johnh

Always voted, always will. Can't remember who said it but 'Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely' supports the democratic 'party' system. It may not be ideal but is the best of a bad job. I think everyone has a 'responsibility' to cast their vote.

Romey, if it's any consolation you've got more idea than I have.

We had a power cut today. Couldn't do anything on my lap-top, TV didn't work, didn't fancy going to golf as it was pouring down with rain. Went to the kitchen to make a coffee kettle didn't work. Chatted to the wife for a couple of hours and she seems quite a nice person.

Shame about Liverpool playing all that 120 minutes and then losing. What's Balotelli all about? Talk about a dud signing.

Welcome in. Birkenhead has been voted the greenest and most environmentally friendly town in Europe - they've got more unleaded church roofs than anywhere else. I regret to inform you that you display your ignorance of all things football with your comments about Naismith. Like all players he has his off-days but he has the best football brain in the Everton squad.

I am fortunate to have a pretty good memory and usually do quite well in General Knowledge quizzes. The downside is the retention of useless information also. My classic piece of useless information is something I read in Readers Digest over 60 years ago. I have no idea why it stuck in my memory and I have never had the opportunity to use it in those 60 odd years. 'More tortoises die of diphtheria than any other disease.' It may not even be true these days but it's still there. What's yours?

Rubes, You got 5.5 right. I gave you .5 for no.8, you said pink, the actual answer is crimson. Answers below. 1. 116 years 2. Ecuador 3. Sheep/Horses 4. November 5. Squirrel 6. Dog 7. Albert 8. Crimson 9. New Zealand 10. Orange

I can give you contact details for good - plumbers, electricians, painters & decorators, central heating maintenance, tree surgeons, drive block paving, roofers, car mechanics, carpet layers, tilers. Can't help on grass cutters as I mow the lawn myself.

107 years - No.

MikeO, go on then, I will reinstate 2/10!

12 minutes past six?

MikeO, 1/10 actually!

1. How long did the 100 years war last? 2. Which country makes Panama hats? 3. From which animal do we get cat gut? 4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October revolution? 5. What is a camel's hair brush made of? 6. The Canary islands are named after which animal? 7. What was King George V1's first name? 8. What colour is a purple finch? 9. Where are Chinese gooseberries from? 10. What is the colour of the 'black box' in a commercial airplane? Apparently, 5/10 is a good score!

Yevhen Konoplyanka? I think we should restrict our signings to players whose names we can spell, pronounce and type without having to check each letter three times as we do it.

Slightly off topic but I remember Everton finishing bottom of the old First Division and relegated in 1950/51. What made it worse was that I had a bet with a schoolmate (a Liverpool supporter) that we wouldn't be relegated. I lost the bet as well and had to fork out threepence which hurt almost as much as the relegation.

In the 1980's I did a long consultancy job for a firm in Bristol. Drove daily from Maidenhead to Bristol for several months. About 1,000 miles per week.

Er, back to the thread. If Mirallas didn't go into the changing room at half-time - where did he go? Was he in the pub? When we play a team that 'parks the bus' we do not have the option (like some teams) of high crosses and headed goals. 1. If someone does cross there is usually no one in the penalty area. 2. If there is someone in the penalty area then they can't head the ball. Occasionally we score from set pieces, corners etc., but this is usually because defenders are involved. Last night we passed the ball around the WBA penalty area incessantly without getting a shot off. Teams have sussed us out and a team better than WBA on the break (Arsenal) would stuff us.

Barkley has had so much criticism about giving the ball away it is obviously hitting home. Against WBA he didn't try and dribble, his passes were all short and simple. Consequently, he didn't have any influence on the game whatsoever.

Naismith is having a mare. Lukaku spends too much time on the right wing. For all the possession we are not getting enough men in the box. They are all in mid-field passing to one another.

Motorway all the way M32, M4, M25, M3. Still impressive though.

It just irks me when I see the acronym 'FIFA' no matter how its written. The most disreputable organisation on the planet.

My teabag doesn't give me any information whatsoever.

Getting it every time I first log in now. I hit 'back arrow' which puts me back to the menu and then I get in OK. The odd thing is that if I close my computer down, then log-in again later in the day, I never get it.

It was only a minor shunt. I do that much damage getting the car in and out of the garage.

Got URL4 yesterday and today.