Loz

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't think it's a bad thing - good to see England face a very good side instead of knocking > over teams by an innings plus (too easy and not tremendous fun after the first couple of times - > unless it's Australia natch.) Since you've been walloped by Pakistan and held by the Sri Lankans so far this year, I should imagine that feeling has long since gone...

Regardless of the table, in my mind the Saffers have been the best team for a couple of years now. The best quick battery by a long way and a pretty awesome top six. England have always had a obvious problem that they had a great top five, but couldn't fill number six as there was absolutely no other batsmen knocking on the door of the test team. KP has probably gone now and Strauss may follow, which is going to open up a major hole. All this won't be helped by Swann going from the best spinner in the world to an average pie-thrower. Great bunch of seamers though - at least six or seven to select from. India had a fantastic batting line-up, but little in the way of bowling. Australia is rebuilding slowly - they have a good young crop of bowlers coming through, but are struggling to replace batsmen. This year the Saffers have got even better. Philander is the find of the year and Boucher going has actually made the batting even stronger as they have the luxury of JP Duminy coming in at number 7. Tahir has filled the problematic spinners spot. The Saffers deserve to be number 1, easily. They have the best eleven seen in world cricket since the Aussies were at their peak a decade ago.

fazer71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes > I know it shows what was spent. > What exactly are you saying I'm missing ? Then why do you keep quoting weird figures? The media centre did not cost the 1.2bn that you keep complaining about.

fazer71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz > An argument which can never be won. > > The figures will add up and result in ?1.2 Bn for a media centre. No they don't. Try again. (Clue: if you click on the pretty circles, magic things happen...)

fazer71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ?1.2 bn on a media centre !!!!!!!!! FFS total > insanity ,,, unless someone can explain how that > number happened? I have pointed you to a site that a) breaks all this down and b) shows you why that number is wrong. Hmmm - I am starting to concur with your claim you are not a troll. The other option is looking far more likely.

fazer71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > That makes you either terminally > > stupid or a troll. > > Geniarse > Is there a Godwin law equivalent for wrongly > poping the Troll card? Probably. But only if it is wrongly 'poped'. Besides, if you are not a troll, then that only leaves the other option.

Yeah, I hunted around a while ago and came to the same conclusion. A 'width' parameter would have been rather useful. So, software is needed. Recommended (and free) - IrfanView.

and "It's maths, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it..." "Now that is scientific fact ? there's no real evidence for it ? but it is scientific fact" At this point, having been spoon-fed the information you need, you are still wittering away factlessly. That makes you either terminally stupid or a troll.

fazer71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Much of the rest just looks wrong the ?1.2 Billion > media spend as an example WTF is that about they > spent more on a Media building than on all the > sports buildings? Read your own post! That's the media centre PLUS the athletes village. You are just scrabbling around in the dark. The information is out there, if only you could be bothered to look, instead of moan, moan, moan on here with absolutely no evidence whatsoever. But, as you need to be spoon-fed, The Guardian has helpfully broken it all down into nice pretty coloured circles. And - ooooh! - they move when you click on them. What more can you ask for?

Saying something nasty about your team mates in a private text message (Pieterson) - dropped Saying something nasty about your team mates in a book (Swann) - nothing.

Yeah, I like how fazer has built this argument on the single point that 'it cost a lot of money'. I think Brass Eye had it best: "Now that is scientific fact ? there's no real evidence for it ? but it is scientific fact"

Well, he's 91, so I doubt he's putting much away in 10 year bonds.

Broad is a little too close the the fake Pieterson twitter account palava as well. "It weren't me Guv, it was... um... a mate of mine." Mind you, it's not bowlers you are short of. You now have Bairstow, whose test claim to fame is that he was dropped in favour of Ravi Bopara. That's gotta hurt. Real bad.

We've run out of cheese.

So, are England actually going to have a team to face the Saffers on Friday?

Undisputedtruth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I love the wheelchair races. Much better than forumula 1 racing. Wheelchair basketball makes rugby look tamer than tiddlywinks.

I am assuming that the director read this thread? Seems unlikely to have had such a change of heart all by themselves. I suspect it will cost them more than ?79 in lost business - I worked out who the company was quite quickly. Anyway, on receipt of the cheque, I would email them back advising them that the following book would be good preparation for them to handle any similar issues in the future. http://www.amazon.com/Crisp-Twenty-Improve-Customer-Service/dp/1560522461

fazer71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As with the majority of public spending on public works .. It's a sham managed by incompetent fools or > crooks lining their own pockets and the pockets of their friends. > Who can blame them if you were given all that power and money you'd call up your mates and you'd > just end up choosing one of two contractor quotes regardless of how mental the price looked just to > get the project finished. You've never bid on a government contract, have you? Procurement is done via a painfully long process that pretty much always comes down to who quoted the cheapest price. Doesn't matter which department you are dealing with, the Treasury always have the final say.

I can sort of understand them finding your child possibly too much to deal with, but not giving a refund is well out of order. I would inform them, in writing, that you will be taking them to small claims court if you don't get a refund in seven days and then, if they still refuse, do it. I think you have a pretty good case. If you want advice, try the Citizens Advice Bureau - http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/consumer_e/consumer_protection_for_the_consumer_e/consumer_citizens_advice_consumer_service_e/if_you_need_more_help.htm

The Media Centre (IBC/MPC) was that humongous building in the park that looked like it was covered in air conditioning ducts. It is big enough to hold 5 jumbo jets. It was home to the 20000 journos covering the games. It has been said that the comms links into the centre are amazing and so the building will probably end up as a ginormous data centre. 'Village Construction' will be the athletes' village. Kinda important, really.

I want to know how Emili Sande got a spot in both the opening and closing ceremonies. For a little known singer, she got a pretty big role. Is she related to Jacque Rogge somehow?

Well, he is Prince Henry. Dunno about the 'of Wales' bit, but I imagine they checked out the protocol.

It's nice to see that despite the wave of good feeling sweeping the nation, there's still some curmudgeonly old gits trawling the net. It restores one's faith in human nature.

DJKillaQueen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yeah that Sepp Blatter moment was the highlight for me too....just genius. The reason why he was > booed was for the following comment he made in 2004. I think you are analysing this a bit too much DJKQ - I reckon it just comes down the fact that everyone hates Sepp Blatter.

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