Dimond Geezer

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 .

Quick word advice. All electrical work to a bathroom now comes under the remit of the Building Regulations, (part P I think from memory). This means it has to be signed off by Building Control at your Loacal Authority. You should check this out yourself, but I think there are 2 ways of getting the work done, firstly, you do it yourself, you then need a suitably qualified sparky to certify the work, secondly, you get the sparky to do it for you, self certificating. Either way, building Control will need to be informed (& a fee paid - happy christmas )

jingle (Happy chrimbo everyone)

Lambert Chappers Hoover in that order.

filler

Idiot.

Ummm... yes seriously. You said "the falklands would be over quicker than last time....in our favour", I don't know why the size of the theatre of war has any bearing on inaccurate estimations as to the length of the war. As a nation we have consistently underestimated how long all of the recent conflicts will take. As as example I'll use the recent Libyan conflict, it started in March when we were told it would last until June, it fact it continued until October, which to me looks like an underestimation. I'm not sure why you have brought our ability to train other nations forces into this, my sole point was regarding your statement I've quoted above, over confidence is not a good trait, neither is it condusive to a favourable outcome. The answer to you question is yes, although, again, I'm not sure of the relevance.

The size of the countries is irrelevant, both of these conflicts were supposed to be short-lived, a matter of months IIRC in the case of Iraq (I can't be bothered to look up any quotes). My point is that the government & military bigwigs in this country have a habit of underestimating the opposition, from your comment, it seems to have spread to the rank & file as well.

I think something similar was said about Iraq and Afghanistan, and probably will be said about Iran & North Korea when we have a pop at them.

Here we go jumping to conclusions again, whilst only hearing part of the story, remember the Seaborne incident anyone?

Perhaps he should have a word with his mate: "(Incidentally, in his book Seventeen Miles From Paradise, the Portsmouth historian Colin Farmery busts a myth. The oft-quoted reason why Saints fans are known as "Scummers" is that dockers from Southampton – the acronym-tastic Southampton Company Union Men – crossed a picket line in Portsmouth during a strike in the 1940s, or possibly the 1920s. Farmery points out that Southampton was very much a left-wing city, whose workers would be highly unlikely to turn scab, and anyway unionised dock labour was only established in the 1950s. It would be slightly hypocritical to attack Southampton for this in any case, seeing the city of Portsmouth plundered Southampton's cross-channel ferry business during an industrial brouhaha during the 1980s. Farmery also notes, while we're on the subject, that "Skates", the nickname given to Pompey fans – a reference to a dubious piscine-based practice favoured by lonely desperate sailors on the rolling seas – was originally a term coined by Portsmouth residents to annoy their seafaring pals, and only later adopted by Saints fans. Anyway.)" Lifted from here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2011/dec/16/joy-of-six-portsmouth-southampton-derbies

:lol: I'm trying to save the planet.

Yeah, that's the guy, as you say surprised he's still with us.

Is this the guy who used to hang around in Southampton & Winchester in the late 80s/early 90s, we used to give him the dregs of our pints.