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Feign interest in whatever they are trying to sell you for a few seconds, and then say 'that sounds really good, I'm just going to go get my credit card, can you hang on a second?'. Press mute on your phone and go off and do something else.

Thanks for your valuable opinion. Here was me thinking keyboard warriors were people who post to threads with the sole purpose of attacking other posters. Kind of like how you just did. But I'm not really interested in arguing the toss with you, so whatever.

Sure. Either your recollection isn't quite correct, or whichever Police Officer phoned you and told you that should lose his/her job. I presume they didn't put that in writing at any stage? It has nothing to do with having an 'expert legal mind', and everything to do with the DPP's Guidance. A charging decision is made on an evidential basis, based on 1) whether there is a realistic prospect of conviction and 2) whether it is in the public interest. Why on earth would the opinion of any lay person, with no training or experience in the law in question, have any bearing on whether there was a realistic prospect of conviction or not? "Public interest" doesn't mean the interest of one member of the public, it means the public as a whole. Road Traffic offences are (almost exclusively) offences against the Crown, not a person. Careless/Dangerous Driving certainly it. So whilst the wishes of the victim in the case of, for example, an assault, might have *some influence*, but not dictate, the decision-making process (usually in regards to the disposal method, rather than the decision to charge or not), in the case of a Road Traffic matter other motorists are 'just' witnesses, and their opinions on whether a prosecution should go ahead or not are largely irrelevant.

No reason to doubt it other than the total lack of basis in reality. The opinion of your 'friend's friend' would be irrelevant as to whether he's prosecuted or not, the Police/CPS make that decision. There is no such thing as 'pressing charges' in this country. And by doing the above, both of them would commit a host of offences up to and probably including Fraud and Perverting the Course of Justice.

Schneiderlin, Schneiderlin Does whatever Kagawa can Likes a tackle, loves a pass Left poor Evra on his arse Look out! Here comes the Schneiderlin

Del Piero played regularly in the team that won Serie A and went unbeaten *last year*. People are talking about him as if he's fifty. He is probably closest in terms of age and ability and achievement to Paul Scholes. Although arguably he's better and has achieved more than Scholes. Is there seriously anyone on here that would say no to Paul Scholes coming to Southampton? Seriously? He obviously wouldn't play every game. In fact he'd probably be on the bench for most of them. But imagine the impact he could have in that time. He would be exactly what we seem to desperately need - someone with ability, experience and a cool head who could control the game, keep possession and dictate the tempo of the match. It's hardly a stretch to say that if Del Piero had come on instead of Rodriguez or Guly, we probably would have 3 points right now.

Stayed at Birmingham. Obviously not the future of England's defence then. Benayoun went to West Ham on loan (that's a freebie), apparently several Premier League clubs came in for him but he wanted to go back there, plus they were willing to pay a higher % of his wages. What about Butland? Heard at the death that Everton were in for him...?

So you rate Mayuka as more valuable than Ramirez and Rodriguez combined then? Because logically there is no other conclusion from what you posted.

That's odd, given that in the other thread you stated unequivocably that you would rather we had kept Sharp and not signed Ramirez AND Rodriguez. Its almost as if your posts have more basis in the reaction they'll get rather than what you actually believe...

I find your apparent focus on 'Premier League experience' as the only benchmark of the quality of a player a bit... bizarre. It's the sort of nonsense one hears out of the likes of Alan 'Hatem Ben Who?' Shearer. I find it odd that a fan of a club which has been outside of the PL for a good amount of time, and is such an active participant on an Internet football forum (which normally leads to a broader knowledge about the game than someone who relies on The Sun/MOTD/Talksport for their info), would take such a narrow view. Presumably if we had signed Thiago Silva and Diego Godin, you would have been bemoaning that we'd gone for them instead of Liam Ridgewell and Alan Hutton?

We've got 3 days to go, assuming due dates etc (so probably closer to 3 weeks). "********"

Seizures for no insurance are governed by the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Regs 2005. If a vehicle has been seized under s165A and the seizure notice served, it will say on the notice how long you have to reclaim it. It will vary depending on the Force area, but some will give as little as 7 working days before its disposed with. If the registered keeper is out of the county or otherwise indisposed you can nominate someone else to collect the vehicle, providing they are properly insured.

Apparently your reading and comprehension skills are possibly the most ill-informed (bordering on retarded) I have ever seen. Try reading the post you're responding to again. I love a bit of rabid foamy mouthed techno fanboyism. iPhone v Android/Xbox v PS3/PC v Mac make Israelis v Palestinians look like a 'minor spat'.

I'm pretty annoyed that Chelsea got Hazard tbh. Where's the ambition Cortese????? Ffs

1) No. Even when a transfer fee is a single sum, instead of 'add-ons', that sum is almost always (ie over 90% of cases) paid over 2-3 years, 25/25/50% instalments. Source - Chairman of a PL team. 2) The Torres transfer was officially for an 'undisclosed' sum, although its generally accepted that it was for £50m it has never been officially disclosed, and the payment terms therefore certainly haven't. So even in light of the above, there is no way you could possibly know that unless you are on the board of CFC or LFC.

This simply cannot be true, it should be clear to all and sundry that he is actually a disloyal Judas who deserves a slow and miserable death FFS!!!?!! ffs Cortese Out Ffs

We really do need a sarcasm smiley, eh?

I refer you to My Right Honorable Friend's reply to your previous post

so what you're saying is, we shouldn't sign any players who have the potential to be good, or not be good? I do share your concerns though. I'd be absolutely gutted if we signed Ramirez, only for him to turn into one of the best players in the world and we sell him for a massive profit in a few years time. That would be awful.

Agreed, would make sense to play him in the 'hole' as his stats show a very impressive 1/3 of long range shots on target

I remember listening to an interview on Five Live with Niall Quinn, when Bent went to Villa. The interviewer (I think Gary Richardson) asked him about the well-worn issue/assumption of, once you sell a player for big money, do your own transfer targets suddenly become more expensive, as the selling club knows you now have cash? His reply was absolutely unequivocal. He said that, for the overwhelming majority of transfers, the payment of the transfer fee is paid in 3 stages. 25% up front, 25% in year 2, and the remaining 50% in year 3. This is regardless of the club and their financial situation, and is down to how the value of players as an asset is calculated. It is standard practice. We, as fans, massively simplify football finances. We think it's as simple as adding together or subtracting headline figures and getting an absolute. In truth, it is far more complicated than that. For instance, supporters think that buying a player for 10mill and selling him for 8mill 3 years later is a loss, when in fact it's a considerable profit due to the effects of amortisation. Case in point - look at the 'story' made out of the *huge* wages we are apparently offering Ramirez - 35,000 after tax! Football players' wages are always net, not gross. It's just conveniently ignored/forgotten by the industry to prevent the real story coming out, ie 1) footballers are even more over paid than we thought, and 2) they dodge tax just as much as those nasty bankers and celebrities. Anyway, the long and short of it is, paying in installments is absolutely standard, and is in no way a negative indicator of our finances. I suspect the noise being made by bologna is more reflective of the perilous nature of *their* finances and of calcio in general, and of the need to turn losing their best player into a PR success instead of disaster.

Just ask him. Freemasonry isn't some super secret thing any more, for most the motivation is to build up a network of friends and to have a one day every couple of months on the beers. They're more concerned with giving to charity (the RNLI wouldn't survive without the masons, for example) than plotting mysterious ways to bring about the new world order.

Cydia

So, web design then

Get it unlocked by the network (if you are out of contract they *have* to unlock it for you) then stick it on eBay. If your listing is half decent you'll smash any amount CPW/CEX will offer you. A good trick on eBay is offer something free, eg 'free delivery' and/or 'free sd card', the outlay will be easily outstripped by the increased sale price. Start at 1 penny, no reserve, good pictures and description and don't bottle it when you start getting messages asking you if you have a Buy It Now price Oh, and always time it to finish on sunday evening