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You are all wrong. Utterly wrong.

If it isn't a minimum 40% about Falkirk, then

Never get stuck behind the devil in a post office queue, for the devil can take many forms.

That's f**k all. Asda, Tesco and B&M have had some Christmas stuff out for at least a fortnight.

They have 5 years to get this done. It's not in this legislative programme but will be in a later one.

9 for Friday

For a second opinion, I aske Microsoft Copilot

Good point. We've usually had a Brazilian or two going around. At the weekend Martin Brundle was reminiscing about 13 Italian drivers on the grid in a season (of 39 drivers). I think it's cyclical. We're seeing a lot of British drivers just now.

The plan is simple. Nationalising now is out as the government would have to buy out the shareholders. So, wait until liquidation, buy all the assets for £1 and re-start it as The Thames Water.

7 for Thursday

I can think of 2 examples. One (I think I said this before) - quite recently. The prof was talking to the timetabling team about his course. He then "forwarded" an email on to me and added his own comments about how these folk were incompetent, were sabotaging him and so on. Except...he didn't forward it to me. He had in fact replied to the timetabling team. Guess who's teaching on Friday afternoons nowadays... Second, a colleague and I were dealing with a student who was basically lying to us. It was regards a coursework assessment he was trying to get out of and it was just paper-thin excuses. My colleague replied to me about how the lad was being dishonest, wasting his time, really needs to pull himself together, and so on. But he had included the student in the reply. On reflection, I thought it was probably a good thing for him to see some tough love.

There are always cocks roaming about Dunfermline

Oh yes. As recently as New Year I did 5 Star Trek movies in a day (2, 3, 4, 6, First Contact) I have done this before with various combinations.

I need a graph or chart to keep up with this.

Never mind the bcc chat. I know folk who struggle to differentiate reply, reply all, and forward.

I remember being a teenager and REM hit the big time. They had 3 massive albums in a row - Out of Time, Automatic for the People and Monster - and folk came crawling out of the woodwork to say that only their early albums were good because they had sold out.

At the same time?

‘Angry resident’ dumps garden waste on York councillor’s doorstep

9 for Wednesday

When you look back at that England team, we should be grateful for Eriksson. They were far, far better man-for-man than they are now. The "Golden generation" indeed had some tremendous players. With a decent international manager they might have won something. Thankfully he just couldn't handle the international game as well as he could a club game and was overwhelmed by the celebrity thing.

Bummed in the prison showers minimum.

No love for Batman & Robin?

Residents' anger at prospect of Middlesbrough homes being demolished