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They have been.

Realist and combat veteran.

No.

I think he is utter, utter class.

Did a 3hr 45 miles this morning through the countryside and my hands and wrists felt much better as I got into my stride. Perhaps it was simply that I wasn't used to the different position.

Last season I wondered if he'd make it in the top flight. Now he looks born to be in it.

Nipper did 1-1 on Super Six!

F**k me, we are bloody fantastic!

@S13SFC

TBH, if it had been me, I'd have off'd him as well. I would have just made sure the helmet cams were off. Terry doesn't fight by the rules of the GC so they shouldn't expect to have them come to their aid when they are up sh*t creek.

Deppo's reincarnation really is sh*t.

His only crime was getting caught IMHO. That said, with the evidence before it, the jury could only find him guilty.

They were Kitcheners army. Those that followed were not, they were conscripts. That said, the point you make about those who went from gilded walkways of Oxbridge and public schools of the UK is a very valid one. However, the point raised about the them/us divide couldn't be better illustrated by the case of the officer corps during WW1; but that shouldn't detract from their sacrifice.

It is. I spend quite a bit of time in Flanders and the slaughter there never fails to move me. However, whenever I visit the Somme I find myself weeping openly as I wander around the cemeteries and battlefields. I weep for the lost dreams and children never born. For innocence and misplaced ideas of glory but most of all I weep for the sheer pointlessness of it all.

If anyone is in any doubt why the poppy is such an important symbol to us as a nation I suggest them take a trip to Ypres. I'm back over there in Feb' to explore around Messines. Hopefully the 100 year anniversary next year will bring back to the fore the sheer insanity of the slaughter of WW1.

"...and we have somehow deluded ourselves into thinking that wealth is wisdom". That's a top quote. I understand where he is coming from but I'll be on parade on Sunday, wearing by old beret and medals, in rememberance of those who fell to ensure my freedom. For those who fell in Iraq and Afghanistan, I feel for them the same compassion I do for those that fell in Flanders and France. Like those of the Great War, they died for a lie.

This.

Wow.

They aren't going to gamble in play off games.

Businesses were desperate for trade so I played hardball with a number of them until I got the deal I wanted. They did a cracking job as well and it's saved me a fortune.

Worcester. I knew what I was buying.

I had mine replaced 3 years ago. A company called Northern Gas did ours, cost around £1300 all in. It's paid for itself already.

He'll play 100 games for England.

I've never failed to get into a game, either Saints or England, when I've travelled without a ticket.

We'll be driving up and paying a trip to the Barbour outlet on the way back.