Cumbria floods
	I am well and dry - Barrow has no river to speak of so no flood risk - but without broadbean all day. I'm more concerned about Ally. Rosjh By Rosalind Mitchell  - 20 Nov - 6 new of 6 messages

	Slight Herpes, Vicky
	Didn't Michael Jackson have a chimp called "Mr Bubbles"? By Gumrat  - 20 Nov - 4 new of 4 messages

Ask EU: AVG9 v Windows Essentials

Have been following recent exchanges on AVG with great interest and saw that Windows Essential Security has had umratic support. We're just coming to the end of a paid-up sub to CA Antivirus which has been perfectly OK, as far as I know, but is only AntiVirus without any extras and is rather expensive, so both AVG and the Microsoft offering look... more » By Kate Brown  - 20 Nov - 7 new of 7 messages

	AP suggestions
	Any suggestions as to chich (if any) of these are worth recording for a long car drive ? Afternoon Play, Alan and Jean's Incredible Journey - By Ian Kershaw. Alan and Jean Warburton are on vacation, but this is no ordinary holiday. [6 days 7 hours] Afternoon Play, Forty-Three Fifty-Nine - Wake - Comedy by Katie Hims.... more » By BrritSki  - 20 Nov - 17 new of 17 messages

	UMRA birthday info for 20 November 2009
	Birthday News for today, 20 November: Bernard M. Earp and Brian Aldridge. By Birthday Monitor  - 20 Nov - 1 new of 1 message

OT Immigration: The Real Story of the Immigrants Who Opened the Floodgates

Immigration: The Full Story of the Immigrants Who Opened the Floodgates The Culture of Critique reviewed by Stanley Hornbeck In The Culture of Critique, Evolutionary Psychologist Professor Kevin MacDonald advances a carefully researched but extremely controversial thesis: that certain 20th century intellectual movements – largely... more » By Love Europe, Hate the EU  - 19 Nov - 1 new of 1 message

	OT: M & S advert
	What is Umratic thought about the Advertising Standards people having had 8 complaints about the M & S advert where Philip Glenister portrays the sort of character he's well-known for portraying on screen and a woman prances about in her underwear. Why on earth are they "looking into it" after only EIGHT complaints, for... more » By Jenny M Benson  - 18 Nov - 18 new of 18 messages

	Stir Up Sunday
	Are the Brookfield Archers the only family in the country to celebrate this event? Slight spoiler Weds 18th Nov Will I be the first in the queue to kill Vicky before Dec 1st? By Gumrat  - 18 Nov - 12 new of 12 messages

	White collar criminals
	I don't know if Matt has access to a wireless whilst inside, but he might have been interested in today's "Thinking Allowed" on Radio 4. [link] I was amused that Jonathan Aitken seems to think that going to prison damaged his good reputation. I rather think that telling lies to all and... more » By Jim Easterbrook  - 18 Nov - 4 new of 4 messages

	Slight spoiler Tuesday
	x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Joe and Clarriluv have just set the Grundys up for Something Awful to happen at Christmas, and I'm guessing it will be more than Ed forgetting to send Will a card. Steve Hague By Steve Hague  - 18 Nov - 22 new of 22 messages