[foot-loose]

Jeez Foot-Loose, ANYTHING in trousers. Anything.

It doesn't have to be wearing trousers, to be fair.

[Yudster]

Well even if it is, it won't be for long once you get in there.

[The Deadly]

I've been to Bracknell before. The train station and retail park are thoroughly depressing.

Waitrose and John Lewis head Officeses are in Bracknell I think? They always seemed nice.

Correct. Waitrose headquaters are situated here. We also have a Waitrose shop which has just opened. Sadly nobody in this town can afford to shop there.

[bmstinton93]

Hi !
I'm newbie here. Happy to be members of the forum.
I hope we will have great time here. and I'll try to contribute to forum develop more.
I'm positively looking forward to the forum and its members, hope all will guide, share and help me to increase my knowledge.

you seem like a lovely bloke. Nice to meet you...

[Yudster]

Hi !
I'm newbie here. Happy to be members of the forum.
I hope we will have great time here. and I'll try to contribute to forum develop more.
I'm positively looking forward to the forum and its members, hope all will guide, share and help me to increase my knowledge.

you seem like a lovely bloke. Nice to meet you...

And I'm sure his handbags and clutches are delightful.

[a-moron]

His handbags are nice but his clutches are a big pile of wank. Seen better clutches in the WWE.

[Nicola_Red]

Sometimes I leave these spam posts cos their broken English amuses me so much. "I'll try to contribute to forum develop more"...it just makes me laugh.

[R94N]

People must still get fooled though. Or maybe the email spam just isn't working out anymore. I read somewhere recently that spam is like 70-80% of all email now.

[Yudster]

I don't know about the percentages, but my general office account at work gets shedloads of those emails - you know the ones, "I am widow of African Billionnaire and want to send you all my money", also the "Barclays have suspended your online banking". My question is, does anyone ever actually make any money out of these? The ought to be so easy to police, and surely everyone is wise to them but also, if no one is biting, why are they still in circulation? I can't help thinking that if anyone did respond to one, it would be dead easy to find and prosecute the perpetrator these days too.

Has anyone heard of people who have fallen into traps like these? I certainly haven't.

[R94N]

The trouble is a lot of the spam is sent by botnets, which are basically millions of infected PCs being commanded to do the same thing, as opposed to a single machine.

[djmusic]

thought i would say hello to everyone and happy new year

[MK Chris]

I don't know about the percentages, but my general office account at work gets shedloads of those emails - you know the ones, "I am widow of African Billionnaire and want to send you all my money", also the "Barclays have suspended your online banking". My question is, does anyone ever actually make any money out of these? The ought to be so easy to police, and surely everyone is wise to them but also, if no one is biting, why are they still in circulation? I can't help thinking that if anyone did respond to one, it would be dead easy to find and prosecute the perpetrator these days too.

Has anyone heard of people who have fallen into traps like these? I certainly haven't.

Yes but I suspect you mix with people of at least average intelligence in the main. Don't forget that if you are receiving them and most of your office are, then it follows that almost anyone with an email account is and that includes brain-dead morons, of which there are lots. Given the volumes of mail that gets sent out for free (as Ryan says, they use hijacked PCs, so hardware costs are minimal), if even half a percent of them are fooled - or even less - then it's probably worth their while to do it.

[Yudster]

I find it almost impossible to believe that even a half percent would fall for it - and if they did, surely we would hear about it when they went bleating to the newspapers?

[Bonanzoid]

If anyone falls for it the only compensation they should get is a swift slap in the chops.

[Yudster]

Well yes - but I can't help thinking that if anyone did, it would be publicised. And it never is, so why is it still happening?

[cookie-wales]

Hi folks, and hello Mr. Moyles.

This is my first posting, I hope I can get a answer to something I saw on the internet earlier today...

"Is it true that if you soak Pork in Cola, it flushes out maggots?"

Thanks for any answers, you loverly people.

Phil.

[chrysostom]

Here you go : http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/porkworm.asp (the answer is no, but this goes into detail into how the myth occurred)

[dimtimjim]

Tis a myth.

but beyond a crazy opening dialogue, welcome.

We are available for any other meat based queries... Well, except Nic.

[cookie-wales]

Thanks guys. I already feel a part of the Wal*Mart family xXx

[Yudster]

It is a myth, however the idea that you can cook ham on the bone in coca cola and it tastes fabulous is absolutely correct - see Nigella, the early years.

Are you American cookie?

[cookie-wales]

Nah! I'm fortunately Scottish, but unfortunately living in Welsh-Land

[chrysostom]

I didn't know anyone knew ICQ!

Could we get twitter/FB links in the profiles?

[cookie-wales]

I'm old-hat at ICQ - I used to do Apple Mac tech support at ntl: (god rest them) and used to give out my ICQ for customers so they wouldn't have to wait in a 3 hour tech support queue.

[R94N]

Weren't ntl: bought by Virgin in the end?

[MK Chris]

They were bought by Telewest, who were ultimately bought by Virgin Media.