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Where have I said that IA?
We have certainly suffered from some directors who thought it was okay to lend the club £10k, get free hospitality while they serve, then take the £10k back and move on.
What, precisely, have they done for the club?

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Would that it were so.
When you’ve supported this club for as long as I have, you’ll realize that disappointment is the name of the game.
From selling promising players on the relatively cheap, as soon as the first offer comes in, to failing to sign a decent player or two when we could. Jamie Vardy, anyone?
And as for having a poor season, we are on non-league. And we have been lower.
Every week we play non-league sides and watch non-league standard officials make the same mistakes over and over.
Even our manager is the same… makes the same mistakes, refuses, or can’t seem, to learn.
Yet we keep going because it’s our team.
When I started supporting I had no idea of the name of the manager or directors.
But I do know we’ve had some poor ones… of both.

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Would that it were so.
When you’ve supported this club for as long as I have, you’ll realize that disappointment is the name of the game.
From selling promising players on the relatively cheap, as soon as the first offer comes in, to failing to sign a decent player or two when we could. Jamie Vardy, anyone?
And as for having a poor season, we are on non-league. And we have been lower.
Every week we play non-league sides and watch non-league standard officials make the same mistakes over and over.
Even our manager is the same… makes the same mistakes, refuses, or can’t seem, to learn.

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Things becoming more child-safe, while, at the same time, becoming more and more difficult for old people to open, especially those with arthritis etc.
Paracetamol that you can’t “push through” the foil without destroying the capsule, ending up with a load of powder and a busted capsule.

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Northumbiron wrote:

Atta-boy Alky!

I aim to please.

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Sanfran49 wrote:

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So long as it’s not bronze etc, or it’ll go the same way as the memorial to the 28 who died on June 1st 1974.

Thank you for saying this Alcazar. The flight of Mallards was a fitting tribute to my colleagues.

And mine.
I worked there as a shift chemist from April 1972 until July 1973.

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Judging by 5-at-the-back having made an appearance once again, I think we’ll struggle.
Might avoid the drop by the proverbial skin of.

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So long as it’s not bronze etc, or it’ll go the same way as the memorial to the 28 who died on June 1st 1974.

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Awaywego wrote:

Well really Andy,distances what the f ya talking about wtf are distances? mentioned twice and the free interview only lasted 48 secs 8 of which was adverts.
And the positive from him was we didn’t get any injuries.
11 changes you know!

Guy’s full of bs.

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Any comments on the left wing art installation of her death?
Seems the righteous left aren’t QUITE as nice as they’d have us believe.

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We went to Brantome about ten years ago.
Found it dull.
Hours of sitting in the sun, then the peleton passed in under 30 seconds.

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Iron-awe wrote:

Awaywego wrote:

Nice to see their aspirations sunk just like the General Belgrano.

Not getting too political then Awaywego 🤔😂

They started it!
🙂

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A truly nice guy, I remember him giving us free tickets outside Edgely Park, the year we had our excellent cup run.
That was in the second round.
RIP, King Kev, you’ll be sadly missed.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

Probably cheap shit

Some of the worst I’ve come across is Ralph Lauren Polo Sport polo shirts.
Was gifted one or two for my birthday a couple of years ago, had to buy a “Quick Unpick” to remove the labels.
Also, why an absolute sheaf of wash labels sewn in on the left side?
They use symbols so should only need one.

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Clothing with stiff spiky labels sewn in at the collar, or the waistline, to make the base of your neck, or spine, itch.

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64 wrote:

I know language has evolved but “Spitting feathers” always used to mean thirsty.People now use it instead of spitting bullets(angry) all the time.l

Yep…like using “sick” to mean “very good”.

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Motor cyclists who sit at junctions, traffic lights, etc, endlessly revving their engines.
“Look at me! Look at me! Somebody, please, look at me!!”

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Flies.
Spend an age banging against a glass door to go out, only to change their minds and fly further into the room when you open the door.

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Not FIFA’s dream tie?
Top two ranked teams in the world, and they both “make it” to the final?
Give over.

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Well he just went even further down on my estimation.
As did PD.

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Here’s a thought:
Both England and France changed winning tactics for the semis, resulting in Fanny’s dream final.
Draw your own conclusions.

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Have agreed, the full on Verruca Salt mentality has led to consumer madness.
In my younger days I ordered by post or telephone, for things I couldn’t get in Scunthorpe.
I expected to wait 7-10 days, and was happy with that. Now, if it doesn’t offer at least 48 hour delivery, many people won’t order.
But do we NEED all those out-of- season fruits?
We never used to.
And the rest of Europe seemingly doesn’t.
So how has someone created the need to eat strawberries, peaches, melons etc in the depths of winter???

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Iron-awe wrote:

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Lorries getting bigger every year, and more of them.
The damage they do to roadsurfaces becoming more obvious, yet being roundly ignored by the authorities, or blamed on car drivers.
And all while rail freight yards lie empty and derelict, both here and in Europe.

Some good points about road damage on the other hand have you ever tried to back a freight train into a Marks & Spencer’s warehouse?

Nope.
But stuff used to be delivered to a local hub, (yard), and delivered LOCALLY, by vans.
Now we have 50 tonners rumbling through Europe, bringing us the delights of out of season fruits: strawberries like bits of red turnip, and rock hard peaches or nectarines that never ripen, just wither.
As for Amazon, no longer use them after some foreign gentleman in Barking tried to get me to pay for his £2000 TV.
We had his full name and address; neither Amazon nor Essex police remotely interested.
Amazon did block it, but that’s it for me with them. There’s plenty others who CAN keep accounts safe.

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Not should have, but COULD have.

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Lorries getting bigger every year, and more of them.
The damage they do to roadsurfaces becoming more obvious, yet being roundly ignored by the authorities, or blamed on car drivers.
And all while rail freight yards lie empty and derelict, both here and in Europe.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

‘Perhaps it would help everyone if a certain group’s religious leaders stopped shouting about domination, conversion etc.’

What’s it like having American fundamental Christians living next door?

Nice deflection.
You just can’t help yourself can you?

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Fifty Pence wrote:

The 50s, where everybody got along and joyfully put up “No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish” signs?

Having lived through both the fifties and the sixties, I can put my hand on my heart and say I never saw any such signs.
In the early seventies, where selfish became the way to be, our student house was rented from an Irish lady and the only white faces on our street were us six students.
The Afro-Caribean lads in the street played football with us, and against us, during the light evenings, and swapped food with us when we ate outside on the steps on hot evenings.
Those same lads would gleefully chuck rocks at us when we came home in the dark.

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Fanny must be close to creaming himself, the final FIFA wanted is 90 minutes away.
Makes it doubly unlikely we’ll be allowed to defeat the Argies.

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Siderite wrote:

It’s good to see remarks that acknowledge that the UK has things to be proud of. It’s a common belief among the right that liberals and the left don’t like the country and that stereotype comes from mocking ‘flag shaggers’ for expressions of patriotic pride. Like when Emily Thornberry mocked a white van man for adorning his house with England flags a decade ago. I don’t like the unite the Kingdom activists and think many have bad motives, but to many, criticism will fall on deaf ears when much of it seemed to damn the flag itself. To me, the UK is great because we are a country that has progressed so much with gay rights, women’s rights, rights for black people and so on. We have shown great values where there has been assimilation and people can be seen as welcome no matter their sexuality or ethnicity. Not everyone is so welcoming, but we’ve done a better job than many nations.

None of this means the country has had a spotless past or present; there are creeping issues today with a growing intolerance and we made many historical mistakes that harmed others. However, no country has a record with few blemishes and we have done something to acknowledge our past (more than what can be said for Japan, Turkey or Russia, who have had worse records at times).

I think some liberals cringe at patriotic pride because it seems burlish and putting oneself above others, but I think it is healthy to have a pride in where you’re from. Why bother improving the country if you think it has no merit? It doesn’t mean you need to tip into jingoism – every country has positives and negatives, but looking at the good points and having pride shouldn’t be taboo. The French seem to manage it from all sides of their politics, so we can too, surely.

I read through this, and broadly agree.
I noted the reference to “creeping intolerance”.
Interesting.
Perhaps it would help everyone if a certain group’s religious leaders stopped shouting about domination, conversion etc.
One of my next door neighbours is a member of this group.
He is an excellent bloke, who doesn’t try to dominate or convert anyone.
We have often helped each other.
Bit like neighbours used to be in the 50’s.

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