Many books about China, e.g. Wild Swans, Life and Death in Shanghai, Mau's Last Dancer, Empress Orchid, etc, etc. Shanhara book series by Terry Brooks. I Robot and Foundation series books by Isaac Asimov. Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Also some books with magic/magicians as the theme by a n...

Don't rate Beckham as a captain. The obvious choice for me is Terry, inspirational on the pitch and that's what we need.

An old one with a new twist ;- Three women go down to Mexico one night, get drunk, and wake up in jail, only to find that they are to be executed in the morning, though none of them can remember what they did the night before. The first one, a redhead, is strapped in the electric chair, and is asked...

Hope that this works, its my first attempt to load a picture to this site.

Not sure who the guy on the left is, he kept pushing his way into the picture during the Bolton trip to Thailand July 2005

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I'm lucky in that I was able to retire at 58 and don't regret it. I did enjoy my various jobs running industrial companies and, later on in life, University type colleges in the Far East and Middle East. Was able to meet a lot of peole in a wide range of jobs in many different Countries and managed ...

Obvious really, Bolton Fan in Australia (Oz).

A bit silly now that I come to think about it, but too late to change now.

I'm in and awaiting davro's approval.

The law is an ass is all I can say. Could never understand that life didn't actually mean life. We get similar sentences in Oz which most people including the press don't understand but the magistrates and judges still amaze the rest of us with their judgements and rulings.

I would love to have a season ticket but my wife would not be happy if I spent our hard earned Pension on flights every second week from Australia to England just to watch the team play. Also I couldn't cope with the constant jet lag, I already have too many "Senior Moments" of not knowing where I a...