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by BennyD
Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tark - transfer
Replies: 1175
Views: 148385

Re: Tark - transfer

Who in their right mind would go to a rolling crash like West Ham? If he’s off, it’ll be to a Manchester club.
by BennyD
Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover
Replies: 12771
Views: 1253132

Re: ALK Capital...

I guess it all boils down to stick or twist.
by BennyD
Fri Sep 18, 2020 9:05 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Coventry v QPR
Replies: 37
Views: 3863

Coventry v QPR

Has sanity returned to football or has racism won? Discuss.
by BennyD
Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:55 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: A Levels, Covid, Brexit. Worst Government Ever?
Replies: 577
Views: 43595

Re: A Levels, Covid, Brexit. Worst Government Ever?

Curious as to why yesterday, the Government admitted to breaking the law if they aren't. Why is that Damo? Btw, Professor Mark Elliott, Professor of Public Law at Cambridge University, has described the UK Government’s statement – presumably drafted by the AG – defending its legal position on the I...
by BennyD
Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Your top six favourite guitar players
Replies: 114
Views: 8089

Re: Your top six favourite guitar players

Mark Knopfler
Chet Atkins
by BennyD
Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tark - transfer
Replies: 1175
Views: 148385

Re: Tark - transfer

If he goes it will be to either of the Manchester clubs.
by BennyD
Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: T20 England v Australia
Replies: 69
Views: 4174

Re: T20 England v Australia

tiger76 wrote:
Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:42 pm
Finally a wicket for Archer, but the horse has well and truly bolted on this game. they only need 65 in 9 overs, that'll be a cakewalk.
Nowt so queer as sport!!
by BennyD
Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: T20 England v Australia
Replies: 69
Views: 4174

Re: T20 England v Australia

Wow! I didn’t see that coming!!
by BennyD
Sat Aug 29, 2020 12:47 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Is there a God of Intent?
Replies: 35
Views: 3009

Re: Is there a God of Intent?

We’re here for a good time, not a long time so make the most of the short time you have.
by BennyD
Sat Aug 29, 2020 12:45 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Leeds United.....
Replies: 51
Views: 6207

Re: Leeds United.....

Leeds fans and reality? It’ll never happen.
by BennyD
Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Melania Trump....
Replies: 47
Views: 3930

Re: Melania Trump....

In my opinion, she’s definitely worth a squirt.
by BennyD
Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Modern Day Things That **** You Off
Replies: 199
Views: 14650

Re: Modern Day Things That **** You Off

Greta Funsponge
Jeremy Vine
by BennyD
Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:46 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Break the bank player?
Replies: 39
Views: 4718

Re: Break the bank player?

TVC15 wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:05 am
Trippier for me.
Guaranteed quality and character.
Knows the place and other players.
Would love to have him back
He’s already declared that if/when he returns to the EPL it’ll be with Burnley. He’s desperate to team up with SD again.
by BennyD
Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Boy Racer Exhausts
Replies: 52
Views: 5009

Re: Boy Racer Exhausts

I'd ban loud exhausts on cars. On motorbikes? Now that's different. Italian cars (V8s and V12s) have to make lots of noise, it’s the law. I’m after buying one next year and the first thing I’ll do is change the exhaust. The second thing I’ll do is tell the insurance company and the third will be to...
by BennyD
Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ryan Kent at 7m is worth a 2nd look
Replies: 26
Views: 5963

Re: Ryan Kent at 7m is worth a 2nd look

Leeds look like they might be taking a little bit of a scattergun approach to signings. They certainly seem to have money to spend - up to £25m for Ben White now. Harry Wilson been told he can leave Liverpool too. Not sure how good he is week in week out, but can obvs look after a free kick. Offeri...
by BennyD
Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:49 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Daily Mail...
Replies: 98
Views: 7912

Re: Daily Mail...

We’ll see.
by BennyD
Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Daily Mail...
Replies: 98
Views: 7912

Re: Daily Mail...

According to the French minister Pierre-Henri Dumont it is the UKs fault that he died as "The more difficult it will be to cross, the more dangerous it will be," He said the "only solution" was to allow migrants living in Europe to claim asylum in the UK, without having to land in Britain. I’ll jus...
by BennyD
Thu Aug 20, 2020 2:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Should women be allowed to play on teams with men?
Replies: 69
Views: 3888

Re: Should women be allowed to play on teams with men?

5 women have entered formula 1 events though only 2 have started a race. Many rally drivers, Pat Moss probably the most famous, though Anne Hall once took a friend of mine round a track when in her late 70s scared the crap out of him. Don’t forget Michelle Mouton who was pretty bloody good at rally...
by BennyD
Thu Aug 20, 2020 2:31 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Should women be allowed to play on teams with men?
Replies: 69
Views: 3888

Re: Should women be allowed to play on teams with men?

Of course they should, but only if washing, ironing and hoovering become Olympic sports.
by BennyD
Thu Aug 20, 2020 2:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Daily Mail...
Replies: 98
Views: 7912

Re: Daily Mail...

Apparently, as often happens with refugees, it appears the 16 year old was actually 28. However, I’m sorry to say, you can’t protect someone, who whilst not being able to swim undertakes a crossing of the busiest shipping lane in the world in a child’s toy, from themself. Also, why are they so fixat...
by BennyD
Wed Aug 19, 2020 1:06 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: A Levels, Covid, Brexit. Worst Government Ever?
Replies: 577
Views: 43595

Re: A Levels, Covid, Brexit. Worst Government Ever?

ksrclaret wrote:
Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:32 pm
I could say you're so desperate to defend the Tories it's amusing and disturbing.

To sit there and say Blair is worse than Boris is laughable.



Opinions.
Yes, but your opinion is wrong.
by BennyD
Wed Aug 19, 2020 12:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cancel Culture ?
Replies: 486
Views: 32530

Re: Cancel Culture ?

Fantastic, I hope you have many happy miles on your bike. 64D6068C-7F54-4803-BA14-C34C091EB547.jpeg Unhappily the Benelli 900 isn’t mine, it belongs to a client of mine who was restoring it. It’s a beaut though. Thought you might enjoy the pictures. Ah yes, the old ‘Honda and a half‘, I’ve not seen...
by BennyD
Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:06 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cancel Culture ?
Replies: 486
Views: 32530

Re: Cancel Culture ?

I understand what your saying, but as I get older, give me the long straight over the twisty bits. You might even be right that Harleys aren’t what they used to be, having had this conversation with a man who loves his motor bikes, he told me to get an Indian, a far superior machine. I suppose it d...
by BennyD
Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cancel Culture ?
Replies: 486
Views: 32530

Re: Cancel Culture ?

I’m sorry but, IMO, Harleys aren’t real motorcycles, over here they are a life style and fashion statement; a triumph of marketing over engineering. American cars are more or less the same; big engines, agricultural mechanicals, lots of torque, lots of noise and thirsty. Great (In America) for bashi...
by BennyD
Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:59 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cancel Culture ?
Replies: 486
Views: 32530

Re: Cancel Culture ?

Personally, I think it’s all a load of bolloxcs. Tbh, most of what I’ve read on here is completely alien to me as a don’t use Twatter or BaceFook but If you do, you should be aware of what you are getting yourself into. When I was growing up, my parents kept up with technology to a certain point whe...
by BennyD
Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:42 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What are your hobbies
Replies: 87
Views: 7291

Re: What are your hobbies

Restoring cars
Restoring motorcycles
Driving
Golf
Home improvements
Beer and football
by BennyD
Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:40 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: What are your hobbies
Replies: 87
Views: 7291

Re: What are your hobbies

chekhov wrote:
Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:38 pm
There, that’s better.
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No it isn’t! :D
by BennyD
Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:11 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Time flies...
Replies: 28
Views: 2485

Re: Time flies...

19 years ago (almost), 9/11. Where did the time go? Got me thinking about all those other ‘landmark’ times in our lives. The Moon landings. Killings of JFK, Lennon, Diana. The loss of Elvis at 42. And personal friends and family. Wow, doesn’t life fly by. :shock: Please remind me; what happened on ...
by BennyD
Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:56 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Chinook flown over Burnley
Replies: 25
Views: 3883

Re: Chinook flown over Burnley

Still the only aircraft the RAF has that can have a mid air collision with itself.
by BennyD
Sun Aug 09, 2020 11:09 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75 years ago
Replies: 43
Views: 2950

Re: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75 years ago

I just think it is a big leap to say that in certain circumstances targeting civilians is a justifiable means of waging war. Of course, where military targets are located close to civilian areas, non-combatants will be killed. That is one thing, but to drop atom bombs with the deliberate intention ...
by BennyD
Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75 years ago
Replies: 43
Views: 2950

Re: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75 years ago

So, Rowls, what percentage of those killed were military personnel? The speech you quoted sounds like pure cant, an attempt to justify what was otherwise unjustifiable. Truman and all those around him knew well enough that thousands would die and the overwhelming majority would be civilians as in f...
by BennyD
Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:43 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Modern Day Things That **** You Off
Replies: 199
Views: 14650

Re: Modern Day Things That **** You Off

The Socialist BBC
The woke liberals
BLM
Teslas
Cyclists
Selfish b4stards
Covid cretins
Generation Z
Remoaners
People that hog the 3rd lane on smart Mways
Unmarked Police cars
Racism, both positive and negative
by BennyD
Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:35 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mauritius declares emergency over oil spill from grounded ship
Replies: 5
Views: 1080

Re: Mauritius declares emergency over oil spill from grounded ship

....he’s got a bucket and 35 Jerry cans, he’ll be cleaning up.
by BennyD
Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75 years ago
Replies: 43
Views: 2950

Re: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75 years ago

The Japanese were certainly an awful, brutal, warmongering fascist regime who had committed terrible atrocities and invading Japan would have been costly in many ways. But given those circumstances, is the deliberate killing of civilians justified? The morality of warfare, such as it is, and the va...
by BennyD
Sun Aug 09, 2020 7:57 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Modern Day Things That **** You Off
Replies: 199
Views: 14650

Re: Modern Day Things That **** You Off

huw.Y.WattfromWare wrote:
Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:06 pm
Brexit
Remainers who just can’t let it go.
by BennyD
Sun Aug 09, 2020 7:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75 years ago
Replies: 43
Views: 2950

Re: Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 75 years ago

I don't think there were any circumstances at that time that called for nuclear bombs to be dropped on 2 major cities, murdering and maiming hundreds of thousands of innocent people, the effects of which would span decades. I don't think it can be justified at all, and was done mainly to exhibit US...
by BennyD
Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope’s replacemt
Replies: 94
Views: 8767

Re: Pope’s replacemt

Whats great about Pope but not so for Burnley is that he had such a great post lockdown that many pundits are saying he is now England's No 1 choice. This has alerted a number of top clubs.On a positive his value has recently to such a high level, none of us can accurately predict his true value Ho...
by BennyD
Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Poor Spelling / Grammar
Replies: 105
Views: 7203

Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

What kind of dickless idiot would make that mistake?
by BennyD
Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:23 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Poor Spelling / Grammar
Replies: 105
Views: 7203

Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

spadesclaret wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:25 pm
In Norfolk dialect the word 'shew' is used as the past participle of the verb 'to show'. It is pronounced 'shoo'. e.g. She shew me how to make good gravy.
The result of centuries of in-breeding.
by BennyD
Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:22 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Poor Spelling / Grammar
Replies: 105
Views: 7203

Re: Poor Spelling / Grammar

JohnMac wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:18 pm
My Huawei phone has transformed my life. What previously took 2 minutes to type out now takes 10 minutes!

It's in a world of its own.
That’s because the Chinese Intelligence Services are logging every word you write.
by BennyD
Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Crewe Statement
Replies: 86
Views: 9657

Re: Crewe Statement

TheFamilyCat wrote:
Sat Aug 01, 2020 8:06 pm
If slavery wasn't wrong, why was it abolished?
Because it became unacceptable to society at that point in history. Other societies kept it going after us until it became socially unacceptable for them too.
by BennyD
Sat Aug 01, 2020 4:50 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Crewe Statement
Replies: 86
Views: 9657

Re: Crewe Statement

Interesting thoughts, about attitudes in the past. Think early 19th Century and slavery was legal. Abhorrent today, not so then. Be clear I'm using this as an (extreme) example of how attitudes change. It was wrong then, it is wrong now; but there was a willingness to sweep it under the carpet and ...
by BennyD
Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fans returning to stadiums
Replies: 37
Views: 3341

Re: Fans returning to stadiums

Another perfectly reasonable post deleted. Really? Why?
by BennyD
Thu Jul 30, 2020 8:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cardiff City v Fulham
Replies: 72
Views: 5673

Re: Cardiff City v Fulham

New drinking game; take a swig every time they say De Cordova-Reid. I’m already half p!ssed.
by BennyD
Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:12 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: £50 bike repair scheme
Replies: 47
Views: 3689

Re: £50 bike repair scheme

Bloody cyclists; the cholesterol of the Country’s roads. Work harder and buy a car.
by BennyD
Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: I am sooo lucky !
Replies: 27
Views: 3417

Re: I am sooo lucky !

I was stationed on the Island for a year back in the mid 90s when I was Officer in Charge of the bombing range at RAF Jurby Head. I didn’t really want to go over there but at the end I didn’t want to leave. I could, effectively, do what I wanted when I wanted,q and the company paid for regular trips...
by BennyD
Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:56 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Manager of the Season
Replies: 51
Views: 3478

Re: Manager of the Season

Personally, I reckon SD did a better job than Bielsa. I’m hoping he does the same next season as well.
by BennyD
Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Troy Deeney
Replies: 78
Views: 9067

Re: Troy Deeney

Personally, I don’t like the guy but SD wants him in then that’s good enough for me. I remember the same sort of misgivings when we signed Joey Barton and that turned out rather well.
by BennyD
Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Dean Smith to go at Villa
Replies: 81
Views: 9811

Re: Dean Smith to go at Villa

Quite right too in my opinion. The only good buy he made was Tom Heaton.
by BennyD
Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: I am sooo lucky !
Replies: 27
Views: 3417

Re: I am sooo lucky !

Fraggle Rock is not an island. It is a peninuslar and the Fraggles have access to our human world from it. Stop getting Fraggle Rock wrong!!!!! Many apologies, I’ll thrash myself with birch twigs while repeating out loud “Fraggle Rock is not an Island it’s a f*cking peninuslar” (sic) (whatever one ...