St Landrew

Replying to the title: NO.

There's a glimmer out there, that's all. Some of the threads and posts I've read, you'd think Saints were practically in the clear already. Well, they're not. They are third from bottom, and all the other teams are fighting as well. They won't play badly while this club has a sudden renaissance. There are 36 points left for this club to play for. If they get half of those they may be safe, but do you see them getting 18 points..? Not sure I do. Yes, there are massive games coming up. It's a pity that people at the club don't seem to realise that the first game of the season is as massive as the next one, and the next one... right to the last. If they did, we wouldn't even have this thread.

The charity I do work for is being closed down. So that's bad news for me, and bad news for the cause that the charity does work for.

Underneath all that face fuzz, does anybody think Bono is starting to look like Peter Sellers..?

Yeah, and let's play 2-3-5 as well.

Like ESB, I agree with this. Thatcher brought a dynamism to GB in her early days, and with the Labour opposition almost unelectable, she was a star performer. But she laid waste to many people's lives, by denying them a reasonable opportunity, as simple as an honest job, because in her time there were fewer jobs than there were unemployed. And it was a concious effort by her government to make it so. It kept those in mundane work quiet and thankful of the jobs they had, and the ones who, for various reasons, couldn't fit her rigid system were completely denied. John Major was much too much in her shadow to succeed against a decent opposition, and it was only a tabloid mission and an utterly stupid pre-election night performance from leader Neil Kinnock [well, all right..!] that got him in. When Blair came along, dragging the Labour party into the electable centre [socialist..? Don't make me laugh], the Tories had no chance. Thankfully, after this receession, Thatcherism will finally be fading away. And for the good of all, the quicker the better.

Not keen. Looks like every other small family car. Designers are afraid to be original anymore in the face of safety cells and a public with no appetite to be different. I suppose it looks no worse than anything else, if that's a plus.

I do find it a bit of a wonder why Wilde doesn't get the flak that he could do. But standing alongside Lowe, he appears so impotent. He has all the strings to pull, but seems to be the puppet.

Jeez, I'd take a 1-0 win in the 93rd minute, with one being deflected off the ref's arse, when being cleared by a Cardiff defender.

Someone gave me The Prestige [2006] to watch the other night. The title comes from the 3rd part and climax of a magic trick. It stars Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and Michael Caine; with David Bowie making a cameo as Nikola Tesla. Had a fair few twists and turns, and seemed a little over serious, in my view. It was all about deception, and two rival magicians endlessly deceiving each other, to the point of death. In the end, I didn't really care who came out on top, and surely, in the directors mind, that's the wrong reaction. Perhaps that's why I thought it overly serious, as I was never convinced by it. Interesting, clever; I might even watch it again sometime - but ultimately, not rivetting. Which it should have been, given the story and cast. Good looking though.

I was going to explain, but just follow the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7909562.stm

Beat me to it. Just buy the right publications, JFP. BTW, won't find them here, although you might think so: http://www.thechap.net/

Just looked again. Yes she is. Just look a little further down the same preferences page, Michelle and set it as required [see my post above]. However, it will become your homepage, rather than just the default search engine.

About a month ago I had some really bad news, that is too private to talk about here. But this morning I read that MP David Cameron's 6 year old son died overnight. It's just bloody awful that someone just getting into their life has to die. Just a glimpse and they're gone.

Honestly can't see the problem. My default homepage is Google UK on both IE7 and Safari. Set your home page address as http://www.google.co.uk in General preferences, and Robert's your mother's brother. Or if you have a personalised iGoogle, then copy and paste that address into the same spot, and there you go. Unless you mean that the radio button in Google UK is, by default, set to the web rather than pages from the UK. I must be missing something here.

Older cars, by their very nature of being more worn and weary, tend to be less well looked after. Hence the cobwebs, rust and other little foibles that start to appear. I think infestations are special though. Here is a slight case of neglect in one of those older cars :

Entirely possible IMO. Putting away any sensible hat I might be wearing. This is Saints after all, and almost every decision in the past 5 years has seen the club sink lower [Possibly a clue in the last word]. Putting the sensible hat back on, I think Barclays will let SFC live on while there's hope. Either that or a Jumbo Jet falls out of the sky and hits the stadium. Well it's your scenario index.

About those ants. How the hell did they happen, again please..? I believe you had an infestation, not just a few..? I think that incident was one of the reasons I thought you drove a Golf from the mid 70-80's.

Yeah, but that's because you live in New Zealand mate. Everybody gets up frighteningly early there. They also start making their way off to bed aorund 9pm or so.

Stu. Being self employed means that I don't get too many luxuries like paid days off. So when I have organised a day off, and there's nothing doing, I will just occasionally luxuriate in my laziness. Just once in a blue moon.You should try it mate. It might do you some good. You sound a little pent up and tense nowadays. Stay in bed for once, just to see what happens. Get a good book, plump up the pillows and make a whole day of it. You don't need to follow everyone else, just do your own thing. You never know where it might lead. :smt015 On average, you have 3 score years and 10. Don't always be routine. You can experience the odd day a different way. BTW, quality of life is not about how long you are awake. It's what you do with it, when you are awake. Whatever you do, if you're thoroughly enjoying it, then that's quality.

I think you've blown the cover on that one Stevo. Perhaps you ought to do a promo series on how good it is to counteract all the negs.

Ah chaps. Perhaps I should have popped a in there somewhere, because I certainly didn't want to generate a blimey from Ponty, or a don't get me started from SoB. I appreciate the point TG was trying to make, but they did it with their accustomed amount of tyre-screech-tearing and opposite lock. For many of those watching, the point could've been buried under all that presentation. I'm showing my distaste here, and I did make the point that I believe the programme's presentation style is getting as bit tired. Certainly for me it is. I'd rather they do a properly serious segment occasionally. As to the Prius, I've always thought the thing as a design exercise, rather than a proper car. As Jay Leno put it [rather well I might add], driving the Prius shows people how much good environmental work you are doing anonymously..! However, it does allow its passengers a fair measure of comfort and big car feel [how the hell are Americans going to get inside it otherwise..?], which is something very economical cars, such as the Polo Bluemotion can't do so well. The Honda FCX Clarity, and future designs like it, that move away from fossil fuelled, pollution/CO2 generating output, is certainly a step in an altogether more fundamental direction. And here's Mr Sensible once again, showing us all around it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52L-nQ-LTew

Ah chaps. Perhaps I should have popped a in there somewhere, because I certainly didn't want to generate a blimey from Ponty, or a don't get me started from SoB. I appreciate the point TG was trying to make, but they did it with their accustomed amount of tyre-screech-tearing and opposite lock. For many of those watching, the point could've been buried under all that presentation. I'm showing my distaste here, and I did make the point that I believe the programme's presentation style is getting as bit tired. Certainly for me it is. I'd rather they do a properly serious segment occasionally. As to the Prius, I've always thought the thing as a design exercise, rather than a proper car. As Jay Leno put it [rather well I might add], driving the Prius shows people how much good environmental work you are doing anonymously..! However, it does allow its passengers a fair measure of comfort and big car feel [how the hell are Americans going to get inside it otherwise..?], which is something very economical cars, such as the Polo Bluemotion can't do so well. The Honda FCX Clarity, and future designs like it, that move away from fossil fuelled, pollution/CO2 generating output, is certainly a step in an altogether more fundamental direction. And here's Mr Sensible once again, showing us all around it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52L-nQ-LTew

I don't see anything wrong in the letter. Fans KNOW what this safety officer is asking for, and anyone who would take exception to it is deliberately taking exception to it. We know that in all-seater stadiums, there will be standing occasionally when the excitement levels causes it to happen. But those very people who remain standing after others have sat down again know very well that they are stopping others from seeing the match. As to the constant noise, I think the word BANGING gives it away. That's banging on the back-boards at the top of the stadium. Our own lot used to do constantly, a few seasons back. The few that do it at the Riverside know it's wrong, yet they obviously continue to do it. It's only fans that don't want to see the point, that don't.

Yes, [i know it was a humourous test.. crikey are they capable of making a serious point..?] but if you drive a Prius in an economical way and a BMW M3 in an economical way, in almost every situation the Prius will return far more miles per gallon. And that is a point the Top Gear presenters well and truly glossed over. It may come as a shock to Jeremy Clarkson, but my routine route does not resemble a test track where everyone goes in the same direction, averaging 100mph. As petrolheads, I think their time is coming to an end. Or shall we say, their presentation format is certainly more than halfway through its lifespan. In any case, the Prius is yesterday's car, as is the Tesla. The newest kid on the block is the Honda hydrogen car - the FCX Clarity. James May tested it [the only one of them with any major grasp of reality] and suggested it was the biggest breakthrough since the internal combustion engine. A debatable point, but a reasonable candidate, I think. Of course, you can't routinely plug them in yet either. But when you can, it should only take a few minutes to fil the tank. Not an overnight stop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AUurBnLbJw