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A couple from my recent shoots.

Hating this season, and gone into every game thinking we'll lose so far. But I woke up with a strange feeling that were going to destroy them today. No sense to it at all but I think were going to win 4-1

I agree with both your posts Blandy. The Government is incompetent but I think all parties are if I'm honest. As for luck being a factor, again I agree but I also think you can certainly help make your own luck as well. There is a quote “I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it”. If you could analyse a cross section of peoples lives I'm sure everyone would catch a similar amounts of 'lucky' breaks. It's whether people choose to take them or not? I've never claimed to be rich, I'm far from it, I just have a nice comfortable life. My wife doesn't work as she brings up our three kids so our household income is just the equivalent of two average earners but I'm more than happy with that. I also never claimed to work harder than the next man. I just pushed myself to take opportunities presented to me and do the best I could with them.

I can't speak for Andyh but my post was exaggerated in reply to Jadenb42 comment that he has no sympathy for people that have lost a benefit available just cause they are spending their money wrong? I find comments like that pretty repellent. Whilst I know there are many reasons why people don't end up earning a good wage (again the comment about work hard/be more ambitious was posted to show perspective to the previous comment) I can't abide people who think everyone that does earn well, doesn't deserve it and owe them something just because they don't. I never came from a wealthy background my first two jobs were managing a newsagent and an electrical apprentice but I clawed myself up to decent income. I do agree with a benefit system and I think we should look after the needy and I'm more than happy for my taxes to help out the ill, the disabled and old, Kids that have come out of bad backgrounds that need a head start etc. etc.. I'm all for it. However I don't think we should be supplementing peoples income so they can have sky/ more kids/ cigarettes and booze. Jaden is right, people earning 50k that are moaning they NEED the benefit should cut back and live within their means but that applies to people earning 15k too. Why should you get another 5k in benefits? I agree with andyh CB should be handed out in voucher form. To be honest I don't need the CB I just find it ridiculous that my neighbours with a higher joint income than me still get it. I just want a level playing field even if it means the government save more money and then for them to spend it correctly!

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I earn over 50k and have lost the benefit with three kids. I have no sympathy that you only earn 14k-15k, you should have worked harder at school/been more ambitious then you could have a better lifestyle. I do mind that I have put more money in the pot over my 25 working years and paying the higher tax rate for a lot of that and now I'm supplementing your life by you getting 4-5k benefits a year. It's all about perspective.

Why would this be the case? You get taxed a percentage of what you earn? That percentage doesn't change just because you work more hours? The only difference to this would be if the amount of overtime you worked meant that your extra earnings pushed you into the next tax bracket? Obviously we cant answer that without knowing what you actually earn and how much extra you will earn by doing the overtime? but basically if your not going to earn over £35k then your tax will stay at 20% of what ever you earn?

I agree with what your saying Tamuff, I'm in the same boat as you a good salary but still highly stressed and life was easier when I was a youngster but I don't think it has anything to do with the money it's to do with the responsibility you have now compared to then. As you say though the money he earns is a completely different level and he could easily pay somebody to relieve ANY stress he has. IE money issues hire an accountant, parenting issues, hire a nanny, etc, etc He was on his honeymoon in our hotel this year and the bloke was a complete knob. He wouldn't even chat to the kids at all and strutted around with his trophy wife in his wrong way round baseball cap like he was something really special. There were other football players there who were brilliant and actually organised a kick around with the kids most days and even bought all of them ice creams one day while O'Hara was totally arrogant and acted like he was above everybody there including the other players.

I really wanted some beats but couldn't bring myself to spend the money. In the end I bought these http/www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006HTVC0A/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=electronics and I think they are brilliant. They easily sound as good as the beats for a third of the price. They are not as 'cool' as beats though.

I can never understand why when I watch kids play they can float corners in perfectly yet premier league players can be so crap at it? My lad plays under 12's and they even have kids that put the ball in the right place from a corner 80% of the time?

Very jealous. A great bit of kit. I am still holding out in hope the 7100 is released soon though. I know what your saying Risso about the D600 but the 7000 is two years old now and this is about Nikons cycle period. Its been rumoured for a while now and I reckon it'll be released around Jan/Feb around the £800 mark. Hoping I may get a deal at focus on imaging.

Yes you can easily set up an account without a credit card. I have for my son and I just give him gift vouchers when he needs/ deserves credit.

I was going to upgrade to the D7000 but I know the & 7100 is bound to come out soon so I'm going to wait till Jan/Feb now to see what the come up with?

Replace: Barry with Delph, Young with NZogbia, Milner with Ireland Downing with Holman and now Bent with this Guy and people are still discussing why we are rubbish now and where the problem is?

Did you watch the Man City game? If so did we look candidates to win the league that day?

Here's some of my latest stuff:

That will get you a D5100 and 50mm f1.8 off Amazon. Cant go wrong with that!

The D3100 or spend a little more and get the Nikon D5100 which is well worth the extra £100ish.

I love what you've done. I have been working with lots of models in the studio but I'm a little bored of that now and want to get more creative with bigger location projects. How did you go about getting make up artists and hair stylists? Also who chose your outfits etc?

I get frustrated when people trot this line out. Aston Villa, as well as being a football club, is also a business. They have a sales department, whose staff are no doubt paid a commission or bonus on the number of Season tickets that they sell. The fact they are ringing round is to try and maximise revenue from the sale of these tickets. Any business that didn't do the same would be foolish. It is not a sign of anything other than a business with a sales department operating as they should. You are correct it is a business. If you went to a restaurant that advertised itself as world class food and paid a premium price for your meal only to be served a load of crap would you not complain about it pointing out what they originally advertised?

Photography. I love the craft of it, get to meet loads of different people and take photos of good looking girls :-)

Get a Post Office credit card and just use that abroad. They do not charge for using it abroad so you get the standard rate.

Whilst I agree with 99% of your post Chindie a 12A doesn't mean kids can't go? It means under 12's can only go accompanied by an Adult? They also don't rate films because they know kids go to the toilet more than adults?

I use a D5000 and love it. Check out some of the shots on my facebook photography page

Nikon 3100 is a great entry level DSLR.

I agree. At the end of the day its just a football kit and I wouldn't wear it anyway. However its a step backwards marketing wise. Looks very cheap.