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It’s entrenched into the mindset of many people these days that they definitely need next day delivery. So these wagons are rattling along our roads 24/7.
As I-A says you can’t turn back the clock. The consumer genie is out of the bottle, so A-O, let’s go!
Our little village has double length artics coming through it at all times. They are loaded with timber from Kielder Forest going to the chipboard factory in Hexham. One bloke in a machine loading them up in the forest, one driver, one man in a machine unloading at the other end. Three wages. What would a freight network cost to run? And yes, there was a railway line between Hexham and Kielder but it closed in the “golden era” of the 1960s.
Not sure if Tuchel had got everything right up to 30 minutes from time last night.
The opening 4-2 win over Croatia was a bit of a “here we go” moment, but since then England were pretty much carried by 3 or 4 players. Games against Ghana, Panama and DR Congo were the usual “just did enough”, and the Norway tie was basically a PL game where we got the lucky breaks.
The fact that he chopped and changed both sets of wide players and the defence leads you to believe that outside of Pickford, Rice, Anderson, Bellingham and Kane he has no idea of what his best XI is.
Decision making is still poor considering these are professional footballers, and creativity is in short supply. Between Gordon scoring on 55 minutes and the final whistle England had 12% possession. That’s piss-poor! Andorra or San Marino level at best.
I don’t think Tuchel is any better than Southgate. If DS was vanilla, then TT must be pickled onion!
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We played the same as we did against Panama against the reigning Wold Champions.
No wonder we conceded two late goals!
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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.Stop buying shit off Amazon!
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Good to see England using the tried and tested Scunthorpe United tactics!
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In a double benefit initiative I understand for a fiver a go you can have a slash on the pitch square you’ve bought.
For a minute there I thought Guns n Roses were appearing at the next weekender!
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Ann Widdecombe is a murder victim that happens to be a former politician. I think we need to know more about the circumstances of the crime before we delve into the political side of things.
“This once great country of ours”. Jeez, if I had a quid for every time I’ve heard this nonsense blurted out! Usually by the Tommy Robinsons and Nigel Farages of this world as they try to stir up the hatred.
There was no Golden Era in British history. It is completely subjective.
“During two world wars, where we fought for freedom and the underdog?”
Well the First World War was nothing to do with freedom, it was about Nationalism and Empire building.
If you think Nazism was defeated by good old Tommy Atkins, you’re wrong. Sure we played a major role but without American equipment and Soviet numbers the outcome would have been very different.
“After WW2, when the USA left us destitute, and rationing was still on force for the next nine years, but we came back to prosperity?”
Like every other country in Europe.
“In the 60’s, when we led the world in fashion, music and culture?”
Now that’s an interesting one. I suspect you chose that particular decade because it’s the one you grew up in. And that’s where subjectivity plays a part. To my parents the 1930s was their golden era. Ask my children and they’ll most likely say the noughties. Anyone growing up in the 60s probably thinks it was the best of times for themselves and the country.
Led the World in fashion? I think the French and Italians may disagree.
Music? Hmm! May have a transatlantic battle on our hands for that one. Sure we had the Beatles and the Stones and of course we had Top of the Pops. Presented by fine upstanding characters like Jimmy Savile and Dave Lee Travis, and featuring well loved acts such as Rolf Harris and Gary Glitter.
Culture? Really? A culture of drinking, smoking and womanising. A culture of sexual and racial inequality. An era when homosexuality was illegal until 1967.
So you see there was is no golden age for the country, just a golden age for you. Which is why as we grow older we look back dewy-eyed at a time when we thought everything was great. Well for us it might have been, but for others it was a nightmare. The swinging 60s was the precipice of the pits of hell for the likes of Malcolm Muggeridge and Mary Whitehouse.
So you have the Britain First boys in their Crusader surcoats (something else that never happened) Reform and Restore Britain (restore it to what? The time of the Roman occupation? Medieval England and the Black Death? The Civil War? Victorian times with high child mortality, cholera and tuberculosis?) talking about something that never existed.
The past is another country. And we know what the British feel about other countries!
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2-0 win. Gale & Evans in case anyone is wondering.
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Yep! The heed on a Tuesday night in January! At least it’s only at 30 minute drive home for me.
Monkey hanging on a Saturday afternoon isn’t too bad although that’s an hour’s drive in the dark.
Bloody Carlisle on Bank Holiday Monday is annoying. Down in the Midlands staying with a Carlisle fan that weekend. Typical!
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14 games starting after the traditional 3pm kickoff that’s really piss poor, got to get out of this poor man’s premier league even if it means National League north again non of that malarkey there.
You’ll be hoping we never get into the Premier League then?
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Plain to see who’s living rent free in your head Alcy!
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You pay for other news, either via a tv licence, broadband connection or physically buying a newspaper.
Nowt’s free!
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