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3 hours ago, Ram-Alf said:

A nicer man I have never met, Nicky always had an hello how are you tonight, 11pm half cut a visit to Nickeys, A tray of chips n gravy with a battered sausage balanced on top, If I could get to spot bogs and sit down before the sausage fell off the tray...success.

More often than not the sausage fell on the road...pick it up dust it down and hold on for dear life until I could sit down, Taxi home and collapse on the settee ☺️

Girl I went to school with was Greek Cypriot and got married, we were invited. I've never seen such of collections in the car park all owned by (tbf - very hard working) Chippy owners.

I do hope, btw, I'm misreading this post and you didn't make a point of eating your sausage and chips in a public loo. That really is a bit weird.

• Bean Mix from Nicky's Fish Bar (till 2021 https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/nickys-fish-bar-derby-city-5305846)
• Beans on white toast when you're feeling unloved

Neither need contact with plate or pot

15 hours ago, Eddie said:

Just brilliant, puerile fun.

I'm five episodes in and finding it a bit samey - just feels like the same story spun slightly differently each time.

Some great cameos, for example John Thompson, and Sophie Glass character is very good but some of the casting feels a bit off. No more than the lead, the brother is excellent but the lead seems a miss.

3 hours ago, BatRam said:

I dont like city breaks tbh , always busy and cant relax as such , have a good'n tho 

Probably not the thread for you then tbh 🙂

2 hours ago, leamram said:

The Fox and Vivian, Matt is a massive Derby fan

Been trying to get a table at that place for ages. I'm going to book under the name of Bobby Davison next time.

20 hours ago, Mucker1884 said:

For clarity purposes, is that nice, or nonce?

All nonces are nice nonces to begin with. Everyone noce that.

1 hour ago, leamram said:

My mate is a Derby fan and runs a really nice pub in Leam, I'll happily meet you for a drink....i may call you Lasso for a while though 🙂

Which pub, out of interest?

2 hours ago, leamram said:

Its about an hour and a half drive to PP, I usually get the train which is about an hour (I don't go often, i go to watch Leamington more)

Direct train gets you in about 2pm, on the way back (change at Brum) you have to either leave five mins early to get one at about 4:50pm or you hold back to do the bounce and get the one at about 5:50pm. But there ain't too many after (iirc) about 7pm so post match drinking isn't really an option.

Warwickshire is a bit of a split north to south. North of Leam you have some nice villages (Offchurch, Dunchurch, Ufton, Avon Dassett and others near Southam) that will be a bit cheaper. Get south of the M40 and you get closer to the Cotswolds with prices moving up accordingly. We are between Stratford and Banbury and have access to Shipston, Leamington and Warwickand still only about a 20 min drive from Leamington.

We relocated back from California (East Bay)a while back and know where you're at. If I had one piece of advice for you I would say 'put a pin in the centre of where you would like to live and then rent there for a year'. Most estate agents over here now are only interest in cash buyers so renting gives you that freedom.

I am sure @leamram will give you much more info on Leamington itself - noce town but I personally would live outside, just your choice on exactly where.

2 hours ago, TuffLuff said:

Going to be intersting to see where different people fall on this, who defends Forest, who stays quiet etc. 

Either way I think this is poor from Percy

The logic of the offical statement from Forest seems to suggest that they are being punished for over spending, that somehow not letting them do so allows those with deeper pockets to outspend them. This is a flawed argument on many grounds.

1: Them was the rules all along, if you don't like them then don't play.

2: Those rules were brought in for the absolute benefit of the smaller clubs, to prevent them having to overspend and go into massive debts just to keep up. Indeed, they were put there to ensure that the biggest teams didn't have endless means on their spending, a la early Abramovich.

3: The size of the breach is of such a magnitude as to suggest either complete stupidity or flagrant intent to ignore.

For those comparing the case of Forest and Derby it is clear to see one is a case of bad accounting (ours, as a club we were collectively a bit too cute and we served our punishment, but it was in the end one owner trying to play fast and loose with a definition of debt) and the other a blatant attempt to just subvert the rules as put in place. Forest can cry all they want that they are being chopped off at the knees but the truth is there to see, they broke the rules of the competition they chose to enter into.

The problem we have now is that we enter into a phase of the journey where the lawyers of the convicted become potentially bigger than the lawyers of those prosecuting. Not for Forest but when the day of reckoning comes for City it will be very interesting indeed to see how that plays out.

But, and I say this as someone who is far from a Forest hater (I don't live near there and have no friends or otherwise who support them), it is a sad day when you see the blight that has hit the lower leagues arrive in the top flight. Teams are now not relegated based on their footballing ability and our very close shave with extinction will likely be surpassed by someone like Forest, who just get themselves in that little bit too deep. It is going to happen.

If that was a statement from Joe Joyce I don't know what it was a statement of - he makes Frank Bruno look like Naseem Hamed.

15 minutes ago, Jubbs said:

Anyone just watch the Zach Parker fight? Strange fight. Parker looked quite rusty and his usually strong punches looked weak. But his opponent was so strange, just kept laughing all the time and could've easily won if he wasn't so weird.  

Yeah, and the way he kept wrapping his leg around Parker every time he got in the clinch. He looked anything but a former world champ. The laughing was just a bit strange, not sure if it was a tactic but I was praying for Parker to spark him out. Sadly, looks like he did his ankle and had nothing to plant to get the power.

17 hours ago, Jimbo Ram said:

Perhaps they could play together as a front two….the new Toshak and Keegan 😊

One for the teenagers

14 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said:

And don't wear a half-and-half scarf against Peterborough.  Nobody wants to advertise that they are a Posh C***!  

Oh, I think even a Derby split one wouldn't be ideal if the T at the other end is hidden "he Rams C**t"

If you're drilling into plasterboard the best thing you can buy is a stud finder (which should keep the punmeisters amused for at least two pages). If you don't you're at risk of the whole thing ending up on the floor. If you're drilling into Victorian brick you need about three hours, five drills and about six cans of Lucozade to keep you going.

4 hours ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Changed my mind on second watch. Brilliant film and story.

Craig Bryson / 10.

You did Dune 2 twice? Tell me you had a season ticket for the 2007/8 season without telling me you had a season ticket for the 2007/8 season.

Argylle: made by the same team who did Kingsman. If you liked that you will probably like this - doesn't quite have the edge but still a silly waste of two hours. To be fair, I could watch Sam Rockwell read the phone directory and enjoy it, but still.

Nigel Callaghan / 10

12 hours ago, Comrade 86 said:

My gut is that AJ will be under pressure from Hearn to put on a show, but that Ben Davison will be telling him to work behind the jab and not get carried away with making Fury look bad.

This is it, dial back a few years and Wilder had just blasted Brezeale out in the first round, while AJ had taken seven. Having taken place in the Garden all the talk was symetriccal for AJs fight a few weeks later when he took on Andy Ruiz. I'm still convinced that Ruiz didn't beat Joshua, Wilder did by getting in his head. I am sure Joey Dawejcko (the sparring partner who apparently flattened AJ in the camp) might have something to say about that but either way AJ is prone to chasing a fight.

Big risk this one, you are absolutely right to point out that Ngannou is a beast and there is nothing but money to be gained from this match up for Joshua. I do still think he will win it, but there will be a few scary moments along the way.

2 hours ago, Bob The Badger said:

I knew chicken nuggets weren't actually good for you, but not that that the meat is pressured hosed off carcasses and then effectively glued back together.

I highly recommend this book, it's a real game changer and Mrs Badger has already signed up for the Zoe Project.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Food-Life-Science-Eating-bestseller/dp/1529919665

Same for crab sticks, that are just pressure washed fish skeletons.

Be careful with the Zoe project - sounds like a good idea till you realise your data is theirs. Extract your conspiracy theory as far as you want from there but good luck getting life insurance in twenty years if Zoe sold your data to the provider and they know you're high risk cholesterol levels. As I say, depends on your level of trust but the base fact is that they own all the data they harvest.

On 02/03/2024 at 05:32, Crewton said:

I read The Heart's Invisible Furies and really enjoyed that (reminded me allot of William Boyd's "Any Human Heart"), so I might try some more of his in the future but, as you say, it's difficult to get round to reading all those on my list.

If you like Irish literature, or just want to read a bit more of it, I can recommend a fair few.

 

This is a good read, collection of short stories from new Irish authors. When I say 'new' it was released in 1996 but still a lovely read of small slices of Irish life.

https://www.amazon.com/Feminists-Go-Swimming-Michael-Collins/dp/1857999789

Asteroid City: I love the quirkiness of Wes Anderson films and find the first fifteen minutes utterly uplifting. But then it just seems to be more of the same and I just find myself losing concentration and just wanting them to get on will telling the story. Abdul Camara / 10

Fremont: Film about an Afghan translator now living in California. Filmed in black and white and billed as a comedy. I watched it on a plane and was still tempted to walk out. OK, it wasn't quite that bad, it's just bang average. Paul Trolloppe / 10

Dream Scenario: My absolute pet hate of a film concept, a good idea that they just don't know how to close out. Nicolas Cage is a non-descript lecturer who everybody starts having dreams about. He's actually not that bad, the whole thing is supposed to be an allegory for cancel culture but it just ends up being a story they just don't know how to end so it just fades away, leaving you realise you've wasted two hours of your life. Callum Ball / 10

11 hours ago, Comrade 86 said:

Ted's a good shout. Agree he may find it difficult to find a dance partner. The weight move would be intriguing mind!

Is Tsyzu related to you know who by any chance? I don't know too much about him. Was a big fan of Kostya though. 

I think you meant to say you know Tszyu? 🙂 He's his son but they now live in Australia apparently. Hatton beating his dad is one of the most underrated performances by a British boxer I can remember (up there with Khan vs Maidana). Immensely impressive victory but kind of left behind in the Las Vegas element of Hatton's story. Can't imagine their two kids fighting like Benn and Eubank - Campbell wouldn't last 30 seconds.

Dune 2: was made to sit through the first one and ended up enjoying it much more than I expected. But the second one is just so drawn out. Scene after scene of millions of (CGI generated) soldiers swearing feilty to some leader or other while your ears are bombarded with dramatic music. It just goes round in circles and - guess what - leaves you then realizing the story isn't finished so another three hours to sit through to find out the conclusion (at least). Just feels like this all could have fitted more than easily into, maybe, two two hour films rather than three, three hour ones.

52 minutes ago, Comrade 86 said:

Just been thinking about the fight calendar through to the summer, as it feels like a bit of a fallow field, but there's actually some decent stuff coming up. For me, the absolute standout dish is the battle of the Ruskies, Beterbiev v Bivol, though I remain thoroughly intrigued to see whether Ngannou can catch up with Joshua. I'm also looking forward to seeing whether Usyk can put Fury away, though Usyk may find himself getting smothered all night, which rather tempers enthusiasm for the fight as a spectacle.

Elsewhere, Loma, an all time favourite for me, takes on Kambosos and that has to be worth a watch, while I'd expect Hainey to dismiss Garcia without too much bother. I'm really hoping Caterall can confirm the form and beat Taylor a 2nd time to set the record straight(ish) and that's a big domestic fight to look forward to. Conor Benn vs Eubank Jr is a fight yet to be made, with the latter camp reportedly not keen at all, but otherwise, it's it's a half decent crop, with a few quite hard to call and the only downside being that I think it's March before any of this kicks off. 

Any others I've missed or that you chaps are looking forward to in particular?

Nice precis there. I'm with you on the Fury fight, I think Tyson will spoil all night long and hope the judges just think he dominated a little more. Haney is class, there's just something about it that suggests even at this stage he's a little undervalued - time is on his side of course but he needs a few legacy defining fights along the way.

I'd be sad if Bud doesn't do something of interest, he's yet to announce anything and after the way he schooled Spence it's hard to see too many wanting to go near him - even Spence, who let the rematch clause expire. Talk is he may move up a weight with the likes of Thurman or Tim Tszyu waiting for him there.

When I get told that someone has made their success through "sheer hard work" or "not expecting it all on a plate" like they are in complete control of everything that has happened to them. Some people are cleverer than others, some have skills that others don't (which is why nobody - to my knowledge - on here is a professional footballer or a nuclear physicist) but there is one attribute that pretty much defines what life we end up living. Luck!

Yes, we have to take advantage of opportunities when they are presented and, yes, some are not best placed to take them when they arrive. But when you get that "if I lived my life a hundred times I'd be a success in every one" kind of mentality I have to have a serious word with myself to not say what I really think.

Alongside that, anyone who thinks that their success (or luck) gives them entitlement or rank over others (people being douche bags to waiters for example) really does require some immense self control on my behalf.