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FAN-BL00DY-TASTIC news. :smt033

Keith Harris has had the best part of 4 years to find a deal - he was engaged before MW came to the club. He's just bleating that now that we look to have a deal that has nothing in it for him.

IIRC Sale, Lowe and Cowan all attended the same school.

Football by Switzerland.... :supz:

Didn't a certain Mr R Lowe work for Barings? Hired Nick Leeson if I remember correctly. :mad:

Or did they? Mosley rethinks future over FOTA claims By Jonathan Noble and Dieter Rencken Thursday, June 25th 2009, 20:41 GMT Formula 1's future has been thrown into turmoil once again, with FIA president Max Mosley saying he is now keeping his future options open because of what he has called 'deliberate attempts' by teams to mislead the media. Just 24 hours after Mosley reached a deal with FOTA to end the threat of a breakaway series, he has reacted angrily to what he calls 'false claims' made by the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) about the nature of their agreement. In a letter that Mosley sent to FOTA chairman Luca di Montezemolo, which first appeared on website http://www.racefax.com but has now been seen by AUTOSPORT, Mosley makes it clear that he is angry at how FOTA has presented the terms of its deal. And such is his seriousness with which he is treating the matter, that he has told FOTA that his original plan to step down as FIA president in October is no longer definite. "Given your and FOTA's deliberate attempt to mislead the media, I now consider my options open," wrote Mosley in the letter. "At least until October, I am president of the FIA with the full authority of that office. "After that it is the FIA member clubs, not you or FOTA, who will decide on the future leadership of the FIA." Mosley is furious that FOTA representatives have claimed that FIA Senate president Michel Boeri is now in change of F1, that he himself was forced out of office and that he would have no role in the FIA once he steps down in October. "We made a deal yesterday in Paris to end the recent difficulties in Formula 1," explained Mosley. "A fundamental part of this was that we would both present a positive and truthful account to the media. "I was therefore astonished to learn that FOTA has been briefing the press that Mr Boeri has taken charge of Formula 1, something which you know is completely untrue; that I had been forced out of office, also false; and, apparently, that I would have no role in the FIA after October, something which is plain nonsense, if only because of the FIA statutes. "Furthermore, you have suggested to the media that I was a 'dictator', an accusation which is grossly insulting to the 26 members of the World Motor Sport Council who have discussed and voted all the rules and procedures of Formula 1 since the 1980s, not to mention the representatives of the FIA's 122 countries who have democratically endorsed everything I and my World Motor Sport Council colleagues have done during the last 18 years." The letter makes it clear that unless FOTA moves to address his complaints, then the deal that was agreed on Wednesday could collapse. The letter was sent prior to Thursday's FOTA press conference in Bologna, where Mosley had hoped an apology would be made - something which was not forthcoming. Mosley said: "If you wish the agreement we made to have any chance of survival, you and FOTA must immediately rectify your actions. You must correct the false statements which have been made and make no further such statements. "You yourself must issue a suitable correction and apology at your press conference this afternoon. "Formula 1 is run entirely by our 25-strong team without any help from me or any other outsider. There was no need for me to involve myself further in Formula 1 once we had a settlement. Equally, I had a long-standing plan not to seek re-election in October. It was therefore possible for me to confirm both points to you yesterday." http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76529

MJ's dying wish is that all of his plastic bits be melted down and turned into toys so that the kids could play with him for a change...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-efy12ngwk

Try looking at Air Asia. They do cheap flights to the Gold Coast which is a 40 min drive south of Brissie.

I can't believe that we're prepared to sell that cheap - he's worth loads more. ;-)

You know what they say - "a nod is as good as a wink.... to a blind horse". Hopefully we'll be sailing away from trouble but as we all know there's "never a dull moment" where saints are concerned. Maggie May know the answers to this perhaps or even she may not want to talk about it. But I think we all have a reason to believe that we would love for something like this to happen.

There's no chance he'll play for us next season - along with Saga, D-McG, Surman, John, Euell etc..

ignore.

If someone can pick up the cost of a flight from Brisbane, I'll be there. Cheers, Paul.

I've posted this before on here but I think that this helps explain the mindset of Lowe Does this remind you of anyone? A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following: 1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements) 2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love 3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions) 4. requires excessive admiration 5. has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations 6. is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends 7. lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others 8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her 9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes All of these character traits are regularly displayed by Lowe and are also the reason why he has destroyed OUR club. Narcissistic Personality Disorder

I think that the biggest losers in this will be Red Bull and Ferrari who will need to re-engineer most of the rear end of their cars to include the DD.

Season 9 - Episode 3....

1977 White Ford Fiesta 1.0L Got it up to 100mph once on a downhill dual-carriage way near Marlow

I had that exact same problem on an old Mk2 GTi I owned several years ago - the car would run fine for about 5 - 10 mins, the light would come on then would switch off again after a shorty while. Turned out to be a leak in the coolant system somewhere which was never properly fixed - was getting expensive so I traded the car in for a Leon Cupra...

You sound just like some guys I work with in Brisbane who are saying exactly the same about Kevin Rudd (Aussie PM) who has only been in power for 12 months. He obviously could have completely protected the Aus economy from the GLOBAL financial mess. Have a read of this list which puts the blame game into perspective.. http://timesbusiness.typepad.com/money_weblog/2009/01/the-ten-men-to-blame-for-the-credit-crunch.html

Does this remind you of anyone? A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following: 1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements) 2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love 3. believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions) 4. requires excessive admiration 5. has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations 6. is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends 7. lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others 8. is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her 9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes All of these character traits are regularly displayed by Lowe and are also the reason why he WILL destroy OUR club. Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Wycombe Wanderers - the old sloping pitch at Loakes park and will be with me forever. Like BTF, I lived in High Wycombe for a few years. Oh, and AFL team has to be St Kilda.

Lewis H Overtakes

HI Dan, you have PM... Can't say i'm over impressed with watching QLD Roar. Too many skates go and they're sh!t. Managed to drag a few guys to the Melb game and Roar we're sooo bad we decided to focus on beer rather than the football. Oh well.