tonyXIII

Who ate the other eleven? I bet it was you! I'm jealous, really. It's very difficult to get mince pies out here!

+1. Love it! Wish I had a turntable to play it on , though I have ripped it to mp3 .

I've got some mates who are Newcastle fans. I feel a bit sorry for them. Then again, I've got a mate who is a Makem. He is keeping very quiet! When your team is worse than your nearest neighbours, Newcastle, your team is really bad!

I'm only upset that it's merely an effigy.

Thanks Padge and Shaun for the quick response. I'm not much wiser, but much comforted to know I'm not going gaga!

Okay! I'm confused. Nothing new there, I know. That newspaper clipping refers to Baskiville, with an "i". There is a thread about the "Baskerville" Shield (or Cup. It's late and I'm "tired and emotional") on here. Is this the same bloke? How did he spell his name? Or is it two different blokes?

Are you still driving an Audi, Craig? And did you sort out the problem you had a year or two ago?

You mean there are other types of vampires? Wow! You live and learn. Or maybe not.

As in T.I.T.? Sorry.

Man up, you wimp! And drink plenty of that whisky you received for Xmas! Get well soon.

Aren't they self-adhesive? You know, the sort you can never shake off!

Reports in the Greek press that Ranieri will leave after the next game against Serbia on Tuesday. Ekathimerini reports he has agreed to go and reduced his compensation claim to let it happen more quickly. Giorgios Sarris (the boss of the Greek football association) is quoted as saying "I take full responsibility for the unfortunate choice of the manager."

Currently reading 'Denial' by Peter James. Not for the first time, I've found a modern novel that is very hard to 'get into'. I think the modern style of multi threading a novel is to blame. The authors are so busy cutting between story lines, that none of them develop quickly enough to hook me into the overall story. When the story lines do begin to come together, I start to enjoy the novel. I've just got past page 300 of 500 and I'm enjoying it. The first 200 pages or so were a hard slog, though.

My laptop is at the repair shop. Norton360 has been telling me that it has blocked an attack by a trojan. Trojan! Is that you?

But not the dog's bo11ocks? (Sorry mods!)

On a boring Saturday evening, (I know! I'm getting old!) there was nothing worth watching, so I tuned in to "The Men Who Made Us Spend" on BBC2. Made in conjunction with the OU, I think, but it looked at the marketing of products from Listerine and Zantac to Vitamin Water and moved on to the use of HGH (yes, Human Growth Hormone!) as a means of preventing ageing and finished with a Las Vegas sales symposium (?) for the anti-ageing industry. Dear Lord above! Talk about a bunch of lying, dissembling, two-faced ********s, I couldn't believe they had the nerve to claim scientific backing for the snake oil they are pushing. And people are buying it. Billions of dollars worth of it. Why didn't I think of selling flavoured water as a health aid and making a huge fortune? I blame my teachers.

... and counting.

A small (£232) tax rebate just dropped into my bank account. Considering I only submitted my 2014 tax return online last Sunday, that's a four-day response. Impressively quick!

Many years ago, I had a French girlfriend and we were travelling through France when we stopped at a Les Routiers for dinner. She ordered steak for us both, but told the chef that her companion was English so his steak should be "presque charbonisé". I thought that was a lovely (and oh so French!) way of saying "medium", which was what I'd asked her to order.

If it's any consolation, I was never the svelte youngster I used to be!

"Into the wilds", "electrical kit, the charger". Just how far into the wilds are you going? Just joking!

As conspiracy theories go, that is the worst I've heard.

Reportedly "sacked", rather than "left". I honestly thought United had a bit more about them than to do this. Less than a year into the job. I know it's not gone brilliantly, but it was always going to take time for him to get it right. Even Ferguson would have had to change things round a bit and wait for the changes to bed in. I know the "business" side of things will be increasing the pressure, but even so, it's a bit "knee-jerk" from the reds. As a (lapsed) City fan, this is good news for us. The more they chop and change their manager, the longer it will take them to get the results they want.

Man City have now avoided Arsenal in the semi. Trust the blues!

Do they pay you to go to places like that? If not, why do you go?