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Post by THE BEAST on Sept 26, 2022 7:43:37 GMT
morning my beauties A strangely uneventful weekend hopefully channonite is up to a minimum of 30% in his eyeball by now, long may it continue?! |
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Post by spot51 on Sept 26, 2022 7:49:28 GMT
If ABK plays and JWP doesn't this European will be supporting Germany. Amused to see Virgil did for the Belgians and Wales were relegated with England.  |
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Post by threehundred on Sept 26, 2022 9:35:23 GMT
JWP not included in the match day squad. Well, that’s my decision made and I certainly won’t be watching,
Trent and Tomori also both left out. It beggars belief…
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Sept 26, 2022 10:44:17 GMT
Morning, Glad to hear channonite is somewhat on the mend. So, winter now, it appears... bloody dark when I got up and cold, wet and windy out. I guess we've got a holiday coming up in Nov, although thanks to the crooks in government shorting the pound, we won't be able to eat or drink while we're there. At least it was a pleasant weekend; the mini-festival was surprisingly decent. The weather defied the forecast and stayed fine and several of the bands were better than I anticipated. Ocean Colour Scene and the Lightning Seeds can still bang out a decent set and my namesakes The Wombats were very entertaining. Even Sophie Ellis Bextor was good fun, and not just for the legs (for some reason I'm looking at spot51 here), especially as she gave the Mrs a shout out for her hoop antics. Big6 borefest? No, I'm alright, thanks. |
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Sept 26, 2022 11:02:46 GMT
I took the decision to avoid the England borefest long before Southgate binned of JWP. We're off to the cinema this evening to see Don't Worry Darling - I'll let you know what I thought tomorrow.
Good to hear Lightening Seeds were decent. I've got tickets to see them, supported by Badly Drawn Boy in Southampton in Nov - I'm more interested in BDB to be honest but I was a fan of LS back in the day too
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Post by channonite on Sept 26, 2022 11:38:46 GMT
I shall only watch if ABK is playing, otherwise I will continue listening to the Thursday Murder Club on Audible.
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Sept 26, 2022 11:43:45 GMT
I shall only watch if ABK is playing, otherwise I will continue listening to the Thursday Murder Club on Audible. I listened to that one. What do you think? I really wanted to like it as I like Richard Osman but I struggled to be honest |
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Post by OneBeat on Sept 26, 2022 12:54:33 GMT
There’s another England game? Jeez, what with the shambles of a Government we have and the far right making advances throughout Europe, we have to suffer another England game too? Why is life so cruel?
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Post by channonite on Sept 26, 2022 12:59:49 GMT
There’s another England game? Jeez, what with the shambles of a Government we have and the far right making advances throughout Europe, we have to suffer another England game too? Why is life so cruel? That's exactly how I feel about it. ☹️ |
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Sept 26, 2022 13:18:45 GMT
There’s another England game? Jeez, what with the shambles of a Government we have and the far right making advances throughout Europe, we have to suffer another England game too? Why is life so cruel? That's exactly how I feel about it. ☹️ Could be worse, we could be Turkish! |
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Post by channonite on Sept 26, 2022 15:18:41 GMT
I shall only watch if ABK is playing, otherwise I will continue listening to the Thursday Murder Club on Audible. I listened to that one. What do you think? I really wanted to like it as I like Richard Osman but I struggled to be honest I loved it at first, because it is a perfectly observed story told from the perspective of the long retired. I am about two thirds of the way through and it is beginning to loosen its grip on me. I just don't feel invested in it any more. Once I got over the novelty of a story of the old, the actual plot was kind of "So what?". It may just be that it is the first audio book I have ever listened to. MrsC loved the actual book. The next one I have lined up is 'Troubled Blood' from the 'Strike' series by 'Robert Galbraith' aka JK Rowling. This is the one that is in production now and should be on our screens soon. I am really looking forward to that, so this is to tide me over until then. |
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Post by spot51 on Sept 26, 2022 15:22:59 GMT
JWP not included in the match day squad. Well, that’s my decision made and I certainly won’t be watching, Trent and Tomori also both left out. It beggars belief… I shall be watching but will support Germany with or without ABK now. Seems a number of former defenders and coaches don't rate Trent as a defender. They say he plays like a converted winger who never bothered to learn how to defend. He gets away with it surrounded by good players at Liverpool but not when surrounded by idiots for England. RECOMMENDATION: I see loads of TV but today I watched episode 1 of Berlin 1945. Best war documentary I have ever seen. Made, in 2020, in Germany. It covers the period from New Year to war's end from all who were either in or attacking Berlin during that period. There is material from UK, USA and Russia as well as Germany's ministers, officials and military. What makes this different is this is interspersed with memoirs and diary entries from ordinary people - civilians, prisoners of war, Jews in hiding, foreign forced labourers, German resistance, old men and young kids called up to the Volkssturm and everyone else trapped inside Berlin. It is stunning TV. It also pulls no punches. You see the ramifications of allied bombing with bodies piled in the streets. You see the liberation of Belsen Camp where the SS were forced to remove thousands of bodies for burial and skeletal, barely alive, survivors. There is something visceral about this which, with war returned to Europe in our time, should make everyone sit up and take notice. It is not pleasant but it is a true portrait of warfare and, I contend, required viewing. The first programme is repeated overnight if you have the stomach to record it. There are 2 more episodes and, as the Russians have yet to arrive, I don't see it becoming easier to watch. |
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Post by spot51 on Sept 26, 2022 15:41:26 GMT
I listened to that one. What do you think? I really wanted to like it as I like Richard Osman but I struggled to be honest I loved it at first, because it is a perfectly observed story told from the perspective of the long retired. I am about two thirds of the way through and it is beginning to loosen its grip on me. I just don't feel invested in it any more. Once I got over the novelty of a story of the old, the actual plot was kind of "So what?". It may just be that it is the first audio book I have ever listened to. MrsC loved the actual book. The next one I have lined up is 'Troubled Blood' from the 'Strike' series by 'Robert Galbraith' aka JK Rowling. This is the one that is in production now and should be on our screens soon. I am really looking forward to that, so this is to tide me over until then. Tell you what is a great read. I did find time (during lockdown) to read a paperback a friend's Mrs had just finished and it was wonderful. It is a true story about a middle aged couple (kids just left home) who make a dodgy investment and lose, literally, everything but their van and some clothes. Their farm in Wales is repossessed and, with nowhere to live, they decide to walk the South West Coast Path from Minehead to Dorset. Just before setting off the husband is diagnosed with a degenerative disease but, with nothing else to do, they buy a tent and set off anyway. They can't afford campsites so opt for "wild camping". It was written by Raynor Winn and called The Salt Path. She wrote about their adventure and the apparent improvement that exercise made in Moth, her husband. I started Thursday Murder Club too but never finished it. This I guarantee will hold your attention. |
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Sept 26, 2022 15:58:04 GMT
I loved it at first, because it is a perfectly observed story told from the perspective of the long retired. I am about two thirds of the way through and it is beginning to loosen its grip on me. I just don't feel invested in it any more. Once I got over the novelty of a story of the old, the actual plot was kind of "So what?". It may just be that it is the first audio book I have ever listened to. MrsC loved the actual book. The next one I have lined up is 'Troubled Blood' from the 'Strike' series by 'Robert Galbraith' aka JK Rowling. This is the one that is in production now and should be on our screens soon. I am really looking forward to that, so this is to tide me over until then. Tell you what is a great read. I did find time (during lockdown) to read a paperback a friend's Mrs had just finished and it was wonderful. It is a true story about a middle aged couple (kids just left home) who make a dodgy investment and lose, literally, everything but their van and some clothes. Their farm in Wales is repossessed and, with nowhere to live, they decide to walk the South West Coast Path from Minehead to Dorset. Just before setting off the husband is diagnosed with a degenerative disease but, with nothing else to do, they buy a tent and set off anyway. They can't afford campsites so opt for "wild camping". It was written by Raynor Winn and called The Salt Path. She wrote about their adventure and the apparent improvement that exercise made in Moth, her husband. I started Thursday Murder Club too but never finished it. This I guarantee will hold your attention. The Mrs also read that recently and also found it very engaging. |
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Post by threehundred on Sept 26, 2022 16:06:16 GMT
Tell you what is a great read. I did find time (during lockdown) to read a paperback a friend's Mrs had just finished and it was wonderful. It is a true story about a middle aged couple (kids just left home) who make a dodgy investment and lose, literally, everything but their van and some clothes. Their farm in Wales is repossessed and, with nowhere to live, they decide to walk the South West Coast Path from Minehead to Dorset. Just before setting off the husband is diagnosed with a degenerative disease but, with nothing else to do, they buy a tent and set off anyway. They can't afford campsites so opt for "wild camping". It was written by Raynor Winn and called The Salt Path. She wrote about their adventure and the apparent improvement that exercise made in Moth, her husband. I started Thursday Murder Club too but never finished it. This I guarantee will hold your attention. The Mrs also read that recently and also found it very engaging. The Salt Path is a great read - a really inspiring story. I love that part of the world, especially Cornwall around the Lizard. We spent many happy family holidays there when I was a kid, until one year where we barely got outside our camper van because of the rain - it was France every summer from then on. 299 and I are knocking off the South West coast path in stages… we have covered around 180 miles - another 450 odd to go…! B&Bs for us though. |
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