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Weirdly, i'm more upset at the passing of a dog than a person. I think it is down to the amount of death we see in the media. You kinda get desensitised to it.

Only if you have an old/sh*t car. You are burning fuel and only turning it to heat, not motion. A waste of energy. A modern engine burns NO fuel when you lift off the accelerator as long as you are still moving, as well explained above by so22saint.

Its a 54 plate, so possibly the same shape, although not necessarily the same engine. (1.9 Diesel) The 70mpg is rare, but on my daily Basingstoke to Portsmouth commute I usually get low to mid 60's. I don't necessarily drive slowly all the time either, just don't welly it to overtake, and sit at around 60mph. It adds 5 mins to the journey, but saves me about 15% on fuel costs, which when you do 100 miles a day commuting soon adds up. You also have to bear in mind that the 70mpg comes from the dashboard computer, so is not 100% accurate, although using an Android app (Free - Fuel Friend Lite) I am averaging 57.15mpg for all journeys at a cost of 11p a mile. That is actually about the same cost per mile that I had with a petrol vectra about 10 years ago.

If you take your car out of gear and coast down a hill, you use MORE fuel than in you left it in gear. Modern engines are designed to use no fuel when you coast, so by taking it out of gear the engine will tick over and still be consuming fuel. I am currently regularly getting my diesel Passat estate to do over 60mpg (sometimes as much as 70mpg) by driving sensibly. 1. Leave in gear going down hills. 2. Getting behind HGVs will reduce air resistance, and also make you drive at an economical speed - you don't need to drive too close (Audi distance, as Jeremy Clarkson calls it) for this to help, and you should use your common sense and not do this in bad weather. HGVs do 56mph on motorways, which happens to be about the most economical speed for most cars. Keeping speed down is by far the biggest saver of money. 3. Read the road ahead - braking = wasted money. If you see a traffic queue, coast towards it rather than braking when you get to it. 4. Don't accelerate hard. Gradually increase speed. Try not to accelerate uphill - keep constant speed and accelerate downhill. 5. Do you really need your air con on? At low speeds open your window (at high speeds this will increase drag, so you are better with the air con.) If you do need it on, try to alternate between economy mode and normal (i.e. turn it on and off) and use recirculate mode to keep the cool air in. 6. Check you haven't left seat heaters and windscreen/wing mirror heaters on. 7. Only use headlights when you have to - when they are on you are requiring over 100w more power, which has to come from somewhere 8. If in a traffic queue that is going nowhere, turn your engine off 9. Diesels are most economical at the 1.5 to 2k rpm, and petrol cars should try to keep below 3k.

Comedy Central, most days. It is actually very funny - a slightly toned down version of his real life

And WINNING apparently. (Apart from his custody case) http://www.twitter.com/charliesheen should be good for a giggle - over 1 million followers in a day!

My first ever Wikipedia edit. I'm so proud of myself!

Interesting that the bedpan isn't listed under the future stadiums. LOL @ fratton park - 19th in the Championship. At least next season they could have the 5th biggest stadium in their league.

They are the ones that aren't broken yet.

"Few details are known about Mr Dubov, who has not posted pictures of his face on the internet and did not respond to calls from The News." So a dodgy russian, and someone who has never been seen. Where have I heard that before?

Had to laugh at work today. We had a brief from the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity (worth giving to by the way, if you are inclined) and the guy had a load of Pompey vs Derby tickets to give away. When he asked if anyone wanted any, it was a proper tumbleweed moment. Only one guy in the whole room sheepishly put his hand up. It's funnier because we are actually in Portsmouth. He also struggles to give the tickets away for most matches (although apparently didn't have a problem giving them away for the Leeds match - to Leeds fans!)

Release him.... and then he can have a little 'accident'

Some people really don't know facts before getting on their soap box. The cost will be picked up by the home office, the same as it is now, and the same as it will always be. Sometimes I don't think it should be - like the drug addict I once got called to, who just wanted a fix - at a cost of about £100k to the taxpayer.

We already have a part privatised service. The coastguard helicopters are not run by the coastguard - it used to be Bristow, and now I think it is Bond. The result is more modern helicopters - faster and more efficient. Having actually been a SAR dope on a rope, I can say the Sea Kings were knackered when I was flying on them, and they've had another 10 years since. They are past it. The new contracts will still have military aircrew in civilian owned aircraft, so skills will be retained. The current Sea King force (I think with the exception of Culdrose, although I could be wrong) is maintained by civilian contractors. So apart from losing a few backseat military crew, it is likely that we will get a more modern SAR force, with a good sikorski airframe which is already working well in Stornoway, to replace our vintage sea kings. The only thing that will probably be wrong about the whole contract is the amount we will end up paying for it.

I personally think the STADIUM should be named after him, not just a stand.

What a shame that Ronaldinho chose Flamenco over the skates. He said he wanted to play in front of the bestest fans on the world, but the missus wouldn't let him.

Thank god he hasn't told them down the road about any of them......

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Portsmouth-FC-Sacha-Gaydamak-Former-Owner-Signs-Deal-With-Pompey-Over-Cash-Owed-To-Him/Article/201010415770724?f=rss

We will hand the Malvinas over to the Argies as soon as there is a hint that they will invade again (which everything points to), because the government will weaken us so much that there is no way we could fight back. It'll be the biggest defeat since Iraq (If you disagree with that comment, watch 'Secret Iraq' on the BBC iplayer.) Morale is already pretty low in the armed forces; Pay freezes for the next two years, and then jobs at risk, knowing if you go to war you'll probably lose, poor/worn out kit, no political backing, pensions are probably going to get cut, etc... While I know most people may say that 'i've had a pay freeze' or 'my job is at risk' the big difference is nobody is relying on you to maybe fight (and die) for your country. If you don't feel valued by your country - which in general the armed forces don't feel they are - then your morale is going to take a big hit. Morale has always been a big factor of why our armed forces have been so good in the past. We were lucky the last time the Falklands kicked off. If we hadn't had American sidewinder missiles our Harriers would have struggled. We no longer have a fleet air arm air-to-air capability, so we would be entirely dependant on the Typhoons that are land based. One bomb on the runway, or a daring commando raid (already signs that the Argies HAVE been landing Special Forces onto the Falklands) could remove our air defences. So what are we left with - the Type 45 destroyer. One of the most advanced air defence destroyers in the world we are told.... except it has no missiles yet. And the 42's are too old and the remaining ones will probably be retired early as well. The type 23 frigates have a defensive anti aircraft capability, but it is no use for air defence of a task group, as thats not the type 23's role.

Why would two men "from Southampton and Romsey" end up on a train in Salisbury? All sounds a bit odd.

We'll walk League 2 next year....

Back to relegation favourites again. Oh well, it's what i'm used to as a saints fan anyway.

A return for Dave Jones?

Could be goal of the season... that first one