NJS

I think the general opinion is that there both as bad as each other like.

I understood that it was invented just to give an extra seat in the cabinet - I think Whitelaw was the first under Thatcher though they do big-up the ceremonial stand-in aspects nowadays. I suppose you could argue it has a higher profile when a coalition is in force.

That's not how it works. Thankfully. Isn't it? It was when Blair resigned. Harman was deputy PM then - now that would have been a pisser - probably concentration camps for blokes.

Bored shitless at work - agreed to work this week as a goodwill gesture given the panic when I resigned but after handing over everything last week I have fuck all to do. Could have been worse - there was confusion with HR on Friday which suggested I'd have to do another week after this one which would have had me on suicide watch- thankfully a false alarm. Roll on the piss-up on Friday.

You know what I think of Cameron but in all honesty I don't see this as a "downfall" issue. I just hope all the flak for Cameron and Murdoch doesn't allow who I think the real villains are (the police) to get away with it.

Naw me either, much rather have my wee asus netbook, more powerful, more storage, and a 9hr battery (6 if im watching movies), really can't fault it and it's perfectly portable. The transformer does 16 hours life when docked - haven't tested it with movies but I'd imagine Android is less hungry than Windows. I've never really trusted laptops as I had a Sony Vaio about 10 years ago that was fine when on the mains but only lasted about 45 min on battery.

So what would you do with the £160,700,000 you'd have left after that spree?

Agreed, bet they get hounded to fuck now! I'd let on I had won a few million to explain the new house etc. true i would never go public if i won any amount of money and i would never show that ive got money either i would buy a house but not a stupid massive mansion like some rich people go for How the hell would you put a dent in 161m if you didn't buy at least one fuck-off house? Unless you bought a 500k house in 322 towns - a bit pointless.

That new Asus tablet has gotten brilliant reviews I have one of those - there's an issue with the power supply (had to replace mine with a cheap universal one) but otherwise it's great.

Been to Utrecht a few times after meeting a Dutch NUFC fan at PSV in 97 - its a typical European town/small city with a fuck-off church (great views from the top) and nice drinking/cafe squares. Decent people with no bother.

Looks good - cheers - can't connect to the google server from work but will try tonight.

Anyone with an HTC tried the HTC sense feature? I left my phone at the office yesterday when I went for a few pints after work but thought at one point I'd lost it. I logged on to the site which is suppoed to be able to remotely track/disable your phone only to be told I hadn't enabled the feature on the device. On getting to work I've checked the phone and it is enabled. I've emailed them to query it but wondered if anyone here had tried it.

Thomasson was a bit unlucky but didn't help his cause by being a bit of a tart. Andersson on the other hand was an unmitigated fairy who really should have meant Dalglish was constitutionally banned from ever signing a striker again.

I know it's generally true but 10k wouldn't solve every problem in people's lives. Good idea though.

I've thought about "normal" wins and reckon once you've bought a fuck-off house you could easily have a great life on the 5% income you'd easily get - at least 3 or 4 years travelling for me. Can't understand the "I'd still work" pov - why bother doing the lottery in that case? The possibility of £160m made me think the same way as Stevie - probably would have asked Ashley for a price.

There's a bar just there which we used to call the leching bar - spent hours there just watching the female world go by with a beer.

Generally no problems - occasional slowness but nowt off-putting. Don't tend to bother on my phone but its okay on my Andriod tablet as well. Though I've no problem with a subscription if needed.

Marina for night out - but don't bother getting there till late (> 11pm)

Self-inflicted suffering - I made a couple of sandwiches for bait for yesterday with some barbecue chicken pieces from Asda then remembered I was being taken out for lunch by a recruitment agent. Took the sandwiches today and because the buns were a bit crusty I stuck them in the microwave - 5 hours later I had to do a mad dash off the train to get home before almost destroying my bog with the force of the explosion. Had a couple more and now almost calm seas though off to bed as I still a bit queasy.

We sub-let half of our office floor to another company and they moved in in April - since then at least twice a week the blokes' shitters get blocked (this afternoon being the ltest) - the consensus is that the tennants are tramps.

Pretty sad to see so many people buying it when I was in the local shop this morning - I know we can't apply our consciences 24/7 in the real world but fucking hell.

I'm obviously far too nice for my own good then (which tbh I've always suspected).

Yeah - and by the looks of things I may have a 4 week gap between them which will be great.

Even if they don't start a new paper or relaunch the NOTW in 6 months time, I think this what they are trying to aviod the most by suggesting that if there was any wrongdoing it was isolated to that branch. As if The Sun and probably even Sky News haven't done similar shit - especially paying coppers. I can't see how the advertisers can ethically continue to use any NI businesses.

Just handed my notice in - only the second time I've done it and the first time for 15 years (I had a spell as a contractor in the middle) and it is a slightly unpleasanty thing to do - no matter how glad you are you're leaving.