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CaptJohn

Golf and fitness training for me.
Play golf three times a week when weather allows and go to fitness classes (Pilates, HIIT, yoga) four times a week.
I love travelling but the location has to have a golf theme.
I do like the occasional trip to watch Chester RUFC on a Saturday as well.

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My wife and I have a car each and at the moment I have a diesel and she has a petrol. We've had a chat and most likely when we come to replace the cars, she'll have an electric one. She mostly does short trips around town so it will be ideal. However I'm going to stick with an oil powered vehicle du...

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I seem to recall seeing an article years ago when this issue raised its head, saying that if City were ever charged they would deploy a legal challenge on a scale that would tie the authorities up in paperwork for decades. This is possibly the reason the PL have held back from making any charges. Be...

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Gridsy: Played with a tennis ball. The grids were the ones built into the kerb stones and weren't exactly opposite one another on the road. They were the goals and it was damned difficult to score as you had to keep the ball low. Spent hours playing that. I doubt you'd be able to play it now with al...

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As the appeals are due to be heard during this season we could have a situation where relegation is decided in a courtroom and not the playing field. Another reason I'm becoming disillusioned with the game.

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There's some players who don't give a toss about their performance on the pitch. Turn up, train, play if picked, trouser a large paycheck and enjoy life. Supporters? Who cares. We do of course but too many of the modern day players don't and need to be reminded by the manager. If Tresor had played, ...

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From my perspective I ask if that goal would have stood at Anfield, Old Trafford, The Emirates etc?? Injury time equaliser when a forward has deliberately blocked off the keeper. The ref would have blown for a foul on the keeper immediately and got on with the game. That's what we're up against. No ...

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I saw that as well and couldn't believe it. Some politicians are losing the plot. 20 years from now there will young adults suing the state because they didn't receive proper training in childhood to brush their teeth correctly. The mind boggles.

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I recall walking down a road in Korea with my wife and she commented on the number of pet shops with dogs in them. I politely pointed out that they weren't pet shops. Cue silence. I saw a bumper sticker over in the US. It read, "A dogs' not just for Christmas, if there's any left over you can have s...

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One of the biggest relocations in recent history was the "Oakland Raiders" to Las Vegas. I can recall it was not well received in California but I'm sure Vegas was delighted and I'm sure lots of Oakland fans still travel to home games, just for a pi** up on the Strip.

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Having watched Muric last night I feel he is the better option at present. He looked fit, sharp and physically able to deal with high balls. More importantly he seems to exude confidence, something lacking in Trafford at the moment which not only encourages the opposition but terrifies our defence.

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Excellent quality and reasonably priced.

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But those low interest rates were matched by low inflation. The big difference now is the ever increasing multiple between salaries and house prices which obviously make the deposit required ever bigger. Not all of the time. I can recall crazy, double digit inflation as well. The multiples are worr...

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It’s a strange time, but I would also argue that there’s never been a better time to make money. Theres loads of avenues now. I agree but watch out for the evil CGT. The allowance is 6K this tax year but reduces to 3k on the 6th April 24. If ever there was a tax designed to stop taking risks with i...

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Easy to criticise by those who most likely bought a house for pittance decades ago and now sit on a nice golden nest egg. The very same people who lived through double digit interest rates and managed to thrive. I do have sympathy for young buyers as prices have gone up considerably but I also have...

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Not sure I'd be going anywhere near that part of the world, given the geopolitical tensions in the region. I certainly would need a massive discount to do so, which doesn't seem the case at the moment.

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Kompany is undoubtedly part of the long term plan at Burnley. Getting promoted last season was an unexpected bonus IMHO and gave us an added cash influx to carry out the strategy to identify young talent and mould them into a team capable of playing the Kompany way. Results this season were never re...

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I recall a firm of solicitors called "Wright, Hassle & Co."

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Good luck to the lass, I hope she has a good game.

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more and more people are watching non-league football, I can definitely see the attraction I don't watch live games on TV anymore, just the goals via Skysports. I go and watch Chester RUFC on Saturday afternoons when they are at home. Ten quid to get in, no problem taking your beer onto the touchli...

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I do try to use public transport here in Chester. I live close to the city centre so the services are not too bad and my bus pass comes in handy. However when using Merseyrail to Liverpool I'm expected to stump up the fare, unlike the Scousers on the Wirral and north of the Mersey who get free rail ...

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Anyone else concerned that an invasion by the Russians might be on the cards, because some of the potholes on the roads are more akin to tank traps designed to stop a T-34 or whatever the latest Russian tank is?

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For me it's the inability to defend set pieces. We have a manager who was a dominant CB and we concede easy goals from set pieces due to the lack of an aerial challenge.

CaptJohn

The release of Sue Barker was the beginning of the end. Now let's get rid of that MOTD and finally end that historic relic called the "Licence fee."

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Luton are giving it a go in time honored fashion of promoted teams. Plenty of endeavour, fight and set piece scrambles to try and stay in the league. We on the other hand are running before we can walk. Taking the game to everyone and doing alright until we get near the box and then don't have a tar...

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Was golfing at Conway a few weeks back and as we walked to the tee we noticed a table with a couple of bottles of champagne in an ice bucket. A few moments later a family came out all dolled up, plus photographer and a lady with a large, golden envelope. We hung around to watch and it turned out to ...

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Have to watch Dawson at set pieces

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Completely predictable. You have on the one side a team of upstarts from some northern part of the UK and on the other PSG, the darlings of UEFA who needed a little help to ensure they have qualification in their own hands. The game is no longer fair.

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Total fiasco. I never thought that VAR would impact the game this way. Fans can't enjoy celebrating the wonderful feeling of scoring a goal anymore as some twerp in a room miles away can say no. I'd love to give it the boot but fear that it is already providing a nice "little earner" to the authorit...

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:18 pm
I can't be bothered as I'm having my dinner. But just look at DD's list for starters.

Enjoy your tea

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I think that's a safe bet, they've gone out of business.

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Since around 1964, brought up on Blacklaw and Thomson. I had a chuckle to myself when I saw the Gooners score that header from about 2 yds out. Blacklaw would have taken his head off.
Go on the tick is clocking!

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Beast?? You're havin a giraffe!

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Go on Boatshed. You've got 10 minutes.
I can think of a a few but 20??

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Some hard men in that team and most were wonderful players. I was fortunate to see them all in action. Morgan must have been sold fairly soon after that photo was taken though, as I don't recall him playing in a side with Casper too many times.

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Agree with most sentiments that it's a big rip off but occasionally you can get a bargain. I'm 70 this christmas and my wife has promised to buy me a new set of golf irons. I've been to my local American golf to test drive a few and finally decided on a set which are certainly not cheap. She was all...

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A pint of Guinness here will easily set you back a tenner ... Something like this from my local is around £4.50 https://teak.wihardja.com.sg/20191129020746/tiger-beer-singapore-hawker-centre.jpg You've brought back some fond memories of my sailing days. Tiger and Anchor were the go to beers when we...

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Thanks for starting this thread cricketfield. I've got some shares that I may sell and am interested in any avenues to enable this. I didn't go down the route of selling for the 50/50 deal because it didn't suit me at the time.

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I drink most of my beer at the local golf club here in Chester and it's 3.24 a pint for "Cheshire Cat," which is a locally brewed ale (Weetwood Brewery) and very good. If I go into the city I'm paying nearer 5.00 a pint for a similar drink. No wonder a lot of pubs are closing because they are effect...

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Had a beer with Billy two weeks ago and he's definitely with SD at Goodison.

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If I get a call from an unknown number I'll usually note the number, cut them off before they have chance to waffle on and then check the number on who-called.co.uk It gives you a pretty good idea if they are scammers or engaged in fraud. The scammers are certainly upping their game at the moment an...

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It must be difficult for the lad. Settling into a new team, new country, new climate, new culture and fans with high expectations. No wonder he's having one or two issues mentally. Good luck to him.

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Just turned the pumpkin from Halloween into soup. Couldn't be simpler. Peel and de-seed the pumpkin and cut into small chunks. You need about 1 kilo. Chop one large onion finely. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to pan along with onions. Fry gently for about 10 minutes until soft. Add pumpkin and fry ...

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I usually shop where they have the 25% discount on Vino

I enjoy the christmas ads but it doesn't make a tad of difference where I shop which ranges from Tesco, Morrisons, Lidl, Aldi, Sainsburys or Waitrose.

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A few other posters have commented on how VK and Pace see this as a long term project but the fact remains that last season was a completely unexpected occurence. I doubt that any of us saw it coming and I think it surprised everyone at the club. We weren't supposed to get promotion last year and st...

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We get loads of Goldfinches at our bird feeders here in Chester and the occasional Greenfinch but I haven't seen a Redwing or Fieldfare yet. "Goldies" as my wife likes to call them are definitely on the increase. In the annual RSPB bird count we noted over twenty!

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I remember the story well. Bob Lord was such a weird one.
I seem to recall that Smith was banging goals in for fun when on loan but did nothing when we signed him permanently.
RIP Danny.

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It has to be the loss away to Crewe. I was devastated, distraught and lost. My uncle owned the "Gresty Road" chippy on the corner coming away from the ground. I can recall going in but I can't remember if I spoke to him, got any chips or ate anything. It was a horrible time. The other low point was ...

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I'd settle for two decent halves of football where we're not getting stuffed and at least have a chance of winning.

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Poor referee cost us. He became fixated that England were at fault in the scrums late on when the decisions could have gone either way. England game management superb. The Boks were rattled and that is unusual.

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