Whitey Grandad

Er, yes.

Was she drying her nails out of the window and got mistaken for a right turn?

These days newspapers are not even fit for chip wrappers.

Well is it misleading, or inaccurate? Is Duncan not receiving a salary from BA whilst suspended?

This whole procedure has been a bit too much 'just in time'. There is now allowance for things that can go wrong, such as vans crashing. Why couldn't the tickets have been sent out when they were ordered?

That was certainly correct in December. He normally replies very promptly and courteously but I expect that he has been busy.

Hasn't he already played for 2 clubs this season? (maybe he didn't play for Watford) Have they completely paid for him yet?

So, I make it just 12 of us so far then

Rest in Peace harry. We've lost so may familar faces and voices lately. I wonder which of today's commentators will be looked back upon as fondly?

'pinkjacketed militant' they call him. Names like that can sometimes stick.

That shows a lack of understanding of other people's situations. Some people will not be at their mailing addresses later this week, some will be travelling down to stay over for a few days. Relying on the Royal Mail to deliver tickets only a couple of days before the event is asking for trouble, IMO.

You can try these people: http://www.blackridgeconsultants.com/ I believe they do Iphone stuff.

AK47 might be better.

Please respect this address and use it responsibly: dluker@saintsfc.co.uk

Because the postal service in this country is 'not very good' so people whose tickets were posted today or tomorrow will not know that they haven't received them until about Wednesday and there will not be enough time to receive replacements in the post.

Sent them out a week earlier?

I'd settle for that but I'd prefer 40, which should see me out. Alternatively, how about fining them a really big amount, say 2 seasons' worth of parachute payments?

My tickets were £34 and I collected those this morning. If I'd thought about it, I could have asked about everybody else's tickets.

What the PL possibly threaten them with now? Fines and points dedustions won't make any difference. All that's left is not releasing future parachute money.

LOL. You seem to like up to your user name.

I collected mine this morning from the ticket office. I don't trust the post.

I the early 80s I did a some work in Canada and the States and they explained to me one difference between them In Canada, once the paramedics were called out to an emergency you had to go to hospital but in the States they wouldn't take you unless they were satisfied that you could pay. One New Yorker told me that getting old in America was fraught with healthcare problems and that he would be coming to England when he retired. I'm not sure that he was joking.

We are ranging away from the original topic now, but why is it that the NHS employs so many people compared with other countries, and why has no other country followed this model? How do we compare with France, for example?

We owe it now, we pay it in the future. It's all part of the big picture. Taxes have to go up, and petrol is an obvious target. I'm not personally against high fuel taxes provided that vehicle taxes are reduced to offset them. I think it is right that those who use the roads more should pay more and that vehicles which are less fuel-efficient should also pay more.

We are comparing two different amounts here. One is the tax actually taken, as you have pointed out, the other is the amount actually spent. The government has been spending more than it has been taking, effectively they've spent the money but they haven't presented us with the bill yet, so we have tax as a proportion of GDP and spending as a proportion of GDP. Current overspend is future taxes and the liability is increasing all the time when you consider public sector pensions and PFI commitments.