Flash. - Comments

Comments
#29346 What's the last thing you bought thread
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
I've already heard the noise it makes and it's not that loud at all.
#29290 What's the last thing you bought thread
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
http://images.apple.com/au/imac/images/hero.png

3.1Ghz i7, 16gb RAM, 1TB Fushion Drive.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/10/dyson-fan-pr-1.jpg

Dyson Air Multiplier (Bladeless fan).

Actually looking forward to the fan more. Looks immense.

#28974 Buying a house
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
I was looking into buying an appartment here (Although I'd need to get PR first).

Expensive though. A one bedroom apartment near the city starts from about £300k.
#28970 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
IT'S TOO HOT.

38 Degrees today.

Melting.
#28642 This Is Anfield
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
By King Luis | Permalink | On 29 November 2012 - 19:50 PM
No but it goes to show things aren't quite as bad as people would have you believe, we've had a poor start sure but its not because we aren't creating chances so much as not taking them.


Having a shot is not creating a chance.

You can shoot from anywhere.
#28328 Benefits Advice
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
By Jay. | Permalink | On 29 November 2012 - 00:22 AM
So your saying, if your on JSA you can't live on your own? I pay £390 in rent, for a 2 bedroom, now that's fairly cheap as most peak at £450-£500 for a 2 bed.. 2million people claim JSA because there aren't enough jobs out there for people, Im sure a lot of them live on there own, struggling to make ends meet, thats how it is in the UK.

I know of plenty of foreign persons that have come to the UK from whatever country and got a job almost instantly, without experience, that's the UK for you again, that's where the problem lies, there are thousands upon thousands of people that are genuinely seeking work, like the OP, but they are realistic, whats the point? Working 16 hours per week, getting £56 a week, when you could be doing the same as people that are not even bothered about finding a job, and still getting that £56.


The reason foreigners get work is because they'll apply everywhere and do anything. Brits won't do the shit jobs foreigners do and think they're better than McDonalds, Cleaning etc. Employers don't purposely hire foreigners over Brits btw.

And no, if you don't have a job of course you shouldn't be living in a 2 bedroom apartment costing 470 a month. You live within your means. If you can't afford it you go somewhere where you can afford it. That's common sense.

And for everyone that keeps saying there are no jobs in the UK. Fuck off. There's hundreds of thousands of jobs. Just google 'jobs' and you'll see tonnes of job sites with thousands of jobs. A hell of a lot of people are on JSA because they're lazy, not because they can't get a job.

Because it's about progression. Working will get you experience, which in turn will give you the chance to get better jobs. People just expect to fall into a brilliant job without working for it.
#28317 Benefits Advice
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
By Jay. | Permalink | On 28 November 2012 - 19:52 PM
No, but after travel costs to/from work, you'll not be picking £56 per week, well at least i wouldn't, you'd be even worse off if you drive, infact you couldn't manage to run a car on £56 per week.

I'm sorry that my welfare/living is more important, this is how £56 would do me per week, i pay £390 per month in rent, i also pay £60-£80 a month in Gas/Electric (this is all without food remember.), if i was to work 64 hours a month for only, £225 per month, my bus fair to get to the job, would cost me £11 per week, that's already £44 taken out of my monthly wage, leaving me with £180, where would i live? Even being on JSA is wouldn't be very good, but I'd be saving £44 a month, on travel costs.

I know there is housing benefits etc, but if you work 16 hours your benefit is greatly reduced to what it'd be if you worked 0 hours.

Hence my reasoning, working part time for 16 hours a week, would be more unbeneficial than not working and still getting the same amount.


If you're on JSA earning 56 quid a week you're not going to live in an apartment costing 470 quid a month after bills are you?

Working Part-Time would give you experience, experience which would be helpful in finding a full time job. Who do you think I would rather hire, someone who has been on JSA for 2 months, or someone who has been working? If you proved yourself working part time then there's more chance you would be offered more hours/a full time role.
#27939 English Premier League 2012/2013
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
By K3V0 | Permalink | On 28 November 2012 - 02:30 AM
He's got 2 league goals in 11 games (2 of those appearances as a sub). I wouldn't say he's in form. It's baffling that he's playing ahead of Bent, who is a proven goal scorer in the Premier League and it's even more ludicrous that he's not even on the bench whilst Jordan Bowery is. It's pretty clear that Lambert wants him gone or has been told he'll be leaving in January.


He's got 5 in 11 starts.
#27623 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/533522_10151272211624787_2011489307_n.jpg

12 pubs of Christmas next week.

Roughly 150 of us. All wearing red.

Can't wait.
#27577 English Premier League 2012/2013
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
British quartet Gareth Bale, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and John Terry have been named among 20 defenders on the shortlist for the 2012 FIFPro World XI.

David Luiz, Patrice Evra, Branislav Ivanovic and Vincent Kompany are the other Premier League players to be nominated by fellow professionals.


The defenders one is even better.
#27561 English Premier League 2012/2013
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
England midfielders Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard have been named among 15 midfielders on the shortlist for the 2012 FIFPro World XI.

Eden Hazard, David Silva and Yaya Toure are the other Premier League players to be nominated by fellow professionals.

Three midfielders will be selected for the team, which will be announced during the Fifa Ballon d'Or Gala on 7 January 2013.

Spanish giants Barcelona have four players on the shortlist.

The four - Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fabregas, Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez - helped Spain to the Euro 2012 title this year.

Nominees: Xabi Alonso (Spain and Real Madrid), Sergio Busquets (Spain and FC Barcelona), Cesc Fabregas (Spain and FC Barcelona), Steven Gerrard (England and Liverpool), Eden Hazard (Belgium and Chelsea), Andres Iniesta (Spain and FC Barcelona), Frank Lampard (England and Chelsea), Luka Modric (Croatia and Real Madrid), Mesut Ozil (Germany and Real Madrid), Andrea Pirlo (Italy and Juventus), Franck Ribery (France and Bayern Munich), David Silva (Spain and Manchester City), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany and Bayern Munich), Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast and Manchester City), Xavi Hernandez (Spain and FC Barcelona)


Football's gone mad.
#27328 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
Yeah, being unemployed and living at home with the parents in the same place for your entire life must make you aware of everything.
#27316 English Premier League 2012/2013
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
It's a blatant freekick, Luiz knows what he's doing.
#27286 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
In his defence, Sweden is a few years behind the rest of the world.
#26951 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
Yeah, but realistically it's about 3/4 massive nights then some small ones.

I need to stop spending so much, it's ridiculous. I'm tempted to stop drinking until Christmas.

I earn about $4,800 a month after tax, rent is $1,500 a month. So i still have enough for everything else. I'd rather save some though, which I don't at the moment.
#26948 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
Australia's expensive.

But yeah, it's an insane amount to be spending.

It quickly adds up. Beers are about $8 (and the only do schooners here, which are about 2/3 of a pint) and shots and vodka are about $10. Red bull and vodka is about $15.

It's impossible to have a biggish night without spending $200+
#26932 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
Fucking everything.

Vodka red bulls are $15 a pop but that doesn't really explain it.

Need to stop doing this, happens too often. On average I must spend about $2000 a month on alcohol.

In my defence though, some of these nights could go down in history for their awesomeness.
#26920 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
Spent $975 on a night out last night. That's £650.

Fuck me.
#26916 Benefits Advice
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
You can continue to claim JSA if you work under 16 hours/3 days per week.

It will be adjusted depending on your part time wages.
#26907 English Premier League 2012/2013
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
"Watching the Swansea vs Liverpool game is like watching the two most useless versions of Barcelona attempting to play football."

#26515 Bar 72 - The Official Rangers FC Thread
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
By Jan. | Permalink | On 24 November 2012 - 03:07 AM
Joke of a club tbh, I'd like to see 'Jim White' give his view on this EXTREME unprofessional ism of the new club he so dearly loves.


What?

It was Elgin, not Rangers.
#26217 This Is Anfield
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
Stoke went for a higher class of player because they were spending shitloads of money.

They spend about 15m+ a season and they very rarely sell anyone for a significant amount.
#26154 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
By Telegram Sam | Permalink | On 22 November 2012 - 16:10 PM
We need another striker regardless of how good Giroud has been. If he gets injured we're buggered.


Podolski, Walcott, Gervinho, Chamakh?

I can't see Huntelaar wanting to sit on the bench and it would be stupid benching Giroud when he's finally coming good.
#25786 This Is Anfield
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
Anyone else remember Suarez's hand ball at the World Cup which was made into a huge deal?

That was obviously just magnified because 6 months later he would move to Liverpool,

Not to mention the biting, which was also made into a big deal.
#24812 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
By Franck | Permalink | On 20 November 2012 - 02:41 AM
The only reason the MLS has survived for as long as it has is that it has learnt from the mistakes of the NASL.

The MLS has built their league around young American talent, the DP's are nothing more than expensive sideshows, available only to a small fraction of the teams in the league. The success of the league in markets like Columbus, Seattle and Toronto has nothing to do with them.


Since Beckham has joined the MLS the gate income has risen drastically. Average attendances have risen 20%, overtaking hockey and basketball.

Viewing figures around the world have increased dramatically since then. No one in Europe watched MLS until Beckham joined.

High profile players, specifically Beckham, have had a massive impact on the league. The league would be nowhere near this level with out them. There's a reason why these teams pay these players so much and why the MLS bend over backwards to get them.
#24808 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
By Franck | Permalink | On 20 November 2012 - 01:50 AM
A self-sustaining, successful football league is not built around old, foreign has-beens. I wouldn't be too worried.


The MLS has been since about 5 years ago and that's doing better than ever.
#24017 Susie Fantasy Football
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
By Telegram Sam | Permalink | On 17 November 2012 - 23:08 PM
Goals from Suarez, Mertesacker, Hazard and Cazorla. Assist from Santi and Fellaini as well.

Oh, and Suarez was my skipper. Still have Berbatov to play tomorrow.


2 goals from Suarez, 2 goals from Tevez, 1 goal from Ba, 1 goal from Bale, 1 goal from Cazorla, 2 assists from Tevez, 2 assists from Sterling, 1 assist from Cazorla, 1 assist from Fellaini.

Suck it.

Although I'm not in this league /o\
#22294 Why The Fuck
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
This is fucking hilarious.
#21874 Scottish Football Thread
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
Not forgetting Barry.
#21873 The Armoury
Flash.
20 years ago
3 years ago
677
Some of these arguments are terrible.

Firstly - The one where someone said you can't complain Arsenal are doing poor because they're doing much better than lower league clubs..ffs. It's all relative. Arsenal are one of the biggest clubs in the world with hundreds of millions of pounds worth of players, they're expected to compete at the very top, Halifax Town are not. Just because other are worse off doesn't mean you can't complain. That would mean there would only ever be one person in the entire world that could complain as they're in the worst possible position. Probably an armless, legless, bald, starving, albino, Liverpool supporting, Canadian male captured by Al Qaeda and being raped by a man called George while being force fed his own testicles.

Next, Defeats do hurt more at the top, as they're unexpected. Do you really think Southampton are going to be just as hurt losing to Arsenal as Arsenal would be losing to Southampton? No. Arsenal are expected to win, Southampton are expected to lose.