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Dictionary of dating

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As it’s Valentine’s month and there is already an air of romance in the wind it seemed the perfect time to analyse the various aspects of dating. See how many of these definitions fit your own experience!

DATING: The process of spending enormous amounts of money, time, and energy to get better acquainted with a person whom you don't especially like in the present and will learn to like a lot less in the future.

EASY: A term used to describe a woman who has the morals of a man.

EYE CONTACT: A method utilized by a woman to communicate to a man that she is interested in him. Ironically it rarely happens in reverse because despite the advantage of eye contact men are strangely unable to look a woman straight in the eye. This is not necessarily due to shyness, but usually to the fact that a woman's eyes are not located in her chest.

SOBER: A condition in which it is almost impossible to fall in love.

FRIEND: A member of the opposite sex who has some flaw which makes sleeping with him/her totally unappealing.

ATTRACTION: The act of associating feeling frisky with a particular person.

INDIFFERENCE: A woman's feeling toward a man that is interpreted by the man as "playing hard to get."

IRRITATING HABIT: What the endearing little qualities that initially attract two people to each other turn into after a few months together.

DRUNK: A condition in which it is almost impossible not to fall in love – however temporary it turns out to be. We’ve all heard the expression ‘I’ve never gone to bed with an ugly person but I’ve woken up with a few!’

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT: What occurs when two not entirely choosy people meet while both are feeling frisky at the same time.

LAW OF RELATIVITY: How attractive a stranger in the same bar appears to be is directly proportionate to how unattractive your date is.

NYMPHOMANIAC: A man's term for a woman who wants to do it more often than he does.

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The Origins of the Great Hit Singles.

Je T’aime...Moi Non Plus – Serge Gainsborg & Jane Birkin.......the ultimate Valentine’s Day Music.

In keeping with our ‘Valentine’s Day’ theme in this edition we decided that our great hit single this month should encompass the real romance surrounding February 14.th In 1969, Fontana decided to release a record that would inevitably prove enormously controversial. To make a piece of music that unashamedly recreated the sounds of love making simply had to be a subject for censorship and it was no surprise to anyone when it became one of the earliest examples of a single banned by the BBC for its racy content that despite a lack of airplay - still became an enormous hit.

Perhaps the strangest aspect of the recording is that despite sounding as if they were having a fairly good time in some French boudoir, artistes Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsborg were actually in separate booths in a studio in central London.

Gainsborg had originally recorded the erotic number with his previous girlfriend Brigitte Bardot a couple of years earlier – a recording that was actually reputed to be the real thing! However, after some persuasion from Bardot’s husband the session remained unreleased. In the meantime Gainsborg met Birkin while making a movie in France and once they became lovers it didn’t take long for him to persuade her to record the song anew with him.

Once released, the sound of a breathless Birkin being serenaded by muttered sweet nothings from Gainsborg was immediately banned by the BBC and though few in Britain actually understood what he was whispering they obviously got the picture. The ensuing publicity helped the record sell quickly and it soon reached number 2. Amazingly, It appears that it was only at this point that Fontana became aware of the risqué content of the record and swiftly removed it from their catalogue. An independent label – Major Minor – took over the rights and the record not only returned to the charts but this time made it all the way to number one.

Test your general knowledge.

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1.Which musical features the songs ‘Solo Saxaphone,’ ‘The American Dream’ and ‘Her or me?’

2.What is the capital of California?

3.Which natural geographical feature stretches from the Peaks in Derbyshire to the Scottish borders?

4.How many separate pieces of wood are required for a first class game of cricket?

5.Which is the closest star to Earth?

6.Which war was featured in the award winning series ‘MASH.’ 7.Art Garfunkel’s big hit ‘Bright Eyes’ was the theme song for which film?

8.Which famous cartoon character lived in ‘Sweetwater?’

9.What is the only English word that begins and ends with the letters ‘und.’

10.By what more recognisable literary title character name is Bilbo Baggins better known?

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What NOT To Give Her for Valentine’s 1. A box of chocolates, clumsily rearranged in an attempt to hide the fact you ate all the caramel ones.

2. Any food item with the words "diet", "light", or "high fibre" on the label.

3. Flowers from a hospital's gift shop-or worse, a mortuary's.

4. Any household appliance, power tool or other item from D.I.Y range..

5. A gift certificate.

6. Anything you could have bought at the petrol station mini-mart on the way over, even if you didn't.

7. An apologetic look and the words "That was today?"

Valentine’s Day Humour It's was Valentine’s Day in 1961 and Harold goes to pick up his date, Peggy Sue. Harold's a pretty hip guy with his own car and a duck tail hairdo and when he goes to the front door, Peggy Sue's mother invites him in. 'Peggy Sue's not ready yet, so why don't you have a seat and tell me what you’re planning to do for your Valentine date. Harold replies politely that they will probably just go to the shop or to a drive-in-movie. Peggy Sue's mother responds, 'Why don't you kids go out and screw? I hear all the kids are doing it. Naturally this comes as quite a surprise to Harold and he says 'Wha...aaat? ''Yeah,' says Peggy Sue's mother, 'We know Peggy Sue really likes to screw; why, she'd screw all night if we let her! 'Harold's eyes light up and he smiles from ear to ear, immediately revising his plans for the evening. A few minutes later, Peggy Sue comes downstairs and announces that she's ready to go. Almost breathless with anticipation, Harold escorts his date out the front door while Mom is saying, 'Have a good evening kids,' with a small wink for Harold. About 20 minutes later, a thoroughly dishevelled Peggy Sue rushes back into the house, slams the door behind her and screams at her mother: 'It's The Twist, Mother! The Twist! It's called The Twist!'

Sudoku There is really only one rule to Sudoku: Fill in the game board so that the numbers 1 through 9 occur exactly once in each row, column, and 3x3 box. The numbers can appear in any order and diagonals are not considered. Your initial game board will consist of several numbers that are already placed. Those numbers cannot be changed.

Your goal is to fill in the empty squares following the simple rule above.

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Valentine's Day Love Quotes This selection of famous Valentine's Day Love Quotes might prove to be extremely handy when you are about to write that card to someone special.

Written by valued and popular writers they may help you to convey your message of love and hopefully impress the person most special to you!

‘Love is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.’ Nicholas Sparks ‘Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.’

Peter Ustinov ‘A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.’ Ingrid Bergman ‘Love is not love if it alters when alteration it finds.’ Shakespeare.

‘Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.’ Elizabeth Browning ‘Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.’

Voltaire ‘Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.’ Robert Frost ‘Love is the expansion of two natures where each includes and is enriched by the other.’ Felix Adler ‘Love is always bestowed as a gift -- freely, willingly, and without expectation....We don't love to be loved; we love to love.’ Leo Buscaglia

‘Love is the greatest refreshment in life.’ Picasso ‘Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods.’ Plato ‘When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.’

Elizabeth Bowen ‘There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves.’ Alice Adams ‘The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.’ Josiah G. Holland ‘What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined... to strengthen each other... to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.’ George Eliot ‘At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.’ Plato ‘He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the door open.’ Rabindranath Tagore ‘Spread love everywhere you go but first in your own home, to your children, wife or husband. Mother Teresa ‘Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.’ Aristotle ‘Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole.’ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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February means Shrove Tuesday, so this year why not try American Pancakes?

These American pancakes make a great change from the thin, silky French crepe style pancakes we usually make in England because not only are they wonderfully fluffy and thick but they are simple to make and easy to get really perfect!

You will need : 3 large eggs ; 1 cup flour (122 grams) ; 1 heaped teaspoon baking powder ; 1/2 cup milk (110 millilitres) ; Pinch salt.

Flavouring your pancake is a very individual thing but you can use sweet or savoury depending on how you feel. A few good choices are things like : Sweetcorn ; Bacon or pancetta; Blueberries ; Bananas ; Stewed apples; Chocolate ; Maple syrup; Creme Fraiche and those two good old standbyes golden syrup or lemon and sugar!

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Kids Do Understand Love!

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For a very long time people have searched for the meaning of love, but even the great philosophers have never been able to fully touch its true essence. In a recent survey of 4-8 year olds, however, we discovered that there is a more profound understanding of what love really is among the very young than you would have imagined. Read on and be surprised that despite their youth and innocence, these particular kids already have a simple but deep grasp of the important four-letter word.

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your crisps without making them give you any of theirs."

"Love is when someone hurts you but you don't yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings."

"Love is when my mummy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a

sip before giving it to him, "I know my older sister to make sure the taste is loves me because she OK." gives me all her old clothes and then has to go "Love is when you tell out and buy new ones." someone you like his shirt so he wears it every day." "When you love somebody, your eyelashes "Love is if you hold hands go up and down and little and sit beside each other stars come out of you." in the cafe. That means you're in love. Otherwise, "You can break love, but you can sit across from it won't die." each other and be okay."

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Make fire safety your new year’s resolution Cleveland Fire Brigade urges you to make and not break a New Year’s Resolution to check your smoke alarms every week.

At this time of year popular resolutions include giving up smoking, losing weight and getting into shape, but one that could save you and your family’s life is to ensure you have working smoke alarms in your home.

Latest figures show nationally there were an estimated 33,000 accidental house fires which resulted in 210 fatalities and 5,700 injuries in 2009/10.

But being prepared and following some simple steps will make you safer in your home.

• Call Cleveland Fire Brigade on 01429 874063 for your Home Fire Safety Visit and we will come round at your convenience and offer home safety advice and fit smoke alarms if required. Once fitted smoke alarms need to be checked weekly.

• Decide in advance your emergency escape plan, which must include the young, old, and any infirm members of your household. Practice using the escape routes, especially in the dark. Have an assembly point outside where everyone in the household knows to meet in the event of a fire.

• Before going to bed, close all doors and turn off electrical appliances; don’t leave any in ‘Standby’ mode.

• Make sure your keys are readily available to unlock external doors, but not visible from outside.

• Make sure any alternative ways out you have identified, are also able to be opened in an emergency.

Don’t block doorways or hallways.

• In the event of a fire, get everyone out, then telephone the Fire Brigade from outside, closing doors as you leave.

Les Jones, Head of Community Safety, said: “It only takes minutes to check your smoke alarm is working which could save your life. Why not do it on a set day of the week or as part of your cleaning routine?

“Cleveland Fire Brigade offers free Home Fire Safety Visits which include the free fitting of smoke alarms where needed and helpful safety advice.

Please call us to arrange one at your convenience as prevention is better than cure.”

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Why Rugby’s such a great game!

I’m joking, of course, because if you didn’t go to a public school or weren’t born in the Southern Counties the chances are you’ve hardly had any experience of rugby.

If, on the other hand you were born within a twenty mile radius of Middlesbrough you must envy the supporters of the game with funny shaped balls because they only play for eighty minutes.

Let’s look at the facts. Middlesbrough have been ahead or level on at least twelve occasions in the last fifteen months only to lose either a point or two points when the opposition have scored either in the last few minutes of the game or actually in injury time.

This season alone we have lost no fewer than 10 points by conceding a goal in the last five minutes. Seven of those came between the 88th minute and the end of the injury time.

So why does it happen?

Lack of concentration is always blamed when these things go wrong, but as one who sits in the middle of the West Stand I have a different perspective.

It’s fairly plain to me – and everyone round me – that as soon as we go ahead both defence and midfield seem to drop back at least ten yards. It’s fascinating to watch because no-one seems to orchestrate this tactic but as a man they seem to drift backwards. We play the game of drawing an imaginary line across the pitch where the midfield begins the game then watch how they retreat from it as soon as we go ahead.

I’m neither a professional football player nor a psychologist but surely such a tactic invites the opposition to move forward simultaneously and start

to attack more. As a consequence, the more they attack the more we drop back – and that always leads to the inevitable consequence. You would think that as a defender of some note Tony Mowbray would have spotted this by now and put a stop to it, but the Preston game proved beyond all doubt that he hasn’t.

It’s true, of course, that had the ‘strikers’ (the inverted commas are indicative of the accuracy of that description) taken their chances we would never have been in such a precarious position in the first place.

Let’s be honest, though, that situation is true of many of our games in both this season and many before it.

Perhaps the answer lies in the lack of confidence brought about by so many goals conceded late in the game, but surely that’s a ‘chicken and egg’ situation. At Bristol City we went two up and continued to drive forward culminating in a four goal win. If we did the same at home we might have a similar success.

Those ten points would have put us within comfortable reach of the playoffs. Instead we continue to look over our shoulders. It’s a hard life when you’re a ‘Boro fan!

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Animal Hutches/Kennels

Conservatories

Heating

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Discount windows . . . . . Page 26

Fires N Fireplaces . . . . . Page 26

Auto Detailing

Marton Windows . . . . . . Page 27

Gas Appliance Service . Page 17

Perfection Auto . . . . . . . Page 13

D.I.Y Stores

Rubberduck . . . . . . . . . . Page 25

Automotive Services

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Insurance Brokers

Redline Racing . . . . . . . Page 3

MB Distribution . . . . . . . Page 17

NFU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9

Bathrooms

Screws’n’Things . . . . . . Page 32

Kitchens

Gordon Seymour . . . . . Page 11

Domestic Cleaning

Gordon Seymour . . . . . Page 11

Rubberduck . . . . . . . . . . Page 22

Gel Cleaning . . . . . . . . . Page 23

Welhams . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 19

Slingbys . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 21

Double Glazing

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Welhams . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 19

Andy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9

Unique Landscapes . . . Page 31

Beauty

Marton Windows . . . . . . Page 27

Loft Conversions

Gravity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5

NU Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3

Room in The Roof . . . . Page 24

Beauty Supplies

Screws’n’Things . . . . . . Page 32

Mobile Car Body Repairs

Hair Order . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13

Window Wizard . . . . . . . Page 17

Sprayworx . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13

Bedrooms

Driveways

Oven Cleaning

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Hobsnobs . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 2

Welhams . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 19

Unique Builders . . . . . . . Page 31

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Blinds

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AWE Blinds . . . . . . . . . . Page 5

Mark Storey . . . . . . . . . . Page 3

Paving

Screws’n’Things . . . . . . Page 32

Event Organiser

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Builders

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Plumbers

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Fascias & Soffits

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Unique Builders . . . . . . . Page 31

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Cafe

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Roofing Services

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Fencing

AAA Roofing . . . . . . . . . Page 15

Car Body Repairs

Unique Landscapes . . . Page 31

New Plas . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 27

Sprayworx . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13

Fitted Wardrobes

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SG Roofing . . . . . . . . . . Page 16

Merc Spec . . . . . . . . . . . Page 1

Welhams . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 19

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Garden Nurseries

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Window Repairs

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Screws’n’Things . . . . . . Page 32

Andy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9

MB Distribution . . . . . . . Page 17

Hair & Beauty Supplies

Discount Windows . . . . Page 26

Screws’n’Things . . . . . . Page 32

HairOrder . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11

Marton Windows . . . . . . Page 27

Cleaning (Ovens)

Hair Dressing

NU Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3

Hobsnobs . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 2

Gravity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5

Window Wizard . . . . . . . Page 17

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