not often i am here...
something just in relation to the original question....
I am not sure how many people are away... but there is actually a national "free to air" sports list that must be shown on free tv....
there is an "A list" of sporting events that must be at least shown live and a "B list" that must at least be shown on highlight....
the A list is.... Olympic Games,Fifa World Cup Finals,European Football Championships,FA Cup Final,Scottish FA Cup Final,Wimbledon (finals weekend),The Grand National,The Derby,Rugby League Challenge Cup Final,Rugby World Cup Final
the B list is.... Cricket Test matches played in England,Non-finals at Wimbledon,Six Nations Rugby matches (involving home nations),All other Rugby World Cup matches,Commonwealth Games,World Athletics Championship,Cricket World Cup (finals, semi-finals and matches involving home nations),The Open Golf Championship,The Ryder Cup
they are considering putting the home ashes series on the "A" list but that decision has been delayed till after switchover..... at which point there is actually due to be another review.....
I think I answered this on another site.... so I'll put down what I wrote there....
"I am reading thru the act as we speak now, am I think I have spotted something quite fundermental which is going to protect clubs......
the protected status's in the act are....
disability, gender realignment, Pregnancy and Maternity, race, religion, Sex and Sexual Orientation.....
doesn't say anything about marital status though..... therefore if you go as a "couple" and consider yourself to be a "couple", then that isn't covered....
so they can charge couples differently then they can singles.......
so from what I read, Technically you can't differently charge single guys and single fems...... or between Couples (MM),Couples (MF) and Couples (FF)
However in Clubs CAN still have different rules attached to the different types (so before two single guys decide to test the "couple" thing.... I wouldn't be surprised if they put in a "stay together play together" clause to make people think twice about it......)
and I think I have just found the "smoking gun" that they will use for Single ladies...... and make single men cry...
under the act you are Allowed to positively discriminate for groups of people that are "under represented" as long as you can show that such measures are useful for redress the balances....
and we all know that people section under-represented at clubs are "single fems"....
I think I chose the wrong profession to go into....
okay.... if any clubs would like to give me free membership for the rest of me life now.... you know where to sent it..... "
hope that helps understand the situation a bit more clearly ......
sean xxxx
I don't think many people besides the police think he is still in the area.... if he is going high into the northumbria hills and he knows the place like the back of his hand it is so dense then will virtually impossible to find him....
anyway we got caught up in it on sunday night when our local "social club" was raided as part of the ongoing investigation... hence we had 5 armed vans and helicopters overhead till 2am
anyway the main talk today at our place of work has been following:
a) the head coppers hair, what on earth is she doing to it..
b) what moat has done to setback the rehabilitation of gingers into normal society....
c) how after all this time of saying he wasn't a thread to the public they now tell us he is... wasn't the fact he has already shot 3 people be proof enough????
d) is it wrong to see kay burleigh off sky news reporting.... with an armed policeman behind her.... and think "just one bullet and put us all out of our misery"
bumping this up for you sweetie.....
I'll certainly be there for this if that is okay with you xxxxxx
sean xxxxxxx
hate to do this to you all... but i have had a really tiring friday night and have literaly just got back in the house... I don't think I would in any condition to be going out tonight... so i am going to pull out....
all of you have a great night for me... and drink loads!!!!
sean xxxxxxxx
do what some of my friends did joy... have a painting/decorating party.... if you can supply countless teas and coffees people will come round and help!!!
any chance of a late addition..... I would be coming early and leaving fairly early (michigan state in the final four again).... would be nice to catch up with a friend or 2....
sean xxxx
you tell em nola....
"Who Dat!!!!!"
anyway... back to the Rugby..... the Irish to get a famous win in France tomorrow!!!!!!
go Green!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
whoever said opera north was a great suggestion.... went to see them a few years ago and they were fantastic......
if you want an opera to start... have to save my favourite is actually Carmen....
I had a problem with him being the england captain in the first place... but lets have a look at the wider picture so to speak...
lets look at his past as well.....
this is the man who was making fun, and shouting abusive things in a drunken haze at american tourists who were hotel stuck in the hotel the day of 9/11 .....
and lets keep going........
this is the man who though the could get away with parking his car in a disabled bay outside of a hotel and leave it there......because it was closer to the entrance.....
and then this is from a few months ago.....
this is the man who used his position as england and chelsea captain to profit from it by showing people tours of the ground and to set up personal meetings...
and to finally top it all off.....
and this is the man who cheated on his best mate girlfriend.. and his wifes ex best friend.... and thought he could hide it (the reason he gave on the superinjuction wasn't the privacy of his family, but the effect it may have on his financial interests and sponsorship deals.......)
do I want him to be the ambassador for england... hell no......
if you think the hull fans were rough of him last night... wait till you see what the arsenal fans are planning for sunday...........
not had a chance to listen to Richard Bacon in the afternoon on 5live.... but was a huge fan of his when he did the late night show.... he's style really suited that time of night, and had the serious and no so serious topics......
If anyone was going to come out as gay, then it needs to be someone near the top of there sport to survive being the first to come up...
The reaction to Gareth Thomas coming out has been great, because he has a great career, so he can't be bashed for it, there have been other gay sportmen that have come out in the past few years....
Donal og cusack came out 6 weeks ago... one of the top people in Hurling in Ireland came out
John Amaechi... argueably the best british person ever to play basketball came out about 2 years ago, a lot of people supported him, but there were a lot of people who make ignorant comments and that why I don't think more come out....
sean xxx
p.s the aussie Rugby league player you were talking about earlier was Ian Roberts...
not replied yet using my iPhone.... till now.... not that bad actually......
no chatroom but can't have everything..........
I will need to check..... but if i can I will try to make the roadie down......
I would have loved to have gone... but I am now up at a social in Glasgow that same night...
you all have a drink or 17 for me!!!!
sean xxxx
going to have to pull out i am afraid ... i am gutted as i have been looking forward to this for the last 6 months........
everyone have fun for me
I was surprised the decision went the way of the banks... but they are saying that it was more of a point not on whether the charges were fair, but on whether the charges were part of the core service.....
its not over yet...... the OFT may go down other avenues......