Turk Thrust

1-1 Colin

1 hour ago, Rampage said:

It is raining puns but every cloud has a silver lining. We must remain hail and hearty about our present situation.

Rampage. I’d like to think that you deliberately spelt “hale” as “hail” to fit in with the pun of clouds, rain etc. You did didn’t you?

What is it with this fairly recent thing of saying “so” to start a sentence? It’s creeping in everywhere even on this forum.

on The Chase, Bradley Walsh asked a contestant what he did for a living. Answer was “ so, I’m  an IT  consultant”

and what would you do if you won some money “so, I’d like to travel.”    
 

This really irritates me for no good reason but it’s up there with this modern usage of that much over used word “Absolutely”. 
are you going out tonight? “Absolutely”  Grrrrrrrrrr!

 Tommy Cooper joke.
Man goes into newsagents and asks for the Daily Mirror. Newsagent says “do you want today’s or tomorrow’s?”. Man says “oh I’ll have tomorrow’s”. Newsagent says” Then come back tomorrow”

ha ha, bottle, glass,  bottle, glass

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4 hours ago, Angry Ram said:

When I was a kid, sugar sandwiches were always available when I got home from school... 

I went one further, ketchup and sugar sandwiches ? 

Chocolate and orange cake. Mmmmmmmmmmm

1 hour ago, IslandExile said:

Born Derby (Nightingale).

Lived in various places since going to uni.

Now exiled somewhere down sarf.

Always a Ram ?

Similar to me. Born (Nightingale) and raised (within earshot of the BBG) and all my formative years in Derby but left for work in Brum and then down to London in 1983 where I’ve lived ever since. The Rams though always in my heart even though I’m a STH of The Irons just a few tube stops away.

1 minute ago, Phoenix said:

Aren't these self same colours those of Derbshire County Cricket Club?

 You need to read back through this topic. All explained

13 minutes ago, David said:

I accept that, it’s a if you like history or not, I like nostalgia but not necessarily history.

That’s not to say I can’t see and appreciate the work that @loweman2 has put in to compiling and restoring his collection.

I always read his topics, just like to pull his leg a little that’s all. 

Well said but there is not a lot of difference between history and nostalgia. Nostalgia is a bittersweet yearning for the past. It's sweet because it allows us to relive good times and bitter because we recognise that those times can never return.
 

Longing for our own past is referred to as personal nostalgia, while longing for a past era is termed historical nostalgia. Right, enough of this heavy stuff, I’m off to town to quaff a pint of foaming ale at the Blackfriar, where I can immerse myself in both personal nostalgia and historical nostalgia because that was my local for a few years back in the 80s. Great times (for me but not for the Rams) Cheers!

12 minutes ago, David said:

Not sure if my above comment is being counted as derisory, would like to think you know my banter now over the years.

On the history, if the club had a museum like you have been pushing for, I would take a trip down to walk round, but I don’t feel like I would have any connection to the content that is pre childhood for me.

I love looking back at the shirts that I remember opening at Christmas, but further back, I find it hard if I’m honest. 

Not sure if I’m alone with that, and it’s not exclusive to football, but history in general and even TV. I never grew up watching Star Wars for example, few years ago I tried watching from the start and it was terrible, without the nostalgia I had no connection to the characters despite knowing who they are.

I would guess I’m not alone, but then there are many that are different and appreciate the collection as a whole better than myself.

Don’t take banter as “derisory comments” though, this forum was built on it and nobody escapes, I did read though like you asked ?

Hmm an odd attitude and one I’ve never come across before to be honest. To have no connection to things that happened before you were born seems strange and completely foreign to me. But then I love history. I can really feel the sense of history for example when I sit in the back bench of the Freemasons’ Arms in Covent Garden where the laws of the game where drawn up in 1863. 
When I worked in the now defunct Department of Employment I wrote a book on its history. This involved weeks and weeks of painstaking research in different locations and so I can appreciate and empathise with @loweman2 with the work that has gone into unpeeling the layers of the the Rams’ history.

I like the fact that one of the players in the old photo is wearing a cap in half brown and half Cambridge blue, but reversed from the shirt. Unless he’s wearing it backwards of course. Odd. But I want one.

as caps were part of the playing outfit back then, any chance of having one made to go with the shirt?

Those tossheads (the same ones who say “Uber” as in “that was uber interesting”) that use the phrase “Mano e Mano” (or is it “Mano a Mano?”) thinking it means “man to man”. It doesn’t. It’s “hand to hand”

Incredible work. Well done for putting together this shirt (actually I think the colours are pretty awful but it’s our heritage)

the material looks quite shiny but I assume the original was cotton?

4 minutes ago, David said:

@DarkFruitsRam7 has just text me to remind me that the last game before the first lockdown, Blackburn, we went together.

First game back and we’re going together. It’s kinda cute he has a diary of our relationship to remind me of these things otherwise I would forget.

 

..or creepy…..

9 hours ago, Jimbo Ram said:

My university halls were in South Woodford, so regularly passed through Leyton on the central line on my way to Mile End. Also saw Saints in the FA Cup at Orient in the 80s. In my final year of uni lived in a house in Upton Park, about 300 yards from the ground. Saw them quite a few times the year they came close to winning the title ??

Halls now demolished and replaced by flats. When I first went to London with work, I lived in Upton Park (Lonsdale Avenue) before moving a bit more upmarket to Woodford Green where I now live

Born within earshot of the BBG in Abingdon Street, so always a Rams fan. Second and third teams are the ones nearest where I now live in NE London. Orient are a great family club and just 3 tube stops away. Their supporters club bar regularly wins CAMRA awards. Next, and one tube stop further away, is West Ham where I became a STH 4 years ago, mainly because of the over 65s price which has now gone up to £160!

Remember him very well along with Havenhand etc. A polished performer

38 minutes ago, NottsRam77 said:

Here ducking here… great post mate 

Or hear ducking hear
But agree with the post

12 minutes ago, David said:

You was saying?...

You WAS!  Where was you brung up?

It was like watching Derby. Backwards, sideways, forwards, sideways, back to goalie. Pathetic performance

48 minutes ago, David said:

Stats wise, he came out as their 3rd best player. Thought he had a decent enough game myself. Certainly not a player that should be singled out for any kind of criticism 

I was obviously watching a different game then

28 minutes ago, Jubbs said:

Again, who would I rather have the opinion of, Turk Thrust or Emma Hayes....?

Me of course.

32 minutes ago, Jubbs said:

So Emma Hayes, one of the best English managers, said he was one of their best players yesterday. But "DazzaRam" thinks he's awful. Hmmmmm who to believe??

Think she was confusing Joz with another player. I watched the whole match. There’s no way he was one of their best players.

Also I seem to recall from my days at the Wardwick local history library that the area near the Ground was bought from the Reeves family hence Reeves Road. Their farm was Leacroft farm and so Leacroft Rd. Dairyhouse Road was where they milked the cows.His daughters were Catherine and Augusta (both streets) his son was Malcolm hence Malcolm Street. And Grayling Street is named after the farmer’s donkey! There’s probably more Reeves family connections such as Douglas Street and Olivier Street but my memory isn’t what it was