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david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jagger + Bowie + 1980s = Dancing In The Street > > *whimpers whilst rocking back and forth in the > corner of the room* > > "Make it stop.....please...." The video is even worse. Two giant egos clashing for equal face time. I think they are both hugely embarrassed by the whole debacle. Righly so.

The man has been air-brushed to within an inch of his life

As Bowie is being dissed/discussed on another thread right now I'm going to post Natalie Merchant again - Space Odity

No it's the album I mean - I wore the album out - I liked it. Well actually I would need to go away and remind myself what's on the album because I haven't played it in years but I did wear it out at the time.

I didn't mind Bowie in the 80s - I played Let's Dance until I wore it out

Today I'm mostly listening to: Paolo Nutini - he gets better all the time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC_3FvA5x58 Natalie Merchant - beautiful woman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RLJwCT7BDA&feature=related

Thanks to everyone. PR - OMG that is a lot of money. Ouch PGC - I'm dotty enough darling, I don't need any accessories! I think I'm going to give the eye exercises a go. I shall probably look like I'm gurning but nevertheless. After 40 odd years of not needing glasses (and I know I should be grateful) I do sort of resent them. Going to try and exercise my eye muscles. I'll be walking into a lampost near you any moment now. Px

My God child adores me. I buy her lots of pretty dresses. I'm taking her to Cirque du Soleil next Sunday. I slid down a water flume with her about 17 times last Saturday (I was dizzy). What's not to adore?

She Bop - Cyndi Lauper

I was lucky enough to have 20:20 vision all my life. Until 40. After 40 well, let's just say that my arms aren't long enough to read a menu. I'm sure that some of the local eateries think I must actually be unable to read at all, as I insist that the menu is read to me, or just order ?the usual?. I do have reading glasses but it?s a slippery slope once you start to wear them they quickly become not strong enough. There?s a school of thought that says that the eye is just a muscle and there are exercises you can do to get your eyesight back up to par. Does anyone have any experience here? Any luck? I?ve bought myself some Traynor Pinhole glasses. They look weird. Has anyone tried them? They?ve just arrived and the instructions are in small print ? oh the irony!

Very very beautiful. He looks a tad surprised to be here perhaps?

Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Mockney for the Mocklett. Very well done. Get some sleep whilst you can.

WOW - CONGRATULATIONS 9lbs - that's a huge one - well done Mrs Mockney

Has the mocklet hatched?

You'll have to be ever so quick Brum - my diet kicks in from next Tuesday so from then on I'll be a social Pariah

So what would you say is an effective strategy for calling call centres?

Can I just share with you that there is absolutely shag all in my diary right now. Not a sausage. How boring is that? Is there anyone out there in ED with anything exciting lined up? Please share so that I can live vicariously through someone. I?m not even going to the BRITS (Robbie Williams and Coldplay ? not worth a new frock and taxi fare). I?m toying with Hole and Biffy Clyro but not decided. There?s a sniff of Soundgarden ? maybe. Anybody? Anything?

Calling a call centre is nobody's idea of a fun time so it doesn't bode well, in my opinion, if you don't even have the correct name of the person you're dealing with. If I ring a call centre I'm fastidious about writing down the name of the person I spoke with and what the outcome of the call was - just in case things go wrong and I need to call back again. The first thing I say on any customer services call is "hello, who am I speaking with". It's just good business practice.

Absolutely Brendan. A lot can be said about call centres. Non of it good. And another thing - when you've been put through to a call centre, obviously in another time-zone, and someone with a thick accent introduces themselves as "Geoff" or "Brian".

Not on this thread there isn't Brendan. The larder thread is posh.

When you phone so called "customer services" and you're on hold for ages and the dire hold music gets periodically interrupted by a voice imploring you to visit their website instead. I mean, where do they think you got the fucking number from that you just dialled to listen to this tosh in the first place?

What's this? Brum, you can't cook. I feel cheated.

PeRose - very kind - but if I was ever on the back of your bike I would probably break one of your ribs I would be holding on so tight. 40mph - that fast huh! Scary. Each to their own. I can't ride a normal bike so I've just emailed this chap I found on the internet who teaches adults to ride bikes. If you see me wobbling about please don't laugh - it's cruel. Px

Nothing at all - Santana

Can we stretch this to include famous words that were never actually spoken: "Elementary, my dear Watson" "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well." "Play it again, Sam" "Kiss me Hardy" I bet PGC could fill a page.