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Colts used a TO

Yep, he was. Article is a bit naff, though, on the background facts. SOE and the SAS were totally different things. And the winter war was in the winter of 39/40 - WW2 had already started by then (and it is why the Finns (a democratic state) ended up fighting alongside the Nazis). WW2 saw more than one actor end up in Special Forces / SOE - David Niven and Anthony Quayle spring to mind.

Ticket bought. Looking forward to attending my first Bills game (excluding pre-season).

On the radio injury report they said it was a cramp issue. So I doubt it is anything that will keep him out this week. (Assuming they were correct).

Here you go. http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/15/man-reportedly-tries-to-have-sex-with-hornets-nest-and-dies-3760129/

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Enough people hate Thatcher enough to make it top 10, possibly even number 1. Many of those buying did not live through the Thatcher years (the street parties had plenty (in fact it looked a large majority) of people in their early 20s/teens). There were elements of her premiership/policies/personality which I disliked (but there again I do not vote for people I like personally, I try to vote for those who I think will run the country best). Never voted for her myself (too young/out of the country) but probably would have done if I had been able. She gets blamed for a lot of things in the UK, while completely ignoring the situation here when she took over. For example, the collapse of industry and the rise in unemployment. Partly deserved as her macroeconomic policies did keep the £ strong, making it hard to compete. But there again UK industry was churning out substandard product that was unrelible, ugly, expensive and often not delivered on time. And was already collapsing when she took over. Of course when she took over we had union leaders who (accurately) boasted they could overthrow governments (and had done), by going on strikes that paralysed the country (despite not having to hold ballots on strike action...). The IMF had to bail us out because the government was broke. Electricity power was unreliable - at times it was only on one hour a day. Sugar was rationed at times. No bread on shelves (baker strike), no rubbish collected (strikes), no bodies buried (more strikes!). Inflation was about 30%. There was even talk of a bloody military coup to overthrow the Labour Government a few years earlier. The UK was getting poorer all the time, by the end of Thatchers time in power this sorry state had been largely reversed.

Galloway is very much a pro-Muslim MP in the UK. He was against the war (and I think both wars) vs Saddam (which I do not hold against him) however he hobnobbed with Saddam's bunch and considers himself a close personal friend of Tariq Aziz (I think). He is pretty repulsive in my mind and represents the old, hard left in the UK. Not unknown among British MPs. The Labour party traditionally was the party of the unions and Galloway was a Labour MP. (Not any longer). They still have a lot of influence over Labour, but nowhere near as much as they used to (which amounted to almost total control).

Police say the Valentine's surprise story did not come from them and does not seem to be the case.

Yeah, but this is the UK, internationally renowned centre of excellence in food. Most of my countrymen would foul up boiling an egg and where seasoning often consists of spooning a shed load more salt on some descicated lump of meat (beef, horse or otherwise). I used to hate the work's lunch as everyone around me would be commenting on how the nice the food was and I would be chewing slowly and drinking more beer to try and wash out the taste. Ugh.

Ha ha ha. It's the Sunday Sport, with such previous 'news' scoops as 'London Bus Found at South Pole' and 'Missing Spitfire found on the Moon'. Kind of like a dumber 'The Onion' in print, but with lots of boobies scattered across its pages and sports news at the back.

Late spring/arly summer, so some time yet. Don't worry, I managed to avoid the recaps. Problem I have is that my friends have generally not even heard of the show, let alone watched it, which makes it difficult to talk about.

Love justified. Thought Mags and her brood were great villains, better even than Boyd (who I also really like). Can't wait for season 4 to start over here...

Basil Fawlty (Fawlty Towers), Sheldon Cooper, Penny, Mork, Tom & Barbara Good (The Good Life), Latka Gravas, Rev Jim Ignatowski, Louie De Palma, Del & Rodney Trotter & Trigger (Only Fools and Horses)

Good call. It is utterly meaningless...