EastleighSoulBoy

Well you really can't fault much of that. Item 5 looks like Liddle watched the situations at both Bompey and Saints and was frightened by the actions of LifellongCherrySaint(Skate). Also our very own social commentator, StuRomseyRabid, would agree with item 12! Although I baulk at the suggestion that Saints fell foul of the FL because we were 'living the dream'!

It's for all Saints fans who used to be called Pat. **EDIT** Please, no jokes about certain members once being called 'cowpat'!

You did make me laugh, quite uncontrollably! As an old Eastleigh Boy you know well that the words Eastleigh and Gentleman sit quite uncomfortably together, although I am told that there is honour among thieves! Well, a little self deprecation does raise a smile sometimes.

Yes I do, then I encounter some people who's very being is consumed by an uncontrollable emotion which drives them against someone or something specific. They cannot seem to control this obsession or, indeed, lack the wherewithall to step back and view the situation dispassionately. At times like that I realise that, despite life sometimes passing me by, I am the luckier person. These people, not you personally, really make me laugh when they release their unbridled emotions, such as jealousy, loose on a fellow fan purely because he or she is 'living the dream'. So what if someone has had the bullcox to up sticks and move abroad? Not only that but to have done it in a, seemingly, successful manner! Let's get personal, let's mention Tijuana Tim? This guy is a Saint (like most of us) through and through. he's travelled extensively as he has tried, and excelled, in his profession. Why do we try to knock him? He's not shat on anyone, he's not hurt anyone (that I know of). He put his life on hold for a while to call in favours, work with people and network to get Ron Davies the medical treatment he deserved. Not only that but when Ron was suffering deeply in bereavement this same man drove a long distance to console and put an arm around a fellow man in his hours of deepest darkness. So, forgive me, if the guy seems, in some people's opinions, to blow his trumpet a little, fair play to the fella as I reckon he's entitled to. Along with all the ex pats out there. Be they Saints, Manyoo or even Scumpy fans.

Yes, because I think it's out of our hands and we need too many other clubs to have a disastrous season from now on. Call me unambitious but I feel that we have done much better than I had anticipated at the start of the season. I'm more than happy with how we have done BUT I do understand the concern about dropped points etc. I'd hazard a guess that next season will be more productive and, hopefully, even more fun than this season.

Still showing according to the net: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rkm3y

You are correct that you are wrong. They are one and the same.

Having spent the majority of my working years involved in the auto industry and having a love of black american music (mainly Detroit) I somehow think it will be a hard watch for me.

Furthermore: Requiem for Detroit BBC2 Sat 13th March 8pm. I think that this will be essential but disturbing viewing. There's a great photo of Martha Reeves & The Vandellas on page 46 of the new Radio Times. Detroit 'Requiem' Composed For Two An award-winning independent production company has been commissioned by BBC Two to produce a documentary that will tell the 'roller-coaster' story of a US city's automotive industry. Told through the testimony of the people who lived through it, Requiem for Detroit?, is a single episode 75-minute programme that is being directed by Julien Temple, from Films of Record, a Ten Alps company which specialises in high quality factual programming He said that it will be powered by extraordinary archive & vivid projections of the famous American city's heyday on its now abandoned buildings and the irrepressible music that continues to come out of Detroit, from ragtime and rap to techno. The documentary will chart the rise and fall of the 'Big Three', General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, and the impact the decline of these giants has had on the city. Detroit was at the forefront of the American dream of the 20th Century. The fourth largest city in the US, it was also one of the wealthiest, housing the country's earliest shopping malls. America's first major freeway was also built in Detroit to facilitate the increasing number of commuters into the city. But the 21st century has seen the American dream - powered by the Big Three - slide into a nightmare for Detroit. Levels of black inner city poverty, hunger and unemployment have reached critical proportions, in grim contrast to the affluent white suburbs which surround the city. Requiem for Detroit? will include interviews with the people living amongst the deserted auto plants, closed schools and failing infrastructure, as well as those who are based in the consumer utopia of the suburbs. It will also feature interviews with Motown star Martha Reeves and beat poet John Sinclair. Julien Temple said: "Detroit was the frontier city in the US, powering the American dream. What I find fascinating is the fact that it is still ahead of the game, becoming the first big US city to virtually fall off the map." Also commenting, Roger Graef, Executive Producer, Films of Record, said: "Detroit has effectively become a ghost town. Its police stations have been abandoned and the once thriving office blocks now sit empty, paperwork still left on desks. At rush hour, the freeways are deserted. "Many people have written it off completely, but those left within the city limits still have lives to live and strongly conflicting opinions about what lies ahead for the city. Seeking to raise questions rather than impose answers, Requiem for Detroit? will allow Detroiters themselves to examine their own visions of the future," he said. The documentary's producer, George Hencken, added: "Detroit was a city at the vanguard of the future, the crucible for the cars and music which symbolised the American Dream the world over, and its post urban post-industrial chaos serves as a warning to the rest of the world. "But despite its ruined landscape there is still hope, as those living within the city's limits continue to fight for its survival, creating their own solutions such as urban farming and a strong network of young activists." For BBC Two, Cassian Harrison, Commissioning Executive for the BBC, said: "The story of Detroit is an extraordinary tale of boom and bust at the heart of the American Dream, stretching over an entire century. "To have Julien Temple bringing this great narrative alive for us is a great privilege," he said.

It is indeed a sad state of affairs with Councillor Martha Reeves not making any friends, despite her best efforts. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/national/19reeves.html Smokey summed it up after the race riots, over 40 years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7fWuLjK0JI

It's how 99% of us would do it, to be honest. But then comes the what if. What if a connection is left loose? It may well work for a long time, slowly arcing away and each time altering the molecular balance in the conductor. That will cause a higher resistance which itself brings more heat and ends, hopefully, with the correctly selected C/B tripping. Then you go to try and find the fault. What if it catches fire? Or a wrongly selected C/B is fitted and doesn't trip? What if the loose connection is the live and actually touches the cooker (hob) body which itself may not be earthed because the earth wire was also loose and has come adrift? Then your wife or child touches that cooker (hob) while trying to use it? Which is why the installation should be tested. True story. I ran a feed, correctly to my shed. I connected into my downstairs ring main and had my mate come round and test before issuing me with the relevant paperwork. A few months later I started getting spurious trips on that ring main when switching anything on on that circuit. My mate came to check. He discovered that the original wiring to the socket, which I had connected to, had a tight radius bend on a neutral cable. So tight in fact that the insulation had stretched at the bend abd was allowing a transient earth leakage through the insulation. I'm not the world's best sparky, I'd never claim that. However I class myself as competent yet I never found that fault before it developed!

I don't think I attempted to address your point as I was addressing two others while you posted. However, The IEE Regs are not retrospective as it would be a logistical nightmare to upgrade all installations covered by them at each and every upgrade of those Regs. Also the HIP that comes with moving into a new home should cover any recent installations in that new home and would therefore be your point of reference. To clarify, I believe that the HIP would hold a copy of any relevant electrical certificates applying to your new home. Unless, as you point out, there have been no recent changes made to the electrical installation.

Two examples of notifying laid out below. Of course you can do it yourself, any of it. Read the below, it doesn't mean you cannot do it. Just that you may fall foul of the law as I explained, quite clearly with no bull****. Are you a domestic electrician? If so then you should know what I was explaining. Even I, as an industrial electrician (with BS 7671 accreditation) know what should be done and what actually happens. You seem to delight in indulging in semantics. However: http://www.channel4.com/4homes/diy-self-build/diy-build-advice/major-projects/electric-rewiring-know-how-does-your-house-need-rewiring-10-02-03_p_2.html Upon completion of any electrical work the electrician will give you an appropriate certificate, for a rewire, fuse box change or any new installation works it will be an Electrical Installation Certificate. For any addition or alteration to an existing circuit it will be a Minor Works Certificate. Furthermore: http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=180 A qualified "Part P registered" sparky only has to register the work he has done with his Part P registration body (NICEIC Elecsa, Napit et al) and these bodies will directly inform the local Authority Building Control that it has been done. Same as a CORGI gas job, this is end of story - usually automatically approved. Notifiable works being done by a qualified "non Part P registered" sparky or a DIY'er are subject to application to Building Control before starting the work (unless it is part of a larger job like an extension in which case it is included in the main application). The fee payable will depend on the value of works including the electrical work and no extra charge can be levied over and above the standard application fee to cover the cost of inspection and testing by building control . Building control should be informed at the stage of completed 1st fix that they can come out to inspect, which they can do themselves, or they can pay a Part P registered electician to do for them or they can choose not to inspect at all - as they see fit. When the work is complete, if a qualified electrician did the work he should complete and supply to the customer a BS7671 Certificate for the work he has done, which the BCO will want to see. He, or any DIY installer should inform building control when the work is complete who in turn may choose to inspect and test before issuing their completion certificate. They will take any BS7671 cert issued against the job into consideration and can approve with or without further testing. They can either not test at all, test the work themselves, or instruct a Part P registered electrician of their choosing to do it for them. If the latter is done then this must be carried out by the same sparky who inspected the first fix). These certificates confirm that the work has been carried out, inspected and tested in accordance with BS 7671, the national safety standard for electrical installations.

Mr & Mrs ESB, as suspected, in a few frames. Taken last May, interestingly, if you pan further along the road the scene changes to an Autumnal one with leaves clogging the gutters.

Absolutely true about installing whatever you want in your own house, even fuseboards. Respectfully, I can't vouch that you know what you are talking bout. Everything will be fine until you come to sell or there is an accident directly attributable to a faulty installation. But you'll have a signed Test Certificate indicating that minor works had been performed and tested, pursuant to B.S. 7671 (I.E.E. Regs) * by a fully qualified electrician. Won't you? * The I.E.E. Regs are not law as they are not enshrined in Statute. However, the H & S E when prosecuting will refer to the aforesaid regs and if it is proven that the work has not complied with those same regs then the perpetrator will, most probably, be found culpable in law. Would all this be worth the loss of life, or property which will be deemed a risk not covered by insurance in this particular scenario? By the way, I don't do home jobs as I have not passed C&G 2391 etc because I am an industrial electrician.

Often changes but is always there or thereabouts.

Al Wilson (dies last year) - The Snake? Help Me? Kim Weston - I'm Still Loving You / Helpless Dobie Gray - Out n The Floor (one of my favourites) Frank Wilson - now a preacher and on FB. No need for the title to that one eh? 500Gb + here of N.S./Motown/Stax etc. ALL Tamla Motown singles and albums. Most U.S. stuff. Loads of N.S. (some 17,000 tunes) , All the Goldmine CDs, Kent also. Also lots of early SKA (proper, not the Two Tone) Blue Beat and Reggae.

I would anticipate tht Valletta would be equivalent to the likes of Totton, Eastleigh? My cousin played for Valletta back in the 60's.

Freda Payne is loved more than you probably realise! Band Of Gold ws released on Invictus. Invictus was formed by H-D-H (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) after they broke away from Motown. H-D-H were famous songwriters, just check their credentials out: http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/hdh.htm http://www.discogs.com/artist/Holland-Dozier-Holland?anv=Holland%2C+Dozier%2C+Holland

Classic Isleys. Jim Brown (Portswood) travelled more with the Town/Warrens lads. Although I have been on a few coaches with him, most notably was the B'ham (A) in our 70's relegation season when we were the only coach there. Notable faces were Paul Ansell, Les Easterbrook, Steve Williams, the two Smith lads from Thornhill? Kev Read, JB, Toddy, Andy Sutch and Gracie. I think Rosie was also on board? After the game I remember the driver wanted to cut and run for it, leaving Andy, Grace & a couple more at the mercy of the Brum fans. He wouldn't stop when requested so one of the Smith lads 'persuaded' him with a swift smack in the mouth. The coach was bricked out and the mid November trip home was cold although relieved by a bit of a warming stopover in Oxford to drink and meet/greet the locals. Frank wasn't a big drinker and used to just do his own thing on away trips, he would often be found trawling the local record shops. Here's a classic broken in the UK by Ian Levine. **EDIT** Found this! http://www.humyo.com/8051/PHILADELPHIA%20FLYERS%20-%20HUMIN%20OUT%20A%20DIFFERENT%20TUNE.mp3

Watch out for those crazed, crafty white honky type ones!

Mel Britt is a classic TT! I last saw Frankie about 9 months ago. He is now heavily into his religion and pounds the streets with a friend passing the word of the Lord. He's a lot more thick set these days and is a distinguished grey around the temples and his trademark moustache. Some people used to knock Frank but he really is a lovely and genuine guy. Never caused an ounce of hassle and always had a good word about everyone he had ever met. He gave me a copy of The Philadelphia flyers - Humming Out A Different Tune which is a classic 7T's tune. I worked with Frank, Toddy, Steve Sine etc at the Railway Works back in the 7T's. We had some enjoyable evenings on coach trips to Andover and The Country Bumpkin. Frank is known and well remembered on the N.S. circuit and people talk highly of him.

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I am after two. I can get one for myself but will not go without my 8 yr old son. Prepared to pay cost price plus a reasonable 'finder's fee'. If interested please PM me. Cue the abuse.