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You do yourself a disservice, some of those shots are great, if thery wee mine I'd be quite proud of them :nod: Hehe - I wasn't fishing for compliments but I'll take them :winkold: I'm of the school of thinking whereby the more photos you take, the greater the chance that one or two will turn out OK. And it helps that I've been lucky enough to be in places where interesting things are - fish in a barrell some of those shots.

At the risk of flooding the page, here's a few more: (apologies to those that really do know how to take a photo for sullying this thread with such amateurism :winkold: )

Here's a few of my offerings - can't remember if I've posted any of these before so apologies if they've BeanDunne.

A mate of mine met his now wife while working in Kolkata (Calcutta). Her family are really lovely but still, on their first date, Mum, Dad, Granny and little sister had to come as chaperones!!! Might be a bit more relaxed with Indian families over here though but I guess we've all had problems with families of girlfriends regardless of where they come from.

I couldn't find a better way to describe what is a complete mountain of the buggers. :winkold: Tried that too - I was obviously just too tasty an offer for the little blighters to pass up on :shock:

Did it work? Didn't work when I was in Africa. We had marmite for breakfast, lunch and dinner and after 3 days I had 98 bites.

Sophie's Cosmic Cafe just outside Vancouver is a must-visit whenever I'm there. The Lumberjack special, apart from having a somewhat cheesy name, also contains about 5million calories. 6 thick, pancakes, 5 sausages, 8 rashers Canadian bacon, 4 thick slices of ham, 3 fried eggs, 4 pints of hash browns, beans, all covered in lovely maple syrup. Don't forget the toast and coffee so rank that it needs 5 sugars to be pallatable! Seriously, if you think a full English is the nuts, you've never had the full Canadian Breakfast! Other than that, Brummerican's shout for Taco Bell is seconded.

59% say "A very good window" :shock: Hope it doesn't get any higher than that :winkold:

Another cock-up from those tin-pot charlies down the road

Not sure if this has already been mentioned in the thread but I picked this up for a fiver at Asda the other day and it's a really great watch. Tyson comes across as a pitiable soul who whilst acutely self-aware of his short-comings, is totally unable to help himself. He does come across as a total scumbag in the main but it also shows how the influences in his life (good and bad) made him who he is/was.

Presentation was thoroughly amusing for any of you who missed it. Mr Moon patting NRC on the head and the stadium announcer shouting to all the Villa players not to go back on the pitch. It was a bit amateurish but was great to see how happy the lads looked at winning.

"Sometimes you go back in your progression" got to love the commentary.

...so sometimes it might be cheaper to grow your own!

I saw it on a flight too last week - unfortunately the plane landed with 25 minutes to go so I'm going to have to get it on DVD now. My recommendation for this week would be The Baader Meinhof Complex. It dies off a bit in the last third but up until that point it's fantastic.

Probably bin dun but I'm not going through 177 pages to find out :winkold: A first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks, was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, "Harry, what's your problem?" Harry answered, "I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade too!" Ms. Brooks had had enough. She took Harry to the principal's office. While Harry waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal what the situation was. The principal told Ms. Brooks he would give the boy a test. If he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agreed. Harry was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and he agreed to take the test. Principal: "What is 3 x 3?" Harry: "9." Principal: "What is 6 x 6?" Harry: "36." And so it went with every question the principal thought a 3rd grader should know. The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, "I think Harry can go to the 3rd grade" Ms. Brooks says to the principal, "Let me ask him some questions." The principal and Harry both agreed. Ms. Brooks asks, "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?" Harry, after a moment: "Legs." Ms. Brooks: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?" The principal wondered why would she ask such a question! Harry replied: "Pockets." Ms. Brooks: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?" Harry: "Pants." Ms. Brooks: What starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?" Harry: "Coconut." The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open. Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?" The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the answer, Harry replied, "Bubble gum." Ms. Brooks: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?" Harry: "Shake hands." The principal was trembling. Ms. Brooks: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of heat and excitement?" Harry: "Firetruck." The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put Harry in the fifth-grade, I got the last seven questions wrong.

Are we talking about Macro-evolution or Micro-evolution? I'm sure everyone knows the difference but it's often the cause of confusion in such discussions.

I don't know many Christians that would blame the devil for that. My understanding of the Bible is that the state of the world is because of mankind's actions. Not sure why people expect anything from God as it's us that has turned our backs on him. The consequence of that, according to the Bible is eternity in hell. God gave us free will to chose our path in life but showed His love to us by giving us an opportunity to avoid what was due to us. At least, that's my reading of it.

In that instance, you are deciding what is good enough or bad enough to get into heaven. I'm never sure where this common misconception comes from; that people believe it is innate 'goodness' that God is looking for as a qualification for entrance. Sure, Christians across the world get caught up in 'legalism' on how to behave but from what I see, the Bible is quite clear on how you get in and it's nothing to do with how good (or not) you are. The Bible says that as far as God is concerned, evryone has have fallen short of His standards. That is where the concept of grace comes in. Grace is often described (in a somewhat contrived way) as something freely given but not deserved. The Bible says that God shows his love to us by not turning his back on us (despite us turning our backs on him) but by giving us an opportunity to enter heaven. That way is nothing to do with our human conventions of good and bad behaviour but is an offer of a place in heaven, should one wish to accept it.

Not born there, don't live there now but did for a while in-between.

For a long time, Johnny Vaughan was streets ahead. Don't think he is now but that's more because he's gone off the boil a bit. Still, mostly funnier than Moyles but then I'm guessing most on here wouldn't get to listen to Capital regularly.

Would I fight for my country? Of course. Would I fight for yours? Unlikely! Maybe I should have posted this in the "Why do the Scottish hate the English" thread :winkold:

I would do a Rio and have a little cuddle! But that's probably because I'm Scotch :winkold:

Hi General, Long time reader, first time posted in this thread. I just wanted to add my name to the list of supporters who want to thank you, Randy and MON for all the work you put in for OUR club. We are truly spoilt to have you guys running our club and as someone who has been a regular visitor to VP for 25+ years, the changes during Randy's tenure have been nothing short of miraculous. I am sure you must get a little frustrated at the percentage of negative comments in this thread so I just wanted to try to redress the balance a little. It must be a little disheartening to know the efforts being put in on our behalf, only to hear gripes about issues where your hands are tied. Obviously, I'm not saying that these issues aren't real and don't effect our enjoyment, I just wanted to show my appreciation for all the work done to make our VP experiences more enjoyable. We truly are the envy of many other clubs and for that, I am very much thankful.

Um, the sax player in UB40 is white with ginger hair, name of Brian Travers and a Villa fan Really? I never paid them that much attention TBH. Wasn't his name Astro or something? Could have sworn he played the sax but I'll bow to your superior knowledge on the subject

I've got a few but in keeping with the spirit of the thread, I'll post some of the lamer ones. My mate used to baby-sit for Ricky Ross (lead singer of Deacon Blue and co-writer of such awful songs as "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt). I was once in the Evening Mail photographed wearing a pair of polystyrene skis in the middle of the Northfield baths. I did the dying fly next to Chris Tarrant on Tizwas aged 6. My cousin married the cousin of someone who plays Ice Hockey for the Edmonton Oilers. and finally, the obligatory UB40 one.... The rasta who plays the saxophone gazumped my parents on a house in Kings Heath about 18 years ago.