You've done loads of homework, got good advice so the final discussion is around a few hundred pounds.

In my experience, in all purchases I ever made, homework done, I was always prepared to pay a little over the price to make sure I got the thing I really wanted - I've never regretted one of those decisions but would a hated to spend my life missing out for the sake of a few quid.

I'm old so worth listening to :-)

Mr Tight, Flitwick is famous amongst Herts & Beds towns as venues where I have scored half centuries !

'emel 'empstead is famous for a big roundabout and a big fire - er.. that's it !

Except, I thought I'd google some 'emel 'istory and came up with the following:

Dave Vanian (real name David Letts), the lead singer of The Damned, was born in 1956 and lived in Chaulden

'Just for you, here's a love song......." Oh happy days !

Can't add on the etymology but I think it may have preceeded poker. A boss I once had a while back, who didn't play poker and when poker wasn't on TV always used to refer to the next person he was going to sack as ''he's on the bubble". This was one stage before he would say 'I've already got my black hat on".

Fishy, if yr looking for something quick would consider selling a Mazda RX8, 231 bhp for a good offer - 5000 miles, about 8 months old - been driven very sedately !! Very nice but decided I'm too old and may return to something bigger.

Terrible suck out last night !! Don't normally railbird but watched for a while as I was playing online anyway. Win that hand and I think you were guaranteed a big cash - doh ! just remembered it's you we're talking about - 'guaranteed' waaaaaaaaaayyyyy too strong :-)

It's easy, I remember this one time, in church, I said 'I do' under no pressure at all.

Be quite interesting to know how many people have never won one - I  would think that for every Royal Fish there are 99 people who have never won one who participate in them fairly regularly.

I'll satke flushy if there's a $20 freezeout in this year's !

And this is Bachmann Turner Overdirve, 'You aint seen nothing yet' - let's rrrrocckkkkk !

If they prick us, do we not bleed ?

Since spam is an old word with a new meaning the exact etymology and therefore definition of the word may as yet be unclear and it could take several decades before there is a final definition accepted by all as the received wisdom.

In the meantime, do we not accept that advertising and marketing are an integral, yay, welcome, part of a modern, capitalist society -  a socio-political system from which we all derive benefits. Since the large majority of us capitalists 'vote with our feet' and stay here we clearly prefer the capitalist system and the profit motive to any other system. No obvious rush from here to rural China or Cooooooooooba  (Cuba quiero bailar la salsa) so far as I can tell.

Ergo, the marketing of the site and it's multiple offerings to it's membership is to be welcomed, embraced and the people behind it should have their tummies tickled. Oh yes. We, atavists all, exist to market and sell - hence the wiggly bottoms one sees in spring.

Moreover, and back to the initial discussion over a precise definition of spam - is it possible to spam one's own site or customers. I reject the very notion as primitive and verging on the subhuman. I am sure it is possible to unsubscribe and thus, rather than a discussion regarding spam, one should instead rejoice in the fact that our fathers and forefathers worked, lived and died so that we, yes, we petty men, could exercise our democratic right to 'vote with our feet' and not simply exercise a good deal of airtime with drivel.

Just completed series 6 of Seinfeld - will start on Curb yr Enthusiasm when done.

Larry David gotta be funniest writer around

At least yr a funny, likeable fish..........






























...unlike flushy !

Parp !

I thought I could go to India to get my head together or fill in Stally's survey - aint got time to go to India.

WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Glenn Richard Henderson
NICKNAMES?  Fatski, Gorge, Kitten, Turtle, Noble Tiger, Da Man, Bear, Goat, nirvana
BIRTHDAY?: - 9th July
WHERE DO YOU LIVE?: - 'e - m,      e - m - e,        e - m - e - l,     'emel 'empstead
SEX OR ICE-CREAM?: Depends who's offering but generally sex I think
WHAT COLOUR UNDERWEAR ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW? Grey with a pic of Sid Vicious
WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW?: Playing poker, dull but true
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU DID?: Watched end of Jonathon Ross on the TV
WHAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO YOU? A cup of coffee
WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU ATE OUT WITH? Wife this evening
WHAT WOULD YOU BE? in 10 years – pretty shagged out I’d imagine
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO ON YOUR HONEYMOON?: No plans to be married again
WHO DO YOU WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF UR LIFE WITH?: It’s a big world – I’d like to spend it with lots of different people, some I know today and a few I've yet to meet

WHATS THE WEATHER LIKE RIGHT NOW?: Dry and cool
LAST PERSON YOU SPOKE TO ON THE PHONE? Chrissy
LAST PERSON WHO TEXT YOU? Chrissy
LAST PERSON YOU TEXT: - Chrissy
WHATS YOUR RING TONE? It vibrates
WHAT DO YOU THINK A TOBLERONE IS? I know what it is
HAIR? Greying in quite a serious way these days, tried to dye it back to original brown once but it came out ginger, turned short & nasty for a coupla days (sorry to you ginge's out there - just trying to be hilarious)
WAT U WEARING RIGHT NOW? Jeans & T
WHAT WAS THE BEST ADVICE EVER GIVEN TO YOU? Very hard question, think I'll just quote Michaelangelo instead "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."
WHAT ARE YOUR FUTURE PLANS?: Tomorrow I will mow the lawn, clean out the garage, buy new specs and then head for my country pile for Sunday and Monday where I will indulge all my fav pastimes – er… that’s as far as my plans ever stretch.
WHAT WAS THE LAST FILM YOU SAW AT THE CINEMA? Don’t recall
BROTHERS & SISTERS? 1 of each
FAVE BOYS COLOGNE? – Quite like Diesel but don’t wear it generally, like to smell ‘manly’ J
DO YOU LIKE TO DANCE? – I can pogo and do some kind of Status Quo thing – prefer to not show these talents off too often tho’
ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK ANYONE OUT?:No, it’s a kind of hobby without really wanting a yes
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE?: - A few times I’d say
DO YOU LIKE SCARY OR HAPPY MOVIES? Happy
CHRISTMAS OR EASTER? - Christmas
LUST OR LOVE?: I like both, love can be painful, lust is usually more rewarding (in a fairly basic Man-Woman Ug !!! kind of way). Unfortunately my cross to bear is that I only find lust rewarding if I love ‘em as well though Debbie Harry might have changed that feeling for me.
KISSES OR HUGS?: Any skin contact is nice
WHAT COLOURS YOUR TOOTHBRUSH?: - Blue
DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO WRITE BACK??: yes
FAVE PART OF THE OPPOSITE SEX? A nice bottom is a very nice thing
WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD: Jealousy, covetousness
FAVE SOUND?: Chrissy’s voice at the moment
WATS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP? Chrissy
ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR WICKED??:I love ‘em
HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU LET THE PHONE RING BEFORE YOU ANSWER: Varies – haven’t you all got caller ID ?
COULD MEET ONE PERSON, DEAD OR ALIVE, WHO WOULD IT BE? Wouldn’t mind a beer and a chat with Joe Strummer
IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB IN THE WORLD WHAT WOULD IT BE? I like what I’m doing
 IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?: Half full
YOUR FAVE NUMBER? 1 million



FOR GUYS TO FILL OUT ABOUT GIRLS

THONG OR KNICKERS?: French quite square cut knickers please
LONG OR SHORT HAIR?: Medium
BRAINS OR BEAUTY?: Beauty (brains large part of seeing the beauty in someone)
   

FOR GIRLS TO FILL OUT ON GUYS.

BOXERS OR Y FRONT?: -
TALL OR SMALL?: -


(FOR BOTH SEXES)

MOST IMPORTANT PHYSICAL FEATURE?: A warm smile will do it for me
CHOCOLATE, WHITE OR MILK?: - Milk Choc please
ROOT BEER OR DOCTOR PEPPER?: Yuk
MUD OR JELLY WRESTLING?: Beneath my dignity to answer this J
DAY OR NIGHT?: Day
SUMMER OR WINTER?!?: Summer
CAKE OR PIE? – Pie me up
SILVER OR GOLD?: Gold
DIAMONDS OR PEARLS?: Diamonds
SUNSET OR SUNRISE?: Sunrise

I am expecting Arsenal to thrash the mighty Barca in exactly the same way we thrashed the Mancs in last year's Cup Final.

Oh yeah !

Think Dave sums up the only appropriate response on the first page of this thread.

"whereas calling any female a fat c**t  whilst I was at the table would prematurely end your evenings entertainment"

So beautifully written too :-)

But Dave's bigger than me and I might not quite have the balls to give the unpleasant chap an immediate physical reprimand.

But I'd have to say something and it wouldn't be the start of a polite chat about poker etiquette in an all-in situation.