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  6. Fucking Microsoft!

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    I bought a pc from dixons for my mum two years ago 13 months in (typical) and the motherboard dies. So I tracked down the same motherboard model, bought it and installed it only to find the xp serial doesn't work.

     

    After explaining this to the indian customer service guy he said he'd ring back after the weekend. How annoying is that? Natually I was a bit pissed off etc. he was saying he didn't understand the problem properly and he'd need someone to call me on monday. I hung up in disbeleif.

     

    Fifteen minutes later the phone rang it was someone from England with a serial number ready for me to put into the computer.

     

    The MS customer service is well and truly bizarre.

     

    To add insult to injury I now realise I could have took back the computer and had it changed because the warranty was 12 months but my mum paid for protection for a further 12 months. Typical.

  8. 24 Series 6 !

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    RICKY Gervais, the U.K. comic who created and starred in the original edition of "The Office," recently filmed a throw-away scene with the cast and producers of "24."

     

    His pal, Stephen Merchant - who co-created "The Office" - took his "24" fanaticism one step further and actually landed a cameo in January's season-six début. "Ricky was just too recognizable to put in the show," "24" executive producer Jon Cassar told The Post. "But Stephen actually walks up to someone at CTU and hands them a piece of paper." Cassar said he hopes Gervais agrees to let the scene he filmed be included as a DVD extra. In the scene, a group of White House brass meet to discuss an impending terrorist threat. Gervais, dressed like a presidential advisor, keeps whispering under his breath to give the mission to Jack Bauer - and then acts incredulous when someone else says it aloud and takes credit for the idea.

  14. Zeds Top Fives

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    I forgot about Ramones..

     

    Theres quite a funny song by the Pansy Division called Homo Christmas.

    There's a decent one by blink 182 - I forget what it's called.

     

    I can't find the AC/DC one Pat.. anychance you could point me in the right direction?

  21. Xbox 360

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    Gamestation has core with pro evo 6 and gears of war for 220, you can get a hard drive around 45 quid now (ebay). So it works out a steal. Although the wireless controllers can work out expensive.

     

    I have a wireless controller and a play/charge kit - it works out at 45quid. That's a disgusting price when you think about it.

  23. Charlton V Everton

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    No one expected Nuno to lose possession the way he did and he caught our whole defence out, Tim Howard wasn't expecting it. Yobo was tying his bootlaces.. look again. He never had a chance to get involved and as soon as he reacted the ball was in the back of our net.

  24. Yobo - Why I Encouraged Victor To Play For Super Eagles

    in General Everton Discussion

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    I'm not sure if you've seen this but it's a decent read none the less.

     

     

    Wearing the green-and-white colours of Nigeria’s national team is the dream of every Nigerian player, and Everton defender, Joseph Yobo, took his time to encourage fellow teammate, Victor Anichebe, to honour the Under-20 invitation.

     

    Concerned about the way the player has been playing hide-and-seek with the Nigerian football officials, on the recent invitation extended to him, Yobo said it had been Anichebe’s dream to play for Nigeria.

     

    "Nigeria is blessed with a lot of talents. Victor is a good player, I saw him graduate from the junior into the senior team of Everton. Also, our boys are playing in almost all the countries across the world.

     

    Victor is a proper Nigerian because his two parents are Nigerians. I don’t have to influence his decision to play for Nigeria, it has been his dream before we met. He had made up his mind on that issue and when the opportunity came, he did not think of it twice.

     

    “He was invited by England’s Under-19, when he started doing well. Later, Victor came to me and asked what to do because he didn’t know much about Nigeria...and I was very fair to him as a big brother. I told him the very truth. In my own opinion, I think it would be better for him to play for Nigeria, because he would do well at the youth level.

     

    He has the potentials and ability to graduate to the senior national team, unlike the English team that’s noted for their ‘use-and-dump’ syndrome.

     

    “I told him how the system works in Nigeria, that he’s going to enjoy playing for the country, and he would be honoured and respected. So, he had made up his mind ever before I spoke to him or gave him the advise," Yobo said.

     

    Everton

     

    Yobo also spoke about his dream to help Everton clinch the UEFA Championship ticket this season with the quality of players in the team at present; how it has been difficult for his coach, David Moyes, to release him for national assignments.

     

    "It’s always very difficult when you are out of the team for one reason or the other,” he said. “It’s always difficult when a player is removed from the defence. Moyes is not always happy when I leave for national assignment or get injured. I believe the manager believes in me. I had a good relationship with the chairman of the club and I was happy to sign a new deal with them.

     

    “At present, we have good players and we hope the season would be better and with the calibre of players in our kitty, I think we should finish at the top six position in the league.

     

    NATIONS CUP

     

    Yobo and youthful Chinedu Ogbuke were said to be inspirational in the Super Eagles’ last duel against Lesotho in the Nations Cup qualifier.

     

    The Everton star said he likes to play his best and to ensure that Nigeria move up in Africa and in world football.

     

    "We just want to take each game as it comes. We know it’s not going to be easy, as other countries are already coming up in African football. And it would be good if the coach could make use of younger players, with the support of experienced players. It would help us a lot. There’s no reason for us not to qualify".

     

    FOREIGN COACH

     

    Yobo, however, made a strong case for the present technical crew, led by coach Austin Eguavoen, saying they could improve if allowed to continue.

     

    "Eguavoen and Co. are capable of doing the job. They’ve got all it takes but they need the backing of all Nigerians, especially the people at the helm of sports in the country. They need the support of the players to succeed because without the players, they would not be able to make any tangible impact.

     

    "In this business, the players are very important because they play active roles. If the players are not playing well, they blame the coach, but they forget that the coach can’t play the ball, so they (coaches) need the support of the players to succeed.”

     

    EAGLES CAPTAINCY

     

    Yobo has been opportuned to captain Super Eagles on many occasions but said that was not his priority for now.

     

    Since the retirement of Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, the Eagles captaincy has been moving between him and Nwankwo Kanu. "I just want to play my game. For me, Eagles captaincy is a great responsbility, even when I’m not wearing the band, I just make sure all is well on the pitch. Everyone believes in me and my teammates have been so supportive,” he affirms.

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