alpine_saint

You complete and utter ****. I've been seriously ill following an operation, but I got myself to a PC to praise the team for winning on one occasion. Today I hauled myself to the PC again to see if they could turn in a repeat performance, and simply comment on the score and ongoing discussion on here - once. Why dont you grow up a bit ?

I just came online now and saw the score. Then I looked in on here. Seems to me there is a camp that is saying the defence cannot take any pressure, and a camp saying the set-up allows too much pressure to come on to the defence anyway. What I am wondering is, when we've spent 30m on the midfield and front line during the summer, why we need to revert to a 17yr old kid when 2 midfielders are injured anyway. Seems to me our game plan and formation is aimed at hitting 20 past Everton, and forgets the need to stand up to them just in case they havent rolled over for a tummy-tickling. Ergo, NA has it wrong again...

I agree. But then I wouldnt have been so stupid so as to allow my children to be alone in bed in an alien environment whilst my wife and I got p*ssed up down the road. The authorities must be overloaded with all those much-stronger leads and possibilities they are chasing up..........

4 in 5 games works out at 30 over 38 games. Not forgetting that 2 of them came against the big guns, one could argue that if remains fit and in-form he could be looking at 35 for the season. Yes, I know it wont play out like that.

I often listen to Absolute Classic Rock. But just had a goosie at 6Music and it sounds good too, so I've bookmarked it. As has been said, Radio 1 is for kids and northerners nowadays. When I have listened to Radio2 in recent times it actually reminded me of Radio 1 25 years ago.

Congatulations to NC & NA finding someone of quality so late-in-the-day.

Just found out now. Done me more good than the nurse who have been looking after me the past 5 days...

Plans change to fit various expediences. Also a whopping great hole on the South coast on that development plan. It may well be unlikely, but unless someone comes back with a really solid argument like the area is insufficiently geologically sound, there is always a danger. What the hell, with planning objections and various other types of politics at play, not least how they are going to be paid for, means in all likelihood none of them will get built anyway.

Unfortunate. I think the Tolkien estate have been far too stuffy about all this. Jackson and the films have really tried hard to be faithful to the story, and have generated massive interest in Tolkiens work, which less face it, is the literary equivelent of Marmite (I am not on the "love it" side - I find his books to be rambling over-complicated affairs that distract and detract from a good story idea)

I always felt when I was at school that the teachers didnt mind elaborating on stuff and answering questions outside of the curriculum. Now I get the impression that teachers panic or say "wibble" in the best case when an inquisitive bright spark does this, set a punishment for disrupting the class in the worst case. As for your point about history, its all to do with how you feel it should be taught. Personally, I think dates, events, and reasons/causes are best taught in an analytical, cold, objective manner.I dont think the human experience is essential for this, though it seems to fit with our places on the political spectrum that you deem this of importance.

I met my nurse yesterday. I am stuck between a rock and a hard place now, staying in with her giving me her attention and going home to 2 fighting kids and 2 mewling babies.

Sorry, thats weak. For me strategic means it is key to future UK energy-generation requirements.

Sarcasm is a positive emotion, is it ?

Fawley was only a peak-usage station anyway, because of the cost of oil. We have a National Grid; always difficult to judge where your electricity is coming from (apart from the obvious joke about the socket...)

We will see. Anything is possible.

Ok, not following the development of UK energy policy (is there one ?) too closely, but the comments from me that your posts raise : What do you take "strategic" to mean then ? I would have argued the western side of Southampton Water is relatively sparsely populated anyway. Is a nuke plant any worse than a great big f**k-off oil refinery with relatively obsolete saftey systems ? The spokesman isnt identified as an RWE spokesmen specifically. Maybe they will flog the land ?

Keep your positive crap to the thread where it belongs...

Cheers, much appreciated.

Only my interpretation of this comment, but the announcement that Fawley Power Station is to close but the site remains "a strategic location" does allow one to fill-in the blanks: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9934609.Fawley_Power_Station_to_close/ FAWLEY Power Station is to close next year after more than 40 years of service, it has been announced this morning. The giant site, next to Fawley Oil Refinery, will stop generating on March 31 having provided electricity for millions of homes and businesses across Britain over its life time. RWE npower say the oil-powered facility is opted out of the EU Large Combustion Plant Directive, aimed at reducing emissions across Europe, and was required to cease generation by the end of December 2015 at the latest. But due to “current market conditions” the main units at the plant, which produces 1,000MW of elctricity, will now close earlier than predicted. The firm says the closure was “driven by Government policy” with modern lower carbon power generation replacing older less efficient stations. Bosses say the 60-strong work force is being consulted about the closure amid hopes some of them may find work in other areas of the company or in the decommissioning stage next year. Meanwhile, the future use of the 230-acre site remains undecided but a spokesman said it remains “a strategic location for future power generation for the UK.” Demolition of the historic facility could take “many years”. Nick Stockdale, Fawley Power Station Manager, said: “We have a fantastic team at Fawley and I would like to thank them for their hard work and dedication over the 40 plus years we have been operational. “I would also like to thank our local community partners who have supported us throughout these years.”

Going into hospital tomorrow for major surgery, so need to carefully decide what film to watch tonight - just in case. Has to be 633 Squadron.

Mac McDonald has been around the block a few times, tbh. Apparently he was in the original Rollerball, though uncredited. Was also in Memphis Belle.

I dont like how secondary education is now dedicated to exam passes and league tables rather than the basic principle of expanding young minds, including outside of a limited curriculum. For me the issue of board selection is simply garnish over that fundamental weakness. What use are school leavers incapable of independent thought, problem solving, and can only parrot a load of limited facts ?

I think you didnt read my post properly. Why......on earth.......would Garry Neville......help US ??? He gets paid a lot to deliver buzz phrases and platitudes on TV and appear to be objective. He had no time for us as a player, and there are probably 50 other teams hed rather spend his time helping.

Nah, sod it.....It would only cause trouble..