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FFS Well done that man. Have been trying to come up with something sensible using the anagram reference but couldn't make anything relevant. Great spot . So is it a big wind-up or just an amazing coincidence ?

I've never been a rambler but it's good to get out in the fresh air with Mrs W for a bit of exercise (I AM talking walking) during the spring/summer months. We are lucky enough to have a huge range of places to explore within a short drive from home. But sometimes it just feels like we are walking for the sake of it. Just read about GeoCaching , basically sounds like a kind of treasure hunt using GPS. A quick postcode search on the website shows plenty close to home. Can't make up my mind from reading about it whether it makes a good walk even better by adding a fun element, or whether it would turn it into a frustrating waste of time scrambling about trying to find something when you're not quite sure what you're looking for. Has anyone tried it? Is it worth it? And is a GPS on a mobile accurate enough or does it need specialist equipment?

If that is the case - and it is exactly the story I've been hearing locally since I posted earlier - the person who stopped must be having sleepless nights as well. Did they check their mirror before stopping for them to cross? Even if they did they'll be asking themselves whether they checked properly. Not trying to apportion blame, just pointing out how many lives an accident like this can affect. I've done it myself, stopped to allow someone to cross,THEN spotted a bike in my mirror on my outside in the mirror. Luckily a beep and frantic wave made them go back to the pavement, but not a mistake I'll ever repeat. You ask why people stop to let people cross. I know that road very well, sometimes it is the only way you can get across, you can wait literally minutes there. Unless of course, as already pointed out, you use the pelican crossing only about 50 yards away, built for just that purpose. All makes you realise how precious life is, it can be snatched away in an instant

Got caught in the traffic there myself just before 8pm . Very sad, tragic for the whole family That is a horrible piece of road, a slight dip in the road makes it very difficult judging speed of traffic coming towards you. Having said that, and I'm purely speculating, the number of police vehicles (far more than in the Echo photo when I passed), combined with a relative expressing "anger" amongst the family, would suggest the rider may have been a fault and the area was being treated as a crime scene. Echo report now updated includes Tragic

On the assumption that it was likely to be their last ever game and away to other bitter rivals I would expect at least protests, pitch invasions and possibly worse inside the stadium. Outside it, let's just say if I was of the thug type, 657 type mindset, I wouldn't even bother with the game, but the phrases "going out with a bang" and "one last big day out" would be crossing my mind.

I've been wondering about that . If TB can't see any way they could survive past mid April it could well be our game would be the last. Would be very very surprised if that was allowed to happen. To be fair to the other 23 teams the FL should be contacting them now and seek a guarantee that they can see out the season. If that can not be given then they should have their golden share removed now, all results wiped out and be given bottom place with 0 points. If they somehow manage to rescue themselves between now and season end they can restart in L1 next season as a normal relegation. If they can't, or liquidate before then, the phoenix club can reform wherever someone will have them.

He's been busy

Mine Surprised that got through. Didn't really answer the question though

The way their finances work it could well be half a million at the time of writing but £2million by the time of reading

From the Official Pompey Twitter Can't imagine what the problem can be ....

Really? Sounds like you're just the person I'm looking for then. 30p an hour, but hey it'll be fun working here £15k would provide me with anything I need £150k would provide me with anything I could ever want £1.5m would provide me with anything I could ever dream of. it would sure as hell make a difference to my self worth and motivation. And like the football analogies above, the best companies want the best men/women for the job, to get them they have to outbid the others. I do agree that some of the huge bonuses paid out recently have been excessive but not in the LloydsTSB case as referred in the OP. None of us know what the targets for the year were, it could well be that despite the big loss (majority of which is from past actions) is much smaller than expected thanks to a good management performance. But please please please don't pay my £5. I can scrape it together myself, non-payment is a deliberate ploy to stop me getting into time consuming discussions like this

Of course there is.Would your lifestyle change if your income halved ? If someone has been earning, say, £300k for the last 5 years they are going to have a lifestyle and commitments that require that amount. It may be a mortgage on a house the likes of you or I could never dream of, or loans for unnecessarily flash cars or holiday homes abroad or big pension payments but then that is the rewards of their status. To say it would have little difference on their life is ridiculous. (and that's my 3 for the day so i can't combat your inevitable rebuttal)

Joking aside that's the main reason you need their permission. They can't make someone else (i.e the tenant) homeless because of your debt, they would need them to sign some sort of disclaimer (can't remember the technical term) so that if necessary they can do. If they want £90pcm just add that to the rent figure you had in mind. Most potential landlords underestimate what people are willing to pay rent-wise.

They don't get a cut do they? Think it's only cup games H&A share the receipts, league matches it all goes to home club.

Don't know if I'm alone but for me the Pompey rivalry is now just a minor detail in this saga. It's better than any soap on tv, with new twists and turns every day. Company law, financial rules, football regulations, evil foreigners, courtroom drama, political interventions, celebrity endorsements (well Matt Slater ), regular characters, cameo appearances, comedy, sympathy, even genuine sadness at times (ok those bits are few and far between) It's even got product placement (Barbie dolls and mobility scooters) I think I'd be following it on a daily basis even if it was about Rangers, Plymouth or anyone else come to that. And like any good mystery story nobody can be quite sure how it's going to end. Gonna miss it when it does though.

But did they walk or were they pushed ?

http://oxygen.mintel.com/sinatra/oxygen/display/id=68209 Just saying

From twitter a few days ago Hit and hope? If he did come back at least he'd benefit from warming a bench that was closer to home

Court to appoint administrator though. Probably worst outcome they could have

Seconded. Perhaps once this thread has come to it's logical conclusion we can start a new one giving the likes of Mero all the support we can in getting a Phoenix club up and running. After all it's in our own interests to have a club that we can bicker with, insult, take the ****, even come to blows with occasionally. Without one our wives and girlfriends are going to be the ones to suffer. But joking aside, the town has enough sensible fans to deserve a replacement club to get behind, albeit in a much lower league to start with (only fair on the rest of the league). Apart from that we need someone to gloat over as we continue our march to the CL, B'mouth will never be enough

Middlesbrough done that once for an away game at Blackburn. Got docked 3 points. Was the difference between them going down and us staying up. Oh the irony

This morning Chris Evans dedicated his Radio 2 Breakfast Show to today being National Toast Day. Just saying

As usual you ignore the whole point in favour of a cheap shot . Do you really think, just as one example, we played McGoldrick all season when we had established international Gregorz Rasiak on our books because he was the better player. Course not, we found ourselves in a position where we couldn't pay GR's wages so we loaned him out and played an inferior player instead. Didn't grizzle about it. Didn't stomp our feet, throw our toys and whinge about level playing fields. We just did what was right. How many of your high earners that you can't afford have you loaned out?

I meant on future deals from a set date, clearly it would be wrong to change the terms of existing deals retrospectively. I guess you're right though, simply doing away with the football creditors rule would mean no rule would be needed that transfers must be paid up front. It would be up to the selling club if they were prepared to take that risk of receiving installments. Paying up front would probably become self fulfilling in a few years anyway - after all if someone had done due-diligence on Pompey 6 months ago what would they have seen? Probably enough to think they were good for the money. Word soon gets round, and once bitten twice shy, any club letting another club down would find it very hard buying players in future.