Mostyn6

RIP

sadly, a colleague of my girlfriend had been struggling with mental health for a while, people were aware of his struggles, yet someone saw fit to complain about his standard of work, and reported/complained, eventually, he reached a cruel and devastating state of mind and decided to end it all. Some of my GF's friends are absolutely heartbroken having worked more closely with him (than my GF). We were in Prague over the weekend, and we had a few natural beers and it suddenly hit her quite hard, and she was totally bewildered and struggling to understand why this lovely fella had decided to take his own life. In answer to some of her questions, I made reference to my own struggles, which I try to play down as low mood nowadays, but back when I started this thread, I was really struggling to find a reason to be alive. This shocked her a lot and I was mentioning some of the stories and explanations in this thread, and ultimately how it helped me. I'm in a good place now, as I said a few weeks back, and I also know how to spot my decline and what to do to halt and reverse it. Basically, I jump on a treadmill 3 times a week for a month and I'm automatically on top of the world. I'm a rubbish runner, and it hurts, but sense of achievement is immense. I remember wanting to get to 1km non-stop, then 10mins, then 2km, then 2.5km nonstop, then all the way up to 5km nonstop, and then it was doing 5km in under 30mins, and eventually did it in 26mins, which for me was amazing having been medically advised to never run. Anyway, what I am saying is, awareness is the first step to recovery, then needing to find your little cure is vital.

Off to Prague tomorrow for a long weekend with the GF. Not been for a few years, really looking forward to dragging her around, with her moaning that her feet hurt!

Only really Malia is the party resort. Stalis is really quiet, for couples and families. Hersonnissos appears to be a bit more cosmopolitan nowadays, with lots of Dutch, German and eastern European holiday makers. but that said, is still very orderly and civilised, with people sitting down in bars etc. I will be visiting Stalis twice in 2024, once with some 40-50 year old mates to watch the first week of the Euros, and back in September with the missus. What I would say is that many places don't start their spruce and decorating until May, for June opening.

Sorry, missed this

just in time for our February slump

my boy did a poo right next to a big pile of horse poo. Felt a right div picking it up whilst leaving the horse poo there. In fairness, my poo bags for Ralph are about A5 size, I would need a bin liner!

I did enjoy it. Read my post again.

based on several posts in here, I finally got around to watching KIN on BBC iPlayer. Whilst it's my kind of programme, has a cracking cast, and I did enjoy it, I cannot help but think they missed something. I cannot quite put my finger on it. Maybe they kept it too insular/isolated and needed to expand it more to make it at least feel more authentic and realistic. Posters compared it to Gomorrah, but Gomorrah was believable, you felt like that was actually happening on some rough estates a few miles away, and we need to stay away from there! Whereas I felt in Kin, it was such a small world, that it didn't feel that they could be believably successful criminal organisations. I feel they kept the production costs limited which in turn forced you to make assumptions about things, and then to bring an influential characters in that you've never heard mentioned, with no back story, seemed a bit disjointed. I will watch S2 I reckon, but it's gone nowhere near my top 10, maybe not even my top 20. Colin Kazim-Richards/10

I'm torn on this. I'm outraged at them charging a fee, but I use the shopping side of Prime for so much. With regard to the Prime Video, over the years, I think they've had some corking programmes. All the Bosch, Man in the High Castle, Jack Ryan, Sneaky Pete, Mr Robot, The Boys, Hand of God to name but a few are brilliant. I want to bin it off, on principle, but having just discussed it, the savings I make on Prime Deliveries kind of mean I cannot.

19th is not mid-table. 😄

personally, I don't think that this spell at Birmingham proves Rooney isn't capable of being a decent manager. I do think however that he needs to find a better fit next time he gets a chance, assuming he will. Birmingham had a squad of pragmatic grafters and very little skill. It amuses me to see the same posters who made numerous excuses for Nigel Clough's struggles are finding it so easy to dismiss Rooney's credentials. I don't believe Rooney has managed so spend a penny on players in English football. It may transpire he's useless, but we've seen managers do equally as bad early in their careers then go on to better things.

they've ruined the thread so I stay away.

the most serious element to this is whether David will be raising them as Rams. Joking aside, all the best Daveo. Very big thing you are doing here. Never underestimate how much influence an upbringing has on people when they're adults.

I cannot believe nobody has posted this

Titanic and Brave Heart, any of the Jurassic Park type films.

Hello all. This thread has gone nearly a year since a post, which surprises me given how open we have been over the years. Personally, I've been in a good place, in a relationship for 14 months now, got a dog at home, just got a promotion at work, and building good relationships with family I only discovered in September 2022. All that said, I've just lost a friend to cancer, got another friend going through recovery after cancer treatment and I'm definitely feeling sadness and woe that the gods saw fit to take B4 away from us. This time of year is usually very lonely for me as I usually try and stay out of the way so as not to intrude or burden people. This year will be different as I'm going to Becky's mum's for Christmas and will be with her family. This isn't one to gloat, more one to remind people that the world moves on and situations change. Nothing is permanent, especially sadness. Hope you all have as wonderful a Christmas period as is possible, and if it isn't, that doesn't mean it won't be again x

you fancy setting up a script writing and story creating team with me?

the missus loves a Christmas film. I can take it or leave it, but do appreciate a good Christmas film. So with that mindset, we have been looking for Christmas movies that we haven't seen. The one mentioned above (Violent Night) was enjoyable, however, I should have quit whilst I was ahead:- GENIE (SkyTV) : RIchard Curtis dross-fest where Melissa McCarthy is even less funny than her other unfunny roles and the undercover copper from Gangs of London. He is overworked and neglecting his family. The wife takes the daughter away from him just before Christmas, he then rubs a box and she pops out and gives him unlimited wishes. Nothing funny happens. Sickly boring ending where everything is happy ever after. Follows a formula that makes you sick that they produce this dross knowing idiots love Christmas and WILL watch it. Conor Doyle/10 CANDY CANE LANE (Amazon Prime): Eddie Murphy plays a doting dad who loves Christmas, and is in competition with his neighbours to have the best Christmas decorations on his house. Signs a deal with a naughty Elf which will backfire if he doesnt complete a mission he doesn't know about. Intertwined with token nods to BLM/MOBO/Culture (for no real reason) and several attempts to give parenting messages and other things that don't really hit hard enough due to too many little nods. Absolute dross again, instantly forgettable and will probably not even remember watching it by Christmas! Seb HInes/10

manage to get Paul Weller tickets for Stoke on a warm Friday night in April

for obvious reasons, I had to wait for a quiet and alone moment to watch and listen, and yes, like others, it set me off. Nice little tribute for a cracking lad whose absence is currently very noticeable.

if you're being forced to watch any Christmas films, make sure you watch Violent Night on Sky.

hardly as Derby gaffer tho!