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This thread is so worth bumping from page 2 of the lounge. Have you bought your single yet? Why not? Do you want a billionnaire dictating to you what rocks and what doesn't for the foreseeable future? Buy the bloody song then. It's a great song.

Yes it's all very amusing and sorry to be a wet blanket but if someone started a thread saying, for example, "Irish people are really stoopid" and then we all got on there with our anecdotes, it wouldn't take long before someone called "foul".

But Sweetgirl - what's the point of showing employers you mean business if you've put your business out of business? If you see what mean. If BA does not modernise then it is history. They are losing money - you know that right? You've seen the figures? If they don't do something they are going BUST. What sort of victory will that be for anyone? That said, I do hope you manage to get home after Christmas.

You may find that you're not as hungry as you once were. Nothing to do with your age. If your circumstances changed and, for example, you became the main breadwinner or you had to fight to keep your lifestyle or your home or whatever is important to you, then I reckon you would soon find out that you're as sharp as a razor blade. Like most of us you loose the hunger after a bit.

WoD - you've just had a bad day. Nothing to do with your age. You no doubt bring a wealth of experience to anything you touch which is probably valued by your friends and colleagues. Only a bad day and it will pass.

Yes it is rotten luck for anyone relying on BA this Christmas. The tills will be ringing at all the BA competitor airlines for sure. Richard Branson must think Christmas has come early. I have actually flown on Christmas Day myself previously (Air Canada to Montreal). I had expected Heathrow to have tumbleweed whistling around it - but it was packed out.

Please let's stop knocking John Lewis. J'adore JL. Without them I would have nothing to sleep on/between, nothing to eat on/with, no towels, no pots, no pans..... you get the picture. My whole house is from John Lewis. I paid for it all myself too. Who knew that I could have got away with putting the whole lot on a "Committment List" (WTF?) and palmed the bill off on someone else. That's the sort of money-saving gem you pick up on this forum. Martin Lewis, eat your heart out.

Ballad of a Thin Man - Dylan

Don't let them get you down Sue. There's a lot to be said for being child-like. If you can go through life and retain at least a modicum of that quality then you'll be someone worth knowing. Not childISH though - that's something else entirely and is not flattering at all (even in children).

Haven't flown BA for at least ten years and I won't be bothered one bit if they go bust. How can cabin crew possibly think this strike threat is going to work in their favour? Hope management tough it out and don't give in.* * I never ever thought I would write something like that.

Solitary Man - Neil Diamond (love that man and love that song)

I think the most fun we have in life is when we are completely in the moment. Children are always in the moment - it's how we are naturally but as we grow up there's a tendency to lose our spontaneity. But when every tiny detail of a wedding is planned and every moment accounted for, there?s just no scope for being in the moment and doing that whole ?dance like nobody is watching thang?. Wedding planning is big money and huge amounts are spent on everything from stationery to ribbons and bows. It?s all so unimportant. Just to clarify though - the dress is important. And the shoes.

I loathe weddings. There, I've said it. Sorry. I can't think of one that I've been to that has been fun. The more money spent / the more formal the wedding the less likely the chance of actually enjoying it. Interesting ratio, yes? Got nothing against marriage, but wonder why weddings need to be so stressful/tedious. If I ever get married I?ll probably have a party in the back garden. You can come. The money I?ve spent on friends? weddings over the years, quickly followed by baby showers, housewarming gifts, Christening gifts, sprog birthday/Christmas gifts for the next 30 years, graduation gifts, on and on and on. I think Carrie Bradshaw had the right idea when she added up the cost of celebrating the life choices of her married friends and then announced that, to celebrate her single person choices and general fabulousness, she would be putting a gift list at Manolo Blahnik. What a splendid idea. I shall be following suit and sending all my married friends google maps to Old Church Street. On the subject of shoes and weddings, if you are getting married please take the price sticker off your shoes before kneeling down. Thank you.

Like Steve T, I also remember Freddie Laker. When he went bust and pointed the finger at BA he was accused of sour grapes, but when Richard Branson was able to prove BA?s dirty tricks campaign against Virgin many felt that this vindicated Laker. Most people are too young to remember Freddie Laker but he was a real hero and was the first (I think) to roll out a no frills airline. He made it possible for ordinary people to fly to New York at a time when the BA fare was out of reach for most people. These days for transatlantic I will only use Virgin and I also fly EasyJet a lot (I think they give a good service for the price). I won?t touch Ryanair and I?ll only use BA as a very last resort. A plague on BA for ruining people?s Christmases.

I think Louisa has a good old laugh and the trouble she causes. Good luck to her. Let's not hijack the thread though because I think people are coming on here looking for info on Saturday.

Brendan you are being a very bad boy now and if you keep it up Santa will not be coming down your chimney. The parade sounds wonderful and I'll definitely be there on Saturday. Louisa - if you're still reading this thread then please come! Px

Anything that comes through my door gets opened. If it shouldn't have ever come through the door then that's just too bad. I'm sure your neighbour opened by mistake and then came and posted it through your door - it's what I would have done.

I adore Louisa. She's one of the most readable posters on the forum. Doris the Donkey is a real pull for me though so I'll be around the route somewhere singing along with the rest of you.

PR you turn your hand to everything. Brilliant photo. px

Is the whole forum going to Modest Mouse? I was going to go to the Electric Ballroom on the 15th but I've had a better offer. Anyway, here's a link for a pre-sale for Pearl Jam in Hyde Park in case anyone is interested. http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/22004382A635CA24?artistid=961401&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1&did=uklno2ps&&camefrom=CFC_UK_BUYAT_penguingigs

Lady Gaga eat your heart out

Mass was so much more fun when you could drone on in Latin with only a very vague idea what any of it actually meant.

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lozzyloz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This made me chuckle and awe. Just click on PLAY > (it's safe). > > A piece of creative brilliance How wonderful. It's like the Berlin wall coming down all over again. Px

Rosie I think, if pushed, I can probably still sing the entire bloody mass in Latin. How come I remember that, after all these years, and yet I can't remember what I've logged on to do just now?