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A quick tip. Use Selhurst station as, on the return journey, it's one before Thornton Heath so you should get on easier. It's usually jammed when it gets to Thornton Heath.

Or you could say that it's people who have been prudent and put a bit by all their lives instead of relying on the state when they retire.

Confirmation: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9602994.Ice_rink_plan_to_be_scrapped_for_flats_due_to_lack_of_funding/

Bit on the radio this morning saying that it's more likely to be apartments (what a surprise).

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This one would be a bit of a walk (about 20 miles).

Agreed, he was very good that night. A natural story teller who could make a living as an after-dinner speaker.

The Radio Solent Peter White is indeed from Winchester and is a lifelong Saints fan. He's been blind from birth and tells an amusing story about when he attended a boarding school for the blind in Worcester back in the mid 60's. As older listees will remember, in 66 we were about to be promoted to the old Div 1. We had an evening game away at Orient and a point would get us up. Peter sneaked out of his boarding school, got the train to London, went to the game, got the train back and managed to get back into school before anyone noticed his absence. Not bad for someone who's totally blind.

Heard today that The Dorchester is closing next month.

Still got my seat and the turf grew well in the lawn. Also got a telly from the Executive Club and a filing cabinet from one of the offices.

They clean the toilets? In Pompey??

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With the 'ammers away at Leeds, we could open up a bit of a gap.

Be thankful for what you've got. Millions in the private sector don't get a pension at all if they don't make their own arrangements. It's only recently that it's become compulsory for companies to enroll their employees in a pension scheme.

A problem caused by the demise of the old Football Combination. Back then, the reserves played every week so all players got a lot of match practice. Do they still have reserve games?

I'd agree with this point. I made a career change in myearly 30's, got a degree (Computing and Statistics) in my own time and managed to get a job with a small Systems House who sold hardware and software to manufacturing companies. I was thrown in at the deep end and learnt an awful lot in my first few months. It was certainly not 9 to 5 but they were very flexible as long as you did the work and they were great fun to work for. I did a bit of everything (including getting the Chairman's trousers from the cleaners). I now work for a European group and there's much more red tape. It's a completely different environment, more structured and I have a more defined role. I would definitely go with a small company to start with.

King Edward VI school, who own the fields out at Wide Lane where P*mpey train, are threatening to kick them out as they will not commit to a lease.

Hardware is useless without the firmware that makes it work. If you're going to develop firmware you need a good understanding of how the hardware functions.

A problem at the moment is that ICT in schools is mainly about how to use office applications (Word, Excel etc). There's very little technical content or programming. The Universities are complaining that Computer Science undergraduates are lacking the necessary knowledge of how a computer actually works. The Raspberry Pi is designed to be cheap enough for schools to buy and to use to teach programming and basic computer science. The ZX81 and the BBC Micro inspired a whole generation of computer scientists and developers and there is a need for a low-cost device to help create the developers of the future.

HCC have done a deal with Ageas Insurance to name the ground the Ageas Bowl. After 10 years, I'm sure everyone will still call it the Rosebowl. Only the TV will use the new name and I suppose that's what the sponsor pays for.

Hope you've been to Ladbrokes.

Meanwhile, down in that rural backwater known as Lymington, a lady Tory councillior whacked a UKIP candidate (a guy in his 70's) breaking his teeth. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9554323.Councillor_reprimanded_for_slapping_election_rival/ Forget elections, just let them fight it out.

I had 2 calls in quick succession on Thursday evening. The first was a Eastern lady saying that I had a problem with my Sky installation (I haven't got Sky) and the second was similar to the OP. I informed him that I'd been in IT for over 30 years and that he was talking ********. He hung up.

Solent for Saints away games, otherwise I'm a R4 chap.

It's also a political issue where the knock-on costs of unemployment, loss of skills etc aren't taken into account. I'm sure the French would have ensured that any new ships were built in France regardless but, of course, they support their industry even if it involves a degree of subsidy.