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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.

Free market economics and healthy competition. Why should the taxpayer subsidize inefficiency. I'm beginning to sound a bit too right wing, so I'll shut up.

Dave doesn't fancy it because they've got a strong military and are backed by Russia and China and the US isn't interested. You don't think that Libya was anything to do with human rights do you?

It was a private venture and was losing money (apartment blocks are much more profitable). I was told by someone working on the demolition that the ground beneath the rink was frozen solid to a considerable depth (about 10 -12 feet).

A 70's classic. Re-makes are rarely as good as the original although I thought that Johnny Depp was good in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Perhaps we should ask why he's been in prison for nearly 10 years without being charged with any crime If he's broken the law he should be put on trial.