i-Ram

1 hour ago, ariotofmyown said:

I would love to go tomorrow but can't. Should I by a ticket anyway and not go, then I might get a higher priority ticket for a potential playoff final? I will be "putting my hand" but not even able to see the game. This makes me much more of a real fan than those cheapskates who actually go to the game. @i-Ram get involved.

Nah you are alright mate. Going to put all my spare money in a tin. The 18th May will be soon upon us, and I need to save some money for a black market ticket in the Rams end. This of course assumes none of my online friends invite me along as a ‘plus one’. Up the Rams❤️

1 hour ago, i-Ram said:

Come on you lot and snap up the last 271. Ive been waiting since this thread opened to post ‘Damn, I had thought i would go to this game’.

Just watched the news, and the M25 is closed (between J10/11) for the weekend - first time since it was opened. Sorry lads, can’t make it. Give Warne a boo for me 😂🐑

Come on you lot and snap up the last 271. Ive been waiting since this thread opened to post ‘Damn, I had thought i would go to this game’.

1 hour ago, Bob The Badger said:

 

I'm not sure I want to get sucked into this because you're missing the point and I’m not sure I can help you with that.

Gervais and Carr are clearly caring people. I’ve read enough about them to believe that. Carr aims more fun at himself than everybody else.

I was on the front row of his last Truro gig and saw him work from about 3 feet away. He messes with the audience and laughs with them, never laughing harder than when somebody puts him down. He does take the piss, but every person he interacted with was laughing hysterically. That’s because he’s a pro, and he knows who to pick and when to back off.

If you push back, then yeah, he’s gonna come after you, but you did that to yourself.

He actually never spoke to me and Mrs Badger, but he did to the people on both sides of us. Make a joke out of that because I’m sure there is one.

I was in the second row for Tom Allen on Sunday, and he did pretty much the same thing. It was some of the best crowd work I have ever seen.

And Jim Jefferies did an entire joke of several minute about the deaf and a sign language person, and you know who loved it the most? The deaf. The invited him to do a gig for them and he did.

Do you really think Gervais’s assistant is upset or offended? Or do you think she knows he doesn’t mean it and is really having a go at stereotypical attitudes?

He’s a leftie, you do know that, right?

It’s the intent that (at least to me) is important. Every comedian ducks up from time to time, but as long as they aren’t trying to hurt people or they are going after nebulous constructs, I’m fine with that.

From reading your posts over the years, I sensed a certain amount of contempt from your comment and contempt never makes me laugh even if I sometimes feel it.

Thanks for the reply Bob. Jimmy Carr is particularly caring. He did so much good work for those poor people in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda, investing his hard earned so that they might prosper. Even didn't tell anyone. Such is his wonderful selflessness.

You carry on paying his front row premium to enjoy his sometimes off colour humour, and enjoy your middle class self delusion (bit of Stewart Lee for you there). Perhaps also put this uncaring nobody on 'ignore' - I hate the idea of you feeling contempt for me.

15 minutes ago, Bob The Badger said:

I cannot remember either mocking a specific person for their disability.

If they did that, I wouldn't like it.

Both look at broad constructs. And both, as per Carr's Travellers joke from a couple of years ago, are actually trying to ridicule the more common narrative around the stereotypes of the subject material.

I don't even like it when Stweart Lee goes after other comedians. But as the ones he does go after are much bigger names than him, I put up with it.

I love to point out the irony of you having a go at me for missing irony that wasn't present, but you'd not understand it and it would be punching down, so I won't.

Just had a quick google of Jimmy Carr for you Bob. First thing that came up:

"Why are they called Sunshine Variety coaches when all the kids look the same?"  Thats your comedy hero there Bob, at his best 😀

Saw him live a couple of times too, going down the front row mocking his audience. He loves mocking people, disabled or otherwise.

Ricky Gervais, who I actually find funny most of the time, was always taking the mick out of his wheelchaired producer Ash. He's had a good go at Stephen Hawking too, oh and lets not forget the disabled girl he left in the stairwell in the Office during fire escape practice.  These are just quick top of the head things, I can find you a lot more examples if you want? Doubt it it would help your argument though would it you hypocrite?

Were you having a go at my dwarfism with your punching down comment? How very dare you.

1 minute ago, Stive Pesley said:

why can't you understand her though?

She talks with a strange dialect, woke boy.

1 hour ago, Stive Pesley said:

This is more like it - by all means have a dig about how she is really not that funny. But mocking her disability is really low - even for i-ram 

Who was mocking her disability? I was pointing out I can’t understand her, in an amusing way. Whether you find it, or indeed her, amusing is neither here or there. 

Had to laugh at the irony of @Bob The Badger pulling me up on the joke. His favourite comedians include Jimmy Carr and Ricky Gervais. He must be going to a lot of gigs where he storms out after 5 minutes with outrage 😘

1 hour ago, Bob The Badger said:

very classy.

12 minutes ago, jcidaho said:

My daughter has put her foot down and made an impassioned case for us to make the 200 mile round trip on a school night. We'll be there, COYR!

I’d be there too, but my daughter is making an impassioned plea that she wants a pony.

1 hour ago, Mucker1884 said:

I've just mounted one at the weekend.  Existing TV.  New wall Bracket from Costco... which came with TEN(!) sets of (x4) bolts, presumably "To suit all TV's"!

I guess that's the task you are up against.
Suggest you ask the same question of Google, but add the all important TV Make, model, serial numbers etc.

Alternatively, if you're local, you can pop round to mine, and take my leftover 9 sets, in the hope that I haven't just used the same set that you need!

*I'm in Chad.

 

EDIT:

Just checked the Costco blurb...

Mine came with:
M4 x 12 & 35
M6 x 12, 20 & 35
M8 x 16, 20, 30, 40 & 50

 

Can't remember which set I needed/used, but I could check this evening as each pouch is marked up, and only one pouch has been opened.  The remaining sets are in my shed, and are literally now surplus.

There was something about spacers too, but mine didn't need any, so there's those going spare too!

Shout up if any good to you.   Might save a painful Google search!

🍻
 

It’s helpful stuff like this that makes me despair of this forum.

27 minutes ago, Seaside Ram said:

Rosie Jones is currently on tour . Anyone been ? 

Will there be subtitles?

23 minutes ago, McMuffin said:

Any techies on here that can help?

Basically got a new bedroom TV.

32 inch same as the old one but a smart tv. Already got my bracket on the wall but new tv has different screw size holes. 
what size screws would I need to order?

What size is your screwdriver. Is it a left or right handed one?

6 minutes ago, Tyler Durden said:

I am delighted to announce that I've completed the survey 

Was there a ‘Warne out’ question? Asking for a friend.

Great result. Up you lovely Rams 🐑🍻

I won’t be following this game today as I am a family function but I fear for us given the set up. We look exposed in the middle. Even though we won’t want to play there the Gas will.  Hopefully Gayle or NML can score to give us a chance of 3 points. Up the Rams 🐏

40 minutes ago, sage said:

No Bird. Story of my life.

Good job you are gay then 😜

7 hours ago, Eddie said:

Were 'Pieces of Eight' the original Bitcoins?

Asking for a pirate friend. 

I think they were a 1960’s Liverpudlian dance band Eddie, but don’t ask me as I know little to nothing about the mystical world of wealth manipulation, nor for that matter dance.

I see the Tupperware guy is still coming on here regularly with updates on the pyramid scheme, I mean Bitcoin. Are there Bitcoiners on loads of forums letting simple folk know what they are missing out on I wonder?

On 16/02/2024 at 18:33, Scott129 said:

My dad finally lost his battle this morning at the ridiculous age of 64.

Over the past month or so, he got stuck in a cycle of having excess fluid drained, the fluid coming back, being drained again, etc. The fluid eventually got into his lungs and, on top of that, he had the cancer in the background (which they couldn't directly treat because of all of the draining), and a skin infection that eventually led to sepsis. It was just too many issues for him to fight, even though he gave it a damn good go.

He deteriorated rapidly last night to the point of being very agitated and delirious, and I got a call from the nurses to come in at 3am. I knew it was the beginning of the end then, and the decision was made to withdraw treatment at about 11am. He went very peacefully within the hour.

Part of me wants to carry on like normal - go to the match tomorrow and have a few drinks after - but the healthiest decision is probably to skip it and have a bit of alone time to process it all.

I echo the last sentence of my previous post too - f*** cancer.

So sorry to hear your news Scott. As you say 64 is no age (I am 63 this year) and losing your dad at that age is tragic. I hope you have some great memories of your times together. Take care.

16 hours ago, Chellaston Ram said:

I understand how you feel Scott , I lost my wife with cancer 4 weeks ago after a 17 month battle, in her last few weeks I missed a few games as I couldn’t face going to the match and trying to enjoy it. Time is a great healer, I have started going again now and gradually getting back to my normal match day routine. 

So sorry to hear your news CR. Wishing you and your family the very best for the future.

@Comrade 86 I suspect your fat fingers meant you hit the wrong emoji. Just thought you might want to update.

It’s looking like Forest might have a season or 10 in the Champ to look forward to. Are they prepared?

”Forest ready”

11 hours ago, angieram said:

You may have been following the discussion on the season ticket thread. 

Now that Daniel's seat is secured for his sister, can we fundraise instead for a flag for B4 as a permanent memorial and reminder of his presence at the stadium.

Maybe @David could help with the fundraising and we could ask Simon Penney to help with the flag, or someone else if anyone knows anybody? 

What do people think? 

What do you guys think, surely Angie.

FWIW I think it a lovely idea. There is also the amusing irony that the flag could often being obscuring someone’s view of the pitch.

34 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said:

I'm just gonna plod on and see what happens, then take a holiday early June.
Am I a bad man?  

You are Paul Warne and I claim my £5.

If a man speaks in a forest, and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?

6 hours ago, uttoxram75 said:

Are you having an affair with my wife?

I will be disappointed if he is too.