Guys and girls, Mrs SLH and I are emigrating to the promised land of Australia in August and the cheapest way to get there with the best luggage allowance is via the US. As it's a round the world ticket we can stop twice on the way and have decided to spend 2 days in NY and 2 days in LA.
So, we've got limited time and don't want to spend an absolute fortune (so Disneyland is out). Where would you stay and what things would you say are absolutely not to be missed in each of the two cities?
I'm relying on you guys, I haven't a clue and booking online is ok so long as you know not to stay at hotel X cos it's 30 miles away from anything!
Cheers
SLH
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2 days in NY, 2 days in LA, what do you do?
by Satans little helper inguys and girls, mrs slh and i are emigrating to the promised land of australia in august and the cheapest way to get there with the best luggage allowance is via the us.
as it's a round the world ticket we can stop twice on the way and have decided to spend 2 days in ny and 2 days in la.
so, we've got limited time and don't want to spend an absolute fortune (so disneyland is out).
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Clever Reverse-Witness on Ebay
by Angharad inhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/ebayisapi.dll?viewitem&category=366&item=6157457202&rd=1&sspagename=wdvw
you will have to copy and paste the link into your address bar..
i thought the starting bid was a nice touch !
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beautiful
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Smokers - How do you justify it to yourself?
by AlmostAtheist ini've been smoking since i quit being a witness.
i smoked for a week when i was 15, i quit when i started studying.
my "smoking" then was only a few cigarettes, i was by no means addicted.
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It won't happen to me, I've got to die one day, it helps me through the day, everyone deserves one vice
Need I go on?
I stopped in November using the Allan Carr book - The Easy Way To Stop SMoking. It gradually changes how you feel about ciggies and is the most effective method I have come across -
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Tell us about you
by kls inso many posters and most communicate either on this site or have the pleasure to meet in person and know much of some posters lives ,but for thos who don't ( like me ) let's share some of our lives with others,,, .
are you married or single?
= me married .
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Married - since Sept '03 to my total soul mate and am very lucky to have had a couple of narrow escapes before meeting her
Kids - none yet (that I know of) but plans to start a family next year once we are settled in Oz
Pets - 2 cats, Spike and Drew the coolest cats you will ever meet. They are coming to Oz with us because despite the cost we just couldn't leave our boys behind
Grandparent - Hell no! but I do have one solitary grand parent left alive but he's very ill and I'll miss him when he's gone.
Hobbies - well currently I'm spending alot of time in the gym because I live away close to work during the week but I want to learn how to play guitar and I am a certified PADI scuba diver
Mrs SLH and I are moving to Australia in August to have a total downshift in lifestyle. I am a software engineer and am fed up with the rat race that I've had to buy into here; I just want to be able to live comfortably enough without all the stress and hassle you get in the UK -
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Caption Competition.
by Englishman inthese are my 3 sons, simon, james and ben.. .
they staged this pic especially for jwd!.
can you put a caption to it?.
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"we'd never look this happy if dad was still a dub"
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Any Ebay-ers Out There?
by Englishman ini'm becoming intrigued with dabbling on ebay.
i've made a bid for some goods and i'm waiting to see if i've "won".. any advice for a newbie ebay-er?.
buying, selling, whatever?.
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I found this story on the BBC today - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3734462.stm
I was stung on ebay a couple of months ago where I bid for and won a mini iPod, the guy then said he was out of stock and I would have to wait 6 weeks. 6 Weeks later still nothing so i complained and paypal said they wouldn't investigate because it was past 30 days, getting ebay to investigate and start to get the money back was more difficult than anything as their system is designed to make you give up after a while of jumping through hoops. Be very careful and very wary of large ticket items - always use a credit card as then you can claim the money back through the credit card company if it goes wrong
in the end I got the money back but only because i threatened legal action and also got his ebay account frozen (through persistent bitching) but I still ended up £30 out of pocket as the guy only refunded the money he got from paypal, which didn't include what he was charged for the auction, so I ended up paying for his auction fees -
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The Stem Cell experiment, good or bad?
by Brummie init was discussed by the president & kerry, it will be all over the news over the next few days because of the death of a hero, for some reason the stem cell issue scares me and i dont think i could support it, taking some voiceless life to improve another, maybe i am misinformed?
it all seems unethical.
i dont know all the facts, can you enlighten me please?.
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what 6 said!
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The Stem Cell experiment, good or bad?
by Brummie init was discussed by the president & kerry, it will be all over the news over the next few days because of the death of a hero, for some reason the stem cell issue scares me and i dont think i could support it, taking some voiceless life to improve another, maybe i am misinformed?
it all seems unethical.
i dont know all the facts, can you enlighten me please?.
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but that's the problem isn't it? we can't truly live in that much of a democracy where every decision gets a referendum, it would tie up the wheels of government so much that nothing would get done.
as for playing god, why do you think that stem cell research equates to that? the stem cells have the potential to become life as they come from a fertilised egg but they are used before they become a life form so it's not like an abortion. We play god every day in medicine by saving lives that 100 years ago would have ended through disease or illness. Infant mortality was horrendous even up to the turn of the century, how can we criticise playing god on the one hand using stem cells to take medical expertise forwards and not criticise it when we are increasing lifespan and straining the worlds resources with our longer lives. If you really want man to stop playing god then are you prepared to not have your kids immunised, or disallow them surgery when they are ill? -
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The Stem Cell experiment, good or bad?
by Brummie init was discussed by the president & kerry, it will be all over the news over the next few days because of the death of a hero, for some reason the stem cell issue scares me and i dont think i could support it, taking some voiceless life to improve another, maybe i am misinformed?
it all seems unethical.
i dont know all the facts, can you enlighten me please?.
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stem cells aren't a life, they are a cluster of cells just growing in a petri dish. SP is right, when the cells start to divide just after fertilisation they have the potential to be anything, they can be inserted into damaged spinal tissue and have the potential to reconnect the spinal cord.
It's a shame all the decent research is being done over here where the government haven't bowed to the uninformed opinion, unfortunately the debate on stem cell research has been hijacked by the anti abortionists in the USA -
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Paedophile is told to pay £50,000
by ignored_one inhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/3716866.stm
paedophile is told to pay 50,000 a paedophile has been ordered to pay 50,000 towards the cost of bringing him to justice.
william goad, of ford park road, plymouth, pleaded guilty to 14 counts of serious sexual assault and two counts of indecent assault.
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I used to live just down the road from this guy, this is bloody scary