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- Sat Jun 01, 2019 4:07 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Administration and recovery
- Replies: 3312
- Views: 751133
Re: Administration and recovery
Emotionally, I agree (and not just for selfish reasons: it’s a bar to those who might rescue any clubs in distress). But I also see why they did it - to stop clubs doing what Leicester and Leeds did in the past, running up debts then shedding them via punishment-free bankruptcy. I don’t know what t...
- Fri May 31, 2019 2:53 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: News stories that make you think, or not...
- Replies: 232
- Views: 43471
Re: News stories that make you think, or not...
[Gooner Girl] What a fantastic moment for the young fellow! I hope he remembers it forever. A shame for the result in the final. Bad luck. I suppose my Chelsea following cyberfriend (he gave up going to matches years ago when it became too commercial) will be chortling a little. Cross town rivalry a...
- Fri May 31, 2019 2:40 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: The Politics Thread
- Replies: 20535
- Views: 1875305
Re: The Politics Thread
What the heck has someone's ignorance in basic geography got to do with racism? Mind you, with 79% of the people surveyed unable to find China on a map does raise questions about the group interviewed. I find it hard to believe that such a percentage of the overall population are so parochial as to ...
- Fri May 31, 2019 1:49 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Administration and recovery
- Replies: 3312
- Views: 751133
Re: Administration and recovery
I'm puzzled by the situation in which we now find ourselves. If the EFL still penalises the club for its past fiscal demeanour (i.e. its previous owners) why should that devolve to a new owner who has satisfied all debts, including the tax man, and shown the ability to now support the financial part...
- Thu May 30, 2019 2:05 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Onwards and Downwards: 2020 transfer speculation thread.
- Replies: 1327
- Views: 240853
Re: Onwards and Downwards: 2020 transfer speculation thread.
https://www.wsc.co.uk/stories/14238-harry-pearson-column-the-no-nonsense-centre-back-a-comfort-to-us-all Thanks, DSb, I had a wonderful few minutes reading that. I also noticed this on the same site: https://www.wsc.co.uk/stories/14166-counting-down-the-joy-and-awe-of-small-attendances You, being a...
- Fri May 24, 2019 4:38 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: News stories that make you think, or not...
- Replies: 232
- Views: 43471
Re: News stories that make you think, or not...
Hey, GG, welcome back, it's wonderful to see you. I have never forgotten the photograph you posted of your twins walking/waddling down that beautiful track through a copse.
- Fri May 24, 2019 3:06 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: The Politics Thread
- Replies: 20535
- Views: 1875305
Re: The Politics Thread
I cannot comment on the first bit, Spotty, as I don't know your local rules. For instance, I'm not an Australian citizen but am what is termed a Permanent Resident. I am, however, given the privileges accorded to natural or naturalised citizens. Of course there is one down side; should I commit a he...
- Thu May 16, 2019 4:50 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Independence Day.
- Replies: 122
- Views: 22721
Re: Independence Day.
I fear that I can smell the aroma of axes being ground. We here have a federal election tomorrow (Saturday) and the stink of extremism during the run up to it is also quite strong. Perhaps I am being misled by the local atmosphere.
- Thu May 16, 2019 4:35 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
- Replies: 7412
- Views: 480529
Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
Yes, Insano, what's left of my eyebrows rose to my bald patch when I read the result. Looking at the scores (which is all I have seen) seems to indicate a batsman's paradise or some pretty poor bowling and/or captaincy. Two centuries - one each - and decent scores from the other participants pointed...
- Mon May 13, 2019 3:02 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Shining like a...like a light...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2181
Re: Shining like a...like a light...
Ruddy 'eck, TANGO, you had go back a bit to find this thread eh? I don't recall looking at that link when you posted it originally, but I thank you now.
Aye, time does fly, but as age creeps up on us it's carpe diem at each dawn.
Per Ardua ad Astra
Aye, time does fly, but as age creeps up on us it's carpe diem at each dawn.
Per Ardua ad Astra
- Sun May 12, 2019 2:20 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Ken Anderson - Old Owner (Definitely. For Ever ..... )
- Replies: 4325
- Views: 653706
Re: Ken Anderson - New Owner (Definitely. For Now ..... )
Well, that at least has a fine tenor, TANGO.
- Sat May 11, 2019 6:25 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: European Second Referendum
- Replies: 909
- Views: 80701
Re: European Second Referendum
Aye I tried that once, Prufrock, but it turned me into a redneck.
- Tue May 07, 2019 1:01 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: Today I'm neither Angry nor Happy about....
- Replies: 4517
- Views: 460943
Re: Today I'm neither Angry nor Happy about....
Ah, Spotty, dear old Charlie Schulz. He was good. Mind you, I prefer Watterson with Calvin & Hobbes. I have a four volume set of all his syndicated cartoon strips. That's not to say that I don't like Peanuts, just that Calvin (aged 6) and his stuffed tiger seems to tickle my fancy just that teeny bi...
- Sat May 04, 2019 3:34 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Ken Anderson - Old Owner (Definitely. For Ever ..... )
- Replies: 4325
- Views: 653706
Re: Ken Anderson - New Owner (Definitely. For Now ..... )
Ah, Macca, I couldn't agree more.
There would be no self respecting football club where I live that would countenance such weeds on their ground.
There would be no self respecting football club where I live that would countenance such weeds on their ground.
- Sat May 04, 2019 3:04 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Red Hats and One-eyed Snakes - the ups and downs of new management.
- Replies: 346
- Views: 55798
Re: Red Hats and One-eyed Snakes - the ups and downs of new management.
Nah, LLS, he has only joined the underground movement.
- Wed May 01, 2019 3:22 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Red Hats and One-eyed Snakes - the ups and downs of new management.
- Replies: 346
- Views: 55798
Re: Red Hats and One-eyed Snakes - the ups and downs of new management.
Whatever the result of this disgraceful brouhaha in which BWFC followers have found themselves involved I shall still wear proudly the as yet unworn BWFC jacket (it's autumn here) that my daughter bought for me as a birthday present and which was imported from the club shop. It was not cheap (she in...
- Fri Apr 26, 2019 3:50 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: News stories that make you think, or not...
- Replies: 232
- Views: 43471
Re: News stories that make you think, or not...
Nor will I, Monty. Nevertheless there is a number of occasions from my youth that I cannot recall. I might add that none of them, as far as I can work out, involved dangling from shelves.
- Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:05 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: News stories that make you think, or not...
- Replies: 232
- Views: 43471
Re: News stories that make you think, or not...
This one from my local Daily Telegraph:
"Zachary Guest was woken up by a police officer dressed only in his underwear and dangling from the shelf of a restaurant he broke into."
"Zachary Guest was woken up by a police officer dressed only in his underwear and dangling from the shelf of a restaurant he broke into."
- Mon Apr 22, 2019 1:29 am
- Forum: General Banter
- Topic: New Zealand
- Replies: 121
- Views: 22129
Re: New Zealand
Ah, Enoch, but if A=B and B=C then, surely, A=C?
- Sat Apr 20, 2019 1:02 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Thieves, crooks and Villains. Aston Villa (H) 19.4.19
- Replies: 67
- Views: 11683
Re: Thieves, crooks and Villains. Aston Villa (H) 19.4.19
Brockbank? Blimey, the only Brockbank I've ever come across was a wonderful cartoonist (car related) way back when. I don't know the lad, but perhaps it fits our predicament.