Whitey Grandad

The questions is... Would SISU have been better off buying us?

The NHS is brilliant at handling emergencies but poor at chronic conditions. There seems to be a different mindset. On another tack, we were speaking to an Irish lady recently who lost her husband to a heart condition about twenty years ago. We didn't realise that Eire didn't have an equivalent health system.

It's all part of the ridiculously complicated tax system. This may come as a surprise to you but the more people earn, the more tax they pay, and it goes up disproportionately.

Who, me?

I took it back to the shop and they got it fixed within two weeks. New motherboard, which is virtually a new phone. Let's see how long this one lasts.

I hate it. The whole country shuts down for three weeks whilst the rest of the world carries on. No wonder we're in the doggy dos. As a manufacturing outfit we can't get anything made, delivered or shipped. Then we get Chinese New Year straight afterwards. Bah humbug. Until the last few years we have always had elderly relatives to stay with us but for the first time ever we are going on holiday over the entire Christmas period. It'll give my long-suffering mrs a complete rest from all the preparations and cooking. I'll be thinking of you all on Boxing Day and afterwards, paddling in the Caribbean on various islands.

Ticket pricing has to be agreed by both clubs.

Some on the US ebay: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=gyro+ring&_sacat=0&_from=R40 uk sites: http://www.grand-illusions.com/acatalog/Gyro-Ring-Pro-601.html Also known as jitter ring?

Swansea had a rapid fall, although from the old div 1, not the Premier. 1982 to 1986?

Bugger. Any chance of it being on Monday 7th?

I shall be away for this one so an away draw please, with a replay 12 days later.

Can we have both please, Bob?

That's called 'lack of Premiership experience'.

And you could use them more than once because the sh1t wouldn't show.

I have never held left-wing views but I suppose I have always been something of a social democrat. Of course, as you get older you tend to earn more an so get taxed more which is enough to make anybody get a blue rinse. Apparently my grandad, who died when I was about one, was always an island of sense in a sea of labour-supporting neighbours in North London. He would be the only one with blue posters in his window when everybody else was red, maybe it's where I get my rebellious nature from ;-). His Conservative Club pals in the local magistrates came in very handy whenever my dad got himself into a big of local bother. Allegedly.

I have never held left-wing views but I suppose I have always been something of a social democrat. Of course, as you get older you tend to earn more an so get taxed more which is enough to make anybody get a blue rinse. Apparently my grandad, who died when I was about one, was always an island of sense in a sea of labour-supporting neighbours in North London. He would be the only one with blue posters in his window when everybody else was red, maybe it's where I get my rebellious nature from ;-). His Conservative Club pals in the local magistrates came in very handy whenever my dad got himself into a big of local bother. Allegedly.

There's a special glue for it. Take her on the back seat next time, less damaging.

There's a special glue for it. Take her on the back seat next time, less damaging.

That's very kind of you. If you don't like the view, look at it from the other side.

Not if I had a choice.

Ah! That would explain the smell.

This business about tackling with excessive force has crept in over the last few years, it didn't exist in my days as a player or a referee. From where I sit in the central Kingsland it appeared that Clyne had slid past the other player's feet and not through the ball and then his feet but Clattenburg had a view from a completely different angle. A fellow regular who sits behind me asked me if I thought it was a foul and I said that I couldn't see whether Clyne had caught the man before the ball. Having seen the replay I would say that it was the strength of the tackle and the fact that the studs were showing and that Clyne's leg was locked in a straight position that counted against him. It was an inexperienced tackle that may have been unnecessary and he will learn from it, but what if the player had had a clear shot and scored from that? I think there is a definite difference in tolerance threshold between inside and outside the box. Nothing disguises the fact though that the kick should have been saved. Usually careless is just a foul, reckless is a yellow card, reckless with excessive force is a red card. Edit: I must add that Shaw was brilliant.

It would appear so: [h=1]LAW 12 - FOULS AND MISCONDUCT[/h] [h=3]Direct free kick[/h]A direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any of the following seven offences in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force: kicks or attempts to kick an opponent trips or attempts to trip an opponent jumps at an opponent charges an opponent strikes or attempts to strike an opponent pushes an opponent tackles an opponent

Oh yes, I agree completely. It was a bit of a dolly-drop of a shot as well.

Are you sure it wasn't 'thank you for leaving'? I went to Cambridge to do engineering in 1968 but things were different then. The colleges were in different groups and Christ's only needed A-levels and an interview. Around that time you also needed 'Use of English' and a Latin O-level. I had 3 or 4 'A's in Pure Maths, Applied Maths, Further Maths, Physics with Physics Special and 9 various O-levels. That was 42 years ago so not much use to you now, I suppose. What subject and college are you interested in? I could always make some enquiries for you.