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Sitting anywhere in the environs you start thinking "I wonder who in here posts?"

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Derby no joy > > > World Cup bets so far > > > Spain (free bet) at 2.5 using my lay on first time > winner STILL ON BUT WORRIED BY HOLLAND > England top scorer Defoe at 12 JUST LAYED OFF SO A FEEE BET > Italy at 16 (agree with Mick, a mad price for the > holders) COULD GET "" NOW! > France to win group at 2.76 (LAY) BINGO > Urugay to win group at 8 BIG BINGO > Denmark to beat Holland at 6 LOST In profit now whatever the outcomes! Plus had SSBanner at Ascot so that was a great week for me!

Barmy

A cole, Terry and Milner Excellent James, Gerrard, Defoe, Upson, Johnson good Barry Ok Rooney Lampard Poor England have blown it, they needed to top that easy group to have a chance

2.5 percentage point and upto the EU norm. Easy and cheap to collect and not effecting the basic neccessities, a tax on spending on which we all have some choice. ...and Labour would have probably done it, they certainly didn't rule it out. Only the Liberals did. If we go bust the poorest will be by far the worst affected

I hope LadyM doesn't wet her knickers throughout SE22's retail premises

I'd like them audited and at the least made to explain or fined/sued for some of their past ratings. But I'd also like an audit for the auditors who have hardly covered themselves in glory. I also blame it on Excel...as a few already have. Too much 'sophisticated' modelling happening too quickly...but that's another story ;-)

But you may lose your malt :)-D ...I wouldn't worry too much.

The credit agencies have not much to be proud of in the credit crunch agreed absolutely...but democratic countries that have borrowed heavily off international finance have not a huge amount of wriggle room and international finance thus far tends to believe the credit agencies over sovreighn states. To stick up for the devil the credit agencies haven't downgraded our status they've just said we need to demoonstrate thet we are doing something about our worrying levels of debt. I think the measures taken are needed BUT the tories are also taking this as an opportunity to attack 'the state' as patrt of an ideological commitment to reducing its size rather than just balancing the books to reinvest once we're back on a keel....although their plans if they work leave a nice little govt surplus handily placed just before the next election...tax cuts anyone?

100.... ....surely not?

Keef - standard practice in organisations who mistrust their employees who are going to 'work at home' mean spirited maybe but personally I clear th decks for England games by taking holiday if they're in the daytime.

I remember in 1986 after a defeat to Portugal and a draw with Morroco watching England V Poland(starting at about 10.30pm...on a friday maybe?) Robson was out, the system changed, Beardsley came in...a Lineker hatrick all was rosy again...

..and I don't mean his cakes

I predict Kipling at some point.....

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Felt really sorry for France today. Sad to see > them go home. They deserved much better. Dripping with sarcsm and bile

Me too!

I think the cuts will dampen the recovery but not half as much as a Sovreign Debt Crisis would. I predict possibly some more QE and very low interest rates for the forseeable....plus a gradual fall in house prices in a very moribund market. Private sector workers have had pay cuts, compulsory lay offs (Honda etc) and redundancies, so if I here another unison official saying "Why should the Public Sector bear the brunt of this" I will fooking explode. Raising Tax thresholds for the poorest in work has to be a good thing and linking the state pension back to earnings rather than inflation is at least a start to stopping the vast majority of private sector workers slipping into poverty on their retirement over the next 30 years! i agree on VAT but it will be used as a stick to beat 'the evil ones', infact it is the easiest and most efficient way to raise tax, brings us up to most EU countries and is, as you say not on food, babies clothes, nappies and books/newspapers. I'm off for a cider.

JTT had Gullit in his top 5 I believe

Yup, i realised Citizen. Not sure about Lennon though. Mexico V Argentina could be a cracker.

I'm predicting 4 4 2, with Defoe replacing Heskey and Upson Carragher......

So the PM and his Deputy not watching England then?

He went to college in the US (sports college) so I think he's been there a while.

although a comment I saw on another website about young rich footballers did have a grain of truth "Don't get me wrong, If I'd been earning ?100,000 a week when I was in my 20s I'd have been crashing a coachload of hookers into a nunnery every night"

Don't worry Mockney....Upson starts tomorrow :-S

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