Whitey Grandad

On hearing this news I’d settle for a goalless draw today. The big question is whether Che is going to be fit for Friday.

I developed unilateral tinnitus some twenty years ago and now I just have to live with it. Mine was caused by using a PC monitor that was too low for me meaning that my neck erector muscles were in constant tension. Over time the nerve signals through the dorsal cochlear nucleus got mixed with the auditory ones and I am constantly hearing the nerve commands as sounds. It won’t kill me and I have to live with it but I would love to hear some silence so anything that can be done to preserve hearing is to be encouraged.

Che will be out of contract.

Exactly. With a population growth of around 1% a year annual GDP growth needs to be at least that just to stand still (per capita).

I’ve just spoken to my daughter. She said that the vivid colours were only apparent in her phone and were much less intense to the naked eye. She had to set her phone camera to night vision. There is a chance that they will be back again tonight.

They are not normally easy to photograph and you typically need a tripod and fifteen to thirty seconds of exposure. It’s strange to think that they are probably happening above us right now but are washed out by the daylight.

This is a pale impression of what I saw in Norway on 19th March. Not easy to photograph from a moving ship in sub-zero temperatures on an Android phone. What I saw with my eyes was very impressive. Great hanging curtains of shimmering green light which the phone tries to override. I later looked up the correct settings but we didn't see them again.

It's the Day of the Triffids all over again. It turns out that she rang me but I missed them. I think I was putting the bins out. This was about 9pm and I didn't notice anything. I think she had seen a forecast. This was in Chandlers Ford and shee lives only 200 yards from me.

And I missed them. My daughter took some good photos but didn't think to ring me. My bedroom faces south. It's the Day of the Triffids all over again.

Remarkable. I went on the Hurtigruten coastal trip in March from Bergen to Kirkenes and back but the skies were cloudy most of the time. There was a spell of about twenty minutes as we were nearing Tromsø though and we saw quite an inspiring show. So much that I want to go looking for them again next winter.

If Sulemana or Mara start then the semi final will be over before the second leg.

Yes, but that’s the point. The task is the same but the mind starts to get involved.

What, all six of them? I have spoken to many more Americans than that and their views are very different to yours.

Yes, I know that. I was referring to a time before VAR. incidents such as these are one of the reasons that I hate it.

I’m more old school. Accept the on field decision, deal with it and move on.

I agree with you except that we all know a General Election is only a matter of weeks away so why now? Forcing a by election now would be selfish.

In short, it’s the difference between William Tell shooting an apple off his son’s head or one placed on the top of a stick. I have often thought about the difference between walking across a 4 inch beam that’s 50 feet off the ground and one that’s only two inches off the floor. It’s all in the mind.

“Not yet confirmed”

Wise by name but not by nature.

Especially as it was apparent that they are missing Declan Rice.

Here’s a hint to aspiring youngsters, Sunglasses don’t make you look cool. They make you look hungover.

We had been together since we were both sixteen so it was nearer 58 years together. I have had a few holidays alone and my son warned me that I should beware of ladies on the hunt for a wealthy widower and I have made a few friends. I have enough things to do to keep me busy but the wounds are still very raw. I’m fairly confident that I will not be taking up ballroom dancing though 😳

Legally the potential buyer makes an offer and the seller decides whether or not to accept it. Back in the old days items were priced at a penny or two under a whole pound because it forced the shop assistant to ring the item up on the till and hence there would be a record of the sale. There’s a whole generation or two out there who won’t know what I’m talking about.

Well done. My wife’s cost us £25/10/6 or something close and she paid for most of that herself since she was working and I was a student. That was in 1968 and last October 55 years later she sadly passed away. I had bought her lots of jewellery over the years and my daughter has it all now including that engagement ring with the tiny diamond and the silver locket that that I had bought her before and which still has our daughter’s teeth marks in it. We have a son, a daughter and seven wonderful grandchildren. My eldest grandson is a Saints fan and we both have season tickets and go to the football together. Some things are truly priceless.

Was she worth it?