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Christmas is coming and present buying is in progress. If you are buying anything through Amazon then please remember the Luxor4u shop. The costs and discounts are exactly...
A self-styled grammar vigilante has been correcting rogue apostrophes on a city's signs for the last 13 years.
By day, the anonymous crusader is a...
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It really ****** me off when it was decided to remove punctuation from street and place names in the UK. I suspect that it was because they were confusing to some of the semi-illiterati in the police...
There's to be a service at Westminster Abbey today reflecting on the recent atrocity near parliament. It will be attended by representatives of diverse faiths...some of whom will give a reading.
Its...
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Those that believe in god and truly believe that he above all others has the answer in preventing such as this and can offer support and forgiveness towards those responsible for the actions, but...
I'm always too late to place one of these comments under MT's postings cos I miss them being locked, so, by the looks of things he will be posting more of this kind, so at least I now have my say for...
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A Doctor writes:
One has to try to put oneself in his then and constant ongoing problems.
First losing three times as much as I paid for my house.
It then falling down, leaking, dogs, roads, no water...
My English friend that owns the top third floor flat has been made to pay four years of property tax, 1,850Le. He is adamant that it is only a two bed roomed flat, which I agree with. But they say...
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Just come back Angela. His words to you were only pixels on a screen, they cant do you any harm, the only harm they can do is the harm you allow them to do. :br
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He'll be too busy ruining another...
unbelievable but true as it was shown on a local Arabic TV news channel couple of days ago according to my friend. In a large town area just outside of Cairo, sorry can't remember its name, A young...
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Family retribution doesn't always have to be against the perpetrator, it can even skip a generation until one family decides to take out the best of the other family. And on it goes.
The world laments the rock an' roll legend Chuck Berry. Even the former president of the US, Obama, has posted his condolences. But in 1962 he was found guilty and sentenced to three years in prison...
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No problem with that John, you were not to blame. A similar incident happened to me at a famous club venue near to Southport when I was twenty. Got swinging with a girl that actually looked a tad...
In a second attempt to encourage cycling culture in Egyptian streets, Egypt has introduced bike lanes as an attempt to develop a cycling infrastructure.
Social media users have...
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If people had a proper job and worked hard, they could afford cars..... ;)
This isnt 1950 anymore.... :cg
We had a travel writer staying at the hotel last night with his family. He had just come back from Aswan where they had attempted to go and have tea at the Old Cataract. They weren’t allowed in. The...
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To reminisce:
About 25 years ago on my first visit to Egypt I decided that I should try
The Old Cataract. I flew from Cairo and arrived at the hotel about midday.
A rather surly receptionist signed...
For anyone who can get it there is a new programme showing on the PBS America channel on Wednesday at 9 pm called ‘The Secrets of Highclere Castle’ (Sky & Freesat)
The trailer says it all really, the...
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Thanks for that Horus, past a very pleasant hour, although at times I did wonder if MT had been responsible for the sub titling. :lol:
I managed to find a version on You Tube without the sub titles.
A driving habit that particularly annoys me is getting stiffer penalties in the UK as of today. A change in the law means that the current penalty for a driver using a mobile phone whilst on the move...
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Do you need seatbelt when riding on the petrol tank of a motorbike, or in fact the luggage rack of same motorbike, do you need superglue on the seat if you ride side saddle. Oh there are so many ways...
I was JUST wondering what people think about these Chelsea tractors cars ?
This one specifically may be of interest to a former ex, ex Pat ? 8)
Lovely colour by the way...... :up
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My XJS was easy to get in and out of, especially when the roof was back. But a sod when the roof was up. It's because you have to get down and into them, the seat well is very low.
CNN are reporting Christians in the Sinai Region are fleeing due to ISIS killings and executions. Could the Sinai become the new ISIS calafate? There are plenty of ISIS fighters in the area and many...
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