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In the 1970's I won a competition in Golf World magazine - caption competition. The prize was an Atari game set which included the ping-pong game. Think I still have it up in the loft.

Just had a phone call, her indoors is coming home today. Daughter is at the hospital and will bring her home. Just waiting for prescriptions etc., Thanks again guys for all your very welcome support.

Marriage guidance counsellor says to his client 'your wife says you never buy her flowers'. Client says 'didn't know she sold flowers'.

Passed a guy in the street with a sign 'Falkland's veteran'. Gave him a tenner and he said 'Gracias senor'.

Her indoors is still in hospital. Daughter was with her today and they were confident she was coming home but they came and put a new drip on middle of the afternoon. Hopefully tomorrow now. Daughter says she is a lot brighter now. Fortunately, I can sort myself out, though I must admit, I am getting a bit fed up with toast!

Thanks for your support guy's. Went in the ambulance, blue lights and sirens all the way. Never been to the hospital so quickly and never been through so many red lights! Because she fell as a result of fainting they had to do xrays for body damage and blood tests for the fainting. Nothing broken fortunately, just bruising. Blood tests showed a urinary infection which was causing low blood pressure and high temperature. She is now in a ward and on antibiotics. I left the hospital at 2.30am, Daughter stayed until her indoors went on a ward. Daughter left at 4.30am. Daughter no.1 is on her way down from London and we will be visiting the hospital this afternoon. Thanks again fellow Toffee's, your support really means a lot.

Her indoors has had a very bad fall. Fortunately my brilliant son in law and daughter are here, we a waiting for the ambulance.

Good idea that Palfy. (note to Mike - it was Palfy's idea not mine)

Just spotted this in our local (Maidenhead Advertiser) paper. Ted Brown, a keen Everton supporter, celebrated his 100th birthday on December 17. Born in Liverpool in 1919. In WW2 he served in India, Ceylon and Burma. Don't know the guy, but am going to send him a belated 'happy birthday card'. Anyone who wants to do likewise, the address is: Ted Brown, Clivedon Manor Care Home, 210 Little Marlow Road, Marlow, Bucks. SL7 1HX. Be nice to give him a surprise from fellow 'Toffee's'.

There is one positive to take out of today, we can now concentrate on avoiding relegation.

My mate came running out of the room, tears streaming down his face and shouting 'it's a boy, it's a boy. That was 10 years ago and we haven't had a holiday in Thailand since.

Its early days but I don't think the 'Ancelotti factor' is a coincidence. I don't think Silva had any clue how to make best use of DCL. Ancelotti saw something straight away and both tactics and training ground work are showing some early results.

I'm lucky. Youngest daughter is married to a guy who is a diamond. Will do anything for us, is a wizard with computers and is a really genuine nice guy. Eldest daughter is married to a Scotsman - enough said! No, to be fair, he's OK for a Scotsman. Talks a bit too much, difficult to switch him off, particularly when he goes on about Celtic.

Tomorrow, we are getting together as a whole family at my daughter's in Flackwell Heath. Unfortunately, only happens once a year due to family living all over the country. Grandson (Uni in Liverpool) will give me a report on the game v Burnley - which will be the highlight of the day! I hope everyone on here has had as good a Christmas as we have. Cheers.

The 1930's film star and sex symbol Jean Harlow once said 'I don't want a book for Christmas, I've already got a book'.

It would be good to have someone 'on the pitch' who wouldn't put up with players not trying. I think Ibra would fill that role.

Mike, I gave a response but for some reason you chose not to address it?

Well the starting rules are the same for everyone. Maybe the LibDems need a manifesto which attracts more votes in areas where they have no success.

Neither will the electorate. Rejected by a significant majority in the relevant referendum.

Yaroslav, welcome in. You will be an Everton fan for life. I don't see any games now as I live too far away but I was at Goodison when they had their record crowd in 1948/49 - 78,299.

Before PR (which has been rejected by the electorate) we need to sort out the anomalies in FPTP. Rationalising constituencies. Scotland is a huge anomaly but the main objection comes from Labour who benefit from the current situation.

If we signed him he would probably get a bad injury halfway through the first-half of his first game. Everton that.

Mike, in the 1960's the exchange rate was $2.80 to the £1. I know this because I worked for a Caterpillar Dealer and we had to buy US manufactured products in US dollars. It was $2.80 for many years and is burned on my brain.

The current anomaly of constituency sizes considerably benefits Labour.

It's amazing how the loser's always fall back on proportional representation.