The current Mrs BSG-75….. has kids over hers for a “sleep over” on saturday, lets them stay up Sunday past 10:30, sends kids to after school club on monday evening, then my lad has scouts. so muggins here gets a zombie to stay for a couple of days who has seemingly had something less than 20 hrs kip in 3 nights, plus a busy schedule of clubs etc.

sent home from school all sick and floppy, falls asleep as soon as he is home….

she has to let them do everything they ask as her dad never let her do anything….. but doesn’t see that nippers need “down time” and sleep and rest….

Totally agree!!!

Theres that one part that practically bought me to tears, instantly lol

Face painting ? I was in tears…..

Despicable Me.

This, is genius, utter, total, complete, hysterical genius…..

True Lies

Arnie, Jamie-Lee Curtis dancing in her skiddies, Harriers, gun fights and a nuclear explosion…. what else do you need !? Top notch movie.

I find the whole live broadcasting and almost interview technique of each individual positively bizarre and repugnant, it is being treated like a new ‘Big Brother’ spin off by all channels.
Yes broadcast this happy event from further back, but give the guys some privacy and respect, stupid comments about ‘oo he’s smilling so he must be feeling really good’ etc, what do journos expect with this frenzy going on.

I agree, with the addition of get the smiling President etc out of the way as well, I may be a cynic but I can’t help but wonder what his reasoning or agenda is.

Great news on how it seems to be working out, but the men are not public property, get them out, help them and let them decide what they want to do.

By his logic, as I’m right under the Chinook route from Salisbury Plain to Odiham 24 X 7 (M3 Junction 6) I should get carpets, curtains, maybe a display case or two for my die cast model collection, and a new surround sound system so I can turn the TV up REALLY loud and hear it when the RAF pass by, which they do, at all hours.

Oh, hang on, they did that before I bought the house as well……

It is a subjective issue, “The Siege Of Krishnapur” a fictional account of a battle during the Indian Mutiny made me start to think about history in a wider context, “Piece Of Cake” made me re-think my views on war and pilots in a more mature and less stereo typical way. “The Last Place On Earth” while non fiction (depending on your view of the book!)effected me in much the same way in terms of my thoughts and opinions.

I think these three books that I read in my mid teens shaped my thinking and view of events more than any other books I can think of, with due respect to the initial question in the post “greatest novel” (which I haven’t answered) “great” is in the eye of the beholder, I can only add the titles that I think had the biggest effect on me in terms of thinking and questioning.

I thought he was building one to take himself home ??