I know, I know..
It's not a good time to be a Baggies fan.😭
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I know, I know..
It's not a good time to be a Baggies fan.😭
You're welcome to came and sit at the back of the Grandmasters lounge, since Leeds are in the premiership we've splashed out and bought a wide screen to TV to watch all the games... MOTQuote:
Originally Posted by PeteS
I might just do that. Seems very quiet in here these days...Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
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This guy now owns the GML. You can't get in unless you're wearing Egyptian cotton and have a visible full arm sleeve tattoo; technical fabrics are banned. Beer comes in 330ml cans and is brewed in London, it costs 6.0 per can, all the pricing is decimal.
Can we tune the TV to the Wales v S Africa rugby please? Can't get it at home, leave it on mute for now whilst I see how it goes. I'll have a pint of Jemima and a pack of scratchings for now.
Flipping heck I need another pint, quickly.
In the new forum will masterhood be rolled over from the old one? An important issue i feel.
Never mind equality and accountability, will i still be a master?
I shall be the homeless guy sitting on the doorstep trying to cadge a pint 🙁.
All Blacks, South Africa and Australia all beaten on the same day by northern hemisphere teams. I reckon there would have been good odds there for a betting man.
Except only the scoreline says Wales beat the wallabies. We laboured badly against 14 men and were lucky to come out 1 point on top!
With a viewpoint like that Wheeze, you should be supporting England. ;) I've been told it's an English trait to find the downsides to every victory.
I watched the highlights - it looked like an amazing game. As was England vs South Africa.
I was there. I would say it was sporadically good. But we are very inconsistent at the moment. We are missing a totemic figure to replace Alun Wyn.
Channel hopping and i've come across a BBC4 documentary on the A303. Some guy being interviewed said it was his favourite road because he's "had a few good dinners off it over the years". Literally off it...pheasants, badgers, the lot; he's eaten quite a king's platter of roadkill over the decades.
Badgers. Not as bad as fox apparently: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...er-a-sett-menu
My mum likes a bit of roadkill.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
And to think I rode straight past that dead badger I saw on the road verge near East Leake on my cycle ride today! Mind you, I wouldn't want to imagine my wife's reaction when I came back if I dragged a dead badger into the kitchen.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
Ever since I walked past a Cambodian restaurant proclaiming "We don't serve Rat, Cat, Dog, Monkey, Worm", so suggesting that their rivals did, I have felt quite guilty cutting the fat off my fillet steak.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonykay
Why do we still celebrate Christmas? The Bible doesn't say when Jesus was born, and the estimate is he was a summer birth. The pagan festival of saturnalia is probably what we owe the tree to, and the eating of geese, gift giving, and decorations we owe to Charles Dickens. Good will to all men hadn't been heard of until the publication of a Christmas carol. To add to this we have a German fairly tale featuring a guy called sinta Klaus. I used to think I hated Christmas because other people's joy reminded me of what my life was missing, but I now think I reject it because it's based on a disjointed and fictional basis. In short it's a lie, and people can detect lies unconsciously. There have even been characters created to discredit those who might question the lie, namely the Grinch and Ebeneezer Scrooge, and the not so witty insult bah humbug.
I think retail superpowers are heavily involved in keeping a needless and wasteful tradition going, and without the gross levels of consumerism and gaudy materialist culture they espouse, we would simply revert to all getting dressed up as women and running to the top of whinberry Naze. Everything else is simply a scam and a lie.
I don't.
Having a 15 year old I just put up with it.
I certainly try not to. Having said that, five old running mates and I have a long-standing tradition of exchanging gifts, often running kit, and then there are my partner and daughter to give to, and my partner always cooks something special, but as I do not eat meat, not expensive. Equally, I do not drink alcohol, which saves a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
Of late there has been a lot of talk about the risk of xmas being "ruined" - it is certainly not something I am the least bit concerned about, but I do understand that others have different traditions from me. But it does seem to be a celebration of excess and waste, and so much of what is bought just goes straight to landfill.
Again this year each family member is getting one present each for around £25 in a Secret Santa arrangement, we will then donate what we might otherwise have spent to local charities. Having said that we may well have an extended family meal on Christmas Day if circumstances permit.
Christmas for me will be spent in Scotland celebrating the remoteness and quiet of the hills in winter.:cool:
I think christmas is the best example of conspicuous consumption existential in our society; and historically/archaeologically the collapse of a civilisation is always preceded by conspicuous consumption. I could cope with the collapse of the west just fine knowing that christmas was the cause.
Are you just a grumpy Bast*rd? What about celebrating the birth of the lovely baby Jesus? I enjoy it as an excuse to see my family and run in a diffrent part of the country.
Celebrate the fact that you can go for a long run on Christmas day and all the morons are pissed at home.
Last Christmas we walked to the pub, had a pint with all village friends, came home and got some burgers out of the freezer, lit the bonfire in the garden and cooked over that.
Just fine and dandy and didn't bring on the end of civilization.
But maybe this year......
By far and away the best bit of xmas day.Quote:
Originally Posted by MattPo
Well, we've missed last orders for Mark's and Spencer Christmas dinner. So if anyone wants Christmas scoff here, I'll need someone to offer a Turkey. Plus we need volunteers for doorman now that Stagger is gone.
My tradition has been for a long run on Boxing Day. But for several years, between moving to Loughborough and meeting my wife, I also developed a tradition of long cycle rides on 23/24th December. With parents in Leigh-on-Sea and a sister near St Neots, it was 70-75 miles (depending on route) on 23rd, a night at my sister's place, then around 80 miles on 24th (although occasionally I used train assistance to reduce that day's mileage, depending on weather (especially wind direction) and how unfit I felt). Runs from Leigh-on-Sea would often go around the Hadleigh Castle area, used for the London2012 mountain biking and before that for a race advertised on this forum: https://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/show...light=hadleighQuote:
Originally Posted by MattPo
The supermarkets have got some reasonable Christmas party crap in at the moment which also happens to be protein rich. Waitrose have Thai marinade tiger prawns in a breadcrumb coating, I almost got them for breakfast until I spotted some reduced honey roasted ham which made a great sarnie with the organic bread from the health food shop.
Waitrose?
How the other half live ;)
Booth's prices are similar, if not higher. I do - or did - enjoy shopping there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
I'd never been in a Waitrose until last summer when i stopped at the one in Abergavenny on the way home from the Four Fans.... can't say i was overly impressed.
Booths on the other hand seem to have some great food.
Was in Tebay Services yesterday, the food in the Farm shop is absolutely gorgeous (if very expensive)
Quite agree, and there is another one just below Glasgow. a very welcome change from the usual motorway fair,Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
I shopped at morrisons for years, but eventually got bored with poor quality, verbal abuse, and getting ID'd for beer at the age of 32. Since switching to Waitrose i have saved money and got the following for free:
4 cans of Neck Oil
320g of chicken breast
That's a lot better than getting shreiked at by old biddies in morrisons.
The legal age in New Orleans is 21 and not too many years ago a waitress in a bar, who looked around 18, insisted on seeing my ID.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
I was kinda flattered.:)
Local knowledge ;) If you stop for a meal or to buy petrol/diesel. go to Tebay Junction 38 Truck Stop. It's also run by Westmorland who opeateTebay Services. Meals are nearly half price, twice the portion size, and there's a little shop selling some of the things you get in the tourists ones up the road. Cheapest fuel in the region. All welcome, not just truckers. Knowing 'how to live' we regularly have an evening meal there, after a run, walk or horse ride on t'fells F-n-Cips, Omelettes, etc. cooked to order - what's not to like. Just remember they close on a weekend evening.Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
Aah well, happy new year. I'm off home for the 9pm film.
I'm old, I live in Wales and I'm still awake. Hardcore 💪
Forgot, happy new year 😴
Happy New Year to you too - and to everyone else who occasionally frequents this dusty corner of the Internet. All the very best for 2022, I hope it's a better year for us all.Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill