Whitey Grandad

Embarrassed? Am I embarrassed? No

They are instructed not to flag by a higher authority.

The ‘agues’

They keep the flag down in case they make a mistake and raise it when they shouldn’t which might rule out an otherwise valid goal. I hate it too, but there again I also hate VAR.

The modern generations are not accustomed to death being a common part of their lives and I suppose we ought to be grateful for that. In the late eighteenth century and early part of the twentieth infant mortality was one in three in the countryside and one in two in the cities. My wife’s grandmother lost her entire family of two daughters and a son in their teens and early twenties to scarlet fever and then went on to have a second family of three daughters yet she was reportedly the most sweet and kind person you could ever hope to meet. No wonder they had a fatalistic outlook on life and a belief in religion and a better life in the next world.

Probably. These things come and go. At least it’s not as bad as the Black Death. Even then there are only partial samples but the DNA has been sequenced. I said that it was still around in the sense that the family of which it is a part is still with us today.

Spanish Flu is still with us yet we live with it. All epidemics eventually fade away.

My only encounter with Frank was when I saw him in the toy shop that used to be in the corner of Fryern Arcade. I seem to remember that he had a blonde girl with him.

Exactly! Even if there is any danger let the fans of the two pubs decide if they want to ‘risk’ it.

I think it’s weighted by length of time of restrictions or something. To be honest a curfew of 9 or 10 pm would have no effect on us since there’s nothing to go and see anyway.

You’re very welcome. I was a bit surprised too when I read something about it in The Times the other day. I had a bit of a hint when I saw that restaurants in France were open to some extent back in January (?). I can wait a couple of months or so before I start screaming my head off but by June I shall be climbing up the walls. At my age (71) I don’t have many years left I’ve just list one of them. In my unsociable lifestyle the chance of catching this virus is minimal anyway but I must say that the whole vaccination effort has been a majestic achievement. Now let’s start to enjoy the benefits of it.

Not quite the most strict I’ll admit but way up there in the top six, and above France. Only Ireland is above us in Western Europe. https://www.irishpost.com/news/irelands-coronavirus-lockdown-ranked-toughest-in-europe-and-4th-toughest-in-the-world-204462 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-worlds-sixth-toughest-lockdown-23554938

I can understand that point of view but there's no real logic to it. The UK has had the strictest lockdown of any country in the world. How much of it was necessary will be debated for years but closing schools was unnecessary in my view. They were only partially closed anyway and the damage it has done to trhe social and academic development of the younger generation is frightening.

Where are these vaccine resitant strains and where have they been hiding all my life? Remember that I grew up in an age of Polio, Measles, German Measles, Diptheria, Tuberculosis, Tetanus, even Small Pox.

Third wave my arsenal. What is the point of all this vaccination if they think there's going to be another wave of it? If all the vulnerable people are protected then what's the problem with it. And please don't give me all this shit about possible new mutations. Mutated strains of virus have been a possibility since the dawn of mankind. It's always likely that a new mutation will be more infective and less deadly and then the whole world is laughing. That's what happened to Spanish Flu and it stopped killing people.

For him to get the move that he wants, if he wants one, he will need to be doing the business in the next few months.

Nor rich and sensible owner would go anywhere near a football club.

Surely that title goes to the Saints v Fulham game?

The same size as White Hart Lane too.

The body language there is revealing.Saville with his eyes focused on Thatcher and his grasping arms round her shoulders. Thatcher looking away and her hands fending him off.

I think we’ve found our level

It was in response to Smirk’s post ”It's only going to get worse, not only do we have a compact schedule this year, but we are squeezing in a Euros at the end of it, and then 2022 has a world cup effectively early season as well” This year will see the Euros in June/July and then next year the World Cup in Qatar starting in November. That must mean an early start to the 2022/2023 season and we don’t even know yet what will happen this autumn. It’s the disruption to the normal pattern that I was thinking about.

That decision to hold the World Cup in Qatar in November/December is getting to look more ridiculous all the time.

If it’s from the NHS you get a letter inviting you to book a pair of appointments through their website. If it’s from your GP’s surgery then it could be by other means such as text, email or phone call. We had an NHS letter and made our bookings followed a couple of weeks later by a phone call from our surgery, which we declined.

We’ve more chance of winning the FA Cup than we have of winning the league title. And we have less chance of being relegated than we have of winning the Cup.