Topic: The Lounge / Egyptian "Hulk" Claims God Gave Him Strength of 30,000 Men

You’re all jealous ;-) !

Topic: The Lounge / Traffic lights

Here’s another nice magic roundabout, it is in Swindon, England:

http://www.swindonweb.com/u...

Topic: The Lounge / Traffic lights

http://home.comcast.net/~do...

Topic: The Lounge / Traffic lights

More and more traffic lights in the Netherlands are being replaced by roundabouts. Traffic now flows much better.
Generally speaking traffic that is on the roundabout has priority over traffic joining it.

Topic: The Lounge / New York Times July 2009

What does “tits up” mean?

Topic: The Lounge / New York Times July 2009

http://www.nytimes-se.com/

Interesting ;) !

Topic: The Lounge / Who would like to buy an old computer?

They’re all museum pieces now!

Topic: The Lounge / Flies

Rub yourself with a juicy cut lemon. Keeps musquitos away too.

Topic: The Lounge / Scotland - New Zealand Rugby Match

12shoc,

I started this whole thing because I thought it is fun to see the Haka before a competition starts. I’d feel cheated if the players stopped performing the song and dance and I’m sure it has nothing to do with unsportsmen-like behaviour, just tradition.
As far as I’m concerned Michael Campbell should do the Haka as well on the first tee ;-) !!!

Johanna

Topic: The Lounge / Scotland - New Zealand Rugby Match

Joanna
Scotland normally play in Navy.
Kiwi

“Will the real slim shady, please stand up”?

Navy kilts, I hope ;-) !

Topic: The Lounge / Scotland - New Zealand Rugby Match

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Topic: Rules of Golf / Maximum Mens Handicap

It would certainly play havoc with the size of our fields!

........but perhaps you’ll have a real winner for a change!

Topic: Rules of Golf / Maximum Mens Handicap

We have club competitions for beginners and they start at (club) handicap 45. When they reach 36 they get an official EGA Handicap but they must pass a written Rules exam before they get their official handicap.
It is up to the club’s competition committee to decide hcp. limits for club competitions, just as much as the National Federation sets maximum limits for its national competitions.

Topic: The Lounge / GWB's visit to London

Air Force One arrives at Heathrow and President Bush strides to a warm and dignified reception from the Queen.

They are driven in a 1934 Bentley to the edge of central London where they change to a magnificent 17th century carriage hitched to six white horses.

They continue on towards Buckingham Palace, waving to the thousands of cheering Britons; all is going well.

Suddenly, the right rear horse lets fly with the most horrendous earth-shattering fart ever heard in the British Empire. The fart shakes the coach. The smell is atrocious! Both passengers in the carriage must use perfume-dipped handkerchiefs over their nose, but the two dignitaries of state do their best to ignore the incident.

The Queen turns to President Bush saying, ‘Mr. President, please accept my regrets. I am sure you understand there are some things that even a Queen cannot control.’

Bush, with his usual diplomatic aplomb, replied, ‘Your Majesty, do not give the matter another thought. Until you mentioned it, I thought it was one of the horses.’

Topic: The Lounge / I have a spelling checker!

I have a spelling checker
I disk covered four my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.
Eye ran this poem threw it.
Your sure real glad two no.
Its very polished in it’s weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.
A checker is a blessing.
It freeze yew lodes off thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when aye rime.
Each frays comes posed up on mice screen
Eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours o’er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.
Bee fore wee rote with chequers
Hour spelling was inn deck line,
Butt now when wee dew have a laps,
Wee are not maid too wine.
And now bee cos my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
There are know faults inn awl this peace,
Nun eye am a wear.
To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaws are knot aloud.
That’s why eye brake in two averse
Cuz Eye dew want too please.
Sow glad eye yam that aye did bye
This soft wear four pea seas.

Topic: The Lounge / Golf Course Bird Life

Publish, are you sure the blackbirds in western Europe are the same as yours? The males sing beautifully and only eat insects, worms and berries. I’ll attach a link to a blackbird picture.
Could the little bird that excavates holes in the bunker-wall be a kingfisher? I’ll try and find a picture of that one too.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/Imag...

Topic: The Lounge / Sad sad day....

Sorry to hear about your pet, Walrus. Have a look at the attached link, your old cat would have approved of one of them cuties.

http://www.broadcaster.com/...

Topic: The Lounge / Latest on Sevy

MADRID, Spain—Seve Ballesteros is scheduled to undergo another operation on a brain tumor, La Paz Hospital said in a statement Thursday.

The operation Friday will attempt to relieve pressure on his brain caused by an edema and bleeding that have recently developed.

The remaining parts of the tumor, located in a very deep part of the brain, will be removed in the operation, the statement said.

A study of cells already removed has revealed the tumor is classified as an oligoastrocitoma, a type that affects “cells that cover and protect the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord,” the statement said.

The hospital said the operation is “of great complexity.”

Ballesteros was admitted to the hospital Oct. 6, and 10 days later a sizable part of the tumor was taken out.

Part of his skull was removed—a procedure known as decompressive craniotomy—to allow room for a swelling brain to expand. Doctors said it was not uncommon after such complex operations.

Topic: The Lounge / 40 Gypsies who went to Heaven

The Pearly Gates

40 Gypsies arrive at the Pearly Gates in their Transit vans and caravans.

St Peter goes into the gatehouse and phones up God, saying. ‘I’ve got 40 travelers here. Can I let them in?’

God says ‘We are over quota on Pikeys . Go out and tell them to choose between them which are the 12 most worthy, and I will let just the dozen in.’

Less than a minute later St Peter is on the phone to God again. ‘They’ve gone’, he tells God.

‘What?’ says God, ‘All 40 of them?’

‘No, the f*ing gates’.

Topic: The Lounge / Golf Course Bird Life

HCWT, see my added link above your message. It shows a picture of the long tailed tit. It looks very like your fairy wren.
Ten wives will drive you up the wall!

Topic: The Lounge / Golf Course Bird Life

Thank you all for those beautiful pictures.
HCWT, the last picture looks like our ‘long tailed tit’. Is that what it is?

Johanna

http://www.rspb.org.uk/Imag...

Topic: The Lounge / Golf Course Bird Life

Pom, but your birds are so colourful!
Legislation on using pesticides and fungicides on golfcourses is very strict in the Netherlands, much to the greenkeepers chagrin at times, but the wildlife on courses has benefitted.
The birdlife here is very similar to that in England, but Scotland has some we don’t get here, like grouse (in season now!!!)

Topic: The Lounge / Golf Course Bird Life

Every spring a number of Dutch golfclubs do a survey on birds on their golfcourse. The results are then published. On my course we start with a group of about 15 members and a ornithologist at 5.30 a.m. Afterwards we have breakfast in the club.
My club counted 35 birds, amongst them sparrow hawk, church owl, tawny owl, blackbird, sparrow, starling, jackdaw, garden thrush, song thrush, crow, magpie, nuthatch, treekreeper, robin, nuthatch, long tailed tit, coal tit, great tit, blue tit (see picture), swallow, house martin, golden oriole, black-headed gull, wood pigeon, turtle dove, cuckoo, barn owl, green woodpecker, great spotted woodpecker, wood lark, wren, chaffinch, greenfinch and heard but not seen the nightingale. http://www.rspb.org.uk/Imag...

Topic: The Lounge / Seve, latest news

Golf legend Seve Ballesteros is in a stable condition after undergoing an operation on a brain tumour.

The Madrid hospital where he underwent the procedure said he was conscious and stable and recovering in intensive care, and there were no complications.

A biopsy on the tumour was scheduled for Tuesday but doctors decided to operate to remove as much of the tumour as possible before treatment.

It was first said the op took 12 hours, but a later one said it was seven.

“It was a long operation – some statements say 12 hours but we’ve been told by the family seven hours – and we believe it has been successful,” European Tour chief executive George O’Grady told BBC Radio 5 Live.

“It has got to be checked through later but his brother has phoned to tell us it was very successful.

606: MESSAGES
Seve, get well soon

RedFAK
“He has regained consciousness and is in intensive care. If any man can come through this it will be him.”

The 51-year-old five-time major winner collapsed at Madrid Airport last week.

He underwent a number of tests over the weekend which uncovered the tumour and after informing his family, Ballesteros confirmed the news in a statement on Sunday.

A statement from La Paz Hospital on Wednesday said: “The patient will spend a post-operative period in the intensive care unit.

“He is currently conscious and in a stable condition, although he cannot receive visits in the coming days until he recovers from the surgery.”

The removed tumour will be analyzed and it will take several days before the results are known, and what course of treatment Ballesteros may need.

Ballesteros won 87 titles during his career, including the Open in 1979, 1984 and 1988 and the Masters in 1980 and 1983 and captained Europe to Ryder Cup victory at Valderrama in 1997.

He retired last year following arthritic back and knee problems late in his career and doctors discovered an irregular heartbeat when he was admitted to hospital in 2007.

Topic: The Lounge / Islam - what do you think?

How about wishing Sevy a speedy recovery?
He’s been diagnosed with a brain tumor.

Johanna