Norman

Just got back from a holiday in Thailand. I nearly went with one of those ladyboys.
He looked like a woman walked like a woman and kissed like a woman but when he drove me back to his place and backed the car into the garage I thought somethings not right here.

Newark. Opposite the castle. Welcome, Boycie ?.

This is an authentic doner/chicken/steak kebab mix with underfried greasy floppy chips, a crap naan and a chilli & mint jùs.
Washed down with a warm diet coke.
Feel like crap now.

That reminds me of changing out of my swimming trunks after building sand castles.

You don’t go down the pub for a pint in peace, that’s why you have a conservatory built 

Seeing a few haters over social media as usual when Joshua fights. And he still marches on. 
Still some people think you can't support AJ and Fury. You can. 
Took AJ 4 rounds to figure Povetkin out though. Great effort from Povetkin. 
It's odd. Price is far stiffer than AJ but he caught Povetkin a few times as Povetkin went under and over with a hook. He caught the top of his head because Povetkin leaves himself open when he hooks. 
Joshua never really got that success. But it was further proof he's got a good chin and as soon as Povetkin slowed down he took him out perfectly. 
Seen one idiot say that if AJ had been in with a world class fighter tonight he'd have lost. What? Like Povetkin? Wlad? Parker? 
AJ and Wilder have both nearly messed up here. Povetkin nearly spoiled their fight and Tyson still might. Terrible that this fight wasn't made. It'll be Whyte in April.

farm pug helping me

"Live, Laugh, Love".
If you need a written reminder of that on display in your house, I don't think I want to do any of those with you.

Can of Budweiser after lunch today.
Miles better than most of the soil and wood flavoured stuff posted in here.

When driving on the A38 with a Mercedes/BMW/Audi as close as possible to the rear of my car, despite being able to see 3 slower cars in front of me, and I'm clearly waiting for them to move over so I can overtake.
I get annoyed.
When I then move over and I get a really long stare as if I am responsible for slow drivers ahead of me.
I get exasperated.
The Mercedes/BMW/Audi then goes in front but drives slower than they were previously, but refuse to move over to let me pass.
Why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haven't got the foggiest. 

Further to this: 'Personalised' number plates.
What better way is there to identify a driver as someone who has too much money and too little imagination to spend it on something worthwhile?
These are the same people who are into premium, but ultimately bland soulless crap like going on holiday to Dubai, Range Rovers and De Longhi coffee machines .
 

Don't get too rowdy, it is only swanage 

That overhang will definitely take out a few cyclists. 

The Watetfall. Quiet in here  

Have some bloody compassion. 
How many times do you have to go there.... once per year. And that's a day out for you so at least there's some novelty to the occasion
For me I go 23 times each season!!! So forget "the worst away day", it's "the worst home day" ... no wonder the atmosphere is poo and no one turns up, we're all fed up of trudging up there each week  
 

Clubs that build football grounds bloody miles from anything.... And then make it the worst away day of the season.
 

Funnily enough I hate that too!  Was not a fun end to the game, gutting to be honest.  
I thought a draw was a very fair result.  From a Reading point of view I wanted to win just so that the hangover from last year was over and also a fairly underwhelming pre-season was put behind us. 
We have Notts Forest (hehe) next, that's away.  I'm fairly confident if we can play like we did we can get a win.  

Dad, dad get it off me
just a second son i need to take a picture first!

Sisters fella’s kid just got hit with a pelter! ??

I hate it when you dominate a first half but don't take your chances and lose to a last minute goal.
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Moaning about phones again. People in an office have who have a company mobile and don’t turn the volume down the ringer. You’re sat on your desk, the phone is less than a foot away, why does do you have to bleed my eardrums?!
And people who buy Costa coffee every morning, yet they moan about the price of a pint of milk.

Businesses that issue Gift Vouchers who won't honour them because they're 'out of date'. How can they be out of date. They've had your money, for God's sake.
Just one example. A lady of my acquaintance was given a few hundred pounds worth of Thomas Cook's vouchers by relatives to visit her daughter in Australia. Due to illness it was over a year before she could book the trip. They (T C) wouldn't accept them in payment saying that they had expired, and wouldn't budge on the matter.
Bureaucratic theft.

Jim Walker the forgotten man
As many of you know I have been for the last 18 months meeting up with the old brigade, the proper DCFC legends, the ones that put us on the map in footballing terms, the ones that made us the best team in England and got us to the European Cup semi finals, the teams of 71/72 and 74/75.
It started off as way to spend time with my Dad who was a bit lost after the loss of my mum, he is a season ticket holder now and was back in the day so I started off out on a journey that has lead us to meet most of them, one of them remains elusive and one didn’t wish to participate.
All of them have been fantastic, eager to tell stories of the great Brian Clough and the amazing fortunes of Derby County who in those bleak years of three day weeks, power blackouts, strikes and Rolls Royce nearly going under taking thousands of local jobs with it gave the people of Derby something to be proud of.
Upon meeting one of those legends, Jim Walker I was particularly struck by how at peace he was with the world, very relaxed, very friendly and by far the best story teller of them all.
Jim had not long ago lost his wife to illness so immediately him and my dad had something in common other than the love of football, he made us very welcome and gave us an open invite to go round when ever to continue with the tales.
Now most people may remember Jim as the guy who was signed by Clough & Taylor from non league football to play for Derby County and was a major part of the team that won promotion from division two in 1968/69.
He lost his place in the team to John Mcgovern but captained the reserves and stepped in when required to cover injuries of suspensions, this meant that he played only a few games in the 1971/72 season but it was his goal in a 1-0 win against Crystal Palace in late march that gave Derby both points and if you remember we won the league and finished first above dirty Leeds who were just one point behind and had a greater goal difference, so in effect Jim scored the goal that won us the First Division Championship.
Aswell as a footballer Jim is probably better known as the Aston Villa physio, he was there for around twenty years and served under many managers including Graham Taylor, Ron Atkinson, Brian Little and John Gregory, he was also the man charged with looking after Paul McGrath for many years both on and off the pitch and is spoken of in very high regard in Pauls autobiography.
He had a private practice at the Belfry for the golfers and was also the go to man at the NEC when any pop stars suffered an injury or needed attention from a physio, he worked with George Michael, Elton John, Neil Diamond, Michael Hutchence and Kylie to name a few hence him having so many fantastic stories.
Jim has also had illnesses this however does not dampen his spirit or take a smile from his face.
One thing that I was amazed to hear that Jim did not receive a medal for winning the league title despite being only one of sixteen players in that 71/72 season to have donned the shirt and scoring such a valuable goal.
When ever you see the pictures of the team celebrating and holding up their medals jim does not have one.
I approached Andy Ellis the club historian and the writer of many Derby County books and the fount of all knowledge and he confirmed it.
So we the approached the club and asked if they would support an application to Gordon Taylor of the PFA to ask if he would inturn support an application to the football league to present Jim with the medal that he should have received 46 years ago.
The club agreed and they sent the letter to Gordon Taylor who gave it his blessing and the approach was then made to the football league, this was back in February this year after the ball was started rolling in June of 2017 so it took a while.
I am delighted to say that the agreement was given and Derby County approached the very same jewellers who had made the original ones to make one for Jim, to the exact specifications of the original medals and in the same box and made from 9ct gold with all of the hall marks.
For some reason the club at this time can not be seen to publicly present Jim with the medal which is a great sadness as I thought that he was going to be able to step out on the pitch at Pride Park on the opening home game against Leeds (quite fitting as he stopped them winning the league with his goal), it is a litigious matter so I will comment no further other than to say that they did everything that they could.
So to wrap up the story I had the great honour of going to Jims house today with my dad and my son and presenting him with his long overdue medal, he had no idea that it was coming and to say that he was over whelmed is an understatement.
It was great to see his face and to have the privilege to do something like that, I had the medal at my house for a while but obviously didn’t want to post any pictures until now as it was a secret.
Not very often that you get to present a league championship winning medal on behalf of Derby County and to one of the few from those great days and can be called the legends.
We are hoping that Jim will still be able to have amore public presentation at sometime in the season at Pride Park when what ever issues are resolved.
Up the Rams !!