Whitey Grandad

Did it keep fading and coming back?

You'd think the word's 'permanent base' would have given him a clue. I thought it was April 1st for a moment.

Yes, very nice, but can she cook?

1. Why? 2. Agreed, that or some loyalty points scheme.

What's Facebook?

Language, Timothy, capital letters at least please. There's a delicate balance between filling the stadium with season tickets and having to make 32,000 individual sales every fortnight. If the advantages of buying a ST are too small then you fewer get sold, as happened this season.

I haven't 'reserved' a seat, I've paid for it. It's up to me whether I go or not, it makes no difference to the club. Some clubs have a system whereby if you know you can't go then they can sell a ticket for your seat and you effectively split the takings. It's all a matter of basic marketing. A club like Man U for example don't want a stadium full of STs because they won't load themselves up on extras from the club shop. They prefer to keep a proportion of seats free for the once a year fanatics who will buy everything including the Ryan Giggs bedspread cover. The modest discount is there because of the savings in advertising and administration and the value of having the money up front.

That's the dangerous line that the club are treading.

I have had several cup games at St Mary's where I haven't been able to get my seat, but away games are the ones I was particularly referring to. I've had a ST for twenty years and somebody who's bought their's this season gets priority over me because they've already been to some away games. Give somebody else a chance, I say

A post-coital cup of tea always goes down well.

Wise words Wills.

Total solar irradiance has nothing to do with sunspots. I don't think anybody is saying that man has absolutely no effect in the climate, just that bigger influences are at play. If you've got a few moments just look up Maunder Minimum and Dalton Minimum and then read some of the work done by Jasper Kirkby at CERN in his CLOUD experiment. As always, bear in mind that this is a scientist with a point to prove and expensive research that needs funding. http://normanpilon.com/2014/01/05/the-cloud-experiment-at-cern-jasper-kirby-follows-up-on-henrik-svensmarks-work/

It's not a perk if you've paid for it, and as we have explained before there is no real discount because almost inevitably you have to miss a couple of games. And I would change that last part to 'over someone who can't be arsed to go most other weeks'.

Oh no he doesn't.

It's the ST holder who would be getting the priority over the would-be purchaser who has been to a few games, not the person for whom the ST holder is buying the ticket, that's the distinction. In both cases we are talking about somebody buying a ticket, should that person be someone who has bought a handful all season or somebody who has bought all of them?

Less of the insults, please, there's nothing barking about another opinion, unless you apply that to all who differ from yours. When you say 'fans who have actually attended games' doesn't this include ST holders, or don't they count as much as 'fans who have actually attended a few games'?

Well, if it was from a jet...

We're going around in circles. Not quite 100%, the ST holder has paid for 10 more games than you over the season (average price may be higher or lower).

Me too. 'Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem' I always say.

My apologies, you're right. Compensation is limited to one year's salary if they don't qualify for the Champions League.

Mirallas is out injured, which should help.

Please don't.

Why would you drop the box in the ocean if it's never to be found?

That's the wrong 'solar activity' that you've shown, it's a common misapprehension. Total solar irradiance is not important, it's high-energy solar output that matters.

I wouldn't actually classify him as a striker, more of an advanced midfielder.