,,,l A careful reading of what I have written reveals that I have no intention of trying to defend the guilty, but only the innocent. Not so. The "innocent" are the children. I fail to see any relevance in this remark to the discussion in hand. The innocence of the victims is not in quest...

JD, Pope Benedict is easily defended and for all the lashing around to be seen hereI have still to see a single piece of evidence. As for the Church's "intelligence service," do tell! What I have seen is some very cunning behaviour to prevent knowledge of crimes and cover-up reaching highe...

Is it really smoke and mirrors, or is it that we are faced with a very complex situation in an extremely large multi-national organisation and without making a serious effort to come to some appreciation of the many facts required for balanced judgment, we only have a somewhat hazy impression of wha...

Hi Folks, I've been away due to my dad's recent brush with lung cancer - and what a first thread to see when I come back! The Pope is a visiting Head of State; he deserves the same standard of welcome as any other Head of State. I hope that Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth will be accorded at least the ...

Milda wrote:Vera said is it an Irish testicle?

jewellery 'box'

a device for boiling/poaching eggs - the spikes keep it from sitting on the bottom of the pan of water thereby aiding more even cooking

Not bad going. What's that, forty years or something overdue? Exact time anyone?

Reminds me of the two characters who used to peep out of a bedroom window in Laird's Weir shooting schoolchildren coming home with an air pistol.

novelty egg timer

When I was sixteen I did two stints of 'work experience' with G. J. Kennedy. Being allowed into the operating area was like walking into Diagon Alley for a schoolboy! Alsatians with glass in their feet ("volunteers to hold it please, while I insert the needle..."), putting down pensioners'...

I remember having a space gun water pistol and filling it with my dad's lighter fuel and and trying to use it as a flame thrower. I remember it melted, but thinking back I was lucky it did'nt explode in my face. I can't remember if my dad ever missed his fuel. :roll: I used to do similar with meths...