Parafox

Mainly, I would think because Keith's body has never been found as is likely with Madeleine, assuming she is dead. Keith's mum passed away never knowing where her son was. I can't imagine lifelong sorrow and loss she has suffered without being able to properly have a place to mourn.

Sadly none of the recent or future developments will give any closure to the McCanns.

It's not like they were two 16 year old twats bent on mischief and it's also unlikely that they didn't know the significance of the tree and it's importance to locals and visitors. They're in their 30's and may well have families. I hope their kids, if they have them, are ashamed of their male role models although it's probably unlikely. Interesting to note that they have been remanded in custody for their own protection.

I know. He wrote his memoirs for us because of his experiences which he couldn't easily articulate. As a 17 year old he was arrested by the Romanian secret police (Stasi) after being caught in a disused government building and accused of spying. He and 3 other youths were just messing about in the offices which still had some maps and documents in them. He was sent to prison as a "politica", someone who was acting against the Romanian state and as such had it slightly easier time than a true criminal. After his initial arrest he was imprisoned in the very basic prison with several men incarcerated in a dark cell with no sanitation other than a bucket to use as a toilet. Food was scarce and if he left the bit of floor where he slept to use the bucket, someone else would be in his space. He would later moved to a "better" prison where he was able to train as an engineer/toolmaker. After 3 years he was given the choice by the prison government to either continue the indeterminate term or be conscripted. Hence his choice to be a conscript and face going to war rather than be imprisoned for as long as the government chose. His parents, my grandparents, weren't told of his arrest for years as far as they were aware he'd become a missing person and my dad maintains my grandmother went blind because of the anxiety about his fate. In later years he was terrified of going back to Romania to find his family because he was scared he would be arrested by the Stasi and put on trial as a deserter. It wasn't until Ceaucescu was overthrown that he went back and found his childhood home and the graves of my grandmother and grandad. Wild and I would say unique, but all true.

My late father, born in Romania, was conscripted into the army aged 20 and sent off to fight the Russians who were the enemy as at that time Romania were German allies having been neutral before the war. Anyway, long story short. He was assigned to a platoon to move into Russian controlled territory. Bearing in mind the conscripts were very poorly trained, basically given a rifle and some kit and told to fujk off and fight. At some point during the days of conflict and confusion, my dad got separated from his platoon and found himself alone. He managed somehow, by various means, to make his way to northern France/Belgium. In his memoirs he says he obtained shelter and food by working in various roles, in a bakery, sometimes posing as a mechanic and doing work for farmers and a general handyman, as he made his way across northern Europe. Eventually he made it and was considered a war refugee and was given two options. Evacuation and patriation to either the UK or Australia. He chose the UK. He was sent to work as a gardener/farmhand at Ingarsby Hall where the owner was very generous and helped my dad to learn English and provided him with free accommodation and later getting him references for work in Leicester. He finished up working as a toolmaker at Wadkins for many years. And here I am.

It's all subjective and nobody can claim to have an unarguable right to what they believe to be "fanciable". And I don't think any of us do TBF. It's all tongue in cheek. However it's interesting to come back to this topic from time to time to see what is (sometimes inexplicably) an individuals preference. For example @kingfox Each to their own. I mean, I still fancy Sarah Greene:

That's the reason I signed. Subsequently, I did a bit of a Google and found this bit of info. It's Cheltenham Borough Council but it must apply to all councils, including our shoddy self-serving bunch. Mobile phone masts and the planning system | Planning permission for mobile infrastructure | Cheltenham Borough Council

Kettering's finest.

I saw a bird land on a branch when I was walking at Markfield quarry recently. A brief glimpse of what I'm pretty certain was a woodpecker: greenish plumage with a sort of red stripe on the head and upper body about the size of a starling. If it was, it's a first for me.

Well, she's got child bearing hips and the thighs of Wes Morgan.

Well, aren't we all?

Sorry. That's rubbish. Did hunter/gathering stop on a Sunday, a day which ancient humans would have no understanding of? Unfortunately for those that believe in the Sabbath as a day of rest because God took a day off from creating the universe, (bless Him He must have been exhausted), they need to accept that it's not relevant in modern society. Or ever.

Loads don't chill though as you'll know if you've ever been to a supermarket on a Sunday. It's probably one of the busiest days of the week because there's only the 6 hour window. Fosse Park is manic on the rare times I've had to go on a Sunday. Ridiculous, really.

Jeez. Really?

They look like sisters....... Sorry, my mind drifted for a moment..

MLGA.. Get a beanie cap logo made...

HBBC are rubbish.

This man is an affront to politics and that's saying something. He is obnoxious, arrogant, borderline racist. Pretty much Reform's equivalent of Maga's Vance. If you want to know what Reform will look like if they get a majority in Parliament, unlikely as that might be, he is it. Nasty.

Sorry, I don't get the attraction. I watched today and I really can't see what the fuss is about. Good as a ref but as plain as a shop window dummy.

That's the one I meant in my earlier post, not '66 as I stated. A moment in English football history that is still remembered 55 years later

Incredible to watch. His positioning and reactions were just top drawer. Goalkeepers over the years have made some incredible saves but the one by Banks in 1966 v Germany is a moment in footballing history

Honourable mention to Schmeichel, obvs.

I go back to Banks and Shilton as the best I can remember and it seems like we have been a club that have had more good keepers than most. Or maybe that's a fallacy or miss-remembering and a bias from my love of being a goalkeeper back in the day. Pegguy Arphexstad (sp) was kind of unique and entertaining in a strange way. (I wonder what he's doing these days). Ward will be be an obvious choice as the worst in the recent club history.

Stolarczyk > Hermandson IMO. I almost put Ward in 3rd place then I remembered he's worse than that.

Jon Rudkin?