presidential Gift to British Prime Minister = Fail

Kyle — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:21:27 +0000

Telegraph.co.uk – Alas, when the PM settled down to begin watching them the other night, he found there was a problem.

The films only worked in DVD players made in North America and the words “wrong region” came up on his screen. Although he mournfully had to put the popcorn away, he is unlikely to jeopardise the special relationship – or “special partnership”, as we are now supposed to call it – by registering a complaint.

China angry at Britain for “stealing” artifacts 150 years ago; takes number, waits behind Greece, Italy, Egypt

Kyle — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:27:14 +0000

BBC News – The strong statement said China did not recognize the 31m euro (£28m, $39m) sale of the bronze rat and rabbit.

It also ordered tighter checks on artifacts that Christie’s auction house takes into or out of China.

The bronzes were sold as part of the estate of late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.

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Thieves steal thousands of dollers worth of scallops. How shellfish of them

Kyle — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:03:21 +0000

They were stolen from a protected area of Loch Sligachan where a farmer had exclusive rights.

David Oakes, from Sconser, has now offered a £1000 reward for information leading to a successful prosecution.

He said: “A lot of the top restaurants want the really big scallops.”

He added that protected areas attracted thieves because divers and dredgers had caused over-fishing.

It’s cold. Do you a) turn up the thermostate? b) wrap up in a blanket? c) Get cash from the goven’t.

Kyle — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:47:48 +0000

Those poor blokes across the pond really hate the cold. According to BBC News.com when an area’s average temperature falls or is forecast to fall to 0C or below for seven consecutive days a government £25-a-week assistance is triggered.

So Forecasts for the London area currently mean 600,000 people are eligible for fuel help for the first time in a decade.

Forecasters say temperatures will stay below zero in many parts of the UK.

Lows of -8C (17.6F) have been forecast for much of southern England and Wales, with temperatures dropping to -10C in rural Hampshire and Surrey overnight.

The mercury dropped to -11C in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, and in Shap, Cumbria, on Monday night.

The £15m for Londoners means weather payments have topped £100m this winter.

Charities have warned that the elderly and sick urgently need financial help with heating bills to prevent avoidable deaths.

Britain’s biggest pensioner group – the National Pensioners Convention – said 12 pensioners could die every hour during the cold snap.

I don’t know about you but after living in Chicago for almost 2 years and tempatures well below what they are forcasting I really don’t see the problem. I can understand elderly…maybe but i just wear more clothes and wrap myself in a blanket when I’m at home. That seems to do the trick. But then again if I was getting free money just because it’s cold outside well…I guess I wouldn’t be complaining. Funny Brits.