david_carnell

Cracking documentary, thanks Otta. This was my favourite of my Dad's boxing vids as I was growing up: Champions Forever

Oh he had power....just didn't use it often enough. As if scared to pull the trigger. I've not seen this Shuminov fight yet but I hear good things. He lost to Campillo for a world title in just his 9th (!) fight and then defeated him in a rematch in his next fight. Has now defended twice a world title including against an ageing William Joppy (can't believe he is still boxing - remember his fight with Howard Eastman about 10 years ago). That's a rapid rise in anyone's estimation but Cleverly is damn good. And as intelligent in the ring as him name and education suggests. That light-heavy division looks pretty tight at the moment.

You can't be a Olympic super-heavy weight and not have some power and he obviously possessed some skills to win that gold medal. And another at the 1998 Commonwealth Games too. But they just didn't translate into the professional arena. I think Warren ultimately saw him as a cash-cow off the back of the Olympics and a share of the million from the BBC would have been an extra zero on his bank balance. He may also have put Audley up against some sterner opposition earlier on rather than the bum-a-month club he seemed to fight in those first 10 bouts.

I'm afraid I disagree Otta - Harrison is/was a distinctly limited fighter. His jab is excellent and essentially this alone won him a gold medal. But the pros is a very different game. He's too cumbersome, too one-dimensional and too scared of getting hit without a crash hat on. Exposed by equally limited fighters like Sprott and Williams he never had the tools to make it. I think his decision to go it alone was as much a product of people like Frank Warren recognising this as it was a desire to forge his own path with A-Force Promotions.

Also at Crouzons in Camberwell.....probably half the price. Just saying. And now s/he's using Japanese steel?! Gah, I'm jealous. What pans have you got? I'm a kitchen equipment onanist.

Joanna or Anthony?

Well my parents will tell you that as a baby I'd eat anything you gave me, whether it was a foodstuff or not, but that I gradually rejected more as I grew older. This reached a nadir/zenith (according to whether you ask them or me) in my early teens. Subsequently I'm now eating all the things I didn't for years....liver, marmite, olives etc I don't think there is a magic bullet. Except letting him play with it. The food that is. Boys love that.

No veg? Only meat and carbs? What you appear to have given birth to, Moos, is a.......boy.

Loz - What is the evacuation procedure for 2000 people, 100ft underground in pitch darkness? Pass? That's because it's on day 6 of the training. Drivers have to concentrate for long periods of time while alone, and although much of the day can be rather tedious, they have to be alert at all times. Working shifts around the clock, seven days a week, often at irregular hours on bank holidays and at weekends, can be tiring and make it difficult to have a social life. Tube trains are dirty, and drivers' skin and clothes are filthy after working a shift. It is also dark in the tunnels, and the lack of scenery can get depressing. I reckon that might be worth ?30k Honestly, the arrogance of some people on here with the "I could do that" approach is breath taking. I mean really - how hard can a submarine be to drive? I've played those sim games with a joystick on my computer....reckon I could crack it in a couple of weeks. And I've already got the roll-neck jumper! Of course not. But that's because your jobs are difficult. Right?

Is that a St Johns ashtray? Nice touch. Too much ketchup though....and you need to draw a nail on your prosthetic!

Annette Curtain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > david_carnell Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Annette - error. The root has been removed. > Your > > onion will now fall apart during the chopping > > process. > > > > You'll never get to the mire-poix stage with > that > > behaviour young man. > > Wac wac Ooops... > > Chopping ? > > Tisk tisk david_c. We cut our onions not chop > them. > > See me after. > > > Curtain Ms. Chop/Cut/Slice.....tis all semantics. Tomayto, tomato etc. Nice knife btw. Hope you're keeping that well greased with some corn-oil.

Annette - error. The root has been removed. Your onion will now fall apart during the chopping process. You'll never get to the mire-poix stage with that behaviour young man.

Of course the flip side to the sharp knife is that should you be a clutz or just slip, it will hurt. A lot. And there will be blood. But the chances of it slipping are a lot less than ol' blunty that has been knocking around the kitchen drawer for 10 years. Obviously if you are a clutz, like our Rosie, then just go back to the food processor! ;-)

Take top off onion. Leave bottom on. Halve onion along the vertical axis. Peel. Then lay on the flat edge and halve along the horizontal being careful not to slice right through. Turn 90 degrees and make top-down slices across the onion. Then turn again by 90 degrees so onion is now side on and cut across starting from the top and working towards the still intact base. This will reduce your onion to a nice dice. Repeat with other half. NB - use a very sharp knife. Makes life a LOT easier and reduces chances you'll lop of an elegant finger. Classes available at reasonable rates.

This is merely an argument that nurses are rather underpaid and undervalued. Perhaps the RCN should take a note from Bob's book. And being a tube driver is a shitty job. Terrible working conditions (dark, hot, dusty) and with the responsibility for the lives and safety of thousands of passengers. If you think you could do MM, due to its "unskilled" nature, I suggest you think again. The tube provides a vital service, as witnessed when there are strikes, so I think the remuneration received is about right. That doesn't mean I think tube drivers should earn more than nurses. But then nurses are an easy target. Did you earn more than a doctor when working in the NHS? I suspect so. And you were, in current Tory parlance, a backline pen-pusher. A manager. A bureaucrat. Thems the breaks I guess.

Whilst I think your idea is sound, I have to take issue with the idea that we live in some sort of affluent bubble. Areas of Lewisham and Southwark have some of the poorest neighbourhoods in the country (check the Indices of Deprivation website). Your uniforms probably do just as much good in charity shops here as they would in poor areas of Glasgow.

If you want to discuss forum rules this can be moved to the "About the Forum" section. Or you could PM the Admin team.... Or we could just have a free-for-all and discuss events in Surrey here since that's where I'm from and it's all about ME!

I would suggest a limit on the number of tickets each person could apply for. People spending ?30k on tickets doesn't seem fair enough. Also, a sort of ranking system could have been possible where you could favour certain events over others in your selection. A simple algorithm would have sufficed I'd have thought.

Not a sausage at Chez Carnell. Humbug.

The oh-so-ironic "Keep Calm and Carry On" sign hanging on the kitchen wall reminds him to take a deep breath and count-to-ten before posting on the forum.

No. I believe the rules have authority because most will have be implemented after expensive consultation with qualified transport planners rather than just by asking a man in a Ford Escort what he reckons should be done. If you truly think some rules/roads/junctions badly designed or arbitary, what have you done about it? Contacted your council? Or Transport for London? Or just whinged on a local forum?

They remedy it by acting as a preventative measure for people not to drive/park in an anti-social manner i.e. blocking bus lanes or parking in restricted areas. These hinder the flow of traffic causing delays to buses (carrying far more than a solo motorist in a car) and other road users. If people were more considerate when driving observed traffic regulations instead of whinging when they are caught doing something they know perfectly is illegal then the roads would be less congested and traffic flow would improve.

The harbinger of doom returns! Yay! So good to have you back, Lou.

Reclaimed....more envrionmentally friendly and will look better.

No, but you all took advantage of the social housing system and bought property at cheap prices. So, when it suited you the situation was fine. Now you're complaining that you have to fork out your share of repairs?! You can't have it both ways.