Mr_E

Like most things in Sheffield - its all hot air council drivel. One or two things do actually happen and its usually NOT down to the council... like the Millennium Galleries etc - which only happened after the Sheffield Galleries were privatised. The council likes to take credit. But the things they take credit for are actually nothing to do with them!!! They are good at spending money on the odd presentation and that's about it. Useless egotistic idiots. I'll change my mind if the architects, developers and contractors can be convinced to work for Sheffield... there's a long way to go 'till that happens.

I've got a (newish) mate who's probably the richest (young) bloke in town and you'd never guess until you started talking to him. OK, so he drives amazing looking cars - but he certainly doesn't show off with labels. But you just know the clobber he's got on is inexpensive... not like high street inexpensive - I mean Bond Street inexpensive. You can see that his shoes cost more than my entire wardrobe. But he doesn't look rich - he just always looks "classically" smart. And the women love it. They just melt at the sight of him. Here's me, now I don't look too un presentable, in fact I'm quite pleased with the way I scrub up. But this guy just attracts women... which could make him a genuine pain in the arse. I mean women talk to me just to be introduced to him... argh! And you'd think it would just be a certain "kind" of glamorous woman that he attracts. Wrong... It's young ones, older ones, posh ones, chavy ones even grungy types and rock chicks just seem to flock. And the worse thing is that he makes NO effort at all with them! He just smiles and gets on with everyone. Sickening He doesn't even notice! He's not arrogant or posy. Just a nice guy with good taste. Other chaps look on with envy and others (like me, i guess) "hang on" just because he makes things interesting. Its like he's a celeb - but he's not! So is it the way he dresses? I don’t know. What I do now know is that looking "classically" smart is a smart option.

I read the City Center Urban Design Compendium recently. It's 238 pages long... usual stuff for these things. There are just 2 pages about the infrastructure !!! Says it all though./ It basicly admits that there is MASSIVE room for improvement and that the carparks are rubbish.... I never thought I'd ever see a council admit that!!! Maybe we'll see some genuine improvement.

I reguarly drive in London. Guess what... Sheffield is completely tame in comparison! Sheffield drivers have nothing to moan about really. Yeah, theres always one or two sullen sods who rate themselves above all else... but at least drivers do let people in here. In London it's just bizzarre to let folk in. In London I sometimes adopt this Sheffield habbit just to see the other drivers surprise. They act like they're about to jump out the car to thank you, I actually had one woman pull up along side me after I let her in at a junction by Earls Court and she gave me her telephone number!!! I have seen some road rage here, but nothing like in London where I see angry drivers all the time. In our capital there is a different style of driving - and its not for the faint hearted. Thank goodness for the selfless attitudes of many Sheffield drivers... we need good & sensible people to keep the traffic flowing 'cause our usless town planners do everything they can to stop us. So my theory is - if the Sheffield town planners had IQs of over 100 then we'd end up like London drivers. Thank goodness that we have the dumbest human beings in existance working in the town planning department!!!

I flew in a dream on Saturday night and asked some very obliging flamigos to pay my parents a visit. The ensuing hallibut was far less accomodating and created a mini tsunami in protest to my request. Damned hallibut - never trust a fish. It soaked my Mum and Dad and made me feel like a prat. I often fly in dreams - I breath in to ascend and sometimes frighten myself as I have a healthy fear of heights - or rather, of falling!

I fail to prevail over the hearts and minds of all! Such pity! What shame! I might be a fallen angel but, for those limited to coming across (please pardon the pun) genderless obscurities often enough to judge, I would never fail to pleasure but volunteer to disappoint. For a challenge is onerous when expectations are low as very modest standards. The critic is only as good as it’s finest experience. I hesitate to trust your expertise on this subtle and subjective theme.

If you want a change mate, and you have no ties, go for a bit of a jet set lifestyle. There are ops all over the place for your expertise. Lucrative short term contracts are fun and you get to see the world. When you find somewhere or someone you'd like to settle with - stay.

You gotta be insane:loopy: My insurance came down by almost £500 this year for the same car. I'm not complaining - but was I paying too much in the first place?

The US has as much of a right to decline entry as the UK has. It might be unfair to those declined, but Americans are a bit jumpy right now so its foolish to expect to be welcomed into the country if you are known to have publically commented on issues concerning freedom of speech. Joke Straw should have known better than to make a fuss about it.

Great place to have a holiday... but... As a tourist you are kept away from the political unrest. There will always be trouble there because hatred is so deeply ingrained on many of the people. Tourists are always treated well because it is in the interest of the locals to do so. Move there and you'll find it a different story. The local babes will soon loose interest in you if they think that you're not their passport to London. And Tamils don't care much for blonde Europeans nicking their breeding stock. The LTTE are listed as enemies of the US which is an invitation to insurgent terrorists especially as President Chandrika Kumaratunga is proving to be an inept peace maker and is currently struggling to maintain an already broken cease fire. You've got to be mad mate, brave or stupid. Eccy might not be as sunny and may not have the beautiful beaches – but are the babes so much better than Eccy road’s selection that they’re worth treading on a terrorists toes for?

Getting back to the thread... I know why there are gay bars. I am as straight as they come. But I've frequented many gay bars with friends and guess what... They're fun! So much so that I often wish that us straight people could be as flamboyant, fun and less inhibited. This kind of fun might not be everyone's cuppa. But if I was gay and looking for a decent night out with the bonus of a shag at the end of it (come on, I admit it, if I were single, early 20s no strings attached and up for a bit of fun) then I wouldn't bother with a comparatively boring straight bar.

Of course I would agree with you. But... In context, I am referring to women who go looking for trouble by going for the bad boys. Of course I have every sympathy for people who are suffering from abuse. And this should be dealt with by the law. But this thread is referring to the "benefits" of bad boys over nice real and confident men. I am not trying to be helpful but pointing out that anyone who is dumb enough to go for someone who's going to treat them badly instead of choosing wisely are deserving. Of what is your own conclusion, I guess. "These people", may need encouragement... but they're not going to get it if they volunteer their coconut husks up to uncaring prats to wipe their feet.

I think the reintroduction of corporal punishment and public humiliation is the way forward. One a great idea - Tattoos on foreheads saying, "I'm a dirty chav" or "my wages are paid into my bum hole." * nothing like "I'm a bank robber", which could become cool. Put them on a big brother style cable channel where their punishments can be put to vote... Should this sad case common thief A: Made to sit is a bath of stale effluent for a week. B: Forced to drink a litre of dog urine every hour C: Be hung from the minute hand of Big Ben by his left toe for a month. Chain gangs should be made to do humiliating jobs, like community service, but worse. Things like cleaning the streets in a gimp outfit (with the face exposed) with a tooth brush and a small paper bag. Sport facilities would sell out with the reintroduction of naked gladiatorial battles between starving violent crime offenders. Weapons could include giant rubber dildos and plastic daffodils. The winner gets to eat a meal. The most serious offenders should be made to read the entire Sunday Times, cover to cover, and examined on it every Sunday night. Failure would result in being forced to read the Independent for the rest of the week. Life sentence cells could have a “break glass to gain access to a really tasty cyanide capsule” - it would be voluntary hence avoiding the need for capital punishment. These are just a few spiffingly good ideas. *(would you accept cash from a man who kept his money up his bum?)

Mirrors! I don't need a mirror! I'm so perfect I know that I look good without needing a mirror. Besides, mirrors can't cope with my staggering beauty, they simply crack with the pressure of replicating something so heavenly. ....Well, they crack. I assume that's the reason because Im gorge.

Mad... Sexy is sexy... what you find sexy is just that. If a man doesn't raise your pulse then forget it, nice or not. If it's just for a bonk, then who cares? If you want a relationship then be careful. This is my conclusion:- If you wanna be a doormat and go for the bad boy thing - fine. Expect to be cheated on and told that you're deluded (which, actually, you will be, but not in the way you're told). If you wanna be the leader in a relationship get a doormat - but be prepared for disappointment, 'cause you'll soon be looking for someone less dull to hang/sleep with. If you wanna be an equal with a partner, choose someone like yourself. If you're both nice people, honest and caring, you'll both be happy. If your both worthless tramps prepare for turbulence. Whichever applies you'll get what you deserve. At the end of the day, most men are a mixture, some are extreme. How you like to be treated very much depends on how much you value yourself. People with no self worth are prepared to be treated like rubbish - doormats. Personally, as a bloke, I detest doormats – wouldn’t give one the time of day, waste of space. I’m nice, even patient, caring, kind and considerate but I don’t take any prisoners. I’m lucky ‘cause I’ve found my match. But its taken loads of mistakes and I have really seen some dross along the way! Looking forward to pseudo feminist style hammering!