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Perfect - thanks for that.

Right, this Sky Sports 5 business. I've not activated it - but I'm watching it right now. I'm assuming it'll cut off at some point? If it does and I do want to activate SS5 - does that tie you into a new contract? Or is it only when you take the broadband offer?

Ran 10km (10.34km) for the first time tonight, the farthest I'd ran before that was 6.14km so I'm absolutely delighted I was able to get there. The weather was fantastic so I just thought I'd go for it. Total time was 1:05:45 - 1:03:23 for the 10km. Which is terrible compared to most of you lot, but it's my first 10km so f**k it. Felt I could've went a bit faster but just wanted to make sure I got the distance right. Hoping I can get under an hour in a couple of weeks.

Thinking of buying a Persimmon new build 3 bed semi-detached. But after googling reviews for Persimmon's, I'm now a bit hesitant. Has anyone bought a Persimmon house? Living in one? Any problems? Are they shite? Help!

Clearly.

Really hope he makes it. Having watched that BBC video, he seems like a cracking guy. The kid's definitely got it - he tore us apart the other week and his attitude is spot on, we've just got to hope he doesn't suffer a major injury or make the wrong transfer move. Personally I'd call him up and start him in our next friendly to see how he handles it. We don't need to rush him into the qualifying campaign matches, but give him a friendly and test him out. Considering our lack of options at centre-half, I'd think about doing the same with Souttar too.

"Back aff, yaaaa spooky bitch!" "Lager please...ya big lantern-jawed, bug-eyed junkie-faced bone-idle dimwitted basterd ye!"

Curb Your Enthusiasm Still Game The Office (UK) Seinfeld I'm Alan Partridge

Same problems mate. Just can't play on this Xbox, nothing wrong with the disc or my Xbox for any other game, they just can't go hand-in-hand which is disappointing.

This guy sums it up nicely: Moral of the story? Don't be an early adopter?? We were burned first with the RROD, now it looks like we are getting burned at the end of the 360 life cycle with GTA GATE. Think about that before rushing to get a PS4/XB1. I'm distraught.

Saw that thread you posted Slim, that's the exact same problem I'm having. Someone said: "My current Xbox console isn't my original one, but the one that Microsoft provided when my first one died due to Red Ring. It is an early generation version; it has no HDMI port.". That's the exact same as my console. And I'm freezing at the same point - well, just a little before him. Someone said they exchanged for a new copy, didn't work, someone said they put the disc on a flash drive, didn't work. Looks like it's the Xbox's problem then and I'd need to replace it. Short term solution, I'll do a swap with my brothers, there's no chance I'm buying a new Xbox though...

Doesn't work even with the external hard drive or USB? Or do you mean doesn't work with the internal hard drive? Because I think it's the original model - it's fucking ancient. I'll go buy a USB or hard drive at some point then. Gutted. Got a week off next week and this needs played!

YA BEAUTY! IT'S WORKED! Tiny remnants of a fingerprint needed wiped off disc 1. That's all. Cheers for your help fellas. See you in a few days... Edit: Forget that, played for 5 minutes, got to the car and it's done it again....f**k.

Gotcha. Well I've not done that, so, that's good. As I see it, my options are... a) Install again now that I've wiped the disc. Doubt that'll do anything different. b) Install my mates disc one and see if that fixes any issues. c) Buy a new hard drive. If they don't work, well, let's not go there...

Nah. Just looked at disc 1 again for scratches and it looked perfect except there was a tiny, tiny, tiny fingerprint mark on the outside of the disc. So I've given that a gentle rub (steady) and will try install again. Could I get a copy of my mates disc one and install that or is it only able to install on one machine? Failing that I'll probably go buy a new hard drive.

Well all I'm doing is popping the discs in and letting them do their thing. No idea what's wrong but looks like I might need to get a new hard drive? Even though this one's been fine for a long time. I just got an extra second's worth of the cut-screen before it cut off this time. Progress.

Aye installing disc 1 which takes about 15-20 minutes. Then it says insert disc 2, which just goes to "loading story mode" at the bottom right, but then pops up with "install complete" after a while. A mate's told me not to install the second disc, but it's not giving me an option not to. Bizarre. I've deleted everything and tried re-installing about three times now, f**k all's happening. Maybe my hard drive's goosed, but I want to be able to try it without installing the data on disc 2 to see if that works...

Someone help me! I've tried re-installing; same issue... I'm sobbing uncontrollably.

I've just got it this morning, installed, went to play, and 3 seconds in I'm getting hit with... "Alert. The game was restarted due to a problem with the storage device where the game data was installed." Wtf? Has this happened to anyone else?

I'm going by his facebook post. He put a photo up of the game, then someone said: Someone: How is this possible ! My mate: Someone: Iv yet to visit your pal at G-force to get my Ps3 sorted, whats his name again ? lol My mate: I'd suggest you do today Someone: What time he shut ? and can u txt me his name again lol My mate: 360 only though

My mate got his from G-Force. He's mates with the guy that runs it though. Said it's everything you hope it will be and more. Sounds like the greatest game ever made then.

Really thought Celtic would do the business tonight so had £33 in total spread over 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0. Returned £63 so £30 profit. Better than a boot to the baws.

Not always true, for example Colin Blane was in South Africa for Nelson Mandela's almost-death.

Just a small one from me. First bet of the season: £10 on McKay to score and Inverness to win, returned £25.