BaaLocks

I thought you were going to say 'that's Baalocks'!

Does this mean that Bamford will go back to just being Bamford and no longer being a Bamford, when someone actually meant Bamford but it got changed to Bamford, even when talking about Bamford?
OK, got it!

It's often cited in those great football chant threads and I've had more than one person, when I tell them I'm a Ram, say it is the only Derby chant they know. But I'm with the majority (which is a rare occurrence theses days - oooh politics!!) and think we should get @Rev's version off the ground. Even Jamie Thrasivoulou would be proud of it.

If I want a song to pick me up and wrap round me like a warm blanket then it is this one. Takes me all the way back to times when my only care in the world was working out how to finish off the roof on a Lego house without it all collapsing in and whether I would be getting the Action Man with eagle eyes for Christmas. I love the layers of it as well, it is just so perfectly crafted.
Of course, if you're not in my age bracket, it will just be a theme tune to a tv series you've likely never heard of.
 

Is it sad when someone dies at the age of 95? Great life, living exactly what she wanted to do. I don't say we should be happy, but there is something uplifting also about seeing such a long and fulfilling life accomplished. In certain cultures, large parts of Africa, the funeral of someone who lives a long life is a joyous celebration of what they achieved.
Huzzah June Brown, you made the absolutel most of the life you were given.

Is it sad when someone dies at the age of 95? Great life, living exactly what she wanted to do. I don't say we should be happy, but there is something uplifting also about seeing such a long and fulfilling life accomplished. In certain cultures, large parts of Africa, the funeral of someone who lives a long life is a joyous celebration of what they achieved.
Huzzah June Brown, you made the absolutel most of the life you were given.

I'm not that deep.
I just watched it for entertainment, not accuracy, after I'd watched Juv Vs Inter with a few beers taken.

Stalin apparently believed Netherlands and Holland were two different countries and nobody had the guts to tell him otherwise

We drew all of Europe though, that's going to be a tough tie.

Stalin apparently believed Netherlands and Holland were two different countries and nobody had the guts to tell him otherwise

We drew all of Europe though, that's going to be a tough tie.

I don't think there is a song in the world that can bring a smile to my face quicker than this one
 

I don't think there is a song in the world that can bring a smile to my face quicker than this one
 

We drew all of Europe though, that's going to be a tough tie.

Interesting though isn't it - I don't remember (might just be getting old and forgetful) a concert for Iraq / Afghanistan / Yemen / Syria. I don't remember seeing Libyan flags flying in the streets during that particular activity. The last time I saw flags like this of another country was after 9/11 - seems when it is in our interest to be seen to be supporting Uncle Sam then the media and all channels pull out every plug and pull on our emotional chains. When it would mean our exposing the damage they themselves cause it gets put firmly under the carpet. (BTW - give to charities supporting Ukranian refugees, do it, they have been put through enough without being victims of our political boycotting).
And, in our sad world of fifteen minute interest it's also noticeable the way traffic had died off on this thread in the last week or so. Maybe it's all been talked out, all views presentend and conclusions reached (which would be an interesting position for a forum to get to - see other threads by way of example). Or maybe Will Smith giving some bloke a slap was all it needed to get us turn our heads in the other direction (and no, I'm not saying he was CIA sponsored for that purporse).
Final point - bloke in the next village has two flags flying in his front garden - a Northern Ireland one and now a Ukraine one. With no hint of irony or realisation. When it suits us eh!

I don't think there is a song in the world that can bring a smile to my face quicker than this one
 

We drew all of Europe though, that's going to be a tough tie.

I don't think there is a song in the world that can bring a smile to my face quicker than this one
 

I don't think there is a song in the world that can bring a smile to my face quicker than this one
 

@BaaLockscan take credit credit/blame for this. 
What's your favourite or most memory evoking TV theme tune?

Interesting though isn't it - I don't remember (might just be getting old and forgetful) a concert for Iraq / Afghanistan / Yemen / Syria. I don't remember seeing Libyan flags flying in the streets during that particular activity. The last time I saw flags like this of another country was after 9/11 - seems when it is in our interest to be seen to be supporting Uncle Sam then the media and all channels pull out every plug and pull on our emotional chains. When it would mean our exposing the damage they themselves cause it gets put firmly under the carpet. (BTW - give to charities supporting Ukranian refugees, do it, they have been put through enough without being victims of our political boycotting).
And, in our sad world of fifteen minute interest it's also noticeable the way traffic had died off on this thread in the last week or so. Maybe it's all been talked out, all views presentend and conclusions reached (which would be an interesting position for a forum to get to - see other threads by way of example). Or maybe Will Smith giving some bloke a slap was all it needed to get us turn our heads in the other direction (and no, I'm not saying he was CIA sponsored for that purporse).
Final point - bloke in the next village has two flags flying in his front garden - a Northern Ireland one and now a Ukraine one. With no hint of irony or realisation. When it suits us eh!

Perhaps the traffic has fallen because people are at a bit of a loss as to what can be done ,
without what you call whataboutery and political history how do we as people examine our own opinions and perspectives which may in future lead to us as individuals and voters putting pressure for change going forward on our so called leaders??‍♂️
so called whataboutery is definitely something that has often forced me to question why I held certain opinions that I was better for understanding and or changing , why would anyone dismiss this kind of debate unless they were intransigent and closed ?
the only thing I give a stuff about is how this war is brought to an end and how we try to put an end to this stuff keep happening or maybe sadly we are just crap as a species and deserve to inevitably weep ourselves out

Interesting though isn't it - I don't remember (might just be getting old and forgetful) a concert for Iraq / Afghanistan / Yemen / Syria. I don't remember seeing Libyan flags flying in the streets during that particular activity. The last time I saw flags like this of another country was after 9/11 - seems when it is in our interest to be seen to be supporting Uncle Sam then the media and all channels pull out every plug and pull on our emotional chains. When it would mean our exposing the damage they themselves cause it gets put firmly under the carpet. (BTW - give to charities supporting Ukranian refugees, do it, they have been put through enough without being victims of our political boycotting).
And, in our sad world of fifteen minute interest it's also noticeable the way traffic had died off on this thread in the last week or so. Maybe it's all been talked out, all views presentend and conclusions reached (which would be an interesting position for a forum to get to - see other threads by way of example). Or maybe Will Smith giving some bloke a slap was all it needed to get us turn our heads in the other direction (and no, I'm not saying he was CIA sponsored for that purporse).
Final point - bloke in the next village has two flags flying in his front garden - a Northern Ireland one and now a Ukraine one. With no hint of irony or realisation. When it suits us eh!

Good post and, this point is a solid review of - sadly - where we find ourselves today. Military escalation, picking sides and rolling back the clock thirty years. There was a moment, back in the early 90s, where we could all have gone down a much different path. Would it have worked? As you say, nobody really knows.
What we do know is that American foreign policy has only worked for the Americans. Look at places like Iraq to see that. Indeed, the only major conflicts of the last 50 years that have ended with a better country for their inhabitants are the two that, arguably, America had least influence / success in - namely Vietnam and 'Yugoslavia'. Pretty much everything else they have touched has ended up destabilised, conflicted and more polarised than when they rolled into town with their 'peacekeeping' forces intent on bringing their wondrous model of democracy.

Good post and, this point is a solid review of - sadly - where we find ourselves today. Military escalation, picking sides and rolling back the clock thirty years. There was a moment, back in the early 90s, where we could all have gone down a much different path. Would it have worked? As you say, nobody really knows.
What we do know is that American foreign policy has only worked for the Americans. Look at places like Iraq to see that. Indeed, the only major conflicts of the last 50 years that have ended with a better country for their inhabitants are the two that, arguably, America had least influence / success in - namely Vietnam and 'Yugoslavia'. Pretty much everything else they have touched has ended up destabilised, conflicted and more polarised than when they rolled into town with their 'peacekeeping' forces intent on bringing their wondrous model of democracy.