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Cheers mate. All good with you? Blenheim (Marlborough region, north of the South Island) is wall to wall vineyards. All of them offer tastings and food. Bloody invitation to drink n drive......

Cool. I've got an ipad. Is tapatalk a free app?

Whey hey! Had a month off work to enjoy the summer, Gem. So been surfing, golfing, bit of trekking in the bush, lounging on beaches ogling women in a way inappropriate for my age, and so on. Did some touristy stuff too so went to South Island, visited a few vineyards in Blenheim, did some whale/dolphin watching in Kaikoura, and then went to Queenstown and did some sightseeing, jetboating etc. I've checked in here occasionally but been too busy to post. We had family over too over xmas so a lot of eating and drinking. Oh and CT - I haven't put a single pound on over xmas

I agree about the quote pyramids. They're a nightmare. I'll try and remember to cut the pyramids, sometimes they do encompass the whole picture though. I expect most people read posts sequentially, so you don't need to see them repeated again and again to get a sense of the points being made. It actually detracts from the power of the argument if you have to wade down a pyramid of quotes to find the latest point.

To my knowledge he hasn't taken anything at all out of the club has he?

I disagree Dr Gloom. Leazes is perfectly entitled to his opinions, tedious or not, same as you and I are. I've been on here and N-O since about 2006 and Leazes/NE5 has been consistent in his views throughout that time and has argued at nauseam with all comers. Unless you're new to TT or N-O, there can't be anything that you don't know about his views or his approach to argument. And yet time after time people will try to "win the argument" or pull him down. Which they basically won't be able to do, and it just perpetuates the whole thing. So to me the choice is simple. If you're sick of his views, then don't engage in debate with him. Or PM the people who constantly troll him and ask them to stop doing it. I doubt there'll be much of a debate over Shepherd if no-one's arguing about it. I don't blame him for responding directly to people trying to call him on things, that's his prerogative imo. The truth is some people enjoy having an argument and Leazes is an obvious target. Banning should be reserved for the truly offensive not somebody you disagree with or find annoying. imo the main thing that needs to be sorted is the quote pyramids - quoting one or two posts is all that is necessary and I'd be in favour of limiting the qupote function for everyone.

I think we'd be in the running for 3 points if we weren't down to the bare bones. As it is, who knows. Not even sure what the team's going to be.

Hurricane Bawbag. Best named hurricane ever

I can't believe anybody's responding to the obvious trolling of the OP. Oh well.

Class film Yeah, I found that phrase in a South African accent particularly amusing for some reason

The black Obertan. A cheap punt v a £10 Million punt. One word of caution though Thiery Henry looked utter cack for a lot of his first season. Henry still scored 18 league goals in his first season as well. As I said when we were after him in March, he puts the sh in shite. Henry never had a problem with basic technique and at cracking on 25 he's not a kid, that shot over the bar yesterday was cringeworthy to watch. The comparisons with Obertan....well to be fair at least Obertan gets a good ball in 1 in 4. The other difference is that Henry's head doesn't look like a melon with a pair of 70s bead curtains glued to it. It's like the bead equivalent of a comb-over. I have no idea what his football's like, I can't get past the look of him, he's like an extra-terrestrial.

Typical fucking Newcastle in other words.

Happy birthday. Why not celebrate with a hair cut?

So if you said, "Leave it with me while I mull it over", would you get a look of disgust?

.......was when Bernard Manning was interred

Didn't hurt Paul Mcartney Depends. If it was responsible for Wings, that's evidence it causes brain damage

Like the way "she" hedges her bets by including the spiel in French. Could've included something in Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, Gujerati and Urdu for maximum coverage.

George Michael. At your convenience.

Having said all that, I used to enjoy watching Top Gear. But I think it's had its day, much like Clarkson.

It would be ironic if Clarkson was hounded out by Daily Mail/Express readers seeing as to me he's the archetype of their readership. He talks and acts a bit like Stephen Fry playing the Duke of Wellington in Black Adder 3, and people think he's a loveable luddite for his refusal to bow to the PC brigade whereas actually he strikes me as a reactionary ignorant old twat.

He was half hearted for us (you set em up and I'll knock em in) I suppose aorta respond but I need arrest. Have a heart, don't put more puns in that vein in circulation

I think he positively enjoys offending people. He's a throwback to the 80s basically - get out of my way, egotistical wanker coming through in my super expensive gas guzzling car. When they become an embarrassment, it's best to remove them from the limelight and exile them to obscure satellite channels.

Apparently he's smoked prodigious quantities of spliff on a daily basis for years. Maybe his lungs have packed in in protest and there'snothing more sinister to it.

This. I've always disliked him, he's the epitome of a money obsessed small minded home counties bigot.

Ha! Class! I don't really want it to be him if I'm honest but it seems the most likely option. Who do I want? I've no idea! Hughes seems the logical choice as he's a safe pair of hands and .available. I wouldn't look forward to watching his team week in week out though. Whoever it is I'd be surprised if they hadn't already lined someone up, seeing as it was obvious Bruce needed to be axed.