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by Always hopeful
Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:40 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: General Chit Chat
Replies: 8893
Views: 784736

Re: General Chit Chat

bobo the clown wrote:^^^ longer ... AND of the same length.

Curious.
...of the same length as each other. Silly! :roll:

I didn't have you down as a pedant until now. I look forward to your next phone keyboard related typo. One'll be along soon I'm sure...
by Always hopeful
Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:09 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: General Chit Chat
Replies: 8893
Views: 784736

Re: General Chit Chat

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Gary the Enfield wrote:
That one in the middle must be related to an Orang Utan. His arms are incredibly long, and he's orange!
Even so, I'm sure he could've found a tailor that could've knocked him up a blazer with longer sleeves than those?!
...and longer trousers......of the same length.
by Always hopeful
Sat Apr 11, 2015 9:24 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: The Grand National
Replies: 18
Views: 3021

Re: The Grand National

He was our nemesis as kids. His 'staff' used to chase us off his land. One of his sons was the same age as me. I got great pleasure in our school always beating his school at football.
by Always hopeful
Sat Apr 11, 2015 8:53 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: The Grand National
Replies: 18
Views: 3021

Re: The Grand National

The owner of the winner is my parents next door neighbour in Euxton. He flies into his property in a helicopter, landing in his rather large back garden. He was in the same school year as my Dad.

My Dad went onto be a joiner and builder, whereas Mr Hemmings went onto be a multi-millionaire.
by Always hopeful
Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:29 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: the Photo thread
Replies: 1066
Views: 91681

Re: the Photo thread

I was in Cornwall for the last eclipse in '99. It was cloudy, of course, so no photo opportunitities :roll: . Nevertheless, I videod the couple of minutes when darkness set in. A very, very strange experience. Difficult to describe what happened, but there were lots of strange noises and movement fr...
by Always hopeful
Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:34 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: The Painting Thread... (as opposed to art debate)
Replies: 404
Views: 41256

Re: The Painting Thread... (as opposed to art debate)

Is the bloke in the top hat Timothy Spall?
by Always hopeful
Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:21 pm
Forum: Other Footy
Topic: Zat Knight
Replies: 8
Views: 3497

Re: Zat Knight

^ He's had a trial for Watford since his USA sojourn. I'd heard that too. Whenever the big, useless fecker's name's brought up I immediately think of this: :hang: MFGbK8DXsd8 I tell you what. Those highlights remind me of what a class player Mavies is and how we miss him. Incredibly skilled and bal...
by Always hopeful
Wed Mar 04, 2015 12:42 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: After the last match, Reading the riot act - match thread
Replies: 213
Views: 25785

Re: After the last match, Reading the riot act - match threa

Harry Genshaw wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote: While we're at it, our Emergency Loans have been
Ben Amos
Chris Herd
Owen Garvan
Who he?
Never herd of him.
by Always hopeful
Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:24 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: The Winter Hill Tale-Brighton home.
Replies: 143
Views: 24297

Re: The Winter Hill Tale-Brighton home.

Impressed with Amos - some good saves and not afraid to b*llock those in front of him when needed. Hope he keeps the shirt tomorrow. Wheater excellent. Danns too liable to get caught in possession p*ssing around. Think Lennon got a bit lucky when Feeney had to come off as McNaughton is a "proper" r...
by Always hopeful
Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:38 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: Gigs and Films You've Walked Out Of
Replies: 44
Views: 8081

Re: Gigs and Films You've Walked Out Of

Almost walked out of 'Bonfire of the Vanities'. Can't remember whether we (Mrs H and I) actually went with the intent to watch it, or whether there weren't any seats at our preferred film. Either way, it was absolute rubbish.
by Always hopeful
Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:12 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: The Winter Hill Tale-Brighton home.
Replies: 143
Views: 24297

Re: The Winter Hill Tale-Brighton home.

For someone playing at this level not to be able to put the ball into the right place from a corner every time is absolutely inexcusable.
by Always hopeful
Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:41 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: The Winter Hill Tale-Brighton home.
Replies: 143
Views: 24297

Re: The Winter Hill Tale-Brighton home.

Well, that was a shocking game. I haven't checked the stats, but I counted one shot on goal from both sides in the first half. The second half wasn't much better. No quality at all from either side other than brief glimpses from Zak. First half we were lumping the ball up front, bypassing the midfie...
by Always hopeful
Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:24 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: Brits Awards 2015
Replies: 37
Views: 5974

Re: Brits Awards 2015

Ha!! Excellent. You could see her panicking to untie her shawl, then bam! Dragged backwards down the stairs she went!! Brilliant!! Spat my brew halfway across the room when it happened. So feckin funny. They shouldve done it with more of the acts :lol: :lol: :lol: Shawl? Wtf? I'm now officially old...
by Always hopeful
Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:16 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: Brits Awards 2015
Replies: 37
Views: 5974

Re: Brits Awards 2015

Ha!! Excellent. You could see her panicking to untie her shawl, then bam! Dragged backwards down the stairs she went!! Brilliant!!
by Always hopeful
Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:46 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This majestical roof fretted with golden fire - Smoggies (A)
Replies: 178
Views: 29154

Re: This majestical roof fretted with golden fire - Smoggies

I can only assume he was being rested? :conf: That seems to have been the plan, yes, to keep him fresh for the more crucial games to come. That meant we ended up with the two auld fellas playing most of the match together, which isn't ideal - I suppose we may have fared better pairing them up diffe...
by Always hopeful
Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:35 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: Brits Awards 2015
Replies: 37
Views: 5974

Re: Brits Awards 2015

Just watched the last 10 mins of this. I now feel very old.
by Always hopeful
Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:18 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This majestical roof fretted with golden fire - Smoggies (A)
Replies: 178
Views: 29154

Re: This majestical roof fretted with golden fire - Smoggies

Spoke to a couple of Smoggies fans today at work, who went last night. They were asking about that small dark haired lad who came on towards the end and "caused us real problems". They couldn't understand why he wasn't brought on earlier. Me too. I can only assume he was being rested? :conf:
by Always hopeful
Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:51 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Trotters pics
Replies: 358
Views: 68500

Re: Trotters pics

Some time ago I discovered that if you enter 'Bolton British Pathe' into the search bar on Youtube, you can find quite a few old clips of Bolton at Burnden and elsewhere. There's an absolute belter of a video of the White Horse final, featuring the build-up, highlights and an unfortunately silent i...
by Always hopeful
Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:16 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Lennon, four months in.
Replies: 35
Views: 9151

Re: Lennon, four months in.

I like Lennon and I think he's an absolute breath of fresh air. Hopefully his success won't be too dramatic and we rise to the top over a prolonged season or three. That way we'll be able to enjoy and savour the 'moment' before the inevitable happens and he moves on. The only thing I think's a bit o...
by Always hopeful
Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:44 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: Today I'm happy about......
Replies: 9035
Views: 680348

Re: Today I'm happy about......

Today was another one of those potentially very difficult days in the Hopeful household. Both sons decided to take their driving tests on the same day!! There's 18 months between them in age and they're like chalk and cheese in many respects. #1 son wasn't really interested in learning, whereas #2 s...