Whitey Grandad

In my second year at university a previous occupant had left on the wall a map of the USSR which was of course was centred on the Russian empire. It was interesting to see the world from their perspective, surrounded on most sides by potential threats. It's no wonder that they needed buffer states on all sides.

Where can I buy one?

I was at a game at Bournemouth once and the youngster behind me had an aerosol foghorn. I was very close to sticking it up his own aerosol and emptying the whole tin. Why do they do it? Those old wooden rattles were bad enough.Why can't we all just sit quietly and enjoy the game with the odd 'well done sir' or smattering of applause?

Is that a type of bird, or a technique?

I expect the revenues from the playoff final will have helped. The usual agreement is for the losing club to get all the receipts.

I've always suspected that too.

He used to watch me and the other members of IBM's second team play at Hursley on Sunday mornings when he was walking his dog. I'd have offered him a game but we had a full squad.

There were two of them! :smt107

That is, of course, normally accounted for in the Reynold's number.

Thnks for reminding me. Now I shan't be able to sleep at night thinking about those girls in their pleated 'slave' outfits. (You're talking about the one at Southsea, right?)

You forgot to mention suface roughness which has a considerable effect on the behaviour of the boundary layer

As I understand it, this 'perk' is only being withdrawn from those who went on strike, not from all members of staff. A spiteful, but understandable, move by the management.

You wouldn't if you could see it.

If it weren't for Jupiter gobbling up most of the space debris then we wouldn't be here. Perhaps the Romans were right to worship it as a god.

Be careful what you wish for!

Is the notice period shorter for 'undesirables'?

That's not credit, it's buying in bulk. Basically, credit is 'buy now, pay later'.

There were a few comments in The Times over the weekend from travellers who found that seats they had requested were 'not available' and were later found to be occupied by BA colleagues.

The removal of the instalment plan and half-season tickets are further disincentives to buying in advance. I shall renew my two seats because they are in a great position, but one is not used very often and I would expect to miss between 6 and 8 games over the season so it would be hard to justify the outlay if I were a bit srapped for cash.

Oh no it doesn't!

Religion is based on faith. If you need proof, then you have no faith.

They are called 'tokes'.

Yes, 'on the whole', 'all things being equal', 'comparable jobs', all that sort of thing. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=285 'The percentage difference between the median level of full-time earnings in the public sector (£539 per week) and the private sector (£465 per week) widened over the year to April 2009, following annual increases of 3.1 per cent and 1.0 per cent respectively.' But then there is this one: http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/01/public-vs-private-pay-no-comparison/ In reality, the days of the public sector being 'underpaid' but having better job security and pensions have passed. Now they are not underpaid.

That ceased to be the case some time ago. Public sector pay is higher than the private sector.

This is very poor commercial practice, in my opinion.