I did go with them despite the crappy voice network and chargeable voicemail for exactly that reason (and because it was cheaper than I could find the Desire elsewhere). But now I'm tempted to try and move.

I used scratch for a while when it first appeared but I abandoned it when I couldn't get some of scratch's features to work properly (some things work in the offline version, but once you upload them and play them from the web site they fail)
Here's my first attempt at a Pacman demo.
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/darkmuse/9082
I did draw the maze and sprites myself though.

Perhaps they would, but if they were paying £500 or £700 for a UK brewed beer then they would probably use the UK proof system too. I make it 96.25 proof. It cannot be 100 proof or above as its not alcoholic enough to support the combustion of gunpowder. Simply doubling the ABV has no meaning whatsoever.

Saddam doesn't get out much any more. I think Yusuf would also be offended to be called a "former" pop singer. He was formally a pop singer called Cat Stevens, then after almost drowning he converted to Islam and took the name Yusuf Islam. He decided that the Koran forbade the playing of music (a contentious area of the Qur'an). Now he's realised the errors of his ways and started making music again. You should listen to some of his stuff, and read up on all the awards he has been given for his philanthropy and promotion of peace! I assume this list contains a different person with a simliar name probably Youssef Islam, check the Wikipedia article for citation.