St Landrew

It's an improvement on the deal. Michael gets one year of security. Saints get one year of the same, but for different reasons.

My fiver.

Wow, that's not bad. Actually, I'm not compulsively tidy. I'm really an untidy person who takes great efforts to be tidy, because I know that if I let it fall apart, I let myself fall apart a bit too. It's a visual barometer, so to speak. But Wiltshire, I have to say you're probably not that far away from the truth. As for depression, if I wasn't so shallow a person I might agree with you, but I never stay unhappy for long. I will definitely take on board what you've written though. It was worth the fiver all on its own.

Well observed, and that's also my understanding. But Michael's english is very much his second language [despite his lack of accent], and so I suspect he can't express the emotive nuances he'd like to.

I'm thinking of purchasing the copyright to this phrase. I could earn a fortune.

LOL. Thank you. That's what I need.

Following on from the OCD's, my family believe I'm the tidy one, but I'm currently going through a huge untidy patch in my life, which rivals how other members of my family live. They still think my house is immaculate, which peculiarly I feel slightly insulting. I know I need a huge kick up the arse to get things straight again, but I can't rely on relatives as they're even worse..!

Instead of reducing non-full members daily post limit, I would suggest an alternative of allowing a limitless post allowance for two weeks to one month. Then you pay or disappear altogether. If you screw up on the Paypal, there's always a cheque or postal order. That would weedle out the half-hearted.

I lived in Egerton Forstal, just 12 miles outside Ashford, for 5 years.

Presumably you've never seen Long Way Down too..? http://www.longwaydown.com/

Svensson has said in an interview that he doesn't like his nickname, but accepts that it is something out of his control.

Where in Kent, DSM..? My first time in my Kent local, a Stranger turned to me and called, "allo nipper". Which was great as I was 33 at the time and already appreciating people believing I was younger than I was.

I remember the "atcha" greeting. We weren't getting anything wrong. I remember the "hi" greeting coming to prominance too. I thought it very American English at the time, which of course, it was.

Hmm, yes. I know what you mean. I'm probably past those days myself, but it's a real buzz to power a bike down the road in just helmet, t-shirt, shorts, gloves and jesus boots with the summer sun on your back. About 8 years ago, I took a mate's Yamaha 750 Sport down to the supermarket after he complained of it handling really badly. He thought it was the steering damper, and that aswell, the bike was inherently a bad 'un. I noticed, while measuring that, after haring through roundabouts and scraping the footrests and exhausts, his front tyre had all of 12 pounds of pressure in it. He was right - it did handle fairly badly, but not the worst I'd ridden. After inflating the tyre to the correct pressure, I quite angrily wrung the bike's neck on the way back. His bike wasn't bad at all, in fact it was a really nice one. The failing was just his complete incompetence as an owner, and to blame his machinery, rather than his lack of attention to the absolute basics. And I'm not proud of my fast wriggle on his bike, but it sure was a thrill. And I'd not do it nowadays - I think..!?! Nice bike too, which I've a feeling Baj's engine layout is the modern day successor.

I would have thought a Pompey fan of any standing would have far more knowledge of lower league football than any Saints fan. Jeez, we're still gobsmacked from not being at the top table. Don't tell us the novelty has actually worn off your status yet..?

Much as I love Michael svensson back in the Saints side, there's no way I'd be happy with seeing a T-Shirt proclaiming Killer's Back. I'd love to see the wry humour if they had the guts to reproduce Baj's spoof one though.

The Hubble telescope has proven to be quite a success, considering it was thought to be a myopic failure very soon after it was first used. That first trip to the optician really turned around its career.

Shock..! Horror..!! I'm finding myself in agreement with Sepp Blatter when he says he feels the Premier League is trying to dominate the uner developed footballing areas like Asia. He feels that the richest, most powerful league should be working in conjunction with other leagues to promote football, not necessarily Premier League football per se, and shouldn't be looking to playing matches on foreign soil. Richard Scudamore, the Premier League chief, suggests that promotion of the Premier League is good for grass roots, local football, and football in general. Well, of course, both are dressing up their arguments to seem more plausible, and none more than Sepp Blatter. But for the right reasons, that is, that Sport/Football should not try to overwhelm another country's sporting culture, even when Business/Football finds no problem there, Scudamore's argument is wafer thin. If Premier League football is so good for local football, then why do we see so many plastic fans..? Surely, by Scudamore's persuasion, Premier League football should help fans be more aware of their own local clubs. Well we know how much tosh that is, even in this country. And Sepp Blatter is basically afraid that the balance of power will shift from him, to the Premier League leaders. But he's right. Local football will decline as people throughout the world just globalise their support more and more on the big clubs, making them richer and richer, with competition dying as a result. An overgrowth of the Premier League is simply not good for football as a whole.

Ooh that's deep. Personally, I love to spell out numbers, but only when it's appropriate. As in: Thirteen billion, two hundred and forty five million, three hundred and sixty seven thousand, seven hundred and forty one. Blimey, what a mouthful. Of course it used to be: Thirteen thousand and two hundred and forty five million, blah, blah...

As I get older my list is getting longer. JillSaint's even numbers on settings of any media. The petrol that is a penny over. I check and re-check about 3 times that my car is locked if I'm going to leave it for a long time during a sailing outing. My mate has noticed that one. As a moderator I come across spelling and grammar errors all the time, and it takes quite a bit of effort to stop myself from wading in and correcting them. Peculiarly, although I try to make sure my posts are reasonably error free, if they do get by me, it doesn't really bother. Perhaps because I'm confident in my spelling/grammar abilities. And far too many more to mention becauase I'm bored now.

Apparently, some bloody nameless professor of Cambridge University is fed up with correcting spelling errors, and so has recently put forward the proposal that mistakes should just be considered an alternative form of the word. Which pretty much buggers up the last thing I'm reasonably proud to be half-decent at. Of course, I don't agree with his proposal.

As it happens, South Today showed some of the highlights of the Exeter V Saints match. And I think they came to more than 61 seconds..! Oh, and as for sending complaints to ITV - don't bother. People have sent thousands over the past few years, and I think it may have contributed to them giving up the whole idea of covering the Championship. Besides, the extra time means they can invent another Soap to bore all the poor unfortunates who are mad enough to get sucked in. And according to Meridian Soccer Night host, Andy Steggalls, ITV don't give a toss.

Well, let's face it; the next thing we'd all be doing is nicking a mythical Mach 5 fighter plane.

That's as good an answer as any other here. Thank you Douglas.

That's because you haven't given the necessary time to wait for a download. I did say after a wee while.