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Nope - not really Our (and thanks to us and the yanks) the global economy has recently been built on spending way beyond our means built on the foundation of an expectation of increased real income and inflating houseprices and other assets- these particular bubble assumptions have now had a big. big reality check.We are even more screwed becuase a larger part of our economy than most others (excepting Icealand maybe) was built on this bull. People, for now, are realising this so any extra money they get as a result of interest rates cuts (and for savers there isn't any) should be used to reduce the stupid level of debt we have acquired......I expect REAL incomes and houseprices to be declining for upto a decade, most of us better forget about our organic delis/skiing trips and other such indulgencies for some time....

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I thibk the Neil and Parker were both lucky to stay on the pitch...I think Cole was unlucky to go...I think Newcastle are in the doo doo. I think Fergie does now sometimes speak to MOTD but he has a grudge over them about their agent exposure panorama which included his son... Old bagpuss Redknpapp (Kerchiiiing, another wing on my mansion in Sandbanks) just can't resist spouting off to the media...

Come on every one cheer up..people used to hate me, now I think they tolerate me

I am *bob*...if we go there quickly we can start a clique

So finally, 21 years after that Estate Agent told me it was happening....I knew he wasn't lying

Tessa, I do hope this initiative lasts until next May when I presume Gordon will do an election bus tour...gratuoisly lying on a bus; talking bollox in a dour scottish accent; finding the thief who has ruined my pension and the country on the upper deck of a bus; etc etc

Oh don't be so Clownist are their big red shoes and tartan trousers really a neccessary description

I'm sort of with Keef on this....look who starts a particular pub conversation and don't join in if they're not your bag.... still plenty of other stuff going on not hijacked by what many don't like... the older locals seem to be moaning about the good old days and drinking at home

Yup, Beardsley, Dowie, Rougvie for the older ones....your very own Stiles wasn't much of a looker Sands

Ooooh but have you 'proof' Mike...Hugenot absolutely insists on it, you may be a devious local trader- god forbid. He loves restriction on the car and souless shopping malls owned by conglomerates as he lives in Singapore.....

ok...but in terms of title, "Forum Decorum" is almost identical to this ....but content wise it's the playground, so I see where you're coming from..... I guess

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If we hang on for another 15 mins then that's us safe for another year...... ...i'd be sh1tting it if I was a geordie..two tough games to come (arsenal and Chelsea I think) and Stoke, Blackburn and Boro all look capable of getting out of the relegation zone.. not looking good for Ratty's boys either

Parkie's not on Radio 4 anymore

Hugenot loves an audit, he's a man without opinion just 'fact' for him.......

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Admin.....I think this and the older posters drifting away thread are great threads that get lost in here...can they be lounged please....pretty please?

Moos Being suspicious of new posters raving about local services (not very nice, in my view, but understandable in the light of past fakes) ...I might just take out all but the first 5 words..;-)

A roller weighs at least a ton you know Brendan... ...sorry I'm late, better make it a double

Sooooooooooo... there are lots of people ( thick and working class often no doubt) who don't know what's good for them.. ...but the intellectual elite of the EDF do... yup, I buy that

Here we go......same old stuff... should we ban all pubs as far more families are destroyed through alcohol....

Masterminded will walk it...but agreed ridiculous price....apparently you can get him at 6/4 to win by 10 lengths+ which is more tempting.. KS was on Betfair at 2s at 6.30am this morning!

I've no axe to grind, in fact, if I had to choose I'd like Arsenal to have won out of the big teams...but Man U are a class above the rest of you 'big boys' so why don't you pick up your toys..it really sounds sour grapes from big teams moaning about luck and refs cheating etc.... try being fans of sides who don't have you 'luck' and bias decisions as a matter of course....