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Cornish Steve

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  1. Because you were planning to eat at that dodgy Chinese place again?
  2. Two others deserve mention: Jagielka and Alcaraz. Both seemed very solid, confident, and assured.
  3. Sorry. Showing my age, that's all. I remember the constant encouragement to our Austin 30 to make it up the hill: "Come on, girl. You can do it!"
  4. It's true, though, isn't it? How long do you wait for a player to have an extended run of good health - to make up for the losses incurred when he was out for repair? At some point, you have to make a decision. I'd rather have a Toyota that works than a Lotus that's always in the shop for repair.
  5. I think I remembered wrongly. State income tax was zero, not sales tax (which is 6 percent). Your question remains valid, though. http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/04/05/the-7-states-with-no-income-tax.aspx New Hampshire has neither income tax nor state tax. http://commonwealthmagazine.org/politics/the-download-how-does-new-hampshire-do-it/ Getting back on track, Tim Howard is from New Jersey, so his save percentage should be 7%.
  6. Depends on the county. Here it's 6 percent. When we lived in Florida, it was a big fat zero.
  7. I like to buy cars that are a year or two old and keep them forever - 200K miles at least. But, with some models, they break down much sooner than others. I spend a fortune on repairing that used car thinking I'll get a good long run out of it, then it break down again. Am I throwing good money after bad, or am I investing in the future?. You eventually get to the point where you realize all that money is a sunk cost, and you may never get it back. Despite everyone's best efforts, it just didn't work out - and it's better to sell it and buy something different. For me, it's the same with Gibson.What do you do when a talented player has such a poor injury record? While everyone wants Gibson to succeed, how likely is it that he'll have a long run without another injury? It's a tough decision to make.
  8. At this rate, Everton could soon be the only English team left in European competition.
  9. ...which is pretty much what I'm expecting. No need to take any risks until the game is well and truly wrapped up.
  10. Guilty as charged. I assumed it was a 3-game ban.
  11. Barry is suspended in the league, so he's sure to play. Howard needs to regain confidence. 4-1 may sound like an insurmountable lead, but YB are not Krasnodar. We take them too lightly at our peril. That's why we keep the defence strong with Jagielka and keep Lukaku in the line-up. By all means bring in Kone at half-time if the scores are level.
  12. Can't see Robles starting. The game will be used to help restore Howard's confidence. Distin is too much of a risk, so it will be Jagielka. Most likely, Lukaku will start and not Kone. Barry will be in there, too. Is McGeady injured?
  13. And this picture confirms the middle one is Graeme Sharp. http://soccersignatures.co.uk/image/cache/data/Graeme%20Sharp%201-700x700.jpg
  14. Bryan Oviedo, Graeme Sharp, and Steven Naismith. Check out Naismith's signature here. http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l287/petecowgill/MAR%202012/15MAYSHIRTS31.jpg
  15. Just a reminder of how many comments were posted in the first half about him being useless and in need of being pulled off. What a difference a goal makes.
  16. Rule #1 of management: Never criticize your team in public.
  17. Congratulations to c1982 for scoring 3 points this week - 2 for picking Naismith as the first goalscorer and one for beating the average prediction. Congratulations also to Deacs for running away with the February contest. Romey still leads for the season. Deacs boasts the highest number of points per game.
  18. In fairness, the defender was equally fooled by the bounce on that ball.
  19. As someone has noted, a header, right foot, and left foot. A real hat-trick.
  20. Wasnt there a rumour this week that we're looking at Caballero? Probably as a backup since he's 33. Anyway, pleased to see Courtney Duffus in the traveling team. Another youngster about to push his way into the team?
  21. It's quite revealing, actually. The top teams are managed by foreign managers; the rest are managed by English managers.
  22. And that's why Steven Naismith gives out tickets, right? Good on him. If I was running a fan club, I'd work with bus companies to install neon advertising on their buses, so that advertising income could be used to subsidize fares to away games. Also, contact local businesses and give out bags of advertising materials to everyone on the bus - that would generate more income. Encourage local supermarkets to run frequent shopper programs, whereby they donate funds to the fan club based on the amount that shoppers buy in the store. This is how several local schools, including their sports teams, around here raise funds. Maybe individual members of the fan club would be willing to stick an advertisement on the back of their car in return for funds going to the fan club. All it needs is a little creativity.
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