Hamilton Saint

Oh, Lord - yes!! Good choice. Standing on the roof, and yelling at the rather-embarrassed-copper who arrives to shut the whole thing down!

Been listening to Jethro Tull on today's commute to and from work: Benefit and Aqualung.

A lot of the sentences in that quiz were lacking full stops! I consider myself a pedant, but they called me a "grammar guru", because I got 8/10.

you are area?

Tried to participate, but because I didn't want to vote on all the choices (all of them dubbed "required"), I couldn't submit.

"Which albums have influenced you the most?" Here are a few. Significant because they served as entrees into whole areas of music. Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. This was my entry into jazz. From here I went on to explore Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, etc. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook. From here I discovered her entire songbook series on Verve (Harold Arlen, Rodgers and Hart, Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Johhny Mercer). Then on to Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning by Frank Sinatra. Previous to discovering this great album of his from the 50s, I thought Sinatra was just "My Way", "New York, New York" and "Strangers in the Night". Found out that he recorded about a dozen great albums in the 50s and early sixties - alternating between albums devoted to ballads, and albums featuring dance tunes. Within a couple of years, I had bought most of them! Quickly discovered that he is probably the greatest singer of the "American Songbook" - nobody can rival him for the ability to get inside the essence of a song and deliver a definitive interpretation. Nobody. Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention. Introduced me to the whole English folk-rock scene. From here I discovered the likes of Steeleye Span, Pentangle, Davey Graham, Shirley Collins, June Tabor, Sandy Denny and the great Richard Thompson (the latter two are former-members of Fairport). McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters. This double album compilation on Chess Records was my entry into the Blues: Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Elmore James, etc. Muddy's still my favourite! Sweet Baby James by James Taylor. I was already a Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen fan, but this LP kicked off the entire singer-songwriter era of the early-to-mid 70s: Paul Simon, Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, Joni Mitchell, Carol King, Jackson Browne, etc. I was a huge fan of the entire genre.

Clever. Yes, Premier League can now switch back to GMT from Fergie Time!

Jeez. Players "who possess a superior velocity" are quick. Players who are even more so are quicker. Adjective = quick; comparative = quicker; superlative = quickest. You learn this when you're about nine or ten years old.

... more quicker? Quicker. (Quick, quicker, quickest).

OK, but what about Lambert? How did he do?

Wrong. Spoiled ballots are the same as abstentions - a legitimate and honourable option. Think about it - it means that a person took the trouble to come to the polling station, but then indicate that they do not favour any of the potential candidates.

No, I have one too - got it from the St. Mary's Mega Store in 2003. I don't think they have them any more - well, they're not on the club's website anymore. But I'm not a big fan of lager anyway. I prefer an ale.

You need one of these - they have a liner with freezing gel. You stash it in your freezer. They used to sell these with the Saints Crest in the St. Mary's Mega Store.

No guilt required there. She was great. As swannymere suggests, check out Dusty in Memphis (there's now an extended remastered version). It has her great single "Son of a Preacher Man" on there. God, I remember seeing her on TV when she was still in The Springfields (very early 60s).

Not in control of our destiny? If we win our last three games, none of the teams below us (Norwich, Sunderland, Villa, Newcastle & Wigan) can catch us. We wouldn't have to rely on a single team getting a single loss!

Boruc Cork ... Yoshida ... Hooiveld ... Clyne Schneiderlin ... Davis Puncheon ... Lallana ... Rodriguez Lambert

Surely it's better for us to have Villa lose?! Better to have Wigan and Villa as far away from us as possible - until we pick up three points.

He was going for humour? Oh, dear. Worse than I thought!

Why do you continue to use this demeaning epithet for our manager? Why the lack of respect?

It's deja vu - all over again!

Oh, dear. Well, back to the drawing board.

So what exactly is your motivation here? Why do you use the term "Gashton"? Why does your post reek of smart-aleck sarcasm? Does it make you feel better to ridicule the Saints player who is currently not doing as well as hoped? Is he your latest scapegoat? Are you a bully, who likes to deride people who don't meet your exacting demands? Is this the way a Saints fan supports the team? Do you feel better after putting other people down? Do you think kicking people when they are down is more effective than giving them an encouraging word? Why are you so negative?

This doesn't make sense. Do you mean "are the epitome of saints supporters"?

So, were you at all interested in knowing whether the tuna was packed in water or oil? I am; I prefer water. So I'm glad that food manufacturers and distributors are required to list the ingredients on the outside of the packaging or tin.

Was the packaging designed so that the consumer could see whether or not that there were peanuts inside? It doesn't say. If not, then it makes sense to include the warning on the package - since "monkey nuts" could contain other nuts than peanuts. The peanut allergy is a life-and-death issue - especially for young children; and it might not be so obvious to them what the package contains. Better safe than sorry. No?