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As someone who has suffered at the hands of a Southwark Council worker (or hired contractor) butchering our hedge to a complete eyesore... the entire process is completely flawed. Communication from the council is diabolical, responses requested are ignored and noses turned up when information requested. I feel sorry for anyone who ends up as we did.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Actually I doubt very much you would. The SPL is > not the big prize. Winning an old firm match is in > Glasgow. Ask MM if he is happy that Celtic got 7 points against Rangers this season and ended up in 2nd place. I very much doubt he will say yes.

Ha ha - that old chestnut.. there are plenty other games, 34 to be exact that have to be taken care of to win the league. Celtic took 7 points from us, we took 4 from them. When put like that is not really that big a deal in the whole grand scheme of things. I'd take losing to them every league game if it meant we won the league in the end as ultimately that's the big prize.

It is a big deal if you are one of the two. We can only beat those put infront of us.

Always the fact the other team are poor and not that Rangers were just immense. Thank you Walter Smith - you are a legend. Glasgow Rangers Champions. We won more, we scored more.... that's why we're Champions, that's why we're Champions!!!

Celtic the better team? Really. Rangers have won more SPL games than Celtic. Rangers have scored more SPL goals than Celtic. *at this point of the season. But of course, Celtic are the better team! Ha ha ha.

We did the job we needed to do last night... lets hope Hearts can help us out tonight so I don't end up facing the real possibility of a heart attack if we have to win on Sunday! Brilliant to see 50,000 sending off Walter last night. The man is a legend.

Massive game for Rangers tonight. Utd shocked us a little a few weeks 3-2 so can beat us... Win tonight and we are almost there. Plus I think Lemon has given Hearts their team talk this week and will be up for their game tomorrow. 54 is in touching distance!!

Aye.

The SNP leader (I think it was) said that Scotland should base it's economic strategy on those of Ireland and Iceland. I'm out!!

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Laddy Muck Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Fantastic result last night. Ooooooh yes! > > > Indeed! Well done the mighty Inverness Caley > Thistle. 3-2 Wahay! SCSB79 likes this!!!

In the US and they've just interupted tv shows to say that Bin Laden has been killed....

Davie Weir, captain of Rangers FC, wore a special shirt with "Congratulations William and Catherine" embroidered on it as a nice gesture towards the newly weds... apparently the match delegate has included it on his report to the SFA and await reports of whether action will be taken against him/Rangers. How utterly pathetic.

Seeing as he/she is so desperate for attention... chuck all comments in here.

Ever seen Walter Smith walk off after a game cupping his ears after being called a 'sad orange bas*ard' by 50,000 Celtic fans? No, neither have I. Regardless of the amount of abuse directed towards Lennon, this is a man caught on camera calling the Rangers bench 'cheats' and 'orange bas*ards', spat on a Rangers scarf, sent threatening messages to an ex/mother of his kid, been suspended for 8 games in his first full season as a manager... Whilst not condoning any actions of fans, the man is quite simply a trouble maker and really needs to wind his neck in and start to act like a man in a responsible position.

Are you for real? Abuse at a manager??? Shock horror, whatever next?! Lennon brings a lot of it on to himself with his atrocious pitch side behaviour. It's not just Rangers fans that can't stand the man. I've many non-OF supporting fans as friends that dislike him as much as I do. He needs to learn to act with some decorum and respect. Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alan Medic Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I have to say that given everything that's > > happened, I thought Lennons ear cupping gesture > at > > the end was ill judged. > > Quite the opposite. What he put up with during > that game in chants from rangers fans, should be > addressed.

McCloskey didn't exactly make it look like he wanted to continue....

"I was driving along the motorway when the police pulled me over onto the hard shoulder. Unfortunately I was in the middle lane and there was another car in the way.." (Thanks M Robson) "Going to work at 7am this morning I drove out of my drive straight into a bus. The bus was 5 minutes early.." (Thanks N Bradley) "I was driving along when I saw two kangaroos copulating in the middle of the road causing me to ejaculate through the sun roof." (from an Australian claim form - Thanks N Shepherd) "The accident happened because I had one eye on the lorry in front, one eye on the pedestrian and the other on the car behind." (Thanks Sharon Burrows) "I started to slow down but the traffic was more stationary than I thought." "I pulled into a lay-by with smoke coming from under the hood. I realised the car was on fire so took my dog and smothered it with a blanket." Q: Could either driver have done anything to avoid the accident? A: Travelled by bus? The claimant had collided with a cow. The questions and answers on the claim form were - Q: What warning was given by you? A: Horn. Q: What warning was given by the other party? A: Moo. "I started to turn and it was at this point I noticed a camel and an elephant tethered at the verge. This distraction caused me to lose concentration and hit a bollard." "On approach to the traffic lights the car in front suddenly broke." "I was going at about 70 or 80 mph when my girlfriend on the pillion reached over and grabbed my testicles so I lost control." "I didn't think the speed limit applied after midnight" "I knew the dog was possessive about the car but I would not have asked her to drive it if I had thought there was any risk." Q: Do you engage in motorcycling, hunting or any other pastimes of a hazardous nature? A: "I Watch the Lottery Show and listen to Terry Wogan." "First car stopped suddenly, second car hit first car and a haggis ran into the rear of second car." "Windscreen broken. Cause unknown. Probably Voodoo." "The car in front hit the pedestrian but he got up so I hit him again" "I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed over the embankment." "The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intention." "I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way" "A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face" "A pedestrian hit me and went under my car" "In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole." "I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection a hedge sprang up obscuring my vision and I did not see the other car." "I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident." "An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished." "I was thrown from the car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows." "Coming home I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have." "I thought my window was down, but I found it was up when I put my head through it." "The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him." "I had been driving for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident." "As I approached an intersection a sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before." "To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front I struck a pedestrian." "My car was legally parked as it backed into another vehicle." "I told the police that I was not injured, but on removing my hat found that I had a fractured skull." "I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the road when I struck him." "The pedestrian had no idea which way to run as I ran over him." "I saw a slow moving, sad faced old gentleman as he bounced off the roof of my car." "The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth." "The telephone pole was approaching. I was attempting to swerve out of the way when I struck the front end." "The gentleman behind me struck me on the backside. He then went to rest in a bush with just his rear end showing. " "I had been learning to drive with power steering. I turned the wheel to what I thought was enough and found myself in a different direction going the opposite way." "I was backing my car out of the driveway in the usual manner, when it was struck by the other car in the same place it had been struck several times before." "When I saw I could not avoid a collision I stepped on the gas and crashed into the other car." "The accident happened when the right front door of a car came round the corner without giving a signal." "No one was to blame for the accident but it would never have happened if the other driver had been alert." "I was unable to stop in time and my car crashed into the other vehicle. The driver and passengers then left immediately for a vacation with injuries." "The pedestrian ran for the pavement, but I got him." "I saw her look at me twice. She appeared to be making slow progress when we met on impact." "The accident occurred when I was attempting to bring my car out of a skid by steering it into the other vehicle." "My car got hit by a submarine." (The Navy informed the wife of a submariner that the craft was due in port. She drove to the base to meet her husband and parked at the end of the slip where the sub was to berth. An inexperienced ensign was conning the sub and it rammed the end of the slip, breaking a section away, causing her car to fall into the water. The Navy paid the compensation claim.) (Thanks Jay Kuivinen) The English comedian Jasper Carrott has used funny insurance claims in his stand-up act for a long time, including some featured above. Here are three others, kindly suggested by Andrew Moignard. "I bumped into a lamp-post which was obscured by human beings." "The accident was caused by me waving to the man I hit last week." "I knocked over a man; he admitted it was his fault for he had been knocked down before." "A house hit my car." (A house was being moved by a large truck. My friend had his car parked on the side of the road correctly. The house began to tilt off the truck and eventually fell off the truck, landing on my friend's car. He eventually had the insurance paid, after lengthy explanation and the moving company confirming the story.) (Thanks Ben Keirnan) Please send your own funny insurance claims and stories.

I thought Kuyt was by far the best player on the pitch last night. He was all over the shop... thought they'd cloned him at one point!! Would be interesting to see his stats for ground covered.

I wouldn't say that car insurance is in a "hard market" per se... that is when demand outstrips supply and generally relates to the property/casualty market. It is usually triggered by a single event... the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan may kick off a hard market in these sectors. The last single event to really effect the entire insurance industry was 9/11. Also, I wouldn't say the demand for car insurance has changed so much over the past few years for it to have such a significant effect on the market. The main factor behind the rises, as others have quite rightly pointed out, are mainly the numbers of uninsured drivers increasing and "no win no fee" actions that are on the increase.

That's not the Saturday though... Is it????

Going on saturday with the Mrs and my sister and they are bleating on about dresses and hats etc and saying I need to wear a suit. Having read about it online I understand it is "no official dress code, but smart is preferable"..... I'm saying that jeans, shoes and a shirt will be fine... Think my sister is going to look a bit out of place with a dress and fancy hat.... anyone been offer advice?

David Murray agrees to sell Rangers. Light at the end of the tunnel hopefully.

KeyboardWarrior Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why does Fellbrigg Road have a lower speed limit > than the other surrounding roads where you can do > 30 ?? Don't most side streets in and around SE22 have a 20mph limit?

Ha ha - Chesterfield won 5-0!! That's that bet finished already. Oh well, have to make do with ?500 if my "normal" bet comes in tomorrow.