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by mdd2
Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:47 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Supervised teeth cleaning.
Replies: 69
Views: 3113

Re: Supervised teeth cleaning.

dsr wrote:
Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:20 pm
Surely fluoride in Coca-Cola and other sweet drinks would make more sense?
Judging by the amount of those drinks imbibed by some kids they would get fluorosis.

BTW that is not meant to be serious
by mdd2
Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Supervised teeth cleaning.
Replies: 69
Views: 3113

Re: Supervised teeth cleaning.

When I sat on the Burnley and Pendle Health Authority the local politicians Labour and one Tory voted against the fluoridation of water to help protect childrens teeth-I said at the time being a tad ****** off by their attitude-thank God you werent around when we put chlorine in water and thus saved...
by mdd2
Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: A ten year old article as Sean Dyche pays his first transfer fee
Replies: 20
Views: 2084

Re: A ten year old article as Sean Dyche pays his first transfer fee

There are money making players and money saving players
Barnes Heats Duff Mee are four that come to mind
Our club has always needed both
Keith Newton would be in the latter category
by mdd2
Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:51 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Replies: 305
Views: 28426

Re: Mr Bates vs the Post Office

I think the problem for us not involved in any way with this scandal is the only feel we have comes from the TV airing and I think the Panorama showing of the true case. It does beggar belief that the PO once it knew Horizon had problems just carried on as if nothing was wrong apart from a sudden ep...
by mdd2
Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Replies: 305
Views: 28426

Re: Mr Bates vs the Post Office

Paymaster General John Glen - a cabinet minister - has gone on the record as saying he welcomes the decision. "Holding those accountable for this tragic miscarriage of justice is essential," he says, adding Paula Vennells's decision helps maintain "the integrity of the honours system." Like John Gl...
by mdd2
Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:36 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Cotterill
Replies: 107
Views: 10716

Re: Cotterill

`Cotts like SD played the game he could with the players he had. His success was keeping us in the Championship inheriting a squad of I think 8 first teamers with diddly squat money. He made some very shrewd signings IMO. Pretty sure without Cotts we would have been relegated. As with most managers ...
by mdd2
Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:26 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: JPR Williams has died
Replies: 17
Views: 2146

Re: JPR Williams has died

Medical doctor in London too. JPR became an orthopaedic surgeon (I think in London). this is a quote from his book "I used to say that I spent half my life breaking bones on the rugby field, then the other half putting them back together in the operating theatre". Very sad news this more so as his ...
by mdd2
Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:39 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Plum Duff
Replies: 25
Views: 3916

Re: Plum Duff

Great picture and I think by 1917 the food crisis in UK was getting worse. I know of a man who was a chil in those times telling me there were times when they has bread and cheese; but just ate the bread and smelt the cheese a few meals before being allowed to share it and eat it. The pioneering wor...
by mdd2
Mon Jan 01, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tough times for Dwight Mcneil
Replies: 20
Views: 5037

Re: Tough times for Dwight Mcneil

Says she had urgent surgery and lost an organ or two. Suspect this may be an ectopic. Hope all goes well. Cant think of any other urgent op requiring loss of an organ or two in absence of trauma and losing two organs is largely not compatible with life if one thinks about it. Hope this is well overh...
by mdd2
Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:19 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?
Replies: 74
Views: 4441

Re: Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?

Two patients in hospital in beds next to each other
Mr Bird and Mr Seed
by mdd2
Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Fewest number of pts at halfway point that stayed up?
Replies: 10
Views: 1327

Re: Fewest number of pts at halfway point that stayed up?

No way will we win 9 of 19
My guess is six wins and need to scrap some draws
by mdd2
Wed Dec 27, 2023 10:18 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sander Berg
Replies: 51
Views: 5997

Re: Sander Berg

Yellow cards I believe are competition specific
Booked against Villa will mean he misses Luton game I think
by mdd2
Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:00 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: REPORT: Craven Cottage Christmas Cracker
Replies: 24
Views: 2084

Re: REPORT: Craven Cottage Christmas Cracker

Good read, thanks. 'Different from' though, surely - 'Different than' is way too American for me. One of my pet hates is those who speak about being different to rather than from Hear it all the time even on BBC of all places. No doubt some graduate in English will give me examples of where differe...
by mdd2
Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:42 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Rebecca Welch to make history at Craven Cottage
Replies: 85
Views: 4881

Re: ARTICLE: Rebecca Welch to make history at Craven Cottage

groove wrote:
Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:19 pm
Why would women want some jobs that are traditionally male positions? We'll have male nuns next.
I THINK 46XY Nuns are called Monks-so we have had them for generations-long before female refs
by mdd2
Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:33 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Muric
Replies: 25
Views: 4252

Re: Muric

We did sign two keepers who were about to become league one keepers. One I think was released as his team was relegated the other we payed money for despite him playing a part in relegating his team. Both then played for England as I recall
by mdd2
Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:53 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: The Mood has changed
Replies: 155
Views: 23303

Re: The Mood has changed

Not sure if we had the £ to get Tella but if we did he should have been number 1 on the "get list" and I doubt anyone on here would disagree. Yet we replaced our number 1 keeper with a sappling keeper for up to £20million and yes he is a good shot stopper but he has along with our so called defence ...
by mdd2
Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:41 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: REPORT: More misery on the Turf
Replies: 75
Views: 10977

Re: REPORT: More misery on the Turf

Not as bad as CT says in his report. Of the 17 games played we have only lost 13 not 14. :lol:
Number 14 defeat is next week at Fulham and 15 at the Turf on Boxing day.
by mdd2
Mon Dec 11, 2023 3:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Covid Enquiry
Replies: 128
Views: 19448

Re: Covid Enquiry

Big danger that the conclusions will be based on hindsight. No one knew what the best options were at the time. Sure quarantine for all would have reduced the deaths but the Government had to balance the economic costs against the consequences for the pandemic itself. lets face it some of the presen...
by mdd2
Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:23 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Abuse towards other posters
Replies: 90
Views: 16247

Re: Abuse towards other posters

Over the weekend, the posts aimed at other posters has got much, much worse. Some of the posts aimed at others have gone beyond abuse and some of the language has been way beyond what is acceptable on this message board. Some posters have been given temporary bans and for those who haven't, please ...
by mdd2
Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:37 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Would our ex players keep us up
Replies: 36
Views: 4145

Re: Would our ex players keep us up

No but our ex manager would with £100 million to spend last summer
by mdd2
Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tonights football. 7-12-23
Replies: 91
Views: 10196

Re: Tonights football. 7-12-23

burnleymik wrote:
Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:28 pm
wow nice from Beto. Everton hammerred Newcastle here.
Just looked at the possession stats
Typical SD it may blow up but he is looking a great acquisition for Everton
by mdd2
Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:30 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: JJ Watt
Replies: 11
Views: 3149

Re: JJ Watt

Strange railway Bridge in Yorkshire street that carries the Leeds Liverpool canal but I think he had his football facts correct.
by mdd2
Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:15 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope
Replies: 19
Views: 2953

Re: Pope

If he has done his shoulder he will be out for a few months ie more than two
by mdd2
Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:13 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sir Michael Palin on the Turf
Replies: 34
Views: 5224

Re: Sir Michael Palin on the Turf

It was so good for us yesterday you could smell and taste it.
by mdd2
Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: FA Cup Third Round Draw Thread
Replies: 59
Views: 7158

Re: FA Cup Third Round Draw Thread

As soon as Spurs came out I thought number 9 and for once I was correct-not the team i would have put down as my first choice
by mdd2
Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:25 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Sir Michael Palin on the Turf
Replies: 34
Views: 5224

Re: Sir Michael Palin on the Turf

Who exactly are these vested interests? Who do you believe is conspiring against Campbell, long time friend of the establishment and wooer of the Murdoch press? As for Stewart, one quick look at his publicly available voting record shows he is, in fact, just another nasty Tory like all the rest of ...
by mdd2
Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:17 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: James
Replies: 38
Views: 5071

Re: James

His passing was decent, as it was against West Ham. The save and the block were in that category of "look good but a bad one to concede". If Norwood scores that it's a poor one to let in, miles of time and not tucked in the corner, contrast it to Brownhills goal which was nearer, harder and in the ...
by mdd2
Sun Dec 03, 2023 9:40 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope
Replies: 19
Views: 2953

Re: Pope injured

Sorry hadn’t seen this when I posted
by mdd2
Sun Dec 03, 2023 9:36 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Pope
Replies: 19
Views: 2953

Nick Pope

Looks as if the lad may have dislocated his shoulder again
Hope it isn’t the same one as last time
by mdd2
Sun Dec 03, 2023 9:25 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Match of the day
Replies: 42
Views: 6668

Re: Match of the day

David Coleman said this about Liverpools Tommy Smith as the camera honed in on his acne scarred face
“Tommy’s Smith, in Liverpool they say he wasn’t born, he was quarried”
by mdd2
Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:56 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Taffy
Replies: 80
Views: 12536

Re: Taffy

Awful news on two fronts Amble Hope you and family are coping as best you can Time heals but always leaves a scar. I seem to recall Leighton had some kind of stroke a few years ago Strokes are bad news in my book Even the mildest of strokes can impact on your life My wife passed three years ago from...
by mdd2
Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Storm Debi
Replies: 37
Views: 3729

Re: Storm Debi

I have a bird feeder in the garden, it hangs on a wire from a high tree branch. It has been swinging wildly in three to four foot arcs with blue tits hanging on for grim death just like the big one in Blackpool. I think it’s grim life but in this weather most tits will be blue even the great and be...
by mdd2
Sun Nov 12, 2023 3:36 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Today's Football
Replies: 147
Views: 9647

Re: Today's Football

Sheffield now 1-1 and Brighton down to 10 men.
Just felt a bump=at least cant get any lower
And thats how to get out of the mess Utd have had no shots on target
An own goal by Brighton :lol: :lol:
by mdd2
Sun Nov 12, 2023 3:34 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: How many points...
Replies: 39
Views: 3173

Re: How many points...

I think our worst first 19 was 18-19 season with 12 points then 13 the 21-22 season With our defence shipping 30 in 12 and 18 of those on the Turf unless he tightens this up and I just dont see it We are going out with our lowest points tally in our 9 seasons in this league and the poorest goal diff...
by mdd2
Sun Nov 12, 2023 12:01 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Wake up and smell the coffee.
Replies: 60
Views: 5406

Re: Wake up and smell the coffee.

All said on MOTD by Jenas
Too easy at set pieces to block Trafford
by mdd2
Thu Nov 09, 2023 5:07 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Lyle Foster illness
Replies: 115
Views: 13777

Re: Lyle Foster illness

That is sad news for him and family but a big big blow to the club at a time when the lad is needed desperately I am sure we all wish him a speedy recovery and pleased he is getting good care and one assumes opened up Brave man and we need more like him This kind of news always brings a tear as I re...
by mdd2
Wed Nov 08, 2023 8:55 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Ben Mee's Gr Grandad said to Bill Shankley
Replies: 12
Views: 2876

Re: Ben Mee's Gr Grandad said to Bill Shankley

I think Bertie Mee had two daughters and if they followed convention then any children would not be a Mee. As Bertie was born in 1918 it is most unlikely his daughters would have had children out of wedlock. My guess is that Ben does not have a famous great grandfather
by mdd2
Sat Nov 04, 2023 5:29 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: A new record for us
Replies: 36
Views: 3788

Re: A new record for us

How can we lose a game 2-0 with those match stats
Another two goals shipped with a team having 4 shots 3 on target
by mdd2
Sat Nov 04, 2023 5:27 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: A new record for us
Replies: 36
Views: 3788

A new record for us

Apparently the first top flight team to lose their first 6 home league games
Won’t last long as we go 7 in three weeks time sadly
by mdd2
Sat Nov 04, 2023 5:02 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets vs Palace
Replies: 368
Views: 21376

Re: Clarets vs Palace

Lost with 67% possession 17 shots 5 on target 12 corners
Palace 33% possession 4 shots 3 on target 1 corner
Yet again possession no end product but at least we hit the target 5 times
This is a game we needed to win to allow us a chance to stay up
palace is a team we need to get pints from
by mdd2
Sat Nov 04, 2023 2:44 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Clarets vs Palace
Replies: 368
Views: 21376

Re: Clarets vs Palace

Ramsay cant even get on the bench-we will get another thumping today I think
Cant stand all this possession stuff but we get nowhere with it.
Where has the least expected maximum effort or whatever SD posted gone?
by mdd2
Thu Nov 02, 2023 2:12 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: In the Trenches
Replies: 47
Views: 3758

Re: In the Trenches

agreenwood wrote:
Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:22 pm
What’s football got to do with a war that finished 105 years ago?
quite abit during Xmas 2014
by mdd2
Thu Nov 02, 2023 2:08 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Matchday Music
Replies: 12
Views: 1098

Re: Matchday Music

The way things are at present the funeral march from Beethoven's 3rd symphony and better one, in my opinion, is Marcia funebre from his 7th symphony
by mdd2
Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:48 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: O'Shea
Replies: 27
Views: 2903

Re: O'Shea

I think these young players are perhaps getting worse because their confidence is getting blown away by the easy defeats we are suffering. Hardly looked like winning any of our home games as we were easily turned over by all except Utd and apart from Forest and Luton I believe our away defeats have ...
by mdd2
Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:26 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Has VK Lost the dressing room?
Replies: 110
Views: 9255

Re: Has VK Lost the dressing room?

101 points last season, instant promotion back to the top flight and the fans have turned in November despite being out in your thousands outside the town hall celebrating VK in May. But the saviour got all the time in the world while signing Will Norris and Dale Stephens, one of the worst fanbases...
by mdd2
Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:16 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Tonight
Replies: 10
Views: 1722

Re: Tonight

Given the money Vincent was given this season how would Sean have done with half that in 2021-22 and would be where we are now? Would we have been relegated?
But he wasn’t and we did and we are where we are
by mdd2
Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:52 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: ARTICLE: Pathetic Burnley go out in cup shock
Replies: 21
Views: 2668

Re: ARTICLE: Pathetic Burnley go out in cup shock

Hope this headline isnt in preparation for tomorrow night's report. ;)
by mdd2
Tue Oct 31, 2023 2:38 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Looks like we are buying Tresor
Replies: 124
Views: 9399

Re: Looks like we are buying Tresor

claretonthecoast1882 wrote:
Tue Oct 31, 2023 8:01 am
Bargain
Are we really paying 18millionEuros for him?
by mdd2
Sun Oct 29, 2023 1:03 pm
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Michael Mellon
Replies: 106
Views: 21765

Re: Michael Mellon

Absolutely
by mdd2
Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:38 am
Forum: The Bee Hole End
Topic: Michael Mellon
Replies: 106
Views: 21765

Re: Michael Mellon

Yes I do and they both use the same nickname The original Wimbledon left Plough Lane and ground shared with Palace and then moved from London to Milton Keynes as a new club MK Dons AFC Wimbledon became a new club in Wimbledon around 2000 and about 4 years ago they returned to Plough Lane but to a ne...