Ken Tone

Haslar was so named centuries ago ..certainly by Nelson's time See 'up the creek without a paddle' "This phrase may have come from Haslar Creek in Portsmouth harbour, a 'salt' creek (may be origin of alternative 'up a **** creek'). Wounded sailors during Nelson's time, were taken there to be admitted to the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar to die or recover. The ship's moored up in the Solent and the wounded soldiers were transported up Haslar creek by tramline hence 'Up the creek without a paddle'. They were held prisoner so that they would not desert while being treated, and some tried to escape by going through the sewers to the creek (another suggested origin of the alternative 'up a **** creek'). " Note, even in those days, Portsmouth was considered a **** place to be. Back to the OP. My Dad was in the RNVR throughout most of the war, serving mostly on corvettes ...tiny little ships. He spent months on the Artic convoys, and (rarely) told me a few horrendous stories, when I was a kid, about the things he'd seen. Does anyone know if there will be any posthumous award, or will these new medals only go to the very few veterans still alive?

He's got a couple of bob then!

Lol at the 4-1 comment. I think I saw a post on the News site to the effect that a group of about 20 saints fans had pledged and paid up a £1000 between them, because they don't want PFC to disappear and have no one to laugh at any more!

Very hard to believe that video is not faked ..though I admit that if so, it is a bloody good fake. Eagles are shy of humans, and unlikely to take even their usual prey near to people. (I've spent hours bird-watching and only ever seen them at a distance through a telescope.) There has never been a recorded case of a child being snatched as far as I know. They have been seen to take prey up to and including small lambs, but usually stick to rabbits and smaller. They more usually kill on the ground too, instead of snatching the prey. Their talons are really sharp with a powerful grip, so if that really was a child being attacked it would be injured, with severe puncture wounds. I see that elsewhere on the web some who think it is a fake are questioning the way the bird's shadow appears to disappear for a frame or two. Who knows? That's too technical for me. Fake or real, it is a damn good video! Also worth a look is http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/116233/ --an amazing clip where male capacaillie (basically a type of grouse) are so busy 'lecking' (facing up to show which is the superior male) that they ignore an eagle attacking them and one even tries to out-face the eagle instead of escaping. The eagle is somewhat bemused!

I see the trust's latest piece of desperate propaganda fails to make any mention at all of the property developer --whether he is still on board (as if!) or how they intend to fill yet another funding black hole, caused by his having got cold feet. So that's all good then.

forward planning

Does the 10year old understand that 0.5 = 5/10 ? Because if so , it is a fairy easy step to 0.75 = 75/100, and it easy to demonstrate that 75/100 = 3/4, even if you have to resort to drawing a square 10by 10 and colouring in 75 of them.

They wouldn't like you to speak German in the Netherlands anyway. You'd be better off sticking to English there, even if Dutch and German do have many similarities. i've known Dutch who themselves jokingly call Holland 'germany lite', but woe betide any foreigner who does the same. If you're wanting a language that is spoken by the maximum number of people around the world, then of course yes chinese or spanish are the ones. However , remember there are two distinct forms of chinese ..mandarin and cantonese .. and maybe more signficantly it is diffcult to find lessons or courses in either in the UK. Hardly anyone takes A level for example, except native speakers from immigrant families. Whereas spanish is taught relatively widely.

I'm impressed there are still 10 different people posting on POL. After all of Frattoniser's culls, that must be about the full list surely?

Lol

Have been wondering the same thing. The league has a history of applying deducions when they most hurt, regardless, but they've been so soft on portsmouth so far in comparison to what they did to Luton and others (even bournemouth), that -- who knows?

He also made a complete arse of himself over the Falklands

Is PFC a yogurt brand now? "If this juicy idea gets squashed then the Trust apparently has other flavourable options available"

Was that Sam Simpleton?

will we get updates on his sandwiches do you think?

Much the same as the trust then!

He can't. Though he could go to the (different) court and claim as a creditor that PKF are failing in their duties as administrators, and ask for a different one to be appointed, giving Guilfoyle as an example of "one I've prepared earlier". At the moment he appears to be simply followong the Goebbels approach to p.r., in the same way as the trust have. By 'eck it's fun though, ain't it fellow nutjobs?

Look, the people in the Big Bang Theory episode, "the lunar excitation", bounced a laser off the reflector the US left on the Moon. What more proof do you want? You'll be telling me next that the Big Bang Theory is made up too!

That'll be the ones who are still alive presumably?

Definitely correct. In the early days of all-seaters, some clubs just bolted seats on to old terracing to meet the requirement. The view was terrible, because the slope was too shallow. The end opposite the supermarket at the old bolton ground was a good (bad) example if anyone remembers that. Fixed 'bucket' seats, not even tip-up seats, on very shallow terracing.

I was struck by the the FL condition that the trust can't take over "till they have raised the money from supporters that is in their business plan". This is worthy of a small cheer it seems to me So, dream scenario, they win the court case, but still can't take over till they've got as much pledge money in as they claimed they would. (Anyone remember what figure they gave in the plan?) That could take quite a while ... maybe till past the January transfer window? (if ever!) It's the gift that keeps on giving.

So actually, Adam was the member of the squad who didn't go to hospital! Ironic. Mind you, it looks as if several of those players have been photoshopped anywayl Look at Jos for example on the left. The whole thing's a plot I tell you

I always assumed that was the nickname his cockney mates gave him.

Suicide rate in Norway 11.9 per 100,000 people. Rate in UK, 6.9 per 100,000. Interesting indication of 'happiness' !

This .. and where it gets mesy is that the trust is using a property developer to buy the ground, whose motive is to ...err .... redevelop the site to make a profit