Dimond Geezer

No probs. As an addition to The Colonels list, make sure your insurance company is aware that you are having structural work done to your property.

Ok, sort of sporadically read through it whilst fielding phone calls & getting hassle from my boss, guess what about......yep foundation design.

Foundations are generally 1m deep & 600mm wide, but this is dependent upon ground conditions, such as quality of the bearing soil, site slope, proximity of trees, type of soil, for example if you have clay soil you may need to take precautions to avoid heave, this is all something the Building Inspector will advise. I would strongly advise against avoiding Building Regs, the cost of retrospective works, or even demolition, will be far in excess of saving £500 on fees. The Party Wall agreement mentioned elsewhere is mandatory, not optional, although in it's simplest form, is simply an exchange of letters with a sketch or two.

It has it's own thread: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?53265-Frog-amp-Frigate-Re-opening#.VNoNnvmsUYc I'm looking forward to it immensely. I once bought Neil Ruddock a pint in there.

I remember in about '85 we had a milk cup replay away to QPR, Simon Stainrod was getting the dogs abuse from Saints fans & someone chucked some fruit at him, he picked it up & threw it back.

They've never taken the lids off my bottles, but cans are a definite no no.

Looking forward to it. Don't just turn up though, the first three nights are ticket only, £10 each & includes your first drink & limited to 100 each night.

Hopefully it'll be like the old days, should be, as the new owner is Derek Gardener.

What annoys me is the ref clearly saw it, as he warned Smalling not to do it again. Surely when he first saw it he should have given a pen.

I'm pleased for the guy. He un-justifiably got a lot of stick, I often had discussions with the bloke who used to sit in front of me, he would criticise Guly as soon as he got on the pitch. He was a versatile player & I think this was why he attracted so much abuse, often being played out of a position. Good luck to him & thanks for the memories.

I sit in the same row as them, and he definitely looked like the cat that got the cream as he whisked her off for a free Bovril.

I assume this is a joke.

Not sure about Brum, but I thinl Old Trafford is in the corner.

A miserable 6 for me, like many others I fell into the Ibrox/Villa trap & messed up the Valley/Selhurst. Kenilworth Rd was easy, it has the club name on a hording.

That's terribly sad news, pleased to hear that he's likely to recover & hope it was an accident rather than bought on by depression.

There are some sports that you'd might expect a tragedy like this, Cricket isn't one of them. Terribly sad news, for everyone concerned, including the bowler.

As long as Jonah Lomu never signs for a Premier League team he'll do well.

First game I've missed in years, thanks to a University open day in Brum, that's No1 son off the christmas card list :-(

His management of Clyne has been embarrassing, his management of the Sterling situation has been spot on. He was honest about it rather than spouting a load of flannel.

We had similar issues as the OP as we live opposite a school, I contacted the council & was told it's not illegal. I believe it to be a breach of The Highway Code, but that is not a criminal offence. As I understand it you cannot block someone in, ie by parking across a drive with a car on it, but if the drive is empty you can park across it. A closed garage should be assumed to be occupied, therefore, parking is not permitted across a drive leading to a closed garage.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/11513454.Fonte_earns_first_Portugal_call_up/?ref=fbpg Well done Jose, thoroughly deserved.

Correct, put a Saints badge in the redundant holder.

There's also a change when selling a car, the tax is automatically refunded to the current owner, so you can no longer buy a 2nd hand car with x months tax included.

One of the few bands that I regret never seeing live (not that I ever had the chance). I'll be having a meltdown if they tour, I'm already in raptures about the new Queen tour & the likelihood of ELO touring, but The Jam........ wow.

I'd love that to happens. If Garforth Town was good enough for Socrates, I reckon Basingstoke could be in with a chance.