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SeanMacGabhann

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  1. he is probably good enough to stabilise them and avoid relegation. Just. And even then only maybe Not sure who else is around who would take the job and do better anyway There must be some unknowns in the background who are better then the usual suspects when a managerial vacancy came up. Imagine when Graham went from Arsenal if we chose only from the available crop of British Managers.. heaven help us Then again, the FAI tried to be bold with Stan and look where that got them,...
  2. Ach Brendan - just missed this one: Friday October 12th - Invasion of the Africans - ?40.00 This is the week of the South Africa trade tasting in London and so we have put together an evening featuring some of our favourite wines and wine people. In the true spirit of this country, this will be informal and lots of fun, as well as deeply delicious. Menu details to follow shortly but we will show six wines with 4 courses. some more here http://www.greenandbluewines.com/services/events.php and seems Clapham branch heavy but they often have more going on than the website says
  3. Let's suss when the next tasting is at G&B and get some other forumites along - anyone up for it?
  4. I recently revisited San Andreas and got as far as Las Venturas - some of the stuff Shaun Ryder comes out with as his character is.... yeah you're right. Not for kids... As for daddy's mysterious DVDs - are you a dad with TWO stashes?
  5. Blinder - well, if you WILL let your kids watch The Wire ;-)
  6. Brendan I did preface it with "incoming snob alert" so don't have a pop - but basically both. Plus most of the other wines bought at any other supermarkets. Oddbins were a chain that really put the effort in but a few years back they took an alarming dip I've been drinking wine for 20 odd years now but only in the last 2 have I paid any more than lip service to "quality" - if I liked it I liked it and that was enough for me. But like any convert I get over-zealous No to sound like a spokesperson, but the G&B wine tasting evenings to an outstanding job of explaining the differences in wines and what you are really paying for by going for the 40% off/3 for 2 deals And yes I am aware I am coming across as an overly serious gobshite.... but I'm doing one of my occassional 24 hour demi-glace making sessions so my passion about food/drink is more forthright than usual (even if I'm not much good at it)
  7. Cap'n Birdseye - great examples of swearwords right there! My favourite is when Geoff's wife walks in to the restaurant, hears everyone swearing and calls Cheryl, "you carwash C@@@" Blinder - again, it's not the swearword it's the motive/intent. If he/she conceded to not swear but still felt the same would that it any better?
  8. Incoming snob alert.... Don't buy oversugared rubbish wine from somewhere that doesn't give a shite about wines But fewer bottles of intersting good stuff from people who do If you don't think you know enough about wine then use the saving to learn more If you don't CARE then why are you still reading this..???
  9. As for the suit thing, I find it hard to remember a time when a suit was considered compulsory for work - so now I ocassionally wear one just for effect. I love a good suit but prefer wearing when I'm not obliged to Suits are like swear words (see my just-posted comments on the swear word thread) - depends who is using them and why
  10. For Dom's response alone I'm buying him a drink Swear words don't offend me in any way shape or form. All of the, including the C word can be applied with great flair, humour and to great effect What does offend me is unthinking gobshites who think swearing, in an of itself, is hard/cool. They don't have to be young. I hear 40 something men at work utter a couple of sentences which, combining intent and swear-word content, show them up to me nothing but misogynist scumbags ... Ignorance - not a swear word but it is what offend me most
  11. * against my better judgement * Maurice - stand by what you like but at least enter into the debate if someone makes some points back at you Your quote above describes perfectly the Northern Rock fiasco,a point I've already made to you, but you seem to reserve special bile for "renters" (or tenants as the civilised world likes to call them)
  12. Are you sure Mark? I remember the Clapham one opening and people comparing it to the ED one [quick rummage] Here's a review I remember reading http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/8188.html
  13. I'm 99% certain the LL branch is/was the original and Clapham followed a couple of years later
  14. like THAT excuse works for blokes ;-)
  15. Final scene in merry christmas mr lawrence with Tom Conti and Beat Takeshi... Scene in Smoke where the "short story" has Tom Waits 'Innocent When You Dream' playing Most of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset Oh - and Beautiful Girls - with Tim Hutton, Uma Thurman, Natalie Portman and whole lot more
  16. 2 ways. Twicefold. Dually (etc etc) by volume at anyone time by discouraging people from driving et voila
  17. Dom Are you REALLY Peter Jones from Dragons Den in disguise? ;-)
  18. When I read statements like this (which is often) I'm never sure if I agree or disagree. The fatalism destroys me but the realism brings out the practical side of me... Cars are like a lot of things with me - Xfactor, Coldplay, Cars, The Sun (maybe not that last one eh) - I wouldn't be so bothered by any of them if the people who consumed them also did OTHER things Don't write back in green ink and say that you do do other things - I already know that - I'm talking about the majority
  19. "renters" I need to wipe the spit from the INSIDE of my monitor screen Maurice.. the comparison with employers is telling. If an employer gives you as minimum notice as possible (that day?) the impact on you is potentially catastrophic (ask some of the homeless guys on the street - they had jobs, mortgages, families etc - some of them) Whereas for many of us, leaving a company, with the best will in the world, isn't going to deflect it from it's general purpose is it or affecct it's bottom line anyway?? You SEE the difference???? Don't you???? No, I thought not
  20. blowback - why do I think you aren't referring to the Tricky album of the same name MP hmmmmm? If Gore had been elected would the same event happen and if it did would the same outcome have transpired? Maybe maybe not - but no doubt in my mind that the over-reaction of the US and the complete spunking (sorry, no better word frankly) of the goodwill generated has been and will continue to be THE major factor in the world's future economic and diplomatic decline...
  21. That's glam Keep up the good work snorky - especially as you have moved to 3rd person narrative ;-)
  22. It's by the Mrs Robinson people AFIK - judge for yourself if that's up/down/market
  23. on a scale of 1 to 10 glam.....?
  24. Music review sections from American Psycho - now we're talking!! But to stay on topic - as an immigrant this works for me.... Dreams In America - Luka Bloom
  25. We'll be having people talking about Mariah Bleedin Carey on here soon
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