Ok thanks. Early season stuff but comparing it with son's club in SW London looked more 3rd/4th XI.
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- Mon Apr 25, 2022 10:54 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: New Cricket Season (Lancashire League/Ribblesdale League)
- Replies: 57
- Views: 4834
Re: New Cricket Season (Lancashire League/Ribblesdale League)
Ok thanks. Early season stuff but comparing it with son's club in SW London looked more 3rd/4th XI.
- Mon Apr 25, 2022 10:04 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: New Cricket Season (Lancashire League/Ribblesdale League)
- Replies: 57
- Views: 4834
Re: New Cricket Season (Lancashire League/Ribblesdale League)
What was the match going on at Burnley CC yesterday during the game? Didn't look very high quality.
- Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:32 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brentfords ground
- Replies: 48
- Views: 9491
Re: Brentfords ground
Thought it was ok. Easy enough to get to, few boozers nearby. Plenty of space in the concourse and no massive queues for the toilets. Had a good view and was able to sit down and see the majority of the pitch despite rows of people stood up in front of me. My seat was was quite high right up behind...
- Tue Sep 21, 2021 5:03 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Harry Dunns parents
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3277
Re: Harry Dunns parents
Take the money. Organise a hit man, get the woman taken out. Cover your tracks. Job done. At worst move to a country that doesnt extradite to the USA... plenty of them. Maybe Andorra; not Afghanistan.
- Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:57 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Venky bailout at Ewood reaches £282m.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3123
- Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:22 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ARTICLE: Plough Lane cup date confirmed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 677
Re: ARTICLE: Plough Lane cup date confirmed
Presume no fans allowed...
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:04 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Dyche in talks with Wayne
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5568
- Thu Nov 05, 2020 11:57 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
- Replies: 12654
- Views: 1225021
Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
I can't see why any existing small shareholders would want to retain their shares, unless they are also ready to put new money into the club. Of course, I get the sentimental "I'm a Burnley fan" small shareholder argument - perhaps those shares could be converted to a new class "I'm a fan - non-vot...
- Sun May 31, 2020 7:08 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Covid-19
- Replies: 13866
- Views: 902888
Re: Covid-19
Blimey, it was the 5th March, seems a long time ago...
https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-lon ... e-17858491
- Sun May 31, 2020 7:03 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Covid-19
- Replies: 13866
- Views: 902888
- Sat May 30, 2020 11:14 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Covid-19
- Replies: 13866
- Views: 902888
Re: Covid-19
One of the links I put on shows some very interesting scientific debate as to why some people don't catch it despite living in a household with sufferers and some show no symptoms and there is growing evidence that as the virus is from the same family as the common cold in essence a lot of people h...
- Thu May 14, 2020 10:47 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: I have been invited ........
- Replies: 60
- Views: 6348
Re: I have been invited ........
I got invited by the daily app, despite not having any symptoms to have a test. Signed up for one next day as the centre is 5 mins away. No medical staff, all DIY in the car. Horrible test to do, shoving the swab down the back of the throat and then up the nose - 2.5cm / 1 inch up the nose as well a...
- Tue May 05, 2020 3:34 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Mortgage holiday
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4273
Re: Mortgage holiday
So what do we reckon will be when we hit the sweet spot for timing re-mortgaging in the current climate? I have a cash purchased BTL/HMO which is worth around £240k and will re-mortgage at some point, preferably sooner; I had started the process before the walls came crashing down. Previous one for ...
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 12:30 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Covid-19
- Replies: 13866
- Views: 902888
Re: Covid-19
At the moment where I am working things have gone a bit quiet. In my job I review patients who are sick on the ward, try to fix them with the home teams, and if need be take them to ICU and get them sorted a bit there. Currently covid referrals are massively down which is good. But also other medic...
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 11:37 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: UK schools closed from Friday
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2541
Re: UK schools closed from Friday
How are predicted grades calculated these days? When the lad started at senior school they did several tests (maybe Midsys or something like that) and from performance in that they were given expected grades for each subject... something about your level of results in the test being similar to othe...
- Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: UK schools closed from Friday
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2541
Re: UK schools closed from Friday
I would've thought predicted grades would be the way ahead surely? Mocks are irrelevant, revised for in a much shorter space of time and difficult to take seriously for many. Also I know that son's school - which is very selective academically - marks end of year exams and mocks very harshly. Son wo...
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 1:48 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Virgin Media and haggling
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2764
Re: Virgin Media and haggling
Been advised elsewhere (MSE forum) that one plan is to alternate being a new customer with the wife every 12 months. That way it's easy to get the new customer discounts every time. Apparently this does work. Though you do lose email addresses, so time to start switching that as per my last comment.
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 1:44 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Virgin Media and haggling
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2764
Re: Virgin Media and haggling
Get quotes from the alternative suppliers. Don't worry about the costs of a new line connection at this stage as any charge would probably soon pay for itself. Then threaten to leave VM and be persistent. It works every year for me. Just done it again last week. Yeah time to do this methinks. And s...
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 12:04 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Virgin Media and haggling
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2764
Re: Virgin Media and haggling
FactualFrank wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:53 amIsn't BT phone line + Sky an option, which you can mention to them?
There's not been a BT phoneline here for years. I think I could try and get one installed from the telegraph pole across the road.
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:52 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Virgin Media and haggling
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2764
Virgin Media and haggling
So I'm useless at haggling. Contract with VM will have run out a while ago. We have all the tv and fast broadband and sky sports etc and pay £138 pm. So with no sport on telly I'm thinking that I'll take us down to the basic level. On the website the "Bigger Bundle" is £45pm for 12 months which woul...
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:50 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: The Who
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3263
Re: The Who
Funkydrummer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:31 amSorry pal, the whole tour postponed !!
https://www.thewho.com/the-who-postpone ... ent-133170
Not quite the 'whole tour postponed'... saw them in Kingston just a couple of weeks ago at their smallest gig for 40 years
- Wed Mar 11, 2020 5:41 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: This guys greed knows no bounds
- Replies: 98
- Views: 7255
Re: This guys greed knows no bounds
There is no question that Harry Redknapp flew to Monaco and opened an account in his dog's name because he wanted to avoid paying tax on taxable income. That was all admitted at the trial. The only question was whether he was deliberately committing a criminal act, or whether he was just doing as h...
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 1:15 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Cricket - Pathetic
- Replies: 74
- Views: 6193
Re: Cricket - Pathetic
Not sexist at all, just a pure fact based on experience.
Using the sexist card is pathetic, as well as being inaccurate.
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:07 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Cricket - Pathetic
- Replies: 74
- Views: 6193
Re: Cricket - Pathetic
Yes, boys U15 county level (or even slightly below that) is better quality than women's national cricket.
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:06 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Cricket - Pathetic
- Replies: 74
- Views: 6193
Re: Cricket - Pathetic
Prefer to watch U15s county level cricket than women's cricket. Better quality.
- Sun Feb 09, 2020 11:36 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Another crash
- Replies: 49
- Views: 7054
Re: Another crash
Smart motorways are dangerous. AA have banned their drivers from attending breakdowns on them following the death rates to drivers stuck in live lanes and attempting to exit their vehicles. Talking out of arse here... you have no idea. Just spouting reactionary and false crap about Smart Motorways ...
- Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:57 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Chelsea (a) - General Info Thread
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2277
Re: Chelsea (a) - General Info Thread
There are no trains running up to Wimbledon, so for those who would come up that way to change for the District Line it's a bit annoying. Last time there were no tubes. So always something.
- Tue Nov 26, 2019 2:37 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Burnley Fans In Surrey
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4474
Re: Burnley Fans In Surrey
Walton-on-Thames posh?? Some bits maybe... though there's plenty of cheaper bits as well for you pikey Northerners!! Poor area compared with Esher/Oxshott etc...
- Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:47 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Remembering Eli
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5218
Re: Remembering Eli
I always used to enjoy reading the contributions from the poster eli. Witty, insightful and knowledgable with a very dry humour. Then a photo was published on the old site of posters outside the Bridge pre game, possibly Palace at home first game of the season? And then the penny dropped. Eli was n...
- Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:34 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Chelsea predictions
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2048
Re: Chelsea predictions
2-0. We're bound to win as we can't make it now...
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:22 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Inappropriate names
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4257
Re: Inappropriate names
Richard Burnley, MD of Kingspan UK supports... Leeds United.
- Fri Apr 05, 2019 8:01 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Under 9’s School Football
- Replies: 59
- Views: 4415
Re: Under 9’s School Football
Completely agree with this, it’s not just about trying other sports, it’s nice to have a rest and not feel like you’re on a treadmill year round. Our season finishes in a few weeks and ‘winter’ training winds up but then we’ll carry on training. Just break off at the end of April and come back in A...
- Wed Apr 03, 2019 6:28 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Under 9’s School Football
- Replies: 59
- Views: 4415
Re: Under 9’s School Football
Had experience of this from U6 upwards. Its ********. Feltham Youth U7s were the worst, and teams refused to play them... Manager was ****, kids used to hack people, elbows in the face etc. Parents were ****. Saw lots of crap and so glad he gave up playing by U13s. Different at son's school - which ...
- Fri Mar 15, 2019 4:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Roy Harper
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3993
Re: Roy Harper
Roy Harper this Saturday at the London Palladium, second row Reckon my 15 year old will be the youngest there! Remember seeing him around 1986 at Burnley Mechanics.
- Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:20 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Does anyone on here have Laminate Flooring?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3221
Re: Does anyone on here have Laminate Flooring?
We have had laminate floor which was cheap and didn't really last long. It was easily marked and got a hole in it when something fell on it. We also had some cheap stuff in the kitchen which swelled up when the dishwasher leaked. More recently we have had some QuickStep real wood laminate installed...
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Ash's Austrian hopes dashed ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4418
Re: Ash's Austrian hopes dashed ?
If the Burnley Express are to be believed he is still harbouring hopes for an England call up... https://www.burnleyexpress.net/sport/football/clarets/burnley-striker-ashley-barnes-hopes-to-have-a-choice-between-england-and-austria-ahead-of-european-championship-qualifiers-1-9615341" onclick="windo...
- Wed Feb 13, 2019 11:37 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Bong
- Replies: 104
- Views: 13216
Re: Bong
Maybe in some ways it could be seen as good news. They've charged people for actual racist comments and not the hundreds booing Bong in a clearly non-racist way...
- Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:46 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Bong
- Replies: 104
- Views: 13216
Re: Bong
It's not racist booing. Also Bong made the whole situation worse with his post FA Enquiry comments about Rodriguez and Rodriguez 'apology' because 'he knows what he did'. This elicited a reply from Rodriguez that his apology was for having made a gesture in the first place and caused all the furore....
- Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:20 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Pensions
- Replies: 88
- Views: 7297
Re: Pensions
Yes stamp duty annoying on purchase but it is what it is and lowers the return slightly. Taxed as income - after all the expenses and costs of course.
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 7:25 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Pensions
- Replies: 88
- Views: 7297
Re: Pensions
Nope. Just legitimate and fully documented and substantiated avoidance.Rileybobs wrote:Have you just admitted to tax evasion on a public forum?
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 6:32 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Pensions
- Replies: 88
- Views: 7297
Re: Pensions
Well I quite like the property angle to provide a pension. I always had this idea to own 4-5 holiday lets and live off the income from them and use them out of season or when they're not let for different places to visit around the country. Eventually sell off our main home, buy somewhere cheaper an...
- Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:59 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Watford ticket problem
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3491
Re: Watford ticket problem
This happened to us funnily enough for the Watford game 2/3 years ago. The tickets never arrived in the post, and by the Thurs/Fri our ticket office said that Watford would reprint them and we collected them outside the ground; not at the Watford ticket office but from someone outside the corner of ...
- Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:39 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Throwback to Summer 2003
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2689
Re: Throwback to Summer 2003
TheFamilyCat wrote:Was your lad a welder?
Don't understand??
Whoooshy and Blackjane were two of the posters I remember. Phil1068 also maybe.
- Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Throwback to Summer 2003
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2689
Re: Throwback to Summer 2003
Photobomber alert in the doorway...FactualFrank wrote:The one snorting cocaine?
- Mon Jan 14, 2019 2:40 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Throwback to Summer 2003
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2689
Re: Throwback to Summer 2003
Yeah, it gave the care home staff a bit of a respite and a day off from emptying our commodes...Dyched wrote:Did y’all enjoy day release?
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:32 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Has anybody ever wanted Rovers to win?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 3400
Re: Has anybody ever wanted Rovers to win?
I confess that I had 20 quid on them to win away at Man Utd a good few years ago , using Betfair had got average odds of 37.5 to 1. I wasn't that fussed really but at those odds had to have a punt. I think they were 2-1 up then ManU equalised in about 85th and I thought Oh well. Then Rovers scored a...
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 2:29 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Throwback to Summer 2003
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2689
Throwback to Summer 2003
First game of the season and some of the original Clarets Madders at the first meetup at the Bridge. Sadly Eli (5th from right) is no longer with us, but Mr Scholes (second left), me first on right, and junior J50 in front of me - he's now 6'2 same as me :o Time flies. Do people recognise the others...
- Wed Jan 02, 2019 7:21 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Cashing a pension and buying a house to rent out.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2827
Re: Cashing a pension and buying a house to rent out.
Lowbank - I wasn't taking it as a political statement and just making sure that I'd not missed anything! Opinion seems divided amongst landlords as to which of the parties is worse for the PRS. In Ireland they introduced a similar change to the Section 24 tax changes and the ensuing supply/demand ch...
- Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:41 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Cashing a pension and buying a house to rent out.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 2827
Re: Cashing a pension and buying a house to rent out.
Also if Corbyn gets in, he has pledged to get rid of private landlords, another reason he is looking to change his direction of investment. Must have missed JC saying that?!! Tories are doing their best to make the PRS less attractive but getting rid of private landlords altogether could be tricky!
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 2:38 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Parking Advice for Arsenal
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2085
Re: Parking Advice for Arsenal
Expensive parking around Arsenal especially for coaches and buses so I expect we will be parking a few buses on the pitch like last weekend...