Mick Mac

matthew123 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SeanMacGabhann Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I also remember being jeered at in a > > cathedral city in England as English fans tore > > apart an Irish stadium because the poor diddums > > were losing to Ireland > > Was this in 2001 when the 'friendly' International > was abandoned? As I remember watching the trouble > on TV and it looked like to me the Irish were > throwing missiles down at the English yobs from > the upper tier No the english were on the upper tier matt throwing down on the irish. Naive positioning of the away fans by the irish organisers gave the english hooligans a perfect location for their assault..

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yup...the rot started in 1990. I remember the days > when liking football in was something you > generally kept quiet in 'middle class' white > collar occupations. It was the fighting at weekends you needed to keep quiet about Quids. ;-) But that was pre Fight Club, its all ok now, cage fighting is vey much in vogue.

I don't see the problem with sealed bids. If the asking price is too low and lots of people want to buy the property then its the quickest way to get the best offer for the buyer. The agent acts for the seller so its his job to get the best price surely. We moved to ED in 2001 and we bought our house under a multi agent sealed bid process. Yes we overpaid I guess but if you intend to live in the house for the long term then the element over the asking price is not likely to be a major amount of money when you look back 5 or 10 years later. My view is if you really want the house - and you are going to live there long term - then bid what you need to to get it.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ...expect more of this... More doom and gloom. I think west ham's demise is getting to him generally.

TheAllSeeingEye Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Agreed, and I'll be happy to take my cut of it :-) Typical - Estate Agents trying to make money again - shocking. ;-)

Did not get there until v late but a good night. Met a kiwi / northern ireland couple, Ant and Alison, enjoyed the rugby chat and a couple of extra drinks with Matt in the Bishop.

If Arsenal win the league it will be ironic given that they have showed they have no idea how to handle Chelsea or Man United. It seems however they handle the other 18 or so lesser teams better - so far at least. But they have a fragility that showed today in that they could easily have conceded a late goal. So no Arsenal fan would be confident going into any match that they will actually take their chances and put the match to bed before the final whistle. Having said that, a decent striker and they might have been clear at this stage.

Couple of small losing bets so far but have backed Pasco with Ruby Walsh, just started. Which loses due to bad jump at the last. Boo. And "Nearby" in the 3.45 Beaten in a photo - was caught on the line. Boo.

Lawrence Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Vergano are an international company, they do OK > in Europe. There are quite a few cafes selling > fresh roast beans near charing cross. Try Monmouth > or Bullet. Vergnano is no better than Illy or > Lavazza for me, all stale. > Best espresso in London? The Exchange at Lewisham > Market.

BUMP

HAL9000 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > intexasatthe moment Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Lady muck - it was to do with quotation "marks > " I will guess that our very own Hal is "the man" on the subject of quotation marks? - I know because I have seen it on the WWW: Hal's bit on the Web about the Qmarks - can you spot "HAL" somewhere? The man is the local genius - no doubt about it.

Either the title or the singer to be the same? If its Tom Waits... Martha - Tom Waits Possibly my favourite song.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > so drink some today You guys are showing your age again.

Double D. Impressed. I know - hilarious.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > er...wot Sean said.....I'm giving it a swerve > because it's my brothers 40th this weekend. 40 ! Jeez, you are old enough to be his Dad.

check them out? I was expecting pics. Statistics can be very misleading.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sling? > > Our mum used to tie us to her back with a beach > towel. Is that the sort of thing youre getting > at? > > Wouldnt a rucksack of sorts be easier? Words i have uttered to the mrs many times brendan. But its far too easy. Lots of complicated winding makes for real security.

Atila the hump.

charliecharlie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ???? Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > CC, that's only 'cos your propa posh... > > no, no Quids... you've got me all wrong... > I am posh white trash which is the worse combo of > all.... Well i was impressed before i saw that photo CC. Now i'm double dimpressed.

I'm only going because I want to finish that bottle of whiskey I started the last time I was there.

You are not allowed to say middle class on the forum. Don't you know that?

I hope to be there. I haven't moved on. I think they are a good laugh.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you wait until the end of March Arsenal really > should have picked up 9/9 points, Man U have > Liverpool and Chelsea have an easier set but have > Fulham. Either that or put ?1700 in. Thought it was an interesting exercise - of course I'm not going to be parting with that sort of money, so hope Arsenal can go on a good run.

"URL" = you are not feeling very well.

Actually my Arsenal odds are better than I thought - so I can guarantee an approx ?300 profit on all teams as follows: (Only problem is that I need to bet another ?1,650 - might have to raid the housekeeping) Team bet odds Profit/(Loss) Win ("W")/Loss Arsenal 250 8.22 -250 chelsea 50 2 -50 Liverpool 50 -50 MU 850 1.7 1445 w chelsea 800 1.7 -800 Bet so far 350 Additional Risk 1650 Result 295