Clapham Saint

To be honest I completely agree. Although I have benefited in this instance by taking a punt, the rules should have been applied and i should have been turned down. I suspect though that this would have resulted in the away end being very sparse indeed.

What have others been told in terms of collecting coach tickets? I can't get down to Southampton this weekend and have only found out that I have tickets to collect today. Initially I thought I might have problems as they would insist that I coolected my tickets in person but having called the ticket office I've been told that aomebody else can pick them up for me at the blackpool game provided they have my membership number and the booking confirmation. Given that I'm yet to receive an e-mail the only confirmation I have is a screen print of my on-line account. Have others been told the same? I will be mightily p*ssed off if they refuse to allow somebody else to collect my ticket but don;t really trust the ticket office to have given me correct information.

We've got our tickets! We (me and my brother) haven't been to 4 away games but after all applications in the first ballot were successful I thought what the he11 and sent in an application anyway. I haven't received any notification from the club. I had also never bothered to set up my online account until reading the comments on Saintsweb. Just as well that I did or I wouldn't have known that there was a ticket available for me to collect!

Gave this a (very, very) quick go last night and it looks awesome. With the 4gb mod and using the hint to change the ini file to remove mouse response delay I've been able to notch up from Medium settings to high and it looks fantastic. Will give it another spin tonight and try out some of the other tips.

Awesome! Does this mean I can now avoid having to run steam entirely? If that's the case I'll be over the moon. Thanks pap.

Ok. Sounds awesome. 3 questions... How do I get the 4 gb mod? How do I install it? If it causes me issues, can I remove it again?

As a layman I can see that the game being able to use more memory is clearly going to be a good thing, how dramatic is the difference likely to be? I'm running windows 7 and have 6gb ram (I think)

I haven;t tried these suggestions to improve game performance yet but will do when I get home. Don't worry, no spoilers http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/elder-scrolls-v/1212293p1.html

The thread will never die. Poppey may be liquidated A new club might be started in the blue square Former owners/directors might have been on trial.. ... But ho will still be coming back demanding to know why Dubai Philip once made a speculative comment about budgets.

I haven't got 4 away games but applied on the off chance. No e-mail yet but no tickets showing on my on-line account either so I guess I won't be going. Although I would rather be going I'm not that gutted really. It's not just the inconvenience of having to travel to Southampton first on the day but having to travel down twice (I don't have a ST), as I also have to pick up my coach ticket before the day, makes it such a pain in the ****. I'm sure I'll be more disapointed that I'm not there when I see the Saints fans going mental in the stands on the TV but as of right now... meh.

Yes. Mine. Well, sort of. Whilst at my previous employer the scheme was changed for existing members from "final salary" to "average salary". The contributions that I had made up to that point, (I was about 25) were treated as purchasing 1/80 (or whatever it was) of my current salary, rather than (as I had expected when I made the payments), the salary that I would have been earning imeadiately prior to (hopefully) making partner. A considerable difference. I wasn't impressed so understand why the strikers are upset, but ultimately the alternative was that the pension scheme liability risked bringing the company down.

This is very simplistic and whether intentional or not, presents a misleading picture. Virtually every pension scheme will have received more in contributions than it has paid out in benefits. The issue isn't how much has been paid out so far but the obligations that have been accrued obliging the scheme to make payments in the future. Ignoring the current value of these obligations results in only looking at half the picture. I have no idea what the value of the liabilities are (and neither do the NUT from the look of that statement) but claiming that a scheme must be solvent because more has ben paid in than has been paid out just suggests a lack of understanding of pension scheme finances.

I'd wager that wouldn't come close. If somebody can be bothered to download their accounts we could get a reasonable idea.

I can't see that they will get the points deduction yet. The holding company structure is the West Ham "model" rather than Southampton Leisure Holdings. That said I can't see that they can possibly be anything other than loss making and massively cash negative so it's just a matter of time until they go again. I for one really don't want them to disappear altogether (which I think has to be a serious possibility). I really f**king hate them but that's half the fun!

You have got to be f***ing kidding me!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV2S2WFJqcA This guy however I like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RStZd9w9KkY

The fact that it's one copy. If students are studying it (or any book for that matter), then fine they will need a number of copies (more than 1) but this is sending out a book that hasn't been requested and if it is needed will almost certainly have already been bought. THe only difference with this copy is that Gove has written a 2 line forward.

It's a vanity project for Gove, nothing more.

Every school in the country having 1 bible (what on earth are they going to do with 1 bible?! - if it is a C of E school they will already have one), or a struggling school (of which there are many) getting a new classroom/new desks/sporting equipment/whatever. I voted conservative and would again if there was an election today, but this is a stupid idea which will cost money and achieve nothing. Granted £300k (or whatever it is) isn't much in the scheme of the education budget but that's not the point.

What's the tactic?

During a time of austerity (in particular), there are greater priorities.

very good

I've just got there. Dark elf nasty assasin type concentrating on sneaking up behind enemies and cutting throats. Second specialism is destruction (ice) magic. Whilst I'm hidden I'm awesome but with skills spread a bit wider and I can be a bit exposed against strong enemies (snow bears) once they close me down. One-handed, desrcruction, light armour and archery are all 50-60 (am level 21). I've also done a bit of enchanting but not much. Feeling as though I could have been a bit more focused in my leveling but its actually quite hard not to gain a few points of "non-core" skills.

I completely agree with them that the ref was simply awful... however it is apparently their second charge already this season and their disciplinary is woeful.

http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Disciplinary/NewsAndFeatures/2011/brighton-charged-251111? Lol! That's will ease their (misplaced) sense of injustice...

Good call on the book marks! Thanks I doubt the speed reduction is (only) down to AVG. She does install an aweful lot of sh*te...