DarkFruitsRam7

The house is too chaotic to get a good picture but Bruce is a large 45 kg GSD and in the foreground is Igor who at 19 weeks is now as big as him?

Please don't raise that whole issue again, I'm still in denial.

To be fair, Burt’s eyesight may not be the best.
Wasn’t it you, @BurtonRam7, who mistook the Ram’s horn for a beady little eye? ??

Alternatively you could await for a moderator to be able to look at the post, and decide whether or not it can be approved, without the need to get all snotty. 

Arse-wiping should clearly be categorised as a number 2.
It ain't rocket science.  Get yer act together, mods!!  

Well it was the first episode of the new series I think ?
I've not checked to see how many series I've missed. It wasn't the fact that I didn't understand what was going on, it was just the same old formula. 
To be fair, I didn't give it a proper go, switching off after 20 or so minutes, but I'm pretty certain it's not something I'd enjoy watching. 

Testing testing 1 2 1 2.
Leave it with me @BurtonRam7

Oh I'm well aware of the paranoia mate! Which always makes me chuckle, because most of the media types I come across tend to have a soft spot for Derby!
I'll always go back to Bloomers - excellent journalist, broadcaster, and a good commentator. But got stick because he wasn't a Derby fan - bonkers.

Not sure if you’ve noticed but as a fan base we suffer from paranoia.  
Sky Sports hate us, Prutton and Goodman hate us, the BBC hate us, Daily Mirror and Mail hate us, Kenny Bur....forget that one.
With everyone hating us I’m not surprised at the requests to have a Derby County fan commentate, one of our own.
Call me weird but I tend to zone out from all TV commentators, mix it into the background noise coming from the Dog, I can see what’s going on with my eyes. 
The personal preference thing is key here, you will never please everyone regardless of who you stick behind the microphone. 
Even the much loved Graham Richards has his dislikers.
You could say we’re all just a bit different and I like it that way.

1 or 2
 
Link me up Harry, see if I can work my wizardry for you.

You can’t knock it till you have.
I’m told.....

Good job you pressed h and not t by accident.

The Hateful Eight - 7/10
Missus hated it. If you love Tarantino's scripts then this is porn. Only 2 things let it down. 1)Samuel L Jackson playing that n word again. It's a role that's been in Tarantino films a bit too often now and Django (one of my favourite films ever) was heavily focused on it. It just seems boring now. It didn't need to be in this film. I find Samuel L Jackson boring now too. 2) The action is a bit of a let down. Waited ages for it and there's nothing imaginative about it in the end. Still a good film though. I'm a huge Tarantino fan and this is a compilation of his other films imo. 
Transporting 2 - 8/10
Ah! The great philosophers return. As good as the first but without being utterly depressing for a bit. Stylish! 
Black Mirror. Bandersnatch - 1/10
Think I got the name right. It's a choose your own adventure film. Woohoo! The future of cinema!! Well, games have been doing it for decades. There's an X Files game on the original PlayStation that was like this but better. It's crap. I didn't finish it. I think it's supposed to be edgy but it's just dull. My mates loved it but if it wasn't interactive they wouldn't have. And being interactive puts it in competition with video games. Play a Telltale game. Play The Last Of Us. More interactive, more story. 
The Road - 7/10
Aragorn, Son of Arathorn, rightful king of Gondor? Rohan? I can't remember but you know the fella. The world has died in flames literally. Him and his son walk to the coast. That's it. But it's pretty haunting and depressing. Not rubbish though. It might have been rubbish if it was interactive. 

Have you read the book?
As always, even better than the film, I read Trainspotting as part of a collection including Maribou Stork Nightmares and a collection of short stories, all well worth reading.
I say always, The English Patient was a far better film than book, maybe the exception that proves the rule.

Trainspotting and T2 Trainspotting, both for the first time.
Two cracking films, two great soundtracks and two Harry Wilsons/10.

I’ve had an unusual 2018. I worked incredibly hard for my A-Level results that got me a place at the University of Manchester, where I’ve met some great mates. I had a great summer due to the national team’s heroics and Derby are shaping up nicely this term.
However, I got hit with some upsetting family news in the summer (World Cup Final day) which has affected, and will continue to affect, my whole world, none more so than today. I bloody love Christmas but today, due to the aforementioned news, was rather subdued and disappointing compared to the typically lively family affair.
This has led me to drink a fair few whiskeys and gins after everyone has gone to bed in order to improve the day. During this little session, I had a good chat (via video call) with my mates and I’m feeling much better now.
I don’t really know what I’m trying to get at with this post, and I know that many are going through far greater difficulties than me (thankfully, I’ve never had issues with mental health) but I thought this was the best place to get things off my chest, particularly because the people on this forum are absolutely fantastic and like a second family to me (@coneheadjohn and @angieram in particular). 
I will regret this post tomorrow morning when I read this as a sober man but, in my mellow state, I feel like it is important to get things off my chest, particularly when I haven’t been able to offload my worries (regarding the family news) to anybody since I found out (I’m the only one in my immediate family who hasn’t told anyone). To all who read this post, I doubt it makes any sense.
Anyway, I really do love this forum. I know that I’m usually a happy-clapping, Dark Fruits-drinking, joke-making poster but nobody’s life is perfect; including mine. 
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and I expect you all to be looking out for me on the telly as I cheer on the mighty Rams at Bramall Lane tomorrow.
Up the ducking Rams.

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.
 

Cobwebs have more flavour than turkey 

I’ve had an unusual 2018. I worked incredibly hard for my A-Level results that got me a place at the University of Manchester, where I’ve met some great mates. I had a great summer due to the national team’s heroics and Derby are shaping up nicely this term.
However, I got hit with some upsetting family news in the summer (World Cup Final day) which has affected, and will continue to affect, my whole world, none more so than today. I bloody love Christmas but today, due to the aforementioned news, was rather subdued and disappointing compared to the typically lively family affair.
This has led me to drink a fair few whiskeys and gins after everyone has gone to bed in order to improve the day. During this little session, I had a good chat (via video call) with my mates and I’m feeling much better now.
I don’t really know what I’m trying to get at with this post, and I know that many are going through far greater difficulties than me (thankfully, I’ve never had issues with mental health) but I thought this was the best place to get things off my chest, particularly because the people on this forum are absolutely fantastic and like a second family to me (@coneheadjohn and @angieram in particular). 
I will regret this post tomorrow morning when I read this as a sober man but, in my mellow state, I feel like it is important to get things off my chest, particularly when I haven’t been able to offload my worries (regarding the family news) to anybody since I found out (I’m the only one in my immediate family who hasn’t told anyone). To all who read this post, I doubt it makes any sense.
Anyway, I really do love this forum. I know that I’m usually a happy-clapping, Dark Fruits-drinking, joke-making poster but nobody’s life is perfect; including mine. 
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and I expect you all to be looking out for me on the telly as I cheer on the mighty Rams at Bramall Lane tomorrow.
Up the ducking Rams.

Sorry it’s took me a few hours to get back to you.
If you ever feel like that mate send us a message.
 

I’ve had an unusual 2018. I worked incredibly hard for my A-Level results that got me a place at the University of Manchester, where I’ve met some great mates. I had a great summer due to the national team’s heroics and Derby are shaping up nicely this term.
However, I got hit with some upsetting family news in the summer (World Cup Final day) which has affected, and will continue to affect, my whole world, none more so than today. I bloody love Christmas but today, due to the aforementioned news, was rather subdued and disappointing compared to the typically lively family affair.
This has led me to drink a fair few whiskeys and gins after everyone has gone to bed in order to improve the day. During this little session, I had a good chat (via video call) with my mates and I’m feeling much better now.
I don’t really know what I’m trying to get at with this post, and I know that many are going through far greater difficulties than me (thankfully, I’ve never had issues with mental health) but I thought this was the best place to get things off my chest, particularly because the people on this forum are absolutely fantastic and like a second family to me (@coneheadjohn and @angieram in particular). 
I will regret this post tomorrow morning when I read this as a sober man but, in my mellow state, I feel like it is important to get things off my chest, particularly when I haven’t been able to offload my worries (regarding the family news) to anybody since I found out (I’m the only one in my immediate family who hasn’t told anyone). To all who read this post, I doubt it makes any sense.
Anyway, I really do love this forum. I know that I’m usually a happy-clapping, Dark Fruits-drinking, joke-making poster but nobody’s life is perfect; including mine. 
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and I expect you all to be looking out for me on the telly as I cheer on the mighty Rams at Bramall Lane tomorrow.
Up the ducking Rams.

I’ve had an unusual 2018. I worked incredibly hard for my A-Level results that got me a place at the University of Manchester, where I’ve met some great mates. I had a great summer due to the national team’s heroics and Derby are shaping up nicely this term.
However, I got hit with some upsetting family news in the summer (World Cup Final day) which has affected, and will continue to affect, my whole world, none more so than today. I bloody love Christmas but today, due to the aforementioned news, was rather subdued and disappointing compared to the typically lively family affair.
This has led me to drink a fair few whiskeys and gins after everyone has gone to bed in order to improve the day. During this little session, I had a good chat (via video call) with my mates and I’m feeling much better now.
I don’t really know what I’m trying to get at with this post, and I know that many are going through far greater difficulties than me (thankfully, I’ve never had issues with mental health) but I thought this was the best place to get things off my chest, particularly because the people on this forum are absolutely fantastic and like a second family to me (@coneheadjohn and @angieram in particular). 
I will regret this post tomorrow morning when I read this as a sober man but, in my mellow state, I feel like it is important to get things off my chest, particularly when I haven’t been able to offload my worries (regarding the family news) to anybody since I found out (I’m the only one in my immediate family who hasn’t told anyone). To all who read this post, I doubt it makes any sense.
Anyway, I really do love this forum. I know that I’m usually a happy-clapping, Dark Fruits-drinking, joke-making poster but nobody’s life is perfect; including mine. 
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and I expect you all to be looking out for me on the telly as I cheer on the mighty Rams at Bramall Lane tomorrow.
Up the ducking Rams.

Never try and drink your feelings away buddy... it’s a slippery slope! talking is the best way, and this is the place to do it ? Never regret posting anything here (apart from the dark fruits stuff) hope everything is ok with your family mate ?

Thanks Angie.
You might find this difficult to believe, but I’m actually quite sensible with alcohol. Last night was genuinely the first time I’ve ever drunk to make myself feel better when I’ve been down, as I know that it won’t usually make me feel better.
However, it did work last night because it allowed me to initiate a conversation with my mates that really perked me up (therefore, I suppose, it helped me indirectly and not directly). It’s definitely not going to become a regular coping mechanism, but I will look back on Christmas 2018 in a much more positive light due to my late-night antics.
Hopefully our luck will change and I’ll finally see you today! Up the Rams.

I’ve had an unusual 2018. I worked incredibly hard for my A-Level results that got me a place at the University of Manchester, where I’ve met some great mates. I had a great summer due to the national team’s heroics and Derby are shaping up nicely this term.
However, I got hit with some upsetting family news in the summer (World Cup Final day) which has affected, and will continue to affect, my whole world, none more so than today. I bloody love Christmas but today, due to the aforementioned news, was rather subdued and disappointing compared to the typically lively family affair.
This has led me to drink a fair few whiskeys and gins after everyone has gone to bed in order to improve the day. During this little session, I had a good chat (via video call) with my mates and I’m feeling much better now.
I don’t really know what I’m trying to get at with this post, and I know that many are going through far greater difficulties than me (thankfully, I’ve never had issues with mental health) but I thought this was the best place to get things off my chest, particularly because the people on this forum are absolutely fantastic and like a second family to me (@coneheadjohn and @angieram in particular). 
I will regret this post tomorrow morning when I read this as a sober man but, in my mellow state, I feel like it is important to get things off my chest, particularly when I haven’t been able to offload my worries (regarding the family news) to anybody since I found out (I’m the only one in my immediate family who hasn’t told anyone). To all who read this post, I doubt it makes any sense.
Anyway, I really do love this forum. I know that I’m usually a happy-clapping, Dark Fruits-drinking, joke-making poster but nobody’s life is perfect; including mine. 
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and I expect you all to be looking out for me on the telly as I cheer on the mighty Rams at Bramall Lane tomorrow.
Up the ducking Rams.