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Agree, think stripes are awful myself and up here it means you look like Stoke.

Fair play to the megastore today. Boys 12/13 were showing as sold out online so a quick phone call and they sort one out and it's on the way for the lad.

They love a good whinge and whine.

Most people just ignore him as he just a clueless c**k who is proven wrong almost on a weekly basis.

I was serving in the Gulf at the time and whilst plenty of things are still covered by the OSA it's fair to say that it could have so very easily being avoided if it had been anyone but the septics.

My wife teaches (SENCO) at an academy, new build, very nice it is as well, serves a very, very challenging environment. However, the Principal decided that he didn't want that client base and planned to effectively bus in a higher calibre standard of pupils in from outside the area thus removing a fantastic resource from the local community; a community who really need it. All perfectly legal. Immoral, but legal. Thankfully he's just been ousted in a SMT coup.

That's bound to be the case. The grammar school in Newport (Shropshire) is solely admission by exam and parents pay thousands in cramming fees, extra lessons etc and are, in the main, Land Rover/Merc driving professionals from a 70mile radius. Working class parents can't compete.

Nor do I as we have one in my town as well. However, we are also blessed with excellent secondary schools. We offered my son the opportunity to sit the entry exam for the grammar but he didn't want to go the the "knobs school". He'll walk away with straight A's at A-level anyway. My daughters will also be given the opportunity to sit the grammar entrance exam or the exam for the selective girls school in Newport but I would NEVER pay for my kid to go to a school.

Just £40 short of the magic £1000 raised with 3 weeks to go. Who's going to to tip ot over that mark? Every single penny to an awesome cause. https://www.justgiving.com/Davidride100/ http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/The_Events/Prudential_RideLondon-Surrey_100/Route.htm# For those that have given, thank you so very, very much.

Great pricing and hopefully an insight into cup pricing this season. Alas I'm in London on the Saturday ahead of the Ride London 100 on the Sunday.

As am I. Mine is so lazy that she had the nerve to switch her work laptop off at 21.00 last night & has the brass balls to be in at work next week (and the last week of the holidays) despite the kids finishing today. How dare she.

This thread has upset me as a dad of two girls. I hope that all of you have happy and successful outcomes in the battles thay lay ahead.

I agree totally.

If it were just the NUT throwing a strop I'd agree. However, when it's all facets of the educational establishment, from exam boards, to ITT, to the very, very, very moderate ATL saying it's nuts, then, just maybe, it is. The changes to GCSE, A levels etc were not oppossed by anyone really, but we could all see the way/timeframe they wanted it done was impossible and insane and low and behold, it gets change when those in Whitehall finally understand that, yes, it was impossible. It's not change teachers don't want, but they want change thought through.

Alpine, whilst obvious being an obese useless c**t does have a point. Gove did believe what he was doing was for the best, however, things like free schools were purely driven by ideology and having non trained teachers in the classroom has proven to be a clusterf**k of epic proportions. Alpine, we know, prefers epic portions.

Players, outside the very best, will go where they think they can get the most ££ and Caulker will be no different There is a current BPL striker, in great demand, who's agent is saying that the player wants an £80k basic plus bonuses. They want that confirmed before they'll even talk to the club(s).

It would prove to be a great folly not to offer Cork a new contract.

So will lots of other clubs. He'll have his pick.

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Players and their agents have choices though. Caulker is an example of that. He's had definate offers from 2 clubs but is waiting to see who else wants him and what they offer. Bony at Swansea is another one doing that. The longer an in demand player holds out, the better the deal they'll get.

Beg, beg, beg.

Quite a few folk have suggested similar today. Bailing before the sh*tstorm strikes.

That looked nails today. Think we are off to the Vosges next summer for some riding. Alpe D'Huez and Ventoux in May with the Mrs.

Totally. It doesn't feel like we've sold gold and brought copper, which as a 40 something fan is something of a novelty!

It's a sh*t load of money saved for a ground with an utterly sh*t view so I'm more than happy.