LOL - I actually made deep fried Mars Bars for an international food buffet party a few years ago. I had no idea how to make batter back then, so I went to my local (Swedish) supermarket, bought a handful of Mars Bars and a packet of tempura batter, sliced the Mars Bars up, coated them in the batter and fried them. I only made them as a novelty anyway so on tasting the horrendous results I thought I may as well put them out for anyone daft/brave enough to try them- bizarrely the plate was empty in no time, one French-Canadian guy came back for seconds saying he had been skeptical, but he really liked it. Here's the thing- I suspect "real" deep fried Mars Bars are made with plain batter- water and flour. The just-add-water Japanese tempura batter I'd bought was flavoured with, among other things.... garlic. They tasted absolutely disgusting. BTW, the whole deep fried Mars Bars thing is virtually an urban legend, stemming from one chip shop making them at the request of some school kids. I have seen them listed on the "menus" of a couple of chip shops, but I don't think I know a single person who ever tried one. It's more of an in-joke than something anyone actually orders. @linea said: LOL! When was the last time you were in an English pub or restaurant? The mid 70's?! Food in England is so diverse now. Microwave Lasagne anybody? Haha, my point is an Englishman would find it no harder to find great food in Scotland than a Scotman would in England, especially if you take into account that England's population is 10 times that of Scotland. There are few meals anywhere which can beat the satisfaction of tucking into a proper Yorkshire Sunday roast beef dinner with all the trimmings. I just got back from Berlin and, while German traditional cuisine is hardly world-renowned, modern Germans' tastes are so well developed that I haven't eaten so well in a long long time. In fact the only country I've been to where I couldn't find a single decent restaurant was the Czech Republic (and service with smile seemed to be an alien concept), but that was over 10 years ago. OK, I'll get down off my soap box now, but that's got me thinking, it's about time I did a Sunday roast!

Mike, After Google Releasing SU7.1 it's as if Xmas came early for some! "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein

i just did the big update. forum, blog, warehouse, guestbook, members, my models...What am i saying...You should check it out yourself.

Dont bother about the wiki. I finaly have a site that is easy to navigate. olliewollie.webs.com Have a look (olliewollie)=My Nickname. I may use this site in the future for other things.

I've posted about our app before, but if you want to see the Monopoly Competition buildings that are in Google Earth (KMZ) format on your iPhone, you can do so with NaviCAD (http://www.navicad.com). Just type in "monopolycompetition09" in the search interface and tap a result. The competition models look very good in NaviCAD. Note that NaviCAD is only a viewing/navigating app. Any suggestions are welcome--send an email to feedback@navicad.com. thanks, Chuck (one of the NaviCAD developers)

@pixero said: I was thinking in the same lines. But still...it's not like Google will just make the most popular of the suggested ideas, right? Not at all. They are interested in opinions, but Google has their own agenda for SketchUp, too.

Now I know why you call yourself 'EarthMover'

After the last elections where the vote was clearly stolen by means of corruption, cheating and widespread intimidation I guess most compassionate people world wide would really like to see something happen, however sanctions will only hurt the innocent folks who are trapped in this predicament. I know a little about sanctions as growing up in South Africa I lived through many years of it, the fat cats were not affected, small business and consumers were. As far as Israel goes, I must admit that I'm very surprised at the US media for not exposing the 455 new Jewish settlements that has been authorised in the beginning of the month which clearly goes against a UN resolution to halt new settlements on disputed and Palestinian lands. I know it's all politics and such a story will always be hushed here in the states as big business and media have agendas unknown to myself. I am not taking sides in this dispute as I have many great Iranian and Jewish friends that have expressed the real day to day face of this struggle, be it land and security in Israel or be it control, corruption and isolationism in Iran, I would just like to see the facts and the truths be broadcast evenly and without bias, and not opinion. Too bad Michael Jackson crap inspires the US markets more than real world affairs.

Dracula as I have never seen him. Funny. P.S. That fungus head character is cool!

Meh! Not a patch on this version. [flash=425,344:340au8ra]http://www.youtube.com/v/fvrFcpeZQ2g&hl=en&fs=1&[/flash:340au8ra]

Great Dylan! I was going to hang around till fairly late in the evening before taking the train back to London, so the evening is a possibility too!

If you're that worried, just ask your boss if you could work at home.

@marian said: @toxicvoxel said: Which render plugin did you use? It's a new plugin, Google Reality hahahaha. i used "Zhands" in modelling

Great find. Thanks!

Be careful with this kind of stuff - remember that a lot of frauds happened from this countries! I had a bunch of a similar e-mails!

@dave r said: Cool. I've wondered that, too. I also wonder how they get them down when the tower goes up inside the building. taller crane or helicopter

OK, it seems one issue has been solved. The other one - sketchupbbs - is still waiting for resolution and since the concerned party has done nothing but closed his site/forum from collecting evidence of his piracy so far, he has been permanently banned for the time being (further steps are now carried out by other concerned, 3rd parties). At the same time, I am closing this topic and let it sink. Please, someone post a funny pic here to start sinking it.

I am currently using the free version of Yousendit.com to transfer file up to 100 Mb.(Box.net is another good alternative). Does Yahoo has advantages over the others?

@pbacot said: No fashion maven myself, heaven knows, but Michelle sure seems to be stepping out on a limb with outfits like that. LMAO. A very intelligent and independent woman, and yet we criticize her fashion.

Interesting. The reviewer seems intent on using it as a way to operate a computer as one would an iPhone instead of using it was a drawing surface. Can it be drawn with? A quick web search reveals a completely different looking Bamboo Touch (artists concept?) that has a pen and looks more like a drawing tablet. EDIT: Nevermind. There is a "Bamboo Tablet" for $79 that is meant for drawing, the "touch" is something different.