Stevo985

When you talk about Homelands, do you mean Homeland? As in the show with Damien Lewis? Because if so, that's another superb TV show and hasn't gone downhill yet, in my opinion. Season 3 will determine that. Homeland, yes that show. end of the first series was daft and series 2 was awful. I'm done with the show. Can see it's headed one way now. The initial plot never leant itself to an ongoing TV show. I think it's a bit harsh calling it awful. But I do agree that it goes massively downhill in season 2. Season 1 was superb, but I had conversations (some on here I'm sure) where I said it was already striking me as a show that only really had 1 season planned and will then go on and on. Season 2 proved that to be correct. It picked up towards the end of season 2 but is still a shadow of what it was. I'll keep watching it, but I'm not holding out much hope of it improving again.

As bad as that is, I get people calling me Stephan on FB. It's a completely different name and my name is right there! Welcome to my world.

Privacy guidelines alone should be enough for most to delete it, then factor in paid adverts flooding your news feed, suggestions, game invites etc.... Its turd. You can block all of that stuff

​8pints: Who cares!? I ask you stupid people out there, Mr 'Don't call me Steve' ranting on and flapping his gums about some sad sack that's still lighter than a bag of sugar soaking wet. Steve my friend, I can call you Steve can't I? It's never been clear, how about you quit trying to start fights with maggots who are afraid of their own shadow and mix it with the big boys? Besides, people with numbers in their names are stupid. 2quartz: Err... ​8pints: I said Shut up 2quartz!...Heh 2quartz, you're stupid too. *2quartz shakes his head* *before 8pints can raise the mic to carry on his speech, he's interrupted by Stevo985's entrance music blasting over the PA. The crowd go wild as Stevo985 bursts out onto the stage and soaks up the adulation. He walks halfway down the ramp and stops as the crowd chant his name* *Stevo985 has a mic and lifts it to his lips* Stevo985: I had to come out here and stop this dross. We've got 20,000 people here to see a show and they're all nodding off after listening to your drivel. I'm here to stop you flapping your gums to the entire dressing room and focus your attention on one person *The crowd reacts to this with more cheers and some mocking of 8Pints. Chants of "8Pints SUCKS" can be heard resonating around the arena* Stevo985: Why am I bothering with a weed like TUS? He and I have some unfinished business. He's walked 500 miles to face me, to face the greatest of all time, to face the one and only Stevo985! Who am I to deny him that pleasure? Besides, I never liked the Proclaimers and it feels really good to beat the living hell out of one half of them! Stevo985: Now, when I'm done with theunderstudy, I had planned on kicking back, pouring a glass of whiskey, smoking a big ol' cigar and enjoying some well earned rest. But you, 8pints... you've just talked yourself into my bad books. You and your little bum boy, 2 quartz. Now, I'm not going to have any rest. I'm gonna get myself in that gym, train harder than I've ever trained and put everything I've GOT into making your life a world of pain. By the time I'm finished with you, they're gonna call you 4 pints, because you'll be half the man you used to be! And why...? Because *the crowd chant along* Stevo985: MY NAME'S NOT STEVE!!!! *Stevo985's music plays again as he soaks up the chants of the crowd and stares down 8pints in the ring*

Also, sponsors are very unlikely to have their logo in black and white to fit with the shirt better

It's not

Ah wait, I spotted it. Sim free for £130 Would you (or anyone) say that's better than the Galaxy Ace 2?

Is that "unlocked"? i.e. if I bought it for my mom could she stick her existing sim in and it would work?

I don't know. BUt on a slightly related issue, a lot of people don't realise that a lot of bus lanes aren't permanent, and it's perfectly fine to drive in them depending on what time of day it is.

Technically, yes. But I don't see a problem with the latter, as long as the speed limit is also 130mph. Drivers on the road with this attitude are a big part of the problem (not picking on you, just saying that opinion of "I'm doing the speed limit so it doesn't matter" doesn't hold up)

I can see your point, but I think the grey are you mention would be a pretty small area.

"Older" people? I'd say it's younger people who don't get that. But here's the rub: At what point are you not overtaking? Scenario 1: Inside lane traffic is well spaced out, and moving at an average speed of 55 mph. Center lane is similarly spaced, averaging 70 mph. You're in the inside lane doing 65-70 mph. You come up behind one of the 55 mph cars, and want to overtake. You check mirror, wait for a gap in the centre lane, signal, and overtake. As soon as you have done so, you signal and move back in to the left lane. You carry on at 65-70 mph until you reach the next 55-er, and repeat the manoeuvre. All well and good. Scenario 2: Same deal, same average speeds, except that the inside lane is much busier, with very few gaps. The middle lane traffic however is well spaced out. You overtake the first 55 mph car, but you realise that if you drop back to the left now, you'll just be behind another 55-er, and you'll have to do the manoeuvre again almost immediately. So you continue at 70 mph in the middle lane, effectively in a "continuous overtake" of possibly dozens of cars. (At this point, are you lane hogging?) Then somebody comes up behind you at 75 mph (or above) and has to slow down a little. All you can do is wait for a gap in the left lane, and move back as soon as it's safe - or let him overtake in the third lane if possible. Theoretically it isn't anyway, as you are both at the speed limit - he would have to exceed 70 mph to overtake. Who is legally at fault here? I'd say the tailgater. In practice, you often find that the inside lane is very busy, but relatively slow, and the outside lane is almost equally busy, but with people speeding. In these cases, 70 mph in the middle lane is often the safest and most sensible tactic. Speed has nothing to do with it. I think it does. Ideally, you want roads to be safe, but also efficient at the same time. So if the car in front of you is going at 70mph it's all good, because it means you get to go to work on time, and ditto for the hundreds of cars behind you. But if the car in front is going at 20mph, but the vehicles in the left lane are going even more slowly, then you might be better off walking. The frustration you get, not to mention the efficiency of the roads, has little to do with whether cars are overtaking. As I said, that's a totally different issue to the one in question.

I've only been pulled for speeding once. 47 in a 30. It was the Warwick road as it goes down towards Olton under the railway bridge. It's very very hard to drive at 30 there. It was summer, I'd just finished work at 1pm on a Friday and was very overexcited! 3 points and a fine. Well deserved. Lucky me, though, they forgot to put points on my license, somehow!

Star Trek is crap, American History X is brilliant and I haven't seen Apocalypse Now. So anything but Star Trek, imo.

I've noticed that on the variable speed limit areas (like the M42 for example) a LOT of lorries seem to automatically drive in the middle lane, regardless of speed. I'm genuinely puzzled as to why they do this.

"Older" people? I'd say it's younger people who don't get that. But here's the rub: At what point are you not overtaking? Scenario 1: Inside lane traffic is well spaced out, and moving at an average speed of 55 mph. Center lane is similarly spaced, averaging 70 mph. You're in the inside lane doing 65-70 mph. You come up behind one of the 55 mph cars, and want to overtake. You check mirror, wait for a gap in the centre lane, signal, and overtake. As soon as you have done so, you signal and move back in to the left lane. You carry on at 65-70 mph until you reach the next 55-er, and repeat the manoeuvre. All well and good. Scenario 2: Same deal, same average speeds, except that the inside lane is much busier, with very few gaps. The middle lane traffic however is well spaced out. You overtake the first 55 mph car, but you realise that if you drop back to the left now, you'll just be behind another 55-er, and you'll have to do the manoeuvre again almost immediately. So you continue at 70 mph in the middle lane, effectively in a "continuous overtake" of possibly dozens of cars. (At this point, are you lane hogging?) Then somebody comes up behind you at 75 mph (or above) and has to slow down a little. All you can do is wait for a gap in the left lane, and move back as soon as it's safe - or let him overtake in the third lane if possible. Theoretically it isn't anyway, as you are both at the speed limit - he would have to exceed 70 mph to overtake. Who is legally at fault here? I'd say the tailgater. In practice, you often find that the inside lane is very busy, but relatively slow, and the outside lane is almost equally busy, but with people speeding. In these cases, 70 mph in the middle lane is often the safest and most sensible tactic. Speed has nothing to do with it. If you're overtaking cars, then you're fine. Scenario 2 is fine as long as you're overtaking the cars inside you. You could be doing 20mph for all I care, if the cars inside are doing 15 then you're fine. The fact that cars behind you have to slow down is neither here nor there (well, it might be given the extreme example, but it's a totally different issue) as long as you're passing vehicles. If there's a huge gap on the inside lane and you're choosing to persist in the middle when you could quite easily pull back in THEN you're lane hogging If I come up behind someone doing 60 in the outside lane and they're overtaking, then it might frustrate me, but that person isn't doing anything wrong. If that person though isn't overtaking anyone, then they're at fault. You can lane hog driving at 15mph or you can lane hog driving at 130mph. Speed is irrelevant, it's all relative.

I'd be very surprised if Fiat was the sponsor.

I have actually said for a while that an old fashioned public information film would work wonders for lane hogging because you're right, some people on the road just don't know what the outside lane is for. Speed has nothing to do with it.

Happens on the M42 too. Also, there's plenty of people who use the Hard Shoulder on the M42 when it's not open. That REALLY annoys me. If you'd seen someone blasting down the hard shoulder 10 years ago it would be ridiculous.

I'm a curtain jerker jobber Can't wait for my rise to the top!

I'd say he's more like a crapper version of Dirk Kuyt

I'd say so. I'm not even mildly concerned that Mourinho would bother with Benteke. Same. They'd have Benteke, Lukaku and Ba. All of whom are the same sort of player (although I would say Benteke is the best of those three) I can see Mourinho buying a striker, but unless for some reason he gets rid of Lukaku or Ba, it won't be Benteke.

"Come on England" *sad sounding trumpet* That's my favourite.

He's not crap at all. He's not good enough to be a regular for us, imo. I think he lacks the technical ability to match his workrate. But that doesn't make him crap. I imagine he could make a very good living at Championship level or be a regular feature at a newly promoted club, possibly.

Yeah no problem, I thought as much but thought I'd put the info in anyway just in case.