An Eclectic list
of links we found interesting or amusing.

http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/
The Census people have updated the local statistics and this is the page for Goring. Interesting.

http://www.the-apologist.co.uk/
Do you feel the need to apologise to anyone for anything? Here is a place to do it. There is no guarantee that the person or persons will see it, but you may feel better having got it off your chest.

http://www.westsussexpast.org/
An archive of old photos of Sussex which you can download. Or you can order hard copies if you wish

http://www.oldsuperstitions.com/
This site bills itself as the largest list of superstitions on the web. Whether you slavishly avoid ladders and cracks in the pavement or you think all superstitions are a load of hokum, the site makes entertaining reading.

http://www.worldofiq.co.uk
What is your IQ. Take a test here

http://www.worldwidewords.org/
Port Out, Starboard Home is a new book by Michael Quinion that could just be as popular as Eats Shoots and Leaves. The website is pretty dood too.
http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/ is also a good one. Lots of examples of how to get it wrong! Or try
http://www.dreaded-apostrophe.com/ http://www.dreaded-apostrophe.com/

http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/

http://www.instruction-manuals.co.uk/
Lost the instruction manual? Here is where to find a copy to buy, or links to on-line manuals for many products.

http://www.badmothersclub.co.uk/
For all those who do not organise their children every evening seven days a week.

http://ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/pig.htm Stack the floating pigs is the byline here. A game site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/testyourpet
Test your pets intelligence. My labrador/spaniel thingy, Casper, scored 24. How did yours do?

http://www.motoring.telegraph.co.uk/
This ios a good one for any problems that affect your motoring, cars, driving, whatever

http://www.mi5.gov.uk/
MI5 official website has a list of tips to help prevent terrorism. They seem quite logical to me. The Top 10 guidelines for businesses are worth a look.

http://www.themovechannel.com/
This site covers virtually every aspect of moving house. There are detailed how-to guides to buying, selling, letting, and renting, the moving process and financial products as well as a database of over 15 thousand links to all types of property sites from estate agents to countenancers and mortgage brokers.
If you want to get yourself on a TV property show, there's a guide to which programmes currently need contributors. Plus there's a range of useful interactive calculators to help you work out your rent, mortgage payments, or to compare different mortgage packages.

http://www.seussville.com/
This official site for all things Dr Suess. The Suessentenial section marks the 100 year anniversary of the great man's birth, but the highlight is the playground section which features characters like The Cat in the Hat, The Grinch and Sam I-Am in a range of terrific games aimed at primary-age kids.

http://www.show.me.uk/
Chiefly f in SE England, togther with games. Neat

http://www.besttreatments.co.uk/
Best Treatments is a parallel resource to NHS Direct, so that you can browse your sysmptoms and decide for yourself whether to have an aspirin or call an ambulance. I haven't explored my sysmptoms but would be interested in your experience with this tool.

http://www.wordspy.com/
Devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases. These aren't "stunt words" or "sniglets," but new terms that have appeared multiple times in newspapers, magazines, books, Web sites, and other recorded sources.

http://www.elve.net/
Bartolomeo Mecánico worldwide roadsigns shows comic local variations to what are supposed to be international standard signs.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/promo/office/
Yellow stickers on good URLs around the office.

http://www.referendum04.co.uk
If the UK is going to sign up for the proposed European Constitution, we must have a chance to vote in a referendum on this. You can send your name and address to this website and they will add your name to a petition to see this happens.

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/
The Plain English Campaign held a competition for the most detested tiresome expressions. Go to the Whats New link for the details. For the record the top ones were:

• at the end of the day
• at this moment in time
• like (used as punctuation)
• with all due respect
• to be honest
• going forward
• lets touch base
• blue sky thinking
• I hear what you are saying
• it's not rocket science
• between a rock and hard place

http://www.wine-searcher.com/
Got any dusty bottles of wine in the back of your cupboard? Does value increase with age? How much should you pay for a special vintage?

I Love Books
The Daily Telegraph on Friday 19 March highlights a website called I Love Books, but does not give the URL. If you can find it please let me know. Apparently there is a competition to give a 25 word synopsis of well known liturature.

http://www.askyourneighbour.co.uk
Ask your questions here. You can enter say, Worthing in the entry box and either ask for a reply from the local people or the country, or the world, or any specific town.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/state/monarchs_leaders/launch_ani_kings_queens.shtml
A neat display of the Kings and Queens of England.

http://www.downingstreetsays.com/
Everyday there is a press conference at 10 Downing Street where the Prime Minister or his spokesman answers questions. Here are the transcripts of what was said. Note: this is not a government site, but probably a better record than the one seen in the papers.

My 50 things to do before I am 50

http://a0a.no.sapo.pt/nosferatv/bubblewrap.swf
If you have a fetish for popping bubblewrap try this one.

http://www.hitentertainment.com/pingu/uk/play.html
The kids love Pingu on TV and this one is great fun.

http://www.staywarm.co.uk/
A fixed price, low cost supplier of gas and electricity if you are over 60. Staywarm is part of Powergen and seems to be a best buy.
If you are under 60 then check our best buy page

http://www.grabameal.co.uk/
This is one of the largest and most comprehensive online guides to restaurants and takeaways in the UK. The Grab A Meal directory lists over 23 thousand different eateries. You can search by region, cuisine and postcode, read reviews of (and submit your own comments about) selected restaurants, and find offers for discounts on meals.

http://www.idea-a-day.com/
A new idea each day. Another pro-bono website. Each day an idea is published that you may find, interesting, useful, or perhaps rediculous. Lets see what comes up tomorrow.

http://www.moveyoassets.com/
Move your assets - or at least your image. Put a picture of you into the template and see yourself in an entirely new image.

http://totl.net/VisibleMars/
Did you know there is a difference between the British Mars Bar and the American one? A scientific (?) analysis of a shopping and snacking problem.

http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/
We now have an Information Commissioner in the UK. What they will do to help us I haven't yet discovered. Certainly the way they have of dealing with reports of spam seem rather over engineered and do not seem likely to succeed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/wright/wotd.shtml
Steve Wright in the afternoon on Radio 2 features Miles Mendoza's website of the day. If I like the choice I usually repeat it here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/state/monarchs_leaders/launch_ani_kings_queens.shtml
British Monarchs Timeline. Part of the BBC History wesbite - it is really incredible how much good stuff the BBC have up.

http://www.worthing.gov.uk/
WBC Website has been upgraded and really looks very smart. There is a wealth of information here, and seems very easy to find.

http://www.ungoogle.com
If you cannot find it on Google, try Ungoogle to get the entries from several other search engines.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/keyboards/
Welcome to Sunny Worthing
A website maintained in memory of Marcus Leighton who died aged 36 of leukaemia in November. It has a series of splendid photos of Worthinmg and is well worth a visit.
(Worthing Herald 31 Dec 03)
http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/
Cirque du Soleil - a Circus without animals - are going to be big. To start with they have the Albert Hall for about three months. You may well want to go and see them.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
A site to help you find short-term deals and loopholes to save you money on everything from phone bills to DVD players or contact lenses.

http://web.tickle.com/tests/uiq/
This Classic IQ Test is the most thorough and scientifically accurate IQ Test on the Web. Previously offered only to corporations, schools, and certified professionals — it's now available to you from Tickle. It's free, private and developed by PhDs.
You may have already participated in the BBC1 Test the Nation quiz. What did you score and are you satisfied?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/testthenation/

http://www.beagle2.com
The Beagle 2 Mars probe is due to touch down on Mars in the arly hours of Christmas morning. It takews three hours for the first messages to get back to earth, but we shall no doubt hear more on the radio and TV. In the meantime this website is worth a look.

http://www.worthing.gov.uk/LatestNews/Title,11289,en.html
The WBC departments will be closing at various times over the holidays. Have a quick check here.

http://www.tetrainfo.org/
There has been a lot of excitement about the new Tetra radio masts to provide secure messaging for the emergency services. Apparently local councils have refused planning permission for some of the masts. And apparently there are potential risks to our health. Here is more than you want to know about this project.

http://www.1do3.com/uk/page.php?x=1225
The Christmas page of 1DO3 was recommended to me as the way to solve any and all your Christmas problems. Try and it and see if it solves all yours!

http://www.digibattery.co.uk/
If you want to buy long life Ni-MH batteries for your digital camera, try this one. They are quite a lot cheaper than the local shops.

http://www.togscalendar.org/
Wot's a Tog I hear you say. If you are a listener to Terry Wogan in the morning you will know it is a Terry's Old Geezer, and they have an excellent calendar with every known celebrity on it. Preview it here, and then buy one in aid of BBC Children in Need.

http://www.savetherhino.org/
Jeremy French who is the vet at The Mulberry vets practice was recently sponsored to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to the tune of £1008 which he has now donated to the fund. Quite an achievement, both for the climber and for the many sponsors.

Eats,Shoots and Leaves:
The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
One of the best sellers this Christmas is the Lynne Truss book on punctuation. Everyone seems to have a parent who is a pedant, or an uncle who is illiterate, they badly need this book. You can get it anywhere, except the local shop here who has already sold out. If all is lost try this website:
http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/
Some people now think that because no one seems to get the apostrophe in the right place, then we should just give it up. The new film "Two weeks notice" has obviously done just this. Other cases include: The judges decision is final; who care's; no dog's. Similarly "Do you have any spare records" ought to end with a question mark.
Try this one: Haberdashers' Aske's Girls' School's Old Girls' Club.

http://www.ashington.net/
Ashington has won the Calor trophy for the best village in England. They get a plaque for the community centre, and £6000. Well done Ashington.

http://www.travellersworldwide.com
Gap years for both students and for more mature citizens are becoming the thing to do, ever since Prince Harry has been getting so much publicity in Australia. Travellers Worldwide, who work from Ferring, organises gap years and have an impressive record of very satisfied 'gappers' and make a significant contribution to the countries they go to. There will be an 8-part TV series starting in May 2004 following the progress of some of their clients.

http://www.winterwonderlanduk.com/
Winter Wonderland at the Millenium Dome is one that I had not hear of. It runs from 6-31 December. Looks like quite a place to go.

http://www.pressanykey.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/pak/funstuffmenu.cgi?target=Densa+Quiz
To qualify for membership for Mensa you need to score within the upper two percent of the population on an approved IQ test. For the rest of us, there's always Densa; No formal membership qualification, but you can check your Densa rating with a range of addictive quizzes which aren't quite as easy as they look: For example: How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?

http://www.worthing.gov.uk/A-ZofServices/Agenda21/
This is the page in the Worthing Borough Council website that deals with environment. Paul Willis also runs a beach clean a couple of times a year and is worth supporting.

http://www.bigconversation.org.uk
Mr Blair has hailed this as being a major contribution to better government. I should be interested in your views. It reads to me like a Labour Party Political speech. And it does go on.
http://www.referendum04.co.uk
If you think a referendum on the EU Constitution would be a good idea, so that at least you can find out what we are threatened with, then this one could be of interest.
http://www.independence.org.uk/
Or do you think we should go all the way and leave the EU altogether? Then this is the website for you. It is a poor website technically but then there are always some penalties for being independent.

http://www.idea-a-day.com/
You can send in the brilliant idea that you have just thought of and why doesn't someone do just this one thing to make your life better. Every day they publish just one brilliant idea, and you can look back through the archive.

http://www.humnri.com/enter/passport
This may come as a shock, but my mate has come across a website that holds everyone's passport details. This has me very worried. The sad thing is that anyone can access other people's personal info. I've removed my info. I suggest you all do the same.

http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/
Friends Reunited have now signed up their 10 millionth member. Quite an achievement in three years.

http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/
How Everyday Things Are Made, an introductory website for kids and adults showing how various items are made. It covers over 40 different products and manufacturing processes, and includes almost 4 hours of manufacturing video. It is targeted towards non-engineers and engineers alike. Think of it as your own private online factory tour, or a virtual factory tour, if you wish.

http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/whrobin.htm
An exhibition of Heath Robinson's work is on at Dulwich Picture Gallery until Jan 18. If you cannot make it there, try this website.

http://www.peachorlemon.co.uk/
A car database recording the comments on a vaste range of cars. Isn't it amazing how when you have just bought a car, you check these lists and find that everyone else hates it!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/lifestyle/style/tribes_of_man.shtml
Style is not a word that is usually associated with British men. When it comes to fashion, most men take little interest in their attire, and it shows. Trinny and Susannah have taken a long hard look at male style and have come up with, what they call, the Seven Tribes of Man. What tribe do you belong to?
Tribe 1 - The Market Stall Holder
Tribe 2 - Don't Try, Don't Need To
Tribe 3 - Medallion Man
Tribe 4 - Cutting Edge And Gets Away With It
Tribe 5 - Mr Nondescript - the largest tribe
Tribe 6 - Shiny Suit Brigade
Tribe 7 - Suits You Sir
From the BBC Two series, What Not To Wear, presented by Susannah Constantine and Trinny Woodall. More detail on the website.

http://www.123greetings.com/
Internet greetings for all occasions. Why spend money on postage.
Or for a 1066 comic strip greeting you can go to
http://www.adgame-wonderland.de/type/bayeux.php But it is a big flash site so be prepared to wait.

http://www.strangebanana.com/generator.aspx
No content on this one but a selection of formats for it

http://www.virtually-london.com/
A very large number of panoramas from all over the world. Slow to load the first one but quite quick for the rest. Somewhere in there is Buckingham Palace. Try it.

http://www.virtually-theworld.com/
A similar list - I do not know which is best

http://www.saveconcorde.com/
You might have seen Concorde flying over, very high, very fast, very noisy, at about 2.30 Friday 24 October on its way to the Bay of Biscay. We would be sorry to see it no more. One of the major British achievements, a beautiful aircraft, a triumph of design, something no other nation has achieved. If you agree why not sign the Save Concorde petition in this website.

http://www.rhs.org.uk/
For all gardeners there is a wealth of stuff here, including a neat way to find out the name of suitable plants and flowers from the description you key in of the appearance.

http://anglegrinderman.co.uk/
Car drivers in our area are warned that there are speed cameras about, and after four flashes you are out. This website promotes the removal of speed cameras, and also may be able to help you remove clamps for parking. As a website we of course do not favour breaking the law. But as a motorist . . . . The organisation that you might like to follow is MAD Motorists Against Detection whose spokesman is Captain Gatso - apparently no website but a worthy aim.

http://www.globalrichlist.com/
How rich are you. Type in your annual income and you will find you are a lot nearer to ill Gates than you thought!

http://www.miscellanies.info/
Ben Schott wrote Schotts Original Miscellany containing all the useless information you ever want to find in a hurry. Whittikers Almanack does this too, but Schotts range is wider. Who is permitted to have a flashing blue light on their cars? How thick does ice have to be to support your weight. A for orses, B for mutton - how does it go on.
Books Schotts Original Miscellany
Schotts Food and Drink Miscellany
Shites Unoriginal Miscellany - a parody but also excellent
Each about £8.30 from www.Amazon.co.uk

http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-top.html
Ig Nobel is for the world's best ideas which will probably not go down in history. The 2003 results include: Murphy's Law; the brains of London taxi drivers are more highly developed than their fellow citizens; the homosexual duck; chickens prefer beautiful humans; forces need to drag sheep over various surfaces; the percentage of young people who wear their baseball caps back to front.
Book: The Ig Nobel Prizes: The Annals of Improbable Research
£5.59 from www.Amazon.co.uk

http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/devils/
This is a classic publication giving off-beat meanings to a stack of words. Actually = Perhaps, Possibly; Hope = Desire and Expectation rolled into one; Impiety = Your irreverence towards my diety.

http://www.ushopugive.com/
This is handy; By starting your online shopping at You Shop, You Give, you get to buy from most of the biggest names on the web or the high street knowing that they'll donate a percentage of whatever you spend to the charity of your choice. It doesn't cost you a penny extra, so you get the goods you've ordered with a side order of altruism and compassion!

http://www.farmgatedirect.com/
Farm Gate Direct is a new online shopping initiative launched by Freedom Food, the RSPCA's farm animal welfare scheme. It enables consumers, restaurants and independent retailers to buy a whole range of meat, poultry and dairy products from animals reared to the RSPCA's strict welfare standards - direct from carefully selected merchants.

http://www.history.uk.com/
History.uk.com is a vast searchable online history resource and it is free to use. The site is one of the largest history web sites on the internet and continues to grow. The site offers unrivalled free access to more than 28,000 directory listings of history related venues, organisations and experts in the UK. Editorial includes fortnightly features, news, monthly competition, DIY History and the History.uk.com Timeline of British history from 10,000BC to the present day.

http://www.greenmetropolis.com/
Aiming to "revolutionise the way we buy and recycle books", Green Metropolis is essentially a vast virtual second-hand bookstore. If you want to sell, just get together a pile of the books cluttering your shelves, enter their ISBN numbers and the site will immediately add details of the author, title and even a cover image. Once sold, you're responsible for posting the book to the buyer. You get £3 for every book sold and it costs the buyer £3.75 (of which 5p goes to conservation charity the Woodland Trust).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/testthenation/
Test The Nation will be on TV Saturday 6 September 7.30 BBC1. Or you can do the questions now on this website. There are some warm-up questions in case you want to get the feel of the game.

http://www.savonlinna.net/mobile/index.php?language=2&page=welcome
At the 4th international Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships on Saturday the 23rd of August in Savonlinna, Finland, this year’s winner is Samu Santala from Finland whose mobile phone flew 66.62 meters.
http://www.fonebak.com/
Or you can recycle your mobile phone as decribed on Fonebak.

http://www.dar.cam.ac.uk/~dhm11/Latin.html
Latin Tourist Phrase Book
compiled by Miles Kington in response to the Vatican's support for Latin as the European language.
Miles is a spendid man. I shall quote his work again. Or try:
http://argument.independent.co.uk/regular_columnists/miles_kington/

http://www.the-hutton-inquiry.org.uk/
An in depth look into the way our country is run, triggered by the sad death of Dr Kelly. Includes material from Alistair Campbell, Mr Blair's Director of Communications and Strategy. This is not the most important topic in the world; contrast with the good men dying every day in Iran, the threat of terrorism, and the state of the UK transport, hospitals and schools. But it does seem to be what the Government is most worried about.

http://home.wanadoo.nl/annekebroenink/maukie2.swf
This is cute! Move your mouse around ............ and if you mouse over his chest he says "aaaaahhhhh!"

http://vmyths.com/
As a rule of thumb, any message you receive from a personal friend warning you of a virus is probably a hoax passed on to them by a personal friend. Before deleting any files or other such nonsense, check this website, or the search tool on your own virus protection supplier website, and see what they say about it.
By the way, you do have virus protection software installed don't you. If not you are living on borrowed time.

http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/AgeConcern/media/FS48Version2.pdf
A fact sheet from Age Concern about Pension Credit for single people withincome less than £7228/Year and couples less than £10608.

http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/
This website has a nice section on Minimum Income Guarantee which is a payouit for those with savings less than £12,000 and income less than £102.10 (single) or £155.80 (couple).

http://www.age-net.co.uk
To quote ... "the 'age friendly' Internet site dedicated to the lifestyle and Interests of the Over 50s.

http://www.britishbarbecue.co.uk/
http://www.barbecuebible.com/
It is 33 degrees here at the moment and the air is filled with the smoke of the neighbours barbecues. Feel free to light your own.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/restoration
10 programs over five weeks discribing 30 buildings in urgent need of restoration. If you wanmt a quick preview of what you will see, or to find out how to make a 30p vote on the telephone, then check this website. One of the interesting results of this programme is that people have been moved to support sites that are attractive to them directly, not just through a low cost phonecall.

http://www.isthisyou.co.uk/
Is this you, we ask. Did you leave your photos in a Photo-me booth, or drop them in the street? Ort did you read a note and then drop it - is this your signature?

Junk Mail and sales telephone calls
You can register with one or more of the Preference Services on line and most of the junk mail and calls will eventually dry up. You can do this by phone or on line
Mail: www.mpsonline.org.uk - 020 7291 3319
Telephone: www.tpsonline.org.uk/ - 020 7291 3326
Fax: www.fpsonline.org.uk/ - 020 7291 3326

http://www.tokidoki.it/pages/main.html
This apparently is about Sushi Racing but is certainly spectacular. See what you can find here.

http://www.darwinawards.com/
The Darwin Awards honor those who improve our gene pool... by removing themselves from it. These men and women gave their "all" in an effort to improve the human species. Of necessity, the honor is generally bestowed posthumously.

http://www.tvlicensing.biz/
This is the site for the full story of Jonathon Miller's fight that the TV Licence should not to be paid. And highlighting the way that single mums, and people on benefit are hounded to pay what for them is a lot of money. On July 16 he was fined £150 at Reading but is appealing to a higher court.

http://www.opengolf.com/
It's a big weekend for golf enthusiasts. The official site for the Open Championship has detailed coverage, an excellent selection of webcams and a full hole-by-hole guide to the course. Meanwhile BBCi Golf's coverage is always excellent

http://www.wotch.com/
Every day a sellection of jokes and games. Good for the kids.

http://www.blokeinthekitchen.com/
At last, a food site aimed at the reluctant gentleman chef. This site appreciates that while many men are not adverse to the principle of cooking, we need clear simple instructions and a gentle learning curve before attempting anything ambitious in the kitchen. All these recipes have been created by the titular "bloke" and OK'd by his missus as being easy to make and suitable for dates, mates and spouses.

http://www.babynames.com/
If you're pregnant and struggling to choose a name for your unborn child, this site's database of over six thousand names and meanings should be of some help. Browse name lists by category from soap opera (Snapper or Boobie) to Shakespearean (Costard or Touchstone) or Tolkein (Farmer Maggot or Treebeard). Or get the site to do all the hard work for you, by using their Random Name Generator.

http://www.miscellanies.info
Advertising a splendid book Schott's Original Miscellany by Ben Schott published by Bloomsbury. A feast of interesting things.

http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/acme/acme.html
The Illustrated Catalog Of ACME Products. But also supplying all the goodies from the the cartoon movies over the years. Quite extraordinary.

http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
This is the text that came up when you keyed in "weapons of mass destruction" into Google. It is of course based on the familiar 404 message when a page is not found

http://www.channel5.co.uk/
TV Channel Five has been broadcasting four lists each of ten of Britain's Finest Castles, Gardens, Houses, and Ancient Monuments. A treasure house of good places to visit with links to their websites.

http://www.virtualbumblebee.co.uk/
The police now have a website listing property found or stolen. A feast of good things have been found - if you have lost something look here.

http://bitboost.com/pawsense/
Do you have a cat? Does the wretched animal walk across your computer keyboard and do strange things to the programs? This utility will apparently sense what is happening, make a noise to chase the cat away, and prevent damage to your work. I have no idea whether it works!

http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/
Well I think we should all sit down and have a nice cup of tea, and some biscuits, nice ones mind you. Oh and some cake would be nice as well. Lovely.

http://www.dc.com/insights/bullfighter/
Deloitte Consulting have this new program (that works only with Windows 2000 and XP) which you can download for free, which will measure the degree of bullshit in a Word or Powerpoint document. Gordon Brown, you will not be surprised to learn does not do very well. It looks good to me.

http://www.netcardsplus.com/
Apparently you can buy a pack of the playing cards that were issued to soldiers going to Iraq. I have no idea whether is is a scam but it is only a small number of dollars if they do not answer. Try it and let me know?

http://www.isms.org.uk
Isms has two meanings: It's an acronymn for the Institution of Silly and Meaningless Sayings and a collective description for the subgenres of silly and meaningless sayings including mixed metaphors, malapropisms, 'dodgy foreigns', spoonersisms, duplications and nonsenses. This site catalogues over 500 examples of isms.

http://www.arkive.org/
A website dedicated to preserving and displaying the best nature photographs and movies. Unfortunately fopr some viitors without broadband, you aregoing to have to wait patiently while the display arrives. But it is worth a wait.

http://www.strategypage.com/gallery/default.asp?target=bear_sub1.htm
During the ICEX 2003 naval exercises near the North Pole, the American submarine Connecticut (SSN 22) poked it's sail and rudder through the ice. When an officer looked around outside via the periscope, he noted that his sub was being stalked by a hostile polar bear. The periscope cam was turned on, and these photos of a polar bear chewing on the subs rear rudder resulted. The damage was said to be minor. The SSN 22 is a Seawolf class boat, one of the navy's newest submarines. It wasn't designed as a polar bear snack, but that's how life is sometimes. "

http://www.britishpathe.com
A website suggested by the Worthing Sentinel, British Pathe has all sorts of newsreel film for sale, and you can preview them first. Search for Worthing to see fishing from the pier, the fire on the pier in 1933, and Neville Duke airspeed record in 1953.

http://www.diyfixit.com/
A splendid site showing how and when to do a vaste range of DIY projects. Want inspration? It is here.

Three fun sites you might like to look at
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/
http://colitz.com/
http://www.dumblaws.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A921098
How To Fight Spam - BBCi h2g2guide (29/04)
Spam (unsolicited email) accounts for nearly 40% of all email sent but is notoriously difficult to legislate against.
Research from Cnet shows that activities most likely to reveal your email address to spammers are posting to newsgroups or message boards, entering AOL chat rooms, and signing up for online sweepstakes and lotteries. Online shopping and subscribing to email newsletters are lower risk, but not risk-free.
We suggest you always read a site's privacy policy, and use a secondary email address for signing up to any messageboards, posting to news groups or online shopping. Avoid Hotmail accounts which are spam magnets;
http://fepg.net/providers.html
Instead choose a more obscure UK based provider from the Free Email Providers Guide
http://www.sneakemail.com/
or consider a 'disposable email' service like Sneakemail.

http://www.eureka-email.com/
This program costs £19.95 and is said to remove 95% of the Email spam that you receive. It continuously learns, and when you see a spam that has slipped through the net this removes it.

http://www.birthdayalarm.com/
A free service to email you reminders of birthdays or anniversaries up to 7 days before each event. If you're too lazy to enter all your mates' dates yourself, you can send a group email asking them to enter their own details on the site, thus ensuring you need never again forget a birthday. There's a range of free e-cards too, so you can do all your online birthday related business at the one site!

http://www.lockergnome.com/
This one is for people who build their own websites. A feast of useful goodies and very up-to-date.

http://www.apbz08.dsl.pipex.com/
- Michael Potter is a Goring resident at 16 Patricia Avenue ( 01903-501106 ) and a keen gardener. He has just built a website about his garden designed to attract butterflies bees and other wildlife. It Includes a plant database of more than 250 high quality images in jpeg format, gardening tips and information on plant species and care together with information on birds and over 45 nest boxes for british and European birds.

http://www.disney.co.uk/DisneyMovies/junglebook2/
Jungle Book 2 is likely to be the must-see film this Easter. Perhaps even beating Harry Potter. Here is the advertising site.

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
Words which are miss-used, miss-understood, or just plain odd. Sort out your errors here.