miserableoldgit

Has it started again!!

Mmmm.... Me too!

Ah! Those were the days when we had a cross-channel ferry service from Southampton

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I bet that your family are really pleased that you think so much of their efforts!

Christmas is what you make it. If you want to fall in with all of the stereotypical commercialisation, thats up to you. If you want to find other more satisfying traditional ways of celebrating the season, it can be done.

Perfect summing up!

Do I detect a theme here??

I`d rather the top spot went to the "Help for Heroes" song "Love Farewell".

I am getting very confused! There were two separate "kids". There was the little lad that ran up to Waigo, and a second bigger lad who ran on later and led the stewards a merry dance all around the pitch, before slipping up and allowing them to pile on top of him. He certainly deserves what ever he got as he deliberately provoked the stewards in a "chase me, chase me" manner, although I have to say that part of me thought that it was quite comical!!

I would have said 6 or 7. He was small enough for him to jump up into Waigos arms. It may have been "wrong", but the whole thing, with Waigo giving him his shirt, really seemed to fit in with the joyous atmosphere at the ground. I did think that the two stewards who took him off the pitch, (and this did happen right in front of us), were a bit heavy handed and he seemed to be crying as they carried him off. I think that this may have concerned Waigo which is why he went over and gave him his shirt.

What you mean like the time that we beat Sheff Utd the last game of the season before last? Was that acceptable??:confused:

Is this a new range of biscuits??

I agree. I am generally against pitch invasions of any sort but tonight a 5 year old, caught up in the atmosphere like everyone else, ran up to Waigo and jumped up into his arms. Two stewards , IMHO, roughly carried him off. I thought that on this occaision, Waigo going over and giving him his shirt was a lovely touch which added to the joyous feeling at the end. Will it encourage hordes of 5 year olds to carry out "pitch invasions?? Of course it won`t.

Oh, he was distracted by the 5 year old that ran on the pitch and jumped into Waigos arms apparently.

Have you posted this before???

Exactly. I have no doubt that there are "Sporting Legends" in American Football and Baseball. Are they sporting legends to me?? Of course not, but am I sure that they are to some people in America. Some of my sporting legends are Barry Briggs, Tony Rickardsson and Jason Crump. People who represented one of the most dangerous sports in the world consistantly, with great courage, dedication and great success. Are they even known to most people? No, because they take part in a "minority sport". Does that take away there "Legend" status?? Of course not. MLT will alway be a legend to me for his skill, flair, loyalty and the fact that I went home smiling after games more often than not when he was playing. NOTHING will or can detract from those marvellous memories. As the song says.... "They can`t take that away from me".

I fully appreciate that everybody has opinions. They are free to have them and equally free in this country (at the moment) to express them. I do query, however the validity of not only repeating them over and over again, but also of starting threads that you know perfectly well will descend into the "personal abuse" that you complain of. I don`t think that there are any regular users of this forum who are unsure of your views on MLT. Sometimes less is more.

Sharron Davies MBE :-

I don`t think that 19C`s problem with MLT is purely about "Throw-ingate" I remember him making derogatory remarks about him very early in the year, before the book came out. I did respond to him at the time saying that if he was going to add MLT to his hate list (LM and LC) then he was asking for trouble and wouldn`t be taken seriously.

Yes. Even my feeling of deja vu is getting a feeling of deja vu!

Irony alert!!!

Tina Fey!!!!

DEADGIRL:- An unsettling and atmospheric horror film, and worth a watch. "Frightening.That’s the best way to describe Deadgirl, an impressive effort by co-directors Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel based on an ingenious script by Trent Haaga that takes an uncomfortably harsh look at gender-sexual dominance. It’s frightening on multiple levels. It's a perennially f--ked up movie. Yes, it’s another zombie film, but like Let the Right One In’s treatment of vampires, Deadgirl lets the horror emerge not from the ghastly ghoulies but from the dark impulses developed by the uncertainty of growing up. The premise alone is pure brilliance, but where the film takes its teenage characters to is a real revelation of both talent and the male psyche. The Deadgirl in question is a sexy naked girl (a brave and sporting Jenny Spain) two aimless boys Rickie (Shiloh Fernandez) and JT (Noah Segan) find chained in the basement of an abandoned asylum. Realizing that she’s undead and unclaimed, JT eagerly makes her a personal sex slave, even inviting their equally idle friend Wheeler (Eric Podnar) to join in on what is essentially rape. Rickie’s refusal to participate in this debauchery is interesting, because in some ways he’s following a moral compass, but it’s also established that he is obsessively in love with a childhood sweetheart who’s grown up to be a girl out of his league. She dates a jock who torments Rickie for his longing looks. The bittersweet ending, which of course I won’t spoil, blurs Rickie’s moral line even more. We don’t know how the Deadgirl came to be or why she was there, but that’s trivial compared to what she is in the eyes of the boys. Unlike most films that deal with teenage sexual curiosity, this film explores the really perverse side, where it’s not the discovery that drives these boys but rather the pure lustful gratification; completely skewing their perception of a healthy sex life. Knowing there’s “free pussy” to be had at any time, JT cuts off his social life, stops going to school, and even holes up in the asylum basement to have sex with the Deadgirl all day. Wheeler, having failed at standing up to jock bullies, boasts to them about the Deadgirl; somehow convinced that having a living sex doll makes him much more of a man than those who have girlfriends. Of course, it’s really screwed up that the jocks kind of buy into Wheeler’s statement and want to have a piece of the Deadgirl themselves to prove their own manhood. In case you haven’t noticed, this film isn’t really sympathetic with us guys. It concludes that the male ego is a carriage drawn by a wild ****. With such a provocative story, it’s a real feat on the directors’ part to keep it from being too exploitative. It’s also stylishly shot and paces itself nicely, deftly sprinkling dark humor here and there. Ultimately, it's how convincing it is at presenting the boys that makes it such a creepy film. Deadgirl acknowledges that base urge in teenage boys to indulge in sexual conquest and the frustration that comes with being rejected by girls when you’re at your most curious about sex. It does so by stripping its protagonists of the responsibilities that young men have to learn at that age. The zombie angle works because it allows them to see the Deadgirl as something inhuman. Take away the personality and the nuisance of having to consider a woman’s feelings, what’s left for the boys to see is opportunity spread-eagled. A teen horror movie that deals with being a teen? What a strange idea! It’s a film that offers an original take on an exhausted genre, using a zombie as a tool to incite dangerous lust. In some ways, the zombie is still a threat, but not just physically. Deadgirl asks a difficult question: "If the victim is a flesh-eating monster, does ethics still apply?" It uses otherworldly elements to perform a horrific probe of the human experience, which is what the best horror films always do."

63 was the worst winter that I remember. Snow/slush around for weeks and weeks.