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That's £15 worth of music and £5 worth of dinner!

(Yes I am running this past Sam too, hence the scattershot/brainstorming nature of my post count massage.)

Something on a boat/on the river is generally a good call, but obviously December isn't necessarily the time for it.

In seriousness, an "experience" add-on would seem like an obvious choice. Something like the London Eye is probably a bit basic, but you see what I'm getting at. For all they wouldn't be taken by a posh meal, if it was somewhere properly iconic or unusual maybe, rather than "just" expensive?

Pay for them both to spend three hours fighting on the barricades in an actual civilian uprising somewhere in the world with negligible medical care but excellent showtunes.

Poor old Mr. Four, Mrs. Five, Ms. Twenty-Three and Mr. Eighty-Four.

Sounds good. Any kind of 24h gym around here would be ideal really, I often get the urge to go for a run or whatever late at night and they're all closed by 9-ish.

My training doesn't seem to have involved a great deal of running mind. Pretty much going to wing it. Aye, much the same. No booze and plenty of pasta and veg all week, and beyond that. What starting zone are you in? I'm in G, which should be far enough back to avoid the psychological hammer blow of being passed by thousands of people before we get to Gateshead Stadium. The divvy section, K. At least I'll have the fancy dress brigade to entertain me while I wait hours to even cross the starting line. Then I shall see you just before Gateshead Stadium.

My training doesn't seem to have involved a great deal of running mind. Pretty much going to wing it. Aye, much the same. No booze and plenty of pasta and veg all week, and beyond that. What starting zone are you in? I'm in G, which should be far enough back to avoid the psychological hammer blow of being passed by thousands of people before we get to Gateshead Stadium.

At least he'd dropped Geoff Thomas by then

That's basically going to be me doing the GNR next weekend. I have foregone training in favour of bacon butties.

My Creative Zen Stone - cheap and cheerful - has gone through at least three washes in my gym shorts pocket and come out unscathed. Hardy stuff.

She should be Capello's successor.

While we're on the subject, I was just thinking the other night, are we the only English club to have had two black managers?

2nd place in the group for Ireland would likely set up a QF against South Africa, which isn't the worst draw in the world. Would still say that's where they'll go out though.

So you'd better be one of the top 5 companies in the country by 2016 or there'll be hell to pay on here.

I'm oot ye feckin chancer, i started off with an icecream van ye ken? Fucking salt n vinegar, thats so 1980's, need to keep up with the times! It's Maldon sea salt and organic balsamic vinaigrette these days dahling

Well in any betting event there's always a shock outsider result occurs sometimes. Anyway Craig, take care wor kid, I know what this type of thing feels like and there's a sense of injustice flowing through your veins that this has happened to you. You should sew them for emotional damages too. Aye, stitch them up. They've clearly embroidered themselves a rich tapestry of crimes.

Same. Daft to think he could end up with 50+ England caps given how young he still is.

Ouch.

Bloody hell mate. Glad to hear you're both ok enough given the circumstances.

Off to see The Civil Wars at the Union Chapel in a few weeks. Love the venue, like what I've heard of the duo. Should be nice.