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Isn't there a group trying to restore The Empire? The Odeon has gone forever though.

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Spot on Hipper re footy measurements, whilst having metric equivalents they are still largely based on feet/yards because the rules were made in UK. Centre circle is 9.15 m radius (as is pen spot to pen area arc)- an extremely odd measurement but = 10 yds. I think the only specific distance that's b...

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" the UK adopted the metric system eons ago....". Not on road signs though. Eg. speed limits still mph not kph (or else I've been breaking the speed limit a lot more than I thought I had). I still don't see that these signs are anything to get upset about though, you don't need a calculator to get a...

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I'm 67 & brought up to use £/s/d, miles/yards; st/lb/oz etc but vast majority of the time have no problem at all with metric. (about the only time I'm perplexed is watching cricket from outside UK when it flashes bowling speed in kph rather than mph- I can grasp 86 mph or 91 mph etc much more quickl...

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Done. 36 V 34 Brady v Mane now. Those 2 are defo the best two for me, would be difficult to chose if I wasnt a Claret. Mewson would be my 3rd but that's behind Mata (9 v 12) at the mo. The Mata goal looks fairly run-of-the-mill to me but I guess there are a lot of Man U "fans" voting for that one.

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It's said by some that prisons don't work because there's a high % of offending. They don't re-offend whilst they're inside though & that's a good thing as far as I'm concerned. Especially for the types in there. I saw an argument the other day (against a lot of people being sentenced to time) along...

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QtT - agreed. The "league position" payout is £2 million per place I think (£2 bottom, going up to £40 million top), As you say, a relatively huge amount v gate receipts (though only part of overall TV monies pot)- so well worth scrapping for every extra place. I presume the players will be getting ...

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Is Dave Cameron a star? I think he still talks about us because he's a supporter (or is that West Ham (or maybe that Villa thingy team)).

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I think most of us though that finishing 17th was something we'd be happy with. For me it still is but staying 3-6 places above that would ease the heart-rate over the last couple of rounds of matches. From the last 6 games' form shown in colours in Claretforever's table, Leicester, Bournemouth and ...

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Do people still have wooden ceiling clothes drying racks in Burnley? We used to have one in the house I grew up in 1950s/60s in Healey Wood. Big one that raised & lowered by a rope/pulley. Located in the kitchen above where we usually lived & had a fire during the week ("front room" was only for wee...

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That forum is embarrassing for any reasonable-minded Chelsea supporter. Full of arrogance and contempt (for their opposition mainly but their own team too - for "only" drawing).

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Agreed-chapping used to be more widespread. Despite my mother's frequent warnings (when coming in from snowy outdoors & sitting by fire)- I never experienced chilblains. People now walk less in the great cold outdoors & buy lipsalve/ skin-creams etc so probably less of a problem now. In a period 20-...

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It looks like the latest P&L account benefited from £9.485 million of interest being waived by Fildraw Private Trust Ltd. Otherwise the latest year loss of £6.7 million would've been £16+ million. Makes it look like the loss has only edged up from last year from £6.4 to £6.7 million but it's a much ...

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Looks like some arms are going to get very tired punching the mass of European "Nazis" who are against Muslim immigration into Europe. A Chatham House survey of 10,000 people in 10 European countries asked about respondents' views on the statement "‘All further migration from mainly Muslim countries...

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JMcGreal . The thread title is "punching Nazis" not "punching J Spencer" or "is J Spencer a Nazi". The script in the first post is "Of course 'Nazi' these days means 'Zionist' or 'Daily Mail Reader' or Milo or Starbucks or anyone who disagrees with the 'left'. The link in the first post shows a car...

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JohnMcGreal "Go away and read all of the disgusting comments made by Richard Spencer over the years, then come back and tell me that he's not a bona fide Nazi." I'm not going away anywhere & have no interest in Richard Spencer one way or the other. I didnt say anything about him, don't know who he i...

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"Nazis" has suffered huge definition inflation recently. It now seems to be used to describe anybody who disagrees with "left wing liberal" views. Believe in controlling immigration? then you're a nazi Believe that the culture your forefathers battled to establish shouldn't be thrown away? then you'...

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If it's a fairer system we want- how about the top 3 in the league go up? They've been the best 2 teams over the whole season. (I presume your "top two" = 3rd & 4th?) However, the various playoffs have been constructed to produce additional excitement/interest and (more importantly) revenue. The cur...

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Various (sunny?) days at The Oval, Ageas Bowl, Lords etc. Packed lunch, sun-cream, cap & binocs + a few ales.

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Post 24: "...Wenger could probably die aged 108 and still manage them to 4th propped up at the side of the pitch in a full length cryogenic puffer jacket for 10 years before anyone noticed." That's hilarious. Next time the Gunners are on TV and Arsene is on camera in said jacket, I'll be giggling aw...

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I hated it when he played against England, he had a great eye for a weakness in defence and was v good at squeezing his way through when he spotted one. There's an excellent piece/interview with him on a UK visit (when he was promoting awareness of the disease that he had). Very humbled at the end o...

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I can't fathom all the ..... give em this, give em that, their big day etc. Perhaps we should give them both dressing rooms so they can spread out & we'll get changed in the car park. Oh, and let them bring their own linesmen and perhaps let them chose our team and formation. Jesus, it's a serious c...

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I saw this BBC article earlier and was amazed by how much money was allocated/distributed.
I guess our £500k (approx) would be a fair bit more if the same event had happened with us having the extra internationals we now have.

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I've never read the book & I'm far from a keen cinema-goer or dvd watcher but I love that film. I have it on dvd and watch it every couple of years. We had it originally on videotape when my kids were little and we used to watch as a family and were all well entertained. Retrospectively its more tha...

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". was admitted to Lincoln's Inn at the age of 15"
He was 21 by the time he got to the bar though.

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Ours not to reason why.... just bung some money on us. I've made a good profit this season betting on home wins for us. The odds are coming down now unfortunately but, as you say, they are still v favourable given our home form.

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Silva Santos is an anagram of vain ass slot (and of Aston Vilass). We couldn't have that.
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A (1215 edition) magna carta is held at Lincoln Cathedral. Only 3 other copies remain in existence.

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There's a counter-petition to the "prevent Trump" one on the government petition site today (fairly recently opened): "Donald Trump should make a State Visit to the United Kingdom." 18,000+ so far & increasing reasonably quickly- so may well get to the 100,000. On the petitions site you can get geog...

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Lincoln used to play in green but Robin Hood and his Merry Men stole that colour and they had to switch to red stripes.

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Footy club nicknamed The Imps after a stone sculpture of one such on the cathedral. Legend is that a real imp was sent to Lincoln to do mischief but was turned into stone by an angel.
Seems a plausible story- I'm sure Lincolnshire was full of imps and angels back in times of yore.

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I remember going on a replayed cup game way back (late 50s/early 60s) v Lincoln. Drew away then won a replay with in front of a (then typical) big gate at TM.
A decent draw for us and not too bad for them- given they would ideally have wanted home fixture.

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I was just looking at the latest various transfer odds on SkyBet & noticed Ashley Westwood had appeared on there. Only 2 sets of odds are quoted: stay at Villa 9/4; go to Burnley 1/3.
Also note Brady is 2/5 go to Burnley, 7/4 stay at Norwich.

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Done. Seems to be settling at 32%. A bit unfair that it doesn't show our full move and Defour's earlier involvement in it; it does with Mkhitaryan'sn goal. It obviously adds to the quality of the goal when the scorer also had a significant part in the set up as well as scoring. Still- it seems to be...

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That's one of the densest things I've ever seen on this site.

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I'm in Basingstoke and pay £32 per year for this service; fortnightly collections Feb-November. Seems a reasonable price to not have to sneak the odd bagful in the standard waste / trips to the recycling place. You've also got the satisfaction of knowing that the stuff is properly composted (and com...

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Not just football; society has an obsession with displays of grief. Wouldn't do to shed a little tear in private, got to be seen to leave a bunch of flowers/shed tears in public etc.

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SkyBet odds are:
Snodgrass: WHU 5/6, BFC 9/4, Boro 7/2
Brady: BFC 1/6, Palace 4/1, Leicester 14/1

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"With drug-related deaths hitting record levels in England and Wales in recent years, combined with cuts to drug addiction services and a nine per cent cut to local authority health budgets over the next three years, all the conditions are in place for things to get a lot worse." Right or Left ? Se...

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Blimey - Schweinsteiger on £200k per week!
I don't think he's played a league game this season, just the odd cup sub appearance. That must work out at a few hundred thousand per pitch minute.

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PLAYING: lacing up (under/over/round) those leather studded, hard-cap boots before the game, getting a big slide tackle in as a winger tried to get down the line; ciggy at half time, communal bath with those big blocks of soap. WATCHING: standing on the terraces singing & swaying, changing locations...

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The pitches mainly. Make for much better football.

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There was a thread about a week ago on which a few users (incl me) explained a problem re ads loading. (Not all ads but animated ads chiefly eg the Expedia ad). I'm using Chrome browser on a decent spec newish PC with fast broadband and there are short (second or two) freezes whilst some top/bottom ...

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The only way I'd want to see Barnes go for £5 million is if I was on 10% commission, I'd have to seriously think about it then.
He's rumbustious but to say "dirty cheat" (post 44) is stretching things too far.

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Good luck to the guy, he's been democratically elected.
Obviously (as per the Brexit vote), a lot of liberals will be critical and unaccepting because they've had it all their own way for too long. The pendulum swings.

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That just about kills the possibility of any (even half) decent signings. "Come here if you wish but were doomed anyway with only being able to afford players like you" isn't much of a selling point.

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If he bonks a few well known actresses, unsuccessfully tries to invade Cuba and almost starts a nuclear war with Russia - maybe he'll be fondly remembered by liberals in future.

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Ward is doing very well at left back, Mee is a good CH; leave well alone. It's true that we have 3 very good CHs but it's up to SD to chose which 2 to play in any given match - good problem for him to have. I guess it gives him the option of the "three at the back + wing backs" set up if he ever fan...

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