chrisp65

The fact that I spent all morning slow roasting a chicken, made my own yorkies, fabulous roasties, home made stuffing, really put a lot into a big family dinner.......a good few hours work...... .....and they basically demolished it. Did anyone notice the hint of garlic? Did anyone guess the rosemary was from the garden? Did anyone know the onion was the last of last year's crop? Nah, they'd have to chew to notice that stuff. Should've done a giant tray of oven chips and spent the morning abusing myself (there's always next week).

Live and Let Die - Wings

RIP Bert, you were simply brilliant. I have a bias, worked for him as a goffer very very briefly. This mostly involved making sure he never ever ran out of custard creams and was reminded what days he had to do his Butlins stint.

top quality hot air I've got a cup of tea, ginger biscuits, all set for the show. A fair point on Aaronovitch, from communist to being in Murdoch's employ.

TDTMTD

utterly lacking in context and can only help propogate the 'you started it first' 'no, you did' 'no, you did' quality of debate this usually kicks off (for the record, both the Israeli's and the Palestinians deserve to be treated as humans with rights, families and aspirations)

oooooooh, leads me into...... mine on vinyl, and very possibly my most played lp over the last 30 years as other stuff has come and gone

don't think you can make a final decision yet it could well be someone in a different team that scores a last day winner against QPR

How do you know where the ISS is going to pass and is there any chance of seeing it from a light polluted Brum ghetto? ooooh it's a spaceship Another chance tonight, but a bit low and very quick. So, a decent chance tomorrow. Best when it's a clear sky (obviously), a decent few minutes to get time to see it, and a nice high angle of 70+.

just watched the international space station go over 320 miles high, 17,500 mph (the little pink 'star' out there tonight is Mars)

a match I've been to for the last few years and been lucky enough to do a bit of the old prawn sandwich gig just couldn't be bothered this year (so clearly nailed on for an historic Villa win)

I'm off to empty my spam box!

oooh, are we going to do car history? I once had a Mazda 323 that was so utterly boring I punched it smack in the dashboard. I'd rate it lower than car's that were unreliable (spitfire), dangerous (dolomite) and french (citroen AX). Nothing gave me more pleasure than when that Mazda broke down and the repair bill was greater than it's value so I walked away with cash in my pocket from the garage. Even better, two months later he told me his gamble hadn't paid off as he still hadn't managed to fix it. Sweet.

Client (a govt dept): we'd like a replacement roof exactly the same as the old one which is at the end of it's serviceable life. Me: Wouldn't you prefer materials and designs that are newer, better and cheaper? Client (a govt dept): no no, we know what we want, an exact replacement. some time passes...... I return with spec and drawings Me: ok here's the design for your roof, wadja think? Client: there's no man safe system and it doesn't have a 25 year guarantee Me: that's right, you insisted on an exact replacement, this is an exact replacement Client: well it's got to be better than the old one, that's obvious surely? Me: *^%$!£"! basssssstards

you can make outrageous unsubstantiated claims in UK advertising, I think the phrase is a 'mere puff' For instance, the Linx effect adverts, I can't believe anyone would think they are true, but they are allowed. Levi's point about allowing all advertising is a bad one (sorry). The multinational company is always going to be in a position of power over the individual. If they are also unbridled by atleast not being alllowed to tell ridiculous lies or make ridiculous promises the balance of power is way too far in their direction. I'm not interested in making a bet with my health. I'm interested in a society that at least tries to put people before profit. I guess that's why I haven't moved to China, Russia or the USA.

ah go on, you know you want to

Take some advice from others where you live about the quality and attitude of the garages and dealers in your area. I completely agree with the sentiment above about Golfs, but... where I once lived my Golf went wrong and the dealer was shocking, borderline fraudulent. VW UK washed their hands of the situation and recommended I take the dealer to court. Result? Never bought another VW. Conversley, crappy old Nissan just have a superb attitude and can't do enough when we bought the wifey's car and when it's been serviced. Result? Eight years of custom. Considered the Merc A Class? Not a sporty image but actually a really versatile decent car, and don't think Merc main dealers won't haggle. They need to move the old shape off their forecourts.

I think the hose pipe ban covers Anglican Water.

Earliest memory, police horses chasing Villa and Forest fans up and down outside when there were houses, me watching from inside on the Holte and thinking it was incredible, fascinating, thrilling. If that happened now I'd quite rightly just think they were pillocks.

come on, you need to remember when you were a child trying to make an impression on the grown ups, easiest way was pseudo bad boy In reality, back then you were a bit bored, didn't have any money and didn't want to go home because you knew you didn't have first dibs on the tv channel Better to bid them a cheery 'alright chaps!' and know it's a couple of years before they can give you any real grief, by which time most of them will have discovered the delights of 9 to 5 By the same token, always know that if the situation does go nuclear, go for the knees and the face simultaneously and always always destroy always destroy completely :-)

from what I've heard of the e-mail hacking its very much in the 'legitimate illegality' area that we have to allow to retain free journalism unless its the start of a drip drip story

Lowestoft

I see you snuck your organ in there I do like a bit of enthusiastic organ finger work it was going to be Mick Talbot on the keys, a truly lovely amicable guy

wilko johnson - guitar rick tomlinson - guitar jj burnell - bass keith moon - drums booker t - organ gruf rhys - vocals

yeah Derek was a monster, I've always wondered why nobody ever found something really dodgy on him, he looked like a prime candidate for some bad connectons Galloway vs Bercow is going to be a death match Galloway vs Osborne is going to be one way traffic Galloway vs Millibland will kill off Millibland