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Perhaps it was for the demise of the 'P' team down the M27!!! Then perhaps not.

I hate outdoing you in name dropping Dave, but when I joined BOAC in 1965 one of my instructors on the conversion to the VC10 was Bob Knights who flew with 617 Squadron on the raid to the dams. He was the Captain on one of the first BOAC B747's into JFK in 1972, when we were carrying an extra co-pilot just to appease BALPA. I was that extra Co-pilot on this occasion. We struck a pod, number 3 to be precise and if you get hold of a 747 model and try to see the odd angle you have to get a 747 to scrape an inboard engine it was mildly frightening!! I got to know Bob well in fact when we went up to Petworth House Hotel near Scampton a few years back to do a speaking job as soon as I walked into the reception and saw Bob's photograph on the wall, which I pointed out to my wife, and the Manager heard me say that I had flown with him we were upgraded to a large suite. So it's not what you know!!!

Any pilot worth his salt, and Derry is one, would never declare an airline to be unsafe ...... but they may tell you which airlines they are happy for them and their families to travel on!!!!

You are correct Dave except that I had only popped to the loo, you make it sound as though I had nothing to do with it!!!!

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1059 Eurobot: The Uruguayan attacking midfielder Gaston Ramirez and Bologna are moving closer to finalising a deal that will see the player join Southampton. Coach Stefano Pioli excluded him for the match against Chievo, and the club is negotiating his sale to the Premier League.

The BBC on Radio Solent are saying that it is a done deal but neither club will comment ..... so no further forward then!!

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Ron, I was 7 going on 8 at the time and I remember it well ..... is all this talk of late fathers and grandfathers just to make me feel old? See you on Saturday!!!

.... and that wasn't the last blast on his whistle, during the evening, which was confusing!!!!

Did anyone else notice that during the warm up the ref broke away from his linesmen to have a long and animated (lots of hand shaking and back slapping) with the Sheff Wed assistant manager/coach which went on for quite a few minutes. Whether he allowed this to affect his judgement during the game, I know not, but he should have avoided giving the perception that he was very friendly with him!!!

Excellent article today in the Telegraph sports section headed 'New Walcott' set for fast track to the top, and a quote from that article 'As of last night, no club had made even an informal approach .........'

That would be telling!! However I also had a cuddle from Kate Garroway and a smile and hello from Lucy Verasamy both of whom I know from Sky. If you are still interested look at http://www.ericmoody.com that's me. Just moved back this way after 44 years exile in Surrey!!

I have only posted once before but I have 'lurked' on the site for some years. I was the person Weston Saint was referring to in his post. I spoke to Dan on Friday morning, last, after appearing on Daybreak and managing to tell Adrian Chiles, with great satisfaction, on air, that he was 'a smartarse'. I was intrigued with Dan's red and white striped shirt. He definitely is a Saints fan and after a little banter he asked me what I thought of O-Chamberlain.

I have just received this in an e-mail and it made me laugh (again0 but then the old ones are the best!!! A new Primary Teacher at a school near Fratton Park explains to her class that she is an ardent Pompey fan. She asks her kids to raise their hands if they too are Pompey fans. Everyone in the class raises their hand except one little girl. The teacher looks at the girl with surprise and says, 'Mary, why didn't you raise your hand?' 'Because I'm not a Pompey fan' she replied. The teacher, still shocked, asked 'Well, if you are not a Pompey fan, then who are you a fan of?' 'I am a Saints fan and proud of it' Mary replied. The teacher could not believe her ears. 'Mary, why are you a Saints fan?' 'Because my mum is a Saints fan and my dad is a Saints fan, so I'm a Saints fan too!' 'Well' said the teacher in an obviously annoyed tone 'that is no reason for you to be a Saints fan. You don't have to be just like your parents all of the time. What if your mum was a prostitute and your dad was an out-of-work drug addict, what would you be then?' Mary smiled, 'Then I'd be a Pompey fan!'