Suhari

Died tonight aged 61.

Great player, superb entertainer, complete nutter.

RIP.

Mar... Marrow

Mar......Marmoset.

mmmmm; monkey spread.

Looks like a nasty case of 'pink hand syndrome'.

Do people recovering from Malaria normally have to lay off the beer?

Pretty sure I applied to this job.

Was an advert via an agency about 2 months ago for a Commercial Manager for a 'major sports club on the south coast'; responsibilities being leading the ticket sales, sponsorship, marketing, corporate stuff. Chucked my CV in speculatively and didn't get anywhere (I don't really have the background tbf).

Can't think of too many other places it could have been.

Good signing.

Completely out of the blue it seems. Can we therefore assume that there is now no longer such a thing as an 'ITK poster'?

Death to the rumours, long live the unexpected, quality signings.

Always loved his act, in a kind of 'why the hell am I finding this funny?' way.

Young age to go too.

RIP.

Into the last 16.

Good team. Technique, movement, passing, teamwork, tempo.

Really entertaining.

If England could play like that I would be very happy.

Some of the Japanese players at the world cup are excellent.

The striker, Honda, CDAJFU. Excellent touch.

Jim Brennan has a very fit wife who is available for hire if I recall correctly.

Children's parties?

Nicola doesn't ask for Planning Permission, the planners ask him for permission. FACT.

NC is the new Chuck Norris!

BTW - type 'Where do I find Chuck Norris' into Google, and choose 'I'm feeling lucky'. Old, but fun.

And in other news - there is no news on Saints summer signings. Now the new kit is released, how long before we see a name or two appear? Even the rumours have dried up!

Yep. I can only assume that the players we are tracking are too busy playing in the World Cup to finalise their new Saints contracts now.

Well, maybe.....

Just finished 'Earth, Air, Fire, Custard' by Tom Holt. Really couldn't get on with it. Bought it for a holiday read.

Disliked 'In Your Dreams' too; was a present.

I generally enjoy comic novels; and magic/fantasy stuff does not put me off, so should really like Tom Holt. But these two books are just not fun to read. Not bad exactly, just dull and hard work.

Would rather spend the time picking my feet.

I agree with your point that Boetang and Carsley would be good signings for us because we are missing a midfield general! A player who can put his foot in to win the ball back for us and get us back on the attack! This is a position where you can get away with having a slightly older player (i.e. Marsden) because they spend most of their time patrolling the area in front of the centre backs breaking up the play. I would prefer Boetang out of the 2 because I feel his is the slightly better player and has an age advantage on Carsley. I'm not sure either player would drop down to League 1 though but you never know!

 

I still disagree with you on Vassell though! The fact that he is available on a free transfer does save us money on the transfer fee but also means that he is likely to want higher wages! I don't think he is worth paying silly money too!

I am inclined to agree with you! A new midfield general is a good idea! We need a new Marsden!

Vassell is a nice idea! But his wages would be too high! I fear!

I am going for a beer!

COYRS!

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So a couple of us went into Winchester tonight for a quick beer - anywhere but the Charlie. Ended up in the Weatherspoons, paying £1.65 for a pint of Ruddles. Yep: £1.65. Not my favourite beer, but hey...

I am no fan of Weatherspoons, but that is a good price. And at 7pm on a Saturday night it is a decent place to spend an hour.

Granted when we went back there at 9:30 after an inpromptu curry it was full of chavs and slappers, but still: £1.65.

Surely it is not too hard to provide reasonable beer at acceptable prices?

Too many classic films to mention. Seems to have been around for ever.

Strangely about an hour ago, well before I heard the news, a group of us were discussing his role in Apocolyse Now over a cheapy curry in Winchester.

Sad loss. And I rarely say that about the Hollywood sect.

RIP.

Sounds like they are trying to compete with the Cart and Horses, another pretentious overpriced 'gastro pub,' although the food is nice, if expensive. Dad lives just by the King's Worthy Volvo garage and he uses it as it's his local. Doesn't like the place much and finds it a rip off but uses it as it's convenient.

 

There is a working mens social club in King's Worthy he found the other week, couldn't recommend it enough. He goes there now out of preference.

The Cart & Horses is pretty good. Very much a gastro pub, but with a nice, though small 'drinking area'. Will never be a 'village pub' but is okay.

£3.00 a pint too - and excellent beer: really good. It has been my new local over the past month, but a 15/20 minute walk is just a bit too far.

Never been to the infamous Kings Worthy club...heard it is crap though. Cheap beer, but basically a 'vilage hall' with a bar in it. Might be forced to take a look now; it is where all the old-school locals from the 'Charlie' go.

I want my old local back!

My local pub (King Charles, Kings Worthy) has been closed for month - new tenants revamping the place.

Always been a village 'community pub' - pop in and you are sure to see someone you know for a chat and a beer; good crowd who did the 'quick one after work'; historically lots of events - summer bbq, quiz nights, decent atmposhere for the football etc, decent 'standard' food. Good friendly place.

The last tenant buggered it up a bit, by failing to do anything to keep the community involved; and trying to turn it into a 'foody' place, put prices up a lot too. So loads of people stopped going. Shame really. He left a month or two back.

Was the grand reopening last night. Got an invite/advert through the door, with a 'it's your pub/ we are giving the pub back to the community' message. Going to start a footie team, etc etc. Felt very optimistic.

The place now looks like an advert for Ikea; they have tried to make it a mega-trendy food place - the menu is way too pricey, a pint of London Pride is £3.30, a glass of wine £4.50.

Having been a regular for 10 years, I am in no rush to go back.

Is the traditional English pub a thing of the past?

Something to browse!

 

http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa-transfer-list

Curious as to why it lets you search on their weight.

Do managers make signings based on chubb-factor?

And what is with the 'enquiry' button? Can I email in and buy one?

Okay - I am tempted with this one. Looks brill, and who doesn't want to play at cowboys.

Trouble is I thought GTA4 was over-hyped, and average at best. Loved some of the earlier GTA games, but the last one.....just could not get on with it at all. Would not say it was ****e, but it got traded back to Game pretty quickly.

So....how does the gameplay of RDR compare? Think I'll like it?

BTW, my fave game of the past few years was Oblivion. Free ranging, loads of missions, good storyline, great graphics, violence! Which seems to sound a bit like RDR........

Well, I finally flew out on May 9th after rescheduling 3 times. I was pretty non-plussed about going beforehand, but my word, how that has changed now.

 

From the moment I saw my first "Arry Monk" and indulged in my first tentative Wai I was hooked. What an incredible place full of incredible people!

 

The first five days we spent in Chiang Mai in the north, which is an incredibly vibrant University City. The first two days were spent relaxing, understandably after a marathon journey to the country. However, we did go out every night to sample the local nightlife and was not disappointed. Thankfully, Chiang Mai appears to be relatively unfounded by Westerners as of yet so we had a fantastic time immersing ourselves with the local culture as well as the partying with the very friendly locals. I was astounded to find out the respect the Thai's all showed eachother as well as the vast cultural differences such as having a drink and not fighting, politeness, chivalry towards women and care/attentiveness. Western society has a f()cking lot to learn!

 

The highlights in Chiang Mai had to be being fondled by a gaggle of university girls, the sights over Chiang Mai from the temple and one fantastic waitress Faa, who was mesmerising and almost single-handedly convinced me Thai women are the way forward.

CM is my favorite place in the world. My Dad lives there, and my fiance is from there.

Thailand is incredible. It is so easy to be influenced by the ****ty, sex tourism stuff: but that's not the reality of the place. Overall sounds like you had am amazing time - lucky sod!

All of it now.

An explaination would be welcome.

Hello fellow citizen of Chester!!!

 

I understand what you are saying... The island was real and everything that happened there actually happened, and the ALT timeline was their "purgatory" so to speak. That doesnt take away from the fact that everything that happened on the island was completely ridiculous and lots of it was left unexplained. for instance:

 

Why do these energy pockets exist?

Why can a guy get pushed into one and turn into a smoke monster that kills people and can inhabit dead bodies?

Why does jacob have special powers?

Why can hurley talk to dead people?

What was the real significance of the numbers?

Why can the island jump through time periods at the turn of a wooden wheel?

Why do you appear in Tunisia when you turn said wheel?

Why was Widmore thricked into leaving the island and what was hsi real motive for returning to the island?

 

and many more ...

 

The thing I found odd was that certain people like Walt, Michael, Eko weren't in Jack's Purgatory. Yet Penny Widmore (who never visited the island) was.

So they didn't explain the significance of the numbers? THE main line of mystery from day 1. That is very poor.

Did they ever explain how Locke ended up able to walk?

What happened to Walt and his Dad?

How come fatty Hurley never lost weight?

Why did the fit brunette never get her thrupney bits out?

So they're all dead. 6 years and a load of nonsense to discover that :mad:

Any more detail? They died in the crash and 'dreamt' it all; went to hell? Purgatory?

Grass that keeps growing through the wood bark stuff thats supposed to stop that happening! :mad:

 

My cat bringing in a frog an our ago that I had to drive to the local river.

Driving your frog to a river sounds a LOT like an innuendo

Particularly if you have the mind of a 12 year old, and too much time on your hands.

Packs of 17 year olds farting around on 50cc mopeds

Women drivers

The two bee nests in my wall

My achilles being fooked again so I can't run or train

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