Craig

My Mam was in a wheelchair before she died. I remember getting into an argument with some pompus bitch in a hotel car park who'd taken a disabled spot when she clearly wasn't and we'd had to park miles away - making life hard for my Mam... When the bitch refused to move her car, i had a word with the hotel who said legally, they couldn't do anything and she could park where she liked........so I went out there and parked mine directly behind hers sideways on! What did she say? "I'm going to have a word with the manager about this!" "Go ahead, knock yourself out bitch!"

You know where to go if you want that! (although I've heard it's gonna be scrapped there too!)

Pass...... I just cut and pasted it

Out of the mouths of babes... (1) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. -- Alan, age 10 (2) No person really decides before they grow up whom they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with. -- Kirsten, age 10 WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED? (1) Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then. -- Camille, age 10 (2) No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married. -- Freddie, age 6 (very wise for his age) HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED? (1) You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids. -- Derrick, age 8 WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON? (1) Both don't want any more kids. -- Lori, age 8 WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE? (1) Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough. -- Lynnette, age 8 (isn't she a treasure) (2) On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date. -- Martin, age 10 WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR? (1) I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns. -- Craig, age 9 WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE? (1) When they're rich. -- Pam, age 7 (2) The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that. -- Curt, age 7 (3) The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do. -- Howard, age 8 IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED? (1) I don't know which is better, but I'll tell you one thing. I'm never going to have sex with my wife. I don't want to be all grossed out. -- Theodore, age 8 (2) Its better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them. -- Anita, age 9 (bless you child) HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED? (1) There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there? -- Kelvin, age 8 And the #1 Favorite is........ HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK? (1) Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck. -- Ricky, age 10

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That one is certainly the hardest!

Is that a blue Fiesta I see parked near by??

Bloody hell that was quick - it wasn't supposed to start spider searching for at least another couple of weeks.... I decided to leave it as visible for the time being so we knew when it was around - it now means we're likely to start being listed at Google... Wonder if we'll be the top NUFC forum?

If you're gonna buy wine, for god's sake spend some money.... You pay £2.99, expect it to be as rough as a hairy arsehole! £5 should get you a decent bottle of either, £10 and you're on to a real winner... As for temperature, you're right in that white should be served chilled and red served at room temperature. On top of that, red win should be allowed to 'breathe' before serving (get the cork out and leave the bottle open for about 10-15mins). Check the 'legs' on a red wine as well - to do this, stick about an inch in the bottom of a wine glass and swill it so the centrifugal force sends it up the side of the glass.... The longer it takes to drain back down, the better the wine.... Favourite red? Chateauneuf des Papes - gorgeous stuff but a bit pricey, if you don't want to splash out as much some of the Chilean ones are very good! Whites? The australians ones are pretty nice as are the Californian ones. A lot of people think a Chardonnay is the mutt's nuts but i'm not a fan - far too dry for me....

It was 2-1 but we need to be bloody careful how we go with this to avoid not looking like we're obsessed with them losing.... Let us not forget that even if they fail to qualify for the tournament they've been banging on about, they still fall into the safety net of the tournament we couldn't even qualify for with 2 attempts!

Seal - Crazy

I've heard Scunthorpe is ten times worse...... *sits and waits patiently.............*

Thank god for that - mind you I'm going back over 9 years now so methods may have changed but if there's a worse form of torture than that, I don't even want to begin to consider what it could feel like!

Eww Bridget, have you had the test for bone marrow?? Now THATdoes hurt like fuck and I swear there is no pain like it!! My Mam suffered from Multiple Myeloma and one of the possible ways of treating it is bone marrow transplant. Naturally I was tested and was a bit weary when they rather sternly advised that this would be rather uncomfortable. For a nurse to say that, it did make me think.... I wasn't prepared for it, they jabbed what can only be described as a blunt metal rod through my skin and into my pelvis. Fucking hell did that hurt, but oh no, this was just the tip of the iceberg - THEN they began to withdraw the marrow..... I can't describe the pain properly but I it's what i imagine pouring concentrated sulphuric acid into open wound combined with it being 'fired' by a welding torch!! I'm sure the whole fucking hospital heard me scream! Would I do it again? I would, but the fuckers can knock me out next time - no way in hell am I experincing THAT again!

Hehe - the Dog & Parrot! Now there's a pub that I haven't heard of for a long time.... Our 'shot in the foot' that year IMO was that we made such an awesome start to the season whereas Man Utd made a pretty average one... Looking at the bigger picture though, no matter how awesome our start was, their run in was better by comparison! Perhaps the biggest fault we can afford ourselves is that we were in a similar position to what we were in 3 years previously albeit in a different division and perhaps there was some degree on naive complacency. We faltered around the end of Feb/start of March that season but the difference in quality in the two divisions meant that we were able to get away with it and we picked ourselves up again.... Man Utd were never going to allow us that luxury, once they had us on the run, they were simply reeling us in...

Yep, I'd agree with that - just feels like you've got a weight lying on your arm...

Some of them are, but they've got one on our bus who's about 25 and fecking gorgeous..... Me, shallow?? Dunno what you're on about! 9520[/snapback] With guys like you Craig making comments like that I reckon the fill rate on the bags is pretty quick- even more so if all alternative vein site were to be used. **gets coat with tongue firmly in cheek** 9521[/snapback] All this time they've been pleading for people to give bloody though and all they had to do was hoy a few pretty nurses in there - bingo!

It's a common mis-conception IMO that we 'threw away' the title in 95/96 (mostly fuelled by the media!) Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm lead to believe that the 12 point gap that they always go on about was actually with Man Utd having a game in hand over us (against one of the minnows which they were expected to win) so effectively, the gap was only ever 9 points (certainly was the gap we were ever in control of). We also had the 6-pointer game at SJP against Man Utd which could have gone either way, and anyone who was there (me included) can confirm that we murdered them that night and the lucky feckers sneaked away with a 1-0 win. Had it not been for Schmeichel, who had perhaps his finest ever performance for Man Utd, and Cantona, I'm convinced we'd have won that game quite comfortably.... The final point that needs to be taken into account and is often overlooked is look at Manchester United's results from the point they were so many points behind until the end of the season. They picked up something ridiculous like 95% of the points available whereas we picked up something like 70% which in itself under normal circumstances was more than respectable. A lot of people say that KK's live interview with Sky after the Leeds game was the moment Man Utd won the title - bollocks, it didn't just change at that moment, that's just used as an excuse to make KK look weak and suggest that NUFC threw it away.... They didn't - Man Utd won that title, it certainly wasn't given to them!

Some of them are, but they've got one on our bus who's about 25 and fecking gorgeous..... Me, shallow?? Dunno what you're on about!

I used to think like that and always made some excuse up for not going. Then when I started working for my company, I found out the blood-bus parked in our car park every 4 months - decided there was no more excuse and went for it and have been every time since (good excuse to get away from my desk!).... Hurts? What hurts the most is the pre-test they do for your anemia. They prick the end of your finger and because you've got shitloads of nerves there it does sting a bit - but no worse than catching it on a drawing pin. The transfusion itself I find a piece of piss - lets not get away from the fact that it isn't a small needle (actually it's more like a metal tube with a spike at the end, but it's in your arm before you know it. After that the worst feeling I've had is a bit of numbness around the area as the blood is draining. It IS different for everyone, I can actually get up after the bed straight away and leave, I don't need the rest nor the drink (although I usually grab one just for the hell of it), but some people can react to it and feel very faint - all you have to remember is these people are trained to watch for it and do look after you. Personally I think it is something everyone should do at least once. If you get told you're not acceptable or simply if you find 'it's not for you' then fine, at least you've had a go....

I love the way there seems to be a general belief that thrush is something only women get!

Before you do anything though I'd dig your contract (I presume you've still got a copy) out and go through that section with a fine tooth comb before you go and read them the riot act. Although it may not seem likely, most contracts within a work place are individual rather than follow a set format and just because your colleague has got the clause, you may not have. What's more, if you are a big organisation, you more than likely have your own legal department and if that's a case, they'll have written the contracts rather than HR and they confuse you with allsorts of crap which allows them to weed their way out of things (been there and done that!). Another thing to keep aware of is that a lot of HR departments frown heavily on the terms & conditions of an employee's contract being made public - this includes clauses. Most people think this just applies to the discussion of salaries, but it can go beyond that. If you're believed to have discussed the T&Cs of your contract with another employee in our place then it's a disciplinary followed by a dismissal if you're found guilty.They can be very draconian on this and the general rule is, the bigger the company, the worse they are... As Peasepud says, make a polite approach otherwise you'll get nowhere. If you can' find a copy of your contract, then approach them first and ask for a copy as you've lost yours but don't let on why you want it. Finally if you're bamboozled by the verbal diarrhoea that the legal eagles have written in your contract, then take it along to the Citizen's Advice Bureau and they'll decipher it for you and let you know if you're contractually entitled to it. If it's not in there with both your signatures on the end of the contract (i.e. i's a 'verbal' agreement), then they sadly have the right to change their minds.... Good luck matey

9456[/snapback] Some of us are at work you know!!!

I prefer a nice pair of tits myself.....