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Dannythefink

  1. @Judypiatkus thanks! . If they had, I am something of a pessimist I'm afraid.
  2. @TimJotischky thanks Tim. Much appreciated.
  3. @MichaelDugherMP think it will be in a few but the DVD/blu-ray is awesome. Its incredible the difference.
  4. Just got home from launching restored version of Beatles Yellow Submarine. Superb piece of work by Apple.
  5. @oflynnexpress yes, fair enough. I was writing a sort of atmosphere piece though so I didn't want to be too pedantic....
  6. @oflynnexpress I was using hyperbole. They were interrupted twice....
  7. @MarcusDysch thanks!
  8. @shamikdas soccer just to avoid repetition. Liverpool deliberate over statement
  9. @RobStewart_ thanks Rob....
  10. @olivernmoody @dicklp thanks
  11. @simonmayo I am sure it isn't being run by those sorts of people. It cant possibly be. They sound terrible.
  12. @theleans Daniel.finkelstein@thetimes.co.uk
  13. @theleans sure
  14. @JohnLehal thanks. I really enjoyed it. The next time Phil drives me bonkers I'll send him to yours.
  15. @JennieMacfie @redpeter99 in my life! Perhaps I was too thin skimmed but really I felt I was just being wound up on purpose.
  16. @JennieMacfie @redpeter99 was irritating me while I was, say, playing with the kids! I decided I didn't need it, or this anonymous stranger
  17. @JennieMacfie @redpeter99 constructive debate but, perhaps for good reason she determined to persist. Eventually I realised that it ....
  18. @JennieMacfie @redpeter99 keep bombarding me with the same point. Even if it was right! I asked her to desist and suggested more...
  19. @JennieMacfie @redpeter99 I am not a great faller outer and I have never blocked anyone before or since but I thought it rude to....