Alan Medic

Now that it's a straight knock out comp. it's more interesting than all those group games. Also it has added interest for United fans in that City are in it too.

Monday Laddy, Monday. You don't like Monday's?

I'd say you are losing it Atila.........again.

I didn't know you could divorce a mother-in-law. Wow. Learn something new every day!

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Great cup draw for Man U. City away. Perfect.

It seems some people are finding it hard to digest that the comfy world we thought we lived in has to change. I don't know who to blame. When the company I worked for, for many years, and where I'd figured I'd work until I retired, was bought out and redundancy followed, my world changed. I'm on my 5th temp job since then. I can't even think what is going to happen when I am too old to work and what my pension might be. Lucky for those who can go on strike to protect their 'rights'. My week-day usually starts at 4.30-5am and I get home after 6, which gives me a couple of hours before I have to crash out. My concern is next month, not when I am in my 60's. That's reality for me. It still beats living in a cave and having to hunt for food I reckon.

I thought you got those gifts the wrong way round red!

Modern Art, The Really Nasty Horse Racing Game, Carcassonne. Very different to each other but all good fun for people who like board games.

Have you checked it for a snake?

Only yesterday I was reading about Stan Collymore and his bouts of depression. Seems he Tweeted a lot about it in the last few days. I sometimes hear him on the radio and as a pundit I quite like him but I would never have guessed he had such a dark side. No idea if Gary Speed had similar problems. Just seems such a shame to take your own life.

Well I suspect you are wrong H. If you wanted to cut someone down to size in a 'polite' manner, I doubt anyone would actually use that phrase. Perhaps WOD could put this into context and give us an example of when the term has been used to describe her.

No I don't Nette. I think WOD is a woman of distinction. A bit like yourself really.

As I previously wrote I had a private pension which was altered. What was accrued remained valid. What changed was how it operated afterwards. Thus I have two different pensions.

I forgot, you're back on on the sauce today Mick.

I believe Straferjack.

I heard on the radio Mick that some kid beat about 5 players to score a goal. What's the SP on him?

You ask Paul to leave it now but go into another spiel about an 'unhinged' woman. Do you medical evidence for this? Do you know what it implies? You can hardly call your approach as being 'restrained'. Why should you be believed any more than the other party when within a matter of hours of stating you would only post on your footie thread, you were posting elsewhere. Hardly a woman of her word.

If you only have one crutch Laddy and you use it to stop traffic,presumably by holding it out in front of you,how come you don't fall over?

I can't help thinking that a strike is a bit like biting off the hand that feeds you. Prior to redundancy, the company I spent a good few years working for changed their pension scheme from being a finaly salary one to a defined contribution one. The aim was to reduce its massive pension deficit. I wasn't in a Union and just had to accept it.I could understand the reasons why though. Watching a recording of Question Time last night, the guy who runs Sainsburies was asked what his salary was. It was over ?900k p.a. I don't think that guy could work any harder than I do but of course he has a more important job than me. However, I do wonder why he needs to be paid that much and that there are many others out there who get as much if not more. Is this capitalism gone wrong? Could he not live on say ?450k p.a. That's not a bad salary. There obviously is money out there but it's in the hands of the very few. This post doesn't have an answer.

I agree with Otto and SJ about football. Perhaps it's because there is too much of it on TV, and of what I do watch, too much of that is boring. Having said that,I'm working at a football club at the moment and I just love the stadium. Football stadia are to me what churches might be to some people.

womanofdulwich Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd say it was a compliment. E.g. you are not a > two-faced old bat!- this is true- but why do > people say it? am I naive and unsophisticated and > everyonenelse is two faced? Surely not. I always > think everyone is like me - but maybe they are > really scoffing?? why else are they saying it? My guess is you don't wear a bra. Am I right?

Having read your OP and noticed the title you've given it, are you saying that you are offended by Friar Tuck being cast as a person with black skin? That's it? What about Mickey Mouse? He's a cartoon character. Mostly black if memory serves me correctly. Is that offensive to you? They are after all both fictitious characters though I know you'll probably say MM isn't. Perhaps you can help me? My son was born in London to parents from 2 different 'European' countries. He is now 20 years old and I don't actually know what nationality he considers himself to be. He may not have given it any thought himself. Should I be concerned as currently I don't give a hoot? He probably doesn't either.

No need to apologise. It's not like people would have been waiting for it.

JahSE22 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, definitely Yes very different. You can have a > good fish if you are hungry as this is the only > thing you want easy catch, go for eat :)) Is Eric back?