Mick Mac

Mandy by Barry Manilow.

Currently Gers 2 - 1 Aberdeen - so Aberdeeen have pulled one back which hurts the all important goal difference.

Sexy beast is a fantastic film. Love it - it was Ben Kingsley too wasn't it as the nutter. Great stuff.

One guilty pleasure - is almost laughing when my team Celtic concedes a goal - it seems to excite me in a curious/twisted sort of way. I want them to win but sometimes I like the drag of losing. Watching movies that do not have happy endings - love that too. Real guilt I don't like to be honest, that makes you feel a bit shabby.

Hey Pinky - its cool, no need to worry. Your thread is fine.

My computer always warns me not to do things - but I do them anyway. It was just a hint from CC that a guilty pleasures thread already exists - but I have no problem with repeat threads Pinky, so don't worry. It was the format of the attachment that was new to me - CC is a clever girl I tink.

Property programmes - yes even now. Apart from the Channel 5 one - its presented by "Gary" a housemate of mine fron uni and he was a bit of a twat, so its a no go.

Hey CC - you are pretty good with this IT stuff, attachments of all different types, all very impressive, I never know what to expect when I open one.

Masons?

Well PinkyB - I don't think anyone else need comment - you seem to have cornered the market in West Dulwich bashing. No doubt your post will be leaked to the West Dulwich forum, the locals will come across, torch our houses, rape our wives, and whatever the modern equivalent is - oh yes - drink in our bars.

You are polite CC - I agree. No we have not met - In fact I have not met anyone from the forum, have to say I quite like the mystery of these "names" I communicate with but who have no faces attached, a great leveller I think.

I know CC - sorry - quickly realised I was being a dope and was editing my post, but you beat me too it and now I am shamed in print forever.

Little white ball going in the correct direction Waking up with huge hangover about 10am, panic its a weekday and you have overslept for work and realising with great relief its the weekend Boss of 8 years being moved onto different floor (years of irrational joy lie ahead)

Never would have thought it CC.

Sean - you like laphroig, you seem to know a bit about IT, politics perhaps left of centre, golf a bit rusty, you play comp games, from youghal - thats all I know - I know you have contributed 8000 posts, but I can't remember everything.

I think there is a fine line between West Dulwich and Norwood - so you might want to be on the Dulwich side of West Dulwich if you prefer to think of yourself as living in Dulwich. It does not seem to appear on maps genarally but I have friends who live there, it has the Rosendale Pub which is good, a Cafe Rouge which is also good and an Italian restaurant which I have not been to. Its a fair old trek to East Dulwich if you want a more lively night out.

Rangers v Aberdeen Saturday Hibs v Celtic Sunday I predict Gers 3 - 1 Aberdeen Hibs 1 - 2 Celtic If correct, go into final game with same points, 1 goal of goal difference in Celtic's favour..... Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, Boston, Chicago, Irish pubs of the world, bite their collective nails.

"I accept that Clinton may have got the ball rolling but an American left winger is still more right wing than most of our tories," I agree completley - does not mean it is not a socialist policy though. Hand on heart, I wrote my original post before coming across the concept anywhere else, but I think this article puts my point pretty well. It refers to a "well meaning" "social policy" where banks were forced by government to lower their lending criteria to benefit the US migrant population - not greed in lending, but more a case of government interventionism:

I'm not skint but if I keep posting during work I soon will be.

Agreed Brendan, and council housing is perhaps a better option. Where Thatcher's policy on buy your own council house differed from the US is that it was based on ability to pay. Also in the uk the debt remains with you for 12 years if your house is repossed so UK homeowners fight repossion at all costs. But the US combination of allocating property to people, together with a debt they cannot afford, and a law whereby they are allowed to walk away from this debt by dropping the keys back at the bank, is a policy/legal combination that was doomed to failure.

The policy of houses for poor people who cannot afford them is a solialist policy in my book in that its a policy of equality, no matter how poor you are you can own your own home, ie giving to the poor = equalisation/fairness.

I think I am more accurate than you might think andrew, it was Clinton who created and pushed this idea before Bush, a quick search reveals this article: Clinton role in sub prime crisis

I had a thought the other day about all of this sub prime banking fiasco. US person No 1, with little or no earnings, applies for a mortgage he cannot afford - he gets it and buys a house at an inflated price from another US person No2 who is "enriched". US Person No1 cannot repay and defaults. Meanwile the US institution with No.1's debt has already sold that debt on so is relatively unaffected. RBS/ABN Amro or some other UK/european finance house now has this worthless debt. UK taxpayer injects funds into banks to cover the sub prime losses. So cutting out a few middlemen, the UK taxpayer paid for US person No2's house, and he has our money. US person No2 has never said thanks. US government has never said sorry or thanks to the rest of the world for spreading this valueless debt around the world, sold with the help of AAA ratings provided by US ratings institutions. Sub prime is at the start of all of this. Capitalism has never been more unpopular and is blamed for all of this, however it was Bill Clinton that started it all - he insisted that everyone, no matter how little earnings they have, should be able to own a home and have a mortgage, this was a kind hearted but socialist ideal. Socialism has brought down capitalism. Bloody socialists. Ironic innit. And US people have our money - we have their useless debt. This is my 1000th post (cheers) so thought I should say something controversial.

i remember many afternoons spent playing pool with a mate in grubby pubs. Have not done that for a long time though.

No need to apologise Anna - I know Celtic are rubbish (hopefully just a little bit less rubbish than Rangers).