that Acer is miles better than the underpowered HP machines. It has a celeron processor which should be avoided at all costs.

the only thing is the operating system, you really want windows 7, and want it to be 64 bit

[My mask is a pretty convincing one ... I have been wearing it for a long time]

Cheers Alan, My mask is a pretty convincing one ... I have been wearing it for a long time, it even fooled me for a while. Inside I was a wreck, it was the following day that I was going to pick up my stuff. Turny dragged me to the G on Wednesday, but it was nice to see a few friendly faces.

I think everyone can say in all honesty that they do this is some shape or form. It must be a great relief (if a little scary) to be able to bare your soul and take the mask off...

sounds like you are having a ball Tony.

I might still get a taste of LV this year, seeing as I have a free long weekend in the US this weekend and a ton of airmiles to use up...

my first advice would be to avoid times square...

http://www.sohohouseny.com/

just stay here...you wont regret it.

That place looks amazing, was it as good to actually stay there?

yeah..only for 2 nights unfortunately. The place is owned by the same group who own soho house  private members club in london and high road house in chiswick. I believe Jude law is one of the partners.

my first advice would be to avoid times square...

http://www.sohohouseny.com/

just stay here...you wont regret it.

is it sad that I have never heard of this guy ?

The final 19

One more exit and we break to two tables

12   1   George Achillea
12   2   Philip Mccall
12   3   Dennise Frost
12   4   Kevin Pearce
12   5   Fraser Bellamy
12   7   Ricky Woolley

13   1   Lee Taylor
13   2   Wayne Hopkin
13   3   Thomas Mckinney
13   5   Derek Collinson
13   6   David Bryan Johnstone
13   9   Daniel Stacey

14   1   Ian Woodward
14   2   John Exley
14   4   Stephen Lockett
14   5   Mark Goodchild
14   6   Nadim Sarwar
14   7   Simon Deadman
14   9   William Davies

estimated finishing time you reckin ?

crab brain is nice

had a fried baby pigeon today which was very nice

knew it wouldnt be long before the chinese looked in....no offence..

some of the stuff you guys eat is really awesome

live monkey brains anybody ?

...but wasnt

I am over here in mexico doing a little work. So the guys take me out tonight for some food. They assumed (wrongly) that I would be like th yanks that they entertain and only eat at mcdonalds etc. no, i say, take me for some local food...

So downtown guadalajara we end up in a 'tacqueria'. As Billy Connolly says, Mexican food is essentially all the same, just wrapped differently.....

I ask my colleague to order for me, and what comes back is called the 'burrito cabeza'...I know that cabeza means head...so he explains it to me

there are 5 small tortillas on the plate, It is all part of the cow head which has been cooked. each tortillas contains something different - ears, cheek, tongue, lips and the one in the centre....yep the brains.

As I didnt like to offend my hosts, to their amusement I wolfed down the first four until we get to the last one...the crowning glory so to speak....I quickly douse the brains in the hottest salsa on the table, cover it in onions, wrap it up and eat that as well...

I have to admit that it actually tasted pretty decent. The brain wasnt the best, but the other parts were seriously good....

Any other scary food stories ?

Hello winner....

even looking at them sets my teeth on edge...

since he is on holiday, I would like to include in his absence

the mexican commentators are stunned (and maybe just a little happy) at the pace and skill of the german team.

they doubt that they can keep it up for 90 minutes....personally I think the argies will tire before them

(blatant I can understand spanish post)

Flight delayed from 11.30to noon, then 12.30, then 1pm. Caesars 7pm comp tonight now unlikely, pfft. Raided the airport book shops, not a decent book to be seen. Still blew 200 quid though. Wasted 40 quid on fags, too. Fried brekkie so so, yogurt and grapes better though. I may be incurably cured of shite food.

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shame about the breakfast. I had an airport breakfast on tuesday morning at Glasgow which was also pretty poor. I have also been quietly into my weight loss program, and decided that since I was headed for Mexico where the food is awful (and it is pretty crap on the whole) I would treat myself to a greasy fry up.

No sooner had I started wolfing it down when i got a tap on the shoulder in this deserted airport pub. It was my frickin cardiologist saying how disappointed he was to see I wasnt taking the whole lifestyle thing seriously...

Actually he was joking, and had a good laugh about it, but I mean, what are the chances of that ??

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63 and still kicking

aye, kicking her tits out the way everytime she walks...

i am convinced that murray will beat nadal.