Faith no More - that's very cool to know someone from a great band Sark. I will live my life vicariously through you for 3 days I think. I'll say, I kinda know a guy online from a poker site who knows a fine rock star. Kudos to me I think.

Dave, I got my first tattoo top of my arm and only by walking around in a vest would it be seen. Took me about 7 days to go get another one that would peep out, very seductively in my opinion, from under the arm of a T shirt - have a fair few now and it's hard to explain to other people why one likes them so much. Don't think it's to with the kind of people I mix with but never met a lady who didn't like them on me too .. s'abonus. But, point is, I definitely want them to be seen.

I do think it is possible that tigs, you may walk aroound with your mouth open a lot for a few weeks until the novelty wears off. In my experience, and as a student of emotional intelligence, we all tend to want to be noticed for the thing we do for our 'personal' enjoyment - just takes a while to gain that self awareness I think.

The shell collector wants people to know he collects shells and have people form an opinion from the information, the train spotter.... and so on. Not many people who are true islands.

Good find on the star wars one - few genuine lol moments

OK, it's more modern pisch but Gorecki, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' ....................... or Korn 'Here to Stay' . take yr pick pop pickers, not 'arf !

I think the tells thing just signifies that we over rate the ability to spot tells. It's also potentially a significant indicator of the power of hindsight and being able to see something once all the facts are available.

It's like now I can see that my wife gave me some tells that I read correctly since she and I our proud parents now, however, many other times I thought I saw those tells but was quickly disabused of the notion that me and the tellee were going to try to make babies.

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A few come to mind:

Adam and the Ants 1979 to early 1980. Lyceum

Discharge - 100 Club

Killing Joke - Lyceum

Crass - Starlight Club, West Hampstead

Tuesdays at the 100 club, Sundays at the Lyceum - enjoyed those times.

Only ever saw one stadium type thing Guns n Roses supported by Soul Asylum, Blind Melon and the Cult at Milton Keynes - was a great event in many ways, not least for Blind Melon and Cult's one or two decent tunes. Guns n Roses were'nt too bad too.

A lot of bands I'd like to see today but of them only experiencing a big Korn concert is something I feel I have to do.

Bands you didn't see.... always wished I'd seen Nirvana and The Smiths in their pomp.

Yes it is worlds apart, its late

is it any worse than checking in the dark ?

Trying to over anyalyse - yes I think so. All in the middle at the right time and got unlucky. Perhaps if both of you were very much deeper stacked then you could maybe find a rationale to wait for the river but I don't think so even then.

It's the notion that the NHS is 'free' that probably grates the most. It's very expensive and in discussing the issue with many people and family members who work within the NHS, just the most incredibly inefficiently run 'business' they've been involved with.

Some generalisations contained herein

Always find it hard to understand the prevailing wisdom in this country that we want to exercise personal choice in most everything we do, personal choices about lifestyle, buying our houses, our cars, whether to shop at Tesco or Morrisons etc etc.

But on probably the most important choice about how best our interests can be served (ie our health) we want government to deliver it and then complain when it's as crap as all services that any government has ever delivered.

Governments do armies, assasinations, posing, control and used to do policing - they don't do 'for the good of your health'.

Would prefer less tax and more choice, we are taxed to pips squeaking anyway and the services remain poor. Give me my money back and let me afford private health care.

A residual shrunken, private service (funded centrally , slightly oxymoronic I know) to take care of the truly needy would be fair and something I'd be happy to contribute a few percent to.

Thank you James fish & Tikay (shouldn't you be in bed ? Hope I'm fitting in ok by making a compulsory passing reference to your years, I mean wisdom :-)

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Great reading - thank you !

Not a huge win but 320 plus entries made it very satisfying - makes me think I still have a tourney life in me :-)

Congratulations to 'foxxster', who won $702 in '$2000 Guar't'd - 12 min rounds' tournament.

Please excuse idle bragging but been a while since I won one

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This is great viewing I think. Had a good, for me, coupla weeks running up several thousands in profit on cash tables and tilted away about $2000 of it thinking I could play better than I can. A lot of the hands I played like matey tuff but he's better than me I think. I find some of his commentary quite instructive in fact :-)

The big mistakes ARE hilarious though. There's one I enjoyed specially where he made 2 pair on the river and and then comments on what pain the other dude is gonna be in when he calls his river bet. He's already put the guy on a bare A ( there's an A on board ) but our hero didn't notice that the board had a pair of (or something like) and the man has Aces up.

His "Doh" type explosion as he realised his mistake really had me rolling around.

I'll watch more I think and then return as a tuffer fish.

LOL, calling pab names should ensure a great take up on this generous offer