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great win by Froch, twas worth the wait
Was indeed a great fight from an exceptional british fighter. But, whilst Ali and other greats were full of the big "i am" in their self-analysis, they had a twinkle in their eyes at the same time they were saying it, whereas, to me anyway, Froch just comes across as arrogant and a touch obnoxious.
He was at it today suggesting he'd eclipsed Calzaghe, Benn and Eubank. Which, whilst there's a case for him believing it, it's pretty crass for him to say it and I hope he's been misquoted as he's done a good job on his PR of late after coming across as pretty obnoxious in the earlier part of his career. After all, it's not as if he's going to go searching out a big fight after his win and needs to trash talk to generate interest.
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Johnny Tapia dead, great fighter, very mixed up man. If anyone wants to read a fantastic boxing autobiography, his 'Mi Vida Loca' is well worth a look.
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Apologies if this has been raised elsewhere but I've been outraged to daily mail-esque proportions by some of the sentencing handed-down to rioters. Apart from the issue that those convicted of civil disturbance/theft etc. within the riots are getting harsher sentences than would ordinarily be handed down were similar offences carried out, say, on a saturday night down their local high street, the two cases highlighted in the press this past few weeks seem absolutely perverse to me when compared to one another. As such, the chap that set the furniture shop on fire which did a load of damage to buildings and businesses got eleven and a half years, whereas the chap that chinned a pensioner who keeled over and died got eight years. Now, I'm not saying either of these sentences is, individually, too harsh or lenient (i wasn't in either courtroom, or aware of the extent of remorse or mitigating circumstances or anything else for either case) but it seems that crimes against property are, in the crimimal justice system, treated more harshly than crimes against people. To expand, one guy commits a crime that is dangerous, irresponsible and could have led to the loss of life - but, thankfully, it didn't and he gets eleven and a half years. Another chap commits a crime that is dangerous, irresponsible that directly leads to the death of a person and gets eight years. I know what I think the worse outcome was and it wasn't reflected in the sentencing. Is property worth more than life? Am I missing something?
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I think you mean this:
"The Johnny Vegas Television show"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400557/
Around the right time and has an "ice cream man" as a character. Looks as though it was a 45 minute one-off
And I'm very sorry you had to live in coventry.
Nice one, that's the show!. Very much appreciated as I was beginning to think I'd imagined the whole thing (which given it involved Johnny Vegas and ice cream has fairly disturbing undertones).
It's a strange place Coventry.
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Slightly off-topic (apolioges for that) but rather than start a new thread with this question, i thought i'd fit in in here where it's kinda appropriate. As such, does anyone have any knoweldge of a Johnny Vegas television appearance circa 1997/98 (probably a channel 4 showcase or something along those lines) where, labouring further the ice-cream theme he employed in 'whose ready for ice-cream' a few years later, he played 'himself' as a lovelorn comedian who was persuading his former friend to leave a career as an ice cream van man and 'do comedy'? I remember a scene where his character is in a park next to the ice-cream van and he launches into a tirade of "but you're not happy with this life" at his friend working in the ice cream van, there's another scene where he's at a shopping precinct (probably St. Helens) and, seemingly, pissed and approaching women at random? My memory is pretty hazy about any more detail but i know it dates from around 97/98 as I was living in Coventry then, yet when i look at any of his fan/wiki/bio sites, there's no mention of any tv appearances before c.2001 apart from being on 'win lose or draw' one morning in the late 90's?
Have i just dreamt this appearance? Or is there a Johnny Vegas fan out there who can illuminate me?
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The simple fact is that despite solid evidence that a person's background has little to do with how they succeed or not at uni (for example, the most successful Cambridge college is the one with highest proportion of comprehensive students [rather than students from private schools]), unis favour students from private schools when everything else is equal with their exam results and academic background.
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There is no rule of law in Scotland just a shower of be-wigged bastards who are a self-serving ruling class who keep the people back and down.
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The BBC's got a page up today with portrait photographs of a dozen famous Scots, I reckon Mr Dow should bring it up to thirteen (or even get rid of one or two who are on there whom, unlike Mr Dow, I've never heard of).
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You say that your current employers have been good to you and, as such, i'm assuming that you've been fair with them too (for example, not taking the piss with sick days, staying late if something needed to be done etc. etc.) and, as such, if they are decent they'll understand if you say you feel the need for a change and to move on. I'd be honest with them - it doesn't sound like you hate working for them or there's any animosity so just tell them that you're thinking of moving on as it's best for you. Moreover, that way, you won't feel guilty when you do leave as it's not something you'll be springing on them and i imagine you'll be asking your current employer to provide a reference for you - in which case being honest is the best way IMO. And, you never know, if they don't want you to leave, they may offer you a raise to stay!
The usual notice periods (where it's not specified in a contract) usually depends on how often you get paid - if you're paid weekly then a weeks notice is standard, monthly or 4 weeks or whatever, then the notice is that. Although, if you say to any prospective employer at interview that you don't want to leave your current employer in the lurch and can start in a month then, i think, that would only count in your favour with all parties.
Anyway, best of luck in your attempts.
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I heard Jody on the radio last night, evidently the IPCC report stated that the met' officer was not wrong to remove him from his wheelchair, but was wrong to drag him along the road/pavement after doing so. Jody was, quite reasonably, pointing out that the implications of this ruling were that the met' should have ejected him from his wheelchair and then left him there?!?! Presumably, flayling around on the pavement? Incredible. Still, he did say that even if the met' do apologise for dragging him along the ground (which was the, unbinding, 'recommendation' of the IPCC) that he was in consulation with his legal counsel as to take the matter further.
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Hi there, i don't mean to be overly pedantic but there's a bit of a design flaw in your survey: In section 3, a question asks "Would you accept an increased ticket price for a festival, if it was for the reason of improving environmental performance?" (answer either 'yes' or 'no'), the next question then asks how much extra I would be willing to pay - there is no option to opt for 'zero' and assumes that I would be willing to accept an increased ticket price - thereby negating the previous question as this latter question assumes that I'd be willing to pay at least £5.
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I saw some coverage on the news of the memorial service in Oslo yesterday - including the Norwegian king looking, genuinely, grief stricken as he fought back tears. Powerful stuff. I can't imagine queen bess 2 or any of her horse-faced offspring shedding any years should 77 of her subjects be murdered.
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Hmmm, a story from The Sport? I smell dogshit.
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The command? Err.... "Inseminate"?
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I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure anyone convicted of a crime already lose their benefits (or is it if they get imprisoned!?).
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The petition calling for the removal of benefits or housing from these 'rioters' gets to show just how mindnumbing backwards the majority are with their thought processes. If their mum had bought them a dot to dot puzzle as a kid they'd easily get to work out that a criminal who is denied benefits or housing will simply get those things in future by criminal means instead if the legal route is barred to them.
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Dear lord...
and jobs ?
*back to the drawing board*
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First person in court today - Alexis Bailey, 31 year old teacher who pleaded guilty to looting. Bye bye job!
Seeing as quite a few of the arrested appear to be young professionals and not kids, what does that say about the theory that this is to do with a disaffected youth with no prospects?
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My only argument was really against the foreign policy angle, its complete and utter balls, you really think those looting Wimpey last night really gave a f**k, or indeed had more the slightest clue what UK foreign policy is?0 They wont know and wont give a f**k. If they're happy to smash up their own community, I suspect they don't really give a f**k what the UK is doing anywhere else.
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Listening to the media coverage on 5 live this morning, i couldn't help but thinking that, if it had been youths rioting and going on the snaffle in downtown Tripoli last night the tone of the coverage would have been about hoa a "...disaffected and alienated Libyan youth were rising up against a hopeless future of oppression and authoritarianism." (as it was presented as being in Tunisia and Egypt which were presented as 'youth driven' revolts). Now, whilst I've never been to Libya and can't comment upon whether the lot of a teenager there (pre-nato bombing) was better or worse than in some of the London suburbs, the issue is that if an 18 year old feels disaffected and alienated then, whether their life is shit or not is immaterial, as if they perceive their life is shit and they feel like they have no stake in society then that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
As an aside, when you have a government(s) that disregards international law in foreign policy and follows the dictat of 'might is right' and, implicitly, sends out the message that power is enforced through the barrel of a gun/firing pin of a bomb rather than consensus and legitimacy then if people are pissed off with the society within which they live, violence becomes the first port of call for the unhappy populus. They're only mirroring what they've seen the government do on the international stage.
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After the events of the weekend, London's Burning by The Clash might be more appropriate.
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Not had any issues with security myself personally although it's clear from the demeanour of many i've seen strutting around at Glasonbury that they consider themselves to be the 'bertie big bollocks' and get absurdly engorged with having a bit of power and authority. Quite pathetic really. To agree with the sentiments of this thread, the Police at Glastonbury however seem top notch; friendly and smiling and making people feel safer rather than the intimidatory thuggish attitude displayed by all too many of the security.
As an aside, I only realised how obnoxious some of the glastonbury security was when attending Latitude for the first time ever this year. I know it's a fair bit sw*nkier with a different clientelle but all the security and stewards I encountered there were helpful, friendly and polite. The difference to glastonbury was really noticable.
Big Ben Tower renamed
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I've just read that, as a consequence of a successful campaign from a brown-nosing tory MP (Tobias Ellwood), the tower housing Big Ben (current called 'the Clock Tower') is to be renamed 'Elizabeth Tower in honour of the queen'. FFS, no whilst I've nothing personal against the old dear and my ideological objections are to the institution(s) she represents, it's symbolic of what a backward looking servile nation this is in so many respects. Have the House of Commons forgotten they had to have a Civil War to enable the monarch to respect the will of the House? Still, the only upside is that eveyone will still refer to the whole edifice as 'Big Ben' rather than 'the Elizabeth Tower hosting Big Ben' - and Toby's inevitably lined himself up some 'order of the garter' or similar archaic nonsense once he steps down from sertving the goodly bergers of Bournemouth East.