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...and that's more than he'd done before it.

If the adverse conditions go on a while and there's a fixture pile up it could be interesting...being a world cup year and that.

About a third of what people pulling sickies costs every single year then.

China is so much better than the UK.... http://www.chinasmack.com/pictures/funny-s...northern-china/

Considering they took the decision to close my office and ask us to go home, I'm struggling to think what else you expected me to do except get on the road? As for first time in my lifetime, well that's bollocks. It's about the 5th or 6th but lets not forget it came 15 days after the last one. Can't say for the whole of the country but the authorities in Hampshire are stating they would have ploughed the roads had they not been full. The idea of staggering closures of the motorway while they cleared that section would have helped without a doubt. I never said your journey wasn't necessary.

The roads get the way they are as an act of god. Not public sector management. There's gritters out doing what roads they can and 29 times out of 30 it's enough to avoid too much trouble. Anyone that doesn't like it..... http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en&amp...sa=N&tab=wf The Gritters come out after the snow 99 times out of a hundred because it is too expensive and since Road Gritting services are contracted out (on retainers, meaning they get paid for being 'available to grit'), the contract company decides (on the basis of cost/profit) whether to come out. Cant be arsed to look hard but.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3282205.stm And I always thought you were a free market advocate

How is it desirable to hope a good team will improve a players game rather than buying a player who's good enough to improve the team? Your argument seems particularly unbalanced though, dependent as it is on building a better team in the first place to help him improve. Why not just buy the better players and leave Beckford alone? Personally, I think Beckford is as good as any of our strikers.

The roads get the way they are as an act of god. Not public sector management. There's gritters out doing what roads they can and 29 times out of 30 it's enough to avoid too much trouble. Anyone that doesn't like it..... http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en&amp...sa=N&tab=wf

I blame gobal warming. Its what did for the Kingdom of Nubia thousands of years ago. This winter is so far not as cold as 1979, so thats in the lifetime of more than just a couple of posters on here. The plough army could be used once every thirty years then? I can't imagine it's implementation will be a political hot potato in the coming election.

People love a moan don't they. As if if a troop of 3000 gritters and ploughs should be maintained constantly at the taxpayers expense for an occurence we've all agreed has come for the first time in our lifetimes. The only shocking planning is from any individual making a non-critical journey knowing full well what the conditions are.

You've not been following Newcastle transfer rumours for long have you?

Just read all 7 pages and this thread reminds me a lot of the Anelka thread where deluded people think we can do much better. Not that I don't agree we could do better than Beckford if the money was available and with a bit of ambition, but as long as Ashley is here and sticking with a coach who'll be out of his depth in the top flight, you have to realise we won't be spending £10m on any striker of real quality.

Good work, but needs space for more words, I couldn't use the full quote.

The Free Market finds a price...then corporations, lobbyists & government artificially inflate it so others can't improve on their cost model. Capitalism rules Cartels rule! Price fixing eh? Have you turned your back on Bill? Still cannot understand how it can be "illegal" to buy commercially sold CD's for ~£3 in the far east, ship them and sell them for £4.50 in the UK though. It's like say "well if coal costs £10 a ton to mine in the UK then that is what will be charged, even if it's actually costs £1 a ton to mine it and ship it from the Ukraine" and then making a law to support it. Just finished Globalization and it's Discontents the other week (Cheers for the recommendation Chez) where Stiglitz highlights the outrageous contradiction in the US where they use "anti-dumping rights" to do exactly that. http://everything2.com/title/Globalization...its+Discontents you should also try The Collapse of Globalism by John Ralston Saul Added to wishlist. Cheers.

Looking at the boards it looks like no-one posted anything between about 2pm and 4.30pm.

I assumed everyone got sent it and that's why I couldn't get on here for 2 hours.

What if a bloke took his kids to school in his boxers and an old t-shirt? I don't see the comparison. The lasses aren't walking around in nickers and bra. If a bloke chooses to go out in PJ's it wouldn't bother me either.

Just a few interesting articles I've read.... Singles sales soar to record high cinema takings beat DVD and Blu-ray sales File Sharing made Wolverine a hit It's amazing how the industry can keep arguing that black is white in terms of piracy killing them off. And then France go and do this.... New internet piracy law comes into effect in France *sigh*

Quit smoking at your peril..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8439440.stm

Can't say it bothers me.

Only just read this thread myself. I echo everyone elses thoughts TR. Hope it went ok yesterday. I've mentioned my dad on here a couple of times and he's doing great now, so keep your chin up either way and I wish you well. But, the best medicine is laughter, so on with the pool. My film based entry for this year was as follows.... Zsa Zsa Gabor Mickey Rooney Eli Wallach Jake Lamotta Angela Lansbury Jerry Lewis Olivia De Havilland Ernest Borgnine Clint Eastwood Ennio Morricone Jean-Luc Godard Claude Chabrol Éric Rohmer

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle6971683.ece bookmarked for a read later ta.