Sergei Gotsmanov

Champagne was traditionally drunk in pint bottles wine wasn't. I agree with you though that champagne is overrated!

The EU outlawed champagne in 50cl bottles in 1992 after Veuve Cliquot had spent five years preparing them for sale.

As I understood it they fell foul of the new weights and measures rules after we joined the common market. I was barely alive at the time but I would imagine there would have been quite a debate at the time, particularly among higher end on-trade outlets who would have found it a lot easier to sell a pint bottle than a 75cl bottle. I think Ian Fleming always ordered a pint of champagne from his club when he had finished a book - a 75cl bottle would have been a bit much.

Nobody really gives a toss about being able to have their sparkling wine in a pint bottle, it would have just been driven by some English wine producers trying to get a line of differentiation from champagne. As a size it makes sense because you get four servings out of it which suits sharing.

They didn't ban them they just did not allow them.

It was pretty stupid of the EU to outlaw them in the first place. One of the early pointless regulations to irritate British consumer.

I am afraid I have given up on them. If our nice post lady is on holiday for two weeks we don't get any mail for two weeks. What is worse is that any money I have sent out or been sent to my children now does not arrive. That never used to be the case. Shambles.

I salute the good intentions and all that but in crime dramas in particular it is actually becoming an issue. Good writing normally has a number of characters in the frame for the perpetrator of the crime, but you find yourself ruling out the suspects based on the fact that there is no way that it can be allowed to be anybody with the most tenuous link to a 'disadvantaged group'. Next time try and pick the villain based on who it is allowed to be.

Thank you Badger that is much appreciated. It did find one breach but from July 2020. Is this likely to be relevant this week?

I am so sorry Whitey. It must be incredibly hard. Look after yourself.

Somebody has received an email from my name saying I have an announcement - with the usual link to click on. My email is not showing any sent emails. Is it likely that it has come from his own account that has just plucked out my name from his contact list or is my email account responsible. Is it therefore my issue or his?

If anyone has a spare ticket for QPR away they need to get rid of can you kindly PM me.

Any value in backing Everton to stay up?

I recall 'Irene' - who the suspicion was Artur Boruc.

and the people who join in January and stop going in early February.

Yesterday was the first game I have seen Southampton win for around 18 months - as a season ticket holder that was a pretty tedious run especially as I don't miss that many games.

Graham was better

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If as a manager you have a track record with some pedigree when you are appointed then you will always have a louder voice when it comes to decision making.

The problem is not SR, who have demonstrated a willingness to spend money on the squad. It is the people advising them and making the decisions. Their first mistake was to sack all of the back room squad who were the ones like Kelvin Davis who actually cared about the club. They were the ones who created the culture at the club and let people know how proud they should be to wear a Saints shirt.

The trouble is that the people that run the club want to have a yes man so that they can be in control. We need a big figurehead who can command respect and get the best out of what is a talented squad!

I seem to remember that we took 4000 to Bucharest under Strachan. All of the local support could not believe it and said that Liverpool has taken a quarter of that the season or so before. It always irritates me when people go on about football being a religion in Newcastle. We get 30,000 every other week when we have won three games at home in the last year. We should be saluted.

I think they gambled on not getting a striker in when Che Adams scored two at Leicester thinking we had enough and underestimated the loss of Oriel Romeu. I liked Ralph even more after Adam Blackmore's comments on him.

Why can people not just say that we have a half decent player here. I think he looks classy with some flaws. He will only get better.