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Never lived there permanently but have been working on and off in the states for up to six weeks at a time for 15 years. A lot of Brits dont realise just how different different parts of the US are from each other. imo Seattle is definitely one of the most attractive parts of the US and worth thinking seriously about. Its pretty laid back and liberal (might sound like a minus to you but compared to redneck country it really isnt) and weather isnt much different to the UK apart from slightly hotter summers. Downsides are in general work really do expect you to respond to emails 7 days a week and be happy to talk on a Sunday morning about some inconsequential project that could wait till Monday. Also being on the west coast is an extra three hours from the UK compared to East coast and a few hundred on the ticket price. Might not sound like much but it makes things like flying back for friends weddings, big Saints games etc much less practical than from say Boston or NYC.

Sorry chaps http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2121366/London-2012-Olympics-Volleyball-competitors-wear-shorts-T-shirts-complaints-conservative-countries.html

Marriage is for gheys.

Thanks Hamster. The BP jetwash near me is usually £4.50 so good deal.

Classic. Pap's strongest rebuttal of criticism is to quote from the spoof twitter account of a cocaine dealing Brookside character.

Not cross at all. Ive made the point that the Liverpool papers and council consistently point the finger at police, coroner, ambulance service, Liverpool FC badge designers in 2012 etc whilst failing to acknowledge that the central reason 96 people are dead is because 2,000 of their fellow fans pushed their way into the ground. You have decided to twist that into asking me to produce newspaper articles where they deny any Liverpudlian had anything to do with the tradegy. As I said, the sin is one of omission. Simple fact is that Liverpudlians are 20 times more likely to know or be related to someone who was pushing and shoving outside the ground than to know someone who died.You wouldnt get any sense of that fact from the papers or council leader.

I refer the honourable forgetful old coot to post 13 at 10.39pm

I once played snooker in room lined with tigers heads on the walls. I think I might have eaten a sandwich during the game too.

Roast chicken with salt and pepper on fresh tiger bread.

Very good. As you well know its the absence of admitting any liability or culpability which is the issue. You should go into politics, you're disingenuous enough.

20 pages of mostly sterile argument. Charge £5 a ticket and kids for free and we'd fill a 50,000 capacity stadium most of the time. Charge £50 and we'll struggle to get 20,000. Like most things in life the demand depends on the price.

Saints area of potential support is probably fairly similar to the 'Travel to Work Area'. Those people who have economic ties with a city or travel in regularly for nights out / shopping etc are more likely to support the club. The IOW is a good example with people in the north around Cowes tending to support Saints and those in the east of the island Pompey - determined by transport links rather than geography.

Really? Where is the fail then? Where is the inaccuracy? I guess we can class you as part of the Diana generation. Not old enough to actually remember the events, but full of righteous indignation looking for blame anywhere except where it lies. In 1985 Liverpool supporters charged the Juventus supporters - causing panic and in the process crushing 35 people to death against a wall and injuring 600. Try and find the victims names on a Liverpool website Pap. Try and find the memorial sites or calls for inquiries into the Heysel deaths - google 'list of Heysel victims' and you'll get Liverpool sites talking about Hillsborough - lots of them. Just fyi the youngest Heysel victim was an 11 year old boy, the oldest a 58 year old woman. In part as a result of Heysel the penning in of fans at football stadiums was introduced. Ironic really. Four years later a large crowd of Liverpool supporters is crushing outside Hillsborough as the match is about to start. A combination of delayed trains and traffic and people turning up without tickets is causing the police, no doubt mindful of Heysel, public safety concerns. When a side gate is opened to let one fan out the crowd surges and causes a crush, 20 people scramble through but some are injured. The senior policeman has to make a decision, let more fans in or risk a potentially deadly crush and or riot outside. We know the rest. You can blame the paparazzi, MI6, the French doctors or Prince Phillip for Diana's death - or you can blame her driver going at 90mph into a bend in a tunnel at night whilst ****ed. For Heysel you can blame a whole series of buildup events, the old stadium, the ref, UEFA - or you can blame the Liverpool fans charging the Juventus fans. Yes Hillborough was complicated - caused by an unfortunate series of events. Maybe the game should have been delayed, maybe the police made the wrong call, maybe the emergency services should have sent ambulances quicker - but at core though the reason for the Liverpool fans death was crushing by fellow fans. That doesnt mean that the fans outside are culpable for the deaths or intended for it to happen - but some recognition in Liverpool that the Liverpool deaths were caused in large part by people from Liverpool would be welcome. The victims were entirely blameless. If my family member was killed in this way I might still be campaigning now - but thats no excuse for the local paper, the City Council or the wider population to see Liverpool once again as a victim with no part in its own misfortune.

Heysel was the one where Liverpool fans pressed forward and killed 39 Juventus fans and Hillsborough was the one where they pressed forward and killed 90 odd of their own fans but both were entirely someones elses fault.

Havent come across that - but I have noticed all insurance companies seem to be nibbling away at the extent of coverage and introducing extra charges. Mine tried to charge me a £350 excess when an oncoming car hit my wing mirror, even though he admitted fault and paid up.

Dog in pointless thread shocker.

He was a backup in case we got further injuries. In the event there were no more injuries and those who were injured came back quickly plus Puncheon kissed and made up - so not needed. Good contingency planning if you are trying to get promoted.

Um obviously touched a nerve with his funny about you flouncing off - thats twice you've repeated the same unfunny remark, despite having over 48 hours to think of a retort. 2-0 to Um.

Snuff

No they dont, unless its broken because you hit a truck or bus queue at the same time.

Threads about how crap other people are

Erm, you didnt get JJs joke Ohio....

So true. Rightwingers are hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2DnW5uC1_A&feature=related

Lol. Best by miles.

The Mexicans call April 1st 'Fifth of May'? Odd.