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Cornish Steve

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  1. Did you hear how Ratcliffe pronounced your name?
  2. It may be the same price and people getting confused over currency. 3m pounds = 4.x m euros.
  3. The common theme with England right now is the number of fielding errors. They've been costly in most of the games played this year, and they were costly again today.
  4. Plenty said that about Eto'o. I'm in two minds. It's all about price and wage.
  5. It's the same with all the Celtic nation teams: full of passion, full of hope, full of effort. The different this time around is that Wales can also say "full of talent."
  6. And they win a famous victory, putting them above both Greece and Finland in their group!
  7. Faroe Islands are 1-0 up over Greece. That's put paid to Tsipras' plan to use the European Championship prize money to pay off some of their debt.
  8. As I remember, that red was because he took a yellow for the team - when someone else screwed up.
  9. I have no problem with moments of selfishness on the field, within reason. Selfishness implies confidence, and confidence is part of the toolkit of the brilliant. I'm all for signing Deulofeu and think he could help ignite the team, especially in the big games.
  10. Awesome! Can you imagine being a passenger when it does this?
  11. Agree with your post. I'd only add that it's the central spine - Stones, McCarthy, Barkley, Lukaku - that together are most important. I'd also add that it's often bad for a team to have a single superstar. They can disrupt the balance of the team. Whey they are injured, the team takes a bigger hit than most.
  12. I take a bigger view than that. Anyone who pockets money through corruption, in effect, steals funds that could have been used to provide aid. It's always low.
  13. It was fascinating stuff. Here was me expecting a laser to look like the ones with which I used to make holograms in the physics lab, but it's not like that at all. The doctor wears a helmet and looks rather like the Borg. The laser is part of the helmet. After the first few blasts, I couldn't see a blessed thing out of that eye; it was completely black. Honestly, I didn't know whether my eye was open or shut - but it didn't take long to recover. It was straight back to work the moment I arrived home. No ill effects at all so far.
  14. So FIFA spent millions on making a film about itself. Launched in the US this week, it made a grand total of $607. Not $607 thousand, just $607. I had to smile at this line: "According to The Hollywood Reporter, the FilmBar cinema in Phoenix reported takings of just $9, meaning only one person bought a ticket." http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33050289
  15. Sometimes things work out well. Six weeks ago, I had an issue with my right eye. The eye doctor was very thorough and the diagnosis was clear; the vitreous humor was pulling away a little, causing me to see a little flashing and a boatload of floaters. The symptoms have pretty much subsided since then. Today I went for a routine followup visit - and he found a tear in the retina of that eye. It wasn't there six weeks ago, and it's not impacting my vision. So, if I hadn't gone for this appointment, I may not have known for a while and done permanent damage to that eye. They're going to do surgery on that eye tomorrow morning, which is great. The only downside is that I can't do any lifting or running or much walking until they do the surgery. This means my sons will have to mow the lawn. Am now hoping that he'll tell me no strenuous activity until the summer is out and the grass stops growing.
  16. Let's face it: We don't have the funds to purchase the big-name prospects. We must take the uninspiring and inspire them, find the diamond in the rough and polish it, and do well because we're a strong team and not a bunch of prima donna individuals.
  17. You guys are wasted in your current professions. You should be in the marriage guidance business. P&M Counseling Services.
  18. Not everyone. I see a player who wants to win, and so he should. Time will tell, but I don't see him moving any time soon.
  19. Yes, it is. The ball went through the grille on his helmet. Does that mean the helmet manufacturer is liable? At least he could retire financially secure.
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