scotty

No, its not. It is possible that whatever force drove the coding of dna simply did that as a starting point, and its possible that may have been intentional. Its a circular argument that always comes back to where it began, why would we exist at all? What started the universe and then evolution in the first place, and for what purpose? The argument about our existence being a completely random occurrence doesnt seem any more convincing to me than the concept of something having designed it to happen. Could be either, as far as I'm concerned.

That place always reminds me of 28 days later.

We stayed here a couple of weeks ago - http://www.radiocityapartments.com/. The first 3 nights were $260 each, but the rate dropped (seasonal) to $180 after that so it should be the same now. Its a terrific location, near everything in manhattan and with the Rockefeller subway outside the door. Theres a breakfast diner next door, a brilliant sandwich place across the road and their own restaurant is excellent as well. That room rate was for an apartment with two double beds and a sofabed, plenty of space and a cooker and fridge in case you dont want to go out all the time, very comfortable. Its also close to Broadway and Times Square. Must do's: Top of the Rock, Empire State, Staten Island ferry, Times Square, BB Kings blues club and grill, Marriott Marquis revolving hotel restaurant (go between 6 - 8pm and just have a drink or two, theres a cover charge and its pricey but the views are amazing). If youre into US comics at all theres a fantastic place near there called Midtown Comix thats well worth a visit. Little Italy and Chinatown, allow plenty of time, thats a great day out. Catch a broadway show if you can. Lunch on 9th Avenue anywhere between 44th and 55th Streets, that where the locals eat, great restaurants of all types doing lunchtime specials at really decent prices, also in that area are the local shops as opposed to the Broadway ones. Evening in Seaport near Wall St, theres loads of bars and restaurants and a fantastic atmosphere for an evening out, also thats where a lot of the sightseeing boat trips go from. If you're interested in electronics or cameras, this place is fascinating, run by Hassidic jews and really worth visiting- http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ Dont bother: Ground Zero. (sorry, I know I know, but its just a huge slab of concrete at the moment and if youre only there for a week....) Hells Kitchen flea market (which sounded like fun but wasnt,) Macys/Penneys/Bloomingdales (they are just overwhelmingly huge, you wont scratch the surface, only go if you are looking to source something specific or you'll just get lost in there.) Dont overpay for transfers from the airport, you'll probably go into kennedy, the yellow taxi fares are fixed in advance at $45 to manhattan. Prebooked transfers are a lot more than that, you wont have to wait many minutes at the cab rank which is supervised and very well organised. Have fun, you'll love the place.

As this thread has already descended into plsstaking from post #2 onwards, I'll add that I'm quite happy to compliment our current strikers if they feel it would help.

nice one

I'm amazed you sat through it until grope #423. I gave up at #18.

Out of interest, do you owe anybody money?

She was the only thing that made two pints of lager tolerable. I would have then and I still would now.

Im guessing tebbit.

I bet you just sneaked that post in knowing that your three dailies start again in 7 minutes

+1

Come off it, at least Dannys started using some kind of punctuation. Thats a start

I didnt want to believe it, trust me on that one if nothing else. I was shlt scared for three straight months afterwards. And if you accept that the human mind is more powerful than we can comprehend, why dont you accept that the rest of the universe might be as well?

My "theory", fwiw (which is very little,) is that its a dimensional reason. If they exist, and I happen to believe that they do, my guess is that they exist in a dimension not normally accessible by us, and that it is only under certain very unusual circumstances that our paths happen to cross. Huxley suggested something along those lines in The Doors of Perception, which I read long after I had my particular experience of one.

Where did you scatter them? My dog needs feeding.

Playoffs, but with a last ditch stab at automatic.

If you say so. I'm not telling anyone else what to believe, I just know what I saw.

My mrs was acting all sexy last night. She laid on the bed licking a lollipop, then started slowly sliding it into her pussy. I said "steady on love, you'll need that in the morning to see the schoolkids over the crossing"

Maybe, maybe not. Its easy enough to simply dismiss the concept, but if you ever see one you'll change your mind quicker than dog could say "ouija board". It is just as closed-minded to deny any possibility of ghosts or anything else we dont or cant understand as it is to insist on their existence. I happen to believe that ghosts exist, but thats probably only because I've seen one myself. Tends to alter ones view of these things.

You keep saying "if you know what youre doing" as if people ought to need to. Weston is quite right, paypal are a bunch of ****s and I wouldnt personally consider using them again. Theres a website called paypalsucks.com that lists literally millions of complaints against them and they all end up with the same strapline. Glad its working out for you though.

When it runs smoothly I'm sure its fine. I wouldnt know, and they still have money from me that I will never see again. If you want to find out how great they are when something goes wrong, just google paypal problems. Its an eye-opener.

I gave up on this site running smoothly long ago tbh. Still sent granty my fiver tho, where else would I get rid of these shlt jokes?

I just competed in the World Blindfolded W*nking Championships. Not sure where I came.

A recent issue of Viz had the fat slags cartoon starting with Baz halfway through a story, "...and it wasnt til he got home and looked in the mirror that he saw it. Blood all round his mouth, he looked like ronald mcdonald...and hed been at work all day, had patients, done fillings, the lot...."