KidKruger

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Magic Moments - Perry Como

What about a CD with the popular songs from the year he was born, a copy of the Times/Telegraph etc. from that year..

Puff the Magic Dragon?Peter, Paul & Mary

Intentional

'Back, Sack and Crack' waxing ? (or part thereof, depending on exact costs, could be 'invigorating'..)

With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles

calculated

hedging (no arguments from me, was just stating a pref, will say no more)

Are Friends Electric ? - Tubeway Army

assets

I've just noticed I've sort of contradicted myself in respect of my comments on Hatton over my last two posts, seemed consistent at the time I was typing it though !

Acid, I would probably still plump for Mayweather against Mosley but not put my house on it, and yeah choosing that opponent would be Mayweather's equivalent of changing the tides, as you say, he's a big lad and boy is he fast and man can he close out the show when he sees someone is slightly hurt or tired !! I must admit I've never really thought seriously about Cotto and Hatton being on the slide, perhaps because I'm not experienced enough for it to be obvious for me to make a judgement on it. It's true though Cotto got a proper beating from Marg and, early in that fight, with him hitting Marg so often with (I think) hard lefts I figured Marg would be gone in 6, but he just absorbed everything and walked all over Coto, amazing. That must have been soul destroying at the time for Cotto, he was a proper warror in that fight though. I thought Cotto was amazing against Pac and it was purely a case of the best fighter won. I didn't get the impression that Pac won because the other fighter was shot if you know what I mean. So I figured he's had a couple of hidings, one to a monster in Pac and the other to a man who was bigger and maybe illegaly loaded in the gloves. Either way (sliding or not) he's perhaps not absolute top drawer material and, seeing as Hatton isn't either, perhaps they could make a decent pair in the ring. I just don't have the knowledge to judge Hatton's true status with respect to being 'punch-drunk' or past it, even though I watched his fights since they were televised, I don't know how to identify those features in a boxer's performance. I know Pac did Hatton in 2 and they say this proves Ricky is done (and I am nor for / against that view, as explained) but I think anyone at that weight would have been laid out or at least seriously compromised in the contest. So that's how I think they could be a good match-up. However if I had the ability to determine slippage etc I would likely change my view as, yes, nobody wants to see two previously great boxers slugging for the sake of pride alone.

"do you feel that people would feel free to have or express an opinion in this country on such an issue?" Yes I feel people would 'feel free' to have an opinion - why wouldn't they, I can't see anything preventing them ?

Is Vic There ? - Department S

You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) - Joe Jackson

Broke

Brendan - the socks 'just vanish' OK. somewhere between being worn, taken off, going through washing and drying process and back to the sock drawer they 'just vanish'. feet on seats, why do people do that ? they would not sit there if it was vacant and someone removed their feet from it, so why ?

not being able to find 2 x socks of the same thickness, colour or condition every damned morning of the week. do NOT ask WHY I need those characteristsics in my sock pairing.

hardship

Jimmy - the Hatton v Mayweather 2 idea is a bad one IMO, mainly because of my knowledge of what each boxer has done since the first contest... Mayweather has carried-on being in the gym every day and outclassed Marquez while Hatton has blown-up, burnt the weight off, beat Malignaggi (probably so well because he couldn't feel Paulo's punches), blown-up, burnt the weight off, got flattened by Manny, blown-up. You see, of the two, I think Floyd has been more serious about his sport, if not in number of fights then in consistent training and athletic advancement, which does count for quite a bit when fighting in a ring ! If Hatton couldn't match the performance from the first Mayweather fight (which I suspect he can't) then there's zero point - IF you're interested in a meaningful contest. Yeah they would both make money but that's the only 'positive' I would see possible in that match-up. For Hatton, I'd like to see Cotto, as a kind of watershed fight for which way Hatton goes now. If he can't hack Cotto then quit. I think Cotto will prevail if it happens, though would be overjoyed if Hatton won. If that makes sense !

destitute (i guess I meant one is association by meaning and context, whereas the other is adding a bit on the word to make a bigger word but changes completely the subject area and therefore the train of thought and natural progression [of meaning], no matter !).

So while Manny Pac is taking on perhaps the best fighter available to him (at the time he selected Clottey, Mosley was not available because of the agreed Mosley/Berto fight - which has since been scuppered due to the Haiti earthquake where Berto hails from), Mayweather has made no statement about who he will face, even though Mosley is NOW available there is no agreement for the two to face each other. Mosley wants it but Mayweather claims he offered the fight years ago and was turned down, though I fail to see what that really has to do with there and now. In purely fighting interest terms I'd like to see Mayweather stand up and meet Mosley, if he's not interested in challenges now he should stay out of boxing as he will cheapen the game and spoil his own amazing reputation. And there's plenty of LWW/WW guys willing to face off with each other and see who's the best instead of wasting their time trying to get a show on with him IMO.

If you opt for ukelele I recommend the 'Duke of Uke' shop in Spitalfields. Got a lovely concert uke there recently. If you're not getting a piano you may have space (and cash) for a uke and a guitar !!

harbour (there seem to be 2 x things happening here... 1. some words are truly 'associated' as requested in the original post 2. other words are basicaly some kind of add-on as if to extend the word or add another half to it, typically meaning the nature of the word trail completely changes and therefore all true 'associations' are immediately lost I do find the 'word association' more challenging !)