Bob The Badger

On 26/07/2022 at 19:49, IslandExile said:

I had a pair of white boots for Chrimbo one year ?

Yeah, but yours weren't quite the same mate.

The Gray Man (gray being the u.s. spelling). Action thriller on netflix in the 'Bourne' style.

A few amusing one-liners, Gosling is solid and there you have it.

No substance (not that this type of film is meant to have that), a seeming desire by the makers to show how much money they had by jumping from city to city and a Chris Evans villain who came closer to resembling Freddie Mercury than Freddy Krueger.

Interesting that @TimRam said in the Bourne style because about 20 minutes in I said that I thought the score had a very Bourne-feel to it.

However, imho this is way more comic-book (not surprising when you see who made it) than Bourne.

Mrs Badger and her friend would have given it a solid David Swindlehurst, whereas me and my friend would have said it looked a lot more like Vic Moreland.

Wow, they are defo still playing. Kudos to Shaun.

6 minutes ago, Tyler Durden said:

Hindsight is a wonderful gift isn't it.

Looking back, I'm not so sure it is. 

3 minutes ago, Steve How Hard? said:

Sounds very much like CK may go from making birdies to doing bird. 

That jokes about par for the course with you. 

You're like an albatross around the neck of this board and anybody would have to be very green to think we can iron this rough situation out. 

Ill putter some tee on and hope you've driven a fairway and faded into the distance before I sit down for my chips.   
 

4 hours ago, Rammy03 said:

Even Forbes are on it now. Definitely dodged a bullet

A bullet may not have killed us, we dodged Little Boy and Fat Man being dropped on PPS at the same time.  

3 minutes ago, JoetheRam said:

Meh. A few smashed windows and other criminal damage is rather insignificant compared to what will come if world leaders (and the people who elect them - in some cases) cannot come up with a plan to stop doing things that exacerbate global warming.

Sure, they could protest in a Priti Patel approved way but that kind of defeats the point of protesting.

Just because you're breaking the law doesn't mean you're being smart about your resources or being effective.

They're hardly throwing themselves under race horses ffs. This will change nothing, just create more polarisation.

I'm in agreement with much of what they say, but this is juvenile.

How about they figure out a way to break the law by, say, stealing insulation and installing it in pensioners homes. Or something actually creative that will raise awareness AND get people on their side?

Or rather not.

What a bunch of muppets.

How to take a subject that many people agree with you on and then totally turn them off.

That guy with the pink shirt on disgusts me.

He should be given a damn good thrashing.

Everybody knows you do a quick gentle tap first before aiming a hard blow at a chisel.

What an amateur, he could have broken his hand.

7 minutes ago, Wolfie20 said:

Based on positive comments on here I've started watching Spiral and now part way through series 3. It's superb and the Gilou character is brilliant. On BBC i-player and highly recommend it.

We started season 5 last night and you're right. I thought his character was a bit cartoonish in season 1 but it really develops.

The Undeclared War with Simon Pegg 

I utterly loved it to begin with, but then it felt hurried and the what seems to be th enow obligatory lesbian relationship just superfluous and added nothing to the story.

Some of the acting was great, especially Pegg, Mark Rylance and the female lead and the parallels/coincidences are amazing. In the program BJ has been just ousted as PM and the makers must have wet themselves with excitement when that actually happened in reality. Putin is also running rampant.

If you like psychological, very high tech covert spy stuff that is kinda scary in a this-could-happen kinda way, then you will probably like this and it's better than 95% of ITV dramas.

A solid Lee Carsley, but it could have been a Whoa Bobby with a bit more care and a couple more episodes. 

On 30/06/2022 at 22:25, Rev said:

The present Mrs Rev and I have started watching Succession, and are loving it so far. 

Brain off, enjoy the dialogue and acting.

The general bitchiness and one upmanship we all secretly wish we could indulge in but are too polite to do ourselves, laid out for our entertainment. 

 

The writing gets better as it goes along.

Have tickets to see them later this month at the Rock Oyster event here in Cornwall. Not sure they'll be playing now and they were literally the only reason I wanted to go.

Bummed is still one of my favourite albums of all time.

I hit 60 this week and it kinda brings home your mortality.

RIP indeed.

7 hours ago, CodnorRam said:

Fabulous

1 hour ago, Raich Carter said:

If stuff keeps getting banned, where is the most human of needs - freedom of choice.

I totally get that these are all very real issues but just banning them isn't the answer - education, support, leadership - are all far better ways of solving societal issues. Not easy to do but far less damaging to society as a whole than imposing the will of the few in such a controlling fashion.

If you take a step back, we're already controlled, persuaded, coerced and basically bullied in many, many ways. 

I'd be sponsored by LoveHoney which some may find distasteful but is it...? Get me?

As you were.

Freedom of choice has actually never been a human need.

That's a myth steeped in ignorance and privilege. 

Hunter gathers had no choice whether to hunt or gather.

It was hunt or die.

Drink this clean water or die.

And in other times, fight (or join the army) or die.

Or pay taxes or die (or at least lose you liberty)

Should we not have banned Coca-cola from adding cocaine to their drinks or given them the freedom of choice and people the freedom of choice whether to but it?

And should we have allowed opium dens and the rampant use of heroin to have spread by allowing people to make their own choices?

Was it wrong to make it illegal for people to drive whilst drunk or to have to wear a seatbelt? Or should they have had a choice?

Perhaps we shouldn't have insisted airlines perform proper maintenance or screen luggage for bombs and given people the choice whether to risk their lives or not?

We are controlled and persuaded, but it's largely because we're ducking idiots who would self destruct in the pursuit of pleasure otherwise. 

As you were.

On 10/07/2022 at 11:27, I DONT MIND said:

No apologies for bumping this:

Today is the day of the big reveal of Pete's mural, i am hoping to get up in a few weeks to see for myself.

Also the funding campaign for the statue carries on.

https://twitter.com/PeteStatue?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

Remember Life's an Illusion , love is a dream.....

 

I can only recall 3 celebrity deaths that impacted me to any extent. Or at leats negatively.

Comedian, Greg Giraldo (not known over here, but Google Midlife Vices if you want the best stand up set ever delivered), Robin Williams and Pete Shelley.

All were known for being really nice and caring people as well as incredible artists.

The Buzzcocks were the best band I ever saw live and my only regret is that I only saw them once, way back in 1979.

Everybody's Happy Nowadays often gets overlooked as a classic Buzzcocks track and was panned at the time because it was so much less commercial than Ever Fallen in Love With, but it's up there with any of them.

I know it cooler to like the Spiral Scratch era stuff, but Love Bites was (imho) one of the greatest pop/punk albums ever made.

Can't be arsed to read all the advice you've been given but there are two sides to the equation.

If you think your GSE' will be important in the great scheme of things, then YES, get off now. 

Do NOT try and use a finite resource like willpower to moderate your behaviour.

If you think you will look back on your GCS's as largely irrelevant, then for gods-sake man, stay where you are.

Oh, I just looked up and say you were aiming for a months banning.

Probably wise.

You *may* regret staying on the forum, but few people ever regret passing exams.

1 hour ago, Steve How Hard? said:

I think we should be sponsored by viagra. After all, we want something that's gonna help get us straight back up. 

The problem with that, is anything longer than 4 hours is dangerous and that's about how long we stayed up under BD.

1 hour ago, LazloW said:

Does that mean you also want them to stop serving alcohol in the concourses and close the betting kiosks? What better way to show they care about the physical and mental wellbeing of their supporters?  I imagine it would go down really well. Suggest it to Mr Clowes.

The reason I think this should go in the 'pub' forum is because it actually doesn't have that much to do solely with DCFC.  Its a 'football' issue (if its an issue at all), with so many clubs being sponsored by betting clubs and selling beer.  

I think both things would be great and show real guts and care for your supporters.

Almost every single major cause of death for young adult males from suicide to RTA's to accidents to almost every cancer are increased by alcohol.

BUT, both drinking and gambling are legal activities, so selling it is by no means the same thing as not advertising it.

Until Government stops being pay-rolled by the alcohol industry both directly and indirectly, and makes advertising alcohol illegal (like France did when it got fed up of being the laughing stock of Europe for alcohol dependency) then it's tough to say you won't sell it.

But selling something and actively promoting/endorsing it are not the same thing. Lots of places sell cigarettes, but they cannot advertise or endorse them.

As supporters we have little influence over Society as a whole or even Government policy because both Labour and the Tories have refused to take a stand, but we have a lot of say comparably over our club. So that is why I think it's relveant.

1 hour ago, LazloW said:

So, when does this thread get moved into the Jim Smith room? It seems to have precious little to do with sponsorship of the club shirt and more about the rights and wrongs of betting and the psychology of advertising. 

You missed the entire point of why this could be extremely relevant to our club.

Derby could make a vehement public stand that they won't accept alcohol or betting sponsorship because they care about the physical and mental wellbeing of their supporters.

Do you think that has precious little to do with the people in this group? Most of whom will have been harmed, or know somebody harmed by alcohol or gambling?

Derby could stimulate a wave of support from people outside of our usual support base. A bit like Forest Green with being organic and carbon neutral (I think) did, but on a MUCH bigger level.

That would create crapload of national publicity that could possibly bring in a bigger sponsor who wants to be associated with that ground swell of feeling and support.

Radical change is often preceded by radical actions that only after the event look like common sense. At the time they look like commercial suicide.

My comments have got everything to do with Derby and our future success. I know plenty of marketing groups I can go and post in if that is my objective. 

1 hour ago, DCFC1388 said:

A betting company doesnt make me bet more, a food company doesnt make me eat more & a bank doesnt make me want to move banks

That isn't how advertising works or is meant to work..

Most advertising is for brand awareness, not necessarily to increase use and/or consumption. This is especially the case with mature markets.

It can sometime be to raise awareness fro new brands or market segments, but the vast majority isn't done for that purpose.

Almost everybody thinks they're immune to advertising and almost nobody is. That is its real power.

As Keyser Soze said in The Usual Suspects, the greatest trick the devil ever played was to make people think he doesn't exist. That is EXACTLY what advertising does on people like you mate. 

Personally, I hope we avoid betting companies and alcohol companies too.

The reality is that alcohol destroys a LOT more lives than betting does, but we are mostly ok with that.

I wonder why?

France banned alcohol advertising in sport 20+ years ago. But sport didn't suffer. And in conjunction with reducing the breath limit for driving from 80 down to 50 they halved the cases of death from cirrhosis and massively reduced drink related deaths.