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Why say "unbelievable" without expanding on it you patronising wank? If you were as clever as you clearly think you are, you wouldnt need to ask. The irony wasnt lost on me. Are you the sort of person that joins committees at work, always has their nose in other people's business and has a reputation for being a 'difficult character' with your friends and colleagues? Thats not an advert for a shit breakaway forum, they were genuine questions.

Am planning on being there, not defintite but close to.

:icon_lol: that actually made me laugh out loud! wacky does it sitting down cos his little arm will not reach his arse standing up Have one of my bitches to wipe it tbh Known as your Poo-tang?

Pink fluffy bra, sunglasses, mask, hat and rifle. Fair play.

When did Thompson join the academy? Used to play against him as a kid.

Where was the insight in that? Should read The Times had a conversation with Ashley but not a lot was revealed.

He works at Longbenton and one of the lesser known posters on NO came on once saying he had guessed who it was and that he was just some harmless kid. Cant remember how he guessed but it seemed like he was sure. There is a photo thread on NO with his picture in it (not the little shop of horrors one). The photo seems to contradict any notion of him being a 'harmless kid'.

If you cut Own's wages in half and then issued the accounts tomorrow, that wouldnt help much. You mean you're hunch is its long term and we agree then? I agree, it seems to be more of a long term strategy to me. Not good, shit in fact. Certainly nothing i've seen so far backs up their early PR about their ambition for the club.

Fair enough, i'd go with that.

If you cut Own's wages in half and then issued the accounts tomorrow, that wouldnt help much. You mean you're hunch is its long term and we agree then?

It's also a way of preparing a company for sale. [/pessimist] My Dad's take on it, as it happens. Not mine, cost-cutting exercises are attempts to change spending culture within a business and take around 2 years to hit the bottom line, depending on the size of the organisation. When a big corporation announces cost cuts, its not too make it a more sellable asset. The overall value of the club fluctuates massively according to external forces (market changes etc) which make cost-cutting irrelevant to the sale value. Accountants have never been, not ever will be, in charge of a business. Dont listen to what they think. If we reduce our outgoings without affecting income too much (as is the likely case) then it makes us a more attractive asset, surely that's obvious? Again this is a worst case scenario, if Ashely was looking to make a profit a football club wouldn't have been the obvious target, more than likely he is trying to run the place like a business though hopefully he realises that there are significant differences between a football club and any other company he has owned. If you have some beans and then you find more beans then overall you'll have more beans. Well done. The point is these changes take time to implement, take time to become embedded in the culture and take at least one financial reporting year to show up in the figures. Therefore, it doesnt point to selling the club, it points to longevity.

I was under the impression you were rather unconvinced at how they have done things to date? I havent commented on them for ages, nor was i looking back at what has gone on before.

It's also a way of preparing a company for sale. [/pessimist] My Dad's take on it, as it happens. Not mine, cost-cutting exercises are attempts to change spending culture within a business and take around 2 years to hit the bottom line, depending on the size of the organisation. When a big corporation announces cost cuts, its not too make it a more sellable asset. The overall value of the club fluctuates massively according to external forces (market changes etc) which make cost-cutting irrelevant to the sale value. Accountants have never been, not ever will be, in charge of a business. Dont listen to what they think.

Does that translate into us buying some goodish players? Difficult to say from a hard nosed business perspective. When the time is right, he will act. He is known as a maverick so will probably do something big when you least expect it. These are dark arts Parky, planets need to be aligned etc.

The cost cutting is a good sign imo. Its a signal of Ashley's commitment to the club (i.e. business). Its also a way of maximising money to invest. The business at the moment is not going to deliver the level of annual returns you would demand (in an investment appraisal) from a £200m+ outlay. "Invest to win" to steal one of our own corporate phrases, is a necessary not an optional.

Took the train to Connecticut the last time i was there, coming back into Manhattan into Penn station is good as you approach the Island, you come down the shore north of Long Island, then approach NYC from the north. Durham is quite impressive tbf.

Its quite cheap at the Washington for lunch tbh. Dorset snails were about 7 quid, the fishcakes about the same

Chemotherapy would be less nauseous than fop.

A vacuous version of Invicta.

You look great.

My buns are quite tight which would explain why i have never had an issue with the following sitting technique; sit with your hoop in the middle of the bowl, if you havent got an oversized fat arse this should leave more than enough room at the back of the bowl to wipe front to back and then (moving hand slightly away from the upper tract of arse-crack) continue hand movement out of the back of the bowl. This allows inspections of latter wipes. There are risks involved if you are wearing a shirt with a long tail at the back but i'm presuming this would also apply to a stander. I've been caught out with no bog roll on many an occasion and find that a daily newspaper is probably the best thing to use. However, i did start to get paranoid about the risk of 'ring ink-poisoning' and so if caught in this situation now go for the aforementioned 'douche'. Quite a pleasant way to clean up and i have to admit t liking the extra confidence you get from a pristine ring.

Is this still going!? Jesus wiped.

Trying our lasses knickers on.

The truth was going to come out at some point so i may as well let you all know. There'd been a bit of tension for a while and i know others had started to notice it, it wasnt just me being paranoid or anything. So i get this pm late one night, he was clearly drunk on whisky or whatever it is he's on at the minute. It all came out, i wasnt sure what to say, did what any man would do, said it was ok but it was firm 'no'. Next thing i know he's deleted his account and wont return my calls. He's not the only one who got hurt, dont think he realises that.