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I thought you might be more than a little excited. Hammersmith is a great venue if you have good seats - otherwise, not. The venue is very wide, so it's important not to be stuck at the extreme sides; otherwise the view is a little skewed. Can I suggest you print off the Theatremonkey seating plan and have it in front of you when you're selecting your seats. The monkey does not lie. http://www.theatremonkey.com/seatingplanindex.htm

Hoochie, I think Christmas has come again. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/19/mott-the-hoople-to-reunite

How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths

Right now, Lamont Dozier - Going Back To My Roots http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FdEwRm-kSJ0

Nero Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just stride out and look purposeful. Don't > acknowledge them, either. It's the law that they > have to stop. Nero, how are you still alive? Seriously. Strawbs, don't listen to Nero! There's no point being right if you're in hospital. I will place one foot on the crossing and only venture further once the oncoming car (and the one behind it) have stopped. I think they should take the zebra crossings away and replace them with lights. I've been here long enough to remember when there were zebra crossings outside of Iceland and further on up by the police station. I have much more confidence in the lights; and they only take a few seconds to turn red once you've pushed the button.

He had such a quiet and gentle way about him too. Lots of presenters from that era were loud in every sense of the word. TH was the quiet man - and we loved him.

Oh dear God Jimbob, and could you not have kept that image to yourself?

Gosh, can't believe this thread almost, very nearly, fell out of the top ten. What were you all thinking, allowing that to happen?

BoosBoss, Thank you so much for posting that; I don't own a TV, had never seen it before, and it made me smile from beginning to end. I think it is actually based on the fantasy dance scene from The Fisher King. This is a favourite film of mine, its main themes being redemption, second chances and love. In the dance scene, a swarm of New York commuters stop and waltz around Grand Central Station for two minutes. Grand Central Station is a magnificently beautiful building and whenever I'm in New York I make a point of going up to the bar, nursing a martini for a half hour or so, watching the commuters down below and imagining them waltzing. Magic. Take a look at the clip or, even better, rent the movie. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cn9ifIhCIhg TLS - I also remember the Nimble ad. That's a real old one. This is an oldie too. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6mOEU87SBTU

What happens if a woman takes it?

Bridie Gallagher, Slim Whitman and Josef Locke. You may need to google them but I wouldn't rush.

indiepanda Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sounds about as romantic as having a boyfriend > taking texts from their ex while you are cuddled > up in bed together after sex > > Not I know any woman lame enough to put up with > that kind of behaviour. Honest guv...(*blushes*) My jaw dropped. That's shocking. You need to have a word.

I've examined my conscience and, like HB, I've come up wanting. I'm glad that you're OK and that, by some miracle, you found someone to take care of you. But I'm also very ashamed because I would have looked the other way. There's a lesson here.

I bank with First Direct. If you sign up with them for their annual holiday insurance package (it's more than holiday insurance but I can't remember what the package is offhand) then you don't get charged for using ATMs when abroad. I don't feel happy arriving in a country without cash. If I haven't got cab fare then I'm not a happy camper. The last time I went somewhere without cash was a trip I made to Hong Kong last April - the ATMs at the airport rejected my card for some reason. I had been lax about getting currency because I was meeting a friend at the airport. But still, I wasn't happy about not having some folding stuff of my own. It's not a good idea to rely on ATMs.

The only film I can think of with a coffin and women in black at sea is "Don't Look Now". But the opening scene in that was of a little girl running and drowning. Can't you give us a clue or something?

I've stumbled into this thread by mistake. I thought it was about fashion. Now I'm disappointed. On the other hand, since I'm here I will say that it's a bit hypocritical when you fly about a fair bit to get uppity about expanding airports. When I was little, hardly anyone ever left the country, now everyone expects to holiday in far flung places. Do we actually need a third one though? Are the other two failing to satisfy?

Witnessed earlier today - a couple intensely snogging in the next booth at dinner. "Get a room" I was thinking, until I noticed that she was texting behind his back. Now I know we women are born multi-taskers but that's taking it too far. There are some things that need your full attention. I felt realy bad for him. He was a hottie too.

TLS - calm down - you're hardly setting a good example of how to start each day with a positive outlook. Behave. Play nicely with the other forumites.

Meanie

I'm sorry. You're doing the right thing by staying at home. Cure yourself and don't pass it on.

Keef, Here's some mindless trivia. Did you know that when Nirvana wrote Smells Like Teen Spirit, they actually set out to emulate a The Pixies? They sat down to write a Pixies song. Years ago I read that someone once said to Cobain that "..... (something) smelled like teen spirit". He rather liked the phrase but didn't realise that "Teen Spirit" was/is actually a branded deodorant for teenage girls. He found out too late and I think it added to the many reasons that Nirvana wouldn't play the song live. I'd forgotten all about that but today I was out shopping and I came across some "Teen Spirit". It's just as cutesy, princessy little girlie as can be. And to think it spawned a thrash classic. How amusing. My first thought was "must share this with Keef". So I'm sharing. Sorry. P

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I saw him at the Festival Hall too, the audience > was so full of good will we even gave David > Hasselhoff a round of applause in the interval. How funny. I wish I had seen that. I saw a really disturbing video of the Hoff a few months ago. He's a recovering alcoholoc and had fallen off the wagon. He was completely pissed and crawling on the floor. The video was shot by his daughter who kept on asking him "why do you keep doing this to yourself and to us". Car-crash footage. Heartbreaking. She sounded really young as well.

HB - things are a little slow aren't they. Hasn't anyone declared their love for you in the last 24 hours? Can't someone take one for the team? Well that's just mean. I think you're a darling.

Why can't the forumites posting on this thread just read the HOW TO START EACH DAY WITH A POSITIVE OUTLOOK thread? Would that not do the trick?

One of my ex-boyfriends was a journalist. His daily postbag was full of dire press releases just like the one that started this thread. I once asked him how he coped with reading them all and he told me that his number one rule was to bin anything with "exciting" in the title or the first paragraph. He said anything that titled itself "exciting" never was. I think he had a point.