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She was driving with a suspended license, had no insurance, and had been convicted of drunk-driving the day before.

Mistakenly posted twice. Excuse.

It's very logical: the streets run west-to-east and increase by one as you move north (like lines of latitude). One street south of 42nd Street is 41st Street; one street north of 42nd Street is 43rd Street. The avenues run north-to-south (like lines of longitude) and increase by one as you move east. So, Sixth Avenue is one avenue east of Fifth Avenue. And so on. Not very romantic, but extremely logical and very easy to get around.

Actually, Keillor is from Minnesota. Not my cup of tea, either, BTW.

A valid point. The temptation is often just too tremendous.

Pathetic. They call it clutching at straws. You know what, I'm not interested in your games. If it makes you feel better about yourself by putting me down, go for it. Bully for you (literally). If you think that ridiculing posters because of the "undesirable" sub-group they belong to "bigs" you up in the eyes of fellow cyber-warriors on here, go for it. I just can't compete with your scintillating wit, sharp repartee and incredible debating skills. [You could try getting your facts straight, though, and working on your logical thinking.] Meanwhile, have a nice, un-boring, non-Canadian day.

Listened to all four Simon and Garfunkel albums in a row last Sunday, whilst preparing a beef stew for dinner. Paul Simon is a great song writer. Bookends is quite brilliant! Check out Simon's fairly recent album collaboration with Brian Eno - Surprise. Excellent - if you're a fan of his stuff!

Cheers to you and good luck! I was back in Southampton last August. Saw two games - the League Cup game at home to Northampton (a happy experience), and the league game away at Swindon Town the following week (horrible!). I picked up my own Saints mug at the St. Mary's Megastore - along with a couple of other Saints' souvenirs. Hope you're able to get to Southampton yourself in the not-too-distant future. You're obviously a "real" fan.

An article about the series in today's Toronto Star (March 8th.). http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/article/776391--new-spielberg-series-explores-wwii-in-the-pacific

No tour this year; the team will stay in So'ton - where the real fans are.

Nothing's guaranteed. Who knows what will happen next season? Many people assume it'll be a bit of a cake-walk next year. Not necessarily. So, it's not a matter of being in a rush; it's a matter of just wanting to grab at any chance to be promoted, however slim the odds.

One of the worst penalty decisions I've ever seen. A classic case of an under-pressure, nervous ref, not taking those extra few seconds needed to make the correct decision.

Recently watched My Life In Ruins starring Nia Vardalos. It's billed as a "romantic comedy" and considered a sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding (which was not a bad, little, independent film). Unfortunately, this film is - to quote one of my least favourite personalities - "the pits of the world". Being a Grecophile, I watched it primarily for the Greek scenery. Imagine my disgust when I discovered that, apart from scenes in Athens, Olympia and Delphi, most of the film was shot in Spain! Avoid.

The U.S. has never had troubling dealing with (and assisting) one-party states, dictatorships, and military juntas - as long as they're far-to-the-right, as opposed to far-to-the-left.

Quite understandable, pal. We're all the same - boring, irrelevant, etc., etc. But I'm not going to let that damage your estimable credibility. You sure do know what you're talking about!

You've got the wrong "target", pal. I'm nobody's Moose Boy - much as I like moose. And I have no idea what you're talking about. Wrong assumption again!

Go to Carnegie's Deli. Have a pastrami-on-rye sandwich. Truly disgusting! Two tiny pieces of rye bread; in between you get about five inches of meat. If you're a Beatles/Lennon fan, visit the Dakota building. It's on Central Park West. A lot of other fanous show-biz personalities have lived there. Just across the street, on the edge of Central Park, is the Lennon memorial ("Strawberry Fields"). Like London, it's a city that is just fun to walk around aimlessly. We just walked and walked and walked during our visit.

Yeah, right - the old, backtracking, didn't-mean-what-I-said-just-having-a-larf gambit. Doesn't wash at all.

Reading Comprehension wasn't a strength for you, was it? And insult is a very poor debating strategy. That has to be about the worst retort I've ever read. I thought I was dealing with a somewhat intelligent individual willing to re-consider the wisdom (?) of his strident approach. I was wrong. Canadians may be boring, but at least we're polite. I thought Brits were polite, too. That's what I remember, anyway. Another boring and irrelevant view I had, I suppose. Thanks for correcting me.

Some observations about your posts on this thread. 1) You criticise ex-pats choice of handle with the assumption that they wear their handle as "some badge of honour". This assumption (like so many of the assumptions you have made) is incorrect. I chose my handle in order to put up-front that I'm located in another country. In that way, if I make a comment that seems surprising or strange, you can immediately keep it mind that it's coming from someone overseas, and you can treat it with a little more understanding and sympathy - which I'm sure you would be likely to do, given how empathetic you are with other people. (Or maybe not, maybe condescension is your modus operandi.) 2) You, on the other hand, chose the handle "Guided Missile". And you refer to the object of the current thread as your "target". Says a lot, eh?! 3) You make gross generalisations about a vastly different group of people. That wouldn't be so bad, I suppose, if it weren't done in such a sneering and condescending manner. For example, I am an ex-pat (who grew up in Hythe and went to Grammar School in Southampton). I didn't choose to emigrate; that decision was made by my parents, who moved the family to Canada many years ago. So, my feelings about my new home and my old home is more ambivalent than that of someone who made the decision for himself (herself). This is the kind of nuance that your generalisation misses. 4) I'm not sure what you mean when you say that my handle "signifies where (I'm) at value wise". That is a very unclear statement. Maybe you'd like to clarify it, and justify it. By the way, I don't think you're particularly in tune with my values - at least based on the content and tone of your posts here. 5) I'm not looking for you to provide me with any "small feeling of belonging". It's obviously something you are totally incapable of doing - what with you being so insensitive and rude. 6) You finish with the justification that we don't "have any real form of relationship". This is an interesting and very debatable point. I'm not a believer in the view that message board anonymity gives me the opportunity (and certainly not the right) to insult, deride or abuse other posters. I also don't believe in adopting an entirely different persona on the internet, just because I can, or because it's fun, or because I need to bolster my own lack of self-esteem. I'm happy to be sincere - although I can be ironic, sarcastic and critical in many of my comments, when the situation seems to warrant it. If there is no form of relationship, by the way, what's the point of posting here? 7) As far as your accusation that the postings of ex-pats are generally boring and irrelevant, that's merely your (limited) point of view. I find huge amounts of stuff on here irrelevant and boring, but I don't feel the need to vilify a whole sub-group of the members on here. If you find ex-pat comments to be generally boring and irrelevant perhaps it's because of a pre-conceived prejudice you have. And, of course, you are free to ignore them. 8 ) Finally, I assume you believe it's fine for Southampton residents to make inane, uninformed and bigoted comments or judgments of North American society, with no experience of life, or conditions, over here. But it's not alright, apparently, for ex-pats to make comparative judgments from the other direction, even though they have experiences in both societies. They call that a double-standard. I have been supporting Saints for almost 50 years. I relish the opportunity to read the thoughts, opinions and judgments of people who are so much closer to the action. I envy them their chance to be at the stadium regularly. I also think that locals (i.e., So'ton residents) might find the opinions of outsiders as an interesting, alternative point of view. That you would insult and condescend fellow supporters who now have the opportunity to keep up with their team, thanks to the marvels of the internet age - regardless of where they are located - is just rude and bigoted. And, by the way, I defy you to find a single post over the past 8 or 9 years where I have criticised the club, the city or the country. I am proud of my heritage.

Absolutely right!

I'm not sure if this has been highlighted elsewhere on this forum, but SaintsPlayer has the entire 90 minutes of the games versus Huddersfield and Millwall on their site. They say they plan to have the entire game on-line (not live, of course) for all home matches; they also hope to do the same for away matches. This is fantastic - especially for those uf us who are unable to be at the games. :smt038

"... pure socialism"? You might want to do a little research into political philosophy. Hint: find out what the term "mixed economy" means. Hint: find out what the term "social democrat" means.

Well, he does have a good pun in there. But there's no escaping the judgmental tone and the condescending insults. If it's meant to be humourous and tongue-in-cheek, a smiley or two would be very useful.