Cassius

Thanks for the advice.

Middle age is when you start thinking that the music you bought in your teens was sh!te.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Word, Cassius. > > I know some guys in their mid 20's who are > definitely 'middle-aged'. Exactly - so it is all in the mind.

As already stated middle age is a state of mind not an age - as is being old!

LM - what an amazing person you must be - your friend has been lucky to have you for the past years. It is now time to do the last and biggest thing for your friend, and that is to wish her goodbye. As pointed out by other posters, it is her life, her decision and ultimately her death and it would be a shame if after all you've done you are left with any regrets from not saying your farewells.

I had a stalker a few years ago - luckily he was not the brightest and gave me his phone number so when he called to tell me he was watching me I could tell from the land line number that actually he was several miles away!

Pecorino is another white grape of the area worth sampling but doesn't get exported so much. Green and Blue are doing some nice wines from the Chieti area.

Hi. I know the Abruzzo but only near the Pescara region. Where are you flying to?

Lets hope they keep the jazz on Sunday lunchtimes - really enjoyed that.

lilolil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Can I suggest that we all call customer services? > It's free on 150 from your t mobile phone . Option > 4 then 5 But you can't call for free if you have no signal - catch 22! I did call yesterday from my land line and complained - it seems to be a very localised problem as I had no problems once I got to the station! I have been offered compensation without asking for it.

My experience of Grammar school was very similar to ????'s. The comprehensives in my area were pretty dire (unless you were Catholic and could attend their faith secondary school) so I felt very lucky to have passed my 11 plus. I came from a 'broken' home and was a free school meals child so a private school was out of the question. Without the Grammar school system I doubt I would have made it to University and to having a professional qualification. I flourished at Grammar - a single sex school suited me well and within the school we were streamed, so whilst I was in the top stream of Maths where we were all encouraged and pushed to enjoy the subject beyond the O'level curriculum, I was in the bottom stream of French where we were nurtured and helped in every way possible (I eventually passed 3rd time lucky). The classes were small, the teachers were dedicated and approachable, and once I settled in I did actually enjoy my school days. I know this is purely anecdotal but the Grammar schools were I grew up still exist so they must have been doing something right and perhaps it is more about the quality of the teachers and their ability to make their subjects both interesting and understandable than it is about a 'label'

I feel the same - not much of a fashionista myself but sad to see someone so talented die so young, especially as it is thought by his own hand. Tragic.

Killer Queen by Queen

Baroness Deech, one of Britain?s most influential family lawyers and chairwoman of the Bar Standards Board, said last week that we should be duty-bound to look after our parents in their old age. ?In return for all that grandparents do, should there not be an obligation to keep them, and to keep parents, and reciprocate the care that was given by them to children and grandchildren in their youth?? she said. She also pointed out that grandparents provided free childcare. What do you think of this. Should we be 'duty-bound' to look after our parents? Does this not ignore the fact that not all parents are paragons? Will Shannon Matthews feel like looking after Karen Matthews after the way she was treated? And what about those who have had abusive parents? Surely if you love your parents and feel able to look after them, then the very fact that it is a legal obligation and not a loving gesture takes something away from it? I can also see that the main burden will fall on the woman - no matter whose parents they are. My step-mother aged at least 10 years in that many months whilst she looked after my incontinent grandfather whilst his son (my father) did nothing or little to help. What do you think?

Hi Emily - I am not a big dog lover, but have been horrified and saddened by your story and also touched by your obvious devotion to woody. If only all dog owners were like you......... I wish woody a speedy recovery and hope that you are able to get some kind of justice for what has happened to you both.

And at sporting events where I am offered a choice of Fosters or Fosters will drink water.

"The idea of drinking something that doesn't even taste very good to get drunk as a regular habit, or prelude to a good time, seems pretty weird to me." Doesn't TASTE good!!! - a good glass of wine or ale is absolutely delicious and I would drink them even if there was no alcohol content - just for the taste. Riesling, Pinot Noir, Doombar...............

Just been on the phone to the leisure centre - due to their heating problems they are closed today until at least 2.00pm - so no lunchtime Theo classes - sob!

I like the staff in Sainsburys but have to agree with Eater re the staff in Halfords in Brixton - been there several times and never found anyone who actually knows anything about their stock or is willing to be helpful.

I know there was a young lad living rough in the woods - hope it was nothing to do with him.

Is anyone else having this problem?

Can recommend Leanne Benjamin - quite a 'muscular' ballerina but very good.

Er - sorry I was just trying to say that those stupid statements about statistics are rather pointless - wasn't meant to be an attack on anyone's reading habits. It was meant to be tongue in cheek.

Also not a big GB fan but can't help thinking that this mother had done far more to insult her son's name by this than an unfortunate spelling mistake. I also wonder if she has made any money from it. Tabloids have their agenda and they will stoop to almost anything to achieve its aims.

Surely that should be 54% of tabloid newspaper readers support the reintroduction of the death penalty.