Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Done Greece a few years ago and so have also done Athens and the Acropolis, etc, etc.

We are now Greased Greeced out.

Much prefer Turkey and the Muslims to Greece and the Greeks and the food is better too.

Just seen a photo of a Raccoon taking a ride on an alligator's back.



"Hmmm?" I thought, "So what? What's everybody getting so excited about that for?"

Here's a picture I took of a Raccoon taking a ride on a Great White Shark just a few metres away in the sea last year:

He he he.

:-)

The u-turn.

Lighten up Fred just for one day ............

JB.

You don't have to show your family photos on this thread.

This will cheer you up Fred



Chris Evans confirmed as new Top Gear presenter

The radio and television presenter said he was "thrilled" to get the job






More BBC bollox here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11679612/Chris-Evans-confirmed-as-new-Top-Gear-presenter.html

From Telegraph.co.uk

Savers face 10pc hit to shares if Greece exits euro

Shares sell-off hits people using pension freedoms and facing delays, as well as millions who invested in Isas at the beginning of the tax-year
Dan Hyde By Dan Hyde, Consumer Affairs Editor9:31PM BST 16 Jun 2015

British savers can expect at least 10 per cent to be wiped off the value of pensions and Isas if Greece exits the euro, economists have warned as the crisis in southern Europe escalates. With Greece on the brink of bankruptcy, it has emerged that no talks to find a resolution have taken place since negotiations broke down on Sunday.

Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, said: "I don't care about the Greek government, I do care about the Greek people."

His comment on Tuesday came after Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras branded the International Monetary Fund "criminals" and accused the body, one of his country's main creditors, of "humiliating an entire people" that was suffering "through no fault of its own".

The threat of Greek meltdown spreading through Europe is causing jitters among stock-market traders, with the FTSE 100 in London falling almost 6 per cent in the two months since it reached a record high.

The sell-off has hit people using this year's new freedoms to cash in pensions, some of whom have faced months of delays, and millions of savers who invested money in Isas at the beginning of the tax-year. Someone with £100,000 in the stock market in April has lost £5,800.

Shares fell again on Tuesday, at one point reaching a five-month low, before recovering to close down slightly at 6,710, well below the 7,122 peak two months ago.
Savers face even greater losses if Greek defaults on its €1.5 billion (£1.1 billion) debt and leaves the single currency, experts warned.

In a note to clients, one bank advised selling "all euro zone assets - meaning stocks, bonds and the euro" if no resolution to the standoff can be found.

Under the headline "crisis management", Steve Barrow, head of strategy at Standard Bank, said: "Unless there’s a dramatic improvement in negotiations between Greece and the EU it looks as if the country will be staring down the barrel of default over the next month or so."

Jonathan Loynes, chief European economist at forecasters Capital Economics, said: "While Greece makes only a small contribution to the eurozone economy, the markets have been a little bit too sanguine and quiet - at least until the last few days." He said it was "not hard to envisage" share prices falling 10 per cent or more should Greece leave the euro.

Howard Archer, chief European and UK economist at analysts IHS Economics, said: "We are now in last-chance saloon. "If Greek were to exit the euro, the impact on the UK and other European nations would be more contained than if it had happened two years ago. But no one really knows [what the true impact will be] and you can expect a negative reaction in the markets when faced with that kind of uncertainty."

dan.hyde@telegraph.co.uk

It has to be a totally new format , he can't just show up with a couple of others and do the same thing .
So it will not be Top Gear and the worldwide ratings will reflect that .

He could turn it into a sexycar show of a sort and call it "small gear" !....

I like Evans ,i used to like TFI Friday and i'm sure he can present a car show .
However i think Top Gear as we know it will be finished and as i said above will it still sell worldwide ? .