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Or perhaps an ornithologist (sp? come on its early!) who studies birds of the farn islands that could get into mensa? ...... Ok, I know only I know what I babbling about there so Ill back away slowly.....

She wants to watch where that wheels gannin. Might me an embarrassing hospital visit. Unless she's been on the currys like. Then it could be extra oil in the wheels and she'd have to watch her balance. Maybe thats how she fell over like...

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Real first name: Darrel Nickname: Dont have one really unless you count fat bastard Age: 33 Occupation: Company Sales Director Location: Gatesheed Language(s) spoken?: English - just Avatart: Whey its me cow! Previous avatarts?: No never! Tell us when you first joined the boards?: Aaaaages ago, years! Board highlights?: Loafers FRiday being made an official day Board lowlights?: When we lost our home for a while... What would you be doing if you weren't doing your current job?: Whey Id be on the dole stoopid! Pets?: Two Border Terriers, Oscar & Gimli I play a bit like.... : a blind one legged freak Football heroes?: Beardsley would be the main Football villains?: Anyone who dives & winges. Or Lee Hendrie and thingy who's name escapes me who moved from Leeds to Citeh. Tw@ Best advice given?: Dont get credit (money) Ideal partner?: Yes I have Ideal dinner date?: Me, my wife, Billy Connelly, Spike Milligan, Michael Palin Ideal meal?: Italian over several small courses Can you cook?: Aye a bit, just dont very often Current wheels?: Silver/Blue Merc CLK270 Biggest influence?: Father TV programmes?: Malcolm in the Middle, various discovery channel rubbish Burger and chips or fish and chips?: Fish n Chips with tom sauce n pepper Chinese or indian? What do you order?: Chinees: crispy duck then chicken satay, fried rice. Favourite tunes?: Wide range but fave would be Pink Floyd Abi Titmuss or Jodi Marsh? neither: No ta, or Abi at a push. George Clooney or Bradley Pitt?: Pitt for a night on the piss Favourite film?: Dunno, too many. If I won a million pounds: Pay off house etc, give bits to friends & family, esp those who havent had much. Prob leave the country. Ever suspended/expelled from school?: Nah Favourite insult?: I seldom insult other than in jest, Im more a "off the cuff piss taker type". Most you've ever spent on an item of clothes?: In my 20's prob £150 on a denim jacket. No, £170 on a coat or £120 on jeans. Not now like. How many pairs of shoes do you own? - Shoes maybe 3, but then trainers 2 and boots 2. I'm obsessed with..... : Nah nowt really. I could live without everything I have, bar my wife.... ok and maybe my dogs .. little bastards.. In 5 years ... : Id hope to have kids and be looking for a bigger house! Can I go now?

Thats exactly how this wife came across. While she condemned the violence, she was also supporting action being taken and said it was more or less inevitable it would lead to this unless apologies were made. When she was told they had been made and what more do they have to do, she just kept repeating that they needed to open dialogue to come to agreements as to how to move on.

Indeed it is. The whole thing has gone waaaay too far. Protest is fair enough, but they loose their arguement as soon as they burn flags, smash embassy doors in and set fire etc. As a group allegedly trying to build bridges within the countries they reside, they got a funny way of doing it. I watched an interview with one saying they have been frustrated and scared in recent times as they are all deemed the same due to what happens around the world. Yet we here of UK residents who say they would be prepared to be a suicide bomber etc. Then we see all this over what? A cartoon image? You build your own bridges and you knock them down yourself.

On the subject, if there is one thing Ive noticed since coming back here, is the constant swipes at each other on both boards. I've stayed (and will stay) out of the bickering but its odd seeing each board post the usual "look they're at it again" type of thread. Both doing it as I sit bemused. I came back here as I dont post that often these days (working at work you know! would you imagine!) but I know more of the loafers here so its easier. I see both as being canny in their own way.

So lets get this right, they are protesting about a danish cartoon of Mohammed being portrayed in a number of ways that they object to. A number of these suggest violence. They disagree to this by burning flags and dummies as well as mass protest? Right.....

Are you sure someone hadnt just walked past while trying to sneak a tab?

I, like most was shocked, stunned, gutted, bemused when GS arrived. Not long after I sank into some sort of reluctant acceptance. Since then I've seen myself picking on his every word, knowing all along that he just wasnt right and how come there was so many who couldnt see this? At one point I gave in and agreed he had to be given a chance, despite knowing how bad he was. Before being our manager, I held him in no regard and never considered the possibility of him coming here. Only since he's been here have I realised just how bad he is. Im not going to give examples, I dont need to. But thrash me with a nettle for sinking into that acceptance when all along I should have felt like I do now and not being lulled into a false sense of security by a decent UEFA run (oh so long ago) that came crashing down oh so spectacularly. Its such a pitty that we have the injuries we do, as this is the shield he hides behind and will continue to do so long after leaving the club.

What may come in is what really does worry me. I've no doubt we'd be linked to name like Big sam, Bruce or OLeary - none of which fill me we any hope. Id see no option but to let someone like Roeder run things until the end of the season while we gave a good luck around and not just pick up the first guy who's on his way out of another club anyway... again. You'd think they would be looking now, but we all know its in good NUFC tradition to do things arse about face.

Similar story ran by the Guardian:- Graeme Souness's grip on the manager's job at Newcastle United, which seemed to have been maintained by Lee Clark's injury-time equaliser against Middlesbrough at St James' Park on Monday, may be forcibly relinquished before Newcastle host Mansfield Town in the FA Cup on Saturday. The question on Tyneside continues to be when Souness goes rather than if, with Sam Allardyce the leading candidate to replace him. It is believed the compensation Newcastle would have to pay Bolton Wanderers is not prohibitive and that Allardyce would be prepared to accept a position he declined prior to Souness's appointment in September 2004. Article continues There was much activity at St James' yesterday and Souness may have been reassured that some of it centred on an attempt to prise Danny Murphy from Charlton Athletic. Newcastle are willing to offer Amdy Faye, bought by Souness for £2m a year ago, and Lee Bowyer as bait. But Souness's future was also understood to be on the hierarchy's agenda. Doubts at board level pre-date the Carling Cup defeat at Wigan in November, when the chairman Freddy Shepherd's car was surrounded by fans demanding Souness's removal. Wigan had seven of their reserve team playing that night. On Monday, with Newcastle trailing 2-1, there were chants of "Souness Out" from the Gallowgate End. Souness said he did not want to hear Wigan mentioned after beating Arsenal and West Ham but it will be brought up after every poor result because the League Cup offered a chance of a trophy in Alan Shearer's last season. The Middlesbrough match followed weak efforts at Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. Before travelling to Tottenham Souness had a run-in with Stephen Carr, who was being asked to play at White Hart Lane after being out injured for two and a half months.Having observed how Emre Belozoglu and Kieron Dyer broke down after being brought back early, Carr said no. One man who did travel to Spurs was Glenn Roeder, who sat with Shepherd. Roeder, formerly manager of West Ham, is now academy director at Newcastle and is likely to be interim manager should Souness go before the Mansfield match.

Seen some canny ones over Xmas. Thre last I watched was The Exorsist Directors Cut that was on te other neet. But the Machinist and The Jacket were both canny.