Renton

Yep, tripped over a paper aeroplane, the way I heard it. 37907[/snapback] Thrown by Gemmill, I might add

Has anyone got any figures on this. I remember there were always problems with Dyer, Bellamy, and Woodgate, but these are all crocks essentially.

Agreed. And it's not like Luque's been here long enough for Souness's dastardly coaching techniques to have damaged his hamstrings. 37883[/snapback] There's a balance here Gemmill. I'm not suggesting this is all down to Souness, but it is likely to be a multifactorial problem, and I think Souness and, in particular, his coaches, are a part of the problem. If Luques injury can't be explained by Souness et al, then neither can it be explained on the training ground.

37870[/snapback] The other thing that's changed over the last two years is our manager and coaches of course. I suppose that has nothing to do with it.

press report, confirmed, straight from the mouth of an ex Blackburn player. Now, before you ask, I obviously can't say who it was ..... But, he doesn't have any personal gripe against Souness, he had no bother with him, but still thinks he's a wanker 37597[/snapback] It was on the radio the other day that, since the premiership was formed, there have been 16 occasions when a manager has publically said a player will never play for him again. 12 of these occasions involved Souness. Now, I have no way of testing the validity of this statement, but can anyone say, in all honesty, that it isn't likely to be true? We all knew what was going to happen to our more difficult-to-mange players the day Souness came, with all to predictable results. Frankly I can't be arsed arguing about Souness anymore - to me his worth as a manager has been shown at every club he has been with bar Rangers, none so more clearly than here. Those that don't want to see it, that incredibly think Faye was an acceptable signing for instance, then fine. We can continue this conversation at the end of the year or when Souness is sacked, whichever comes first.

Me too. 37627[/snapback] I laughed. 37638[/snapback] If you had a penis between your legs you wouldn't laugh ! 37644[/snapback] I guess it depends whose it was.

ffs 36823[/snapback] With the amount of gun-point robbery looting (including at hospitals) that occured in New Orleans, I'd say it's justified in this case. 37491[/snapback] Not worth dying over property imo. Trouble is, every bugger has a gun, including a lot of the looters no doubt. 37519[/snapback] I am not talking property; I'm talking food and medicine. 37557[/snapback] Well surely if you can afford a gun, you can afford to get out of the state for a bit. Mind you, I realise that in the US guns are probably pretty cheap...

iTunes is as user-friendly as it gets, what's to loathe about it? I've said it before, but I don't understand these people that have constant problems with iPod batteries. I've had mine for years now and have no bother with it at all. What do these people do with them?? 37488[/snapback] I don't like being forced to use their system, or forced to shop at their shops. Also, it doesn't play WMA files does it, which accounts for a lot of my collection? Do I have to convert these somehow, and will there be a loss of quality, and how long will it take? Basically I hate the monopolistic attitude of Apple - I want something I can just drag and drop with MS windows, downloaded from anywhere. As for the batteries, I guess it's just luck. 37495[/snapback] I don't use iTunes with my iPod, I use anapod instead. 37500[/snapback] Now you've lost me. 37503[/snapback] There's loads of media players you can download to use with an ipod without having to use iTunes. Have a look here: www.ipodlounge.com 37506[/snapback] So are iPods the best then? Anyone any ideas? 37512[/snapback] Aye, we've done this one a few times. You'll get the gyppos with the iRivers and the Creative Zens turning up shortly telling you that they're better but they've basically got acute iPod envy. I don't know anyone personally that has an iPod that's been disappointed by it. 37516[/snapback] Just one question then. If I get an album of mp3s, from anywhere, can I easily get it to play on iPod? I mean without faffing around downloading software. And if I can, does this mean I am not forced to buy from Apple after all? If so, then I guess I'm interested.

ffs 36823[/snapback] With the amount of gun-point robbery looting (including at hospitals) that occured in New Orleans, I'd say it's justified in this case. 37491[/snapback] Not worth dying over property imo. Trouble is, every bugger has a gun, including a lot of the looters no doubt.

He was, he was...... people always said he was polite, kind and generous he was pretty much a vegetarian, and hated cruelty to animals Of course he also believed it was his duty to kill of all sorts of people History teaches us that not every tyrant froths at the mouth and plays the violin while burning down Rome J V Stalin was a great dancer, a very good singer and one hell of a party animal. he rembered people who had done him a good turn when he was down (unfortunately he was equally as good as rembering those who hadn't) 37514[/snapback] Never trust a vegetarian, tea total, animal lover tbh.

iTunes is as user-friendly as it gets, what's to loathe about it? I've said it before, but I don't understand these people that have constant problems with iPod batteries. I've had mine for years now and have no bother with it at all. What do these people do with them?? 37488[/snapback] I don't like being forced to use their system, or forced to shop at their shops. Also, it doesn't play WMA files does it, which accounts for a lot of my collection? Do I have to convert these somehow, and will there be a loss of quality, and how long will it take? Basically I hate the monopolistic attitude of Apple - I want something I can just drag and drop with MS windows, downloaded from anywhere. As for the batteries, I guess it's just luck. 37495[/snapback] I don't use iTunes with my iPod, I use anapod instead. 37500[/snapback] Now you've lost me. 37503[/snapback] There's loads of media players you can download to use with an ipod without having to use iTunes. Have a look here: www.ipodlounge.com 37506[/snapback] So are iPods the best then? Anyone any ideas?

iTunes is as user-friendly as it gets, what's to loathe about it? I've said it before, but I don't understand these people that have constant problems with iPod batteries. I've had mine for years now and have no bother with it at all. What do these people do with them?? 37488[/snapback] I don't like being forced to use their system, or forced to shop at their shops. Also, it doesn't play WMA files does it, which accounts for a lot of my collection? Do I have to convert these somehow, and will there be a loss of quality, and how long will it take? Basically I hate the monopolistic attitude of Apple - I want something I can just drag and drop with MS windows, downloaded from anywhere. As for the batteries, I guess it's just luck. 37495[/snapback] You hate the monopolistic attitude of Apple, yet you're on about getting a Sony who have created their own music format (is it ATRAC) which you have to use with their players. 37505[/snapback] Well, I'm obviously not up to scratch on these things, I thought Sony's worked with MS windows. I really need to change my crappy 256Mb player soon though.

iTunes is as user-friendly as it gets, what's to loathe about it? I've said it before, but I don't understand these people that have constant problems with iPod batteries. I've had mine for years now and have no bother with it at all. What do these people do with them?? 37488[/snapback] I don't like being forced to use their system, or forced to shop at their shops. Also, it doesn't play WMA files does it, which accounts for a lot of my collection? Do I have to convert these somehow, and will there be a loss of quality, and how long will it take? Basically I hate the monopolistic attitude of Apple - I want something I can just drag and drop with MS windows, downloaded from anywhere. As for the batteries, I guess it's just luck. 37495[/snapback] I don't use iTunes with my iPod, I use anapod instead. 37500[/snapback] Now you've lost me.

Bad analogy, Betamax failed because Sony insisted on retaining all the rights on it rather than licensing it out like VHS. I'm only vaguely aware of what an iRiver is tbh.

iTunes is as user-friendly as it gets, what's to loathe about it? I've said it before, but I don't understand these people that have constant problems with iPod batteries. I've had mine for years now and have no bother with it at all. What do these people do with them?? 37488[/snapback] I don't like being forced to use their system, or forced to shop at their shops. Also, it doesn't play WMA files does it, which accounts for a lot of my collection? Do I have to convert these somehow, and will there be a loss of quality, and how long will it take? Basically I hate the monopolistic attitude of Apple - I want something I can just drag and drop with MS windows, downloaded from anywhere. As for the batteries, I guess it's just luck.

Rob, just how old are you? Are you like one of those people from "Highlander"?

I quite fancy one but I'm not sure. I have a deep loathing of iTunes, and don't trust its battery. I'll probably wait for the equivalent Sony or whatever.

It's been superb. It's obviously got very high production values too, yet I have never seen it advertised. Strange. 37183[/snapback] They were saying it's been as massive coup, as both the US and Russians were quite happy to help with the production and also provide information. 37193[/snapback] They'll be able to sell it to every country in the world afterwards as well. Things like this remind me why we need the BBC - just a shame they don't do more of them rather than Eastenders or some shitty reality TV show.

Been through Switzerland before on route to Italy on a coach holiday (remember them?). The scenery is stunning. 37162[/snapback] Lucky you, i'd really like to see it, wouldnt mind Prague and Venice too. Yeah, i remember coach holidays, still do them cos i wont fly 37170[/snapback] Venice is beautiful too, haven't been to Prague yet. 37174[/snapback] apparantely because Prague has become quite a fashionable place to visit (stag doos etc) its got really expensive. 37179[/snapback] I think it's relatively expensive rather than actually being so (from what I've heard). The days of the 20p pint of pilsner are probably over though 37182[/snapback] My wife went there in the summer hols in 1990. Apparently as a condition of the visa, you had to spend at least £3 a day there. Doesn't seem like a lot - except you could eat 5 of the finest meals a day (which were still rank) and virtually unlimited alcohol with this money. Basically, you couldn't spend it fast enough.

It's been superb. It's obviously got very high production values too, yet I have never seen it advertised. Strange.

I wanna visit the US but after having seen so much of it on telly Im bound to be disappointed. I wanna see New York, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Disney Land, the Grand Canyon, Cowboys and cacti, visit cape canavaral, have breakfast in a roadside diner, go to the whitehouse, watch a denver broncos game and go jellystone park. knaa what i meen lyek? would be quite a hectic weekend i suspect 36915[/snapback] do it mate, u wont be disappointed, except maybe by LA which is a total shit hole. 36924[/snapback] im gonna have to do some planning to get the most of of it though, where would you recommend me go? obviously i cant go everywhere like. perhaps i should have thought of this before i had kids as well really, guess I'll have to settle for disneyland in a few years! 36939[/snapback] In 96 I travelled for about 18 days on Amtrak - you could get this unlimited pass for about $200 (regardless of age) - you should check it out (especially if you like slow moving trains - the best way to travel!). I stayed in all the major cities from Florida to Boston (my favourite). Accomodation wise it was off season (also had the benefit of missing us "losing" the premiership), so I basically booked medium priced hotels on the day - hotels in the US were also quite cheap then. This worked out OK apart from one night in Baltimore. They were having some game of rounders or something, and all the hotels were booked up with travelling rounders fans - I slept on the street that night which was VERY scary. I believe you can also get cheap unlimited plane tickets as well - definitely worth doing if you want to see the states and your time is limited. A word of warning though, I believe (from experience) the whole atmosphere of the country has changed since 9/11, and it isn't the relaxed experience it once was. For instance, you used to be able to turn up on the day and get shown around the whitehouse (btw Washington is a great city), but I doubt you can do that now. As for me I agree with several others - Japan has a strange allure.

The riddle game in The Hobbit eh? 37141[/snapback] Great chapter, and the question posed here is the one that finally flummoxed (?) Gollum.

Or maybe it's easier than we'd like to think to turn people into fucking savages. Orwell wrote a nice piece in the Observer at the time of the liberation of Paris on how the liberated behaved, worth a read, don't know if that stuff is avaliable online. We don't learn. 37144[/snapback] Yeah, you're right. Conformity is a huge driving force too. It has been scientifically proven that people will do terrible things as part of a group under peer pressure, or when ordered to by someone in authority.

Ohh, and talking of the chant, I really don't remember it, but that could easily be down to memory. Needless to say I did find it quite amusing at the time that the mighty Liverpool were being reduced to a shambles by an idiot like Souness mind - every non-Liverpool fan in the country thought it was funny iirc.

Misery guts. Nigel Clough, what a player. Remind me who signed him again?