Mick Mac

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Pub culture where you go and > meet your mates on a Saturday and spend hours > reading the paper, talking and putting the world > to rights, that's largely gone. We all know what that is Otta.... Wife and kids.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Although ED does have some good pubs, I was only > joking really. LL is lacking I think and unchanged for a few years, especially when compared to Peckham and Nunhead with lots of new offerings.

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I predict the bank will be turned into some > ghastly All Bar One and will become the hangout of > all the local estate agents sipping prosecco and > craft beer in their shiny suits. You mark my > words. And after much thought, it will be named The Old Bank. But personally I think LL needs a decent bar of some sort and I don't mind if it's a chain. We have good independent restaurants but the pubs are not really working for me on the lane and any new pub would hopefully be good.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alcoholism can be (and more often than not is) > psychological. Alcoholism is a different thing to > alcohol dependence. > > I'm quite up on this subject. Being as you've now done well over a > week without it, and didn't have any nasty side > effects what side effects would you expect?

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alcohol dependant means you're physically > addicted. Being as you've now done well over a > week without it, and didn't have any nasty side > effects, I'd suggest that your GP was talking > shit. Not sure about that - I don't mean Foxy - but genuine alcoholics go decades without a drink and fear what happens if they have another one - I guess you could be pedantic and say you cant be dependent upon alcohol if you aren't having any but i'm not sure that's what the term means. I think it means its an almost daily part of your life generally, but you manage it?

And me - thx

You missed a treat Otta.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Favourites and best team in 70 > > Was the taking off of Bobby Charlton when the > match was won 2-0 the catalyst for defeat? > I have always thought that was a common misconception - Charlton was actually subbed immediately after the first Germany goal - probably as a direct result of the goal, which included Beckenbauer strolling through the midfield to score. see link for stats http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1970/qf_ger_v_eng.html

Booby ?

Gordon Banks was poisoned - discuss.

I hope you are right, its been a long time coming.

I heard a debate on radio 5 last night about whether we should be honouring these players. I would certainly say yes - its a long tome ago but the gap and low achievements since then has made the achievements all the more poignant. The home advantage thing is trotted out many times but it was pointed out in this programme that at the time, recent hosts had not fared well.

He did get in trouble earlier in the tournament apparently - and the FA wanted him dropped - Ramsay stuck by him and he was obviously needed in the Argentina game which by all accounts, even for those times, was nasty.

Was on Sky HD tonight. Wonderful programme. What an achievement. Beating Argentina and then Portugal was fantastic. Bobby Charlton and Bobby Moore were the heroes but Stiles was good enough to police Eusebio into submission in the SF.

Chain alert --- avoid, avoid, avoid.

Chains are just successful outlets - you know, the ones that have customers.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I used to await the arrival of my monthly copy of > The Face with the same eagerness I now await my > fortnightly Spectator Oh dear. That's as bad as it gets.

its about humanity - people love their children the same the world over - why anyone thinks hitting them is a good way to demonstrate love is beyond me. I just couldn't do it. And my children are far from perfect.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > We know better now ? but many cultures would not > agree with us. F*** them. It's our rules here and we need to protect children from abusive parenting. In my view, even our laws are not strong enough. It seems children are the only people you can hit and get away with it - which is scandalous, parents must be more imaginative in directing children - its the biggest responsibility you will ever have and hitting children should be completely outlawed.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yep, proper old fashioned trolling. old fashioned trolling - I like that phrase.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Flying Pig nearest, then Gowlett, then EDT. > > (according to Google maps, Gowlett is .2 miles/3 > mins, EDT is .2 miles/4 mins). excellent work Jeremy.

He is clever that ????s.

Harry Enfield does the best mince by.

That's called a Miss opportunity.

I like that Seabag. If this Star Wars is as shit as the first one it will make a lot of people happy I guess. I'm hoping it's completely different, so that the 48 year old Mick likes it more than the 10 year old kid in me was confused by the original. I really want to like it and will see it out of blind curiosity, with 6 year old child in tow, an imaginative boy by his father's standards.