Dimond Geezer

Sorry for your loss, my condolences to you & your family. When my gran, passed away, she was very close to my kids. My kids were about 9 & 5, my eldest was very close to her, (as she used to mind him for a few hours each week until he started school), & we used the "gone to heaven" line. My youngest couldn't say it very well and said she'd gone to Devon. Should you not want to put a religious slant on it, you could always say grandad has become a star in the sky, go outside on a starry night, and pick a star that will become grandad for evermore. Don't worry about the kids though, they're more resillient than you may give them credit. There will be tears, no doubt, but after a very short time they will move on. They won't forget, but it won't bother them either.

Probably after King Duncan of Scotland. I suspect the Jocks may claim it as theirs once they gain independence.

That's awful. My condolences to his family. The same thing happened at my sons rugby club about 6 years ago. There was a horrible atmosphere around the club for a while - god knows what the family were feeling. Very sad indeed.

Quick tip re B&Q. If you know someone over 60, ask them to get a Diamond Card, they get 10% off on Wednesdays. I saved a small fortune by taking my old man to B&Q on a Wed evening & benifiting from his discount.

An icon from my youth has passed away http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16443263 Rip please Bob

That was my first Saints game. I'm sure it was either '79 or '80, as I remember talking excitedly to my teacher about it. I thought David Harvey, ex of Leeds, was in goal, but now you mention it, I remember something about Grob as well, maybe they took one half each. I've still got the pink programme in the loft. I think for the shoot-out they dribbled from the 35 yd line.

IIRC should any part of the forwards body that is permitted to come into contact with the ball (ie all of it except the hands), be beyond the defender, then he is offside. Clearly the top of The Queens head is offside.

Same four for me, I've no idea who the others are.

I assume you pay tax & NI, this goes towards the benifits people receive. You must be pretty annoyed.

Things a bit quite at work so: Bill Fraser Jack Barrett Jack Edward(s) Graham Clark George Marshall Hugh Lindsay John Page (Paige) Harlee Dean David Hugh(es) George Lewis Sammy Taylor Frank Saul

Scott Bevan

So'ton boy, former Saints youth player & England international: Graham Robert(s)

Putting aside the rights & wrongs of having 10 kids & whether you can support them or not, it must be terribly heart breaking for the family to have to choose 4 kids to "abandon".

Absolutely, innocent until proven guilty, but you should remember this an internet forum wher opinions can be voiced, it is for the members of the jury to stick by this mantra.

If the police did their job properly, this would have been sorted 18 years ago, and based on the sentence they received, they would have probably been released by now.

Mark Blake

Tragic news 46, is a ridiculous age. Condolences to his family. RIP

It would seem that people expect an infallable keeper in the championship. But is he wrong?

Good for you. I've built a single storey extension on my place, I was quoted £36k. I've done most of the work myself, the exceptions being the brickwork, which I got a mate to do for beer & curries, the roof was done by a specialist, & a sparky to make the final connections. Ive done it for £16k including building reg, planning & design fees.

That's a good point, a way around this is to use one of those long drill bits (the 300-400mm long ones) to mark the centre of the flue/circle (but as Saintscott says, keep the drill straight) Once you've drilled this you will have a centrepoint on both masonry leaves from which you can mark your circle.

For once I agree with everything Dunely has said. Not all young men drink. If a sportsman is serious about his well paid career he should be prepared to forgo getting ratted during the season. You never hear of athletes, rowers, cyclists etc going out on the lash & these are sportsmen who get paid a lot less than our pampered stars, but take their training regime a lot more seriously.

I presume you will be fitting a grille to the outside of the vent, if so there is a work around (or botch) to the diamond core cutter issue. Mark a circle on your wall to the same size as the finished hole, using a large masonry drill bit (10mm dia say) drill a series of full depth holes close to each other around the circle perimeter, trying not to drill outside your marked circle, then using a cold or bolster chisel (not a screwdriver ) chisel out the remaing brickwork. This will leave a ragged edged hole, but if you've been carefull, the grille (which slots into flue from the vent) will cover this. Don't forget though, as I said before, electrical work on bathrooms & kitchens is notifiable.

I’ve watched the mini series of Great Expectations, over the last few nights, I thought it was fantastic, with Ray Winstone at his menacing best playing Magwitch & David Suchet & the equally intimidating Jaggers. I’ve never seen any other screen adaptations of this & haven’t read the novel since 1983 as part of my O-Level, so it was a bit strange seeing the beautiful Gillian Anderson playing Miss Haversham, someone who I’d pictured as an old crone, but I thought she “unwound” brilliantly. I’m sure they took a few liberties with the plot as well, but still thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done the Beeb.

Brian May's Last Horizon, even better live when he runs it into Chinese Torture.

As I have ulcerative colitis my toilet visits can be quite spectacular & frequent. If I'm mid-flare up usually about 10-15 a day, I think my record was about 25 . I haven't had a flare for about 5 years & with the medication I generally go once every two days, can be a bit thick & tar like though .