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General, Regarding the comment that "many, many fans are becoming extremely worried" I would take with a very large pinch of salt. It is merely on the transfer dealings front where SOME fans believe we would have more signings by now and it is nothing against the way Randy, yourself and the team at VP are running our club. One drop of water does not make an ocean and all that. We're all extremely grateful for everything you guys have done and extremely proud that our club is roaring again. I think (and others do too!) the season ticket sales are proof of that. There is a sense of optimism around Villa Park and a genuine feeling of excitement and I for one think we've never had it so good in modern times! So, one voice amongst a plethora of fans and I say thank you Sir and we're all keeping the faith. Thanks for keeping the faith with us, even though we get the "unbelieving" few who don't realise patience is a virtue and reaps good things!

Splogenessabounds - Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. Mainly because I too am bored and it recreates the pub

gollywogs didn't actively portray negative racial stereotypes as far as i can recall. Or have i missed something. It was simply a black teddy bear type thing. There was no overt racism going on. we didn't associate them with anything other than being a black doll. negative sterotyping of black "people" in books/cartoons as spear throwers and crazy natives who cook people and have rings threough their noses etc can have a negative impact on how children might then perceive black people. It's an association thing. IMO. Gollywogs have always been different (to those in the PC frame of mind) as the origination of the term "wog", hence it's obvious racist undertones. That said, it is only those who are actively seeking out the wrong PC-ness of it all, I myself grew up with Gollywogs and never grew up a racist and sometimes I wish people would just take things with a pinch of salt. It's like this "Winterval", "Winterfest" and all that nonsense at Christmas. Heaven forbid we celebrate a religious occasion. World gone mad I tell's ya!

If I'm honest, I do use V+ a lot (same as Sky+) and the only time I've used my DVD-RW/HDD combo was when I was away in the States during the World Cup and for some reason I decided I wanted every match recorded. My poor Mother then had to record every single match onto DVD-R, rushing home to be home in time for the matches etc. I've never watched them and she had a great Summer

V+ here, as well as a combi HD recorder/dvd recorder in case I want to copy something off. Although feck knows why as I never use it.

Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child (yes it was that "here comes the drums" tune from Dr. Who lol)

Thanks General. I think most of us realise these things take time and it's better to get things right and take things steadily than to rush and get things wrong which would only need 'fixing' in a year or so. For that you have my thanks for the way you've told us honestly where things stand.

I personally think we may be in for a few surprises. I think we pulled a surprise or two out of the hat in January and so there's no reason why we aren't close to signing anyone that we've been very canny about and one that hasn't been disclosed to the press (which is a good thing!).

Picassa isn't too bad for the basics Paddy (by Google), enhance the colours, contrast etc. I would really recommend you try and get some sort of Photoshop software though, even if just Photoshop Elements as it can do some nifty things.

Thanks Bicks

Yep, did that Jeep Safari. Great day out it was too.

Nice pics Paddy, a bit abstract but they're generally those which interest me the most. Here's a few of mine from Bulgaria not long ago. This may seem a fair few but I've got over 200 on my site lol

I've got the "Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler..." music from Dad's Army here in MP3, absolutely fantastic Great post.

Duanta - The Lakes of Pontchartrain

Iio - The One

Top one is very very nice!

Garbage - Tell me where it hurts

The new Andrea Corr album (she's gone solo now).

Baggies followed by Wolves for me.

No smoke without fire...

Charlie and Jack playing tug-of-war. and Charlie doing what all dogs do best As you can see I'm an amateur (you can hardly see Jack and the proportions aint, erm, right!) but those above are quick shots I've took this morning Practice makes perfect

Another shot of Charlie (without the demon eyes!)

Yeah I noticed the green eye as soon as I took it, thought bugger it he looks ace with bright glowing eyes It's the demon dog! (think of The Demon Headmaster)

My first shot with my new camera (Olympus E-500). Quite impressed with it so far and that was point and shoot, without editing any settings etc Say hello to Charlie EDIT: High resolution so best if it's linked to.. Clicky!

I hope we stay well clear of the horrible little word removed