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Extremely gutted but he had a 'I-can-leave-if-you-get-relegated' clause in his contract so no choice. Almost as gutted as watching Parker turn in world beating performances week in week out for Spurs.

I'm thinking of Nov 1st to 30th so last drink tonight and next on Dec 1st. I know what you mean about fun but I feel I need the extra self discipline so exile starts tonight at midnight. No other takers?

Dalwhinnie 15yr old - http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/public/4hI_0qIWw1qwqJN3rbR6BeLv4GGA2Rl0OWzhzGNBkUFedKXsa1lvtyuOfGJrC5rnD2Zj2VLQ9pbcJTSNfSq3oXZxOo4Qkog2JItlPLK0J0Nbbos6GhCFk4Nz7cPEWhyrPWizUCF-qOb8URmNmzeTRFhCKbB0AGW0akU_e5BmeEU=s90-c - a little smoke but wonderfully nutty and caramel flavour with honey notes. *honey note - "Honey, your dinner's in the oven"*

9100 ETA >:D<

More of a Toni Basil than a Cheryl Cole. FC - no need to sing, a career in Hollyoaks beckons. Mischa B - I can hear her future now... "Ohhhhhhh, Bodyfo-orm! Bodyform for you-u-u!" This looks like a Brookstein kind of a year.

Just been cleaned out by Dracula and his buddies - I offered the posse a jar with sweets in and some wrapped choc-biscuits little hands darted in and out with the expertise of Rio pick-pockets and left 'promising' to share everything equally. Happy Halloween!

No-drink-vember starts tomorrow (oh, 73 btw) and I think I may take a stab at it. Anyone else? Anyone for temporary exile? An edf sabbatical without the comfort of a hot toddy? We could have a contest - like a tontine but whoever cracks before November 30th loses (loses/wins... nothing but pride in the knowledge one has mastered (a couple of-) one's appetites. Did I say 73? ETA: well you might consider it KT616 if only to give Mick Mack's short-term-memory-loss syndrome time to kick in...

I thought the new routemasters were due to come into service in 2012 ... perhaps there will be an interim period of normal double deckers until then. http://lamodeverte.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/routemaster.jpg?w=450&h=407

After this weekend the idea of No-drink-vember is starting to appeal... I think it might usefully be twinned with a self-imposed temporary forum exile - none of this disappearing and popping up again like Huge and Quids though, the suspense is too much - just a calmly stated intent to forego posting for a fixed period... to see which part of you cracks first.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > :)-D Irons >:D<

citizenED Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Stoke Aldermoor council estate in Coventry. > 4 o'clock in the morning. The Barley Lea? The Farmstead? Or the perils of Whitworth Avenue? Or a mere dalliance near Macbeth's chippy on Acorn Street? As someone raised on this estate I am intrigued (but not offended - I did grow up there)... when and where Citizen?

Will your period of abstinence run alongside a self-imposed forum exile for the same time frame (on the basis that the forum is at its best/bearable and funniest/less irritating with a stiff livener on the inside)? Or will the forum become your substitute for a post-rush hour whisky and splash?

The 31st to the 25th seems a bit arbitrary - what will you do for 'something warming in a flask' come Bonfire Night? Take soup?

Rumour has it Nette has already put in a bid and has been to the pet shop in Northcross Road in search of white mice, a rat and a couple of lizards...

You only really need the pan to be super-hot for the initial browning/sealing, After 30 seconds (so the steak doesn't stick) you can flip it and do 30 secs on the other side then turn down the heat - this will minimise the smoke.

Ironic/deluded it's a fine line.

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I love this thread! It's like a bunch a people > debating as to whether Allo Allo is better than > Dads Army. > > > (I'm going to be controversial and go with Allo > Allo) Dad's Army being a progenitor, denying "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" its rightful place in the argument is only adding fuel to the fire that "Allo Allo" was not following a similar 'Yes-it's-a-bit-suspect-but-it's-only-a-laugh' well trodden (allbeit jungle) path. *Ponders the dog days of "DA" that became the void filled by "IAHHM" and the wasteland that was 'Get Some In'*

A salon. Yes. That's what it is.

Surely... http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSwCzQE06lnoDOnzKCYke7m3s2O7ZF4FJF0jOAjylcdArVt5Mep or http://rubenerd.com/uploads/photo.pete_dud.jpg ...but with more swearing. ETA: new photo as first was not clear...

I think he was being ironic. No one could suggest that Stoke need to toughen up. As for Arsenal - I'd rather see them play pretty football than watch them return to the thuggery of Viera and Bergkamp.

MPC?

Really? Downton Abbey, X Factor and now this?

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > snowy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Sorry for tempting fate with the weather > > comment... > > xxxxxx > > Is your forum name significant? > > If it rains or snows we will all blame you :) And in a tribute to the pagan origins of the night we will burn you inside a wicker cup-cake to appease the rain/snow Gods.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Surely he's not supposed to have a table > permanently on the pavement? Why can't he just > bring it along on Saturdays? He probably decided that - having tried to sell "TV Tables" at ?11.99 all day and heard more "Twelve quid for a bit of plywood!? You're havin' a laugh!" than "Oh look darling, just what we need." - he'd leave it there in the hope that it would arouse comment or interest. Or he's just lazy/stupid.

Mr Ben (wearing the clothes he fooled his scrap metal dealer with) widens the search for his new Big Band... http://trumpton3.homestead.com/PughPughBarneyMcGrew/concert_poster.jpg