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by Hipper
Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Now that is a cool President
Replies: 3
Views: 682

Re: Now that is a cool President

He's a former paratrooper and General according to Wiki.
by Hipper
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:20 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Russia Invades
Replies: 10694
Views: 790885

Re: Russia Invades

https://news.sky.com/story/russia-moscow-shooting-latest-ukraine-islamic-state-live-sky-news-blog-12541713?postid=7440160#liveblog-body This could be the start of NATO involvement. If you are referring to stray missiles, I doubt it. I would think that despite being virtually enemies, there are agre...
by Hipper
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:07 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Folk singers.
Replies: 70
Views: 3016

Re: Folk singers.

Loudon has done some great songs over the years, many very tongue in cheek. For anybody into folk music, there's an excellent BBC concert (nicely filmed/ good sound) on You Tube with him + the wonderful Richard Thompson + the very good Suzanne Vega - recorded live at Bush Hall (just round the corne...
by Hipper
Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Truro City - fixture congestion and ground (pitch) problems
Replies: 42
Views: 1576

Re: Truro City - fixture congestion and ground (pitch) problems

How much does it roughly cost to have an artificial pitch installed? With the weather getting more extreme it seems to be becoming more of a problem for non league clubs. Would make sense for some of the tv money in the game to be siphoned down the leagues for that purpose As Peter Loo says, I too ...
by Hipper
Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:06 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Truro City - fixture congestion and ground (pitch) problems
Replies: 42
Views: 1576

Re: Truro City - fixture congestion and ground (pitch) problems

The reason seems to be unprecedented rain in the south west and Gloucester have an artificial pitch so unlikely to have to cancel: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68641250 My local team play in the Isthmian Premier (one step below Truro) and are two or three games behind because of their home g...
by Hipper
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:46 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Music.
Replies: 9
Views: 885

Re: Music.

Excellent. I love Going to a Town. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVyl402W5s He comes from great musical stock! Loudon Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle. Also related to Martha Wainwright, Sloan Wainwright, and Lucy Wainwright Roche who's mother was Suzzy Roche of The Roches. What a dynasty! School ...
by Hipper
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:47 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley away - 1970's quiz question
Replies: 21
Views: 977

Re: Burnley away - 1970's quiz question

2. Arins was blonde wasn't he but there's something peculiar about the hair here. Ian Brennan? 7. Billy Ingham - it just looks like him. Behind their number 9 (Bob Hatton?), Paul Fletcher? 4. Peter Noble. Goalkeeper, Alan Stevenson with rugby shirt. 8. Tony Morley? Behind our number 8, Brian Flynn? ...
by Hipper
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:21 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Weghorst
Replies: 129
Views: 6871

Re: Weghorst

boatshed bill wrote:
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:57 pm
Wouldn't sit our style of play anyhow.
It would be nice to know who does. Please tell Vincent.
by Hipper
Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Harry Kane statue
Replies: 44
Views: 2145

Re: Harry Kane statue

As an easter egg it is better than your standard bunny If only that were true. It would soon be eaten. (this thought stolen from the film 'Sitting Pretty' where a woman who fancied herself as a sculptress had made a snowman and asked the pompous hero what he thought of it. 'Oh well, it will soon me...
by Hipper
Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: This is my worst season ever
Replies: 54
Views: 2823

Re: This is my worst season ever

The only merit of the 1986/87 season is that it ended (I should stop the sentence there really!) on an extreme high with the Orient win and all the relief it gave us. I think that was the highest I ever felt as a Burnley fan after being pushed to lows unimaginable in past seasons (I stopped going pr...
by Hipper
Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:15 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Road House
Replies: 13
Views: 1849

Re: Road House

Not my sort of film but I like the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MfK59w-D4U

I know it's a Doors song but I like the Quo version too.
by Hipper
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: 1966
Replies: 23
Views: 1789

Re: 1966

Bert Head was a special manager. Probably worked with Colin Waldron at Bury but had good spells at Swindon and Palace with emphasis on youth.
by Hipper
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:45 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Masters of the Sky
Replies: 29
Views: 2525

Re: Masters of the Sky

Many years ago, a friend of mine ( a notoriously bad flier ) went to a friends engagement party, and was introduced to the bride-to-be's Father. He was a short dapper gentleman, very quietly spoken with a great sense of humour ... A couple of days later, my friend met his mate, who told him that he...
by Hipper
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Folk singers.
Replies: 70
Views: 3016

Re: Folk singers.

Some years ago I saw on TV a tribute to Gerry Rafferty. There were two outstanding contributions to my ears:

Rab Noakes - Moonlight and Gold:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1A0n1U7fOo

James Vincent McMorrow - My Singing Bird:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99Yf2zVFC4U
by Hipper
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Folk singers.
Replies: 70
Views: 3016

Re: Folk singers.

Big fan of Show of Hands. Although I think Arrogance Ignorance & Greed might be their most pointed/best song. I love folk music in general, go to folk gigs/festivals pretty regularly, so may as well throw out a few artists I like that haven't been mentioned yet for anyone who might not know them: M...
by Hipper
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Harnessing AI to Improve our Performances
Replies: 18
Views: 884

Re: Harnessing AI to Improve our Performances

Who's Al - Alan Pace?
by Hipper
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: inane lyrics
Replies: 56
Views: 2560

Re: inane lyrics

Oh, and Bob Dylan didn't deserve the Nobel Prize for Literature. I missed that. Oh dear! Marc Bolan rightly mentioned on this thread. I like the music primarily, but good, musical, lyrics can enhance that. The art seems to be to strike a lyrical chord with listeners so that they can generate their ...
by Hipper
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Triangular corner flags
Replies: 16
Views: 1208

Re: Triangular corner flags

I believe we had square ones to accommodate Mike Summerbee's habit of blowing his nose on them.
by Hipper
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The objective for the rest of the season
Replies: 86
Views: 4736

Re: The objective for the rest of the season

Statistically how do sides do who get promoted from the Championship with 100 points do? Based on this and a bit of Wiki: https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-10-best-championship-teams-ever-points-total In other words, they all stayed up. Club/Championship season/points/Premier League seaso...
by Hipper
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:30 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The objective for the rest of the season
Replies: 86
Views: 4736

Re: The objective for the rest of the season

Exactly my thoughts, Jedi. It’s difficult to know who exactly will be staying or going, but if Kompany is as astute as we are led to believe , then he MUST have one eye already on planning for next season. I hope Cullen stays in the first team now, and we start playing through him again. Yep, he mi...
by Hipper
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O'Shea Booking
Replies: 36
Views: 2572

Re: O'Shea Booking

He doesn’t fit into the system our manager wants to play. A very strange signing. Not so strange. I guess he was intended to be back up to the likes of Beyer, Ekdal or Al Dakhil. Unfortunately all three have proved both not good enough and injury prone hence we've come to rely on O'Shea who at leas...
by Hipper
Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:22 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Folk singers.
Replies: 70
Views: 3016

Re: Folk singers.

On Heron, not mentioned in that documentary, was the fact that when they recorded their original album outside the mics didn't pick up the outside sounds, like bird singing, therefore they had to record that separately and add it on in the studio! I think I read that on the CD notes.
by Hipper
Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:36 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Folk singers.
Replies: 70
Views: 3016

Re: Folk singers.

Heron - Yellow Roses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqlHLkMyC98

... and a documentary on the band - how they recorded their album outside in a field:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvvv5hJbcnQ
by Hipper
Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:26 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mark Clattenburg - Forest
Replies: 30
Views: 2711

Re: Mark Clattenburg - Forest

And Gladiators referee. I turned on my TV yesterday and Gladiators was on. I don't think I've ever seen it and I know I won't look at it again! Anyway, they introduced the referee and I thought they said Mark Clattenburg and it did look like him. Did he used to shout 'Forest Ready', 'Liverpool Read...
by Hipper
Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:31 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Folk singers.
Replies: 70
Views: 3016

Re: Folk singers.

by Hipper
Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:29 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Folk singers.
Replies: 70
Views: 3016

Re: Folk singers.

and from, that band, Bert Jansch - Rosemary Lane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQJv4LWUg9A
by Hipper
Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:26 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Folk singers.
Replies: 70
Views: 3016

Re: Folk singers.

Folk Supergroup! Pentangle - Once I Had a Sweetheart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRXPslHDVI0
by Hipper
Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:24 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Folk singers.
Replies: 70
Views: 3016

Re: Folk singers.

by Hipper
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stan Bowles RIP
Replies: 36
Views: 2074

Re: Stan Bowles RIP

This morning I stumbled across this absolutely fascinating interview with Stan. If you've got the time, make an effort to watch it. A complicated character, who knew his own mind and just went for it with a bit of guidance in his early years. RIP Stan and thank you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
by Hipper
Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Folk singers.
Replies: 70
Views: 3016

Re: Folk singers.

James Vincent McMorrow - Down the Burning Ropes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HImMcAi1RJI
by Hipper
Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Folk singers.
Replies: 70
Views: 3016

Re: Folk singers.

Al Jones - Siamese Cat (pedal steel Gordon Huntley):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egEaMaCa99o
by Hipper
Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2860

Re: Louis XVII

'The middling sort'. I'd never heard of this phrase until last year when I read a book on the history of a school founded in the Elizabethan times. It was used incessantly without explanation for many pages until I thought I'd finally grasped what it meant. I'm not sure I actually did! https://www.c...
by Hipper
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:47 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Louis XVII
Replies: 46
Views: 2860

Re: Louis XVII

Are we talking Jean-Louis Valois of the Valois dynasty?
by Hipper
Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Professor Brian Cox
Replies: 22
Views: 2725

Re: Professor Brian Cox

I find him and quite a few other modern TV presenters irritating - e.g. Alice Roberts, Helen Czerski (almost a female clone of Cox). They have this 'look at me' attitude and also this habit of appearing to be walking in front of you, turning their head and talking back whilst simultaneously offering...
by Hipper
Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:18 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK’s Strategy: Are We Witnessing A Failing Experiment?
Replies: 215
Views: 8260

Re: ALK’s Strategy: Are We Witnessing A Failing Experiment?

1. Let's look at this idea that we have now learned to recruit from abroad - successfully. Yes we do recruit from abroad but where are the successful recruits? Starting with Cornet, Weghorst. Then the group we brought in last season. And then those for this season. I can't think of one of them that ...
by Hipper
Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:33 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: pace
Replies: 89
Views: 5635

Re: pace

Who decided it was a good idea to dismantle the existing scouting network in favour of using one associated with the current first team manager? There aren't actually any words to describe a club who run their business like that. What existing scouting network? The Dyche/Garlick one? Was that any g...
by Hipper
Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:19 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chris Nicholll RIP
Replies: 23
Views: 2203

Re: Chris Nicholll RIP

I see Sammy Todd, Dave Merrington, Colin Blant and Chris Nichol. How many centre backs did we need?

Actually wasn't Blant a centre forward then and perhaps Todd a full back?
by Hipper
Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:47 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Rob Edwards what a classy manager!
Replies: 53
Views: 3584

Re: Rob Edwards what a classy manager!

Les Fruitbat wrote:
Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:18 pm
What’s classy about saying I played against your dad ?
I suspect it's because the football fraternity is so devoid of class and humour (at least at the media presented top level) that any scrap of it that comes along is lauded beyond reason.
by Hipper
Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: whatever happened to John Cofie?
Replies: 21
Views: 3417

Re: whatever happened to John Cofie?

I see nothing wrong with the headline if it is read properly.
by Hipper
Fri Feb 23, 2024 4:32 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: PC help please
Replies: 3
Views: 415

Re: PC help please

You could try Googling 'Ethernet doesn't have a valid IP configuration'.

Or contact your service provider.
by Hipper
Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:26 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: When I flash my lights
Replies: 58
Views: 3436

Re: When I flash my lights

Of course flashing is also done on a motorway as a courtesy to tell a long vehicle that they have passed you. That's probably not in the Highway Code either but it's useful.
by Hipper
Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stability or Tinkering
Replies: 48
Views: 3365

Re: Stability or Tinkering

Or is it down to the league? Is the gulf in quality so great that our good performances last year were against inferior teams? Down to VK because he is the manager, played for years in this league (ended May 2019) and it's reasonable to think he should have a good idea of what it takes to be a defe...
by Hipper
Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:10 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stability or Tinkering
Replies: 48
Views: 3365

Re: Stability or Tinkering

the irony of which is last season you would be hard pressed to find anyone who thought Beyer wouldn't be top drawer, it was pretty unanimous we all saw great potential in Al Dakhil and we were all impressed by Ekdhal to the point we said THB would struggle to get back in the side. Great praise was ...
by Hipper
Sun Feb 04, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Stability or Tinkering
Replies: 48
Views: 3365

Re: Stability or Tinkering

The problem is not just playing four regular defenders. It's playing four GOOD regular defenders. None of our defenders has proved to be good enough most of the time - none of them. That's why VK has had to bring in two more on loan to try and improve things. Roberts - not good enough and now gone. ...
by Hipper
Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:11 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Conscription
Replies: 132
Views: 6582

Re: Conscription

The next world war will be fought with drones, long range missiles and terminator-like robots. The days of face to face combat are largely gone. Those conscripted won’t be the children of politicians, wealthy celebrities or people with connections. They will be working class kids from Burnley, Live...
by Hipper
Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Water meter
Replies: 57
Views: 2420

Re: Water meter

This may come as a shock to some but we don't pay for water here in Ireland I never knew that. I see there is a maximum usage over which you have to pay an excess charge. I calculated that this is about 563 litres/day. My usage is 69 l/day! https://switcher.ie/guides/water-bills-what-charges-will-y...
by Hipper
Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Burnley v Liverpool February 1952
Replies: 16
Views: 847

Re: Burnley v Liverpool February 1952

FCBurnley wrote:
Thu Jan 25, 2024 1:16 pm
True. I had forgotten that. I was sort of at that game with my mother. She was pregnant with me so I didn’t have the best of views !!!
I had a similar seat in my first game but it was a lowly Gillingham. I expect I did a few kicks to get into the spirit of things.
by Hipper
Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Conscription
Replies: 132
Views: 6582

Re: Conscription

The comments that initiated this debate seems to be by a soon to be retired army General: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/24/army-chief-says-people-of-uk-are-prewar-generation-who-must-be-ready-to-fight-russia https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-with-mandatory-m...
by Hipper
Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars in Action
Replies: 17
Views: 890

Re: The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars in Action

Those claret shorts always looked grey in black and white photos.
by Hipper
Wed Jan 24, 2024 2:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars in Action
Replies: 17
Views: 890

Re: The Wonderful World of Soccer Stars in Action

That looks a bit like Wilf Wrigley playing for 'Everton'?

Rodney Jones looks a bit like Tony Waiters and Fred Smith and Brian O'Neil (look in the background where it's either Spurs or our away kit) have also had paint jobs.