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is going round the twist?

Finally watched The English Patient as it was on BBC recently. Pretty cheesy stuff, the melodrama really was ladeled on; but watchable.

Fucking Shakira! Is it worse that you knew that, or that I recognised it? Although I thought she said, "So you don't confuse them...with my bum"

It works out at 3.33 sterling pm if you buy a 12 month subscription (39.99).

Played both the online and offline demos of Ghost Recon last night. The graphics truly are stunning, couldn't get to grips with the online version at all. I think for now I'm going to get Battlefield and a steering wheel for PGR3. The MC2 appears to be the best available, although there are apparently some issues with not being able to change sensitivity. What I really need is a Fanatec, but as far as I can tell they've not produced one for the 360 yet; anyone got any experience with these? EDIT: Will send you a friend request today.

Right, I want to order 2 games today for the 360, one of them is pretty much certain to be Battlefield 2 and maybe Perfect Dark, and I already own Call of Duty 2 and PGR3. I don't want another racing game and I think another shooter might be overkill, I'm really only interested in the multiplayer aspect and I'm not sure about the fighting games...suggestions? I'm off to download a couple of demos to see of anything appeals.

I can't be far off. There's a fucking stupid amount of technology sat in front of me, and what am I doing with it? Posting on Toontastic.

No, I've moved the PC to where the tv is, so I can work from the couch with wireless keyboard and mouse. I'm not sure if there's really any advantage to the mail received noise in dolby digital, though. On another note - has anyone started using the Live Arcade yet? I thought I wouldn't go near it but I'm loving it.

Went out and got a 37" lcd HDTV to take advantage of the the XBOX 360 and the difference is well worth it. Last night the girlfriend asked if we could watch downloads (lost, etc.) on it, so I hooked it up to the PC. It took care of zapping movies to the xbox and I liked it so much I've kept it plugged in, it's fucking ridiculous.

Any relation to Ali Khamenei? I just moved and my internet only came online this morning. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the delay.

Forget your gun?

The first and last names are genuine, though I've obviously no way of verifying more than that. Anyone fancy calling Newcastle Council? Best one I ever heard was Brida Pidgeon, parents must have been proper piss-takers. How the fuck do you spell Brida, Breeda, Breda...?

He did try to get the likes of Duff and Kewell in to solve that problem, maybe he wasn't concerned enough about it.

Proper positions are for binmen tbh.

The Ramage mistake at Old Trafford could not be accounted for, it shattered the confidence of a team who were trying to recover from Souness, and overall Roeder's done that very well. He's also picked them up very well after 4 straight defeats. As regards weak only beating weak opposition - Spurs & Bolton certainly aren't. But the game against Chelsea was woeful. We played badly against a shite, nervous Chelsea and basically couldn't create a chance. Roeder was outfoxed(?) by a coach who's not nearly as tactically savvy as people give him credit for.

Yeah remember that match, my memory was that it was a pretty dire affair, although I went mental when we equalised, obviously.

I agree with the 5-4, fantastic game of football, but my memory of the Cup final was that they did fuck all for 85 odd minutes, should have been beaten soundly, should have had a blatant penalty against them, and them Owen nipped in for 2 quick goals, without any decent football being played. I'm having trouble remembering the 2-2, which makes me look like a closet red.

Some would argue that has fuck all to do with Houllier. I'm gob-smacked you didn't see a boring Liverpool team, I watch a lot of them and to be honest his tactics completely bypassed a decent midfield most of the time.

Aye, clearly not good enough for us....... Shite! Would love him here! 127305[/snapback] Houllier's Liverpool were the most boring team I'd ever seen, until Souness. Is it too much to ask for exciting football and a cup?

Jesus Wept!

If that qualifies someone for the job, how far down the leagues would we have to go to find someone who didn't qualify?

I find it hard to believe that not one person interviewed cast any aspersions on him becoming manager. I hate to say it but, expectations lowered; too many people seem to be using Souness as the bench-mark. I'm very happy with what Roeder's done since he came in, but I have serious doubts that he's good enough to break Newcastle back into the top 4 and perform consistently in the Champion's League. Having said that, it's all relative and we could do a lot worse.

News just in...

I'm really not convinced by this appointment, if true. I notice someone's confident enough of it not happening to be taking fairly large bets over on betfair.