We got a Smurf too! They are so cute.
Found this duvet cover in Tesco just before Christmas..
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Quote: Shandonbelle @ January 4 2012, 7:39 PM GMTA chip off the old block...these are my son's requested Christmas presents (found Rizzo in a charity shop for £1.50!)
I see Roskoff managed to escape.
Does anyone know how long it takes to get a visa waiver thingy for America?
You need a visa to visit?
Quote: DaButt @ January 5 2012, 3:21 PM GMTYou need a visa to visit?
Yep. She could be smuggling owls filled with explosives.
Quote: AJGO @ January 5 2012, 3:18 PM GMTDoes anyone know how long it takes to get a visa waiver thingy for America?
Doesn't take long - in fact when I went to NYC it was pretty much instant.
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop @ January 5 2012, 3:27 PM GMTYep. She could be smuggling owls filled with explosives.
Knew I shouldn't have posted my top secret terrorist manifesto in status report
Quote: DaButt @ January 5 2012, 3:32 PM GMThttp://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html
Ta, doesn't give time frame though!
Quote: EllieJP @ January 5 2012, 3:39 PM GMTDoesn't take long - in fact when I went to NYC it was pretty much instant.
Did you apply online? Do they email you back or do you need to wait for posted document?
Yep, online. Just print it out.
Quote: AJGO @ January 5 2012, 3:42 PM GMTTa, doesn't give time frame though!
Last time I travelled to the States, you didn't need a Visa if you were visiting for a holiday and it was less then 30 days.
It was before 9/11 so things might have changed.
Quote: Chappers @ January 4 2012, 11:03 PM GMTI see Roskoff managed to escape.
He's one of my fav's ol Fozzy Bear.
AJGO booking holidays? Not thought about about hols' yet been poorly sick and hibernated for two days, must improve for me birthday!
Essex Hurricane Appeal
Winds of hurricane force hit Essex in the early hours of Tuesday around the Basildon area . Victims were seen wandering around aimlessly, muttering
"Faaackinell".
The hurricane decimated the area causing almost £30 worth of damage. Several priceless collections of mementos from Majorca and the Costa Del Sol were damaged beyond repair. Three areas of historic burnt out cars were disturbed. Many locals were woken well before their Giros arrived.
Essex FM reported that hundreds of residents were confused and bewildered and were still trying to come to terms with the fact that something interesting had happened in Basildon. One resident - Tracy Sharon Smith, a 15-year-old mother of 5 said, "It was such a shock, my little Chardonnay-Mercedes came running into my bedroom crying. My youngest two, Tyler-Morgan and Victoria-Storm slept through it all. I was still shaking when I was skinning up and watching Jeremy Kyle the next morning."
Apparently looting, muggings and car crime were unaffected and carried on as normal.
The British Red Cross has so far managed to ship 4,000 crates of Special Brew to the area to help the stricken locals. Rescue workers are still searching through the rubble and have found large quantities of personal belongings, including benefit books, jewellery from Ratners and Bone China from the Pound shop.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
This appeal is to raise money for food and clothing parcels for those unfortunate enough to be caught up in this disaster. Clothing is most sought after - items most needed include:
Fila or Burberry baseball caps
Kappa tracksuit tops (his and hers)
Shell suits (female)
White stilettos
White sport socks
Rockport boots
Any other items usually sold in Primark.
Food parcels may be harder to come by but are needed all the same. Required foodstuffs include:
Microwave meals
Tins of baked beans
KFC
Ice cream
Cans of Special Brew.
22p buys a biro for filling in the compensation forms
£2 buys chips, crisps and blue fizzy drinks for a family of nine
£5 buys fags and a lighter to calm the nerves of those affected.
**BREAKING NEWS**
Rescue workers found a girl in the rubble smothered in raspberry alco-pop and were worried she had been badly cut...
"Where are you bleeding from?" they asked.
"Romford" said the girl, "woss that gotta do wiv you?"
Please don't forward this to anyone living in Essex - oh, sod it, they won't be able to read it, anyway.
Yeah, I know, variations on a theme 
cough, too ill to laugh!