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The pauses probably inserted to provide overseas TV broadcasters the chance to show a couple of minutes of commercials without missing anything significant.

- dark Cuban rum on the rocks - gin and tonic - martini (gin) - single malt (Ardbeg, Laphroiag, Highland Park, Talisker)

Winston Churchill had a bit of a lisp; he seemed to do alright.

At the end of your sentences, I notice, you alternate between one dot, four dots, and two dots. You don't know the difference between a full-stop and an ellipsis, and how to show them properly? Is that your fault, or the fault of your teachers? Or the entire, left-leaning educational establishment?

Does this really need to be explained?

For all the grief, humiliation, and unrealized expectations he has put England supporters through, Rooney should never play for England again.

Speak for yourself.

Presumably you mean they have an ulterior motive. Never mind ...

Would rate both of them a lot more if they got at least four or five goals per season.

I already hate this "J-Rod" nomenclature. Rodriguez is fine. Or Jay Rodriguez.

Typical right-wing "debating" style: begin with a made-up 'factoid' (what we used to call a lie); keep repeating the lie; and, in between the repetition of the lie, insult the opponent, instead of dealing with their valid arguments.

It used to be that you had to be an honourable and sporting player in order to get selected for your country. Does that not hold any more?

You're wrong. That notion originates with the mistaken labelling (probably intentional) of it a such in the U.S. back in the 20s and 30s. [Ever seen the film "Reefer Madness"?] One of the major propaganda "facts" used by the authorities is that marijuana is a "gateway" drug: i.e., that it leads people towards real hard drugs, like heroin. That 'mistake' (lie) has been used to justify decades of foolish social policy and very harsh legal punishments. The war on pot has been an utter failure - primarily because it is based on ignorance and lies.

What's your favourite book of his? And which of those three writers do you like best?

That's Mykonos.

Rory Delap Paul Telfer Jermaine Wright

It's not about nostalgia; it's about sound - high-fidelity sound.

No, sharing the load includes shopping, cleaning, laundry, cooking, child-care, etc. It's even more essential when both parents are working.

I was raised by Catholic parents, so we always had fish on Fridays. But we couldn't afford good pieces of fish, so it was usually fish fingers (passable) or fish cakes (horrible). We always had a roast beef dinner on Sunday, and the leftovers were used in a shepherd's pie on Monday. We always sat down together as a family. With my own family there is no set, regular routine, as far as the recipes go. But we have always sat down together at 6 p.m. every day for a family meal. Something we insisted on from the very first day of having kids (we have two teenagers now). We do not do meals in front of the TV. Ever.

A Night to Remember is a much better film about the Titanic disaster.

compromised?

Zéro de conduite by Jean Vigo (1933) - about his boarding school experiences. A big influence on Truffaut's 400 Blows and Lindsay Anderson's If ....

Scotland doesn't have the vote? Well ... no wonder they want to separate!

Locked Down - the new album by Dr. John (Mac Rebennack), produced by Dan Auerbach. Great music, interesting arrangements, poor sound. I notice this on a lot of contemporary albums - the sound is squeezed and compressed, lacking high-fidelity frequency response. Sounds thin and murky.

Ian Anderson wrote a song on this theme - it's on Tull's third album Benefit. Here's an excerpt from the lyrics: "I'm with you L.E.M. though it's a shame that it had to be you. The mother ship is just a blip from your trip made for two. I'm with you boys, so please employ just a little extra care. It's on my mind I'm left behind when I should have been there. Walking with you." The song is called "For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me."