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  1. LVSaint

    Spiders

    Beat me to it. So glad we're coming out of the summer.
  2. Thanks. Enjoyed that.
  3. LVSaint

    Cocaine

    Not harmless and neither is alcohol. But what is harmful is when it is conceived in the same category as other illegal drugs that are a lot worse for you than cannabis. Decrimilisation of weed would, IMO, widen the gap of a progression into more harmful crap like coke, smack, Pringles, heroine etc. (Kids getting ****ed on alcopops are not as likely to go straight up to a line of cocaine, whereas once they've tried an illegal joint of weed, they may be urged to try something else illegal)
  4. Finally. Maybe time to start setting the alarm clock for 7am and splashing out on some radio commentary subscription again...
  5. A TV masterpiece, such a shame they were unable to have it finished.
  6. Just getting through Yes Man which is good. I'll watch the film when I'm done with it. Might do the above after I'm done with World War Z up next. I need to read about zombies. :smt095
  7. AS mentioned above, I'd stand in a crowded park and shout some names to eliminate any silly ones. Try the ones above and see what response you get from bystanders.
  8. This is the biggest glaring oversight any of the 'truthers' can not explain. For an operation of this magnitude, the ones responsible are going to have to be very clever and trust the thousands of co-conspirators needed to make this all happen, to not spills the beans. The Shrub Administration couldn't have organized a **** up in a brewery however much they'd have liked to have been responsible for this.
  9. Just been listening to his latest cd We Hear You which is satisfying my eardrums nicely. Also Prefuse 73 - Everything She Touched Turned Ampexiam
  10. LVSaint

    EDGE DS card

    Hamster you have PM.
  11. LVSaint

    EDGE DS card

    'Tis a great card for very cheap. On a side note - have you found a way of playing GTA Chinatown Wars? All the downloads available are incompatible with most of the flashcards. Oh...hope you find a buyer for it. Seriously, anyone with a DS needs this thing. **** easy to use.
  12. Doc? Hope so, we'd murder them.
  13. Easily. I'd fly onto Pisa (Easyjet) and explore Tuscany than go south to Rome.
  14. Yes that happened to me too in a very touristy part of town but not exactly a deal killer. What else happened to you there that makes you hate the place? Just curious. IMO, a cracking place with tons of character and warmth but I did spend many summers of my childhood there.
  15. yeah, I'd take Stern back too.
  16. I thought this way of US TV through the 80s and 90s but there really has been an injection of quality in output over here within the last decade most notably from Showtime and HBO but plenty from terrestrial commercial channels too. However, nothing can compare to the BBC in terms of channel identity and the general broad based appeal it offers and garners respect for. Whilst I agree it has suffered ('dumbing down' in some areas) it remains one of the many things I miss from home and would hate to see it go, even having a much limited access to it from here.
  17. Used '3' for a couple of weeks when I was back over. Cheap enough - 15 pounds for the month service and 10 quid for the dongle purchase. (It costs 40 pounds for the aircards out here per month but they are a lot more reliable) Coverage crapped out every 30 minutes and often had to reboot laptop for it to re-connect. But it did the job pretty well and better than I was expecting after reading all the negativity. Managed to do what was needed (although not tested in Soton) I wouldn't want to rely on it continuously though and for a permanent mainstay connection - no thanks! I'd look into the pricier Vodafone or Virgin options that I believe get better ratings.
  18. Just signed up to that too, cheers mate. Offers stuff that Nova doesn't.
  19. He's Canadian and it's in Toronto. Americans would never act like this. She'd already be dead.
  20. Luke Vibert in his various aliases, guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
  21. It's a torrent site dedicated to English TV programmes for download. And after many hits on the F5 key, I have an account again. :cool: (Just got back from England and was kinda missing some of the things I'd been watching over the last few weeks.)
  22. Had not accessed my account for a while so it was deleted. Will not let me create a new account as they are at their max for users currently. Anyone know any tips or advice for how to re-register? Or just a case of randomly keep checking back.
  23. LVSaint

    Mesrine films

    Has anyone seen this French Vincent Cassell two parter gangster epic? Saw signs all over Paris advertising it last week and heard good things about it. Looks to be coming out on DVD in Europe at the end of the year. Edit...just seen the thread below...mods delete if ya like.
  24. It's not just chrnic or degenerative diseased patients that are shafted if you have to change healthcare insurance. Even less serious conditions that you had been covered for before, you will have a very hard time getting new insurance to cover you. This basic fact seems to have alluded those on here making excuses for the US way. The other fact is that whilst it can be argued that costs to those paying for insurance and those being taxed could equate to the same is not really true. Once undergoing US treatment, many plans require a whopping great deductible to be met (in our case $2500 per year, not too bad) before the insurance kicks in. This is after the monthly premiums we pay. Then you can still be liable for 10 or 20% of costs after that. Bear in mind that hospitals, doctors, anesthesiologists, etc, tend to charge from $10Ks to $100Ks for a fairly routine operation with a week's stay. Added to this, as mentioned above, the insurance people will, at any opportunity, attempt to wriggle out of anything they can to lessen their payout to the docs. It's totally ****.
  25. The cobra plan lasts for just 18 months after you leave your employer and is gap insurance until your new employer provides a subsidized rate or if you're lucky as you are Socal, pays entirely for it. As it is an extension of your old plan which you pay for, you are still covered for pre-existing conditions but after that you are on your own. The predicament we face is that once we move out of this state (the sooner the better), my wife would have to change her healthcare provider as it is a Nevada based company. As she has existing conditions, she is facing the prospect of being denied by new carriers. Hopefully by this point, the current administration will have remedied this pitiful retarded scenario for good.
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