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Gerrard - apologies...the hurt was too much!! I think Cole and Ferdinand (of 2006) can bring it out. I get your point and it's a valid one but going back overtime we've not been far off a few times and with a bit of luck who knows. 1982 - out without losing, Absolutetly slaughtered France looked formidable until the very stupid and complex 2nd groups stage where a more scared looking team plus defensive Germany and Spain meant we dropped out unbeaten after two draws 1986 - that was a World Cup up for the grabs. Beaten, just, by the brilliance and cheating of Maradonna 1990 - Those pesky penalties after being far better than germany, we would have beaten Argentina 1998 - I think we had a great team at this tournament. Again penalties in a game we looked the better team. France were formidable but we deserved to progress further. 2002 - Typical Sven, cautious and out. 2006 - see above, plus poor squad selection

If they'd all been fit Matt I'd have had the following for sure at that time, not retropsectively Ferdinand, Campbell, A. Cole, Owen, Rooney, Hargreaves, J Cole - maybe Totti for Owen

..and that's not true of New Labour - Ecclestone (Coughs) or to massive vested interests such as the unions?

That's fighting talk Ted, when I've had a few sharpeners I'll be looking for a straightner

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yup, teams with poorer squads than England's have won previous World Cups on several occasions - you need some luck and some guile. Seriously, how many of Italy's 2006 team on paper would have been in England's line up? 2 or 3?

If I was to play devil's advocate (unlikely of course) I would ask does sitting using a remote device to contact the outside 'world' whils sitting an a bar suggest ease with your immediate surroundings?

Should really thin people get a discount?

Wild is the wind in some parts of the world but not in little old England - we're absolute begiiners when it comes to this stuff

I'm sure girls really go for blokes in bars sitting texting away on their Blackberrys/I-phones, it's a real green light

wot humcamunca said

..not sitting posting on the EDF all weekend he won't

Yuo, let's be frank this is not america is it, there was just a bit of wind

RandomV's point was that it was an idiot campaign based on discredited science by a doctor who has been struck off led by the likes of the Daily Mail that led to a reduction in MMR jabs which has, surprise surprise, now a few years later led to an increase in measles and the likes for the first time in years. Did homeopathy lead to the eradication of Polio? How do rates of infant mortality in high innoculation countires compare to those in low? What were infant mortality rates like in the UK before mass innoculation? These are questions and facts that people that really want to know the answer should be asking. It's not about choice it's about scientific fact versus mumbo jumbo

It really wasn't that bad was it? Just a winter storm - the BBC just issue a servere weather warning when you get anything that deviates from the norm nowadays. We live in a hyperbolic media world now - see swine flu etc

Don't think I'll make the 2nd but planning on 1st. Eastwood - excellent Director? Discuss

Missed you Louisa...not bad for a festive opener 6/10

I heard it twice

Not dogma - fact

Go and look at infant death rates from a whole host of diseases and infections - some of which have been more or less eliminated - before standard innoculations were introduced and then look at death rates since they were introduced , then stop believing 3rd age quackery.

Oh, I see, I thought you were talking IQ Woof

I'll be eating italian........

That's very worthy of you W. But we've already got "Darling" for "D"

Why don't you try the EDF drinks, plenty of mingling and normally a big mix of age range all local - sorted

I think Steph makes a good point about extended families - I suspect many people in London don't live near mum's, dad's etc and so don't have that opportunity. We never had with ours but my sister lived near my mum and dad when hers were young and got a lot of support. I've some mates at home who have never really missed on big occasions other mates weddings/ big parties etc because they have closer (physically) families and the tradition is more that the extended family do a lot of caring. We went out after about 6 weekish?. We also went to a wedding in Portsmouth 2 days after our first was born which was a scary thing to do but in hindsight fantastic as we then were not worried about going out locally - at all. My missus also had a natural birth with no complications so she was up and about after a few hours. From a male perspective - the scariest thing for me was when my missus went on a hen do and I was left for 4 days with our 10 month old in Spain as we lived there then, I was absolutely crapping myself but it gave me a lot of confidence! She left a lot of lists. Each to their own but at the other extreme I know a few couples who haven't left their kids after 2+ years which can't be good I feel - for kids or relationships!