Happy Birthday Yebo.SA and Hendie

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may both of you have a wonerful day

Euro jackpot lost in player error

Tickets for the draw can be bought in nine European countries
Members of a Belgian lottery syndicate who thought they had won 27m euros were dealt a huge blow when they found their winning numbers had not been entered.

For weeks the group of 30 players had been using the same combination for the EuroMillions jackpot.

They were overjoyed when it matched the winning numbers in Friday's draw.

But the group of friends were crushed when it turned out the person charged with buying the ticket had allowed the machine to choose random numbers.

The syndicate includes the owners and patrons of the cafe La Fraternelle in the town Mouscron, south-west of Brussels.

"One of us came into the cafe after the draw on Friday and said we had won 27m euros," owner Christiane Farvacque told the BBC news website.

No forgiveness

"We were all celebrating. Everyone was calling family and friends," says Mrs Farvacque.

You think you are the only winners in Europe, but you end up with nothing
Christiane Farvacque

But when she phoned lottery organisers, she was told there had been no winning entry.

"We knew something was wrong," she said. "We spent all night trying to find out what had happened."

In the morning Mrs Farvacque tracked down the person who had bought the ticket - the owner of a bookshop across the street - and found that she had failed to enter the correct combination.

"We were all bitterly disappointed," she said. "You think you are the only winners in Europe, but you end up with nothing."

Mrs Farvacque made clear her friendship with the bookshop owner would not survive the disappointment.

"Even in 20 years' time, my hair will stand up on end whenever I see her," she said.

Take a moment to look at this

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Take this to test on your knowledge on Generation Next.

I didn't do very well... lol ... was called a Granddad! :haha:

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This is a taster for the new series for the BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/restaurant/

Looks rather interesting - especially if you've ever dreamed of running your own restaurant.

George Sevens: Australia blitzed by tiny Tunisia, France flop in the rain

December 09, 2006 Edition 1

Dale Granger

The home heroes got the biggest cheers, but Tunisia were the real stars of the IRB Sevens tournament here yesterday as the North African minnows humiliated Australia and crushed Scotland to qualify with the elite into today's Cup battles.

South Africa kicked off the quest for their holy grail - an elusive first home soil triumph in the globetrotting extravaganza - by outclassing Kenya 45-7 before going on to beat Uganda and France in the final match of the night.

Not even the pouring rain could put a damper on the reception Jonathan Mokuena's Boks, champions in Round 1 of the IRB tournament in Dubai last week, received when they emerged for their first battle.

Kenya barely got out of their own half and Stefan Basson took the initiative for the Boks, scorching over for his hat trick of tries before the break. Then Philip Burger (scoring a brace) and Dusty Noble added the final touches to Kenyan misery compounded by a scoreboard reading 45-7 at the siren.

In their second game, against Uganda, the Boks were in an even meaner mood and within a second of the whistle, Jovan Bowles had scored the first of their nine tries.

Philip Burger and Dusty Nobel both scored another brace and Basson, again on high voltage with subtle surges of acceleration, raced away to score his fourth try of the tournament.

The final tally was 57-0, the biggest defeat of the day's play for the hapless Ugandans, eclipsing the 58-5 drubbing that England had handed poor Portugal earlier on.

It came down to South Africa against France in the final game of the day and the stakes were high as the victor would avoid playing New Zealand in today's quarter-finals, given an easier passage to the semi-finals against Tunisia.

The Boks were irresistible against Les Bleus. Burger flew in for the first of his two tries - taking his tally to six for the tournament - and by half-time South Africa had raced into a 17-0 lead after Benjamin was put clean through for South Africa's third.

Mokuena, Bowles and Basson added the fourth and fifth, to hand the French a 34-0 drubbing.

But if South Africa were the popular favourites, the African flag also flew with pride in the jerseys of minnows Tunisia, contrasting Australian colours limp and at half-mast when the North African team shocked one of the game's giants with an epic 21-12 victory.

The Australians, deadlocked with the ARU over a pay-for-play strike dispute, had left 19 of their 22 first-choice players at home in a row unresolved from Dubai last weekend - when the Wallaby's were beaten in equally embarrassing circumstances by Portugal. But that should not detract from a Tunisian effort that crushed the Wallabies, who never recovered from three first half tries scored by Sabri Guemir, Abbes Kherfani and Lofti Nino.

The sheepish Aussies rallied to score a consolation try through Brett Stapleton, but it was the Tunisians who erupted in glee at the final whistle to celebrate their greatest-ever triumph in sevens rugby.

They came back to earth with a bang, stepping out to face mighty New Zealand - who were powerful and impressive despite not picking their top 120 players - losing 33-0.

Today's quarter-finals: Fiji v Wales, Samoa v England, South Africa v Tunisia, France v New Zealand

Miserable but warmish weather as per usual here in Denmark

The average temperature for December in Denmark is 1.6 °C but so far this year it's 8.8 °C which is causing a lot of shops to complain as they're not selling many winter clothes :haha:

Got a busy day ahead of us, going to visit my Gran, who is in hospital, and visit the Christmas shop, which sells only Christmas goodies, Hopefully finish our Christmas shopping and the visit my folks for supper. Phew.... :haha:

Hope everyone has a great day :jive:

My partner received news today that his uncle was left for dead at his farm in the Eastern Cape. He was in ICU for 3 weeks and has now put the farm up for sale - he is 79. To gain entry they must have been watching for a while as they killed all his dogs and knew his movements before entering

If it wasn't for his maids quick thinking there would have been 2 dead people. She hid until they had gone and came out, called the police and paramedics. Hats off to the police who caught the guys and managed to retrieve one of the cars. These guys took everything - cars, furniture, money - anything they could lay their hands on.

It has taken a while for the news to filter through to us but it has woken me up to the sheer brutality of the nation and now, due to actions of certain individuals there is one less farm. Jobs have been lost - a mans dignity - and for what? A government that cannot keep to its promises and lets the people down. A mentality of a nation who has decided to take instead of earn through hard graft. Makes me sick to think about it.

I still hope that one day this country will sort itself out but it won't be in my life time.

Friday December 08 2006

With the furore over the current performances by the England cricket team in Australia, various highly placed sources are investigating whether or not the honours bestowed upon them after the last series can be taken back.

Many people questioned the validity of the honours in the first place, as it was felt that it had somehow lowered the value of these awards, as previous recipients had to make a real contribution to society. All the cricket team had to do was beat another cricket team in a 'two horse' race, and several of the players hadn't even reached double figures in appearances for the team.

Senior royal sources state that their may be a precedent for this, and it has even been referred to the officer investigating the cash for peerages scandal as it is felt that Labour used the Ashes victory to create a feel-good factor to enhance their chances at the last election.

Staff reporter

A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had
shared
everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets
from each other except that the little old woman had a shoebox in the
top
of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask
her about.
For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one day
the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not
recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took
down
the shoebox and took it to his wife's bedside.
She agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the box.
When he opened it, he found two crocheted dolls and a stack of money
totaling $25,000. He asked her about the contents. "When we were to be
married," she said," my grandmother told me the secret of a happy
marriage
was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I
should just keep quiet and crochet a doll."
The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two
precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with him two
times
in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with
happiness.
Honey," he said, "that explains the doll, but what about all of this
money? Where did it come from?"
Oh," she said, "that's the money I made from selling the dolls."
Women will love this...
A Prayer...
Dear Lord,
I pray for Wisdom to understand my man; Love to forgive him;And
Patience for his moods; Because Lord, if I pray for Strength, I'll beat
him to death.
Amen :engel: