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You started to go off track, it was agreed I will mention nothing about that stuff until December IF this goes through. Don't tempt me off track. The concept is so horrifying .....

Voyager left a huge opportunity for a new angle and storyline with several episodes over the years encountering Time Ships and the like (as opposed to the Fly round the Sun fast and go back in time of The Original Series & TNG) Wasn't there one about Time Agents? Or was that Enterprise? But the ideas are there Star Wars Lucas has the concepts but

Now, the thing is that the team is in freefall and the Trust will spend all their cash on buying the stadium Yet the team needs to be completely rebuilt from scratch in L2. And even people who PAID for their tickets are not bothering to go to the matches at the moment. Which begs the question, just how many ST's WERE the trust hoping to sell next year? If they are only getting 8,000 turning up now and by the summer the realities of the actual fans ownership is known (they sold nott arf) Another epic fail looks more and more likely

Yes, but equally we are not in Birmingham area So sometimes......... And anyways. For this one? Oh I don't think there will be any problems getting it sponsored. It will be on global telly. The idea came from that pic of the bloke wearing only shades with the bear from some thread the other day.

Cannot see a studio dropping the Star Trek Franchise Pap. Creativity in Hollywood these days is such a risk that tried and trusted formulas are about the only thing that gets past a bean counter. Did find it amusing the rows in the US about this. Obviously Lucas will have had his ideas for 20 odd years and it will be interesting to see how he copes with the way Movie Sci Fi has developed (and yes that includes being ripped off by Star Trek Reboot). IF Lucas goes down the woeful Jar Jar Binks and stupid CGI robot clones route again I can see JJ having his work cut out. The joy of the first 3 Star Wars films was the human actor factors and interaction - the only time that got slightly cringeworthy was with the Teddy Bear love in... Interesting times. Star Trek reboot has a lot of problems, just where in the Universe do they go now After Voyager DS9 there are few quadrants left in the Galaxy that don't look like Southern California. How interesting can it be exploring our Quadrant? They've done the Klingon Wars, do we become buddies with the Romulans now? They will have to work hard to come up with new plots that don't involve becoming a series of stale Eric Banna/Benedict Bad Guys. Someone needs to smoke some weird **** and come up with some new canvas to paint Star Trek into. Perhaps that is why JJ jumped Franchise?

So you should be - got it all lined up, Global TV coverage and everything. Meeting the man about it tomorrow. I have to add that by setting this one up for you I will end up having to take one for the team. Keep fingers (and maybe legs) crossed

Piece of cake. It's all about the Plan. Save hope & belief for life & work & family? Bullsh1t - you need a Lifecoach to create a plan Does the News/Economy/Politics get you feeling like Alpine? Bullsh1t you need a Positive Mental Attitude Training Course to give you a plan Once you have a Plan everything is a piece of cake. NC has a plan. He's the only person in the world to have ever thought of having a plan. He will succeed, not even worth debating

Another major step in NC's quest for Global Brand domination. Saints are now being discussed regularly on Polish Fans Forums - even the SSN interviews were debated and how good for Polish footie that Artur was at such a progressive club. Now just needs Flybe to start services or Ryanair from Bompey and we can get an extra few hundred in for the weekend games and shopping in Shirley High Street on our way to a 65,000 seater stadium

Phil will go a whole day discussing Gigs instead of that other subject. Stone Roses tickets still available for 21st Feb I think I may have a special gift in the works for Bearsy as well.... More laters

Can we take that now?

Perhaps a return for Richardson at RB or Fox at LB allowing Luke to play in the Left side of the 3 up front instead of Davis? IF it is Richardson then Clyne would switch to LB Just a guess brought on by a dose of flu and lack of caffeine this morning

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2270311/January-transfer-window-doesnt-work--Martin-Samuel.html Cracking article about the January Transfer window with a dig at Saints Shows why it is not easy to do business these days

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NC talked about Plans Timelines Projects. NA had a job - get us to the PL. I'm sure he would have hoped to be given the chance to keep going and in a way NC DID let him have a chance MP came in on 2.5 year contract but I bet IF he gets us to the top 6 next season he'll be gone and replaced by the next level to take us to the CL Great life that - be successful get paid your contract in full and sit on the beach in Dubai / Florida / wherever before taking your pick of the best jobs in the world or tweeting all day long Let's face it, the same has happened to a lot of the players who got us here early. It's Bizness innit Plans & Projects and Attention to Detail

OK so here will be the problem. Getting a Trade Licence in Qatar is a nightmare. Outside Companies that need to come in and build/supply stuff will be forced to work with a "Local partner company. Those fees will run into numbers that will cause the Auditors and FCPA Lawyers issues regarding Compliance. A mate of mine down here has operated in Qatar since the Asian games. Despite his contracts being backed by "seemingly" irrevocable Letters of Credit he is still, some 4 years on, yet to see a single PENNY of the invoiced money. (Well over $1million US). All he is ever given are Promisory Notes that let him borrow cash from a Qatari Bank at obscene interest levels. No internal Commercial Legal Action between an outside company and a Government Agency has EVER found in favour of the outside company Forget the issues over Heat & humidity, hotel rooms and affordability, the locals believe they can do everything themselves with their mates. It will be a disaster and a LOT of people/businesses will lose a lot of money. And the only people going to matches IF they have any sense will be taking Day Trips on Fly Dubai or Air Arabia

I screwed up again didn't I. I really should have taken a pic of the promo girls from Stella trying to play their bunker shot simulation game on PS3 Sorry. Promise will only take Rule 1 pics for you over the weekend

Here's a ripper of a story. 1) Can't see Camoron or The Queen doing this 2) What a well trained little Girl 3) Ooooooh I bet Dad is now in deep pooh A teacher who had been called by the Security Guard came rushing back and took the pic on her phone Bet she's had a bad day today as well

So it's his first trip out here. He's getting 100k for being the meet & greet man at one of the Corporate boxes. It was pointed out that there is an after party on Sunday that has a singer with guitar and if he was around, how about an unplugged set? Sorted. He then mentioned his best Top hat wearing guitar playing buddy is in town for a gig on Thursday night (40 quid a ticket) and perhaps, Dudes who like Rock music from "back in the day" may want to pass by and that the last half hour of the show might just be something special. And anyways I was just doing my usual Security Work I am REALLY crap at golf - Chief Groupie Tester for the players is my role. It's all on Sky sometime this weekend. Actually feel good about it as we raised over US$100,000 for Charity today

IF he sings them greatest hits sometime over the weekend & I'm there to see it I promise to NOT mention the golf again until December. Deal?

Think the moral (and the lesson from Urban Night) Some people really should keep their make up on all the time. But what a nice bloke and anyone reading this in town Thursday? PM me

Dear Agony Aunt. I took this today and realised we are now getting Old. Help?

Oh man, not this old chestnut again

Well I guess this is going to run and run. No I don't speak French but the tweets indicate the fan is already very brown. France Football ‏@francefootball FF #FIFA #Qatar #2022 Le #Qatargate, c'est aujourd'hui dans France Football ! . pic.twitter.com/QriNDC1w From me down here I have to say Never saw that coming What will happen next?

Oops. Well how the hell was I supposed to know how long the Queen had been in charge?

Oh Lord. Some people cannot debate Some people can't think an argument through And some people cut and paste before engaging brain. Holiday time