Happy Face

That's right, he was put at a considerable disadvantage by forty odd thousand of these idiots buying season tickets at the start of each and every season he was in charge. I'm sure other chairmen must have looked at Shepherd and pitied the poor bugger that plight. Heard some nonsense in my time but come on...... Pwned Pipe down poindexter. Don't get the reference. Soz. http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/1...ssages/480.html

That's right, he was put at a considerable disadvantage by forty odd thousand of these idiots buying season tickets at the start of each and every season he was in charge. I'm sure other chairmen must have looked at Shepherd and pitied the poor bugger that plight. Heard some nonsense in my time but come on...... Pwned Pipe down poindexter.

That's right, he was put at a considerable disadvantage by forty odd thousand of these idiots buying season tickets at the start of each and every season he was in charge. I'm sure other chairmen must have looked at Shepherd and pitied the poor bugger that plight. Heard some nonsense in my time but come on...... You're talking about something completely different. The MAJORITY of fans who pay their money, sit in silence at the ground and mock internet based campaigns for regime change (proper fans). I never heard one chant of sack the manager or board go around St James' while he was there. I'm talking about the minority that made life tough for him, forced his hand into making decisions that he gets most of his stick for. One's that aren't happy unless you've spent £60M in pre-season, no matter who it's on. Not saying I feel sorry for him, he's a big boy who took the job on, failed, and walked away with millions. I just hope Mort is able to resist the Geordie discontentment better than Shepherd and make good business decisions.

I like Chris Mort. His name is almost identical to mine. Welcome to Newcastle Morty, the minority of Space Invaders munching, zinc deficient, slopey foreheaded, smash up your own city, dickhead 'fans' will make your job a nightmare. I've got a not inconsiderable amount of sympathy for Shepherd as generally his mistakes were made trying to keep these people happy.

The Isle of Man

Shit. I didn't include Don't Look Back. It's on More4 right now. The finest profile of a musical artiste at a pivotal moment in time ever commited to celluloid. Put it on, you've only missed 20 minutes.

Once again, thanks all. Excellent news SLP. Have a good one.

That's the fella, had him in my ava a little while ago too. And he's going very well.

Cheers lads*, just reading an Ingmar Bergman obituary with a line from one of his films that hit home. "If there is a God, he’s a shit, and I’d like to kick him in the butt." Since it's a "what's going well" thread we can count our blessings she had what time she had with the beautiful boy she always wanted and he's got a doting dad and family that will now spoil him all the more. His first season ticket is on me. *EDIT: and lasses.

I just came in here to say "fuck all" too. Sorry Mr. Face. Wasn't going to say owt, but everyone should count what blessings they have. I know this is meant to be a positive thread but my brothers 29 year old partner passed away today. 4 months after the birth of their son. Totally gutted. The Happy Face is stuggling to stay that way. She had a serious Brain tumour last year, beat it, had the most gorgeous bairn and then succumbed to bowel cancer. 29 is no age.

I just came in here to say "fuck all" too.

Went to me mates house he said "do you want a cup of tea?" I said "aye, as long as there's one going spare" so he goes in the kitchen for a couple of minutes, comes back and gives me a cuppa. I said "that doesn't look so angry to me"

Stuntman on Spartacus. RIP

Isn't that the lad that works in HMV?

Just watched that episode on your recommendation. A lad buys some pubes and seeks revenge on the seller. Not quite up there with the genius of Make Love, Not Warcraft

SATURDAY 28TH JULY THE 39 STEPS 1.15pm BBC2 Classic Hitchcock without adverts . The lead reminded me of Rodney Bewes. THE LADY VANISHES 2.40pm BBC2 Classic Hitchcock without adverts . Never seen it. RIO BRAVO 3.55pm ITV3 Howard Hawks Western with John Wayne, Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson. Sounds awful when you put it like that, but it's a class film with the definitive performance of a gnarled old man by Walter Brennan OLIVER TWIST 5.05pm Film4 David Lean's version, goes to show a remake can be brilliant. JAWS 8.45pm ITV1 HTT's got the popcorn ready. LOST IN TRANSLATION 9pm Film4 Very good. TONY TAKITANI 2.25am Film4 Tony is lonely so he gets married. His wife likes to shop. He doesn't appreciate it. He's left lonely. NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS! Very slow indeed. I enjoyed it. SUNDAY 29TH JULY CHARLIE’S ANGELS 8pm five Superb film MONDAY 30TH JULY NAPOLEON DYNAMITE 9pm Film4 Canny funny like. THE BIG RED ONE 11.25pm BBC1 I want to see this. Need to get Sky+ in I think PERSONA 2.25am Film4 Ingmar Bergman masterpiece. Proper head fuck. WEDNESDAY 1ST AUGUST ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM 10pm More4 I never really followed the story at the time but I was shocked at how it all happened. The fact that they were turning off power in Calafornia to drive up their stock price and people were put in danger as a result was disgusting. Strongly recommended. THE DEATH OF MR LAZARESCU 12.55am Film4 This has had rave reviews all over the shop and I was looking forward to it. I knew it was about a dying man's wait for treatment in the Romanian health service (which sounds very boring) but reviews were so positive I thought it must have something about it. It didn't. I was bored out of my tiny little mind for two and a half hours. The odd shocking moment towards the end wasn't enough to drag me out of my stupour. The entire nursing population of Romania are absoloutley stunning like, and the eye candy held my attention until the end but I really can't see why this was voted world film of the year by BBC4. THURSDAY 2ND AUGUST LOST IN TRANSLATION 9pm Film4 Again? It's canny, but howay. TRANSFORMERS - THE MOVIE 10pm ITV4 Orson Welles, Leonard Nimoy and Eric Idle star FRIDAY 3RD AUGUST THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING 6.30pm Film4 Michael Caine and Sean Connery, two of the most annoying men ever.

TBH I thought the song was the best thing about it. I didn't dislike it tbf it's just I was expecting some sort of classic comedy and it there were very parts of it that I can remember laughing at. I did like the Colonel and Elliot Gould and Donald Sutherland were excellent as always but I just thought it wasn't that funny. Mind you I feel the same about Dr Strangelove. Maybe it's dated now but I reckon it gets its acclaim for being ahead of its time. I liked Dr Strangelove too. I know the overlapping dialogue was pretty revolutionary on MASH but you see it all of the time now so it doesn't really have the same impact anymore. You can get that a lot with older films. Kane is widely held as a masterpiece for it's camerawork or editing or whatever. But we've seen all those things millions of times now so it's difficult to appreciate it anymore. I like Dr Strangelove I just didn't laugh at it. I found the whole senario funny but enjoyed more as a drama. "helllo, Dmitri" It's not a belly laugh per scene film, but it's a grin from ear to ear throughout film. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in the war room"

No way is 25% of music good. And it never has been.

Don't be hasty man, they've been married 27 years. Have you seen those couples in a restaurant? Spoiling everyone's night by sitting in stoney silence, creating an atmosphere of pent up frustration and repressed bitterness all around them. Hate it when I get a table next to them. After a bottle of wine their tongues start to loosen and they start to talk, but it consists entirely of how they've been a bane in each others lives for 3 decades. No, a box of roses and off to the garden shed to potter is the best thing Shinton can do for society in his current plight.

Retired my Peavy Bandit amp the other week. Just my auld fashioned acoustic or effects through the PC nowadays.

What about the other 25%

You're not supposed to get anything for the 27th anniversary. Don't tell her that mind, you'll be dead before you fall.

I did that a couple fo times when I was a kid. Not as bad as one of the lads though, he used to sneak down to the fridge in the middle of the night and eat handfulls of flora. Ralph Wiggumalicious Where did I hear about the kid that spread lard on their toast?

The black fella with ginger hair of the soft drinks world. They just don't go.

I still haven't heard it. I bet you have and just haven't realised. I got clubland 11 for my cousin and there was a remix of it on there with Kanye West that I listened to. Never recognised it in that form. BTW, Clubland 11 is shite.