The Kraken

A proper Christmas leftovers sandwich. I noticed that the supermarkets were stocking about a dozen versions of Christmas sandwiches from about mid November onwards. I vowed not to have a single one until I could make a proper one myself. Bought a fresh loaf today, cut a couple of slices and filled it with leftover turkey, ham, pork stuffing and coleslaw. Absolutely flipping delicious.

Our winter festival crackers were of a high standard today. We didn’t have any winter festival pudding though. Winter festival presents were all on point. And the winter festival tree still looks resplendent. Winter festival day

Sadly I left it a bit late in sending cards this year, and Sainsburys had completely run out of “happy winter festival”. I had to make do with merry Christmas instead, I feel so foolish.

And a very merry Christmas to you Whitey. We may have some disagreements but you’re a good man and a decent poster. Let’s keep up the bickering into 2026 😉

I was out in Spain last month and as a free option in a restaurant they brought over some slices of manchego with honey to dip it in. You don’t need very much honey at all but it’s a decent combo. Manchego plus something sweet is a great combo.

Indeed. A lot of the supermarket cheddar can be average but get a decent one and it’s a knockout of a cheese. For this year I’ve got some mature cheddar plus a cheddar with truffle, had it last year and it was lovely. Got 4 or 5 others too to make up the board. Whats everyone’s chutney game? We seem to have accumulated about 6 of them ffs 🤦‍♂️ Very much looking forward to the Bloody Mary chutney with some cheddar and crackers.

I’m just trying to work through things you said at the time. You said rents had gone up immediately entirely due to Rachel from accounts. You also said that you had previously deliberately kept rents low as you had good tenants and it was a way of keeping them, which kind of suggests not adhering to the experts to guide on price.

You’re missing the question being asked and answering something entirely different. You came on here about a year ago, and said that due to Labour policies you had no choice but to immediately put up prices. When you posted you said you had already put up prices. Rachel from accounts had forced you to do it. So what were those policies that, a year or so ago, forced the price immediately up.

Stilton is incredible. I’m already looking forward to the Boxing Day cheese board, got 6 or 7 of the buggers that will come out for the afternoon buffet and stay out until eaten.

Can you be specific? You were on here many months ago, maybe a year ago now, and you directly bemoaned the Labour Party for the fact that you had no choice but to immediately put up your rental rates. We all remember it. What were the Labour policies at that time that forced you into that?

According to an old fossil, statistics don’t mean anything. Except they do. Especially when they reinforce the eye test. Bazunu is just a very poor goalkeeper for the Championship. Visual inspection picks it out, stats just back up the reasoning.

Which bit is wrong? Personally, I disagree with the statement that Tonda won’t be our manager next year. I also think we might just scrape the playoffs. Other than that, not sure what is objectionable.

Chapeau. Your Soggy bullshit bingo has been absolutely on point today 👍

Less of a big error, but more evidence that we have a manager who is wedded to playing with 3 CBs on the pitch at all times. That second half ended up being ponderous, we were completely overloaded at the back and still had one or two holding midfielders constantly dropping back. If our argument for that is that we pushed a CB into midfield, I’m not sure that spells tactical masterclass to me. Out with the old, in with the old.

It would have been madness to bring on an actual midfielder or attacker to play where THB supposedly pushed in to, I’m sure.

Duck pretending to be impartial 🤣 Remember well you preaching how great a landlord you were as you kept rates low for years to have good tenants, then when Rachel from accounts (arf) came in you simply had to put rates up immediately because of the Labour Party. Not disingenuous my arse.

I don’t disagree. But for me, that alone doesn’t justify the need for a public service broadcaster. I think the Beeb has done some wonderful things down the years, and still does. I don’t think anybody is suggesting scrapping the BBC. It’s just for this particular subject, I’m just yet to be convinced by the mandatory payment of the license given today’s reality of being able to stream (and pay for) so much worldwide content by individual choice.

Why is that so important, out of interest? In this day and age I’m not sure I see the necessity but I admit I’m willing to be convinced otherwise. Other than “we’ve always had one”.

It’s really isn’t such a binary answer as that. I’m sure everybody who watches it holds some value in the BBC down the years. Criticism of the payment model doesn’t change that at all. But we’re not in 1950 any more where there are no other channels. Nor are we in the 1980s where there are 4. Television options have changed immeasurably with streaming services. It’s an entirely different market nowadays.

If AJ had come in at that weight then it invalidates the fight. He’s contracted that he can weigh no heavier than 245, he weighed in a couple of pounds under. I just can’t see a way that these two get into the ring without it being a complete and obvious parody. Even a nearly 60 year old Mike Tyson was accused of pulling punches and holding back. With Joshua it will be immediately obvious. I thought weight thing could come into it, AJ would weigh 250 and they’d say “ah shucks, too heavy, maybe next time”. Now that he’s weighed in under weight I have no idea what the pantomime will be. Find out tomorrow morning I guess.

Yep. As a kid I I used to make my own bespoke tv schedule based on the top films and programmes that would be on. Tbf Christmas Day itself has always been pretty dreadful. But can definitely remember Boxing Day being great, usually a Bind film or two to choose from plus a “latest” release,

Thats twice now, excellent work, it especially highlights your overall inability to look at situations as anything other than completely binary. 🤣

I love what the Beeb has done and indeed some of what it still does (Monday quiz night last night was particularly difficult, mind). But, in this day and age of streaming and multiple subscriptions, a mandatory license fee to fund the BBC is really something of a disgrace. It’s such an outdated model and will become abused more and more. It’s a shame, but I do think that the payment model simply has to change.

This really does reinforce your complete myopia and utter inability to look at issues objectively outside of your own bigotry.

Anyone who has seen his posts on Israel and Judaism knows exactly where he stands. Pretty sure he does too, despite the amount of deflection he employs. It’s been pointed out so many times and yet even today we have two or three more conflations of Israeli/Jew, and any condemnation of the horrible act today gets met with the likes of “yeah but what about Netanyahu and those Jews?”.