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I hope England keep Steve McClaren until 2012

Awesome!!

Too right - picking the host nation is all horse trading at UEFA. Good luck to Croatia! Scotland will need luck because we're crap, but at least at the moment we're going up the rankings to get a better seeding for the qualifying draw.

Commiserations to Croatia. I'm still bummed about the way Scotland was dumped from the 2008 running last time around Poland-Ukraine sounds interesting though. I'm glad to see football go around Europe away from just the Big Five. It'll be good..... .....as long as Scotland qualify!

My guess is 4 more pages. Mods don't get to play.

OT: I got a call from Kansas City today, and all the time I was itching to ask, "Hey, do you know Jetmid?!"

What motivates people to crime is a lot more complicated than popular opinion would believe. People aren't just good or bad. Decisions aren't always made in the cold light of day with the benefit of hindsight. Many crimes are committed by psychologically damaged individuals. Many people were intoxicated at the time. The whole subject of criminology is interesting. The response is interesting too. Is it okay to shoot someone that breaks into your house to steal your cell phone? Is it okay to shoot someone that breaks into your car and tries to steal it? Is it okay to shoot someone who walks into your shop and steals the cash? Is it okay to shoot someone who walks into your shop and steals a watch? Is it okay for Rolex (or whoever) to shoot you? (Or any of us here?) I think there could be a great case for fewer laws - I have no doubt that this whole tragedy will be jumped on by political opportunists looking for cheap votes, and that equals dumb laws - it's the same everywhere. I wouldn't be surprised if the 'solution' ends up banning non-US citizens from owning guns, or something of that ilk.

Fair enough - succumb was the key word in what you were saying, I was looking at the phrases in the context that Logan had used them. A perfectly normal person can have a moment where they don't act rationally. This is perhaps where we really differ. I think folk are the same everywhere, just as many cretins here as there. So why is the murder rate so much higher? Not to mention accidental, non-criminal shootings. I only mentioned the source to question their conclusion from the statistics, not the actual figures. There was a rise, but there are a range of different factors involved - the cause and effect didn't necessarily follow from the statistics. House prices also rose during that time, if you see what I mean. I should add that I don't think gun control in the US is feasible or will ever happen. And I know plenty of people enjoy sport shooting. Don't get me wrong, whether it was the best idea or the worst idea, it worked - and put in a moment of extreme duress who knows what goes through your mind to protect your child. If the scenario played out a hundred times though, you could argue that you end up getting hurt by the gun as many times as by the snake. It's not an ideal way of dealing with a snake - it's something people in Australia deal with a lot. It raises a fair point on-topic though - and those are the differing gun needs of the country and the city. Could different gun licensing not address that?

I think never the twain shall meet on this subject. That sounds like an incredibly dangerous way to deal with a snake. That's everyone isn't it? Quote comes from a conservative think-tank, but nevertheless - the equivalent US rate according the FBI is 55 per million.

Happy Birthday! Tell her you want this for the big 4 - 0.

Nice!

For those that don't know, this is TTK's younger, ever-so-slightly meeker brother...Time-To-Tiptoe

Jetmid unites us all! They may take our trading section - but we'll always know where to buy spare parts for a Boeing....

Roughly $500,000. But it's very cool.

That looks like a great deal from Silix for an ETA. I'd say they're both the same watch, just a different price. Both dealers are in the far east.

Great write-up! Cheers!

For step one, go to: http://maps.google.com/ Then try it.

Like it!!

A sober lesson if ever it was needed not to lick the back of a snowmobile when it's frosty out

Holy smokes! Looks great!!

This looks good enough to eat! Looks fantastic!

Sit back, pour and enjoy! It's all good. I haven't had it, but needless to say I suspect that Donald Trump has not uncovered the world's best vodka, and the world's best spirits rarely come in snazziest bottle. I never used to think there was much to vodka, based on Smirnoff and alike, until I got a proper education in it in Germany. There are some Eastern European vodkas that are so smooth it's just unbelievable. Unfortunately they also left me completely shit-faced, so I couldn't begin to recall the names....and as you say, I probably couldn't have pronounced them to begin with. I'd like to go to somewhere like Poland and learn more. But hey, FREE is good!! Tell us how it goes!! Cheers!

Word from the dealers is that the rep will have to make do with parts from Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick Oldsmobile

Do we get a medallion shot too?