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ChrisG

Roosterbooster wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 21, 2024 4:58 pm
Twas

Your description couldn't have been more accurate

ChrisG

Roosterbooster wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:38 am
Bushmills!! I stayed just up the road a couple of years ago. Very nice

I spent the evening in a Pat Butchers themed cocktail bar 40th party in London listening to 70s/80s cheese

Not my usual cup of tea

Your list sounds better

Wasn't Nan's bar in Deptford by any chance was it?

ChrisG

El Medano near the airport is my favourite place on the island to stay. It's more Spanish than your usual resorts, but still plenty going on, and a cracking beach.

I lived in PDLA for a while about 20 years ago, but I would give that a miss nowadays.

ChrisG

I have the streaming version as I live in an apartment with no dish. It's a decent enough picture, says only HD but looks more like 4k on my LG OLED.

Obviously if Internet goes down it's not working, and I can't record/rewind etc on the box thing.

It's cheap though.

ChrisG

I've had a S20 for coming up to 4 years. Once out of contract I switched to Voxi which gave me 25gb and free videos (YouTube etc.) for about 12 quid a month.

Worth looking at if you don't actually need a new handset at 50 quid a month

ChrisG

Try living in Germany. A lot of places, especially outside of big cities, are cash only, and if they do take cards it has to be a German EC card. No Visa or MasterCard.

I've been here since April and I've probably withdrawn more cash in that 9 months than I have in 20 years in the UK.

ChrisG

... He brought in the B&H Cup and NatWest Trophy for us to get a pic with

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Dave Edmundson on was head of PE at my school back in the mid 90s, whilst he was also involved at Lancs I veli

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Isn’t there some kind of rule when building houses that stairs have to meet certain dimensions? Sure I read it years ago. I struggle down steps at stadiums or other environments. Well, not struggle but they go against my normal “stair” rhythm. Building Regulations govern most structures, however yo...

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Every time I hear the name Mickey Mellon, I can't help but hear the squeaky voiced Radio Lancashire commentator from the mid 90s shouting his name. Perhaps Ian Chisnall?

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This was the league table on Christmas Day in 2018. We then lost the next one 5-1 against Everton.

We ended up on 40 points that season.

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I've been critical of him this season, but he played well tonight. The save to tip the Salah effort over the bar was superb.

He still has a way to go, with dominating the area, but he will get there.

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People have been saying for 30 years that we’ll be getting a winter break at Christmas soon! But it’ll never happen. Italy now play games over Xmas which they never used to. We've had a winter break of sorts for the last few years in the PL. https://www.premierleague.com/news/3616087 Also, to the p...

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Accrington claret wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:32 pm
Looks like they have got netting up between United and Bayern fans. Last time I saw that in England was the old Longside

I think it's in front of the wheelchair section is it not? Pretty sure it's always there.

Now Mainz had a pretty grim looking away end when we played there in pre season

ChrisG

I was thinking 1998/99 but there was Gordon Armstrong and Gavin Ward.

Then before that, Waddle, Heath, Woods.

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Jamesy wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:20 am
I regularly catch the train from Shrewsbury to Manchester Piccadilly. Three grounds are visible on this shortish trip. Crewe Alexandra, Stockport County, Manchester City.

You can probably see Old Trafford as you pull out of Piccadilly (and the floodlights at Lancs too!)

ChrisG

Mondsley wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:50 pm
Watford from West Coast main line just after leaving Watford Junction in the distance.
Man Utd from Manchester to Liverpool line. Next to the tracks!

Old Trafford up until about 5 years ago had it's own stop pretty much in the ground. It only ran matchday specials from Oxford Road station

ChrisG

Tw@ wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:01 am
That ain’t Nelson.
Germany by the looks of it

Tw@ is correct, it's a small town called Oberursel, about 15km north of Frankfurt in the Taunus Mountains.

ChrisG

We had a small flurry in our town earlier this week

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24th April 2000 Brentford v Burnley, Blackburn v Charlton

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Surprised no one has mentioned Kev Riley shoving a whole whisk in his mouth on Come Dine With Me

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In the town I live in it's quite touristy, ergo pricey. 5ish € at the local local Brauhaus for their own (excellent) Helles.

In Frankfurt it varies from around 4 to 5 € for a big brewery pint of Binding/Radeburg/HB/Bitburger etc.

Still much cheaper than when I was living in Altrincham mind..

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jrgbfc wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:15 pm
Wout has scored for Holland.

He bagged for Hoffenheim last week too

ChrisG

That was a right save by Pope at the very end. Albeit futile in the overall result

ChrisG

8th wicket partnership 202. Maxwell got 179 of them.

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Glenn Maxwell has other ideas. Dragged the Aussies back into the game with a knock of 142 not out of 99 so far. They need 60 to win off 10 with 3 wickets in hand.

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Swizzlestick wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 01, 2023 12:23 pm
Oh yeah, vaguely remember this.

What was Duffo's selection? I'd guess 'Madchester' type stuff like Happy Mondays, New Order etc but could be wrong.

Aye, I recall Ceremony was on there, and the rest followed a similar vein. Loose Fit as well I think.

ChrisG

They used to have the players pick a playlist a few years back.

Michael Duff has a particularly decent selection.

ChrisG

Guller Bull wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 31, 2023 7:44 am
Bllx - that’ll teach me not to trust my lad. I thought it was Wednesday but asked him last night and he said it was Tuesday.

You need to not be so Guller Bull

ChrisG

There used to be loads of places, the Courtyard being the main one, but I think a lot of them got busted a few years back. Best bet will be to stream it on a phone.

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It’s probably not really heard, other than by ‘outsiders’. Can I have a pie - definitely isn’t said as in eye it’s more a can I have a paah. Definitely difficult to type an explanation, perhaps it needs a vowel with a diacritical mark. Paah doesn’t quite explain it. Yeah that's definitely more like...

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groove wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:37 pm
Spot on. Clear indicator of a Burnley accent. I can hear it straight away.

Yep, it's hard to type, but it's a very different sound to anywhere else in Lancashire. Like the other chap further up I'm from Barrowford, and it's definitely different.

ChrisG

gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 19, 2023 10:21 pm
Nope.
Still Bo££ocks.

I don't think it is, it's definitely not like pant, but I can understand what the post meant, and agree with Groove.

It's impossible to type it, but I get what it means

ChrisG

United fans will be praying Cameroon go all the way

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Thought as much myself , Bill was the beating heart of the business and often manned the counters himself at weekends. The bearded funster ,mainly keeping his famously ferocious temper in check, except the time he threatened to douse a mad old woman in boiling oxtail soup for asking if he was “that...

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No, you'd have to buy the train tickets separately through Trainline. There is a tube line which goes to Gunnersbury which I think is nearby the ground but I found the train cheap and easy. You can definitely tap in/out for most train services without having to get a separate ticket: From Visit Lon...

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The Black Dog is a decent boozer with loads of cask and keg lines. Little bit further afield but will probably be a bit quieter. Still walking distance to the ground.

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Dark Cloud wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 17, 2023 6:29 pm
5 teams in that league table are currently playing PL football.

And last season 6 of them were in the conference or lower. Funny how fortunes take a different turn in football, and shows you can't take anything for granted.

ChrisG

The laws of rugby state that only the team captains may speak to the referee; plus of course there's the rule which allows a referee to advance a penalty by ten yards (I guess metres nowadays) should the penalised team argue/show dissent to that decision - that's one I'd love to see introduced to A...

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We live in a 1970s purpose built flat, and it was 4 degrees outside last night but the temperature hasn't gone below 21 inside. The walls are ridiculously thick though and have insulation on, and we have excellent double glazing. It also helps we've got windows running the full front aspect of the b...

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There were clues all over popular culture as to what he was up to. Theres a theory that The Smiths song ‘Panic’ could have been about Savile, certainly a case to be made if you listen to it “On the Leeds side streets that you slip down Provincial towns you jog 'round” “Hang the DJ” etc I remember i...

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Although he played well before my time, I recognised him instantly when he was stood behind me a couple of years back buying a couple of cases of champagne in Tesco in Altrincham. Lovely man.

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tarkys_ears wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 07, 2023 10:51 pm
Yeah whatever

File along with the German trains are cheap and always on time myth

German trains are frequently late, but bloody hell they are incomparably cheaper.

ChrisG

On principle yes, in practice in the modern Prem not sure. Sterling would have been calling for a field surgeon, and unfortunately those histrionics can make a difference. It was a dirty kick and if we'd done that they'd have had a better chance of the red through their reactions It's more he was l...

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Massive fan of Odobert standing there and glaring at the lad instead of rolling on the deck.

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burnmark wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 06, 2023 5:19 pm
Is one Mark Sertorri (sp?)

Aye he's the one second to the right on the middle.

ChrisG

Exactly my sentiments Bumba. The best squad in the world at present and we will never win a major tournament under GS. All the Argentians who play in the Premier League, that appeared in the WC Final which Argentina won, would NOT get in the England team. What does that tell you. We need Eddie Howe...

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I used to spend a lot of time up in Fife as a kid during the school holidays with my auntie who lives in Glenrothes. More often than not I would be sporting my claret and blue shirt

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jtv wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:13 pm
Can't watch from outside the UK

The other thread has the YouTube link of the highlights which appear to be available overseas

ChrisG

Doesn't surprise me, Ajax did in the bar under my flat before a European match v United when I used to live in Manchester a few years back

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... ash-677002

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