Alan Medic

Mick Mac Wrote: > Apologies, but I had to get that in before > midnight. It's a shame no-one else posted in > support of this remarkable event. > It was nice to see BBC put the Glasgow 67 > documentary on the main channel last night. Thanks > Alan Medic for highlighting. > Forever 67. I hadn't seen that particular documentary before and would highly recommend it. It has a charm about it. It can still be seen on the BBC i player. On a different note I'd be curious to know what Spurs fans here think they were missing that Chelsea had to win the league? Good to see Jose at least happy for once. It amazing that one game defined how good or bad the season was for him & United. If they lost it would have been considered not good enough, but winning it means it was a great season. I seem to remember him saying winning the Charity Shield was LVG's and not his trophy. Seems like he's taken it back now though. Why can't the FA Cup Final kick off at 3pm? It used to be the highlight of the year for me when there was hardly ever any football on TV. Too much football just dilutes what used to be a pleasure.

jimlad48 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was running last night and a cyclist kept coming > down the pavement towards me - I matched his > course directly and said politely but firmly 'this > is a pavement, ride on the road'. That's what I feel like saying to joggers on the pavement. Find somewhere else to run. Some of them seem to think us pedestrians should move out of the way when they approach. By definition a pavement is for pedestrians and a pedestrian is someone who walks, not runs.

@ Mick Mac. In case you don't know there's a documentary on the Lisbon Lions tomorrow BBC1 11.15.

https://www.ft.com/content/e021c208-3ede-11e7-9d56-25f963e998b2 Lets see if this works......... ..........it didn't. You can read the article though. Just can't post a link to it.

Congratulations RD and thanks for organising it.

I don't expect the remain voters to vote for the Lib Dems. In this constituency I expect I'll vote for Labour. This isn't just any old GE. What happens will affect the country for years to come. In my opinion, in a bad way. I'm clutching at straws that the country won't commit suicide.

If this election is about Brexit then there isn't much difference between the Conservative and Labour approach to it. It appears some people think the UK can remain in the Single Market and curb immigration. That's not possible. After that it's about different ways of arranging the furniture that's left in the sitting room. Only the LibDems have offered a 2nd referendum on the Brexit deal. Whoever the 48% are should really be voting for them. But as stated here,they don't seem to be making any impact in the campaign so far. I hope that changes.

You haven't worked as an undertaker Red, have you?

Ajax fielded the youngest ever side in the Dutch league at the week-end. They still had the title to play for. Average age 20 years 139 days. That's pretty incredible in any day or age.

One thing it certainly isn't is nessasary (sic).

Jah has moved up into 2nd....#stillpossible

I remember in the mid 80's going to see United play at Stamford Bridge. We were in a Chelsea occupied stand. A good reason to keep quiet became doubly so when Frank Stapleton approached the touchline underneath us to take a throw. Not far from us were a few guys whose origins/politics became clear when they shouted at Stapleton, *uck off you Fenian *astard.

adonirum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ......or when the Police station was a house on > the corner of Upland Road/Crystal Palace Road. I thought that house for undercover police. Are you saying it was a Police station before that?

Trinnydad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting article in the financial press this > week which illustrates the myth of inward > investment. Summary of it as follows:- > > These details apply to Thames Water which is > entirely owned by off-shore companies > > Quote............... > > ?1.16bn Dividends paid to shareholders from 2006 > to 2015 > 0 Corporation tax paid by Thames Water from 2011 > to 2015 > ?10.2bn Borrowings by March 2016. > ?260m pensions deficit by March 2016 (Shades of > BHS ??) > > > Since December 2006 Thames Water has been owned by > a consortium of institutional investors, including > funds from China and Abu Dhabi. It was managed by > Macquarie Capital Funds (MCF), dubbed by > Australian newspapers the ?vampire kangaroo? for > its ruthless focus on profits and tax > minimisation. MCF sold its final stake in March > 2017 to Kuwaiti and Canadian investors. > > Thames Water paid ?1.16bn in dividends between > 2006 and 2015 - a return that equates to about > half of the ?2.3bn of equity paid to buy Thames > Water by the Australian Macquarie Capital Funds in > 2006-07. It paid NO TAX during the last 6 years. > Unquote > > This surely is a scandal of major proportions. If no tax was paid in the last 6 years then no dividends were either. Those can be paid when a company is making a profit. What is the myth of inward investment? Why would the figures be any different if the company was UK owned?

Speaking of providing content, were any of you contacted by a Kiwi last year doing a thesis based on this forum?

Otta Wrote: > You were weary of girls in red jumpers as a > teenager. Is that really weary or do you mean wary? Two different thoughts come to mind.

Villager Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alan Medic Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > To use a football analogy, I hope that Teresa > May > > is to elections as BFS was to England > management. > > I will vote for anyone with the best chance of > > stopping another Conservative government. I > > seriously hope the opposition do not continue > to > > rule out a coalition, if that's what it takes. > > > BFS? > > WIFS is BFS? WIFS?

To use a football analogy, I hope that Teresa May is to elections as BFS was to England management. I will vote for anyone with the best chance of stopping another Conservative government. I seriously hope the opposition do not continue to rule out a coalition, if that's what it takes.

Andrew Marr asked TM yesterday if she thought gay sex was a sin. She said no as I expected her to. Right we can all vote for her now as 'ol Tim just found it really difficult to say it wasn't...... These bloody questions irritate me. First of all everyone takes for granted a sin is a bad thing but no one says what it actually is. Go on someone, define it. Oh ok, sins are acts which don't please God. You'll probably go to Hell if you commit enough of them or at least have a pit-stop in Purgatory. Oh right. So who is God and what are these places called Hell and Purgatory? But no. TM won't be asked anything like this. She may well believe that God is a man with grey hair and a long beard who sits on a throne in a place called Heaven. His son could perform miracles. His son's Father was called Joseph even though he (Joseph) wasn't God. His mother was a virgin. It all makes sense now. One last question PM. Is nose picking a sin? No, it isn't. Why not?

titch juicy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It has nothing to do with the actual numbers or > the policy, it's that she messed up something so > basic live on the radio. Does it really matter in the greater scheme of things? May said 9 times there wouldn't be a snap election. > > With this and John McDonnell being photographed > yesterday giving a speech under the Hammer & > Sickle and Ba'athist flag, any advances Labour had > made in the last two weeks will now likely have > been completely undone.- Jeez. Do you really think that's important? If so why?

You're still watching it fc?

Dead right on both counts rendel. Tom David was upcapped in that match I'm sure.The club socks wasn't the question but it could have been.

I've probably posted this before sometime. One of the best tries ever. Anyone know what was traditional about Barbarians selections in the old days (maybe now too)?

Not a good start to the week-end. I predicted 8 goals being scored by home teams. They got zilch. I hope that changes today.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bbc-question-time-audience-member-oxford-strong-stable_uk_59026cade4b05c39767d4ad2 Let there be grown ups. The repetition is so obvious that I'm not actually sure people will start believing it.