Keef

England 4 - 1 Holland

The man you heard on the radio probably wasn't an asylum seeker. If someone is an asylum seeker, they have yet to be granted leave to remain in the UK. Once they meet the criteria of "Destitute Plus", which basically means destitue, and vulnerable in some way, they will be entitled to services from the local authority that is responsible for them (the one they turn up in and announce themselves to). They are not given a penny in benefits from the welfare state, instead, they are given a living alowance by the local authority, that will come out of the social services budget. This is actually more like ?30 a week than ?38. The local authority will also house them, usually in a B&B or something like that. The ?30 needs to feed and clothe them, as well as paying household bills. There is no extra. Believe me Vince, it's a sh!tty way to live, and most people wouldn't choose it unless they really needed to. Oh, and I'm not getting this info from something I read somewhere.

Or me! ;-)

Good stuff, and go in to the last test knowing we can't lose the series!

Where is Monty when you need a great rear guard?

Bell gone, that's probably that.

Aspergers can mean a lot of things, including very little. Muppet.

Yes, yes it does.

This reminds me of the BBW situation on this forum. If 10 people find him hilarious, and they use the forum a lot, but 1 person who doesn't use the forum quite as much, finds him really offensive, and complains about it, does that make him an offensive poster? I guess the answer is yes, he offends someone, so he is offensive. The problem is, then 10 other people miss out, because they enjoy his stuff. Note, I made those figures up, and it was very likely more like 10 people found him offensive for every 10 that didn't.

They've made it to tea, come on boys!!!

I agree that Mayweather should have no right to demand anything. Fine, argue over money and stuff, but things like this should just be stated in the rules, and that should be enough. However, you do sort of think, why not just go along with it then do your talking in the ring. Pac-Man will always have a tiny bit of a question mark over his head now. And as you say, how much blood can they need to take for these tests?!? I'm just gutted, and really hope this is all a bit of a publicity stunt (wouldn't surprise me at all, as I really really want this fight to happen! If it does, I'll be supporting Mayweather, simply because I've always liked the panto villan characters, like Eubank used to be.

I do quite enjoy his Friday night show, and I can't stand Grham Norton's show, so I am gutted in that sense. Other than that, not too bothered, have never thought much of him as a film reviewer.

Not impossible, but asking a lot of Collingwood and Bell. Now 199 for 5, come on boys, slow and boring is the order of the afternoon.

You're spot on Strawbs. Although I agree with Piers, that Australia are winning the cricket not losing, and he's offering the chicken to ease the tension. Either way, it's not racist at all.

So the answer is to change the name in Australia, like they did with Burger King! So true, the average ad on Aussie telly is made with a camcorder in the local DIY store.

Looks like it is definitely off. This whole thing stinks, and as far as I'm concerned, Pac-Man comes out of it looking bad. I have seen or heard no good reason why he'd have any problems giving blood tests. "it weakens him"... What a load of Bollix! Now his promoter is calling Mayweather a coward. As far as I can see, it is pac-man who has stopped this fight.

It would seem he's put in a transfer request. Scores a goal against the champs, and starts believing his own hype.

Should make 200, but won't survive. KP, oh dear.

I love Australia in a lot of ways, but is a bit of a racist country IMO. It is also overly macho and sexist. Basically they're about 30 years behind in terms of equality, and when you consider how far we still have to go, it's a bit of a worry. That ad is not racist though.

The library on Dartmouth Road has a kids library, and they have sing alongs, and stories there. I'll ask Mrs Keef for details, as she takes our daughter there quite a bit I think. There is a baby sensory class in honor oak, which is apparently pretty good, with a really nice lady running it. Again, I'll ask my wife for the details and get back to you.

Er ... Okay. No idea what you just said, but I'll take your word for it.

Cool, may as well take mockers up on his offer, and just crack on. That said, Fable 2 and Obvlivion are probably a bit similar, so I'd best get something different to break up the experiences.

All very odd that. Anyway, they're going to make us chase 500, which we clearly won't manage... Just hope our batsmen can bed in for a change, and play some long boring cricket.

I am on an agency contract, so unfortunately if I don't work, I don't get paid. However, one can always "work" from home... As it happens, I got here today with little hassle. And I'm sat reading the forum, and doing no work at all.