swannymere

You really need to get out more. I did a favour for a mate who's company supplies TGI's, and did a small delivery to the Park Gate branch, i was warned beforehand but couldn't believe how disgusting the food preperation areas were, grease on the floor and the final nail in the coffin was all the drivers used to turn down any food they were offered!!! Might be better now but it's just a over-priced Frankie & Benny's IMHO.

That's just idiotic. You don't see people lining up to punch Fergie, it's all about religion.

Mental, just mental. How long before both clubs are playing behind closed doors?

Purbani in Botley is very hit and miss and is nowhere near being the best that way. Friends in Bishop's Waltham is very good, then you have Vatika between Botley and Wickham (near Meon Valley (******s) Country Club) which is amazing but has a price to go with that. Then Veranda and Kuti's in Wickham which are both excellent and never fail to impress. Kuti's Fair Oak is also fantastic (the Kuti's restaurants have different menu's!). Keen to try the Bengal Forest as have been past it a few times and it's always busy.

The sad thing is that most fans don't actually give a **** about the finance. I went on Twitter after the program and less than a quarter of the posts backed Sugar whilst most claimed he was talking ********. Then Martin Samuel was knocking the programme in his column claiming that Sugar wasn't bringing anything new to the table and he'd pinched other peoples ideas. The truth of it is that football from the administrators of the game to the clubs and even the media is such an old boys network nobody is willing to risk being ostracized by the game, look what happened to the BBC after the agents programme. Everyone is riding the fans gravy train and is too scared to tell a few home truths.

Although not a trained mechanic, i know my way around a car, my mechanic is 100% honest (he doesn't know the extent of my knowledge). I do agree that some may try it on but that's only a small percentage; let's not get all Daily Mail paranoid about it!! Its hard for garages to get it right 100% of the time, there is currently an argument raging on a forum i'm a member of between a highly recommended specialist and an enthusiast. The specialist is used to dealing with people who look after their cars and want things replaced that show wear rather than waiting until the part fails, whilst the enthusiast is complaining that he advised the replacement of a 'weeping' shock absorber stating it had loads of life left in it; who's in the wrong? A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing! As for the 2 year MOT i honestly fail to see how it can improve things, i see plenty of cars drive around for months with broken bulbs simply because the owner never checks, at least with the current 1 year system it's caught occasionally.

Does anyone know where i can trace information about my grandfather William Clinton Murphy who worked for one or both of these companies in Woolston? He was sent over from Belfast with his brother to help with the war effort in the 1940's and continued working in the 50's, 60's and possibly the 70's and from memory he was associated with woodcrafts of some sort or another. He lived at 3 Sholing Avenue, Sholing for about 40 years. Any information or pointers would be appreciated.

For local i'd say Truffles in Fareham is hard to beat, excellent quality French-style food on the right side of expensive, a beach cafe at the top of a hill overlooking a bay near to Kefalos in Kos, family style with simple, delicious freshly made snacks and desserts. But my favourite in the world is The Jaaning Tree in Nambucca Heads (between Sydney and Brisbane!) just the best food and the best location IMHO.

Owned indeed.

Sean St.Ledger is over-rated, CMS would be a great addition, beyond that i'll leave it to Nigel.

Will they be able to keep up with us next season

Are you mental?

Just so we're sure, not at all in a gay way?

Dear BTF, I didn't realise it was a crime to appreciate a fine looking woman, the language used may be crude but the intention was to praise, if you can't see past the language then you're the one looking like a fool; i suspect you're the type of person to criticize swearing by intimating it's limiting the vocabulary when in actual fact the opposite is true. (thanks to Mr.T)

Do you think Harry and Phillip double-teamed her over the throne?

The best thing about the wedding?

Oh yeah, because Presidents work out so well for other countries, imagine Boris Johnson, Diane Abbott or some other numpty as President!

Here, here.

Everybody loves a conspiracy. I don't know if our American cousins are stupid enough to elect Palin as President, but the fact it's mentioned scares me more than when Bush got re-elected, how much damage could she do in a term?

I wouldn't blame any club for disliking Saints, let's face it, we do have alot of plums supporting us with all the 'inferiority complex' and 'sleeping giant' quotes they like to band around.

The Russians are a front for a cockney gangster.

RIP Jack - You pain in the arse ;-)

Cranfield is the mutt's nuts for engineering.

Not a hard decision academically. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/2010/jun/04/university-guide-art-and-design

Some good news, apparently no burger vans or food establishments that serve from 'catering vans' this year, all food outlets are to be of the tented variety and have to offer sheltered seating. Not sure if true but good if so. I would imagine the Cider Bus will be OK!