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CaptJohn

My wife has one and uses it all the time. You'd be surprised who does offer discounts. During the lockdown and subsequent re-opening of the high street there were some big discounts for card holders. Agree about the US and how they treat their military. I've been asked to give 50% discount on a vaca...

CaptJohn

Spot on John but we all know South Americans are cheats.Back in the day I remember an Argentinian cheating bxxxxxx actually punching the ball to score in a World Cup game. Hi Neil, Hope you're OK. You won't remember but the first time I met you was at Molineux. It was a long time ago and must have ...

CaptJohn

On the subject of internet speed I'm with BT fibre and have opted for the "light" version which gives me 300mps. My next door neighbour, who works from home, went for the full fat version which gives him 900mps. At 5 mps I'm not surprised that you have buffering issues when watching a live, streamed...

CaptJohn

It's been perfect for ages but I did have a similar issue a while ago when it was buffering. At the time I checked all the normal things such as internet speed, router updates etc but all OK. I then just rebooted the router and it's worked fine ever since :? Amazon Prime is great value IMHO. You get...

CaptJohn

Decent enough game but let two blatant fouls go unpunished that would have resulted in Jiminez being sent off in rugby union. The first was the blatant gouging on Collins when he clearly went for his eyes and the 2nd was the body check on Mee that was pre-meditated. He's a nasty piece of work that J...

CaptJohn

I remember Greavsie calling him Scnoz on the Saint & Greavsie show. It made me chuckle. I seem to recall after they'd won the Cup him giving an interview where he commented on how easy discipline was when he had either an assitant manager or could be Chairman in John Curtis, who could lift a player ...

CaptJohn

A measly 12

Annoying since I've travelled across Canada by train, driven up from Calgary to Jasper, sailed on Lake Winnepeg and generally considered I knew a bit about the country

CaptJohn

A thing of pure beauty. The man has stardust sprinkled all over him.

CaptJohn

I'll give you that, we are weird!! Don't do deco diving myself....like you say too boring. A mate of mine was support on a deep dive record attempt, took him about 15 minutes to get down to his position at 120m and then it took him well over 12 hours to come back up...not for me....I'll stick to 40...

CaptJohn

Prefer goggling myself as it's closer to the surface. I do have a PADI qualification purely so that I could nip over the side and check on rudders and props. I think that the deepest I ever went was with SCUBA replacement to 50M to check on the PLEM of a CALM buoy. The decom on the way up was boring...

CaptJohn

Our tumble dryer has just gone on the bugle so going through a similar exercise. A lot of models are out of stock at the moment unfortunately. Condensers are good and Which has a score of 69% for an Indesit 12D81WUK at 229 quid. If your relative can afford something a bit more expensive I'm looking ...

CaptJohn

Have a long and happy retirement Elaine. You've deserved it for putting up with us lot for a long, long time.

CaptJohn

Bought my 2021 bfc poppy and decided to have a look in a certain tin i own, in it i found bfc poppy badges from 2017 which i half expected but i also found my sons 1st ever ticket on the turf (early 90s) also his 1st season ticket 27yr ago, he is mid 30s now! I also found my s/t for the last season...

CaptJohn

The shortage of micro chips is down to massive fire at a micro chip factory. I don’t think that it affects all cars though. I know that there is a problem with Mercedes. I bought a new one a year ago with a massive discount and now, on account of the unavailability, it is apparently worth more than...

CaptJohn

Had an interesting chat with a BMW salesman last week about the issues with delivery times and it is about a shortage of microchips as someone has earlier pointed out. However if you are prepared to wait until March 2022 then there are some serious discounts on offer. A new 5 Series Tourer for deliv...

CaptJohn

I loved all the old Motown hits albums but one album that has stood the test of time is "Meaty, beaty, big and bouncy" from the Who. Some great tracks.

CaptJohn

Just looking at the names being mentioned and how different it were back in the day when we had to make do with Fred Smith, Sammy Todd, Brian Miller and Willie Morgan. How times have changed

CaptJohn

"She loves you" by the Beatles played on a new Bush record player I was bought for Christmas. It was one of those that folded up like a suitcase and would most likely be worth a fortune now. First EP was "Twist and Shout" by the Beatles. First LP was something by Mantovani, because my Mum liked his ...

CaptJohn

I stand corrected. Max seems up for it

CaptJohn

Well well what a load of crap. Are there problems within the club because no one on the pitch seems to give a rats ar*e?

CaptJohn

Well the Saints deserved that goal but to concede from a corner????

CaptJohn

Haven't watched it for a few years now as I came to the conclusion they didn't find us newsworthy many moons ago.

CaptJohn

You couldn't beat Kent Walton commentating on Mick McManus, Jackie Pallo, Bert Royal, Johnny Twango and Billy Tworivers. Those were the days long before Big Daddy & Co.

CaptJohn

I was sat near Rocky that day as well

CaptJohn

A credible 10 from me. A bit disappointed TBH because I've spent over 16 years of my life on that continent. I once had the pleasure of driving along the Trans Kalahari highway in Namibia from Windoek to Walvis Bay. Lovely journey that was frequently interrupted by troops of Baboons crossing the roa...

CaptJohn

Bacupboy wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:19 pm
(Continued) Culmclaret thinks the offer is shabby! I think we would be crazy to ignore it. Anyone not taking up the offer will live to regret it.

No I won't.

CaptJohn

Went to watch it last night and enjoyed it. Since it was Daniel Craig's last appearance I was expecting something different at the end and was not disappointed. A touch of sadness at his leaving though as he has been a great 007. Some nice touches on the special effects and the black Miss Funnyfanny...

CaptJohn

From my perspective it's a no no due to CGT issues. As a previous poster noted the HMRC would view the full amount as liable for CGT and in effect take a large chunk of change off me if I agreed to sell. I own 33. I can't quite figure out ALKs angle on this but they are smart financial operators and...

CaptJohn

Can you ask if we can have more accountability for VAR along with the introduction of stocks outside a ground. My idea is if an official gets a VAR decision clearly wrong then the said official will be put into the stocks outside the ground, where his incompetence caused that team to be disadvantage...

CaptJohn

And this is why I so much prefer Rugby Union. The incident in question is replayed on the big screens and you can hear the ref and VAR official actually discussing their interpretations before they reach a decision. So much more transparent and fair plus the refs don't take any crap from the players...

CaptJohn

Christ I thought this was a thread about some solution to the segregation in the Cricket Field End. Wow was I wrong

CaptJohn

One of the best stories I heard about personal plates was regarding Max Bygraves. Now some of our younger readers may never heard of him but he was an excellent crooner in his day and a TV Celebrity to boot. Anyway he owned MB 1 and Mercedes wanted it. They tried to buy it from him to no avail and e...

CaptJohn

If I'm on a long journey I keep my attention by doing anagrams of car number plates that pass by thus I'm very interested in personal plates. One of the best I've seen was on the M6 northbound and I think Arsenal were the visitors to the Turf. It was a sporty looking Merc with a red and white Gooner...

CaptJohn

It will kill football we are all under financial pressure the football industry just goes yeh yeh yeh we hear you but our pampered stars need 20k plus per week and it's up to you lot to find the cash More people are saying no especially after covid, it is approaching end game for high wages IMHO. I...

CaptJohn

Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 17, 2021 5:49 pm
They would have to pay me to go on a cruise with Tax Dodger Rednapp

They'd have to pay me a fortune to go on a cruise ship full stop and I know a bit about ships!

CaptJohn

And I can't understand anyone complaining about someone else having one. I've got two BFC plates so there

CaptJohn

Playing golf in the Emirates. We were just on the 18th and the Steward came out and told us that there was a big news story breaking in the US. We rushed into the clubhouse in time to see the 2nd plane hit live. We all sat in silence watching the news, basically dumbstruck.

CaptJohn

As per Brighton , as soon as they kicked off after our goal we pulled back 10-20 yards. Before that they were pinned back into 1 3rd of the pitch. Straight after we gave them half the pitch to set up each attack. Their equaliser was more a question of when not if. If we had kept in their faces afte...

CaptJohn

Made a bad decision in not booking Phillips for that early foul on Dwight. It was a clear yellow and both sets of players saw it as a licence to dive into tackles. He then had to show lots of yellows to regain control. Poor match from one the Prems best. A. 15 B. 10 C. 20 D. 5 As above for very low ...

CaptJohn

Oh dear I have a completely different opinion to most of the posters as I thought we were up against 12 for large parts of the match. A 20 B.10 C.25 Very fit and well positioned. D.10 He made damned sure we behaved ourselves and the Scousers went home happy. MD made sure his windows are safe. Living...

CaptJohn

Undoubtedly one day offshore Nigeria. Caught several Barracuda and Red Snapper in a couple of hours. Weather conditions were perfect and they were taking the bait. Had a great chunk of Snapper tail for dinner. Beautiful.

CaptJohn

It all went downhill when they stopped serving mushy peas with your pie

CaptJohn

No one has a crystal ball but I thought I'd ask peoples thoughts.

I think we'll be a bottom half Championship team struggling to avoid relegation. That's assuming the present league structure survives for 5 years, which I doubt it will.

CaptJohn

Oxford away in the FA Cup. Must have been in the late 60s. Got to the ground in time for them to call it off

The pitch was frozen and it should have been called off the day before IMHO.
We lost the match 3-0 eventually.

CaptJohn

I have a four year old grand daughter and would love to take her on. The problem is her dad is a Rovers fan and it would be kind of awkward

CaptJohn

And these are the reasons I can't be ar*ed even thinking about going to a match in the near future. This is from someone who has had a ST since the mid sixties. Chaos reigns supreme.

CaptJohn

Not surprising that staff are leaving. It's a completely new style of management/ownership and I doubt that any of the old regime would fit into their way of thinking or operating. We needed a change IMHO and this is part of it. I wouldn't be surprised if someone else leaves in the not too distant f...

CaptJohn

Devon 5

Asia 11

CaptJohn

I can't wait for the synchronised, underwater, basket weaving. Yawn.

CaptJohn

Well done. They had a similar "Longest Day" event here at Chester with some lady members doing the 72 holes. I was a tad bemused because it was a lovely sunny day, perfect for drying the washing so what they were doing on a golf course, I couldn't understand

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