Hamilton Saint

... according to a survey of 3,000 people done by The Brooke. 1. at the end of the day 2. what goes around comes around 3. it's not rocket science 4. thinking outside the box 5. flogging a dead horse 6. don't shoot the messenger 7. going forward 8. by the close of play 9. give you the heads up 10. live and learn

Answer #1 - 0 years Answer #2 - 10 years My question for you: on what date did this decade begin? BTW, "proper" is an adjective, not an adverb. You meant 'properly', eh?!

The decade doesn't end until the end of next year. HTH

Thanks for that. It takes me back to the glory days of English folk-rock in the 70s. By the way, Maddy Prior did a lovely album of Christmas music with The Carnival Band in 1987, called Tapestry of Carols. It's a collection of ancient Christmas carols from around Europe. The Carnival Band play replicas of medieval period instruments. If you like traditional carols, and/or are sick of the slick, commercial Christmas stuff, check this out.

The game is not over yet. We'll play to the final whistle.

Adam apologises for missing the start of the second half.

Maybe, perhaps, apparently ...

The sound balance has been fixed. Someone might actually be listening in the control room!

Sound balance is bad - crowd noise almost drowning out the commentary. Fix it!

Come on, Saints! Let's show Leeds what we're made of!

"Connected ... Searching .. framed"

So, this guff about commentary beginning 30 minutes (or is it 60 minutes?) before kick-off only applies to home games? Or was that the situation in the past before they changed over to Saints Player? Whatever, it's very annoying!

Anyone have live commentary yet from Saints Player?

Bialkowski Thomas Jaidi Perry Harding Papa James Hammond Lallana Connolly Lambert Subs: Davis, Trotman, Mills, Wotton, Gobern, Mellis, Antonio.

2.33 p.m. No team news yet on OS. No sign of Saints Player coverage yet. Jeez!

It's all a matter of perspective. When you say BA "have it very very very cushy", do you mean that a unionised workforce is well-paid and has good benefits compared to those who do similar jobs for other airlines? The workers at Easyjet and Ryan Air don't have the same advantages because they are working for an airline that cuts corners and benefits in order to offer the cheapest flights. Cheap flights are possible because overheads are kept low - i.e., lower wages and fewer benefits. Your comparison seems to say that BA employees are somehow in the wrong ("very very very cushy"). Or, to put it another way, that BA employees ought to be treated in the same inferior way as those working under poorer conditions. I'm making the same point again - don't pit some workers against others. Don't blame workers for improving their lot through unions and professional associations. Look to improve the conditions of ALL workers.

Blackwater Worldwide is a private corporation involved in military and security activities. They have been linked to controversial activities in Iraq. Some basic info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_Worldwide

There's a new book about the history of the Lancaster bomber. I think it's called Lancaster. There's also a book about the Battle of Britain called Spitfire Summer that's interesting.

All the best to Michael. He's probably the player I have admired most in the last ten years - not just for his performances on the pitch, but the courageous and dogged way he dealt with his knee injury. His injury was probably the decisive element (not the only one, of course) that led to our relegation.

It's not "we", unless the workplace is a true democracy. Very few workplaces are, or can be, a democracy. The best you can hope for is benign dictatorship. Ultimately, though, some have power and control, others don't. Realistically, the dynamic is invariably an adversarial one, no matter how reasonable and fair the administrators are. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss".

1. Too many private American contractors involved - e.g., Blackwater security. 2. Bush claimed it was partly self-defence in response to 9/11, but that was fallacious; he also claimed it was preventing Hussein's oppression of elements in his own country. The latter argument is somewhat true, but the aftermath brought other detrimental effects. Which of the two situations are worse? 3. Law and order has not been returned to the country. It was evident pretty quickly after the invasion that the war-planners had not considered how to deal with the post-war situation. 4. The Bush administration rushed into the war - definitely not war as last resort. 5. A concern for civilians may have been exercised during the fighting but not during the post-war period.

Our former PM, Jean Chretien, sensed the mood of the Canadian public (well, he read the poll results!), a definite majority of whom were opposed to participating in the "coalition of the willing", and decided that Canada would not be assisting in the invasion of Iraq. Tony Blair, on the other hand, in the face of a similar reluctance from the British public, made the opposite decision. It was my impression that he was ingratiating himself with Bush in order to advance the U.K.'s economic and strategic position vis-a-vis the Americans. I think he also had a Thatcherite/Churchillian moment, and persuaded himself thast there were moral/religious reasons that prompted his support for the invasion. Man, was he wrong!

I see Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton are doing a show together in Toronto on February 21st. I've seen Clapton before, but not Beck. 'Twould be a great show!

I love his version of Stardust.