Read this story http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbfelons1012sboct12,0,3762352.story 30, 000 is a bit less then 100, 000

Various way to say toilet in England lavatory lav khazi loo privy netty bog

I bought my first handbag (purse) the other day. I've gone 31 years without ever owning or needing one. Pockets are a wonderful invention, but I'm going to a wedding and my outfit has no pockets and I need some where to put my tissues.

I knew that, I was not sure how many other people know much about Bob, Rasta and Haile Selassie.

How more of a historically accurate picture of the pilgrims do you need? :D

Or the Rastafarian Flag (I know, same flag, different image in the middle)

I've been looking around and I have found some websites where you can become an ordained minster. Once an ordained minster you are to preform marriage ceremony. Would this be a real marriage, or would we still need to have it official signed by a JP or some one at the court house?

Thanks Tibbyl, just what I've been looking for. Off to do some reading

Yes, Genoa is now part of Italy. Here is something to read about the history of Genoa This is a map of "Italy" in 1494 During the Middle Ages, Italy was a divided in to small city states and kingdoms Here is something to read about the history of Italy

Well, Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, which was not part of Italy. If you were to fly a historically accurate flag then this would be it

What is wrong with displaying the flag of your county of heritage? We always have an American flag flying, as my dh and son are American. I'm technically American, but there is always a part of me that will be British. My son also holds British citizenship. We fly the Union Flag on St. George's Day, St. Andrew's Day, St. David's Day, St. Patrick's Day and the Queens Birthday. Also when England/Great Britain are playing in any international sporting event. I'm proud to be American and British and I want my son to be proud to be both.

My ideal wedding would be going to Vegas and having Elvis marry us. I don't know why, but I've always wanted to do this. But, a trip to Vegas is way out of our budget. I'm looking more for ceremony ideas.

Even though I've been calling my partner my hubby we are not technically married. I say he's my hubby as it sounds so much better than boyfriend, as that sounds like we are in high school. For the past 6 years we have been planning on getting married, but just never got around to it. We have finally decided that early next year we are going to. So, I'm looking for some ideas for a non-traditional, non-religious wedding. Both dh and I are atheist. It's going to be a small wedding. All of my family is in the UK and won't be attending. Not sure how many members of dh family will attend if it is not in a church. I would like to include our son in the ceremony in some way. Links and pics would be great.

What we have done is, tie some yarn on the part that the bait goes, and tie the other end of the yarn onto the bar. Put your peanut butter on as normal, making sure that the yarn there is covered. When the mouse or rat goes for the pb, he will pull the yarn and the rest is history.

we do this quite often. It's a nice break from "lessons"

:iagree: Well said

The idea that a board being paid for not by us, but our hosts, and that we are **just** guests here is absurd. There are hundreds of other paid for boards where the guests do not pay to participate, yet one knows exactly who the moderators are. They know this either in title (where it might say "Mod" under their name) or in name completely (where it might say something like WTMmod or just Admin or ModName as their log in). To say that we have no right to know who the mods are here simply because we are guests and do not pay is not just unfair but elitist. My whole point was that a MOD chose to send me a vehemently threatening private message where she emphatically stated that she was a mod of this board, all while defending her behavior towards others in a specific thread. That is unacceptable for a Mod, who is supposed to be impartial, to do. This person has openly chastised many of this community and has had that thread locked because of it, yet SWB finds this acceptable behavior for a Mod? How come, then, do we not see Bob or Heather behaving this way? My question is a legitimate one and one I feel needs addressing. I want SWB to say that she does not want us here and if she refuses to say that, then she needs to do something about the obvious impartiality being shown here. That she won't speaks volumes. And don't bring Phred or GothicGyrl up in this either. They were banned because they spoke with an obvious dissension against the "norm" and no one liked that. Don't say they had bad attitudes either because they did not. They simply brought other ideas and facets to the discussion that some refuse to discuss. No one likes an opposing viewpoint , especially when it challenges your own (and that's what they did--challenge you). Are we then going to bury ourselves under lots of kissing up instead of allowing, truly allowing free discussion? Or are we going to sit back and just join in on the love fest and pretend all is well?

I know that we don't have to be here and that we don't pay for the use of using these boards. I personally think it builds a better community if you know who has the power. It would make us all mind our P's and Q's more.

Who are the moderators on the board? I was wondering if it was possible for us to know who the moderators of these boards are. I go to a lot of different boards, and they all have a list on the front page of who the moderators are. That way if you have a problem, you can go straight to them, and address your concerns. I know that there is a moderator and an admin, but these are not real people, unless their parents did not like them and gave them funny names. I think it is helpful to know who your mods are, so that way you can get to know them and what kind of things they find acceptable. I found out who on of the mods is, quite by accident. I was trying to put her on my ignore list, as it is easier than reading her verbal diarrhea, but it would not let me, as she is a mod. I also think that as this a board open to people form all walks of life, the mods should also be. How can a mod who is a devout Xtian in any way judge a post written by an Atheist, asking for alternatives homeschool groups that require a statement of faith? I have seen a lot of bias on this board. Why is it that when a thread is started that asks who is a heathen, was is OK for a Xtian to post in there that she felt sorry for us, and would pray that we would see that we are wrong. After this post, the thread posters went into attack mode against that poster and the thread was locked. Would is not have been easier to delete the offending post, and reprimand the poster in some way? How would a Xtian like it if they were asking for prays for someone, and a Atheist went in there and said you are all wasting your time, prays don't work. That poster (the Atheist) would be banned quicker than anything. So are we allowed to know who is moderating our posts, or is it a closely guarded secret that only the powers that be can know?

I see the pattern...If you are a mason, you are going to die. The rest of us are safe and will live forever.

What's wrong with a Scottish Rite Temple?

I certainly hope that he does not drop dead a year form now. Thanks for the comforting thought.

I like the bride of Frankenstein idea, but can you buy wigs like that?

Unfortunately I have a body more suited to dressing as a dwarf than Mortica Adams.