Petit Prince

Exactly. I googled best selling artists and guess what, the Backstreet Boys have sold more than twice as many albums as Coldplay.

Erm no. I love Coldplay, I don't particularly like U2 but I'm aware that they are/ have been very successful. However, this doesn't make them the greatest band.

Neither of them are and never have been

They're alright, they look like the ones you get with an iphone/ ipod. Are yours broke? If so take them to the Apple Store, they replaced mine for free.

Open Coldplaying.com and leave your laptop in the living room. They'll get the message when they see this thread.

Nice and warm but it was raining at some point in the afternoon

It's warm-ish and quite sunny. It was raining earlier though.

So unfair. :( Yeah it's the same here, apart from St. Patrick's Day obviously.

I'd go for the first one.

We have three, I think. How many do you have in Ireland?

Yep. Sadly it's no bank holiday in the UK.

Work :(

Hallo, war schon laenger nicht mehr hier. War ziemlich beschaeftigt mit dem Umzug und der Job-und Wohnungssuche. Hab jetzt beides gefunden, wir muessen nur noch einige Dinge transportieren und wohn Ende Woche dann definitiv in London. Wollte eigentlich zudem, was Sarah gesagt hat, was sagen. Hab selber vier Jahre in Liverpool gewohnt und kenne die Stadt und ein paar andere noerdliche Staedte ziemlich gut. Mir hat es sehr gut gefallen, die Leute waren sehr freundlich und ich werde die Stadt auf jeden Fall sehr vermissen. Bin nachtraeglich gesehen froh, dass ich in den Norden und nicht nach London gezogen bin. Das groesste Problem wenn du vom Ausland nach London kommst, ist, dass viele Leute da Englisch auch nicht als Muttersprache haben, was es schwierig macht, seine Sprachkenntnisse zu verbessern. Auf der andern Seite ist es in London auch einfacher, gleich eine Stelle zu finden... hat alles seine Vor- und Nachteile, aber ich denke, fuer mich war Liverpool richtig. Koennte mir auch gut vorstellen, nach meiner Ausbildung zurueckzukehren.

I don't get this argument. Just because something is more popular doesn't mean it's better. Musical taste is subjective anyway so what's the point in arguing about it? Anyway, I love Adele. 21 is still one of my favourite albums.

I've still got the old ipod Nano, got it like 4 years ago and I've never felt the need to replace it. I've got an iphone though so I don't use it very often anyway. I'd get the classic, the ipod Touch is way too expensive, you might as well get an iphone instead.

This never happened to me. I can understand that it's frustrating but I think it's worse if you like someone and they're straight and single but they just aren't interested in you.

You need to stop generalising. Call me shallow but I do think that looks matter when looking for a partner. Personality is more important and someone's personality can make them attractive but looks still matter to some extent.

It was very hot today.

It depends what your boss is like really. One of my bosses was very strict and he often treated us unfairly but he didn't accept criticism so I felt there was no point in saying anything. Most of the people who did criticise him lost their jobs sooner or later and I didn't want to take the risk. Have other members of staff talked to him about similar things? It might be a good idea to mention the other projects if he's giving you a lot more work to do. He mightn't know how much you've got to do but it's also possible that he simply doesn't care.

Same. I think it's my shyness that stops me from being more social around people that I don't know very well.

Yeah I read that too, it happened close to where I live as well. It was absolute madness, it's only just gone quiet now. They even destroyed parts of the cemetery on Smithdown Road apparently, what a sad day for Liverpool. :(

I wish I was more confident and less shy around people that I don't know.

I never went on holiday alone but I've travelled by myself many times because my family live in a different country. It can be difficult to carry all your luggage if you're going away for awhile, other than that I've never really had any problems. Try to avoid the underground (loads of escalators or even worse stairs if the escalator's broke) and use buses instead if you're carrying all your luggage with you.

I know that it works fine in some counties. Every adult Swiss man who is in the army (which is probably two thirds of all Swiss men) owns a gun and Switzerland has very little gun crime. My granddad had a gun because he was in the army and I always knew where it was but I never touched it. However, the UK has a lot more gun crime despite the fact that guns are illegal and I think these riots would be even more dangerous if most households owned a gun.

It might be a good idea on the long run but we need a short term solution. I think I'm generally very understanding when it comes to social issues but the rioters are taking it too far. Judging by what happens in my area, they're a serious threat to the local community. They attacked a fire officer's car while setting cars on fire in a residential area ffs. I'm afraid the police will have to use more extreme measures to stop them and we generally need more police presence up North and in the Midlands.