Heartland

I live in San Diego, and Irvine is kinda in the middle between me and L.A. I've been there a few times, but I'm not an expert... Its a bit of suburban sprawl, but its not a bad place at all. L.A. is a short (in US terms) drive away, so you could easily hit clubs in LA/Santa Monica on a weekend. Nort...

Always found The Reptile House to be the lesser of all post-DD, pre-VT output, to be honest. Always a bit miffed that Burn didn't even come close to the promise of the live versions with, proper lyrics and the like. For years, the poor CD mix of FLAA lowered my opinion of that fine album, but the re...

I recently changed my outlook from agnostic to atheist, for the exact reasons that markfiend (who is on fine form) outlined. In middle-age, I see zero/none/ziltch evidence for any religion being "correct". Everything points to spooky shadows on the wall being turned into religion. Everythi...

You know, I'm not sure. In 15 years in the US, I don't ever remember seeing time specified as Mountain Time..

Actually the answer is a little more convoluted... but you'll get the same answer as above. Almost always, a time will be given with a timezone, and often several. Eg. 9am ET / 6am PT... read as "9am Eastern, 6am Pacific". National news outlets will often say just "9am", but the,...

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And as for 8-bit home computers... the correct answer was, of course... ZX Spectrum.

So what? Games mady by MS aren't always great and there are a lot of other (way more interesting) publishers out there who can and will continue developing until a certain point. It's most likely that both MS and Sony are going to bring out a new console generation in ~18 month since it's getting h...

If its not too late, the correct answer is buy a PS3. Even if, on the surface, the 360 is cheaper, its not in the long run: - PS3 controllers recharge. 360 controllers requires an optional add on to charge. - you have to pay for online, month in month out, on the 360. This may not be an issue for yo...

or resort to such sixth-form soapbox language ...

You might even get a girlfriend!

NICE!

Yes.

But there's a large difference between earning enough to have a comfortable life, and skipping town to the Channel Islands to avoid paying taxes into a system that you profess upon.

No 'slightly' in there. Its hypocritical.

But whatever. I like the noises the drummer makes....

One thing I gotta know what do you right leaning / tory / capitalist types get from this band and the songs?? Yes. They sound good. Also, I have never associated The Sisters with being an overly political band - not in the NMA, Levellers sense anyway. Sure, Reptile House and VT were fairly politica...

Well that's me told!

Rail privatization was performed 4 years after Thatcher. It had nothing to do with her. Labour promised to re-nationalize the railways in 1997, but didn't. They had 10 years to do it. But didn't. (ooo, I'm getting close to debating here, but no, I'm just presenting facts for your consideration). My ...

I don't think I did.

But still, I won't, as long as you stop sumising that people are "seduced" by something that allows them to reach their full potential.

And its obvious that you have no idea what you're talking about. See all those government and electorial reforms coming down the road in the UK? Wonder which country they got those ideas from, mmmm.

No mh, I was there. I lived thru the 70s and 80s in the UK. During that time I was a staunch "leftist". In the 1990s I moved to the USA in search of, to be honest, a better climate and nice beaches. But after a few years my political views changed radically too, and I began to realize that...

Oh for Gods sake, emilysrange, saying Maxwell ripping off pension schemes has ANYTHING to do with Thatcher's government policies is just ridiculous. Absolutely stupid.

Nee, whatever. People bitching about Thatcher reminds me of the "What Have The Roman's Ever Done For Us?" scene in Life of Brian. Having a debate about whether she did good is like arguing whether or not the sun came up this morning. It did, she did. Its really a waste of time to debate ot...

Margaret Thatcher was the single best thing to happen to the UK in the later half of the 20th century. If you deny it, then you clearly do not remember the 70s, you clearly are oblivious the improvements in standards of living, and clearly oblivious to the truth.

Not too sure about their criteria... nodub's yearly report gives a s**t load of points for places where you never had to de-ice your windshield in the morning...

I always thought Ghost Dance's Cinder Road sounded like Bat Out Of Hell.

I liked it - good for you.

I bought Alles wieder offen... I can count the number of times I've played it on on two fingers.

Don't know WHAT to buy, but I can recommend this as what NOT to buy.

YMMV