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cbx750 wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:33 am
You might be better going to Milnrow on the M62 then through Todmorden this is the way I go from Tod to Huddersfield and although longer it is quicker.

Personally I'd just stay on the M62 and come down the M66 to avoid potential problems.

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IMO it would be illogical to attempt that route through the valley tomorrow in light of the high water table and the weather forecast when there are other routes open - albeit they might theoretically take a little longer. Not driven through today, but lots of water on the roads between Burnley / Cl...

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'Abandoned his new friends in the north...' Appointed local Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson (and non Oxbridge graduate) as Minister for HS2, with responsibility for the Transpennine and Northern Powerhouse Rail routes. If ever there was a poisoned chalice then Stephenson has had it passed to him. Maybe...

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After 3 years of the Labour party nearly bringing the country to it's knees, preventing any progress on anything. Just so it could bad mouth the tories. Genuinely don't understand the relevance of that post. We haven't had Labour running the country for over a decade now. It's been either a Tory Go...

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Gordaleman wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:50 pm
Your guess is wrong. For the first time in my 72 years, I didn't use my vote in the referendum.

Are you really 90 years old? If so I reckon you might be the board's oldest poster.

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Silky-thanks for the dates. The late sixties was definitely not a good time to be a clarets fan Don't really agree with this. They were highly unpredictable times. We had some real thrashings usually away from home, but also some big wins, e.g. the home thrashing of Leeds by a very young Burnley XI...

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I don't know how many would be there from Lincoln but I am assuming probably quite a few as it's not that far away. I suppose it's a matter of opinion but I would regard Lincoln to Accrington in winter with a poor forecast to be an appalling journey. 120 miles over or around the Pennines by one rou...

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objection me'lord, you quoted me and replied directly to my quote and therefore aimed directly as a statement at me (and the press) therefore not a general observation!! I recount my part regarding shouting, you are correct you didn't (I agree, the press are biased) I should not have been swayed by...

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KateR wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:57 pm
Look at Cryssys last sentence, he told me to write it so don't go shouting at me

Who shouted?

It was a perfectly polite post
(And the post wasn't particularly aimed at you anyway - more of a general observation).

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KateR wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 18, 2020 8:46 pm
The press isn't biased.

Virtually all the press admit to be being biased. They all nail their colours firmly to one ideology or party or another.

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Seen one postponed and one abandoned. Our home game against MK in 2003/04 was postponed because of high winds, decision made by the club safety officer. According to the records MK Dons weren't formed until the 2004 / 5 season, so presumably it was Wimbledon's last season before the "franchise"thin...

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Its criminal damage, end of. Lock the bellends up. Which - of course- is exactly what they want the authorities to do. You can't really win with this one. Ignore it and they'll continue to look at more extreme stunts; arrest them, take them to court and punish them and it gives them the publicity t...

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I haven’t analysed every millisecond of those matches but first would suggest the quality of the opposition on the day and second possibly JRod was expected to play the Barnes roll then where now he plays as we would want him to. He can come short to take it in to feet and he has more pace for runs...

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I've great respect for Dyche and hope that he remains at the helm for a long time to come, but he sometimes appears slow / reluctant to change things even when things aren't going well. Barnes injury has turned out to be pivotal (IMO), since we look a far better team with Jay in it. Would the manage...

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Yeah, but that pisses me off as well, it the laws of the game, so surely they aren't open to wild interpretation. If there's only one ref out of 20 who sees it that way, then they are clearly an outlier and need retraining I think you probably missed my point there. I'm not suggesting that Mason wo...

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I thought it was a penalty yesterday at first glance. Saw the replay and it really wasn't one "we got away with". Yes it strikes his arm, but he hasn't moved it towards the ball, neither did he attempt to make himself bigger, so no penalty There's absolutely no doubt that it would have been a penal...

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Sturgeons just a **** Gerry Adams wannabe. Awful politician with no credibility whatsoever Neither of which terms can reasonably be applied to Gerry Adams, no matter how much you may loathe or despise him. He has enormous credibility both in his own country and abroad. (n.b. being successful and ha...

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I don't remember anyone voting for Alistair Campbell either. Very little similarity, and in this case none at all. One of the key features of Blair's time in office was the total independence of Brown and his staff at No. 11. This "power struggle" between No. 10 and No.11 throughout this period is ...

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Don't worry DA, you will have the chance to vote them out in five years. The real issue is that no one actually voted Cummings into office in the first place. And to think that the whole premise of Brexit was to restore democracy and sovereignty. Who's going to be running the show for the next 5 ye...

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No action against Bournemouth or Gosling, but I think that the referee "band of brothers" will have taken great interest in this, and will not be impressed by Bournemouth's behaviour. Of course they will remain neutral, but I suspect they'll keep a closer eye on the players' antics on the field and ...

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He didn't say the public would have to hear all the evidence. And a jury doesn't have to be what we currently have. That sounds rather like abolishing Trial by Jury to me. It's not perfect by any means, but it's a basic human right we all have in the UK,(fundamental to our democracy and culture), a...

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He didn't say that though, did he? I don't agree with his proposal. But that wasn't it. It seems to me that he did say that, ( "So you'd abolish the right to a fair trial by jury if we abolish the courts? ") This was his post: "No the CPS decide on the guilt, hand it over to the public to sentence,...

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Are we only supposed to discuss significant events at 5 or 10 year intervals these days or something? It's a post on a message board, I haven't arranged a memorial service. That really wasn't my point - as I think you I know. It was the apparently random marking of "24" years for an event that took...

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It was a terrible and haunting event that raised, and still does raise many questions, but it's a bit odd that the OP makes such a thing about it being 24 years, (not normally a landmark), when in any event it's 27.
RIP James.

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They will come to an agreement that upsets the minority. Just as we the British, were 9 times out of 10 in that minority. Sorry - but what complete nonsense. "The British government voted against EU laws 2% of the time since 1999 Official EU voting records* show that the British government has vote...

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claretandy wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 10, 2020 6:58 am
Brighton's run in is horrific, they will need to get a result against us on the final day.

Assuming we're already safe, Turf Moor is a very good away fixture to have if you need a result on the final day of the season. In recent seasons it's rather like drawing us in one of the Cups.

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........ joint citizenship should come to an end, you are either a UK passport holder, or an Irish/EU passport holder. Why? Dual citizenship is very common throughout the world and becoming more so. I know of people who are citizens of 4 countries due to birth, parentage, work, residency, and / or ...

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I'm at work in today, but I'm also a volounteer flood warden. From what I'm seeing & hearing from fellow wardens and on social media, the flooding in Tod, Hebden and Mythlomroyd is bad. Not perhaps at Boxing day 2015 levels, but still at significant levels But unfortunately the weather is forecast ...

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Roads between Worsthorne and Cliviger almost impassable 2 hours ago, and I believe that there are now some road closures up there cutting off the Ram etc from Walk Mill. Road impassable at Overtown as well (top of Mount Lane). Saw desperate people as early as 10.30 in Worsthorne trying to prevent wa...

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First I’ve heard of this. Can't see the North agreeing to it although my feeling is the North is slowly starting to see the light. Also can’t see Bojo wanting to be the leader of the Conservative and Unionist party who breaks up the Union. Johnson's already taken a massive step towards breaking up ...

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4 homes please Watford have lost the new manager bounce , and Brighton are showing more bottle and better football than the rest. 8 points clear, and a game in hand is healthy Brighton might be playing quite well, but they're not winning games. (Their point last week was quite fortuitous.) I think ...

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I'm trying to think of occasions where I wouldn't need a receipt usually small purchases or casual services but I can't, no it's all strictly legitimate really the way I go about my business no comebacks that way. In the normal course of business, (there are exceptions),it's entirely legitimate to ...

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So they don’t pay tax and NI and can still claim benefits! Maybe in some cases, but in the majority of cases they aren't claiming benefits, it's just simply a matter of avoiding taxes, NI and any other associated costs. It's not a practice that is exclusive to any one particular demographic and in ...

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Jakubclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:40 pm
Perhaps, I don't think like that, you could be right, maybe the people I know are above board & do everything by the book.

So you never pay anyone for a service by cash? / No one ever asks you to pay in cash?

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My earlier post was combining Burnley & Pendle as a whole I'll reiterate that again, far more than ND is suggesting, ..... You still don't get it. The 18% figure is the combined average for Burnley and Pendle. You don't add anything together. The percentage for Burnley is 11%, so you should be able...

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So if you breakdown the 11% & 18% you’d be looking at 15%ish, factor the illegals in say 25% still way off the 45% “not far off” my earlier post was including Burnley & Pendle as a whole area, another poster moved the goalposts but if the link is true I’ll hold my hand up & say I’ve overestimated t...

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I can't imagine the fleets of taxi drivers & other businesses declaring every penny, it does seem a small number, which source have you unearthed this information from, I'm surprised a supporting link hasn't been attached, regarding the illegal workers it'd be absolutely impossible to ascertain 100...

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If you are counting the Asians as well it wouldn't be far off, remember some of these companies are massive employers you are not talking small firms with skilled employees & I'm not even factoring in the illegals working cash in hand we don't know about. When you sit down & think about it, it's a ...

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bfcmik wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 04, 2020 1:33 am
Kevin Friend as 4th official

That's the best place for Friend if he's involved in one of our games. 4th official has very little influence on decision making or the outcome of the game.

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Dont think so nil, some high marks here suggest that the ref clamped down on their play acting, which he didn't. I beg to differ. I think that on the whole he handled it reasonably well. It's really difficult for a referee when a team are constantly falling on the floor and claiming to be injured, ...

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Aclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 02, 2020 8:53 pm
It seems some of our fans don't agree with SD and the play acting of a few of the Arsenal players.

I would imagine that every single Burnley fan agrees with Dyche about this.

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Seem to Remember being there, wasnt it ridiculously windy that day ? It was windy but that doesn't explain why O'Rourke chose to defend the goal-kicks by standing 10 / 15 yards off his line so that the ball could bounce over his head, nor even more inexplicably why management failed to correct this...

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It was an extremely windy afternoon,he tried more than once to score.You could just tell it was going to happen! You're right. The Bolton fans were urging their own players to pass back to him, and for him to keep shooting long. It was a joke - but beyond a joke for our group. The odd thing was tha...

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As I suspected, the lights are still on, aircraft are still flying and all my food is still fresh. Well of course, because we've very sensibly avoided a "no deal" brexit. We've got 11 months now - or an extension (most likely IMO) - to unravel almost 50 years of legislation and protocols, and ensur...

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MACCA wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 22, 2020 5:50 pm
I agree, even if theres not 3 teams as sh1t as Cardiff, Fulham and Huddersfield were. 3 wins and a draw does it anyway.

I very much doubt that another 10 points will see us safe this season.
13 needed (IMO)

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Impeccably observed from all parts of the ground Except referee Taylor who blew the whistle before we got to the end of the list. Would it really have been a problem to wait for an extra 10 seconds or so to allow those at the end of the alphabet to be read in silence? Typical PL referee lack of awa...

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Special mentions for the effort and passion from Bardsley, Jayrod and Hendrick. They left it all out there today. Agree. If Bardsley is now our first choice right back for the season, (with Lowton woefully out of sorts, and probably no replacement signed) then he has all the attributes needed to be...

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He played the right amount of additional time After 1 extra minute Bardsley had a minutes worth of treatment and we made a substitution. The final whistle was blown at 90+4 We reckon that: a) we were very lucky that there was only 3 minutes added time, bearing in mind the VAR penalty, 2 other goals...

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If we had another Referendum next year, and it's won again by the Unionists, will Mrs Sturgeon want another one in 2025, if the SNP get another majority of Scottish seats ? We're then into a world of " Never-Endums " .... Leaving aside the merit (or otherwise) of Scottish independence. I think that...

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Herts Clarets wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 13, 2020 1:15 pm
Andrew

Not according to his accuser.

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