Recent content by Dr Bandler

How did you find that? When I worked in Switzerland we had a sister office in Lausanne. On the surface it is a nice place, but my workmate was mugged for his laptop there.

Yes, and even when I lived in gentile Zurich, there was a European match between FC Zurich and Borussia Mönchengladbach and that was "interesting" before and after the game. You could argue it was almost a local derby in European terms, but still. Amazingly Switzerland does have some hooligan...

Be interesting to see if this thread is still alive this time next week. We are due a direct Northerly wind Monday to Wednesday and that will take a few degrees of how it is currently feeling. That will test the central heating savers. Hoping spring will come alive soon.

Much later than the 70s, Harry, trips to places like Cardiff, Leeds and Millwall have retained the ability to be, ahem, scary. Cardiff has been foul until recent years, but not as bad as the 70s and 80s, when I was happy to leave in one piece. Anyone remember the Seagulls Special being attacked...

At the replay I remember some gentlemen from mid-Sussex pushing past me to climb into the next section to have a pop at the Man U there. There were so many in our end that day, it was inevitable.

Trying that at an away pool fixture at the Whitehawk Tavern would have been interesting, my memory recalls.

Switching to The South Stand in the late 70s, does anyone know the name of the gentleman with long hair and a leather overcoat who (with his mates) was prone to throwing beer up in the air and occasionally urinating down the terraces? I think he drank in the Cliftonville Shades bar before games...

No, I am quite clear. After the events of 2014 Donetsk and Luhansk became breakaway republics, obviously supported by Russia, who did send people to support the breakaway militia. Periodic shelling of Donetsk continued by the Ukrainian side right up to the start of this conflict this year. This...

And don't you think everything should be done to avoid that? Somehow I kind of believe that no one is daft enough to allow the potential mutually assured destruction of full out nuclear war. Certainly if you believe the super rich really control things behind the scenes then what is in that...

It is awful, and the whole situation is a great source of stress and unhappiness to all Russians I know. One is married to a Ukrainian man - they had a business in Donetsk and left there because the Ukrainian's never stopped shelling before this all kicked off this time, and then moved to...

Yes, I lived in Zurich for 3 years and never had or needed a car. It would have been mad to buy one. And just to rub it in, if I remember correctly it was less than the equivalent of £1000 to have an annual season ticket to travel on any of the wonderful trains, buses, trams or boats in the...

It is about their exposure to Credit Default Swaps, which apparently is higher than in 2008. A juicy side rumour is that the Vatican has removed all of its money from Credit Suisse. One has to say, if this goes down what was the point of all of the EU Basel regulations, and the costs that the...

To be fair you didn't make that exact correlation, another user did, so I apologise. I just think that The Clamp is correct - we need to start with our own hearts and minds, which are not always pure.

The correlation of holding people responsible for their leadership's actions is ridiculous. I have been to Russia a few times and lived with ordinary families. They are the same as anyone else - mostly hard working, decent people who want happy, prosperous lives. Yes, I was aware of some heavy...

Does that apply to us as well?