Rocky Sullivan

It wasn't advice. And I don't know where you get 2k for Sky from it cost the pub I worked in in Woolton £410 and we'd take near £700 for the duration of a Liverpool match. A third of that for the other lot and half as much again for any other teams on an otherwise dead Monday night for example.If you're a freehouse the profit margins on beer are much healthier and you don't have to pay a chef or waiters etc if you're not doing food. Even if you're part of a Pub-Co you can negotiate your deals these days and get your spirits, wines, snacks etc from wholesalers. You can also get allowances for having a couple of guest beers apart from your regular Carlings et al. Your regulars are a pubs lifeblood and the trick is to sift out the alkies and troublemakers and keep it welcoming and friendly. Then if you have a music license you can have live music on a weekend which can bring in a good few quid. As for birds with big tits behind the bar I'm not talking about Hooters here but a bit of eye candy doesn't do any harm.

I'd love to run a boozer where food is limited to half-time butties and the odd plate of sausage rolls at Friday tea-time. And money can be made that way. Keep out the riff-raff, look after your regulars (but don't indulge them too much), keep a great cellar, have the f******l on and get a couple of birds with big tits and a dirty laugh behind the bar and you're laughing.

Funny that the advert at the end of the gallery on the Echo website is for the old Brookvale School which is now a Gove Academy. 'Capitalism At Its Worst' indeed.

The worst thing about this is that IF there's a Labour government within the next decade they'll likely do fuck all to reverse these plans if they're implemented.

I'd like to live in a world where Jeremy Corbyn wins the Labour party leadership.

Without being an hysterical fanny and that; I think we'll do ok.

Albino complainer if I see the lad in the side parting the opposition in midfield.

Didn't our own Michael Stensgaard knacker himself while trying to unfold an ironing board?

Growing up there the one thing that we had in Runcorn (new town) in abundance was arsonist pranksters. Both the junior school and comp I attended occassionally were torched to the ground several times. I actually think of my comp as like Trigger's Brush. First one side was raized then several years later the other, yet it somehow remained the same school. Then there was the extremely packed cattle-shed which was next to my house getting merrily torched. Talk about screaming cows. Heady days. Later during down time between college and proper work I litter picked the Shopping City car parks or, if you will, Parcars. Rinsing smack-head turds out of the stairwells will always be seared in my mind. Still, fun times.

From what I remember I think it's pretty clear than Jon Snow is dead. In body. The prologue to ADWD about the Warg fella points to Jon's fate. As in I reckon he'll possess another body, possibly Ghost then move on to a human.

Right. There's a lot of shite talked on the internet but some is just intolerable and needs addressing. In this scene Liotta's character, Henry Hill has just had the fear of Christ put into him by the borderline psychopath Tommy (De Vito? Cap me if I'm wrong) rather well played, I hope you agree, by Joe Pesci. He's pumped with adrenaline and relieved beyond belief that he hasn't got one of the most dangerous men in America literally gunning for him. Or at least about to give him a few smacks. The laugh is exaggerated but only as an outlet of relief and perfectly expressed by an underrated and later typecast actor. Fuckin' Mook.

Rodgers's?

Raging Bull Innerspace The Thing The Naked Gun An American Werewolf In London This Is Spinal Tap The Princess Bride

He's a cunt in wolf's clothing.

People in their forties or fifties who were teenagers when punk was around who get pissy when anything other than Frank Sinatra gets played on the jukebox.

Litter picking and cleaning the car parks at Runcorn Shopping City in the late nineties. You'd start in the morning by removing smackhead shit from the stairwells and then see if you could beat the previous days record of Gregg's bags collected.

It was Gervais.

'Gravy' boat crash, chip shop demolished.

Liverpool http://instagram.com/p/xIWO-VtKYd/

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/18/us-investors-set-sell-new-era-estate-london-protests-westbrook US investors who planned to evict dozens of families and more than double rents at the New Era estate in east London are on the verge of selling it to an affordable-housing provider after a vocal campaign against their ownership. Westbrook Partners, an $11bn asset management firm with offices in Manhattan and Mayfair, is close to agreeing the transfer following negotiations with London’s deputy mayor, Richard Blakeway, and the elected mayor of Hackney, Jules Pipe, the Guardian has learned. The new deal for the estate has been forged between the current owners and an unidentified social landlord already operating in London. The Guardian understands City Hall expects the sale to go through before Christmas. It would represent a dramatic climbdown by Westbrook, which was set to make a significant profit by increasing rental yields before selling on the Hoxton estate, which is located just north of the City on the fringes of one of the most fashionable areas of the capital. The New Era estate in Hoxton, east London. Photograph: Graham TurnerPhotograph: Graham Turner/GuardianFamilies had been distraught after Westbrook’s takeover and feared being evicted before Christmas. Some had planned to barricade themselves in. They said Westbrook’s plan to increase rents from around £800 a month for a two-bedroom flat to more than £2,000 amounted to social cleansing. The previous owners had kept rents at below-market values, allowing several generations of families to stay in their homes and maintaining a close-knit community. Some of the families said the increases would force them out of London, causing them to lose jobs and school places. The terms of the draft deal are said to mean the homes will remain as private rented accommodation rather than becoming social housing, but the new owner is believed to have offered some guarantees about rent levels for at least a year. It will then look at how to set future rents, which is likely to mean increases. Residents greeted the news on Thursday night with a mix of delight and caution. “This is brilliant news and a victory,” said Lindsay Garrett, chair of the New Era residents association. “If they are going to offer us affordable long-term rents we welcome it. But they have to put the deal on the table. We will continue to make sure the residents get the best deal we can. Anyone who comes into this estate and takes it on will do so with trepidation.” The sale is likely to send shockwaves through the booming international investment market in central London homes. Investors from America, Malaysia, China and Singapore have bought housing sites in the capital amid forecasts by the agency Savills that prices will rise 25% over the next five years. But Westbrook faced a storm of opposition. Senior Labour figures, including the shadow London minister, Sadiq Khan, joined the Conservative mayor, Boris Johnson, in demanding they rethink their plans. Three women who live on the 93-home estate mounted a vociferous and media-savvy campaign. They enlisted the support of comedian and inequality campaigner Russell Brand, who lives nearby, and organised hundreds of residents and other supporters to march on Westbrook’s UK offices in Berkeley Square last month to deliver a 300,000 signature petition to David Cameron, calling on him to save their homes. Comedian Russell Brand joins residents and supporters of the estate as they deliver their petition to 10 Downing Street. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesSources involved in negotiations over the future of the estate said that, while the likely deal gave hope that residents would be able to look forward to more secure tenancies and lower rents than if Westbrook had continued with its plans, the terms of the new tenancies are not yet known. Johnson gave a clear sign on Wednesday that a deal was imminent. During an event at City Hall he said: “We are very sure that there is a favourable and a fair outcome for the tenants who, I agree, had the shock of seeing their rents potentially go up, and what I want to achieve is the sale of that estate to a social landlord.” Asked by Labour’s Tom Copley if the mayor was asking Westbrook to sell the estate, he said: “I think that would be not a bad outcome and obviously we are not there yet but think that would be a reasonable way forward, yes.” New Era residents fight back against US owners of east London estate – videoAt a public council meeting on Monday, Pipe reportedly told residents that he was hopeful of a sale. Westbrook had showed earlier signs of responding to the pressure. On the last day of November the owners told the tenants there would be no changes to the tenancy agreements and no increase in rents during the first half of 2015. The firm bought the estate in March with the Benyon Estate, the family property company of the Conservative Berkshire MP, Richard Benyon. The Benyon Estate had a stake of less than 10% and acted as managing agent, but it pulled out in November after residents protested outside the company’s offices. The firm said the residents, “made it clear that they wanted us to pull out, and this is what we have reluctantly decided to do”. The Guardian approached Westbrook Partners for comment but they did not respond before publication.

You're not alone.

Nah.

Ha! I just got an e-mail from Fish4Jobs with the title "Looking for a new job after that big mishap at the Christmas Party?"

For Frodo Although I think we're all supposed to think Peter Jackson is shite now.