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.

It ain't over yet - apparently.
There's big black stuff rolling in off that there Atlantic.

well i hope it's worth the build up this time.

What snow? We've had about 3mm of snow here in Frankfurt this week, which melted the same day. Friends who live in the nearby hilly areas report snow, but I'm finding it a bit difficult to imagine the weather that's supposed to have killed three people.

Maybe I should have a peek on CNN.com

well, we did get some snow in bolton last night, but it hasn't lasted. it's all pretty much gone now. there was enough to make a snowball and shove it down my girlfriends jumper while she was dozing on the couch :)) i never knew she could move that fast .......

evidently,according to CNN,there's been about 8ft of snow,nr New York,thats enough then ,to keep BBC News 24 going for a week !

So how come it's so much colder in England at the mo? Normally, we'd be freezing here in Germany and you lot in England would be "enjoying" normal soggy British weather.

If the rain that had fallen on Frankfurt in the last week had been snow instead, it would probably be feet deep as well.

Am coming back to Bournemouth on 3rd March, but I don't have to be Ian McGaskill to work out that the south coast will have had no snow and that there'll be no need for me to bring my toboggan.

"So how come it's so much colder in England at the mo? Normally, we'd be freezing here in Germany and you lot in England would be "enjoying" normal soggy British weather..........."

er well it isn't cold at the mo,back to being windy and wet.........and thats the end of the weather forcast..........This is Radio 4,and now for the news...........................

for ernie . RIP.

and another.

Nice one Bosley.

It's not my fault. I just do what the Rice Krispies tell me.

watch out for them, alan. they're evil little feckers, especially that crackle.

not spoke for a while. 'ow's tha' fettlin'?

Very well, Bos me old mate.
Hows your belly for blackheads??
Very busy recently so the boards have taken a back seat for a while, but the nights are getting lighter, the cricket season is almost here and I am coming on leaps and bounds on the old guitar.
Business is booming, lifes a riot, settled into my tiny little new home and I am feeling as good as I ever have, thanks for asking.
Hows the wee one???
What do you think of the councils spending 28 million on touring pubs to make sure no-one is smoking? What next? Bouncers on the door of McDonalds saying "bugger off you fat salad dodger. You're not coming in here till you lose 3 stone".
I think I still have a different script to the rest of the world, but I'll soldier on.
Alan

only the one on me belly which gets a good squeezing every now and again .
the wee one will be 1 next month. she's walking, says the odd word and is giving me attitude already. she figured out early that daddy is a soft-arse and uses this knowledge to great effect to make sure she gets what she wants. to be honest, it's scaring the shit out of me just how quickly this year has gone. i can't help thinkiing that i'll be 50 when she is 10. how the hell am i going to keep up with a 10 year old ?? i really should be going to the gym more, get myself prepared, get fit and ready.

only 28 million? money well spent, in my opinion. i mean, it's not like that money could be used elsewhere as everything else is working perfectly well ......

Yeah, completely crime free and no roads to repair or hospitals to fund. Schools have so much cash they are giving it away and our bin gets emptied 12 times a week by the most polite blokes I ever met. I suppose it had to be something to spend the money on, otherwise they would have to charge less for the council tax.
I never did understand what was wrong with a seperate room for smokers.
Perhaps an enlightened and evangelical non smoker can enlighten me???
Alan

Al, I'm a non-smoker, although would question whether enlightened.

When I used to smoke Cohibas I always thought it was jolly generous of me to let others have a bit of passive involvement, free, gratis and for nothing. Given the cost involved I should have smoked them in an airtight portaloo with a plastic bag over my head.

Oh, and please don't go on about how depressingly weird Britain is becoming. I'm moving back in a couple of weeks and if I hear any more about weird laws I may just have to hijack my BA flight and demand they divert to Bali.

Britain AKA Little America............................

Seen "Team America: World Police" already?? Hilarious (it's the one with puppets, by the creators of South Park).

i may soon be joining the ranks of the non-smoker. well, i'm starting to seriously think about it. i would have prefered it if they had left the decision about smoking to the landlords. they should have been been free to decide if they wanted their pubs to be smoking or non-smoking and clearly advertise that. then the punter can decide if he wants to go into a non-smoking pub or not. i mean, what happened to being able to make up your own mind ?

Don't know. I'll wait and see what the governemnt tell me to say about making my mind up.

I quote the graffiti artist, Banksy: "The reason many people don't use their initiative is because no-one told them to." :o)