ronnieronalde

On 04/07/2019 at 14:30, Alpha said:

Liverpool Super Cup

Leicester H

Norwich A

Sheff U H

Wolves A

Liverpool H

Brighton H 

Southampton A

Newcastle H

Burnley A

Watford A

Palace H 

Their fixtures are quite nice in that for a team like Chelsea every hard game is followed by a chance to bounce back. It looks like all the games v their top 6 rivals are broken up 

He probably couldn't have hand picked a better set of fixtures if he'd tried.

I know anyone can beat anyone on their day (not strictly true and a bit of a cliche) but you'd expect him to get off to a good start looking at that list, then momentum is huge.

I hope he does well.

On 26/05/2019 at 09:50, ramit said:

It's been a grueling, but exciting week.  Paid a deposit on this 85 square meter property in Costa Blanca South Cabo Roig Spain, but we don't have the keys yet because the real estate company is dragging it's feet, as is the norm in Spain as i have come to accept.  So we have been clearing the front part and fixing what needs fixing, but that job is only half done.  An Irish man has rented the place for the past 8 years.  He never fixed anything, apparently spent most of his time in a chair smoking and drinking, so all plastic materials need removing inside and there is some light repair work needed as well as complete refurnishing.  Am not counting any chickens yet until signature is completed but we are not worried as we have a human tornado for a lawyer, probably the best in the business in that area.  i will return to Spain hopefully within two weeks to complete repairs, furnish and install appliances and then we have a couple waiting to rent it from us for a year.  We need to do that as we are extending ourselves financially a bit.  After that, it will be completely paid for.  We got it at a very good price indeed.  Great community, good neighbors and fantastically situated within walking distance to beach and everything of interest.  We are so tired, but very happy.  What shall we call it?  i like Casa Jenn as that is my wife's name, but my good friend suggests Lion's Den because of the gate figures.  Without his help and his gracious wife we would never have been able to pull this off.  Wonderful friends and only a few doors down the lane.

 

 

If you call it that. the locals will call it Casa (ccc(Hen

How about Casa Blanca ?

Enjoy it pal. Always love to see people getting themselves a place abroad to unwind and relax in.

On 31/05/2019 at 00:58, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Is that from the new IPA range in Tesco? I’ve been meaning to try some but couldn’t find any in there the other day. 

You know when you've got a picture of someone in your head, then you meet them in real life and it's like what the fu......how the fu.....

Mind... Blown.....

Nice to "meet" you pal ?

And what a brilliant, brilliant thread by the way. I've only seen from page 144 (ish) to 141 and it's been cracking.

On 08/06/2019 at 21:33, Mucker1884 said:

Sorry, I should have made it clear... that’s Muckerette’s knee!  

I can't be the only one who looked at that picture and thought "where can I get me one of those cracking two tone sofa's" Surely ? 

Proper class from Tyson Fury. 

He was gone and finished right from round 3. He never looked like getting back into it, you kept hearing him ask his corner what punch caught him, it was like he was stuck in a daze.

A real shock but fair play to Ruiz, he totally outclassed him speed wise.

I know there's a rematch but not sure how AJ comes back from this, especially in America, hearing them boo him, they were angry. Almost as if they felt cheated by the hype.

Never been a huge fan of women's boxing, I know it's not for me to judge and it's a bit old fashioned but to see 2 lasses clubbing the living daylights out of each other just didn't sit right.

I've just watched the Katie Taylor fight and gone absolutely mental screaming and cheering. I can only remember getting into 3 or 4 fights so much.

Tyson v Bruno where Big Frank rocked him

AJ v Klitchko, to see Joshua come back and finish it the way he did was incredible.

Tyson fury getting up off the floor when it looked like he was out cold.

Rocky v Drago, nobody kills Apollo Creed and gets away with it.

It really was a stunning fight to watch, I think the Belgian lass was unlucky not to get the decision but I'm delighted for KT, so much courage it's not true. The atmosphere as well was incredible, she really is Box Office even on the men's under card, I honestly think people would pay to watch her if she was the main attraction.

2 hours ago, ossieram said:

Where are you when I want a chat?

?

Selfish bar steward DCFC members who stop posting and go to bed when it's clear I'm still up for a bit of a chat.

@david surely it's about time you stuck one of your staff on nightshift ?

Incidentally, this post is the one million, three hundred and fifty four thousand, three hundred and twenty eighth of this magnificent place.

1) Sorry it's not a better post for such a milestone

2) watch some clever clogs will have posted while I'm drafting this to piss on my chips ?

1 hour ago, 1of4 said:

Idle sods that can't be bothered returning their supermarket trolley and leave them in the middle of a parking bay. So blocking the bay and  causing an inconvenience to other shoppers.

Considerate shoppers who rob the poor bloke who collects the trolleys of the only bit of excitement and variation to his day ?

9 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said:

I’m in a lot of pain. Hopefully it’s natural and I will adjust, but today one of my closest friends died, aged 39. I’ve known him for 30 years. He’s one of a very small number of people that I trust unconditionally.

Death happens all the time, I know this, but my mate Neil was put through the ultimate cruelty of pain and illness. He had bad diabetes, then sepsis, survived those for a while whilst having to live on crutches awaiting a hip operation that never came cos his organs were so damaged and his blood too tainted. 

In the end his heart stopped, his brain died and this afternoon his body shut down and he faded away within ten minutes of the ventilator being switched off, me and several others lost a massive part of our lives ?

Rest in Peace: Neil Anthony Ward 07/05/1980 - 21/05/2019 x

I know this sounds strange Mostyn pal , the timing maybe isn't right but give it some thought.

Write him a letter telling him how you feel about him, tell him about the best and the worst memories you shared, write it as if he's still here and you're going to give it to him. Be as honest as you have ever been with anyone or about anything.

It will hurt like hell and you might not stop crying for hours but it's a beautiful thing to do and it will really bring you some peace in time.

I'm so sorry for you pal.

After we had such a rocky start to our forum relationship, you're someone I've come to view as an internet friend, someone I'd love to meet and someone I would always help in any way I could. I'm only a message away pal.

Write the letter, get some sleep.

You all know I find writing therapeutic by now right? Loneliness and if ANYONE ever feels like this, drop me a message and I'll be there like a shot.

Nobody visits because Nobody cares.
Nobody asks How are you? because Nobody dares.
Nobody writes and Nobody calls
Nobody worries how far he falls.

He’s Nobodies lover and Nobodies true friend
He has Nobody to keep fighting for, right until the end
He’s found himself being somebody Nobody chose,
Nobody thinks of and Nobody knows.

There’s Nobody with him as he eventually falls asleep
And Nobodies there again to dry the tears he can’t help but weep.
Nobody by his side, Nobody in his bed.
Nobody to turn to when he gets those thoughts in his head.

Now he recognises Nobody to be his best friend.
And he needs Nobody to help his heart mend.
He wants Nobody to come around for a talk.
And he waits for Nobody to take him out for that walk.

He knows Nobody is the one he can trust
And he’ll talk to Nobody as often as he must.
Nobody makes him laugh , Nobody makes him cry.
Nobody makes him get up in the morning and Nobody tells him why.

Thank God for Nobody. Where would he be without you?

7 minutes ago, BurtonRam7 said:

Think I've decided that you're the best poster on here mate. Every single post, whether it's funny or serious, is immensely readable.

Alpha was right.

Social media really can kick you in the nuts ?

I'm not saying I'm the internet's best poster ever but I'm in the top 1 ? 

@rynny,

What i've noticed about this place is it's got a solid core of people who are liked and respected by others, no matter what views they have they're able to come through the other side and still be liked, still be cared about. You're right at the top of that tree. You've earned that over years. Sounds a bit cheesy but I'm really glad you felt this is the place you felt comfortable sharing. I'm sure you knew the kind of reaction you'd get pal. One of universal support and rightly so.

You're a good lad and people don't like to see good lads having a hard time of it. No words can be right when you lose a family member. None. There is no feeling like it in the world. All you can do is keep breathing and keep smiling at the good memories and know that at some point you'll feel like you've been hit with a hammer as you cry for the same reason you smiled.

Stay strong pal. I know for a fact the offers of support/beers/chats from your fellow DCFC members is genuine. Don't be afraid to accept one or two of them. All the best.

Craig.

You've got to love him really. The bloke clearly is capable of throwing some massive wobblers and he occasionally (ahem) uses colourful language but for pure value for money you can't beat him.

The cameraman was focussing on him for a reason, he got a reaction. Maybe not the one he expected.

They're going down, he's gutted and you've got someone standing two metres away focussing on your face. Feck off and leave me alone to get on with the game.

I'm just surprised he restrained himself from giving the lad a little nudge backwards. I think he'll retire now. Can't see him having the fight to grind it out at Championship level again.

On 26/02/2019 at 07:07, Moist One said:

in no way am I trivialising the issues we have all faced, BUT, I am beginning to think there's a correlation of my happiness and mood versus Derby County's form! It seems when I am miserable and in a bad place, the Mighty Rams are unstoppable. When I am content with life and feeling a bit decent about myself, Derby County become clueless!

Anyway, hope all is well for everyone. Sounds like most of us are coping, and perhaps a bit more daylight into our eyeballs is helping.

I've got a lot crossed that things align for you and Derby get themselves flying to give you a lift.

I'm the same but opposite. Unless the brewers get a win or at least a point, my week is in ruins.

I've had to stop going to games so only have the "text" on bet365 and the forum which I've taken a self imposed time out on. Football sure does have a lot to answer for. Highs and lows.

6 hours ago, RamNut said:

Its a tragic situation and shameful that Cardiff should renege upon their agreement with Nantes. Looks like cardiff are waiting to take legal action against third parties and seek potential damages before they will pay up. Disgraceful if true, and the football authorities should intervene.

the people who have come out of this with the most credit are the family and David Mearns, who undertook the underwater search for free despite the availability of private funding. He also went out of his way to avoid causing any embarrassment to the the official partners in the search operation, and allowed their vessel to verify the find.

There won't be any quick resolution.

This model of plane was apparently prone to problems with airspeed indicators operating correctly when encountering problems with ice. The plane could have stalled when attempting to descend. It is supposed to be a difficult plane to fly when encountering those sort of problems. So many have crashed in America that they are called 'Doctor Killers' in an apparent reference to the many wealthy amateur owner pilots who have lost their lives. 

 

Your knowledge of all things aviation has been both surprising (I don't really know why it's surprised me to be fair) and it's added a really interesting insight. To this and the Leicester owners thread.?

Do you fly or are you just really good with google?

I agree the bloke Mearns has been really classy.

11 hours ago, Anon said:

I'm about to be a massive dhead (moreso than usual), so stop reading if you're particularly devastated that some people you didn't know died in a plane crash.

I just can't get over how odd the reaction in Cardiff has been to this tragedy. I completely understand any commemorations held by Nantes. These were people who knew the guy and were friends with him, but few people at Cardiff ever even spoke to him. Just imagine if this happened at your place of work. You're told the new sales director, Emiliano, will not be taking up the position as he unfortunately died in a road traffic accident. You never met him, but saw him once or twice when he was in for interviews. A week later you decide to thank the accounts team for putting in some overtime on one of your projects, "We did it for Emiliano" they earnestly reply. Everyone claps. Ian from the fabrication team is openly weeping. Would you not find this a little bizarre?

I didn't want to like this when I first started reading it.

Then I took a breath, read it again and realised you're spot on.

On one hand there is a huge amount of grief over Salo the human being but on the other side Cardiff and the other parties are readying hugely expensive legal teams to argue about the money and Salo the commodity.

Yeah righto.

Poor lad, poor pilot. That's all that matters.

1 hour ago, i-Ram said:

I respect that posting on here is a very personal matter, and timing is to a degree affected by current state of mind. I would be comforted though if @AshfieldRam, @Moist One and @ronnieronalde might sometime soon let us know there is more light since the turn of the year. Good to see the latter two posting from time to time. Stay strong you Rams, and Ronnie!

Good lad mate, thanks 

For some reason on here, even though people know who I am in real life, I feel I can answer honestly a question my mates ask and I don't want to tell them the truth.

I'm ducked, totally ducked but I'm hanging on by whatever thread i can find each day.

To be wobbling this badly in public is horrible and I'm wondering how it's going to pan out IF I can fix myself. 

There are those who have little enough respect for me already, without me confining their suspicions.

I'm recordong A LOT of video where I'm talking to myself but story telling, dont know how or even if I'll upload them, it's therapeutic and it's there as an explanation IF things don't change

You're a top man for asking, I know a while back I rowed with a couple of people I didn't ever want to row with and you sage rynny and revel are high on that list .as is David who eve when I don't try, I offend.

Top people, top place irrespective of the negatives and some of those i caused myself.

Good luck today ladies and gents, I'd be happier to log on tonight with you through and us having beaten Bradford.

2 hours ago, Wolfie said:

I don't have the knowledge or relevant experience to comment on much of your post but I find this bit harsh - or just very sad, if it's true.

I'd like to think that most people would be able to spot the difference between somebody just having a good moan and someone who's struggling mentally with day to day life. My point is that the onus is on the sufferer to reach out (hate that phrase) and ask for support from those close to them.

Your opinion is that most wouldn't care. Fair enough but I would beg to differ on that....and I know you weren't aiming it at me.

By strange coincidence, while my work mate was fighting with others outside the bar in Grantham that night, I was sat inside catching up with another former colleague who I'd bumped into. He was telling me how he had a breakdown last year and is coming out the other side but had contemplated killing himself also. We were never that close when we worked together but we connected over a couple of pints and a laugh that night and I made him promise that he'd stay in touch and especially if he found himself struggling again. I just hope he does.

Brilliant mate, all you can do under the circumstances. Well played.

I'm not having a go at anyone on my post, although reading it back it looks like I am.  More just a typical soap box post from me when things don't go the way I want them to go. For others as well as me. Most of my rants aren't selfish rants. I want things to be better for everyone and anyone.

It's not the professionals fault they don't have the resources. I've not spoken to anyone who I think is or would be happy to turn someone away. The folks in the industry I think are on the whole, wonderful people who would help anyone with anything they could. You don't go into a profession like that unless your heart is in the right place.

I'm not even having a go at the mates who don't know how to handle it. Christ they're not trained to spot signs, the typical reaction though is come on sort yourself out. As if it were as easy as ABC.

It really is the silent killer and until and unless we can somehow find more cash to fund more resources it's not getting any better.

16 hours ago, Wolfie said:

I returned to work today to the news that one of my colleagues had tried to kill himself late on Christmas Eve and has been sectioned for his own safety.

Normally a lovely gentle giant type of bloke, he was behaving strangely at our work do on the 21st - being the life & soul of the party from the start and then very aggressive towards some of the others as the night went on - both of which are out of character. We all thought at the time that he was just getting drunk quickly but apparently he'd been battling his demons for months but only his wife knew.

Of course all us colleagues who would describe him as a friend are now looking for the signs that we missed along the way but there really weren't any until that night and even then, we just put it down to drinking too much & too quickly.

It's been said on here before but, for goodness sake, just talk & share your problems with those close to you - or strangers if that doesn't appeal. Help is there but you'll probably have to make the first move.

I shudder to think what two young kids almost woke up to on Christmas morning. I'm sure it was bad enough as it was.

Gutted for your colleague Wolfie, gutted that he feels that's all he has left but have controversial views on sectioning and the other bolded bits.

Sectioned for his own safety? Who gets to decide that is keeping him safe? What if It's prolonging an agony he doesn't want to feel, it's others judging that he's made a mistake in not wanting to carry on.

The bigger issue for me is that people are almost forced into taking their own lives because there isn't a place they can go to to give up with dignity. To stay "safe" until it's all over. What if it was all so overwhelming that he genuinely wanted to give up? Now he has "professionals" forcing him to wake up every day.

It's not illegal to commit suicide.

What if he was totally sane when he made the choice he made. What if he just couldn't take "surviving" anymore.

Now he's got professionals saying he's crazy, feeding him tablets. The same professionals by the way that your pal probably had to wait 18 weeks to try to get to see, making phone call after phone call to try to speak to someone, shouting so loudly they need help, then being told it's not the doctors fault.

Mental Health professional - Are you going to kill yourself today? 

Ill person - No. I don't want to do that. I just need some help

MHP - In that case we're too busy, we'll see you in 18 weeks and you've got our phone number.

IP - But I'm not well, I need some help.

MHP - Sorry about that, you're not unwell enough. We have a budget. We have other priorities.

Does anyone know how that makes an ill person feel? Even more worthless, even more humiliated, even more helpless, even more alone.

Talking to friends and loved ones? Yes if you're lucky enough that they understand but lets be very honest here. MOST people don't care enough to burden themselves with someone else's problem. Hell, everyone in the world has heir own problems to deal with. MOST people would prefer it if you didn't even bother. MOST people stop calling very quickly indeed the second you tell them you have problems.

"I spoke to my mate XXXX today, duck me but he did my head in  going on and on and on about himself and his problems, the selfish ducker, I only rang to wish him Merry Christmas and to ask how he was, he's proper spoiled my mood."

When was the last time you asked someone How are you? and genuinely cared about the answer? (I don't mean you specifically pal)

Help is there? Yes it is but not on the terms the person needs it. Not when the person needs. Not unless they take such drastic measures that someone HAS to take notice.

We'll help you but you've got to wait and in the meantime, that phone number we gave you to ask for help but then didn't help, give us a call on that number if you need our help.

Yeah that'll be right.

If he'd have succeeded there'd have been a procession of what a lovely bloke and we didn't see the signs.  Then the world keeps spinning, no major outcry, people keep on going without him. It's what we do.

Poor bugger. I hope he finds calm one way or another.

The book really is the gift that keeps on giving. duck me but times like this I wish I'd never met Brian at all never mind picked up a pen to write about it. I'd have been better of as that shitty little kid running away from everyone. At least then I knew who I could trust. No-one.

Kick after kick after kick. Maybe it's karma. I certainly deserve some of it. For someone who keeps trying to convince himself he's a decent lad, something is clearly not stacking up.

If this latest "partner" pulls the plug I'm going to be emailing the few of you who gave me support an email copy of the book, a thank you card and whatever cash you gave. I've honestly had enough, I'm sure the few of you who gave me cash, probably feel the same way.

At least it'll be a limited edition, very limited, there are 37 of you and 19 of those are family and ex family who probably didn't even want a copy in the first place.

I'll know by January 3rd, maybe earlier and if it goes the way I'm expecting, then I'm off for that long walk I promised myself I'd go on once it was out. Somewhere, anywhere warm, dry and even quieter than where I am now.

Considering I've physically spoken to two people since December 18th, and one of those was the food bank vicar, it's going to be a special place I need to find!!

Life, brutal and full of traps, christmas or not.

One thing I hand't really noticed up until the last few days is how narky and provocative certain people can get, even when you're going out of your way to not get into silly arguments.

After nearly 9 years of being here, I should probably know better,

8 minutes ago, bigbadbob said:

Have Burton Albion got a fans forum ?

Is it upsetting you that I'm on here as much as I am lately?

Reading some of the gems on this thread, I'd ran out of my quota of daily reactions by 8 o clock this morning, now I'm not claiming to be god incarnate but....

Ronnie said let there be likes and there were likes ?

think about it ?