Biscuits and cookies are two different things. You put different things on biscuits like butter or jam. You don't do the same to cookies.

Never drank tea on a Centurion, only instant coffee with powdered coffee mate and sugar. What we drank most of was canned beer. That way you didn't have to worry about bad water and getting the poops.

At the time it was much cheaper to buy beer in Europe than it was to buy Coca cola.

What does the word Viking mean??

What does the word Viking mean??

Was the question too hard for yah!

There's a long definition on Wikipedia, too long to untangle here. For Brits we simplify it as a race of invaders (later settlers) from Scandinavia who descended on these shores in the early Mediaeval period.  

There's a long definition on Wikipedia, too long to untangle here. For Brits we simplify it as a race of invaders (later settlers) from Scandinavia who descended on these shores in the early Mediaeval period.  

First used to describe Marauders or Pirates.

Hey Pete, a while ago you posted a vid which you thought was a Manchester accent , well here's the real thing.

Now the British wouldn't know this but who was the first radio sponsor for the NHL and who took over in 1934?

Now the British wouldn't know this but who was the first radio sponsor for the NHL and who took over in 1934?

Labatt? Peter Puck? No cigar.

In 1934, Imperial Oil of Canada took over the sponsorship from General Motors Products of Canada and the broadcast became known as the Imperial Esso Hockey Broadcast. If you had been watching the NHL as of late, you should have heard this.

Not quite an original, but ancient nevertheless. The originals, such as the one in Salisbury, date from 1215, the one at Harvard is a copy made in 1300. So old yes, but original, no. 

Most democracies live under a certain degree of "us and them" but rarely does it get to the point of demonizing "them" as enemies who should be eliminated. But we're seeing that attitude gaining ground recently. No political party takes power with the intention of destroying the country, but some go along that route in the mistaken belief that they're doing the right thing.