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Two pints first half, 1 for half time and possibly 2 in the second. I just hope they are celebratory in the second, not the drowning your sorrows ones. Can't be arsed to go back now but what's the opinion of that tackle from behind in the second minute..?

Just checked that the pub I sometimes go to will be showing the game. So I've undertaken a risk assessment: how will my health cope? By that I mean getting depressed watching Saints lose in company and spending ~ £20 into the bargain?

Yep. On Saturday morning weather permitting I'm being given a ride in a helicopter by a PPL(H) pilot. Some mechanical disaster could happen but I am very happy that the A check they give the aircraft is very thorough as is their attitude to flying. Not all private pilots arm the same in this regard: some can be quite slapdash. I'll be at the game in the afternoon, though unfortunately I'll have to drive there not fly in!

Yes, have to say I'd be rather sceptical of a resurgent Newcastle, and they'll have to pay anyone they do sign rather generous terms to compensate for their situation. That's not to say Saints wouldn't be able to pull a defeat from the jaws of victory though..

Just because the PM is a narcissistic, self absorbed, selfish, lieing, sexist, racist lazy plonker doesn't mean you have to do the same as him. Anything I do is in spite of him based on my own standards.

Thanks. I think... 🙂

Yes, but if there isn't not to er.. worry..

That made me laugh unreasonably loudly! I'd back Pilchards and his tree and his builder more than those two. Probably more literate as well..

No KWP, but he's a versatile sub to bring on if we are under the cosh. I wonder if Armstrong will play slightly more withdrawn and make those space making runs into space?.. It will be interesting to see how they set up.

Bo**ocks.. I've been a Saints fan far too long..

Presume injured or ill..?

I'm a Saints fan. Hubris is dangerous and a precursor to a depressing come down. But we do need to score a few goals in a single game so today is a good opportunity. Plus it would be an opportunity to sing to Dean Smith.."can we play you every week"..

Cuco Martina used to live at Chilworth. My best friend was working on an alarm system nearby and apparently he'd locked himself out so she helped him get back in. As she hates football she had no idea who he was - "some Saints player" - who I identified by a process of elimination. Apparently he didn't have much of a clue about anything really, she's too polite to call someone thick..

Well, good luck with that. But Josh, poor bu**er is 20, 30, er, 40 years younger than us!

And the people who service them. One helicopter came back from maintenance without the Jesus nut tightened up.. Apprentice engineer and supervisor both at fault. Mind you, a proper A check would have picked that up. Most accidents need more than one contributor it would seem.

Thanks for that, it explains a lot. As someone who recently had a suspected TIA and heart arrhythmia I can say that his stress must have been off the scale! I restarted training last night, and goodness, it makes you feel better.

Yeah! 🙂 But joking aside DT is right. Parking and traffic is crap as are house prices but more or less everything else is better.

It's a good question and maybe issues are more prevalent on the boundaries of private and commercial aviation, but I think personal attitudes impacting flying can impact anywhere. Have a look at the incident report for the Air Maroc ATP incident a couple of years ago and you'll see horrifying levels of incompetence by commercial pilots. I mentioned above my bestie now doing her PPL rating on the Robinson. Recently she went up as ballast on the back seat for a check ride for another experienced PPL pilot. The instructor afterwards told her not to use that pilot as an example.. and she had already noted herself some sloppiness in the pilot's flying.. But I think this case is pretty exceptional, and I'd agree with others that the sentence doesn't seem harsh. I think we can guess Derry's view..

I have to say the notion of an appeal disturbs me too. All pilots want to build their hours but Ibbotson was culpable too and apparently not the most accurate of pilots. My best friend has not long got her PPL (H) and one of the reasons I feel safe going up with her is because if there is any issue - with the conditions, the aircraft, whatever, I know she'll say NO.

Good old Vesty, playing his old mate onside..

As I mentioned above the story I heard is that Rupert asked the goalkeeping coaches about him when he was offered as part of the Bale deal. They told him that Forecast was crap, and Rupert, I suspect not wanting to believe him because he wanted to do the deal, asked how he knew. "Because it's my job" replied the coach/scout. The rest is history.. Mind you, you have a good point as to how he was ever offered a contract by Spurs: maybe early promise never materialised?

Wish Rupert had said that when we were offered Tommy Fourpast. The goalkeeping coach told him to do so but was ignored..

Thanks, that's saved me a few quid going down the pub to watch..

Surely that would be one reason why he'd stay well away?!

The other thing I noted was how well-weighted some of the passes were. Behind the defender but not overhit so that the covering player/keeper could collect. There seems to be a good level of skill and I can't see how someone like Dan Nduludu will ever make the grade with us compared with this cohort of players as he just doesn't have the touch.