Dimond Geezer

The report I heard says there were no weapons involved. I'd like to think that if I was the courier, with my helmet on & visor down, carrying a relatively heavy box, and being confronted by an un-armed man, rather than give him the box of cash, I'd hit him with the box, before legging it into the bank. Now, I've never been in this particular situation, so obviously I don't know how I'd actually react, and may just do as the guard did & hand it over, but I'd like to think that I'd have had a go.

Given that in neither robbery did the perps enter the bank I'd suggest it is probably safer to be in the bank than outside.

bastard

Excellent news. Good luck to her for the nationals (although the prize is not quite as much as Exit2 stated ).

I thought it was Shilts that broke his leg, but I also genuinly thought Cassells was our main man, the ravages of time may be taking its toll on the old grey matter.

He was a great player for us, and to think, he was only a make-weight in a deal that bought Keith Cassells (who? I hear the younger supporters shouting) to Saints.

I've always wanted to see The Boss live, but never managed it, hopefully I can get to this one, especially as it's almost on my doorstep. Sadly the Big-man won't be there.

I'm afraid it's not BS: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/18112011/58/championship-plans-afoot-fans-texting-subbing-decisions.html

I had to turn my sound up, but it's definitely there. I also remember clearly hearing it at the time.

Ah yeah you're right, its on 12 seconds, the keeper still has his back to RL. Glad I wasn't imagining things.

That's really strange. Both myself & my old man distinctly remember hearing a whistle, we even commented on it at the time, but in the clip in the OP you can't hear one. Maybe someone in the crowd blew one.

Being a former goalkeeper of absolutely no repute , that is exactly how I remember the rules. I thought Rickie had put the retake over, I can't ever recall seeing him put one so high before.

Saw it during the game, so did the ref, as he booked their guy when the ball went dead.

I didn't think either was a pen, the foul on Fonte was nearer the Kingsland than the penalty area & I thought Rickie dived for the second. However I didn't think Hammond dived, we should have had one for the attack on Rickie & also when Lallana was shoved in the chest about a yard inside the box. IMHO the ref got the lot wrong, but somehow he contrived to get the right result.

My wife saw (and photographed) it, aparently my youngest son (who's on an inset day) got a little excited.

As long as you shake hands with them afterwards, there wont be a problem.

I didn't realise you could be excused twice, I thought if you deferred once, you had no choice the second time. This assumption was based entirely on the Julie Waters drama on tv last week.

He may not have made a formal application yet. It is possible to submit provisional plans (usually in the form of basic sketches) to a Planning Officer in order to ask their opinion as to whether the proposal is viable.

I think he signed a new contract relatively recently.

FFS I need a lie down.

Blimey. Reportedly suicide, he must have been going through the ringer, poor bloke. Rip.

I wondered that, we are away that weekend, so it may prove a bit of a money spinner for The Stags.

I take your Katalinic & raise you a Wells.

For me wearing a poppy is about remembering the sacrifice made by that particular generation, especially (for me) my grandfathers & step grandfather, thankfully, all of which came back. The people that fought in WW2 had no choice, it was very much a case of do-or-die, the country was faced with invasion & the end of a way of life & possibly their liberty, they were ordinary blokes who never wanted to be heroes, bakers, builders, bank clerks etc etc. For that, I salute & admire that generation. The recent wars we have got dragged into have been political, fought at the whim of career politicians who have no idea of the realities of war, whilst I do not wish to denigrate in any way the job our service men & women do, armed with the knowledge of what the consequences may be, they made a career choice. I'm not sure where I'm really going with this but, as I see it, HFH is a charity for the modern soldier & for the families of the bereaved. So in essence, the Poppy Appeal is for the WW2 vets, is something we should be proud of, and is something I have made sure my children have respect for & understand. HFH is a charity which people should donate too when they feel it is appropriate, rather like Oxfam, or cancer charities etc. I really hope this doesn't sound like I'm belittling what the current members of armed forces do, because that's not what I have meant in anyway.

Whilst I probably agree with most of what you've said, the biggest obstacle to a United States Of Europe is language. I don't purport to be an expert on this, but my guess is that when the states of America became unified, that most of the population spoke English, I'm sure there was a bit of Dutch, Spanish etc, but mostly English. I can't see the Germans, French, Italians or anyone else for that matter changing to the English language, and we've certainly got no chance of changing to a foreign tongue.