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1 minute ago, Demitri_C said:

Sky sports are saying ac milan are interested in cash

I'm sure they are, but I don't believe they're interested in Cash. 

2/3 of the way through Eric (KW disclaimer). 

What an odd series. 

1 hour ago, Danwichmann said:

Ideally a full overhaul of the whole system. Get rid of the monarchy, the House of Lords and replace it all with something that's actually democratic and codified, not based on convention and gentleman's understandings.

Agreed, but... 

Not. A. Chance. 

He thinks he's going to be the Führer in five years' time. 

20 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said:

Last week in the UK I went through two Chandlers. 

18 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said:

I've re-read the Downing 'Station' books.

After Downing, I went back to the Gunther novels.

I like Downing; I don't like Kerr. 

He's announcing his engagement to Diane Abbott. 

2 hours ago, DaoDeMings said:

I just finished The Dharma Bums and it was wonderful. Might try this next

It's his debut novel, semi-autobiographical, and quite different from most of his later stuff. Much more 'traditional' writing style (heavily influenced by Thomas Wolfe, by his own admission). The first 3/4 of the book reads like "It's a Wonderful Life" - an almost impossibly idyllic view of small town America before WWII. Things get a little grittier when the scene shifts to NYC. But beautifully written throughout. 

Everyone's been expecting in but Rob Burrow (and his mate Kevin Sinfield) are big BIG news round here. This is already dominating the local news media. 

First bit of decent weather, so next door's cat Bradley pops over to see us. But we know he just considers us his dealers, as we have catnip growing in the garden. Same every time, totally off his face. 

What hell is this thread doing on page six? SIX! Anyway, just finished this, and absolutely loved it: 

44 minutes ago, chrisp65 said:

Childbirth soon to be out of the top ten.

When I was in hospital with the gallstones, a female visitor to another patient mentioned that she'd had them as well as giving birth, and reckoned the stones were more painful than the childbirth. 

Impacted gallstone. Trust me on this. 

One good thing about the close season is that I don't have to think about which underpants to wear on matchdays. 

If only Unai realised how much help we give him. 

1 hour ago, Marka Ragnos said:

Oh **** oh **** oh ****! Got stung by a hornet a few hours ago, and jesus almighty, it hurts. Please feel sorry for me! It's been a few years, and I guess I didn't remember how ****ing much they suck.

The one benefit is you get a clear baseline understanding of what "sting" means.

I think I've only ever seen one actual hornet, in a holiday house in France. I did battle with it and eventually triumphed, but **** me, it was one huge scary bastard, wouldn't want to have been stung by it. 

Missed the deadline for the 777 takeover. 

6 hours ago, Nor-Cal Villan said:

 

As a big fan of the Craig Fuller era Pure Prairie League, I consider that to be a hanging offense. 

9 hours ago, Xela said:

If you could go back knowing what you do now, and advise your 16yo self on what career path to take, what would it be? 

Much different to how it is now?

People who are unhappy with their current situation will probably advise doing something different. 

The happy ones will say do it the same way again. 

But will the tactical voting thing really happen, on a sufficiently significant scale? 

I'll believe it when I see it. 

Does anybody else think that Bellingham may be subtly taking the piss a bit? 

2 hours ago, magnkarl said:

The context is quite clearly different though. Intifada means armed rebellion, terror and resistance, while Zionism means (or meant to the original people fighting for it) that Jews had a right to a homeland. I presume there are many more zionists than people think, just not the rebranded version of it. One implies armed struggle, while the other seeks a homeland for a people who've been mistreated since they were forced out of Egypt. One is also a term used for a group, while the other is a rallying cry used by terrorists.

I wouldn't wear either.

Apologies for going off topic a little here, but - while the 'mistreatment' (bloody hell, what an understatement) is incontrovertible, the 'forced out of Egypt' bit was - when? - 2,500 years ago? How far back can you go in restoring regions to particular self-defined groups? In what way could - say - Russian Ashkenazi Jews in the 20th Century - claim to be in any way middle eastern? The Anglo-Spanish takeover of North America in the last 300 years was clearly an injustice, but does this mean the Iroquois and Navaho have a sensible claim to having a huge chunk of the country restored to them, forcing out the European interlopers with heavy weaponry? I'd say they arguably have a better case than the Zionists in Palestine - but it would still be a crazy, divisive plan. And to invoke the well-worn cliché, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. That's as true (or untrue) for Hamas as it was for the Stern Gang. 

We struck lucky. Neighbours on three sides of the back garden. They're all absolutely sound. 

2 hours ago, bickster said:

Worst song they ever recorded and I was there somewhere. Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool on Crystal Day recorded for that Ch4 series Play At Home

I posted it specially for you.