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Joined on: Monday, 4th June 2001, 08:51, Last used: Thursday, 15th March 2007, 17:29

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Recent Messages Posted:

RE: PS3 pre order... Why are they not all gone yet???

Its all relative. The UK is one of the most expensive countries to live in. If you take any number of products sold in Europe I should imagine you will find that we will have one of the highest prices.

RE: PS3 pre order... Why are they not all gone yet???

I dont know what all the fuss is about. Once you upgrade your games console why would you want to play old games. When I bought a PS2 I never played PSOne games because they looked rubbish.

I think the price is pretty reasonable. Look at how much you would pay for a stand alone Blu-Ray player.

Bottom line - there are always going to be people who moan about price or games or functionality, but at the end of the day you cant please everyone.

RE: DVD reviewer roll call

Here and there.

RE: Play.com £5 off codes....

Nope I got a £1 and so did two of my friends. We are all existing customers.

Pirates of the Carribean Vs. Star Wars trilogy

I have realised that the POTC is a complete rip off of the SW trilogy. I was chatting to a mate the other week and came with amazing similarities between to the two.

Jack Sparrow = Hans Solo
Will Turner = Luke Skywalker
Elizabeth Swann = Pricess Leia
Jack Devenpot = Lando
Pintel + Ragetti (the two bumbling pirates) = C3PO and R2D2

In the first POTC we see Will who has no family (his father has turned to the dark side) who is in love with Elizabeth (the rich girl who is out of his league). He then meets Jack and goes on an adventure to save her. They even stop off in a dodgy town to pick up a crew before embarking on the journey.

They also have the fastest ship in the land and come across two bumbling pirates who are supposed to be the funny part of the film.

The second film begins with them being reunited and going on another adventure together. At then end of the film Jack is eaten (encarsorated) just as Han is in Empire. I have loads of things which are exactly the same but cant be bothered to write it all down.

It amazes me that someone can get away with such a blatant rip off and can only imagine that the final instalment will be a complete rip off of Return of the Jedi.

Am I the only one who finds this rip off wrong??

RE: "The Sun"`s Campaign To "Bang Up The Gangs"

I think the country needs a superhero.

I remember a while ago there were those guys who wore bomber jackets on the train and walked up an down protecting people. I think they were called something angels.

I gues the question it where do you draw the line between standing up for your rights and vigilante.

The thing that annoys me is that if the average Joe does something in retaliation then guaranteed the police would come down hard on them and lock him up. There is no justice in the world.

Cant decided which car to buy

Need some help on deciding which car to buy. I have narrowed my selection down to two both of which I would buy new. They are:

Mazda MX-5 2.0i convertable (fully specced) + free hardtop.
Mini Cooper S Convertable 1.6i (some extras)

Any help on my decision would be much appreciated. Both work out about the cost if you take into account servicing and deprication.

Would be good hear of anyone who owns one or the other.

RE: Dodgy call

Not to the best of my knowledge.

Dodgy call

I just had a really dodgy call.

The guy new my full name and then asked if I used to live in Sandhurst. I told him no and he said that he had some mail he wanted to forward on to me and then he asked me my date of birth which I told him I wouldnt give him and that it wasnt me.

Then he said well its very odd that you would have the same name as this chap and said that the guy he was looking for had parents called Rolph and Jemimah. I said no definately not me and to go away as I was eating dinner. He then said I a understand but a bit of a big coincidence dont you think. Then I said look I think I know where I have lived and what my parents names are and I dont want to speak with you any further and put the phone down.

Maybe I am being paranoid but it sounds like he was fishing for info by using my name and address from the phone book. He was probably going to try to get into my accounts or something.

I just wondered if anyone else has had this sort of call or if I am too suspicious of people.

RE: Need to sell a Nissan Micra

Its manual.
£4500
2004 reg
metallic black.

I have placed the full ad in the trading forum and can send you a picuter if you are interested.

RE: Need to sell a Nissan Micra

Ive put the details on the trading forum as I thought I had nothing to lose.

Need to sell a Nissan Micra

Can anyone reccommend the best place to advertise my car for sale?

I have looked at Auto-trader and exchange and mart but they seem a bit steep.

Any good websites?

For Sale: For Sales 2004 Nissan Micra

2004 (04) Nissan Micra E 1.0 Hatchback 3d, metallic black, 12,500 miles, Excellent condition, ABS, CD player, Electric Windows, Remote central locking, Driver and passenger air bags, Still under warranty, one owner, Need quick sale., £4,500

I have changed job so I have no need for it anymore as I train it into London. I live in Windsor so probably best if the buyer was near buy.

Anyone need a car or know where it would be best to advertise it??

RE: Got my code...

ahhhhhhhhhhh the voucher number they have given me doesnt work and it runs out tomorrow. Anyone else had this problem.

On the email it said I had until 2nd December but in the small print it still said 30th November.

DVD storage needed urgently

I am trying to find a unit which can hold around 200 DVD`s as mine are now spilling off the book shelf.

Would be great if was a pine unit. Does anyone know where to find one? I have looked at the usual Argos, Ikea, Homebase but couldnt find a decent one.

RE: Free Digital Radio From Schuh

Thought I might as well give it a go. I do wonder what it will be like though. At least I could win a pair of shoes. Will post again if and when recieved radio.

RE: Been needing the toilet a lot lately (Number one not number two) Any ideas

I dont think I am pregnant. I am very careful.

RE: Extra scenes after the credits?

Ferris Buellers day off is a good one.
Scrooged has one during the end credits where Bill Murray talks to the people in the cinema. It sort of loses the effect when you watch it at home though.

RE: Been needing the toilet a lot lately (Number one not number two) Any ideas

I shall get on the phone this afternoon to make an appointment then although knowing my doctor it probably wont be until next week.

Been needing the toilet a lot lately (Number one not number two) Any ideas

I have been needing to go an awful lot lately and I am starting to think that maybe I have got something wrong with my water works. Has anyone ever had the same thing. I need to go about 10 minutes after I drink anything. I used to have a really strong bladder and could go ages without going.

RE: R.I.P. Christine Ogden.

Sorry to hear about your loss. My thoughts are with you.

Simon

RE: Car Hire in Spain

The only thing I would say about hiring cars in spain is to make sure you dont have to pay for the petrol. We go to Spain every year and have used different car rental comps. Some of them give you the car full of petrol but then charge you for it at whatever rate they feel like. It is up to you whether you use the petrol or not but you still have to pay for it. Its just another way to get more cash. My parents had to pay an insurance for the tyres when they last rented at £10 per tyre.

I have used Crown in the past and found them very good on customer service and price.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Anyone off to see this at the weekend. I am going tomorrow night and cant wait. I loved the original and I think that Depp and Burton are an excellent team so should be very good.

RE: Going to London nowadays

I would still go. It is terrible what is happening but you cant live your life in fear. Also you could wait a year until you next go with no incidents in the mean time but whose to say that in 13 months time something like this wont happen again. I would just keep your wits about you a bit more than usual. But at the end of the day you could get knocked down by a car tomorrow but you dont worry about crossing the road.

Bigfoot sightings

I was just reading through a site with loads of stories about bigfoot sightings and pics. I was just wondering if anyone here has ever had some odd encounters or whether anyone here belives in stuff like this (eg. Bigfoot, loch ness). I am a firm believer that there is stuff out there which we dont know about although another part of me says that I am being stupid and that if there was something like this that existed then surely they would have found a dead one or at least a skeleton rather than just tracks and hair.

RE: RE:

My only question with this whole thing is if they thought he was a bomber then why did they wait until he got to a tube station to stop him and why did they let him get on a bus when this has been one of the main focus points.

Surely the best way to stop a bomber would be in a less busy place then they tried to do. I know they were probably waiting to see whether he was going to meet someone but had he been a bomber he could have jumped on the bus and blow himself up.

What do you do for a living then?

I see all the same names coming up on the site but just thought it would be nice to know what some of you do for a living.

I work as a head hunter within the IT industry.

RE: London is getting the Olympics!!

Statistically some of us will be dead by then so I wouldnt get too excited about it.

RE: US version of `The Office` on BBC3 tonight - was it worth watching ?

absolutely awful prog. The guy playing David Brent was just like Jim Carrey. I dont know why the just used the same script - why cant the americans write it for themselves rather than just copying the English one.

They tried to the same with Ben behaving badly which didnt work either. Saying that I dont think we can copy thier progs either. Lets all just stick to what we know.

RE: E4 - free for ever (if you didn`t already know)

Skeeter do you have a top up tv box or a regular freeview box.