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NordRunner 6 Sep 3:42pm, 6 Sep 2024 4,531 posts	0 NordRunner Renaming it from “Chinese gooseberry” was a marketing success.
Mushroom 6 Sep 5:30pm, 6 Sep 2024 3,326 posts	0 Mushroom Coincidentally, I only found out what an amla fruit is yesterday, aka the 'Indian gooseberry'.
JamieKai chameleon 7 Sep 3:11pm, 7 Sep 2024 19,108 posts	0 JamieKai chameleon The song "Me Plus One" by Annie was written about Geri Haliwell in response to Geri's desperate attempts to record "Some Girls" (instead recorded by S Club's Rachel Stevens)
Hills of Death (HOD) 7 Sep 4:12pm, 7 Sep 2024 37,297 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) Actor Toby Stephens mum is Maggie Smith
AndyJ57 9 Sep 5:06pm, 9 Sep 2024 1,625 posts	0 AndyJ57 The cathedral in Porto is small for a city cathedral with such an imposing facade
macca 53 9 Sep 6:20pm, 9 Sep 2024 32,776 posts	0 macca 53 [it is a beautiful city though]
AndyJ57 9 Sep 6:22pm, 9 Sep 2024 1,631 posts	0 AndyJ57 @macca 53 it certainly is, having a great time here
NDWDave 9 Sep 6:31pm, 9 Sep 2024 20,005 posts	0 NDWDave I was in Guimaraes last year which is definitely worth a day trip if you have time. Nice town with churches etc plus a big hill/ small mountain with ski lift. I did like Porto too
NDWDave 9 Sep 6:40pm, 9 Sep 2024 20,006 posts	0 NDWDave Fray Bentos is a city in Uruguay
Mushroom 9 Sep 8:51pm, 9 Sep 2024 3,328 posts	0 Mushroom It is. There are lots of little round tin huts everywhere..!