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Charlie Wilson's War - Enjoyed it enough, to keep me awake last night, when I was pretty tired.
Most of the cast were excellent.
6/10
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No Country for Old Men - 7/10
Enjoyable and well made. One of the best "baddies" I've seen in a movie in ages too.
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Yes, if any donor had bothered to read the small print.
I said from the beginning you would have to be questioned if you gave to the fund, with the terms by which it could be used.
What a nice couple huh. I'm sure the old grannies that gave £5 did so so that Kate and Gerry wouldn't have to work again.
I was pretty shocked when I read the fund was covering their living expenses and paying them a wage. Especially as she is now looking at a career change, in a lower paid field, and he can't decide whether to return to work.
Was it ever agreed that the fund would pay for their legal fees? I seem to remember there needed to be a vote from the board of the trust, but I don't think I ever read of the outcome.
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I read the other day that they are both using the fund, to cover their living expenses, while they are not working...Was this stated prior to the collection of funds?
I hope the kidnapper hasn't changed his clothes in the last 5 months...
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On radio 5 earlier:
'We need to end all this speculation and stick to the facts! The fact is that I've known Kate and Gerry for four years and they couldn't possibly have had anything to do with Madeleine's disappearance.'
It might be better if we have a separate thread for ludicrous comments by Mccann family & friends.
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More terrific legal analysis from Philomena McCann today as well.
Well I'm pretty sure she's got a lot of time on her hands, seeing as she can't get out of her seat, so maybe's she's been studying international law.....
Then again I doubt her fat fingers can turn the page of a book.
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Yesterday's NOTW had an interview with Gerry McCann, which had this classic line in it
" (Gerry) KNOWS that, amazingly, under local laws they may have cobbled together enough to charge them.!"
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I'm not sure his cheeky winks at the camera will be required.
There needs to be a lot of solemn self-reflective moments, before the World Tour bit. I think Dougray can handle that.
Maybe, I just hope they get the pope to play himself, to add to the realism of the story...
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Surely bringing Steve Guttenburg out of retirement would be a good shout for Gerry McCann.
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Thats the thing though. They are on the front pages now, not the lassie.
People are starting to think more about the parents and their behaviour than the search for the kid. That has become something of a side issue now.
Either way, whether its the parents as the focus of the article/TV slot, or the little girl, they are both instantly linked. They're keeping the search for her in the headlines, which is their main aim.
I would disagree that the search for her has become a side issue.
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I just get the feeling that someone is advising them badly now. They must have someone booking them to do things like the Festival, going on the old "all publicity is good publicity" thang.
I don't think that is the case here though. It's not going to achieve anything in what should be their only priority at the moment and that is what is swaying people away from them.
Advising them badly...? Despite being still on the front page of the national news?
Seems like pretty good advice they're taking.
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Just as annoying as the British accent then?
Ok, so who had 9 minutes?
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I don't get how leaving a key on the inside of a door would make a lock redundant.
Am I being dense?
This would be because I'm thinking of the bedrooms doors...
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He doesn't leave the key in the door on the outside!
f**k's sake!
Maybe you want to read the post again....FYI, pay particular attention to Ned's first sentence...
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The key's are still in the locks ... our doors don't have any windows that someone could smash and then use the keys
You've hit on a subject close to my heart though , I sometimes leave for work just after 5am and need to remove the key from the inside before I can lock the door from the outside ... If I can't find a second key I'd never take the 'original' one thinking Mrs Ned could just use the back door , I post they key back through (Does that make sense
)Kinda
Doesn't leaving the keys in the lock, make the lock redundant though
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And when our kids are in bed the doors are locked , it's something we started doing after that little girl was snatched from her bath last year !
Don't you worry about there being a fire?
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Next, with Nicholas Cage - 2/10.
It would have got 1/10 but it was so bad that it made me laugh. Possibly one of the worst endings to a film ever, as well!
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He commited a crime and was sent to jail but many people felt it should never have went to court on compassionate grounds. Where do you draw the line?
Understand
He shot someone in the back, as they ran away. Hardly the same as parents going for a meal, and leaving their daughter sleeping in their apartment a yards away.
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The number of parents on this thread who wouldn't do what these parents have done is amazing!
I'm in no way the perfect Father but i'd never leave a child alone in a house no matter the reason
I'm sure you wouldn't, but if you did I don't think it makes you a bad parent.
I'm sure all parents make mistakes, its just unfortunate that this couple made one which led to their child being abducted.
I also don't see much difference in them leaving the kids sleeping upstairs, and them being downstairs in a large house, or being out in their garden. However I don't think the reaction would be the same.
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The number of perfect parents on this thread is amazing!
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I did say - either in this thread or another of the two where this conversation is also taking place - that some of the finest Scots dialect in English is incorrect. I just think in the case of outwith it sounds clumsy and, well, wrong.
I recognise Scots as a separate language, as it was regarded until a couple of hundred years ago, so I can weasel out of this by saying that when I speak English, I tend to do so "correctly"
Which isn't to say I use some peculiarly Scottish words in my everyday language, but "outwith" isn't one of them.American English is incorrect in Standard English, generally. "Honor", "color" and all that tripe.
Quite a few languages have regional differences. Chinese has many different formats with differences between what is used in Maninland China to what is used in say Taiwan or Hong Kong.....
The US just use a regional version of English. So it can't be incorrect compared to "standard English" as its comparing apples with oranges.
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Film police alert....
JP full of his usual cr4p about anything remotely mainstream. Watched Anchorman the other night. Not bad...Probably 6/10
Been meaning to go see "the assasination of richard nixon" but not had a chance...Anyone seen it?
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I think I need to go lie down!
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Which isn't to say I use some peculiarly Scottish words in my everyday language, but "outwith" isn't one of them.
Equine Eggstravaganza
in The Gambling Forum
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Not a big horse backer, but decided to put a few on today, seeing as the Derby is on TV.
1:40 - Cobo Bay
2:10 - Able Master
2:40 - Cicerole
3:15 - Safari Mischief
4:00 - Tartan Bearer