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...if in doubt, there's always the Mash Someone take the 6000 please

Board members of banks will be nowhere near them by peak oil. They couldn't give a flying. Their goals are entirely short term and driven by THEIR performance and the banks share price and performance at the next quarterly results. They give not a hoot about even 5 years away, they're not that keen on mortgages becuase they think that the housing market is still inflated and may burst anytime soon nothing to do with some future armageddon. But you conspire on.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ???? Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > as an aside, Liverpool won the 1977 EC with 9 > > Englishmen starting > > as a further aside - that year Emgland had 6 of > those Liverpool players in their starting 11 and > failed to qualify for the world cup. And the other 5 were Man U players....(6)

1n 1982 - we were unlucky and absolutely mullered the French, we had poor luck with injuries too especially Keegan and Brooking being out In 1986 we were beaten by a sublime bit of skill and a sublime bit of cheating...if ever a World Cup was up for grabs (also see 1990) it was that one an we were right in the mix once we started playing a more english style against Poland. 1990, need I say more 1998 I think we were a decent side in a good World Cup but wouldn't have won - I think had Hoddle not had other issues he would have been a stronger and decent england manager. The World Cups since then we've been poor, unambitous and looked uncomfortable playing more sophisticated stuff. I'd rather the glorious failure of a trad english approach when for several World Cups we were in some of the best games rather than the tedium of Japan, Germany and SA.

as an aside, Liverpool won the 1977 EC with 9 Englishmen starting

Well we've tried to play more continental since Sven - gets us through the early rounds. Germany have adapted a style, nearer to the pressing game of the Premiership. I think we'd do better, we don't seem capable of playing the technical game of the best european/SA teams. I think the cliches work both ways on this..... At a club level it creamed europe before Heysel.......

Well. A fair few 'foreighn voices' think that England should try and play to the strengths of the Premiership/English game and going 'continental' is soooooooo yesterday....and been proved pretty much not enough to push England to the top tier. I think they have a point.

Western banks are pushed to think much beyond their next quarterly results, today's share price and their next bonus if you think the Boradroom's of the big western banks are building peak oil into their strategies (which are soooo short term) you live in CC land.

Brogues

you like a spicey dish eh Hibbs?

We have in our midst someone who is both very posh (a Lady doncha know) and an authority on weeeing. She is the Oracle who must be consulted. Now where is Ladymuck?

Of course the answer's Nuclear Sean but you also identify the problem it's a hands in the ears shreaks of "Chernobyl, Cherniobyl" response...no proper debate...... ever. Still when we re realise we really are running out of options it will come.

I think a relationship without physical attraction is pretty doomed and a relationship based entirely on it is pretty doomed too.

Re-enact the Battle of the Bulge, historically and physically. I see you in the Robert Grant role MP.

Twas the Euro - the Irish were running a budget surplus a few years back and decent investment from oversaes increased tax revenues with inflation kept low with reasonably high interest rates. Then the Euro....cheap money into a booming economy with a slightly lapse attitude from local and national politicians to building regs (Cough BUNGS and other cronyism) a huge huge bubble *pop*. That's what my irish coleagues tell me - plenty of mercs on the road, people in pubs and restaurants still.....the photos of beggars on the front of the independent and on the BBC website are typical of moany, lets look for the worst angle twats in the media. Everyday I say a little prayer of thanks to a man I have very little respect for normally that goes "Thank you Gordon for keeping us out of the Euro despite the pressure from Tony and Mandy"

so excited that i'm not punctuating

England looking very good at the moment Cook at last gets some runs (a ton!) not long now....

Crunch time for Grant today methinks....

I'm still at the bar waiting a share of Mick Mac's winnings (I even spelt his name right)

5/10 boys at Kickers this morning called Oliver (including mine). Is it a new ED Record?

it would be the graveyard of Quids' idea if it was his idea. I just support democracy and Universal Suffrage not referendum read more slowly Huge and take in.

Clique!!!!!!!! Oh bollox, OK DC banged to rights it's nearly beer time let me but you a pint of bitter (which is what I'll be drinking)later. Sean gets nowt.

Oh my gawd, even my mum was banging on about Hendrik's and Tonic with Cucumber recently..... and believe me she is NOT Shoreditch House material

I've just looked at some of the members on that Facebook page and concur. ...still keen Snatedawg?

you not showing DJ?