Mick Mac

Who was being critical? I was offering a solution.

BigED Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have no problem with IHT - you worked for your > money, not your offspring or other beneficiaries > of your will. It's not a tax on the recipient's > earned income but on an unearned windfall. If IHT > troubles people so much, they should spend it > during their lifetime. Or gift it during your lifetime, before it's too late.

Otta Wrote: > If I was a Celtic fan, this would be upsetting for > me to see. If you were a Celtic fan, you might feel differently, although I do admit to some mixed feelings.

Rangers have managed to burn their way through the ?22m that came from a share issue a little over a year ago and two years worth of season tickets, and have since paid out questionable fortunes to departing directors, advisors and various hangers-on. That meant returning a ?14.4m loss in the last financial year ? none of which was down to the players who delivered a promotion, or the fans who continued to turn up in droves. No, the faults and failings are at board level, among the people who appear loathed to set any kind of example by taking a financial hit of their own. What has stunned, angered and bemused many (the latter definitely the domain of rival fans) is that Rangers find themselves in this shambolic financial position once again Read more at http://talksport.com/football/deja-vu-scotland-rangers-stare-down-barrel-financial-uncertainty-again-14011776084#YUW2IDgvddmjcG9R.99

Exactly - I'm with PD - let the club sink, good advice PD.

Rangers head for Administration again?? Will we ever get to play them again? Rangers players refuse to accept 15% wage cut following crisis meeting at Murray Park SHOCKED players booted out chief executive Graham Wallace's demands to accept the pay cut after the squad was gathered at the club's training ground by boss Ally McCoist. RANGERS chief executive Graham Wallace's shock demands for Ibrox stars to accept a 15% wage cut was booted out by stunned players after a dressing room crisis meeting today at Murray Park. It's understood the Gers squad was called together by boss Ally McCoist before he bowed out and left the talking to skipper Lee McCulloch. Wallace has decided drastic action is needed to prevent the runaway League One leaders lurching towards administration before the end of the campaign, despite a ?22 million cash injection just 13 month ago under a share issue promoted by departed chief executive Chrles Green.

Oh Bob, that's sad. What went wrong.

I have. But its been a long time since any of the top 4 English teams bought a Celtic player, so I'd be surprised if it materialised in January. If he plays in the World Cup for the Dutch then possibly a different matter, but he's certainly a very good prospect.

What a disappointing response to the thread by master quids.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am going to rest on my Six Nations trophy and > forever claim Egg Chasing knowledge superiority A bit like Northern Ireland holding the Home Internationals Trophy as last winners.

BR....Blue Revolution

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I agree with edberg.. > > I moved to ED 1980.. It was a much more pleasant > place then... > > You could walk into ANY pub back then and know > someone, if not most people.. From my recent experience you seem to be able to find someone you know.

hibbs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yet again no trains, no announcements to keep us > informed, go figure... You're first ever thread?

And spots too?

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Personally I like spotting and reporting > 'creative' middleclass types who really think > they're both different and original....biggest > pseuds of the lot I respect the people who go out clearly not giving a shit, arse hanging out of trousers etc. There are still some of those. When they run their trousers sometimes fall down.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ..if we were reviewing reviews. I'd say that that > sneering, nothing to add, unpleasant review from > the Independent looks Guardianesque in its alround > snobby condecscencion..... Actually although that may be correct - the Guardian review was, although also critical, not so scathing. I was slightly surprised the Independent referring to JO's lisp - thought we didn't do that sort of thing these days.

Someone's gotta keep the pages of the forum rolling AC.

Was pleasantly surprised to find the media thought it was just as sh1t as I did. And it was really sh1t.

Just for info - this is what I was watching at the time I posted - and here is the review appearing this morning.... "possibly the most contrived, toe-curling, faux-familiar food show the lisping chef has ever done" I had to turn over at the point at which "Jimmy" flicked his wrist, finger pointing at the screen - you gotta do this.....referring to his home made tandoor sunken into the garden with which to make your own nan bread type stuff...which took 12 hours to heat up - Yeah I just gotta do that Jimmy. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/matt-butler-dont-bolt-your-food-usain--not-in-jamie-and-jimmys-naff-caff-9054793.html If you didn?t know Usain Bolt was quite a good sport, you will have realised it if you had seen him being ?interviewed? by Jamie Oliver on his new vehicle, Jamie and Jimmy?s Friday Night Feast ? possibly the most contrived, toe-curling, faux-familiar food show the lisping chef has ever done. Ever. Even worse than that one where he supposedly stood in his garden. Harsh? Watch it yourself if you don?t believe us. The premise is that Jamie and Jimmy Docherty ? Oliver?s ?old mucker from back at school? ? have a caf? at the end of Southend Pier where they make Batman-style sound effects (?Boom!? ?Bam!?) as they laddishly throw together food creations, or use angle grinders to build ?ber-man tandoori-cum-barbecue contraptions with which to cook more fancy, yet oh-so masculine food. Their hope, they said, was that we at home could ?get busy with food? over the weekend. Just what we want to do on a sub-zero mid-winter?s morning: chop up a bin in the back yard. Last Friday?s opening episode featured Bolt in the caf? ? which, let?s not kid ourselves, is a studio with the audience acting as customers ? and he sauntered in as if he might fancy a cuppa. As he sat at the counter it was interview time. And the questions made Jonathan Ross seem like Jeremy Paxman: ?Were you quite active as a kid??; ?You like cricket, don?t you?? Bolt could have beaten a hasty retreat at the sheer chumminess of it all, but he didn?t. The fluffiness of the questions was perhaps to be expected: we weren?t tuning in to hear Bolt?s opinion of his Jamaica team-mates who had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The aim was to get Bolt talking about food ? and one of the first things he revealed was his take on vegetarianism. He?s not a fan. ?There are no vegetarian sprinters ? I have seen people try; it doesn?t work,? he said. On the subject of food he does like, there was no mention of the chicken nuggets which supposedly fuelled his record-breaking Beijing Olympic 100m run. Shame, given Oliver?s evangelical stance on processed meat. Instead Bolt revealed his love for his Aunt Lily?s jerk pork (no sniggering), which was a lucky coincidence because Oliver had just happened to be on the phone to the woman in question and got the exact recipe ? complete with ?raais an? peas?, as he said in a terrible, borderline racially dubious, Jamaican accent ? which they would try and replicate in the ?caff?. Once they got into the actual cooking, it wasn?t so bad. Bolt revealed himself to be a complete amateur in the kitchen ? he didn?t even know what kneading was ? and benefited from Oliver?s lessons in how to chop an onion. And, ever the showman, he tossed coriander leaves with a flourish and built up the anticipation to the tasting of the pork with the confidence of a TV veteran. And when the pork was actually on the plate, he did what we suspect any athlete would do: he tucked in, wolfing down great mouthfuls of the stuff. No matter he was supposed to be helping dish the pork up to the customers, all he cared about was stuffing his face. And he did so, with a warm smile on his face ? thankfully rendering Jamie to the sidelines.

Rocky742 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I left ED when I joined the RAF in 1954. When I look at Google street maps, I know > it's 60yrs ago, but I have trouble recognising > places. Hey Ho, would like to come back sometime You wouldn't believe the prices!

You have to go with your years I'm afraid. He's still trying to be Kevin and Perry, when he's nearly Mr and Mrs Patterson Nice bloke maybe, but unwatchable.

I really can no longer stand watching him. He was brilliant when he burst on the scene and refreshing at the time, but now, he still acts like a teenager and it doesn't suit the little chubby mid life git. Happy New Year.

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Aah...The Cup Winners Cup. We won that as well. > :-) I may remember watching that but a but vague. Beating Anderlecht and on penalties. Can't remember the goalkeeper, was he a stand in hero ? Remember Brian Moore commenting I think.

I'm not that shallow Maxxi. All comments are objective. Honest Guv.

I think that's nonsense Maxxi. I'm talking the old European Cup format when the 2nd 3rd and 4th teams from the likes of Italy, Germany and Spain went into the UEFA. The Cup winners cup came nowhere near that depth of quality. It was so sh1t that even Rangers won it.