Just had a house move fall through that was close to its final stages because the seller changed their mind. After several months and me racking up solicitors costs, chartered surveyors and mortgage fees not to mention wasting months of our time.

Has this ever happened to anyone ? Seems the process is out dated and in need of regulation.

Btw before anyone asks this was nothing to do with my comments about Bolton yesterday. If Margot Robbie turned up at my front door demanding that she milk me like a cow I’d still want Bolton to disappear from existence

My wife bought some Abbot and Costello CDs as a present for her father a few years ago. It wasn't clear from the website whether they shipped to Ireland so she sent an email to enquire. She received one back from someone called Costello so she wrote back to him to tell him that her Dad loved them and asked if he was a relation. Turned out it was Lou Costello's son and he was delighted that someone that far away was still enjoying his father's comedy.

Sad scenes as someone steps in to save Bolton

Bollocks not my day today

Must admit I share bromley’s (and others) attitudes towards Bolton and Bury. They’re both long-time clubs, and Bolton had Nat Lofthouse play for them. They mean a lot to their local communities. Good luck to them both.

Kind of a wash. He was a huge loss for us, even with his attitude and Mkhitaryan is pretty much of a waste. It's plainfully obvious why they were so eager to get rid of him.

Although the money they spent on Sanchez's wages and his lack of output was gratifying. Personally, I liked seeing Sanchez himself fail.

Arsenal v Nottingham Forest

League cup draw

I'm always nervous before a NLD. Even during our Invincibles era. Anything can and does happen in a derby. That said, I expecting no less than a draw. I don't think we are at the stage where we should expect a win. During our invincible days, the derbies usually went 'win at home, draw away', once in a while 2 wins.

I always thought Arsenal fans were a more urbane and settled than a lot of other fans but this season makes me think a lot of fans are totally past the point of reason with this 'Emery out' sentiment I've seen on online articles in the comment section. That is nuts! Totally unrealistic to expect a turnaround given everything that Emery has gone through (new to a club and country and culture, inheriting a side that was in a downsprial, no money, etc.). Bonkers to expect after a season it should be all well and good. Especially going to a European final in many years. I'm tilting to the Old Man of Hoy view of things the more I see these comments.

Roma have got Chris Smalling on loan.

Mustafi is so appalling we can’t even loan him

This bit made me laugh

Inter will pay £175,000 of Sanchez’s £390,000 weekly salary

Less than half

He’s not that bad.

He’s as useless as a penis on a Catholic priest

Wake up!

Sadly the royal commissions have shown that to be a fallacy. They are without doubt a dangerous group of people.

What mustafi ?

Oh yeah ....... tell that to a couple of million prepubescent choir boys

So they think Mustafi is brilliant I suppose ?

You spelt phallusy wrong.

You clearly dislike him enough to exaggerate the problems about him. He has had plenty of good games. Prone to bad errors, I accept that. But not as bad as you try make out.

Ha ha .....On this forum ; we don't resort to the banal ........ " which team do you think we should play v such and such this weekend "

No , no , no .... our banter back and forth is a rich tapestry of witticisms

Quite right. But it can be disappointing. I was hoping to be enlightened about the latest in the Brexit fiasco but ... nada. (American Gooner probably hasn't heard about it yet but even so ...)

He’s about as useful as an ejector seat on a helicopter.

Too embarrassed Decaf.

We make Italy look stable. We make Brazil look moderate. Boris makes Trump look wise.

We have become a laughing stock. And we all know this will end in tears.

No it will all go well. Take back the empire - instill a little bit of discipline into those bloody foreigners. Taking back India and Pakistan on 1 November is Boris’ aim. The rest will quietly comply. I think Hong Kong might take a while but Boris in the underground bunker, smoking cigars, making speeches on the radio and a cognac at night. Simple plan for a simple man.

I agree but staggeringly many people in the UK think this is good.

Just listened to a caller on James O’Brien who said he was happy that Boris was lying to the country about proroguing parliament.

My cousins mrs is sharing petitions on Facebook to stop parliament interfering with Johnson’s plan.

Many people think all this chaos is going to improve their lives.

Turkeys hoping for an early Christmas.

Trips to Germany, Belgium and Portugal in the EL group. Not bad. Glad we’ve avoided a journey to Kazakhstan or the like.

Totally if you voted for Brexit and still think it is a good idea even at this stage then you are a *%^@*** moron. End of story

Not the easiest of groups but we should get through it.

Eintracht Frankfurt
Standard Leige
Vitoria Guimaraes

Getting back to the final should be the main goal.

Interesting post, but I believe we should be aiming for a quarter-final exit.

Due to your weekly frothing at the mouth over Brexit I'd hope you know a hell of a lot more about the subject than I do

but speaking of morons .... allowing your country to be told what you can and can't do by a bunch of unelected foreigners doesn't seem that wise either .

They don’t tell us what to do.

That’s the biggest lie about the whole thing.

If you think the government isn’t in charge of every single major aspect of our lives as it stands currently your kidding yourselves.

The "We don't want Brussels telling us what to do." iargument is deeply flawed. Britain was clearly one of the most influential members of the EU and when it comes to the big decisions it is down to individual governments. The Remain campaign failed miserably to deal with that issue during the referendum campaign.

I find the whole situation both worrying but also very sad. A hard Brexit seems inevitable and the fallout will be severe and long-lasting.

I think they did a bad campaign but I don’t think brexiteers care about facts, they are largely a xenophobic trope not interested in details. They have been sold a 20 year lie that everything wrong in their lives is because of immigration and they can’t see beyond it.

I’ve read the list of stuff we objected to and the EU forced on us and believe me if you listed them here us forumites all would have voted FOR all of them. For example we voted againest airline passengers getting compensation for delayed flights. I mean wtf

Just so everyone's aware.
Kick off date-time change on Nov. 6 for Vitoria EL match.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 85651.html

I find the subject immensely depressing and sad.

In my view, the whole Brexit agenda has been foisted upon us by an elite group of very rich and influential toffs, many of whose ancestors came over on the boat with Willie the Conq. This thing has been brewing for years. These are people who don't need Europe - indeed they need for nothing. They have never experienced deprivation in any form and they have no fear whatever of 'consequences'. They thrive on uncertainty; it's an engine of prosperity for those in a position of financial strength who can take advantage of the opportunities a broken economy will offer. All they fear is transparency in the form of what they see as unwarranted governmental intrusion into their financial dealings and holdings, for which the EU has been pressing for some time now.

As TG says, by subtly moving the focus over a number of years onto immigration, foreigners, austerity and what they term as a non-elected legislature - as if they themselves have ever been elected - they have shaped the debate, convincing vast areas of this island nation that the old enemy - Europe - is at the bottom of all our problems. They have fanned the flames to the point where it's now a curious alliance of the wealthy, the elderly, the under-educated and the under-privileged (brutal but in essence, true) who now carry the fight.

Sadly, I don't think this thing can be stopped. More worryingly, I can't see how the UK can be mended.

Apologies if I offend anyone with this view.

Yes that is a really big issue in the scheme of things...

The thing is people say that the division within the country will end which it will but certainly not in my lifetime.

A small majority voting for leave that definitely were not voting for no deal and now low and behold it’s happening.

If you can have a referendum about the EU why can’t you have one for no deal. However we’re leaving with a deal now with some extreme consequences about to occur. (Try selling grain abroad with a 20% tariff)

That resentment will never leave people.

I have Scots in my family who largely voted to remain part of the UK in the independence vote. Now if the vote was taken I think they would be pro leaving because our government is a mess.

The country will never be the same

Fine give me an example of how the EU has made a decision we objected to that has affected you.

How will having left the EU improve life for you and your family ? What is the 1st thing you're hoping our govt does that the EU were preventing it from doing ?

Or, the Brexit referendum was put forward by an old Etonian and his chums who were arrogantly sure that the people would do as they were told and vote to remain in the European Union. How dare they make a different choice? How dare they subvert aeons of history (actually just over 40 years) and revert to a independent position previously familiar o the people of the UK? I struggle to understand why the EU has come to be seen as some sort of paradise we we should never leave, as if life is not possible outside of it. Yes to Europeans, no to the EU!

I never wanted to be in the EEC, let alone the EU. Tell me exactly how being part of the EU has benefited ordinary people of the UK in terms of social housing, education, health and social equality, all of which have deteriorated in our years of EU membership. If being in it helped improve any of those vital issues then it could be worth it, but the EU seems to play no part in the things that matter to the mass of our population. The big and the powerful do best out of the European Union - bit like the football really.