...it has lots of symbols on it for tourists? It has pics of a toilet, bus, food, beer etc, and you just point at the pic of the T if you're in a foreign country and don't know the lingo?

Tnx

I've just realised I could use the magic of Threadless to find me a place to stay!

So here goes, I'm looking for a room as close to Euston as possible, and hopefully with flatmates who are cool and funny and don't steal food.

If anyone knows anyone, please let me know.

Thanks :-)

Looks like RATM are winning at the moment to be Xmas No 1 - any other Cowell haters out there?

Full story for non-Brits: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8413557.stm

Apart from the usual (Freddie Mercury, Mika, Frankmusik and Justin Hawkins) who and what are the best falsetto singers and songs out there? I'm in the mood for a change....

When I was younger, I wanted to be a snowman. But now I answer phones for a living.

Does anyone know if I can use my keyboard to minimise a page onscreen? I can't be bothered to always use the touchpad/mouse for everything, and find the keyboard easier to cut, paste etc.

It's only 2 years old but it's acting like an 80 yr old. Any techies with advice on how to keep your laptop working like it's brand nw?

The more foreign and random, the better.

I'll start off with 'kaelling', which is Danish for a woman who stands on her doorstep and cusses her kids

and 'baffona' is Italian for an attractive moustachied woman.

Turns out I have asthma. And let me tell you, it sucks. Well, I now have an inhaler for when the wheezing becomes a little too annoying, and I can't walk more than 15 minutes without becoming breathless, and I've more or less given up on my strenuous exercise which I managed to undertake on a fairly regualr basis. Where did this devilish ailment come from and why now??

And I've also been doing a little research on the ins and outs of asthma. Turns out once you have it, you can't get rid of it. At best, it goes back to being dormant...

BUT...apparently (and this is interesting) I need to learn to breathe properly. It turns out that I need to learn to always breathe through my nose. I didn't realise this until yesterday, but I breathe through my mouth *a lot*, and this is bad for astmatics and people in general, because the air I breathe needs to go through my nose in order to be filtered and warmed. Because I breathe through my mouth, the air is cold and impure and further aggravates my lungs.

And I've also noticed that I become especially wheezy when I go to sleep and when I exercise - which are prime mouth-breathing times!

So my new year's resolution (as of yesterday) is to always breathe through my nose. And I'll be monitoring the effects (if any) on my asthma.

And sorry to make this any longer than it is already, are there any asthmatics out there who can recommend good breathing exercises or anything else that works for them?

Thanks!

I want to collab with someone dammit! Can anyone draw well enough to share their gifts? If yes, lemme know. If no, then Gog damn you!!