Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread Ted
I read and enjoyed your first book Chris - I've now grasped modern technology and got myself one of those new fangled Kindle thing-a-me-jigs - will Cruel Winter be released in that format? Ted H p.s. Went to a San Francisco Giants Baseball match whilst visiting the States the other week (what a

Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread Peter Cass
Same Question here - Kindle release is - Original Message - From: Ted tedhea...@gmail.com To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter I read and enjoyed your first book Chris - I've now grasped modern technology

Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread Nigel Sykes
p.s. Went to a San Francisco Giants Baseball match whilst visiting the States the other week (what a strange game/atmosphere!) - I'll never moan at Ken's food/drink pricing again, 2 pints of lager and a portion of Nachos. $27... about ?19! Sheet! Is that how much a beverage costs at

Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread Robinson, Mick
Shouldn't go to The Giant's, there's a much more affordable venue with a better ball game and it's just across the bay, Go A's !!! -Original Message- From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On Behalf Of David Brennan Sent: 26 May 2011 10:11 To:

Re: [LU] Johnson leaving

2011-05-26 Thread Dr. Michael Benjamin.
But a bigger pay package. Who can blame him? I'm a bit sorry to see him go. I think that he come to regret it too. But understandable and fair. Sent from my iPhone Dr Michael Benjamin Community Psychiatry On 26 May 2011, at 12:39, m...@leeds-united.net wrote: Good luck to him. He won't go

Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread Dr. Michael Benjamin.
Do you understand that game of rounders ? It's the only sport that I haven't a clue what they are doing and why!! Sent from my iPhone Dr Michael Benjamin Community Psychiatry On 26 May 2011, at 12:39, Robinson, Mick mick.robin...@miq.com wrote: Shouldn't go to The Giant's, there's a much

Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread Nigel Sykes
Do you understand that game of rounders ? It's the only sport that I haven't a clue what they are doing and why!! I have become quite a fan over the last few years. The stats are a bit mind-boggling (the Americans sure love their stats!), but if you let them wash over you, the game itself can

Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread Robinson, Mick
I understand most of it, as Nigel says it's best to leave the stats behind. What they are doing is an elaborate game of rounders as you say, why they are doing it is more subjective but then why does any sporting team do anything? -Original Message- From: Dr. Michael Benjamin.

Re: [LU] Johnson leaving

2011-05-26 Thread David Brennan
Message: 5 Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 09:39:41 + From: m...@leeds-united.net Subject: Re: [LU] Johnson leaving Good luck to him. He won't go to a bigger club. Says on the official site that Johnson's agent has told Leeds that he's had offers, two of which are from Premier League clubs.

Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread Brendan Osborne
I attended a game featuring the Toronto Blue Jays in the Skydome in Toronto about 10 years ago. To me, it was a food fair/eating festival which took place around a green area where chaps in white uniforms played American cricket!! The kid beside me ate 11 different things during the 4

Re: [LU] Johnson leaving

2011-05-26 Thread Brendan Osborne
Stoke are rumoured to be interested apparently. They'll have lots of spare cash after their good cup run, so Uncle Ken's probably rubbing his hands together at the prospect! Good luck to him. He won't go to a bigger club. Says on the official site that Johnson's agent has told Leeds

Re: [LU] Johnson leaving

2011-05-26 Thread Mark Humphries
He is out of contract so we will get nothing? -Original Message- From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On Behalf Of Brendan Osborne Sent: 26 May 2011 11:25 To: d.r.bren...@leeds.ac.uk; Leeds List Subject: Re: [LU] Johnson leaving Stoke are rumoured to

Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread matt
Its called World because of a newspaper sponsorship I think as opposed it being a world championship Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Ted tedhea...@gmail.com Sender: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 11:33:00 To: leedslist@gn.apc.org

Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread Nigel Sykes
Its called World because of a newspaper sponsorship I think as opposed it being a world championship I'm afraid that's an Urban Myth Matt. I believe it was called the World Series as when they started it in the 1880s (ish), they hoped baseball would spread throughout the world - as opposed to

Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread Nicholas Armit
Not the game where some bloke was beaten into a coma I hope From: Ted tedhea...@gmail.com To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:02 AM Subject: Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter I read and enjoyed your first book Chris - I've now grasped

Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread Nicholas Armit
Oh...it's all California to me. From: Ted tedhea...@gmail.com To: leedslist@gn.apc.org leedslist@gn.apc.org Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter Nicholas wrote: Not the game where some bloke was beaten into a coma I

Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread Paul Reeve
I thought exactly the same, then I went to Fenway Park in Boston to watch them play the NY Yankees in the Bleachers (cheap seats) and fans were throwing beer in plastic cups at each other and some fisticuffs did take place, Boston's finest ejected dozens, I couldn't believe it On 26 May

Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread Nigel Sykes
Ah - Red Sox / Yankees is one of the fiercest rivalries in American sport, so that would be one of the exceptions. Nigel -original message- Subject: Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter From: Paul Reeve paul.re...@me.com Date: 26/05/2011 18:21 I thought exactly the same, then I went to Fenway

Re: [LU] Johnson leaving

2011-05-26 Thread Ian Murray
He's a decent championship player but you're right, not good enough. Let him play for Stoke. As Matt says, not exactly a step up is it? What I'm trying to say is if we had got promoted, we would probably have binned him. Hopefully we'll keep Kilkenny. Sent from my iPhone On 26 May 2011, at

Re: [LU] Non-LU: Cold Cruel Winter

2011-05-26 Thread matt
I went to a yankees game v baltimore and the crowd sang boston sucks throughout. I thought it want exactly hostile and a big childish and naïve. Still I suppose its actually morally better than munich songs but lacks the humour of getting your father's gun to shoot the chelsea scum Sent from