by the sea side

You are entitled then.My children all have British citzenship and they are entitled too including their historical and family links this I understand

arkon

Of course, but for those that seemed to have had a sense of humour bypass or clearly have lived here way too long, IT WAS A JOKE! I would have thought that my common knowledge dislike of bunkem hyperlink sourcing would have made sure everyone knew it was a joke. clearly not.

DrWho

Well, by the time I had got to page 6 it had already confessed to being biased towards English speaking people and towards the young...

And there's a load of other stuff in there to question as well...

And the question was '"Question: What is your favourite country (of the countries you’ve visited)?"

But interesting nonetheless...

moneypenny20

In possibly much the same way people respond to your threads. Humour is so obviously a personal thing

arkon

Sure is, and today no amount of Australia or people defending it can rile me up. Must have something to do with my current de-hydrated state after digging a 7 foot deep hole to fix another leak.

moneypenny20

I had to go to a large shopping centre with a teenager. I think I would have preferred to dig the hole

arkon

I think for once we are in agreement, for I too would have much prefured you to come and dig my hole, I've got a blinding head now, either lack of liquid or poisened from a ton of Aeroguard.

moneypenny20

It's certainly stuffed up your spelling If it's lack of liquid - you're a silly boy. If it's the Aeroguard - my sympathies. I prefer the smell of "Off" and find it works better.

Hope the head clears soon.

arkon

Well, I'm not one to run out of liquid normally but this time I did something different that might have been a mistake. I had a glass of orange squash mixed with diet lemonade instead of my usual water. It tasted so much better that for the duration of the digging I drank that mix instead. I now think that somehow diet lemonade doesn't have the same hydration properties of my usual water. Something to watch for just in case.

moneypenny20

Diet drinks are not a good idea. I can't drink any that have Aspartamine in - I get an immediate headache. That together with the carbonated water would have probably dehydrated you rather than hydrating. If you are going to drink carbonated, stick to full fat proper stuff and limit the amount you have. Same with squash. - Not an expert or even know this for a fact except in my case. There has been some research into aspartamine which doesn't look good.

On the other hand, the diet drink you had may have had a different sugar replacement in it. Not convinced about any of them.

arkon

Nor me, you live and learn. Water outside from now on just in case.

BadgeIsBack

Yeah - you can't beat water for rehydration.

As Capt Mainwaring used to say:

''Silly boy!'......

kiwi_child

The controversy about aspartame was actually featured on today tonight in Perth the other night. There is no proven link to it being a health problem and this is why it continues to have the approval of the ANZFDA. You migh though have an allergy to something in diet drinks if you get headaches after drinking them. Carbonated water is not soda water or mineral water. True carbonated water has no added sodium or other properties other than CO2.

Plain tap water (filtered) or spring water are the best choices and thirst is a good indicator of the need to consume it. In a hot climate you can lose water and minerals without even noticably sweating, which is why thirst should never be ignored.

kiwi_child

Probably dehydration and a low blood sugar count. Some cordial and a mars bar should fix it

moneypenny20

There are constant studies going on about the stuff all over the world and the jury is still out. I said that my body doesn't like it and it gives me headaches - that would be the "something" in diet drinks that I appear to have an allegy to . It is a known fact that carbonated water does not hydrate as well as plain water which was why I said what I did to Arkon.