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The genie is out of the bottle man, legislation won't help Gun related deaths have been falling year on year in the US, the dramatic picture above is an old one. 2011 US 8,757 gun deaths (of which 6,009 were handguns) http://www.guardian....-crime-us-state 17,000 murders in South Africa in 2010 btw

They've just anounced a £97.something Million loss for last year, obscene, how can you even try and compete with that !!!!

Anyone with Nelson in them death thingy's could squeeze in any day now

So why??? Scott Parker sat in. BA lounge at Newcastle airport in Spurs tracksuit right now, strange!!!!

Great "gotcha" story from inside "the business" They were setting up Carol Smiley for a gotcha, she was being filmed and checking into a hotel (part of the set up), got in her room and almost immediately started doing herself with her battery operated friend, Gotcha abruptly canned. Alledgedly of course.

He never took a big hand in any of the pranks anyway.

RIP 89 mind, so canny knock.

Nowt wrong with good country music young man !!

S'just good rock music man

Top gigs: Big Country – Newcastle University, warm up gig for “without the aid of a safety net” tour Glasgow Fleadh – yonks ago, Lindisfarne, Van Morrison, The Pogues and Runrig all in one day Quo – City Hall - Hello tour ZZ Top – Eliminator tour, City Hall Springsteen/Dave Matthews Band – Hyde park Honorable mention: Thin Lizzy – City Hall, found ticket stub a few years ago, an astronomical £1.80 it was (bargain!!). Black Sabbath – City Hall, Heaven and Hell tour (with Dio not Ozzy) Rod Stewart - SJP – REALLY didn’t want to go but the Mrs got free tickets off her boss, was absolute quality. Aerosmith - Wembley (Lenny Kravitz main support was also excellent, Stereophonics and the Black Crowes were shit). Worst Gigs: Bon Jovi – Glasgow SEC – crap sound (having the PA hanging from the ceiling of what is essentially a geet big tin can is not a good idea) and bunch of posing twats UFO – City Hall, guitarist was off his face he nearly had a barney with the bass player Reo Speedwagon – City Hall, just utter crap. Rainbow - City Hall, Blackmore all pedals and pose and black velvet marshall stack with matching attire. He threw a wobbler at Cozy Powell at the end of one song, refused to continue until Powel had “tinged” a tiny little cymbal to end the tune, then turned around with self satisfied grin as if nowt was the matter. Il Divo – Arena, wor lass insisted, even she agreed we could fuck off after about half an hour. KIss - City Hall, only because the twats announced it was an out of makeup tour after we'd got the tickets, was a "fiery" show but just "not the same". Queen - SJP, Bleurgh. Top artists/bands seen 3+ times (nee particular order): Big Country Quo 10cc Runrig Lindisfarne Eagles Magnum Springsteen

Supoib band, Human Clay and Weathered are GREAT albums

Deep down aye, fully commited member of the Quo Army in me yoof. That said I like all sorts from Classical to Metallica, who are about as heavy as I go, although Skindred and Disturbed have done some Ok stuff (and I think Ramstein are class) and most genre's inbetween, excluding punk, never "got it" then, despite seeing the Stranglers in their "pomp" with obligatory ripped jeans etc and safety pins all awa and still think it's mainly shite now.

August and Everything After – Counting Crows Under the table and Dreaming – Dave Matthews Band Black Album – Metallica (one of the top 10 albums of any decade IMO). Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morriset Bringing down the Horse – Wallflowers No Fences – Garth Brooks In Search of Angels - Runrig Supernatural – Santana Human Clay – Creed Division Bell – Pink Floyd

Aye

Went to see them in Glasgow SEC, they were utter shit, and he did nowt but prance about posing and pouting at screaming girlies. Slippery was a bloody good album though. Easily in the top three shittest gigs I've been to.

The Smiths were and are turgid beyond description, the bloke can't even sing man !! Steve Perry the singer out of Journey is one of THE great rock voices of all time. Escape is a great album. Not a Leppard fan my any stretch but Hysteria was a very good album of it's time.

You mentioned the Smiths and it set me off on one. The Smiths are the 80's answer to King Crimson in the 70's, unrelenting garbage but it was "cool" to pretend they were good. I always "bite" on The Smiths, can't help myself.

Not Really Copperhead Road – Steve Earl Cutter and the Clan – Runrig Master Of Puppets – Metallica Full Moon Fever – Tom Petty Appetite for Destruction – GnR Back in Black – AC DC Thriller – MJ Slippery When Wet – Jovi Escape – Journey Joshua Tree – U2 Hysteria – Def Leppard End of Innocence – Don Henley Songs from the big chair – Tears for Fears Waking Hours - Del Amitri Number of the Beast – Maiden The River/Nebraska – Springsteen Raintown - Deacon Blue Permanent vacation - Aerosmith

The song that killed him as an artist for me, Spanish Train, Crusader then bleurgh

Listing shite from the 80's aye you could.

Is anything in the game these days ??

We already do that and all they do is breed.

Thought we looked canny for those 25 mins againts Sunlun meself

They've started stopping folks taking them off and hanging them round their necks now, again why?? Would have thought if you had to get off quickly having them round your neck rather than rolling around the floor would be less of a trip hazard.

Flying - plenty of gripes (along with those already metioned). The random "beep" at security does my head in, I fly every bloody week and have getting through security off to a fine art, similar attire every week, everything that could set off the beep in my coat/bag and yet I still get beeped occassionally, usually when it's stupidly busy. Got nabbed three weeks in a row at T5. When your evening flight to T5 is delayed for ages why do they then decide to park the plane at a fucking stand MILES away from the terminal and then bus you in, which other "modern" major airport uses fucking buses. (each time the bus passes the terminal and loads of spare gates). Anyone getting the late one from Newcastle to T5 be aware you will be delayed and invariably put on a bus. Electronics, why do you have to turn them off if plane mode is enabled, (Kindle's for example, if wi-fi is off, what's the problem) flew internal connection in the states last year and you could wi-fi from take-off to landing. Duty Free Booze - flying internally in the EU you can buy little in the UK, elsewhere in the EU D/Free you can buy as much as you want of anything way cheaper. (I won't start on airside prices of anything else, total rip off). Why do the Japs insist on wearing those dentists type masks ??? (after 20 minutes or so your breath/condensation renders them useless anyway).