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    Butlins Dolls House.

    in The Jim Smith Room

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Mostyn6 said:

    that's not a timetable/order. It's spread over 2/3 venues/halls over 3 nights, usually 3 acts per Venue, per night. They only release the schedule the week before.

    They really going for that slow torture experience then, sounds utterly dreadful 

    Butlins Dolls House.

    in The Jim Smith Room

    Posted

    48 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said:

    I cannot relate to this, I never go to Butlins when the families/kids are there, and I only go with the boys for a Music Weekender. I've done Minehead and Skeggy, mainly for 80s Weekenders. I have done Oktoberfest, 90s and Bootleg once each too. We go on the Friday morning and leave on the Monday morning and as a group of 10-16 lads, these Adult Music Weekenders are amazing. Our next one is September and we were talking about it last night, excited for the blowout and laughter. If you want a laugh, I recommend them, 5 star they're not, but you can shower, sleep, eat and drink, so what else do you need?

    You can shower if you're the size of Warwick Davis, everyone else will have to turn the bathroom into a wet room.

    Everything I've heard about the adult weekends sound worse, rammed, drugs, East 17 rolling out on stage on mobility scooters. Not something I will ever want to experience 

    Butlins Dolls House.

    in The Jim Smith Room

    Posted

    I came up with a great analogy for Butlins this morning when the seagulls woke me up. Not sure it’s suitable for TripAdvisor though.

    Hear me out though, Butlins is like ahem, in the number 2..

    Him “It’s not that bad, honestly you should try it, loads of people do it”

    Her “One day maybe, I have to be in the mood to try it”

    The day rolls round and after 30 seconds

    Her “Get out, get out, I don’t like it, get out!”


    I won’t ever ask for it again now as it will just remind me of Butlins.

    Butlins Dolls House.

    in The Jim Smith Room

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, Wolfie said:

    The Compo face needs a bit of work. 

    I should send it in to the local paper to save others making the same mistake I have.

    The wife's brother comes every year.

    The in laws come every year.

    The wife has been multiple times.

    You should go, it's great they said. Absolute codswallop.

    From the minute you drive in you know it's going to be hell, long queues to be directed which way to drive through the concrete jungle, most places have check in desks in a nice reception area. Not Butlins. You check in like you're crossing a toll bridge and it's a dash for a parking space near your apartment.

    I walk into the apartment and it feels like a game of one wrong step and you're through the ceiling, floorboards caving in all over covered by a laminate lino. It's ok, I won't walk around, find the bed and it's as comfy as an ironing board and not much longer. 

    I tip toe to the bathroom and faced with that shower, a shower than is smaller than the one on my Dad's yacht. Unbelievable, I grab the bananas for scale, squeeze in, take all the pictures to upload to social media but wait.....absolutely no mobile signal. Ok, they say they have wifi, well they do, but it's 1 bar of 1mb which comes and goes every couple of minutes.

    Properly pee'd off I'm here till Friday and still not feeling 100%, I stay in the apartment all night, excuse being not to infect the other guests, yet truth be told, reducing the population wouldn't be a bad thing, might get on the wifi then.

    The wife takes the kids and in laws out to the entertainment, I stay in to hear nothing but feral kids running around outside for a good hour before their parents realised they were being anti social. 

    I make my way to the kitchen to make a fish finger sandwich, just 2 as they are the chunky ones. 45 minutes in the oven here.

    Eat those to be awoken at 6am by seagulls which I can only assume were killing each other.

    I feel loads better this morning, but undecided if I should venture out with the rest of the cattle or hide away in the apartment.

    Stick or Twist?

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    8 hours ago, i-Ram said:

    1) Will Clowes in the coming weeks show full support for the job Warne has done, and the job he now has to do, by renegotiating his contract giving him and his team a new 4 year term to work with?

    I don't think so no, I would imagine there would be some kind of financial incentive that will have been included in the contract on gaining promotion, so he will be rewarded for that. This will be something that will be reviewed next summer as he enters his final season.

    8 hours ago, i-Ram said:

    2) How would you personally feel about it if Warne did now sign a 4 year contract. My instinct is that Warne currently enjoys about 80/90% positivity on this forum. If you were Clowes, would you restart the clock now?

    I would be fine with it, I wouldn't see it as a reason for huge celebration as such nor a reason to throw the toys out the pram. We know managerial contracts don't mean a lot these days.

    End of the day, the length of the contract really only benefits the manager and his staff with secured payout if terminated early, hitting the owner in the pocket.  

    Paul Warne

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    30 minutes ago, CBX1985 said:

    I made a remark to you that in the days leading up to a stunning promotion it is absurd to have a "debate" about the manager's future.

    I'm also guilty of questioning the timing of certain posts/topics, including one of Sage's, the summer transfer suggestion thread, which in my opinion was absurd to be thinking about in February when we had no idea what league we would be in.

    The topic remains open, into page 39, doesn't change my opinion that it should have been a conversation to be starting this week.

    Same with Paul Warne's future and worrying about the style of football in the Championship. We're there now, makes sense if those want to voice their concerns. 

    There is a huge difference though between being told you cannot talk about something, quiet, sssh, lock it and voicing an opinion which questions the timing. 

    I also think most regular members should be able to read the room at this stage, you know roughly where people stand and if you're going to throw out a controversial take 10 minutes after the final whistle after gaining promotion, kinda got to accept the criticism you would get for that.

    Also, theres been some goading from the other side if you like following promotion, forcing humble pie down someone's throat will only be spat back in your face. If you actually read what those critical of Warne are saying, promotion wouldn't change the concern they have going forward, so yeah, lose the first 2 or 3 I'm sure we'll be back to the same debate.

    Although for me, if you give the manager the summer, got to give them until Christmas then barring any complete and utter disaster situation which we saw under Pearson.

    All in my opinion of course. 

    23/24 MINIMUM Expectations

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, maxjam said:

    Its a bit late to vote properly now!  If I hadn't been messing around I would have voted for play-offs last August, I thought we were missing a main striker and midfield creativity.  

    It will be interesting to see what everyones opinions are for next season once we've assembled our squad.  

    At the time of the poll, no players had been signed, even Jason Knight was still here. 

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