Hamilton Saint

I've read it several times. Very enjoyable. I'd class it as a young man's book. I read after my first visit to Greece in the early 70s. More atmospheric if you've been there, perhaps? It was first published in 1965, but a revised version came out in 1977. They made an awful film of the book in 1968 - with Anthony Quinn, Michael Caine and Candice Bergen. Avoid. An even better book by Fowles is The French Lieutenant's Woman.

Acronyms don't use full stops; abbreviations do. But OK is not an acronym and it is not an abbreviation.

"Full-stop" shouldn't be hyphenated. "Ok" should be written as OK. Small numbers should be written with letters, not given as numerals.

Dusty in Memphis by Dusty Springfield (1969), produced by Jerry Wexler and Arif Mardin. I have the 1999 Deluxe Edition released by Rhino Records in the US; it has 14 bonus tracks.

Fantastic!

Come on, more of the same, please!

everywhere!

To my ears, it's all Saints!!!

Same here!

Fouls?

That's not what I hear.

It's a tough one today. Come on, Saints!

When I got that message, it meant that it was time to renew my subscription!

Well, the classic pop song structure (familiar from all those great songs by Gershwin, Porter, Arlen, Berlin, etc.,) is the 32-bar song, written in four sections in the form of A-A-B-A. Each of those four sections is made up of 8 bars (or "measures") of music. The first, second and fourth sections are the "verses"; the third section is the "bridge", or "middle 8". The verses are written in the home key ("tonic); the middle 8 modulates to a related key. The majority of The Beatles songs, for example, are written in this form - especially the early stuff. Actually, this format, as practised by some of the greats, like the Gershwins, also included an 8-bar intoduction, which was usually set in a modulated key, other than the home key ("tonic") found in the verses. In the 50s and 60s, many singers would drop these intros ang go straight into the first verse. So, when you first start listening to singers like Ella Fitzgerald, it's a big surprise to hear her always begin these classic songs with the introduction, before getting to the very familiar phrase of the opening verse. Later exponents of this form (like The Beatles) dropped this 8-bar intro and stuck to the 32-bar form (A-A-B-A).

Our average points per game for the last 8 games has been 2.12. But can we keep that going?

Yeah! That gives me an excuse to post a link to this incendiary performance Neil gave of Rockin' in the Free World on Saturday Night Live (1989). Awesome! PLAY LOUD! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7luq7_neil-young-rockin-in-the-free-world_music

He's off the side!

Come on, Saints - a few more goals, please!

I couldn't get on until I deleted cookies and internet browsing history. Go to Tools and then Internet Options and on the General tab, choose to delete cookies, etc.

I took a tour of the Hall & Woodhouse brewery back in August; it's located in Blandford St. Mary in Dorset. A very interesting and informative tour that lasted almost two hours. I learned a lot. They have antique versions of many of the key pieces of equipment used in the brewing process. An interesting aspect of the tour was the explanation of how they do lots of market research in order to create new beers that satisfy modern tastes. Some of their ales have been in production for a very long time; but others are introduced and then dropped in response to the market.

Who knows, but is it anything like a weido?

We'd have 19 points and a much better GD. We'd leap above them all, from 21st to 18th.

They forgot that we started at -10; or they haven't been following our recent form. They probably just think, "Oh, two teams close together at the bottom of the table - let's predict a draw". Or they're just thick!

Just been looking at the fixture list and the table. There is a full slate of games tomorrow (Tuesday). If we win (likely, but you never know!) and Brighton fail to win (they're home to second-place Charlton); or if we win and either Orient (at home to fifteenth-place Gillingham) or Brentford (at home to third-place Colchester) lose, then we will be out of the bottom-four! I hope you followed that.

Interesting comparisons. Thanks for your effort in compiling this.