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Then 3 aussies will call up about moving into the spare room.

The PR department worked hard to get a national media to carry their advertising. Its a bit like an advertorial in fact.

The debate shouldnt be about personalities it should be about clearly articulating where Ashley went wrong, what was missing at the club and how that can be rectified in the future.

Aye, common misconcption. Its hardly surprising though - If you invade an island you don't kill everyone thats lives there and replace them - that would mean killing a few million people, then shipping over another few million across the channel, they just adapt and embrace the culture. Not that that has anything to do with the subject. I think its relevant.

He also provides services / consults for Spurs. Leeds and Southampton too.

Well if such a thing still exists, his credentials arent that bad. Was Chief Executive of HSBC plc until 1999. http://www.seymourpierce.com/pages/keyStaf...?content_id=207

If you read Oppenheimer, he reckons that British genes have survived in 75% of today's population from when we were populated 6000 years ago. If the gene pool has survived anglo-saxon and Norman invastions, it'll survive most things imo.

Exactly First thing that crossed my mind. Is it two or fucking three? Idiot. You could always listen to it before judging. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8087740.stm

France is pretty good with averages at ~50Mb isn't it? Where as the UK's is ~3.6Mb. Really speaking 2Mb is good enough for most things, although the the issue, of course, is actually getting what you are supposedly paying for. It can be quite variable and its been slow at times but when its performing well, its lightning quick. I get ridiculous download speeds.

Had 100mb for over 2 years.

I don't like recommendations unless it's from people I know. I'm recommending the software. Its funny when you do though, as people always want to sneer at it.

You talk through your arse. You and Sniffer are funny, for two people with opinions on everything its strange that neither of you grasps the nuances of causality, association and outliers or exceptions. So some stupid people are successful, am sure we can all think of examples. An example of the relationship working the other way just means there are sometimes other factors at play. 120 years of academic work on the subject for you to find on google.

Its like Genius on iTunes except for books not music. Each book you enter generates up to 15 recommendations.

You weren't one of them.

Parky announced it, not me. In the Privatise the NHS thread. I only expressed my opinion on the matter about our professions, didnt say you had to. Still think if you use it in a debate, you should say yourself.

http://www.delicious-monster.com/ Thought it would interest a couple of people on here.

My whole point was slightly tongue in cheek too in reference to politicians pay. However, that the highest qualified are, in general, paid the most at the population level is such a statistical formality that the basic premise of money incentivising the best talent is a given. As an economist, i rarely cross anyone that needs the data to prove such fundamental insights. I also think if you want to use someone's profession to make points in a debate you should also tell people what you do for a living. If you're not prepared to say it yourself, you shouldnt use it.

Irrelevant. Where do the brightest people end up in careers? Where the most money is, on the whole. There are exceptions (Obama for one but he'll be well rewarded for the rest of his life far beyond anything a UK politician can hope for). For the football example, would a team from 1900's beat a team from the 1950's and then would that team beat a team from 2009. In terms of fitness and stamina (gained from effort, rather than natural talent) they would destroy them.

If you want good people to be politicians you need to pay them enough to stop them being corporate careerists. The best people are in industry because of basic economic rational choices. If politicians were paid more, like in every other industry, you'd see the quality of people rise. This is about as close as you can get to an economic law.

I respect political views on both sides of the spectrum. One thing about the euro-sceptic right that does concern me is the fact that only as a unified economic force, can Europe maintain its relative (and possibly absolute) wealth compared to the new economic forces from Asia, India and South America etc. There are clearly social (cultural) issues too, not just economic but i believe that our economic interests should super cede our socio-political interests because eventually without economic strength, our cultures will disappear.

Just remember 2 out of every 3 marriages never end.

Unrest amongst the socios, president is on a PR drive.

Cause I'm worried.

Yeah when I see a charva tabbing, that's exactly what I see. Charisma. Idiotic habit, and I'm sorry but you don't look cool. Photos of movie icons smoking look cool. Your average knobhead just looks like an unhealthy idiot. So smokers, I would think about stopping if part of your motivation is that you think you look cool. I'm sorry Gemma I don't associate with Charvas. I live in one of the classiest neighbourhoods in Europe and the cafes are full of smokers.

Did I? It was more to be illustrative really, there were plenty of fans unconvinced from the off about Allardyce on account of his fat-headed cuntishness.