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by mealdeal
Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:20 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Huddersfield tickets
Replies: 38
Views: 4829

Re: Huddersfield tickets

MACCA wrote:
Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:02 am
Wowzers, relegation threatened, new manager, and literally 30 mins ( are we their closest Way game this season? )
And not shifted 1,500 yet, surprised
Splitting hairs, but 30 minutes from Huddersfield to Burnley? I wish I had a car like that.
by mealdeal
Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:12 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Weggy Watch
Replies: 142
Views: 15265

Re: Weggy Watch

Its got be be Weggo surely.
by mealdeal
Thu Jan 05, 2023 9:18 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cough Medicine Shortages
Replies: 30
Views: 1792

Re: Cough Medicine Shortages

I've never undersood cough medicine. You swallow them which means they go down your oesophagus, how does that help something going on in an adjacent pipe.
by mealdeal
Wed Nov 09, 2022 11:34 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Protests
Replies: 9
Views: 1592

Re: Protests

basil6345789 wrote:
Wed Nov 09, 2022 11:31 am
Prior to staging a protest in public, be it Just Stop Oil or Manchester United owners, etc are the organisers legally obliged to produce Risk Assessments, plans, etc?
You already know the answer to this, whats your real point?
by mealdeal
Sun Sep 11, 2022 6:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What actually constitutes “respect” ?
Replies: 42
Views: 2167

Re: What actually constitutes “respect” ?

My pet hate at the moment is being called 'mate'. If I don't know somebody's name I call them Sir or young man. I bite their ear off if they call me mate. ' not a problem', well actually it is a f**king problem, otherwise I wouldn't be bringing it to your attention, you condescending p**ck. I think...
by mealdeal
Thu Sep 08, 2022 2:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sports cancelled in the event of Queen’s death?
Replies: 193
Views: 13643

Re: Sports cancelled in the event of Queen’s death?

If she died during the world cup (say) I can't see the England team being withdrawn. Its sad for the family, its a historical moment for the country, but shouldn't affect day to day life. As Quoon says, crack on.
by mealdeal
Fri Aug 26, 2022 5:24 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Worried About the Price Cap?
Replies: 370
Views: 14929

Re: Worried About the Price Cap?

Let's be clear about this: these companies have failed businesses. If the product they want to supply can only be delivered at a price that people cannot and will not pay because they will not have the means to do so then these companies are bust. We're going to be bailing out these companies to a ...
by mealdeal
Mon Jun 27, 2022 11:17 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Summer 2022 Burnley Transfer Window Rumours - Links - Discussion
Replies: 4486
Views: 398365

Re: Summer 2022 Burnley Transfer Window Rumours - Links - Discussion

kenyon6923 wrote:
Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:56 am
think Twine has more strings to the bow but Cornet a stone cold finisher
I wish someone had told him that before he spannered his penalty wide at West Ham.
by mealdeal
Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Interest Rate Up
Replies: 230
Views: 14161

Re: Interest Rate Up

Excellent news... Long may it continue, about time I got some benefit from my hard earned money...... And before anyone has a dig... I use some of of my hard earned money, to the benefit of my younger family members who might struggle otherwise, so the more money I have, the better it is for them Y...
by mealdeal
Thu Dec 30, 2021 3:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Thanks Elaine
Replies: 19
Views: 2796

Re: Thanks Elaine

I never realised buying a ticket for a game was this complicated and needed so much sorting out. Sounds like my experience over the years of going in, handing over money, receiving a ticket in return was incredibly fortunate going off some of the responses here.
by mealdeal
Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Two more serious health related incidents
Replies: 116
Views: 8388

Re: Two more serious health related incidents

I went out with an American lass who worked on new drug development for Pfizer, back in the 2000s. She said that during trials, *every* effect is reported. Doesn't matter what it is or whether its a genuine side effect of the drug. So, you could have eaten a dicky keeeebab the night before and by co...
by mealdeal
Wed Oct 27, 2021 4:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Attendance tonight
Replies: 81
Views: 10592

Re: Attendance tonight

I've got tickets but won't be going. I'll be honest, I'm concerned about the escalating levels of Covid cases. I'd personally feel a lot happier if the board took the initiative and made mask wearing compulsory and obligatory introduced the Vaccination Passport. I no it wouldn't suit everybody but ...
by mealdeal
Tue Jul 20, 2021 4:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Capacity V Brighton
Replies: 215
Views: 19146

Re: Capacity V Brighton

Anyone who thinks this kind of thing will just be for night clubs or mass indoor gatherings, isn't paying attention. It'll be pubs, shopping centres, school plays and it won't stop until every fragment of your life is tracked and controlled, from finance to movement. Step out of line and your 'passp...
by mealdeal
Tue Jul 20, 2021 4:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Capacity V Brighton
Replies: 215
Views: 19146

Re: Capacity V Brighton

Don't worry, there'll never be enough coppers to be doing that. There won't need to be, they will have the voluntary Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter, reporting back illegal movements. Being able to attend football isn't a price worth paying - this unwelcome government control over peoples lives needs the ...
by mealdeal
Tue Jul 20, 2021 4:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Capacity V Brighton
Replies: 215
Views: 19146

Re: Capacity V Brighton

Breaking news via BBC: Sporting crowds of 20k+ expected to require Covid passports from September. And so the drip drip drip starts. How long until you need to permanently carry 'your papers' in case a copper needs to inspect them to ensure you are in an allowable location. Be careful what you wish...
by mealdeal
Fri Jul 09, 2021 4:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: A Bank Holiday?
Replies: 47
Views: 3191

Re: A Bank Holiday?

And rightly so. A child’s education is far more important. Sounds about right. Kids education has been unnecessarily thrown in the bin over the last 18 months - hundreds of thousands off isolating, schools shut for months on end and now the boomers are coming for them again, claiming that missing a...
by mealdeal
Tue Jun 08, 2021 3:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Middle class idiots going on holiday
Replies: 205
Views: 14212

Re: Middle class idiots going on holiday

Anyone else find it hilarious to see these clowns get hit with extra charges for flights etc when the rules change on them in mid holiday? Just read about some "Manager" and her kids (Indi and Fleur for god's sake). Anyone choosing to risk it at this moment gets no sympathy. No one is that desperat...
by mealdeal
Tue May 18, 2021 9:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets and ground entry
Replies: 940
Views: 76576

Re: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets and ground entry

Leisure wrote:
Tue May 18, 2021 9:05 pm
Interesting. Please can you let me know just where on the club website you've picked this up from?
https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/terms

Point 8.

Don't know why they would have two ages listed on two different parts of the site.
by mealdeal
Tue May 18, 2021 8:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets and ground entry
Replies: 940
Views: 76576

Re: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets and ground entry

Only those aged 16 and over need to wear a mask. Once again, the club say differently on their official terms Fans aged 11 and over must wear a face covering when in the stadium, except when eating and drinking. Fans must also wear face coverings immediately outside the stadium, in car parks and fo...
by mealdeal
Thu May 13, 2021 9:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets and ground entry
Replies: 940
Views: 76576

Re: Liverpool game - ticketing preparation

wilks_bfc wrote:
Thu May 13, 2021 9:06 pm
Don’t be so sure.

Cases in Blackburn with Darwen are starting to rise agsin and they are third highest in England
So what? The hospitals are empty, no one is seriously ill and the vulnerable are vaccinated. No one said people wouldn't get mildly poorly which is what it amounts to.
by mealdeal
Thu May 13, 2021 8:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Liverpool game - Claiming tickets and ground entry
Replies: 940
Views: 76576

Re: Liverpool game - ticketing preparation

claret wizard wrote:
Thu May 13, 2021 8:08 pm
I reckon no one will get in anyway, this Indian variant is going to delay us opening back up. You heard it here first.
Nonsense, all that is over and done with.
by mealdeal
Fri Apr 30, 2021 9:39 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Allocation of tickets for the Liverpool match
Replies: 74
Views: 5229

Re: Allocation of tickets for the Liverpool match

Mealdeal,the data surrounding the vaccination programme suggests the risk to those vaccinated - we're down to the 45s now, aren't we - and the corresponding pressure on the NHS is very low. And that was always the case with pretty much anyone under 60. The 'older' vaccinated have reduced their risk...
by mealdeal
Fri Apr 30, 2021 9:22 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Allocation of tickets for the Liverpool match
Replies: 74
Views: 5229

Re: Allocation of tickets for the Liverpool match

It is a fact that those who have been vaccinated are now the least risk to themselves and others so the NHS has, at last, been protected. . If stadia are opened, it is logical the least vulnerable be permitted, if anybody, to attend. It's nothing to do with fairness, it's just how it is. You'll jus...
by mealdeal
Fri Apr 30, 2021 9:08 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Allocation of tickets for the Liverpool match
Replies: 74
Views: 5229

Re: Allocation of tickets for the Liverpool match

But the most logical, safest and fairest way must be to allocate tickets to those fans who kept their season ticket money on account and have been vaccinated. That number may even match the number of tickets allocated? This seems very much the current thought process of the older generation so peop...
by mealdeal
Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:05 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Club shop
Replies: 54
Views: 7968

Re: Club shop

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:45 am
Have you emailed your local supermarket with the same concern?
I know you're a big hitter in the business world, but do you not see the two enterprises as being entirely different?
by mealdeal
Thu Feb 04, 2021 2:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1224757

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Thu Feb 04, 2021 2:13 pm


Honestly though, I'd rather spend the time with my daughter right now and do my own thing.
Roger that. I'm not going to lie, I assumed you were the archetypal pub bore, all opinion and no substance. You've set me straight there, fair play and enjoy your retirement.
by mealdeal
Thu Feb 04, 2021 1:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1224757

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Thu Feb 04, 2021 1:22 pm

It does require a complete shift in mindset to commercially grow a business.
Some interesting thoughts for sure. You seem to have some experience in this kind of thing, what sorts of businesses have you grown?
by mealdeal
Thu Feb 04, 2021 12:58 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12654
Views: 1224757

Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

No one knows how this is going to pan out, but for me, the questions being asked are important and can't be brushed to one side with what appears to be the ultra simplicity of GIADJ - amounting to 'just increase revenue' and 'think big'. He's been there I suppose with his growing businesses and vast...
by mealdeal
Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Elite Sport To Stop
Replies: 99
Views: 11114

Re: Elite Sport To Stop

claret2018 wrote:
Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:03 pm
There’s a lot of things that are important to people that aren’t happening at the moment, and football isn’t beyond being put on hold as we’ve seen. Even as a fan it’s feeling like a slap in the face against everyone who’s staying home to see it continue
Have a sit down pal
by mealdeal
Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Will the United Game go ahead?
Replies: 32
Views: 3876

Re: Will the United Game go ahead?

You wouldn't have thought so. Thousands of cars driving where I live, just like any normal day over the last few years.
Happen folk are going to work like. Can’t really be any other explanation unless they are driving about for leisure.
by mealdeal
Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fulham game in doubt?
Replies: 155
Views: 20727

Re: Spurs Fulham off

FactualFrank wrote:
Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:41 pm
Maybe. But a lot more areas are going into Tier 4 from midnight (including Burnley), so the numbers will hopefully start dropping again.
lol
by mealdeal
Tue Dec 15, 2020 12:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lancashire police in IPTV crackdown...
Replies: 81
Views: 8979

Re: Lancashire police in IPTV crackdown...

In any case that has gone as far as court, its been distributors - think back to moody DVDs off the market, its the guy doing the copying and distribution thats in the dock. Its why sharing copyright content via bit torrent is illegal, because you are all sharing a little bit of the data, much like ...
by mealdeal
Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Investing, sharing my new portfolio
Replies: 104
Views: 9467

Re: Investing, sharing my new portfolio

Timely this, I've just sold my entire SIPP with HL so I can look at reinvesting it sometime next year. I've managed it myself for the past 13 years or so, when I realised I wasn't getting anything from financial advice other than dry bummed. Doing it myself in that period, I've grown it from around ...
by mealdeal
Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Is the fix now worse than the problem?
Replies: 200
Views: 14341

Re: Is the fix now worse than the problem?

I agree in principal that the proven short term immunity help us, but it is not a tool we should should deliberately use, ie letting everyone get the virus so they get this short term immunity. The lancet article is a direct response to dangerous and unscientific idea of using herd immunity as the ...
by mealdeal
Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:04 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Three Tier Lockdown
Replies: 661
Views: 46716

Re: Three Tier Lockdown

They've clearly leaked it all out over the weekend to gauge support. I think there will be watered down restrictions, with a lot of finger wagging. Rightly so.
by mealdeal
Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Three Tier Lockdown
Replies: 661
Views: 46716

Re: Three Tier Lockdown

fidelcastro wrote:
Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:05 pm
Does that mean we'll have nothing to worry about come the spring?
Depends what worries you, but if this particular problem worries you, then yes be less worried then than you are now.
by mealdeal
Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Three Tier Lockdown
Replies: 661
Views: 46716

Re: Three Tier Lockdown

It's on the rise again and it's only autumn. You said they go away in the spring. It was the spring where we had most of the problems. Coronaviruses come and go with the seasons, they wax and wane. Wax in the autumn and winter, wane in the spring snd summer. That’s seasonal, that’s what happened, t...
by mealdeal
Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Three Tier Lockdown
Replies: 661
Views: 46716

Re: Three Tier Lockdown

fidelcastro wrote:
Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:40 pm
Covid isn't seasonal.
Of course it is you blithering revolutionary.
by mealdeal
Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:51 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Three Tier Lockdown
Replies: 661
Views: 46716

Re: Three Tier Lockdown

Seasonal innit. Wear as many masks as you like, close as much as you like, but respiratory viruses are seasonal, they go away in the spring and come back again in autumn. Same as it ever was.
by mealdeal
Mon Sep 21, 2020 11:23 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Covid testing - What is the wait there?
Replies: 29
Views: 2457

Re: Covid testing - What is the wait there?

Pearcey wrote:
Mon Sep 21, 2020 11:04 am
What are mild symptoms? You’ve either got a temperature or a persistent new cough or you haven’t.
He's got a cold hasn't he.
by mealdeal
Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New Lockdown
Replies: 285
Views: 25820

Re: New Lockdown

Inchy wrote:
Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:22 pm
No masks, even FFP3, provide complete protection from covid. Distancing provides much better protection.
So why all the pissiness about whether people wear them?
by mealdeal
Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New Lockdown
Replies: 285
Views: 25820

Re: New Lockdown

I can understand not wanting to, they’re not pleasant to wear, particularly if it’s not a sedentary role. It would however make sense asking everyone to wear them. Colleagues not wearing them are putting themselves and others at risk. Masks are working great aren’t they, that’s why ‘infections’ are...
by mealdeal
Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New Lockdown
Replies: 285
Views: 25820

Re: New Lockdown

Gordaleman wrote:
Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:05 pm
You must be very clever if you can tell those people haven't got Covid 19 just by looking at them? Maybe the government can give you a job and we can save a fortune by not having to do tests?
Yeah I am.
by mealdeal
Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New Lockdown
Replies: 285
Views: 25820

Re: New Lockdown

Inchy wrote:
Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:40 pm
From what I’m seeing in my trust I would be shocked if we are not in lockdown soon
Well go on then, let’s have it what are you seeing?
by mealdeal
Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New Lockdown
Replies: 285
Views: 25820

Re: New Lockdown

Nope, because unfortunately a vast majority of the public are selfish / thick or both. It’s also because no other area of the NHS is operating normally, so people pitch up at A&E. All these lockdowns do is kick it down the road a bit more.I wear my mask in shops, socially distance and play by the r...
by mealdeal
Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New Lockdown
Replies: 285
Views: 25820

Re: New Lockdown

How? If they are perfectly healthy, they won't return positive results? Unless of course you're a qualified clinician and give them the once over before the swab? You’ve seen the inaccuracy of the PCR tests haven’t you? Secondly, if I’m ill, pretty much the last thing I’m doing is standing in a ***...
by mealdeal
Thu Sep 17, 2020 7:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New Lockdown
Replies: 285
Views: 25820

Re: New Lockdown

ClaretAndJew wrote:
Thu Sep 17, 2020 7:12 pm
There will be a national one before long anyway.
I'll have 50p with you that there won't
by mealdeal
Thu Sep 17, 2020 7:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: New Lockdown
Replies: 285
Views: 25820

Re: New Lockdown

No surprise when you've got lines of perfectly healthy people queueing opposite Tesco car park to be tested
by mealdeal
Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stocks and shares during covid
Replies: 122
Views: 13441

Re: Stocks and shares during covid

Lowbankclaret wrote:
Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:14 pm
I wish you good luck with your investments.

What’s your view on a second wave and second dip in the markets?
As I say, I’m out.
by mealdeal
Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stocks and shares during covid
Replies: 122
Views: 13441

Re: Stocks and shares during covid

Vanguard is cheaper but it’s choice of funds is limited compared to HL. Hopefully as time goes on they will expand further funds. A friend of mine has a Vanguard ISA and a SIPP and he is going to open an HL SIPP just so he can put some money in the GB American fund I mentioned earlier. '....Conside...