Info and forum posts by 'mortishian'

RE: DVD Reviewer Roll call & name change update

Greetings to all,

Joined November 2003, last posted July 2007. Yet still (occasionally) here.

Now that`s what I call lurking...

RE: HP Photosmart D5160 £25 delivered

Ordered. Thank you :)

RE: Free BBC Script

Superb. Thank you :)

RE: "Bam Bam" Bigelow passes away aged 45...

Sad loss. It`s stating the obvious to say this happens way too often :(

RE: Transfer Window slowly closing... who will your team buy?

Sheffield United fan wltb a creative midfielder and a pacy left back before Thursday please.

At the moment it looks like I`ll get my wish for the left back (Olivier Bernard) but we could splash the cash up front instead of midfield (£4m for Dave Nugent the favoured rumour at the minute).

RE: Is it just me or are football shirt manufacturers ripping us off this year ?

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If you don`t buy a new one,please refrain from wearing an old one to a game though.
There really is little worse.

Don`t agree with that the slightest bit. It`s a football match not a bloody fashion parade.

Agree with the `don`t buy one if you think it`s too expensive` comment above. That said however, price fixing between retailers is most definitely illegal and I seem to recall that the major players got walloped with a big fine because of it a few years ago.

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Link to price fixing story here

This item was edited on Monday, 28th August 2006, 21:55

RE: The Official Liverpool 2006/07 Season Thread (Will contain spoilers)

It was a big point for us - sends out a statement of intent almost that we`re not going to just roll over when the big clubs come to town.

As you`d expect, I was a bit disappointed with the penalty - as well as all the nonsense afterwards with Warnock and Fowler. Think it was making a mountain out of a molehill to be honest, although I`m not quite sure how Liverpool have witnesses to Fowler not saying something - how is that possible? What concerned me more was that Rob Styles referred to Gerrard as `Gerrard` and Morgan as `a Sheffield United defender`. Only human nature I suppose but maybe shows what we`ll be up against this season.

Despite that it`d have been harsh if we`d have won really and a point each was the right result. The speed with which Liverpool countered is the biggest difference from watching Championship football all of these years, along with your midfield (esp. Gerrard) constantly trying to delicately slip the ball through the last line of defence - we didn`t get much of that last season.

Good luck to Liverpool this year. Think you`ll go well, although maybe not quite well enough to overhaul Chelsea.

This item was edited on Sunday, 20th August 2006, 11:52

RE: What rules would you introduce?

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1) Kicking the ball out to let an injured opponent get treatment - This one drives me absolutely crazy. The referee has the power to stop the game if he thinks a serious injury has occurred - 95% of the time though it`s just a magic sponge job so don`t kick it out!!!!! If I was a manager I`d make a declaration that my team just wasn`t going to do it, but we didn`t expect our opponents to do it neither. It`s an absolute plague on the game and contributes to the stop/start nature that others have commented on. Bin it.

Seems like I might actually be getting my wish with my top request.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4796269.stm

I never realised that I had so much influence! :)

RE: Credit to David Beckham....

Looks like he`s planning to play Gerrard on the right against the Greeks.

I know he hasn`t got much time for experimentation before the Euro qualifiers start but I`d be interested to see if the `Lampard and Gerrard can`t play in the middle together` theory is still true if you had true width on the flanks (eg. Downing and Lennon). I`ve always had a feeling that part of the problem was due to the fact that neither J. Cole or Becks were true `wide` players and therefore squeezed the space in the middle an awful lot.

Might be wrong of course, but the only time I think I`ve ever seen it deployed was during the last 20 minutes or so against Trinidad & Tobago and we looked a different team (one of the games where SGE did actually get his subs spot on).

RE: The Official Liverpool 2006/07 Season Thread (Will contain spoilers)

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Anyone else from the Reviewer clan going to the match?

Yep, I`ll be there. Seems like such a long time since that awful day at Stamford Bridge (although thinking about it, it really is - 12 years I think :o )

Every single preview I`ve read has us going down this year. Don`t think I`ve seen one that says we`ll do alright. Bet Warnock has them pinned up on the dressing room wall before we go out there.

Bit concerned about the fact that Liverpool have had a couple of competitive games already while we`ve been playing Matlock Town, etc. That said, we`ll be well up for it and I`m sure we`ll give a decent account of ourselves.

Sorry to hijack your Liverpool thread by the way. We`ll leave you to your singing by next week :p :)

This item was edited on Tuesday, 15th August 2006, 23:45

RE: The Official Liverpool 2006/07 Season Thread (Will contain spoilers)

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I bet you a virtual tenner you don`t tonk us

Sorry, I`ve sobered up now....

I`ll be happy with a goalless draw! ;)

RE: The Official Liverpool 2006/07 Season Thread (Will contain spoilers)

You do realise of course that with the creation of this thread that myself (and no doubt Nick the Flyingmonkey) will be on here in a flash when the Blades tonk you on the opening day?

You can keep that Gerrard bloke in your midfield, we`ve got Jagielka! 8)

Credit to David Beckham....

...for taking McLaren`s decision professionally and like a man.

Would`ve been all too easy to announce his retirement from international football and go off and sulk. Instead he accepts that McLaren`s got his own ideas and says he`ll do his utmost to get back in.

The attitude of a true England man in my opinion. Well done sir - hope he eventually gets his 100 caps.

RE: A Floating Bed - And A Dumb Question...

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It says small cables hold it in place. I guess with out those it would be repeled higher. so, hear comes the science bit, any added downward force would be less than the upwards force all ready being exurted in pounds newton per square inch (80-1/0x)

Ah, I see. I assumed the cables would be coming from the ceiling which is why I couldn`t get my head around it. Makes much more sense with the cables coming from the floor - well done :)

A Floating Bed - And A Dumb Question...

Quite a cool bed here, although not one for the Bargain Buckets forum at 1.2m Euros.

However, one thing that`s puzzling me is that I can`t understand how the magnetic force that`s keeping it place won`t need to change if somebody actually gets onto it. The only thing I can think of is that there might be some kind of computer changing the force depending upon the weight of it? :/

Anybody slightly more awake than me today care to resolve my undoubted idiocy?

RE: Next Round`s On Spurs Is It?

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forget 18months, 6months without him even doing a days training for us making a cool 13mil profit sounds good to me

That`s a fair point. That really does show how loopy things have become.

As a Sheffield United fan the prospect of having a £10m `war chest` filled me with excitement when we went up after years of shelling out the odd £250k. The reality is though that any half decent player goes for a few million these days (Claude Davis £3m, Rob Hulse £3m) and that £10m just isn`t a great deal now I guess.

Still rather be prudent rather than half-bankrupting the club mind you.

RE: Next Round`s On Spurs Is It?

If £18m is really the fee (and surely that must be made up of various incentives on performance, etc) then it really is an eyebrow raiser for somebody who didn`t even really look that special in the Championship a couple of years ago.

Much as I can`t stand Manchester United, it`s pretty good news I guess that the spine of their team (Ferdinand, Carrick, Rooney) is English.

RE: adverts that do ur head in

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Ads which portray men as helpless overgrown children

Yep. If I see one more electrical store advert where the bumbling middle aged father is laughed at by his wife and kids I`m going to scream. The same `useless` character also always turns up whenever a barbeque is mentioned (inevitably... :( )

However, personal worst at the moment is that endless Dogs Trust one which seems to turn up every other advert break (at least whilst my daughter is watching Nickelodeon). They must have a bigger advertising budget than McDonalds >:(

"Hello - I`m Wilf!" <shudders...>

RE: Psychopath Test ?

Oops. I got it `right` too, and I`m sure I never saw it first time round.

But I`m really a nice person. Honest... :o

RE: Premiership strugglers??

I`ll buck the trend and go for the three promoted clubs to survive. Instead I`ll have...

Middlesbrough - Could have a dodgy start and not sure if the fans or the club have the stomach for a fight if they get dragged down there.

Wigan - Had money to spend but not at all sure whether new signings (at least so far) will gel. 2nd season more difficult that the first.

Fulham - Always liked Fulham since they arrived in the Premiership. However, I just get the feeling that there`s a bit of internal strife that could come to a head this year. Malbranque will be a loss if he goes.

All about opinions - no flaming! :)

RE: Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina relegated to Serie B

Just one question which I haven`t seen answered in the reports that I read...

Apparently Juve have also been stripped of the 2 Scudettos that they`ve won over the last 2 years - who actually wins them in their place then?

Main reason I`m asking is that I think Milan finished 2nd each year. Surely they haven`t picked up 2 titles on the same day that they were fined 15 points? Or have they?

RE: What rules would you introduce?

Not radical changes. Some not even proper rules, here I go...

1) Kicking the ball out to let an injured opponent get treatment - This one drives me absolutely crazy. The referee has the power to stop the game if he thinks a serious injury has occurred - 95% of the time though it`s just a magic sponge job so don`t kick it out!!!!! If I was a manager I`d make a declaration that my team just wasn`t going to do it, but we didn`t expect our opponents to do it neither. It`s an absolute plague on the game and contributes to the stop/start nature that others have commented on. Bin it.

2) Deliberate handball has to be deliberate - as opposed to accidental. It`d save absolutely ridiculous penalties being given for somebody absolutely nailing a shot at a defender stood about 2 yards away. No, I don`t care if it was on target and stopped a goal being scored - it wasn`t deliberate!!!!!

3) Fair play for goalkeepers - Player A is a defender. He commits a run of the mill handball on the edge of the area which he may or may not be booked for. Player B is a goalkeeper. He charges to the edge of his area to pick the ball up and his momentum takes him a foot outside his area. Player B is then sent off, suspended, tortured and shot by firing squad at dawn. Why???

4) Football`s that travel in a straight line - No I don`t want to return to having balls with laces on them, just a normal ball that goes straight will do fine. Yet another example of FIFA`s obsession with more goals being scored - I note with pleasure that this particular World Cup has seen less goals than the average. Back to the drawing board eh Sepp?

5) Tickets to the fans. Why is the atmosphere at FA Cup semi finals always so much better than the final? It`s because there isn`t 30000 neutrals there who are just turning up for the programme and to say they were there. Same during the world cup - didn`t see much of the fantastic German atmosphere during the opening game did we? That`s because half the tickets went to competition winners, Mastercard, Mcdonalds, Budweiser, etc, etc. Expect the same at the final tonight as well.

I get the feeling I may be able to on with this forever. However, I think I`ll stop for the time being before I get too wound up... :$

RE: England are spoiling World Cup...

He drives me absolutely nuts....

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The Fifa president said he wanted to start a general debate about the commercialisation of football and said he was unhappy about the way that rich football clubs were able to buy up all the world`s top players

Commercialisation of football? This is the head of the organisation that gives huge swathes of tickets to corporate sponsors which end up on the black market at vastly inflated prices for the fans. This is the head of the organisation that made hundreds of dutch fans remove their trousers so they didn`t offend the sponsors. This is the head of the organisation that has one brand of American beer available at the stadium in a country renowned for its culture of beers.

>:( >:( >:(

RE: Tour De France: Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso booted out for drugs.

Hmmm :/

I`m very cynical about all of this. The timing of it (one day before the start of the biggest race in the calendar) seems very coincidental.

But the big thing for me is that in cycling you appear to be guilty until proven innocent rather than the other way around. My understanding is that at the moment these are just allegations and there hasn`t been full testing. The whole thing just seems very fishy to me.

Then again, I guess the organisers must be pretty sure as surely the potential must be there for any cyclist chucked out and then subsequently found to have done nothing wrong to sue the hell out of the race.

Not a good day for cycling anyway that`s for sure :(

RE: A plea to John motson.

And I thought it was just me getting annoyed with this... :o

Good though he might be on his day, Ronaldinho wasn`t much more than a show pony last night. You wouldn`t have thought so though coming from them two.

Air Conditioners

I`m sure we have this thread every Summer. However, whereas I`ve never really been serious about buying one in the past I`ve now got a two week old son so would really like one to keep him cool.

Question is, what should I be looking for? I don`t want to spend more than a few hundred pounds on it but want something that can ideally be used to cool down the living areas during the daytime and then be transported upstairs on the evening to cool down the bedrooms. After a cursory glance they seem to be measured in BTU`s but I have not the slightest idea what that means :/

Anybody out there who would be kind enough to enlighten me? :)

RE: SPAMMING CRETINS........

This really is quite amusing :)

RE: Bloody delivery drivers.

Not wanting to wind you up further on an emotive subject Doc but I couldn`t help noticing two of your quotes...

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Mind you, The customer got a bit s***y with me for something that is out of my control.

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Unfortunatly the girl at Pioneer got it as I can see a £2500 refund comming up

Assuming that Pioneer use a third party for delivery....well, you get the point I guess.

Just an observation, that`s all - don`t mean anything by it :)

Edit: Hmmm, upon reflection I guess that Pioneer would probably deliver themselves to retailers? Which kind of kicks my point into touch. I`ll just be quiet.... :$

This item was edited on Thursday, 1st June 2006, 00:07

RE: The Blades are Going Up!!!

Outstanding. Couldn`t help thinking back today to that numb feeling 12 long years ago when we were sent down. Its taken a hell of a long time but we`ve finally put it right :) :) :)

Bring on Tuesday. Should be fantastic.

RE: FREE BROADBAND!!! (terms and conditions apply)

Fine and dandy.

How on earth it`s getting so much publicity for being free though is absolutely beyond me. It`s £21 a month plus a £30 connection charge as far as I can see. If that`s still a good deal then absolutely, sign up for it. It`s not free though by any stretch of the imagination. :)

This item was edited on Tuesday, 11th April 2006, 20:10