Alan Medic

CP is great for 3 or 4 day breaks. If you go to the one in Wiltshire you can use the 'train' to get around.

I'd guess that in August it would be difficult to rent a cottage for a few days i.e less than a week. Saying it's on a budget doesn't tell us much really as we are all on budgets even if they are different. Does it have to be by the coast? Does it have to be in England? What are you hoping for ideally?

Dear H. I'm at a crossroads in my life and have been there for some time.I keep hearing Nothing Rhymed by Gilbert O' Sullivan. How do I get this out of my head and what should be there? Can you help? PS My brother knows Duncan B if that helps?

I still won as I backed it EW. Given the prizemoney I guess 3rd place would be at least ?30k?

I but a few pence on Moth EW on the basis that you don't pay ?30k to enter a horse unless you're pretty sure of it.

What about a 3 team final RD?

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ronnie O'Sullivan is 6/1 favourite to win the > World Snooker Championships. He hasn't been > interested in playing for quite a while. With > those odds I've put my two bob on him. I used to > watch snooker avidly years ago but these days it > seems lacking in characters though O'Sullivan is > brilliant. ROS now 1/8 on I think. Stephen Hendrey thinks it's as good as over before the final even starts.

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So what exactly are the flaws/loopholes?.. Introducing aggregate scores to decide the SF after the 1st legs were played. Gave me a 2 goal advantage over Otta I believe. Of course it wasn't decisive but using a bit of logic helped maximise the advantage. If we had predicted different outcomes to the games it wouldn't have mattered of course. I'm leaving the country now..........

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jeez calm down Dic/Doc, I was (I thought) poking > fun at you. You started the (what until now I > thought was) banter with the 'I trust maxxi won't > be getting a 5 point start' stuff and I assumed it > was all in robust good humour - no need to throw > your toys out of the pram. Now that I know better > I take it all back. You have never whined (well, > except maybe your last post - that is really a bit > whiney tbh). Now lighten up. You touched a raw nerve. Ever since me and my kid brother got a deluxe version of subbuteo for Christmas and he moaned to everyone that I had to spend 3 hours reading the rules before playing with him, I've been scarred.

The fact is Max I 'won' my place in the final in part due to a flaw in the rules. I didn't post it on here due to the fact RD appeared to give the impression I was a serial whiner which you have picked up on. I did however let my opponent know. So I now relinquish my place in the final to Otta. This will give you more time to reassess my posts on the loopholes in rules I may have pointed out. I look forward to you quoting one which could be classified as a whine :) PS Thanks RD for organising the prediction games this season. I do think it merits its own thread if you continue next season.

maxxi Wrote: > With elan and flair, with never putting the Irons > down for a defeat, with always opting for the > ludicrous odds of the coupon buster, with - to be > honest - no love of settling for safety and mid > table mediocrity and, finally, with no whining, > carping or questioning the rules. > > AND with such confidence in providence that my > prediction for the CL final is the opposite of > whichever team you pick to win. If you want Bayern > I'll go for Dortmund and vice versa so there'll be > a winner without having to analyse the feck out if > it B) > > Over to you, Dic. Dic here Max. I didn't think you would start the mind games so soon. Still, if you want to change 'the rules' as you haven't got it in you to make a prediction it's up to you ;-)

> Fulham 2 Reading 1 > Norwich 1 Aston Villa 1 > Swansea 2 Man City 2 > Tottenham 3 Southampton 1 > West Brom 1 Wigan 2 > West Ham 3 Newcastle 1 > QPR 1 Arsenal 2 > Liverpool 2 Everton 1 > Man Utd 3 Chelsea 1 > Sunderland 2 Stoke 0 > Man City 1 West Brom 1 > Wigan 2 Swansea 0 > Chelsea 1 Tottenham 1

Hi ratty, why did you choose Hayes? Was it for work reasons or just the best value for money place you could find that ticked all the boxes?

Thanks Saffron for the very clear response to my question and to Oxalis for the recommendation. And of course to all the previous contributions.

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mick Mac Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Dic ? > > > On the basis of Football Club team-mate > nicknaming: > > Alan Medic (if we accept that anagrams would form > no part of the average footballer's thinking) You calling me an anagram Max XI? How's the relegation fight going?

UDT was possibly the most popular and enlightened poster on the EDF of all time, only to be hounded out by the 'jealous crew' who didn't like someone being more clever than them!

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alan Medic Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > b) You have failed to understand the nuances > > involved in the 2nd leg predictions as they > were > > entirely tactical on my part > > When are you going to start applying these tactics > to the League?.. Admittedly I haven't set the season alight in the league RD, but I think the chance of European glory is a redeeming factor. I trust maxxi won't be getting a 5 point start?

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 7 goal out and 12 goals out? That's the Peter > principle in action and no mistake. Mick.......... a) You claimed to be my advisor not so long ago b) You have failed to understand the nuances involved in the 2nd leg predictions as they were entirely tactical on my part c) Yes mistake

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was robbed I tell ya, ROBBED! I know!

Just wondering if there is any point in this. My niece has posted some horrible things about her father and older sister on FB. As I still have a line of communication with her, though not often, could I potentially make matters worse by sending her a message asking her why she wrote what she did? Not saying she was right or wrong, but just asking the question. My hope would be it would spark a thought in her that maybe she shouldn't have, but I don't know. Is this a no no? Even contemplating asking the question could simply be my ignorance of the illness.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/us-boy-5-kills-two-year-old-sister-with-rifle-given-as-present-1.1379214 America wake up.....

So the council can do this but it's illegal to do similar if you've lost a cat for example.That makes sense doesn't it.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ronnie O'Sullivan is 6/1 favourite to win the > World Snooker Championships. He hasn't been > interested in playing for quite a while. With > those odds I've put my two bob on him. I used to > watch snooker avidly years ago but these days it > seems lacking in characters though O'Sullivan is > brilliant. He's still going strong. It there a tip of the year prize, gamblers?

I'd have liked to have seen Madigan picked as a third no.10 who can play elsewhere. I'm sorry Zebo isn't going as he's exciting to watch. The selections of Hartley & Stevens leave me cold. No Rory Best either. Too many crooked darts? Still there will be replacements even before the tour starts I bet.

......very blurred minds as they aren't both the same