Dimond Geezer

The Juniper Berry is owned, and has been for about 8 years or so, by one of the famed McCarthy brothers (I'm sure many on here remember them working the doors in the 80s/90s). Until a couple of years ago it was called The Bosuns Locker, but Mike wanted to cash in on it's rep & returned to it's original name.

I Saw Queen at Wembley in '86, they just blew me away. I've seen many different bands at venues ranging from Knebworth to The Brook & no one has come close, they were something very special.

Fridays below it, don't remember one over the road though, unless you mean Raffles down East Street?

Someone my son knows has had one done, she too is 16(I thought you had to be 18 ). She's had some inane quote scribbled across her belly, something about determination & going out & getting things done for youself, the irony is that she's the laziest person around, blowing her GCSEs last year because she thought she would breeze through them, prefering to get p*ssed & take up smoking during her study leave. . Never mind it will probably still look good when she's 25 & on her 4th pregnancy.

Someone described him as a clown, I don't agree with that at all, clowns are supposedly funny, Boruc isn't, he worries tha crap out of me. Whilst KD may not be a prem keeper, he's more capable that Boruc. Aside from his dropped catches, his kicking was woeful, I can recall at least 4 times he kicked it to an Arsenal player, and a couple of times he shanked it into touch, if it had bee KD this place would've gone into meltdown. KD has been unfairly critised for his performance against Stoke, in the last 10 minutes of that match they played with 4 strickers, all of which are 6' plus & bombarded our box with high balls, yet Boruc struggled against 5'8" Walcott. Goalkeeper selection no longer comes under the heading of "who is our best keeper", but "who is going to do the least damage", and at the moment that has to be KD, Boruc may have been a decent keeper once, but he isn't anymore & Gazza isn't ready yet.

This guy: http://www.sparkybailey.com/ has done loads for me in the last few years, reasonable rates, good sparky & good bloke. Some sparkies insist on doing the both 1st & 2nd fix to ramp up the hours, Pete is happy to let you do first fix & he will do the second if you want.

Sad to hear that. Rip Sir.

Sad news, I loved watching Thunderbirds as a kid & I was very pround of my Thunderbird 2 Dinky (or maybe matchbox) toy. FAB Mr Anderson. This was the same for me, at around about the same time, we decided to get Tracy Island for my son at christmas, but couldn't get hold of it anywhere, except for Toy's r us in Pompey, after a phone call I found they had 1 left & they kindly offered to put it aside for me for a couple of hours, not everyone from the dark side are scumbags .

You may have been a tipsy old fart, but you're right, there's a lot more to Slade than Merry Xmas Everybody, (although their spelling leaves a bit to be desired).

Personally, I'm not at all bothered about being fed information like this by the club. Aside from the obvious point of giving the opposition the heads-up, it makes no difference to me whether I know about the injury list or not. I can do nothing to influence the return of the players and it doesn't affect my day to day life if I know about Lallana's knee, Chapper's ankle or whether Boruc is suffering from a bout of flatulance or a dose of clap. We will find out either way on Saturday if our man is playing, if he isn't then so-be-it, if he is, then think of it as a christmas bonus.

They some seriously f***ed up people with f***ed up views over there. But hey...it's their birth right.

Could've been, but I don't remember it being contrived. My recolection is a 25yd rocket & wondering why he couldn't do it in a real match. I may have been drinking though.

He also scored an absolute belter from outside of the box in a testimonial match (it may have been his own).

I seem to remember the programme that detailed his ancestory unearthed a scroll showing his royal lineage right back as far as God himself. In bow down before thee, thy holiness.

My Mrs literally bumped into Clyne as she left work. They snuck in through one of the quieter entrances, as she turned a corner she encountered 15-20 blokes all in red trackies. Apparently young Nathaniel was quite the gentleman & apologised after checking she was ok. We had to go through the squad photos to determine who her assailant was. He now has a new fan. It's good to see them give up their time & try to save the poor pompey fan from a life of purgatory.

I'm happy to be proved wrong on this, but if I recall my college days correctly, modern all-seater stadia are steeper than traditional terracing. I've had a root around the office & can't find anything to prove it either way, but I'm 90% sure I'm right. But if you take St Marys as an example, the step down is about 450mm and about 600mm wide, a gradient of 1:1.3, I reckon the steps on the old Milton Rd terrace were something like 1:4 (75mm rise & a going of 300mm). Like I say, happy to be proved wrong, but when I'm jumping around like a screaming banshee when SRL scores his first prem hat-trick, I'd rather fall 3 inches, than 18 .

Current terracing design is not suitable for standing, and the cost of implementing it would probably be prohibitive for most clubs. If it does come in though, I'll stick with the seat, it was fine when I used to go as a young man with my mates, but I now go to footy with 3 kids & a 70 year-old, I know the kids will be safe & the old man can get out easily so he can get to the loo in time.

I've been very impresed with him laterly, he had a shaky start but has come good in recent weeks, he needs a reliable partner though, I'm not sure Yosh is the man for that, although he's not done too bad himself recently. I have to admit I was in the camp that thought Jos would be our star defender & Fonte would be in the stiffs. That just goes to illustrate why I'm not a football manager.

First I've heard of it. Sad news. I believe he had a hand in the mapping of the moon for Nasa. His enthusiasm about his field was truly infectious, and by all accounts a thoroughly nice bloke too. Rip Sir Patrick. Iirc he has a comet, or asteroid already named in his honour.

He looks very assured & he doesn't let himself get bullied. It's refreshing to see such a young lad happy to mix it physically with the grizzled old pros. I think he has a bright future, hopefully its here.

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I entirely agree, there is nothing more galling than the work-shy "playing the system", then complaining that they can't feed their kids, but can afford a Sky subscription etc. It's equally galling to hear the middle classes moaning on that they can't afford a second holiday, or put fuel in the wifes 4x4 because CB has been cut. Both of these groups need to cut their cloth accordingly. The benefit system is supposed to be a safety net, not to pay for luxuries. A household bring in over 50k, should be able to survive quite adequately purely on that income, without expecting to get government handouts.

Exactly. Child benefit was originally designed to ensure that kids had resonable clothing & were fed, not to fund pony club outings or a holiday abroad, Anyone earning over 50 grand should be ashamed if they are claiming this.

The royals do get a lot of molly-coddling, but it's not so in this case. This form of morning sickness can be quite dangerous, my Mrs had it with our first, she was chucking up almost hourly, severely dehydrated, and lost weight, she was un-able to eat or drink anything, even cleaning her teeth made her wretch. I took her to the docs, (a day I'll never forget, it was out wedding anniversary, but more importantly it was the day England stuffed The Netherlands at Euro'96, a match I've never seen ), within the hour she was in hospital fixed up to a couple of drips. She was in for 4 days.

My collection is complete & thanks to the skill of the surgeon, cannot be added to.