StraferJack

Employee not helping business shocker You know when you posted in this section yesterday and it was moved??? Yeah, that

I think you might be right. It's definitely got the potential to do damage

Au contraire. Dark souls the most fun I've had with a game in years. It has made me cry as well tho

The overground/tube connection at LB isn't ideal either - it's a bit of a schlep

I go to FH a fair bit and am down Goose Green end - it's really not that big a deal to get a bus there... pretty quick and several on the route

so because of this thread, some ribeyes in, some chipotle butter being made, and some spuds blanching and it's Friday night marvellous

mostly this

The thought of ???? and MrBen gatecrashing these lovely ladies with lines like "Well hello, and if I may say, what a smashing blouse you're wearing..." makes me shudder ;-)

Can't argue with that, only to add the enormous political problems down the road are manifold and not limited to the Euro I accept I didn't distinguish between the Euro and the EU zone in my post, but I am aware of the differences. I still think/believe that deeper integration amongst the eurozone is desirable given global direction I can't disagree with the argument about populations not having much democratic say in the implementation of the euro, but the way I see it, the longstanding relationship between democracy and money is showing signs of a breakup anyway. Certainly Democracy is sleeping on the couch and Money is denying it prefers That Communist/Dictator down the road but the signs are thre. Counties like China are better capitalists than the western countries - there is just Less In The Way. And if we think western governments ride roughshod over it's citizens wishes now, then to try and compete with that level of control is going to see things get much worse. Better to unite under common themes (even if we can't all agree just now) If countries want to co-exist but as sovereign nations then I believe that might be superficially comforting in short term but in the medium term they will have zero clout Simplistic and possibly doomy thoughts, but the rationale behind my support of The European project anyway

Tsk - disgraceful bunch of people, keeping Mrsjack out so late last night ;-)

Ah just seen this - congrats Strawbs and Jaws People do warn you about exhaustion before the birth but it's only when it happens you genuinely know what they meant As everyone has aaid, your boy's behaviour is normal. I took my little one out for lots of walks in the first few weeks and that certainly aided sleep. But babies are different and no guarantees any single method works But another thing you will hear a lot of is "it gets better" - and that's true too

Lot?s of good points in quids post but the main areas I disagree with would be: Primarily, I wonder had the euro project NOT happened, if things would be significantly better as things stand. You can speculate any which way you like about how things might be better or what would be different, but the eurozone clusterf*** didn?t cause the current global financial meltdown, rather the reverse brought it?s structural problems to the fore A number of countries which benefitted form the eurozone, and who extended themselves too much would, IMO be in a worse position today, insasmuch as they wouldn?t be facing a global crisis on the back of years of growth. Secondly, it is possible to accept all warnings and criticisms of a large project beforehand and still decide that on balance it?s Still Something That Needs Doing. That doesn?t diminish the risks, but again, I?m not sure leaving things as they were was enough. I accept that some people will take that as following ideology blindly but that's not what I think Millions suffering for sure but laying all of that suffering at the feet of the eurozone alone? It?s certainly a key factor but as I say, not the only one A retrenching of countries looking out for their own interests might be forseeable, but is surely something to be argued against ? not just accepted as an outcome.

"I have NEVER heard the term used as an expression of hatred." hatred is a strong term - perhaps disdain is more frequent this sort of thing But I have come across people who take it to another level

nice post Laddy M

****ing Skele***ingtons. Mother F***ers Gaaaah!!!!! #darksoulspain

Bands like coldplay have always co-existed with whatever "big" bands you are alluding to tho MrB

nothing a year or two and a haircut can't sort out DC ;-)

And British kids are angelic compared to the behaviour of Irish sprites - all whizzed up on tayto & tanora And so MANY of them... I've given up trying to watch matches on pub TVs in Ireland for that reason

same here now - maybe it was just traffic that stopped it Ah well - I stand corrected

oooh look - that page has now dissapeared from the DM website

also worth noting re: "empty tents" story don't believe half of what you read, and none of what you hear which, again, sounds like I'm only interested in defending the protestors, but I'm more interested in the wider picture. And being the rag-tag band they are, they are just too easy a target and distraction

"The official Occupy London chant: "WHAT DO WE WANT" - "We're not sure yet" "WHEN DO WE WANT IT" - "Now!!" " Even if that was true, , that's much the same chant I hear from whoever I listen to - experts, pundits, traders, markets - whatever or at least, if not "not sure", it is at least divided So by all means laugh at protestors but don't think they are that much more clueless than the people tasked with sorting out this mess

scoring points already too ;-) I've had a feeling in my waters all week that a return was imminent

God knows my opinion of the daily mail is as low as can be but This article is shaming And that last paragraph is disgraceful

I'd love football to mike the refs up, like rugby. We would lean a lot, very quickly