Re cars: when the children arrived we got a campervan. A brilliant vehicle: loads of space, the kids’ friends adored it and I relished the look on peoples’ faces when they saw what looked like a mobile chippy (“Darling - some gypsies appear to have come to the house....) parked outside their house. Plus you were high up when driving and it taught me, like nothing else, how to use your mirrors to park in the smallest of spaces. And you could make a cup of tea. What’s not to love.....
Since then we’ve had Jags: the old-fashioned beautiful ones - S-type etc - which have been the best cars I’ve ever had. (I once had a Peugeot - dreadful - it burst into flames in Brent X car park only moments after the children got out.)
Recently I did a trip up to and back from the Lakes in my Jag convertible with the hood down, the sun in the sky, wind in my hair, music turned up loud. Noisy, windy but fucking awesome!!!
I saw a convertible S-type Jag could have been yesterday in London - was it dark green? Was that you??!!
No. Sold it 2 years ago for my silver convertible 2-seater (in theory has seats in the back but only for midgets). Don’t make them anymore (the fools) but puts all the fun back into motoring, even if the boot is tiny.
A brilliant car for carrying plants. I have even carried Xmas trees in it. My next outing will be to the Hampton Court Flowere Show next week.
Ah! I do wonder how many PB-ers have met or been around each other without knowing it. I once saw someone looking at PB on his iPhone sitting next to me on the train but I couldn't angle my face to see if he was logged in or was just browsing.
You were probably on the train to Ford open prison. Lots of PB'ers on that service.
Re cars: when the children arrived we got a campervan. A brilliant vehicle: loads of space, the kids’ friends adored it and I relished the look on peoples’ faces when they saw what looked like a mobile chippy (“Darling - some gypsies appear to have come to the house....) parked outside their house. Plus you were high up when driving and it taught me, like nothing else, how to use your mirrors to park in the smallest of spaces. And you could make a cup of tea. What’s not to love.....
Since then we’ve had Jags: the old-fashioned beautiful ones - S-type etc - which have been the best cars I’ve ever had. (I once had a Peugeot - dreadful - it burst into flames in Brent X car park only moments after the children got out.)
Recently I did a trip up to and back from the Lakes in my Jag convertible with the hood down, the sun in the sky, wind in my hair, music turned up loud. Noisy, windy but fucking awesome!!!
I saw a convertible S-type Jag could have been yesterday in London - was it dark green? Was that you??!!
No. Sold it 2 years ago for my silver convertible 2-seater (in theory has seats in the back but only for midgets). Don’t make them anymore (the fools) but puts all the fun back into motoring, even if the boot is tiny.
A brilliant car for carrying plants. I have even carried Xmas trees in it. My next outing will be to the Hampton Court Flowere Show next week.
Ah! I do wonder how many PB-ers have met or been around each other without knowing it. I once saw someone looking at PB on his iPhone sitting next to me on the train but I couldn't angle my face to see if he was logged in or was just browsing.
I realised some time ago that I have a distant connection - through work - with SeanT of this parish. RCS100 lived very near me - though he was on the expensive/posh side of Finchley Road. And he was an intern at the bank where - and - when I did my first in-house legal job. I may even have told him to stop whatever it was that he was doing ..... if he wanted to stay legal...... !
Incidentally, I was out at dinner last night with Eurodevils who have now finished their 3 months training in Edinburgh. There were 2 Italians, a Dutch woman, a Portuguese and a Spaniard from Madrid. To seriously understate it schadenfreude is not simply an English phenomenon. All of them were delighted and amused at Germany's departure from the WC.
It is obvious that they were all aware that the current system works very well for Germany to the detriment of everywhere else in the EZ. And they really don't like it.
Mr. Song, do you disagree that communists are as bad as fascists?
Socialism is a creed of failure, the line between it and communism is blurry at best (the USSR wasn't the USCR). Whether social democrats are essentially soft left types who want red flag fools on-side, or whether they're genuine socialists depends on the party.
Just look at Labour. It tolerated the likes of Marxist McDonnell and pro-Chavez Corbyn for years and years. For most of that time, Labour was left, but not utterly insane. Now it's got socialists squatting on the front bench.
Re cars: when the children arrived we got a campervan. A brilliant vehicle: loads of space, the kids’ friends adored it and I relished the look on peoples’ faces when they saw what looked like a mobile chippy (“Darling - some gypsies appear to have come to the house....) parked outside their house. Plus you were high up when driving and it taught me, like nothing else, how to use your mirrors to park in the smallest of spaces. And you could make a cup of tea. What’s not to love.....
Since then we’ve had Jags: the old-fashioned beautiful ones - S-type etc - which have been the best cars I’ve ever had. (I once had a Peugeot - dreadful - it burst into flames in Brent X car park only moments after the children got out.)
Recently I did a trip up to and back from the Lakes in my Jag convertible with the hood down, the sun in the sky, wind in my hair, music turned up loud. Noisy, windy but fucking awesome!!!
I saw a convertible S-type Jag could have been yesterday in London - was it dark green? Was that you??!!
No. Sold it 2 years ago for my silver convertible 2-seater (in theory has seats in the back but only for midgets). Don’t make them anymore (the fools) but puts all the fun back into motoring, even if the boot is tiny.
A brilliant car for carrying plants. I have even carried Xmas trees in it. My next outing will be to the Hampton Court Flowere Show next week.
Ah! I do wonder how many PB-ers have met or been around each other without knowing it. I once saw someone looking at PB on his iPhone sitting next to me on the train but I couldn't angle my face to see if he was logged in or was just browsing.
I realised some time ago that I have a distant connection - through work - with SeanT of this parish. RCS100 lived very near me - though he was on the expensive/posh side of Finchley Road. And he was an intern at the bank where - and - when I did my first in-house legal job. I may even have told him to stop whatever it was that he was doing ..... if he wanted to stay legal...... !
Robert was on Finchley Road? All now becomes clear....
Re cars: when the children arrived we got a campervan. A brilliant vehicle: loads of space, the kids’ friends adored it and I relished the look on peoples’ faces when they saw what looked like a mobile chippy (“Darling - some gypsies appear to have come to the house....) parked outside their house. Plus you were high up when driving and it taught me, like nothing else, how to use your mirrors to park in the smallest of spaces. And you could make a cup of tea. What’s not to love.....
Since then we’ve had Jags: the old-fashioned beautiful ones - S-type etc - which have been the best cars I’ve ever had. (I once had a Peugeot - dreadful - it burst into flames in Brent X car park only moments after the children got out.)
Recently I did a trip up to and back from the Lakes in my Jag convertible with the hood down, the sun in the sky, wind in my hair, music turned up loud. Noisy, windy but fucking awesome!!!
I saw a convertible S-type Jag could have been yesterday in London - was it dark green? Was that you??!!
No. Sold it 2 years ago for my silver convertible 2-seater (in theory has seats in the back but only for midgets). Don’t make them anymore (the fools) but puts all the fun back into motoring, even if the boot is tiny.
A brilliant car for carrying plants. I have even carried Xmas trees in it. My next outing will be to the Hampton Court Flowere Show next week.
Ah! I do wonder how many PB-ers have met or been around each other without knowing it. I once saw someone looking at PB on his iPhone sitting next to me on the train but I couldn't angle my face to see if he was logged in or was just browsing.
I realised some time ago that I have a distant connection - through work - with SeanT of this parish. RCS100 lived very near me - though he was on the expensive/posh side of Finchley Road. And he was an intern at the bank where - and - when I did my first in-house legal job. I may even have told him to stop whatever it was that he was doing ..... if he wanted to stay legal...... !
Robert was on Finchley Road? All now becomes clear....
Re cars: when the children arrived we got a campervan. A brilliant vehicle: loads of space, the kids’ friends adored it and I relished the look on peoples’ faces when they saw what looked like a mobile chippy (“Darling - some gypsies appear to have come to the house....) parked outside their house. Plus you were high up when driving and it taught me, like nothing else, how to use your mirrors to park in the smallest of spaces. And you could make a cup of tea. What’s not to love.....
Since then we’ve had Jags: the old-fashioned beautiful ones - S-type etc - which have been the best cars I’ve ever had. (I once had a Peugeot - dreadful - it burst into flames in Brent X car park only moments after the children got out.)
Recently I did a trip up to and back from the Lakes in my Jag convertible with the hood down, the sun in the sky, wind in my hair, music turned up loud. Noisy, windy but fucking awesome!!!
I saw a convertible S-type Jag could have been yesterday in London - was it dark green? Was that you??!!
No. Sold it 2 years ago for my silver convertible 2-seater (in theory has seats in the back but only for midgets). Don’t make them anymore (the fools) but puts all the fun back into motoring, even if the boot is tiny.
A brilliant car for carrying plants. I have even carried Xmas trees in it. My next outing will be to the Hampton Court Flowere Show next week.
Ah! I do wonder how many PB-ers have met or been around each other without knowing it. I once saw someone looking at PB on his iPhone sitting next to me on the train but I couldn't angle my face to see if he was logged in or was just browsing.
I realised some time ago that I have a distant connection - through work - with SeanT of this parish. RCS100 lived very near me - though he was on the expensive/posh side of Finchley Road. And he was an intern at the bank where - and - when I did my first in-house legal job. I may even have told him to stop whatever it was that he was doing ..... if he wanted to stay legal...... !
Robert was on Finchley Road? All now becomes clear....
I realised some time ago that I have a distant connection - through work - with SeanT of this parish. RCS100 lived very near me - though he was on the expensive/posh side of Finchley Road. And he was an intern at the bank where - and - when I did my first in-house legal job. I may even have told him to stop whatever it was that he was doing ..... if he wanted to stay legal...... !
Conspiracy Alert - Finchley Road and rcs1000 in the same post !!!!!!!!!!
The currant bun reporting England to make 9 changes from Sunday.
Hmm. not sure about that. Risks a serious jolt to momentum if England lose. Still, probably better to play the reserves in entirety than make 4-6 changes and disrupt the cohesion of the team (twice, assuming that the first-choice come back in the second round).
So today Leavers are hating Tony Blair. Yesterday it was the BMA. It must be exhausting keeping all that negative energy pent up, ready to discharge on so many different subjects.
For a group that like to lay claim to patriotism, there's precious little about Britain that they actually like.
There is no section of the population that respects Tony Blair.
I'm afraid I'm not fleet enough of foot. For now the Leavers have moved on to their next hate target, the CBI.
Seriously, disapproval of Tony Blair is not just confined to Leavers or Corbynites.
He is more popular than populist Leavers and Corbynites like to think.
According to the latest Yougov, (June 16th) 17% like Tony Blair, and 76% dislike him.
17% is a lot more than "no section" and not at all bad for a retired politician, let alone one that gets the populists and the Corbynites ranting. Better than most hopefuls for next Tory leader.
Give him a couple of months on the campaign stump and he could get back to the 35% he needed to win a majority.
A net rating of around -60% is an appalling score for any politician at any time, ever. The only reason that a 17% absolute approval rating is decent for a retired politician is 'not at all bad' is that most retired politicians are forgotten. However, an absolute disapproval rating of 76% is so bad - particularly for someone who's been out of the front line of politics for over a decade - that it deserves a category all of its own.
I find this car conversation daunting. I've got as far as working out that I need to buy a car but haven't the slightest idea how I'm going to choose one now.
What are you looking for? Executive saloon? SUV? Runabout?
Stop using these technical terms.
What kind of driving are you mainly going to be doing? Countryside, city or motorway?
Mainly but not exclusively country driving, with some long distance driving from time to time. A decent-sized boot would be useful. Not too big because I'm rubbish at parking.
Doesn't "rubbish at parking" actually mean crap at driving and a danger on the roads? If you can't control a car at 2mph you shouldn't be trying to at 70. Get some more lessons and learn how.
Not at all its about being realistic. Especially given how other people park, I have quite a wide car so I would rather park at the back of a car park and walk extra distance than squeeze between two cars parking on or over their respective lines.
Parallel parking is master to learn IMO than motorway driving.
Realistically, a man fearful of his own parking skills in a fixed size garage is going to be a hazard down narrow winding country lanes. He shouldn't risk other people's safety just because he's so blasé about his own.
The currant bun reporting England to make 9 changes from Sunday.
Hmm. not sure about that. Risks a serious jolt to momentum if England lose. Still, probably better to play the reserves in entirety than make 4-6 changes and disrupt the cohesion of the team (twice, assuming that the first-choice come back in the second round).
We will also end up playing Columbia rather than japan (as things stand)
We are here to win it but that doesn't mean we ponce around trying to get the easiest route to the final and hope that the team we face in the final goes down with the lurgy the day before the match.
Bring it! Should be our mantra.
27%...40% my arse. Tell it to UBS.
The example of Portugal two years ago shows what happens when you end up on the right side of the draw.
Shows nothing. On the day at that time they came through. Could have gone out to Croatia or lost to France on another day. Hardly scientific.
And I suppose you don’t think Millwall benefitted from avoiding Premier League teams on their way to the 2004 FA Cup Final.
Really good to see someone do this - it's not just the World Cup. Personally I'd favour 30 mins ball-in-play with touchline timekeepers - and ball has to go dead (not FK/pen) for half-time & full-time to be blown.
The currant bun reporting England to make 9 changes from Sunday.
Hmm. not sure about that. Risks a serious jolt to momentum if England lose. Still, probably better to play the reserves in entirety than make 4-6 changes and disrupt the cohesion of the team (twice, assuming that the first-choice come back in the second round).
We will also end up playing Columbia rather than japan (as things stand)
There's not a huge amount to fear from any of the Group H sides on today's evidence. Especially sans James Rodriguez.
I find this car conversation daunting. I've got as far as working out that I need to buy a car but haven't the slightest idea how I'm going to choose one now.
What are you looking for? Executive saloon? SUV? Runabout?
Stop using these technical terms.
What kind of driving are you mainly going to be doing? Countryside, city or motorway?
Mainly but not exclusively country driving, with some long distance driving from time to time. A decent-sized boot would be useful. Not too big because I'm rubbish at parking.
Doesn't "rubbish at parking" actually mean crap at driving and a danger on the roads? If you can't control a car at 2mph you shouldn't be trying to at 70. Get some more lessons and learn how.
Not at all its about being realistic. Especially given how other people park, I have quite a wide car so I would rather park at the back of a car park and walk extra distance than squeeze between two cars parking on or over their respective lines.
Parallel parking is master to learn IMO than motorway driving.
Realistically, a man fearful of his own parking skills in a fixed size garage is going to be a hazard down narrow winding country lanes. He shouldn't risk other people's safety just because he's so blasé about his own.
As he hasn't owned a car for some years, it makes sense to be cautious initially, before gaining confidence and experience. I am sure that he will be competing with the PB boy racers in no time.
We are here to win it but that doesn't mean we ponce around trying to get the easiest route to the final and hope that the team we face in the final goes down with the lurgy the day before the match.
Bring it! Should be our mantra.
27%...40% my arse. Tell it to UBS.
The example of Portugal two years ago shows what happens when you end up on the right side of the draw.
Shows nothing. On the day at that time they came through. Could have gone out to Croatia or lost to France on another day. Hardly scientific.
And I suppose you don’t think Millwall benefitted from avoiding Premier League teams on their way to the 2004 FA Cup Final.
You clearly want to face the strongest teams as late as possible - looking at another sport, those that create huge upsets (Say Giles Muller Wimbledon 2017 vs Nadal) almost invariably regress to the mean standard in a couple of matches, and you'd much rather face an 'upsetter' rather than someone who is in the top 10 in the world.
The currant bun reporting England to make 9 changes from Sunday.
Hmm. not sure about that. Risks a serious jolt to momentum if England lose. Still, probably better to play the reserves in entirety than make 4-6 changes and disrupt the cohesion of the team (twice, assuming that the first-choice come back in the second round).
We will also end up playing Columbia rather than japan (as things stand)
There's not a huge amount to fear from any of the Group H sides on today's evidence. Especially sans James Rodriguez.
Yes Columbia aren’t anywhere near as good as they were in 2014.
We are here to win it but that doesn't mean we ponce around trying to get the easiest route to the final and hope that the team we face in the final goes down with the lurgy the day before the match.
Bring it! Should be our mantra.
27%...40% my arse. Tell it to UBS.
The example of Portugal two years ago shows what happens when you end up on the right side of the draw.
Shows nothing. On the day at that time they came through. Could have gone out to Croatia or lost to France on another day. Hardly scientific.
And I suppose you don’t think Millwall benefitted from avoiding Premier League teams on their way to the 2004 FA Cup Final.
I find this car conversation daunting. I've got as far as working out that I need to buy a car but haven't the slightest idea how I'm going to choose one now.
What are you looking for? Executive saloon? SUV? Runabout?
Stop using these technical terms.
What kind of driving are you mainly going to be doing? Countryside, city or motorway?
Mainly but not exclusively country driving, with some long distance driving from time to time. A decent-sized boot would be useful. Not too big because I'm rubbish at parking.
Doesn't "rubbish at parking" actually mean crap at driving and a danger on the roads? If you can't control a car at 2mph you shouldn't be trying to at 70. Get some more lessons and learn how.
Not at all its about being realistic. Especially given how other people park, I have quite a wide car so I would rather park at the back of a car park and walk extra distance than squeeze between two cars parking on or over their respective lines.
Parallel parking is master to learn IMO than motorway driving.
Realistically, a man fearful of his own parking skills in a fixed size garage is going to be a hazard down narrow winding country lanes. He shouldn't risk other people's safety just because he's so blasé about his own.
Who says he's 'fearful of his own parking skills in a fixed size garage'? There's plenty of other ways to park other than a garage including but not limited to parallel parking and getting in and out of tight spaces with narrow lines.
Parking spaces in this country are ridiculously tiny, especially if you have a big vehicle. Two big vehicles parked next to each other is like a comedy sketch trying to open the doors, no matter how decent a driver you are.
I drove in Canada two years ago and I swear their generic parking spaces are wider than our disabled/parent and child spaces.
We are here to win it but that doesn't mean we ponce around trying to get the easiest route to the final and hope that the team we face in the final goes down with the lurgy the day before the match.
Bring it! Should be our mantra.
27%...40% my arse. Tell it to UBS.
The example of Portugal two years ago shows what happens when you end up on the right side of the draw.
Shows nothing. On the day at that time they came through. Could have gone out to Croatia or lost to France on another day. Hardly scientific.
And I suppose you don’t think Millwall benefitted from avoiding Premier League teams on their way to the 2004 FA Cup Final.
You clearly want to face the strongest teams as late as possible - looking at another sport, those that create huge upsets (Say Giles Muller Wimbledon 2017 vs Nadal) almost invariably regress to the mean standard in a couple of matches, and you'd much rather face an 'upsetter' rather than someone who is in the top 10 in the world.
You want to face the fewest number of tough matches, since your chance of winning the whole thing is simply a% * b% * c% * d%. Assuming you are optimising for winning.
We are here to win it but that doesn't mean we ponce around trying to get the easiest route to the final and hope that the team we face in the final goes down with the lurgy the day before the match.
Bring it! Should be our mantra.
27%...40% my arse. Tell it to UBS.
The example of Portugal two years ago shows what happens when you end up on the right side of the draw.
Shows nothing. On the day at that time they came through. Could have gone out to Croatia or lost to France on another day. Hardly scientific.
And I suppose you don’t think Millwall benefitted from avoiding Premier League teams on their way to the 2004 FA Cup Final.
Are you backing all the favourites in this WC?
Well I did have a five on Spain, Portugal, Germany, Brazil, England and Belgium to make the quarter finals. Trust the Germans to let me down.
I do think we should try to win tonight, I just don’t think we should be too upset if we don’t. Whereas not beating Nigeria in 2002 was a very big mistake.
We'll leave the treaties on 29th March 2019 with May's wretched deal... Then she'll be torn apart by the Tory Party within a month.
Question is who follows her? My guess is that it'll be a Brexiteer to make sure there's no further watering down of May's already sh*t deal and to ensure "transition" isn't continued beyond the next election.
Re cars: when the children arrived we got a campervan. A brilliant vehicle: loads of space, the kids’ friends adored it and I relished the look on peoples’ faces when they saw what looked like a mobile chippy (“Darling - some gypsies appear to have come to the house....) parked outside their house. Plus you were high up when driving and it taught me, like nothing else, how to use your mirrors to park in the smallest of spaces. And you could make a cup of tea. What’s not to love.....
Since then we’ve had Jags: the old-fashioned beautiful ones - S-type etc - which have been the best cars I’ve ever had. (I once had a Peugeot - dreadful - it burst into flames in Brent X car park only moments after the children got out.)
Recently I did a trip up to and back from the Lakes in my Jag convertible with the hood down, the sun in the sky, wind in my hair, music turned up loud. Noisy, windy but fucking awesome!!!
It is fascinating to see my driving argued about back and forth by people who have never seen me drive.
Especially when the majority of cars have automatic parking as an add-on. stop car, take hands off wheel, press button, car parks itself. Many members of the fairer sex refuse to discuss even having this option on the car at all.
F1: Billy Monger's been driving an F1 car. Just a PR thing, I think, but if he's got the pace it'd be great to see him driving one properly in the future.
[For those who forgot/don't know, Monger's the young lad who lost both his legs in an accident].
Re cars: when the children arrived we got a campervan. A brilliant vehicle: loads of space, the kids’ friends adored it and I relished the look on peoples’ faces when they saw what looked like a mobile chippy (“Darling - some gypsies appear to have come to the house....) parked outside their house. Plus you were high up when driving and it taught me, like nothing else, how to use your mirrors to park in the smallest of spaces. And you could make a cup of tea. What’s not to love.....
Since then we’ve had Jags: the old-fashioned beautiful ones - S-type etc - which have been the best cars I’ve ever had. (I once had a Peugeot - dreadful - it burst into flames in Brent X car park only moments after the children got out.)
Recently I did a trip up to and back from the Lakes in my Jag convertible with the hood down, the sun in the sky, wind in my hair, music turned up loud. Noisy, windy but fucking awesome!!!
Re cars: when the children arrived we got a campervan. A brilliant vehicle: loads of space, the kids’ friends adored it and I relished the look on peoples’ faces when they saw what looked like a mobile chippy (“Darling - some gypsies appear to have come to the house....) parked outside their house. Plus you were high up when driving and it taught me, like nothing else, how to use your mirrors to park in the smallest of spaces. And you could make a cup of tea. What’s not to love.....
Since then we’ve had Jags: the old-fashioned beautiful ones - S-type etc - which have been the best cars I’ve ever had. (I once had a Peugeot - dreadful - it burst into flames in Brent X car park only moments after the children got out.)
Recently I did a trip up to and back from the Lakes in my Jag convertible with the hood down, the sun in the sky, wind in my hair, music turned up loud. Noisy, windy but fucking awesome!!!
I find this car conversation daunting. I've got as far as working out that I need to buy a car but haven't the slightest idea how I'm going to choose one now.
What are you looking for? Executive saloon? SUV? Runabout?
Stop using these technical terms.
What kind of driving are you mainly going to be doing? Countryside, city or motorway?
Mainly but not exclusively country driving, with some long distance driving from time to time. A decent-sized boot would be useful. Not too big because I'm rubbish at parking.
Doesn't "rubbish at parking" actually mean crap at driving and a danger on the roads? If you can't control a car at 2mph you shouldn't be trying to at 70. Get some more lessons and learn how.
Not at all its about being realistic. Especially given how other people park, I have quite a wide car so I would rather park at the back of a car park and walk extra distance than squeeze between two cars parking on or over their respective lines.
Parallel parking is master to learn IMO than motorway driving.
Realistically, a man fearful of his own parking skills in a fixed size garage is going to be a hazard down narrow winding country lanes. He shouldn't risk other people's safety just because he's so blasé about his own.
Who says he's 'fearful of his own parking skills in a fixed size garage'? There's plenty of other ways to park other than a garage including but not limited to parallel parking and getting in and out of tight spaces with narrow lines.
Parking spaces in this country are ridiculously tiny, especially if you have a big vehicle. Two big vehicles parked next to each other is like a comedy sketch trying to open the doors, no matter how decent a driver you are.
I drove in Canada two years ago and I swear their generic parking spaces are wider than our disabled/parent and child spaces.
He said he didn't fancy parking in a garage. He said he's rubbish at parking. Parking means controlling a car in occasionally tight spaces at a couple of miles per hour. If you haven't mastered that, you shouldn't be allowed to pass a driving test. I don't appreciate sharing full speed limit, narrow roads with people who can't master incredibly slow and simple manoeuvres.
Rather than being the inverse, isn’t that the explanation for ‘no deal is better than a bad deal’?
If no deal = no Brexit then it also equals rebellion.
What kind of rebellion do you mean? The assumption here is that this outcome would result from the operation of democratic processes after a majority (of MPs, or voters in a referendum) concluded that no Brexit was a better option than no deal exit so it’s not obvious what would justify rebellion, either inside or outside the Conservative party bubble.
We are here to win it but that doesn't mean we ponce around trying to get the easiest route to the final and hope that the team we face in the final goes down with the lurgy the day before the match.
Bring it! Should be our mantra.
27%...40% my arse. Tell it to UBS.
The example of Portugal two years ago shows what happens when you end up on the right side of the draw.
Shows nothing. On the day at that time they came through. Could have gone out to Croatia or lost to France on another day. Hardly scientific.
And I suppose you don’t think Millwall benefitted from avoiding Premier League teams on their way to the 2004 FA Cup Final.
You clearly want to face the strongest teams as late as possible - looking at another sport, those that create huge upsets (Say Giles Muller Wimbledon 2017 vs Nadal) almost invariably regress to the mean standard in a couple of matches, and you'd much rather face an 'upsetter' rather than someone who is in the top 10 in the world.
You want to face the fewest number of tough matches, since your chance of winning the whole thing is simply a% * b% * c% * d%. Assuming you are optimising for winning.
Parsing the best options for routes to the final is a bit like the Democrats talking of packing future Supreme Courts - i.e. pales into utter insignificance against the simple problem of just winning.
Am I right in thinking of Senegal dont equalise, there are no African teams in the knockout stages?
Yup for the first time since 1982
Amazing when you consider how many superstar African players in top European leagues.
Are there really all that many ?
Mo Salah springs to mind, and a couple of the nigerians I suppose - but Nigeria had a tough group.
There are 45 in the EPL alone. Also remember that many North African teams have been doing the old Ireland under jack charlton and getting top french and Dutch talent to play for their parents homeland.
We are here to win it but that doesn't mean we ponce around trying to get the easiest route to the final and hope that the team we face in the final goes down with the lurgy the day before the match.
Bring it! Should be our mantra.
27%...40% my arse. Tell it to UBS.
The example of Portugal two years ago shows what happens when you end up on the right side of the draw.
Shows nothing. On the day at that time they came through. Could have gone out to Croatia or lost to France on another day. Hardly scientific.
And I suppose you don’t think Millwall benefitted from avoiding Premier League teams on their way to the 2004 FA Cup Final.
Are you backing all the favourites in this WC?
Well I did have a five on Spain, Portugal, Germany, Brazil, England and Belgium to make the quarter finals. Trust the Germans to let me down.
I do think we should try to win tonight, I just don’t think we should be too upset if we don’t. Whereas not beating Nigeria in 2002 was a very big mistake.
We are here to win it but that doesn't mean we ponce around trying to get the easiest route to the final and hope that the team we face in the final goes down with the lurgy the day before the match.
Bring it! Should be our mantra.
27%...40% my arse. Tell it to UBS.
The example of Portugal two years ago shows what happens when you end up on the right side of the draw.
Shows nothing. On the day at that time they came through. Could have gone out to Croatia or lost to France on another day. Hardly scientific.
And I suppose you don’t think Millwall benefitted from avoiding Premier League teams on their way to the 2004 FA Cup Final.
Are you backing all the favourites in this WC?
Well I did have a five on Spain, Portugal, Germany, Brazil, England and Belgium to make the quarter finals. Trust the Germans to let me down.
I do think we should try to win tonight, I just don’t think we should be too upset if we don’t. Whereas not beating Nigeria in 2002 was a very big mistake.
What are you looking for? Executive saloon? SUV? Runabout?
Stop using these technical terms.
What kind of driving are you mainly going to be doing? Countryside, city or motorway?
Mainly but not exclusively country driving, with some long distance driving from time to time. A decent-sized boot would be useful. Not too big because I'm rubbish at parking.
Doesn't "rubbish at parking" actually mean crap at driving and a danger on the roads? If you can't control a car at 2mph you shouldn't be trying to at 70. Get some more lessons and learn how.
Not at all its about being realistic. Especially given how other people park, I have quite a wide car so I would rather park at the back of a car park and walk extra distance than squeeze between two cars parking on or over their respective lines.
Parallel parking is master to learn IMO than motorway driving.
Realistically, a man fearful of his own parking skills in a fixed size garage is going to be a hazard down narrow winding country lanes. He shouldn't risk other people's safety just because he's so blasé about his own.
Who says he's 'fearful of his own parking skills in a fixed size garage'? There's plenty of other ways to park other than a garage including but not limited to parallel parking and getting in and out of tight spaces with narrow lines.
Parking spaces in this country are ridiculously tiny, especially if you have a big vehicle. Two big vehicles parked next to each other is like a comedy sketch trying to open the doors, no matter how decent a driver you are.
I drove in Canada two years ago and I swear their generic parking spaces are wider than our disabled/parent and child spaces.
He said he didn't fancy parking in a garage. He said he's rubbish at parking. Parking means controlling a car in occasionally tight spaces at a couple of miles per hour. If you haven't mastered that, you shouldn't be allowed to pass a driving test. I don't appreciate sharing full speed limit, narrow roads with people who can't master incredibly slow and simple manoeuvres.
I'd far rather share roadspace with cautious drivers who are aware of their own limitations and drive accordingly than with deluded fools who think they are Lewis bloody Hamilton!
I find this car conversation daunting. I've got as far as working out that I need to buy a car but haven't the slightest idea how I'm going to choose one now.
What are you looking for? Executive saloon? SUV? Runabout?
Stop using these technical terms.
What kind of driving are you mainly going to be doing? Countryside, city or motorway?
Mainly but not exclusively country driving, with some long distance driving from time to time. A decent-sized boot would be useful. Not too big because I'm rubbish at parking.
Doesn't "rubbish at parking" actually mean crap at driving and a danger on the roads? If you can't control a car at 2mph you shouldn't be trying to at 70. Get some more lessons and learn how.
Not at all its about being realistic. Especially given how other people park, I have quite a wide car so I would rather park at the back of a car park and walk extra distance than squeeze between two cars parking on or over their respective lines.
Parallel parking is master to learn IMO than motorway driving.
Realistically, a man fearful of his own parking skills in a fixed size garage is going to be a hazard down narrow winding country lanes. He shouldn't risk other people's safety just because he's so blasé about his own.
Who says he's 'fearful of his own parking skills in a fixed size garage'? There's plenty of other ways to park other than a garage including but not limited to parallel parking and getting in and out of tight spaces with narrow lines.
Parking spaces in this country are ridiculously tiny, especially if you have a big vehicle. Two big vehicles parked next to each other is like a comedy sketch trying to open the doors, no matter how decent a driver you are.
I drove in Canada two years ago and I swear their generic parking spaces are wider than our disabled/parent and child spaces.
He said he didn't fancy parking in a garage. He said he's rubbish at parking. Parking means controlling a car in occasionally tight spaces at a couple of miles per hour. If you haven't mastered that, you shouldn't be allowed to pass a driving test. I don't appreciate sharing full speed limit, narrow roads with people who can't master incredibly slow and simple manoeuvres.
Never ever move to America. The worst British drivers would be the best in the US.
He said he didn't fancy parking in a garage. He said he's rubbish at parking. Parking means controlling a car in occasionally tight spaces at a couple of miles per hour. If you haven't mastered that, you shouldn't be allowed to pass a driving test. I don't appreciate sharing full speed limit, narrow roads with people who can't master incredibly slow and simple manoeuvres.
I'd far rather share roadspace with cautious drivers who are aware of their own limitations and drive accordingly than with deluded fools who think they are Lewis bloody Hamilton!
As would I. I drive very steadily in order to minimise my braking. I like to leave a substantial gap between me and the car in front, which sadly seems to encourage the lunatic Lewises so often behind me. But I also don't want to share roads with drivers who can't steer their cars accurately into parking spaces at very slow speeds. Hence my advice to Mr Meeks; learn to park it before you take your new car out.
I completely agree with Robert that Target 2 has nothing to do with trade balances. I also agree that the real causes of imbalances is capital flight. Where I differ from him is that this is not in itself a problem.
I would make 3 points.
1. Capital flight is another way of measuring the risk of Euro break up. This risk used to show up with differential interest rates on government debt and it still does to a limited extent but the Mario Put was very successful in reducing those differentials. The risk is now showing up elsewhere and it is currently thought to be high.
2. Why is this a problem? Because it means most of the working capital in the EZ is being deposited in German banks, despite them paying no interest. This gives a problem to Italian banks. They have to borrow money from the German banks to lend to investors in Italy. This requires both German banks being willing to lend and for Italian investors to pay a double premium, a turn to their own bank and a turn to the German bank as well. If risks are thought to be increasing German banks are likely to seek to recall capital from Italian banks causing severe liquidity problems there exacerbating any crisis that is already ongoing.
3. It is not risk free from the German perspective either. If Italy decided to leave the EZ and default on these target 2 balances the German/Euro financial system would collapse. The sums involved are far too large to be absorbed. This, ironically, gives the likes of Italy some leverage but it increases instability in a very 2007 way.
So, I do not think Robert is right to say ignore this. The ECB has got to work to persuade Mario that the Italian banks are a safe place for his cash. As Robert says, this could be greatly assisted by larger interest rate differentials making those Italian banks more attractive. If the EZ goes on like this growth in places like Italy, Spain and Portugal is likely to suffer and Germany is likely to become even more dominant.
I've watched the video twice now, and I've no effing idea what Target 2 is.
He said he didn't fancy parking in a garage. He said he's rubbish at parking. Parking means controlling a car in occasionally tight spaces at a couple of miles per hour. If you haven't mastered that, you shouldn't be allowed to pass a driving test. I don't appreciate sharing full speed limit, narrow roads with people who can't master incredibly slow and simple manoeuvres.
I'd far rather share roadspace with cautious drivers who are aware of their own limitations and drive accordingly than with deluded fools who think they are Lewis bloody Hamilton!
As would I. I drive very steadily in order to minimise my braking. I like to leave a substantial gap between me and the car in front, which sadly seems to encourage the lunatic Lewises so often behind me. But I also don't want to share roads with drivers who can't steer their cars accurately into parking spaces at very slow speeds. Hence my advice to Mr Meeks; learn to park it before you take your new car out.
I completely agree with Robert that Target 2 has nothing to do with trade balances. I also agree that the real causes of imbalances is capital flight. Where I differ from him is that this is not in itself a problem.
I would make 3 points.
1. Capital flight is another way of measuring the risk of Euro break up. This risk used to show up with differential interest rates on government debt and it still does to a limited extent but the Mario Put was very successful in reducing those differentials. The risk is now showing up elsewhere and it is currently thought to be high.
2. Why is this a problem? Because it means most of the working capital in the EZ is being deposited in German banks, despite them paying no interest. This gives a problem to Italian banks. They have to borrow money from the German banks to lend to investors in Italy. This requires both German banks being willing to lend and for Italian investors to pay a double premium, a turn to their own bank and a turn to the German bank as well. If risks are thought to be increasing German banks are likely to seek to recall capital from Italian banks causing severe liquidity problems there exacerbating any crisis that is already ongoing.
3. It is not risk free from the German perspective either. If Italy decided to leave the EZ and default on these target 2 balances the German/Euro financial system would collapse. The sums involved are far too large to be absorbed. This, ironically, gives the likes of Italy some leverage but it increases instability in a very 2007 way.
So, I do not think Robert is right to say ignore this. The ECB has got to work to persuade Mario that the Italian banks are a safe place for his cash. As Robert says, this could be greatly assisted by larger interest rate differentials making those Italian banks more attractive. If the EZ goes on like this growth in places like Italy, Spain and Portugal is likely to suffer and Germany is likely to become even more dominant.
I've watched the video twice now, and I've no effing idea what Target 2 is.
But I do want to buy a boat ...
I think that this is sadly yet further evidence of your contrary nature.
What are you looking for? Executive saloon? SUV? Runabout?
Stop using these technical terms.
What kind of driving are you mainly going to be doing? Countryside, city or motorway?
Mainly but not exclusively country driving, with some long distance driving from time to time. A decent-sized boot would be useful. Not too big because I'm rubbish at parking.
Doesn't "rubbish at parking" actually mean crap at driving and a danger on the roads? If you can't control a car at 2mph you shouldn't be trying to at 70. Get some more lessons and learn how.
Not at all its about being realistic. Especially given how other people park, I have quite a wide car so I would rather park at the back of a car park and walk extra distance than squeeze between two cars parking on or over their respective lines.
Parallel parking is master to learn IMO than motorway driving.
Realistically, a man fearful of his own parking skills in a fixed size garage is going to be a hazard down narrow winding country lanes. He shouldn't risk other people's safety just because he's so blasé about his own.
Who says he's 'fearful of his own parking skills in a fixed size garage'? There's plenty of other ways to park other than a garage including but not limited to parallel parking and getting in and out of tight spaces with narrow lines.
Parking spaces in this country are ridiculously tiny, especially if you have a big vehicle. Two big vehicles parked next to each other is like a comedy sketch trying to open the doors, no matter how decent a driver you are.
I drove in Canada two years ago and I swear their generic parking spaces are wider than our disabled/parent and child spaces.
He said he didn't fancy parking in a garage. He said he's rubbish at parking. Parking means controlling a car in occasionally tight spaces at a couple of miles per hour. If you haven't mastered that, you shouldn't be allowed to pass a driving test. I don't appreciate sharing full speed limit, narrow roads with people who can't master incredibly slow and simple manoeuvres.
Never ever move to America. The worst British drivers would be the best in the US.
And CA has one of the better road safety records, like us in NY. I shudder to think what driving in the worst states must be like.
We are here to win it but that doesn't mean we ponce around trying to get the easiest route to the final and hope that the team we face in the final goes down with the lurgy the day before the match.
Bring it! Should be our mantra.
27%...40% my arse. Tell it to UBS.
The example of Portugal two years ago shows what happens when you end up on the right side of the draw.
Shows nothing. On the day at that time they came through. Could have gone out to Croatia or lost to France on another day. Hardly scientific.
And I suppose you don’t think Millwall benefitted from avoiding Premier League teams on their way to the 2004 FA Cup Final.
Are you backing all the favourites in this WC?
Well I did have a five on Spain, Portugal, Germany, Brazil, England and Belgium to make the quarter finals. Trust the Germans to let me down.
I do think we should try to win tonight, I just don’t think we should be too upset if we don’t. Whereas not beating Nigeria in 2002 was a very big mistake.
I don't suppose Robert could summarise target2 in a few bullet points? I still cannot tell why it is a good thing or not (though it is said to be an essential function).
Tonight's match is being played in the birthplace of Immanuel Kant.
On the subject of aiming to lose this match to get an easier route to the final, Kant’s observation that “one who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him” may be relevant.
Tonight's match is being played in the birthplace of Immanuel Kant.
On the subject of aiming to lose this match to get an easier route to the final, Kant’s observation that “one who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him” may be relevant.
Betfair reckons Belgium will throw the match judging by all the odds.
And CA has one of the better road safety records, like us in NY. I shudder to think what driving in the worst states must be like.
I used to spend a lot of time in Denver, CO. People would go clubbing, and drink heavily, and then get into their cars and drive home. The number of accidents was horrendous. I think I saw three or four wrecks in just one weekend in Denver. That's inconceivable in the UK.
I guess the EDL will be out protesting out these religious sex crimes at children?
The archbishop of Canterbury has asked his predecessor George Carey to step down as an honorary assistant bishop after a damning independent report found that senior figures in the Church of England colluded over a 20-year period with a disgraced former bishop who sexually abused boys and men.
Justin Welby said the report on the church’s handling of former bishop Peter Ball made harrowing reading. “The church colluded and concealed rather than seeking to help those who were brave enough to come forward. This is inexcusable and shocking behaviour,” Welby said.
“To the survivors who were brave enough to share their story and bring Peter Ball to justice, I once again offer an unreserved apology. There are no excuses whatsoever for what took place and the systemic abuse of trust perpetrated by Peter Ball over decades.”
If the then Archbishop of Canterbury is prepared to put the Church ahead of the protecting children then the Church needs to be removed as a part of the state.
What are you looking for? Executive saloon? SUV? Runabout?
Stop using these technical terms.
What kind of driving are you mainly going to be doing? Countryside, city or motorway?
Mainly but not exclusively country driving, with some long distance driving from time to time. A decent-sized boot would be useful. Not too big because I'm rubbish at parking.
Doesn't "rubbish at parking" actually mean crap at driving and a danger on the roads? If you can't control a car at 2mph you shouldn't be trying to at 70. Get some more lessons and learn how.
Not at all its about being realistic. Especially given how other people park, I have quite a wide car so I would rather park at the back of a car park and walk extra distance than squeeze between two cars parking on or over their respective lines.
Parallel parking is master to learn IMO than motorway driving.
Realistically, a man fearful of his own parking skills in a fixed size garage is going to be a hazard down narrow winding country lanes. He shouldn't risk other people's safety just because he's so blasé about his own.
Who says he's 'fearful of his own parking skills in a fixed size garage'? There's plenty of other ways to park other than a garage including but not limited to parallel parking and getting in and out of tight spaces with narrow lines.
Parking spaces in this country are ridiculously tiny, especially if you have a big vehicle. Two big vehicles parked next to each other is like a comedy sketch trying to open the doors, no matter how decent a driver you are.
I drove in Canada two years ago and I swear their generic parking spaces are wider than our disabled/parent and child spaces.
He said he didn't fancy parking in a garage. He said he's rubbish at parking. Parking means controlling a car in occasionally tight spaces at a couple of miles per hour. If you haven't mastered that, you shouldn't be allowed to pass a driving test. I don't appreciate sharing full speed limit, narrow roads with people who can't master incredibly slow and simple manoeuvres.
I'd far rather share roadspace with cautious drivers who are aware of their own limitations and drive accordingly than with deluded fools who think they are Lewis bloody Hamilton!
If the then Archbishop of Canterbury is prepared to put the Church ahead of the protecting children then the Church needs to be removed as a part of the state.
To be fair, the same can be said for many organisations in the past, including religious ones such as the Catholic church to secular ones such as the BBC or many councils.
And CA has one of the better road safety records, like us in NY. I shudder to think what driving in the worst states must be like.
I used to spend a lot of time in Denver, CO. People would go clubbing, and drink heavily, and then get into their cars and drive home. The number of accidents was horrendous. I think I saw three or four wrecks in just one weekend in Denver. That's inconceivable in the UK.
In Georgia in the Seventies it was possible to drive aged 16, having driven around cones in the carpark and taken a multiple choice test. My brother got a GA license that way.
Mind you he passed his UK motorcycle test despite falling off during the test. In those days the examiner just watched you ride around the block, and couldn't see you all the time.
If the then Archbishop of Canterbury is prepared to put the Church ahead of the protecting children then the Church needs to be removed as a part of the state.
These people call themselves Christians. It turns your stomach.
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It is obvious that they were all aware that the current system works very well for Germany to the detriment of everywhere else in the EZ. And they really don't like it.
Socialism is a creed of failure, the line between it and communism is blurry at best (the USSR wasn't the USCR). Whether social democrats are essentially soft left types who want red flag fools on-side, or whether they're genuine socialists depends on the party.
Just look at Labour. It tolerated the likes of Marxist McDonnell and pro-Chavez Corbyn for years and years. For most of that time, Labour was left, but not utterly insane. Now it's got socialists squatting on the front bench.
Hunchman maybe had a point after all :-)
Their conclusion, not nearly enough:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/world-cup-stoppage-time-is-wildly-inaccurate/
Parking spaces in this country are ridiculously tiny, especially if you have a big vehicle. Two big vehicles parked next to each other is like a comedy sketch trying to open the doors, no matter how decent a driver you are.
I drove in Canada two years ago and I swear their generic parking spaces are wider than our disabled/parent and child spaces.
I do think we should try to win tonight, I just don’t think we should be too upset if we don’t. Whereas not beating Nigeria in 2002 was a very big mistake.
Question is who follows her? My guess is that it'll be a Brexiteer to make sure there's no further watering down of May's already sh*t deal and to ensure "transition" isn't continued beyond the next election.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1522243/The-Volkswagen-Campervan-making-comeback-electric.html
Scratched the convertible itch with a Caterham about thirty years ago. A car which magnified both their joys and utter impracticalities.
[For those who forgot/don't know, Monger's the young lad who lost both his legs in an accident].
Slightly rebalances the top/bottom half argument too - I think Japan are weaker than Columbia for all Falcao's loss of pace.
May could be the leader to take the Tories back into the EPP.
But huge fun.
Mo Salah springs to mind, and a couple of the nigerians I suppose - but Nigeria had a tough group.
More than one African FA has spent more on Mercedes for their FA Chairman and executive board than they have on youth development/coaching.
Not very impressive so far but who knows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cs4tKdiiI4
Lux PM launches attack on the CSU saying a small Bavarian party cant determine future of Europe
so a bloke who is responsible for fewer Europeans than the Oberburgermeister of Munich is saying pipsqueaks shouldnt be ordering everyone else around.
CSU - 39%
Migration - 30%
Housing - 24%
https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2018-06/unionsstreit-csu-bayern-problem-forsa-umfrage
But I do want to buy a boat ...
Or buy a self-parking car.
so 61% don't think so
Not up, at all, on football*.
*Or F1, if we go by the 2018 results.
I have a cheeky couple of quid on Croatia, which I hope to lay off soon.
My bet on Germany reaching final has now gone. Ha ha ha ha...
What odds did you get on Croatia? They were circa 30(ish) before things started, and about half that more recently.
Edited extra bit: quite tasty odds at 36. Should be tradeable.
The archbishop of Canterbury has asked his predecessor George Carey to step down as an honorary assistant bishop after a damning independent report found that senior figures in the Church of England colluded over a 20-year period with a disgraced former bishop who sexually abused boys and men.
Justin Welby said the report on the church’s handling of former bishop Peter Ball made harrowing reading. “The church colluded and concealed rather than seeking to help those who were brave enough to come forward. This is inexcusable and shocking behaviour,” Welby said.
“To the survivors who were brave enough to share their story and bring Peter Ball to justice, I once again offer an unreserved apology. There are no excuses whatsoever for what took place and the systemic abuse of trust perpetrated by Peter Ball over decades.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/22/church-of-england-colluded-with-bishop-peter-ball-who-abused-boys-says-justin-welby
If the then Archbishop of Canterbury is prepared to put the Church ahead of the protecting children then the Church needs to be removed as a part of the state.
https://twitter.com/philmcnulty/status/1012383686648565760
Every lane is an overtaking lane and well traffic lights are generally seen as ornaments, not something to be followed.
Mind you he passed his UK motorcycle test despite falling off during the test. In those days the examiner just watched you ride around the block, and couldn't see you all the time.