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Agree on all points Ed!
When our son, now 50, was around 19, I gave him my beautiful black Cortina Ghia, after having a small windfall and buying a Granada. During one night, it was stolen and we informed the local police. (they were still local then) The local PC was an old friend, 6’5″ and built like the proverbial outhouse. He found the car, which had the centre console ripped out with son’s music centre, which he had saved to buy for months. The local copper also had a good idea who had taken the car and chased up his intuition, to find the console, music and other bits taken. The real stupidity of the young miscreants, was to attack the PC when he called to make inquiries. They were both eventually taken under arrest to hospital, treated and released to custody. Admitting several previous was easy, after so much stolen property was found to match other cases.
Our local PC was on the Chief Constables mat for this, he told me, not for the first time. However, what should have been a severe reprimand turned into a sit down and a coffee. Officially, he was verbally reprimanded (again) Unofficially, he was congratulated for a job well done. He told me that he would probably remain a PC, but as he was just a few years off retirement he had no intention of changing his policing methods.
Probably one of the last “Old School Coppers.”
Ah, those were the days, before the Trendies, the liberals and lefties used Elfin Safety as a tool to cripple society.
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I'm out.This Topic reminds me of two events in my life, both during schooldays:
I had a mate at school (where are you now, Steve Cooke?) who had lots of hair which hung forward over his face, to the right. One day in Chemistry, he leaned too far over the Bunsen burner and his hair caught. I was on the bench behind and quickly filled a bowl of water, threw it over his head. He was not best pleased at first, had not even noticed his head was smouldering. One of those dreamy, half awake but very intelligent lads some of you may have met in school. I heard later that he got a scholarship to Cambridge to study Chemistry. I hope he didn’t blow himself up, or incinerate a College or two.
About a year later, on Bonfire night, I was with my two partners in crime, my nephews, just 5 and 7 years my junior. We decided that strapping 5 large rockets together was the way to make an impression, stuck them in a milk bottle, lit blue touch paper (all 5 were twisted into one fuse) and retired. Bottle tipped over, rockets took off like an anti-tank missile. The path to glory was interrupted by the bonnet and engine cover of a Mobile Shop, based on an old Bedford coach. We lads took off at speed, back to their dad’s house, my big bro. Next day big bro asked us if we knew anything about a mobile shop being struck by a firework and killing the engine, which caught fire. Three pictures of innocence.????? I think the shopkeeper saved all his produce, but his chestnuts may not have needed roasting.?
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I'm out.Speaking from very brief personal experience, I found a German jail, even in the 70’s, to be very comfortable. Much more so than my bunk in the Kaserne that Adolf opened in 1933, as one of the first barracks to be created after his (perfectly fair) election.
I am off topic again. Deep joy.??
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I'm out.What amuses (perplexes?) me is the number of people who bring up former Colonies and Dominions as being prepared to offer us good Trade Deals, simply because we are “The Mother Country.” These are now independent nations in their own right and they will consider any deal on their own terms, based upon its effect upon their own economies and GDP. Irrespective of any feelings they may have for the MC, they will look after themselves first. Which is exactly how it should be.
Many of them will look upon our deals with a jaundiced eye, considering the damage our ancestors caused in conquering their countries, and the way we prospered from their misery and their (often forced) labour. The way we sold their ancestors into slavery, how we redrew maps to create borders which threw together peoples who were decidedly antagonistic towards each other.
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I'm out.Richard, I sincerely hope that your wife is able to overcome this, keep battling on: all best wishes from me, having been there and hopefully coming out of it OK.
As you may have read here before, I began last April with Pancreatic & Spleen cancer. Having beaten that with surgery and chemo, I developed Lymph gland cancer part way through chemo, as a result they changed the constituents of my chemo and drugs. I feel much better lately (with good and bad days!) but have to wait until a week today for a final result from my consultant.
The only encouragement I can give you, is that it is definitely possible to take on this evil disease in all its forms, and beat it, one battle at a time. The encouragement I get, comes from family and my reaction to waking up each morning, peering through the curtains and saying to myself “Here comes another day, be thankful.” And I am.
I think almost constantly about my brother, living in a commode/wheelchair during the day and suffering Dementia so extreme that he knows no one. Not his wife of almost 70 years, not any of his 6 children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren. And not me, which I keep having to torture myself by proving. Then I realise that for all my physical suffering, I still have most of my marbles in the bag.
Life is definitely unfair and uneven.
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I'm out.I always had the feeling that this would hit the rocks. As has been said, what actually backs it up?
As for the GBP and what used to back it up, look no further than Moron Broon, who sold off much of our gold shortly before the international price of gold rose like a rocket. I would still like to know what he did with the profit made from that move.
Ed, this is spot on:
” A fascinating period of History that still accounts for many of today’s German attitudes. ”
Many of my German friends in the 60’s and 70’s, spoke about the way parents, grandparents etc., impressed upon them the value of looking after their money and working hard. Their ancestors cited the struggles they had, from the 1920’s and ’30’s, to the massive amount of rebuilding and reconstruction work that West Germans carried out in the 1940’s onward. The few friends I am still in contact with today, still apply those lessons to their lives and have tried hard to instruct their descendants in the same manner. Now a reunited Germany has a Chancellor who grew up in a totalitarian state, with shortages of everything most of the West take for granted, the lesson has been repeated on a national scale.
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I'm out.Steve you are right, I did waver a bit, mostly because I felt like most of the British people were: sick to the back teeth of the whole issue and just want it over. But I am firmly in the Remain camp again, mostly still thinking about the future of our kids and their descendants. I am even more fed up now, but I will not stoop to insults against those who believe something opposite to my views.
I think we need to see May gone, a vote of no confidence and a GE, followed by another Referendum. That Ref. should be set out as a multi- box question, answer all or any you wish:
1 – Do you wish the UK to remain as a full member of the EU?
2 – Would you prefer the UK to remain within the EU, as an Associate Member?
3 – Do you wish the UK to leave the EU, as full or Associate Member, within the current time frame proposed by the Agreement between the UK and the EU?
4 – Do you wish the UK to leave all membership of the EU immediately?
5 – If you prefer Option 4, do you wish that the UK pays no money to the EU as a prerequisite of leaving?
Lots of you will have other Options, or want to change my Options. Feel free, knock yourselves out, put up alternatives, let’s have a bit of fun added to this moribund Topic!
I entirely agree with Dave‘s last post here: there is far too much disunity and division in the country atm.
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I'm out.BL that was a cracking game for you, but exposed Rafa’s mob as all action with no result. I don’t know why Rafa stays on there, he could walk into another good job if he left. Perhaps waiting for the sack and another big payoff. One player who stood out for me, besides Anderson of course, was Pablo Zabaleta. Just like Milner, released by the Blue Manc’s and gone to another Premier club, giving good service. He is an end to end guy, tackles well and passes the ball properly.
Steve, you have to admit you were lucky! Apart from ‘the harder we work, the luckier we get‘ that was the weirdest goal I have seen for a long time. Everton played very well and with a little bit of luck, could have won. Jurgen’s reaction to the goal is going to get him up in the stands next game I think if the FA do what I suspect they will do. To me it is just a natural reaction from a manager who is totally devoted to the game, his players and fans. The guy is emotional. However, when a certain Portuguese manager goes on the pitch, it’s not emotional, it’s usually to moan about something, usually referees.? Or throw water bottles.
Tell your (aunt – in – law?) if Milner goes, we would love a couple of years from him at Forest. We already have an ancient defender who is still playing well: Michael Dawson, who played for us so long ago that he was playing alongside the great Des Walker. Dawson is 35 and started his career with us: unfortunately he was injured on Saturday, looks like a hamstring. At that age, it might be the end of his playing days. Now we are looking to recall Joe Worrall from Glasgow Rangers, which Steven Gerrard will not appreciate. Our problem is that we have great attacking players, a good midfield, but are very short on centre backs. Cloughie always built from the back, we had the England goalie, right back and centre back, plus the Scotland centre back. We need to get some good defenders in, and fast.
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I'm out.I had the same issue with my current Mobo at setup, Dave. Tried (4×2) Gb in 4 slots, no go. Swapped* for (2×4) Gb in matching slots: no problem. Rarely use anywhere near the full 8GB (or 7.88, whatever) though, unless working with graphics or photos.
*Thank you Corsair!
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I'm out.” We and all our off springs will pay for this. If we leave, there will be a huge brain drain to the uk. If we are lucky in 20 years, we will be making shit for China. And the pound will be worth a tenth it is today.
But we’ll have our soveranty…. ”
Totally agree, what I have been saying forever on this Topic. (seems like forever, anyway!) Our kids and their kids will suffer, on into who knows how many generations. All because of misguided patriotism and looking back at what we were, instead of looking to what we could have been. No one hates Brussels Bureaucracy more than me, but this is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. We are in for a long hard road and will be at the mercy of whoever wants to take advantage of our desperate search for Trade Agreements. Bearing in mind the vague promises given by some nations and taking into account the number of companies that were once British and are now huge multinational combines, what are our chances?
Sovereignty means nothing to me anyway, I am a Republican and would like to see all the Royals gone, the principle of Inherited Position and Wealth gone with them. Parasites, all of them.
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I'm out.” Let’s hope we both have good news to report by 5 pm! ”
Forgot Liverpool’s kick off is tonight! Forest 2-0 up at half time. Bloody Derby, also 2-0 up. Same 3 points, but we are (atm) 4 goals up on goal diff. Lewis Grabban is now Championship top scorer. (As it stands at HT)
We need to score more goals. COYR!
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I'm out.This season is unsettling me as well Steve. We start off beating teams like Middlesborough on their own patch when they are top, then draw at home to a couple of no-hopers. We have gradually climbed into the Play-Offs, but Forest fans have had so many seasons of hope, followed by sliding slowly downwards and a relegation battle. What I don’t like is that too many of us are happy to be in a better position than Derby. I would rather just thrash the barstewards and move on with max points from both games, which is the most important bit. Today if things go well against Ipswich, we crawl up another place to 5th.
Ipswich have a new manager, Paul Lambert. What usually happens is that players will give 100% to attract the new boss’s attention, which could be dangerous for us. Either we have another draw on our own patch against what looks like an inferior team, or we let them come and hit them on the break: a Forest specialty. If we start well and get a couple of goals, I have a feeling that their heads will drop. Whatever happens, we need the win to keep in touch with the top 4: it’s very tight up there.
I understand how you view the Everton game, it relates to the Forest attitude to Derby, who are just one place and goal difference below us. They are our nearest rival, just a few miles down the A52, and it goes back a long way. Everton do seem to have started playing well, but I can’t see their defence dealing with your forwards, or guys like Trent-Arnold and Robertson bombing forward. I really like to see those two playing, so quick and such accurate passers and crossers of the ball. James Milner is one of my favourite players and I could not believe it when the BlueManc’s gave him to you. A real honest, 100% effort player with still so much talent and pace, even at 47! (actually 31 or 2 I think) A good influence and example for the younger players too, I believe.
Let’s hope we both have good news to report by 5 pm!
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I'm out.I was watching the score come in while watching Liverpool fail in Paris
Are you coming up to the Premiership bob, I’m sure BL will make some room for you 
OUCH!!! Bet BL felt that. Never kick a man when he’s down Steve, it has a habit of coming back at you later.
I think PSG are a much better team than last season, they will surprise more than Liverpool this year.
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I'm out.Hi BL.
I remember a League Cup couple of legs against Watford, 2nd leg at the City Ground. If I recall the scores correctly, Forest won 3-2 at Vicarage Road, then 7-2 at the City Ground, for a winning aggregate score of 10-4!
I may have to look that up later, so don’t correct me yet! Mate and I were delayed by 5 minutes getting in: it was a horrible night, pouring with rain which was blowing into the stand. Fortunately we each had a large Poncho, which covered most of us. It was 1-1 before we sat down! I also recall a game in the early 80’s against Man City, Forest won 6-0 and the City fans were singing that they lost 7-0 the week before. Now those are fans! It also demonstrates how times can change for clubs, within a decade or two. Of course, it’s money driving the change now and is the reason why Forest are looking up: our Greek owner invested heavily, but only now is it paying off, as the players bought have settled in together and Aitor Karanka is making a team out of the expensive new additions and the Academy talent that was always there.
It’s funny old game, as Jimmy Greaves was wont to say. Or, “Football – bloody hell!” as Sir Alex Ferguson once said.
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I'm out.And Bob. Why would the children of today know any better than us ?
That is NOT what I said. But I would sincerely hope that the next generations learn from the horrendous mistakes made by ours. If they have not advanced, it’s because successive governments have failed them, by poking education with a stick at least once every 12 months.
I have an extremely dyslexic gson who was doing fine in a college course, tutors telling us he was going to make it based upon his practical work. Then the goalposts were moved and he was expected to pass an “associated” R&R course in Maths and English. The Maths he could handle in his trick brain, which works out complex problems mentally and plonks down a correct result. First time, every time. Unfortunately he had to write down all the steps, which he could not do, stating that “It all swims about on the page.” He has a ‘different’ intelligence and possesses a large vocabulary, a good grasp of English, but cannot write it down. So he has failed and is working just 2 days a week in an unsuitable job. He cannot sign on because of the part time job and he is slowly losing faith in himself, spending too much time on his ‘pooter or with dead end mates on benefits.
And you want to know if today’s kids know any better than us? They need to be better supported and treated as individuals, for a start.
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I'm out.Dwynne:
Bob, To many of your countrymen, Wales is a foreign place. lol
Thanks to my ancestry-focused grandfather and father, I grew up with an appreciation of my Welsh forebears and I researched the place of Wales in the history of these islands. I learned that the word “Wales” is derived from the Anglo-Saxon “Weala” which apparently means ‘servant’ or ‘slave’. That did not please me at all and I preferred ‘Cymry’ for Welsh and ‘Cymru’ for Wales. However, I appreciate that Welsh and Wales are now used by the majority of the population.
The word for England, I learned, is “Lloegyr” and describes that part of England which excludes Devon and Cornwall. It apparently also means “The Lost Lands” which makes absolute sense, in view of historical events.
I have only once felt that I was in a foreign country when visiting any part of Wales. That was about 20 years ago, when visiting Corris and looking for ancestral graves. Welsh was being spoken as soon as we began asking directions and some were looking at us with decidedly unfriendly expressions. As soon as I mentioned that I was looking for ancestors and researching family history, smiles broke out and we were conducted to the home of the last ancestor. She was sadly deceased, formerly married to an ancestor Williams. Her maiden name was Jones, of course! We were taken to the grave and treated with great kindness, especially after my missus told them that her mum’s maiden name was Griffiths.
I didn’t mind the initial reception, in view of the history I had learned. But it did teach me that the Cymry have long memories! The population of these islands have always been tribal: I recall growing up and believing that the people of the next village were different and not to be trusted. There has always been an “Us” and a “Them” in the British Isles.
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I'm out.Graham, we are the 5th largest economy at the moment because we are still part of the EU. When we leave, in whatever way we do leave, I believe that we will begin to slide down that ladder and hit the floor with a bump. Trade deals forecast by Pie-in-the- Sky dreamers will not come to fruition.
I really, really do not want to be a Jonah about Brexit, I have grand kids that will need a future. However, I am a realist who is not subject to the OTT patriotism of a large proportion of the Brexit Brigade. So many idiots saying that we were OK on our own for 2,000 years, why should we not be OK now?
*We were not OK for long periods. If history teaches anything, it is: looking at the past through rose-tinted spectacles and extrapolating that into future prospects, does not work.
*The country, and its people, have changed. I do not believe that current generations have the patience or the necessity to believe that they have to undergo a period of hardship more extreme than they can imagine. Not their fault: it is the environment they have grown into and they have known nothing else.
And there will be hardship. I don’t mean how do we pay for our Sky sub’s, or keep up the payments on whatever household goods we have. I mean millions of people without the means to feed, shelter and clothe themselves. There really is a train coming down the tunnel at us and no one seems to be able to stop it.
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I'm out.Those are beautiful Nolan. In all my visits to Wales, I have never visited Llantwit. I must correct that soon, although SWMBO wants to go foreign next year. By the time prices have settled after Brexit rolls on, it will be possible for me to point out that it is cheaper in the UK.
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I'm out.PM’d you Lee.
FTTC will defo improve your speeds after it settles down. This is my current Speedtest, after average of 0.5 to 2Mbps:
I get 52/16 Mbps on wireless devices. Sometimes it takes a while to settle down.
All the best with the Works!
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I'm out.The Anker Vertical might be good for me, as I have a ganglion on the RH side of my right wrist, about 8mm below the palm.
Thanks for the link, Chris.
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