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Interesting comments on here. Further to my own post higher up I should maybe have added that, like Leadbelly, I have great grown-up kids who I stay on close touch with and think that is a big factor in positive mental health. I also did enjoy the earlier , married, phase in my life but it ran its ...

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Couldn't hack that living on my own,when I got divorced, for a short period I lived alone,I worked permanent earlies so I was coming home to an empty house with still a big chunk of the day left,found myself drinking way way to much just out of boredom,you can't beat a women for company...even thou...

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Should read 2022/23

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Spoiler alert. Minnie inadvertently announcing Four Seasons - Chick Peas as our new shirt sponsor for 20201/22

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Well. I changed jobs two months ago and the company is so manly we don't have toilets for women at all. Not one which I found odd in today's society. The cleaner is a woman though, so do wonder where she goes.... :shock: I am an electrical engineer (back to my roots after working in distribution for...

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We have an Indesit one. Water needs emptying but it should be not much trouble even for an elderly person. Only cost us £200. Doesn't steam up at all and warms the upstairs up lovely in winter.

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I made a conscious decision in 2010 to live a single life having had a miserable thirteen years in and out of bloody miserable relationships.Was never looking for a woman again and really wasn't. Somehow out of, what? 2.5 billion women in the world. I stumbled across my future wife on facebook, who ...

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Not being funny but, why would anyone want to listen to any press conference?? Tom should be ok, Dick is back on the grass but Harry is way off yet. Performances been ok, just need to tighten up on the details. Looking forward to it (Insert other Manager's name) is doing a great job. Blah, Blah I'd...

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We used to use Amazon a lot but realised just how much of it was coming from China. We've made a conscious effort to try to shop local, by that I mean products made/sold at least in the UK. We do still use it but only if it's necessary and the wife gets her books from there but for example. I was lo...

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Del: One of my most favouritist meals is Duck à l'Orange, but I don't know how to say that in French.

Rodney:
It's canard.

Del:
You can say that again bruv!

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bfcmik's mate reckons we'll be top four next year. Nothing to worry about.

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I remember that game. Rankine and Noteman were a real pain in the proverbial at the time. I left disappointed but it could have been worse if I remember correctly. Good players at that level they were.

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bfcmik wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:17 pm
Just been chatting to a Liverpool fan at walking footie and he reckons he will play for a top 4 side next season!

I admire his positive optimism for us but top 4 may be out of our grasp. I'd settle for 6th but thank him for his kind words.

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Do you mean integrated sound? Or separate? Some soundbars have clearer dialogue than others. Depends a lot on their sound signature, whether they have dedicated central woofers and tweeters and if they have a dialogue enhancer, how well it works. Having an AVR with a dedicated central speaker in a ...

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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

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I can't imagine myself getting one. As you say the pleasure is in the driving and I love driving. It's not practical financially for me to drive at the moment but I have my eye on a 4x4 if and when. Not remotely interested in a self driving car. I used to drive for hours just because I could.

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Reading this thread with interest as I am trying to improve our viewing experience. My wife is hard of hearing in one ear so we use subtitles but not every programme has them. I have purchased a sound bar and woofer which helps as the TV sound is pretty bad on it's own. Be interested to know what th...

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Your budget is not going to buy you anything decent with Windows. Your best chance is probably looking at models like CHUWI imported from China. Problem with those will be returning them though..or perhaps consider a refurb/second hand model. That's what I'm thinking. May have to up the budget to a...

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GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 03, 2021 2:26 pm
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They're getting ready to pick their next candidate to approach...

Watford have one of them next to the managers revolving door.

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Isn't the point of a Chromebook that everything's stored on your Google drive? I take pics on my android and back them to my Google drive instantly so I can view them online. I can't believe storage would ever be a problem when you can get a 100gb storage for $2 a month. It sounds like you're not u...

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So I bought the wife an ASUS Chromebook last week but it's limited on it's capabilities and storage. I'm looking at buying a laptop but within a reasonable price range. Say £200-£350. It's not for gaming, just basic browsing, email, this forum and most importantly storage for pictures. We do have a ...

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For that authentic feel buy a three wheeled van and spray it yellow. Kip in that. Lubbly Jubbly!

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It's miserable. It makes little difference when you are farming, as changing the time doesn't change the amount of daylight or when it starts or finishes. Our neighbours are annoyingly and unnecessarily an hour apart. We should just move to bst and stay there. I reckon that changing to continental ...

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superdimitri wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 31, 2021 5:51 pm
You guys are still using clocks that don't auto adjust?

Auto adjusting clocks are pure she devil sorcery which is particularly worrisome on Hallowe'en

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Bosscat wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 31, 2021 5:31 pm
Apparently its the jab now according to telly box ads

Not the nine oclock spoofed the readybrek ad ... with "make your kids glow in't dark ... buy a home near Sellafield"

Yeah I saw that

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Think it was put back due to us kids going off to school in't dark ... we all had little fluorescent jackets to walk to LP school in the winter of 68/69... we were going by bus to Settle High from 69 on so ditched the hated glow in't dark stuff 😂 I thought Reddy Brek solved that. Everyone glowed in...

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Me too. Have to get the step ladders out to change the time on the clocks and the light timers. Annoying.

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Could they not make it in the day day?

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Pearcey wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:30 pm
Won’t be an issue if he throws in the reciprocating saw on the shelf behind.

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Could you fit something in it, say 5'10'' and weighing about 10 stone Boss? Asking for a friend

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Has potential and his awareness was ok.I can see decent player in there but as said above. Cornet is a snip and isn't even a forward in comparison.

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Whilst there is no doubt he’s made a brilliant start, let’s judge him at the end of the season. It’s way too early to be making some of the sweeping statements I’ve seen on here. Not trying to be a killjoy and I absolutely loved his goal today. I really hope he keeps this level of performance and f...

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No wonder we have lost so many points from winning positions. Brentford were there for a cricket score today. JBG should have scored, John Moss bottled the penalty decision but why invite Brentford to attack us in the second half. It was only a matter of time before they scored. I think some commen...

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Tempering my excitement with a degree of calmness. Took our foot totally off the gas second half so marked accordingly.

Pope 7
Lowton 8
Tarks 7
Mee 7
Taylor 8
McNeil 7
Westy 7
Brownhill 7
JBG 7
Wood 7
Cornet 7

Vydra 6

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I seem to remember saying something similar in October 1986. Then again in November, December, January 1987.....you get the gist. Except then we really did have something to complain about.

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Dyche thought it was a good performance. https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/content/reaction-dyche-on-league-cup-exit Was working 3-11 shift last night so missed it. The bloke who works next door (where I used to work) passed me on his way to his 11-7 shift, watched the game as a neutral and said ...

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You are most likely right, So the question is why are youth players from most other clubs in the PL "ready" sooner than ours? I'll use Bobby Thomas as an example, a very promising young defender but a year older than Nathan Collins. At a guess because we've been playing catch up after previous incu...

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Picking up on the Lewis Richardson suggestion. He's got potential but don't think he's ready yet, but. I do think he could learn a lot from Cornet on positional awareness and improve his all round game even more. There's a very good player in the making there and due to some of his attributes I thin...

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Pope 6
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 6
Collins 7
Taylor 6
Cornet 8
Westwood 6
Cork 5
Brownhill 7
McNeil 7
Wood 6
Rodriguez 6

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I wouldn't say Cornet had a fantastic game yesterday. He had an effective game and played well. It's early days and players will still be getting used to him and vice versa, not mentioning his match fitness. He has excellent awareness, movement and vision. Whether some of our players just don't see ...

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Am I the only one who opened this thread expecting a suggestion on where Tolkien should play in our starting eleven if he played for us?

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I've never been interested in local news be it by newspaper, TV or social media. However. If something relevant happens it doesn't take long to filter through the grapevine and the wife is incessantly rabbiting on about local news. With all that and a bloke at work who I have nicknamed 'The Forecast...

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So what you are saying is if all the world is cheating become a cheat? So if all the world is murdering do you become a murderer? Is it not up to someone to stand up and say ‘this is wrong’? I’m being a bit extreme I know but watching the antics of many players now has become like going to the thea...

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Joyce replaced Jim Thomson (the ex-player) in 1987 but left before Frank Casper in 1991 to set up Glory Years with him. She did come back a few years ago to help out but was at Wigan RL for some considerable time. Another one I liked was Joyce, sad that she passed away suddenly. I think the last ti...

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Can't say I am surprised. Be interesting what they're expecting a new manager can do with the squad currently available that Bruce couldn't.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 20, 2021 5:07 pm
Jimmy Holland would have done about 25 years I reckon but Joyce was only there for about three years.

It's a while back now but if it was around 87 no wonder it seemed like Joyce was with us longer.

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Barnes doesn’t dive as such but he is clever with his falling over under minimal contact. Same goes for tarks and cornet as said. Seems we have got better at it since our first season with Dwight, Taylor and even wood getting in on the act now. I do prefer the style of play this year, where refs wo...

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Two names spring to mind, albeit having read the above; obviously not the longest. Jimmy Holland and Joyce Pickles (think she was called Joyce) seemed to be at Turf Moor for many years.

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I've never seen Barnes take a dive because he doesn't. I know. I just said that but he is a one of a handful who are wise to the league and the parameters to work within to try to gain an advantage. Does he cheat? No. Does he dive? No. He is technically better than what he is given credit for but h...

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Come on Tony. He’s done his fair share of diving. Wanted to reply earlier but since my change of jobs, this is my first opportunity. I don't think any of our players are divers. What we have, I'd say three players in particular who know how to stay just on the right side of what is deemed a fine li...

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