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I used to be a werewolf, but I'm alright nowwwwwwwwwww!

''...flashing strobe lights...'' The cats around here would love that, larging it all night long... ''Put your paws in the air, like you just don't care...''

For a moment there I was all of a quiver...

Undisputedtruth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also the problem with Andy is that he was trying > too hard, hence the number of slips throughout the > game. And there's me thinking his Mum hadn't tied his laces properly...

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Players winning on all surfaces has become easier > as the surfaces have come closer together (slower > grass and faster clay) and not because these > players are a golden age. > > I have this from a tennis "expert" at work - I > really don't know how you get faster clay.... Actually I think you'll find it's because the Gulf Stream is lower than normal...new balls please

Serve and volley was really only a tactic that succeeded on faster grass courts. Not sure why, but Wimbledon's grass surface is slower these days, making it easier for any player coming to the net to be passed. I believe racket technology has also moved on, creating a bigger 'sweet spot', again helping the players that stay back to hit passing shots...

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mick Mac Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I think its a pretty poor excuse that he's up > > against 3 world class players... > > > > Would he have fared any better in the era of > Borg, > > McEnroe and Connors ? > > Ditto Sampras/Agassi. Or even Becker and Edberg. > Would his chances have been any better when these > guys were top of the rankings? Of course there will always be good players in any era, but IMO what marks out the current era is the all round depth of quality of Fed, Rafa and Djokovic. It's unusual to have 3 world class players capable of winning on all surfaces, thus making it harder for Murray to win any of the Slams. Fed, Rafa and Djokovic, have each won the 4 Grand Slams. There are no surface specialists in that group. Borg never won at the US or Oz Open. McEnroe never won at the French or Oz Open. Also, in the open tennis era there have only been 6 players to win three or more Grand Slam singles titles in a calendar year...Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. Note the last 3...

buddug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wondered if it was just vandalism at first, but > saw how carefully they had been taken off, without > breaking or bending the attaching bits. So wipers > can be sold on? Window cleaners...

Murray is a bit unfortunate in that he is playing in a 'golden era' where there are 3 world class players in Federer, Djokovic and Nadal. The odds of him not playing one of them at some point in a tournemant are pretty slim. Just getting to a final of a Grand Slam is a good achievement in itself, especially Wimbledon with all the pressure that is thrown at him. His biggest problem will be how he copes mentally with another Grand Slam final defeat, his fourth I believe. Maybe he just needs a bit of luck to get over the line. Yesterday it was against him in that the rain delay and subsequently playing under the roof played into Fed's hands...

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry Champions League is just UK, us playing with > ourselves like WORLD BASEBALL just US. No it's not, it's a European tournament...

Sounds like a clean getaway...

Move close to a Chinese takeaway, strangely the cat problem will eventually disappear...

Which bloke would have the balls to go up against Fatima Whitbred?..

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Undisputedtruth Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Otta Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Don't care either way. Good luck to him, as > > > Federer is arrogant, but I won't swell with > > > British pride if he wins, and if he was > playing > > > Nadal I'd cheer Nadal because he's way more > > > entertaining than any of them. > > > > I see that you're trying to extend your > playground > > logic to the world of men's tennis. > > > > Top level sports men and women have, by their > very > > nature, arrogance. It is why these sports > people > > compete with each other for the prize of being > the > > very best. > > > And you would know that because of what? What top > level of anything have you competed at? Bullshitting perchance?..

A search of planning applications for Abbotswood Road didn't show up any loft conversions. You can do a quick search for any road... http://planningonline.southwark.gov.uk/ You could always ask local estate agents for their thoughts.

A pictorial guide for the hard of reading... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/outbuildings/miniguide

*I'm fighting a losing battle so I'm going back to bed smiley*...

Crap thread...

Eventually it was a good match. Agree about the Wimbledon prize money, make the ladeez play best of 5 sets like the men...on second thoughts, don't bother.

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What has football focus got to do with single guys ...is there a punchline coming?

If there was a gold medal for whinging...

*looking forward to hangover cure fry-up smiley*...

Mick, keep up, Marray won yesterday...

Summer...

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