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Bob Monkhouse Les Dawson Stephane Grappelli-100 Club Rory Gallagher I had ample opportunity to see all of these Artists perform in my lifetime and i didn't. My loss...

Well Done Admin.

I watch cricket much more infrequently now but this is outrageous. Every time a boundary is scored in these 20/20 Matches someone presses a button and a noise blurts out?? What a racket....:X

I have read this from last December MM. "European socialist leaders meeting in Spain on Tuesday predicted electoral gains in the wake of the global financial crisis which has revealed the "failure" of the policies of their rivals on the right. "Conservatives have perhaps a policy for sunny days but now it is rainy and cold. This crisis is an opportunity for social democrats," the leader of Sweden's opposition Social Democrats, Mona Sahlin, told the Madrid gathering, which wound up on Tuesday. Many of the slogans at the two-day meeting of the Party of European Socialists (PES), that groups socialists and social democratic parties in the European Parliament, mirrored those of the campaign of US President-elect Barack Obama, which successfully tapped into voter concerns over the economy. "The time is changing now," said former Danish prime minister and the current PES president, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen while others repeated Obama's core slogan: "Yes, we can!". The global financial crisis has led to an abrupt economic slowdown across Europe and rising unemployment. It comes as right-wing parties are in government in three major European economies -- Germany, Italy and France -- and have the most seats of any political grouping in the 785-seat European Parliament. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, one of the few European socialist party leaders to remain in power in recent years, predicted left-wing formations would make gains in next year's European Parliament elections. Reading the above makes me fail to understand why The Socialists have taken more than their share of the blame for the current Global crisis across Europe.

Put that into Google and get the You Tube clip and that should end all doubt as to the existence of Jesus. The clip lasts for 1 min 13 seconds.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Leave a deoderant canister on the loo next time - > he might be tempted to use it and open the window > too. If he does not you can go in and spray it for > a very long time, he will get the message. Yes Mick. Actually The Young Lady standing behind me has just said "No! Tell him the truth i.e. his hands smell as they have been wiping his xxxx and he will spread germs. Just be straight with him."

Why have The Socialists done so poorly throughout Europe in these European Elections?

daizie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Could i have a bit of advice please. New boyfriend > , has a poo here before he leaves, and doesnt open > the window or spray any air freshner . I also > suspect he didnt wash his hands . Yuk . Should i > say something ? If so, what and how should i say > it . Im usually accused of being blunt to the > point of hurtful , so dont really want to hurt his > feelings as he has a few problems at the moment . > Its putting me right off him . Don't you dare come near me if you haven't washed your hands xxxxx. Then go to the loo and pretend to "heave" and turn a shade of pale green. He'll get the message.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > the problem is not the share or numbers but that > the seats give them some ill-deserved legitimacy. > The good news is that their vote fell in areas > where they have council seats...suggesting that > their obvious stupidity rather than their odious > views makes them poor at delivering There is also the point that they now will, legitimately, be able to claim all their "Research" costs.

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JFK, Sam Giancanna and J Edgar Hoover. Let's get > the truth about what happened in Dallas that day. Be interesting to find out but I doubt JFK was in on it...B)

???? Wrote: the decline in Footbsll hooligsnism IS proof thst draconian punishment does work as an effective detterent.....once people started getting 5 years rather thsn a ?50 fine all but the truly mad gave it up. Wish I had thought of saying that:-$ TLS @ 4.20PM "The other salient point was voiced, time after time, on a recent Sky Documentary when most "Old-Skool" hooligans said it wasn't worth the risk anymore as "5 years" was far too high a price to pay for enjoying a good ruck, basically. "

Depends if he is a Pebbledasher. Is he?

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why is it that people who use the term, think > outside the box, are invariably completely and > utterly @#$%& incapable of getting their idiotic > brains properly around the concept of lateral > thought and have about as much chance of > recognising an idea from outside their precious > @#$%& box as a rich man has of passing through the > eye of a camel? Yeah! I make you right and they are not capable of Blue Sky Thinking....:X

gallinello Wrote: Unfurl the red flag, the people's flag, the international banner of all nations, workers unite!! Right On Brother! I'm with you all the way! btw: Which Team is that please?

david_carnell Wrote: I would also heavily link violence, both in football and in society at large, to economic prosperity of a country. Ergo recession => hooliganism. It doesn't help but I don't buy that, really. We have been Football hooligans since the late 1960's and we have not been in recession for 40 years. Also our recent "austere" Decades were The 1940's/1950's and Football hooliganism was non-existent then, in this Country.

Sherwick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think hooliganism is linked to culture too - I remember doing some research on this about 20 years ago... Absolutely to our eternal shame. I remember the friendly Scandinavians and Norwegians back in the day on my European Holidays and how I wished we could be more like them.

david_carnell Wrote: Ahh "a Sky documentary" - the ultimate source of authority on all matters concerning football hooliganism and it's continued glamourisation. It wasn't presented by Danny "Diamond Geez" Dyer was it? How the deuce did you know that(!)B) Most football hooligans will feel that they have "too much to lose" these days. Which I take to mean that the stiffer sentences now render this as not worth it, especially as many have children to support (poor souls)...

david_carnell Wrote: ..to mawkish flag-waving to prove my worth? mawkish as in: 1/ Excessively and objectionably sentimental ? 2/ Sickening or insipid in taste ?

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As a millwall fan I'm sure you've witnessed football violence, hooliganism and racism at first hand. It is a credit to the game that people like yourself refused to bow to fringe elements and committed to remove them from the terraces. TLS: Sadly, right back to Blackburn and Carlisle fans being attacked in the Mid-1960's. I remember the cry of "Bastards" coming from a poor Lady accompanying her bloodied b/f who only came down to watch a game of Football in peace. DC: Incidents like Hillsborough and Heysel led to a public outcry over fan behaviour at football grounds. Coupled with increased police presence at trouble games and increased arrests, over time the rate of crime dropped. I would also summise that a difficulty in recruiting new members, an ageing membership of crews and a new rofessionalism that occured with the advent of the Premier League were all factors in declining violence. I understand and accept those points but it is really very simple DC. They ran riot in those decades because The Police, generally, did not have a clue. The Police gained "intelligence". Took the necessary measures and made it much more difficult to commit crime in or near Football Stadia. The other salient point was voiced, time after time, on a recent Sky Documentary when most "Old-Skool" hooligans said it wasn't worth the risk anymore as "5 years" was far too high a price to pay for enjoying a good ruck, basically. The deterrent of the increased longetivity of their punishment combined with the additional Police presence were the determinant factors.

Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 3 of my grand parents, because I never knew them. > Oh, and Che Guevara. And I know this is a bit > weird, but Saddam Hussein. Why Saddam, Keef?

To paraphase what david_carnell Wrote: Oh for the love of god David, I'll rejoin this. I don't commit a crime, not because of the sentence I'd be given, but because I know it's wrong. If someone is incapable of making that judgement then I don't think tougher and tougher jail terms will make much difference. TLS: So why do Football thugs and hooligans not offend to any extent or serious degree compared with their halcyon days of The 1970'/1980's David? p.s. After you have replied I will give you my opinion based on the 1,500 Professional matches that I have attended and based my "Wisdom2 on.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ..should England do well. They won't. This will be filed and, hopefully, used against you at the first available opportunity. If we do continue to fail then ignore this comment, please... Sean: Do you think that the proportion of people who voted BNP this week are more or less likely to have an english flag (or several) prominently displayed in their window and what does that say? They are far more likely, obviously and it displays "their" form of Patriotism and Nationalism however much you and I might feel they are misguided. Problem is I'm extremely fond of perfidious Albion and would want to wave a Flag in my Car and House, as well without you drawing your own, possibly, incorrect assumptions from that act, Sean.

jaybee82 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mama Cass - what was REALLY in that sandwich?? Well today would be the day to ask her, twice.

RosieH Wrote: I have known a number of criminals. Also criminal lawyers, forensic psychiatrists, policemen, and one social worker. I'm older than D_C and younger than you. You don't look a day over 24 Rosie so don't try to fool me.:))