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Just been announced that this forum is closing until the day after the funeral as a mark of respect. *That should do it.......

I think you might be on the wrong forum.......

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/62850221 Disappointing to many.

I literally have no idea what any of that means, the maths makes no sense, the conclusion is bizarre. 23 = Pain?

If this sounds a bit over the top to those too young to remember, or those with a selective memory. This is a selection of the headlines from that period, the period when the Queen was portrayed as anything but the kind old granny we are mourning today.

It's a form of emotional fascism and seems to be something that has grown out of the Diana period. I do wonder how many of the "mourners" today are the same ones who were demanding the Queen to be as upset as they were about Diana when she clearly had no real feelings about her, the ones who were questioning the future of the monarchy as whole if she didn't come out of her Ivory tower to join them. Terms like the "majority" being used without evidence for it, to make the rest feel like they don't belong, are all part of the insidious process.

But that's Old Trafford the majority of the time.

At the risk of taking this into the politics forum, that was exactly my question when I heard that the woman with many hats (Like Spurs fans with George Graham I can't bring myself to use her name) said she was "going to show zero tolerance to the workers". She clearly feels that she is a different country to those do the day to day stuff, and she's probably right.

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Are they going to stop the crowd cheering, chanting etc? I think you are over estimating the number of people who care enough to stop enjoying themselves.

Just watching the early morning Countdown on C4+1 and it appears they are not showing advertising, which seems a reasonable compromise. As far as cancelling Saturday's matches, my question is; what value is there in it? Are we expected to sit in darkened rooms, watching them rehashing the same facts and film from Elizabeth's life? No we're not, some will of course but more will be looking around for alternative entertainment which seems a pointless disruption.

Who celebrates 140 as a landmark date? A club that doesn't think it will make it 150?

Duchess - The Stranglers

..The cashless society? Something that is approaching rapidly in my opinion, and increasing in speed since COVID, as people became aware of what a vector it can be for diseases You have to wonder how much it will cost the treasury to produce new notes and coins with King Charlie on, and how much precious resources, time and security features it takes to produce legal tender anyway. Electronic is the greener option. The only thing really standing in the way is that generation that technology has passed by, but I don't think there are many that can't use a debit card these days. People eventually got to grips with decimalisation after all This might be a good time to start phasing out though. More and more shops are taking the unilateral decision to go cashless, Starbucks being the latest, less danger of being robbed, less time counting takings and so on. Payment technology is being used on market stalls and even by Big Issue sellers these days. I used a cash machine yesterday to put a £10 note in a birthday card and realised it was the first time I had used one this year! I only did it because I couldn't find a specific gift card at short notice. It's the future isn't it?

Interesting. Bajic looks very athletic, but then all our goalkeepers looked good in that exercise. Jason Euell looks amazing, I mean like, if we had an injury crisis he could give us a good hour on Saturday.

I don't think we have ever offered them any have we?

There only seems to be one reason for this level of inept captaincy, I can see the Somerset Twitter now ..... #announcevan-buuren . ?

I have a generous head of hair thank you very much...... although I have been known to guard my pint very forcefully.

Looking on Gaschat, they are loving it, just the one dissenting voice, being shouted down of course.

Do international set up's really call players up without at least sounding them or their connections out first?

My favourite thing in the video is that if you look closely towards the centre, there is a guy in a white shirt with a bald head, not really celebrating but desperately protecting his pint.

I wonder how long it will be before some Gashead fantasist starts claiming that they are going to have a special relationship with Marseilles, taking young talent on loan etc etc. Clearly already most Marseilles supporters have the gas as their 2nd team so only a matter of time surely?

Anybody else find these threads weird? Every away game there is one of these, what is this obsession they have with leaving Bristol? https://gaschat.co.uk/thread/20106/attendance-predictions-mk-dons-10

They are not the only fund platform that are struggling, there is far less investment available in tough times. I have a SIPP with H&L but I have been considering moving a portion of it into a normal savings account to offset the losses I have incurred in the last 6 months, I am sure others have as well. Less investment, less fees for H&L. They also didn't do themselves any favours by giving a high rating to an investment fund right up to the day it went bust.

One of the best British movies of that period. Bill Forsyth = Genius. I still think of some of those situations and lines from that film. I loved the kid wandering the school corridors in a penguin costume for which there was never an explanation.... "Hey Youse! Room 9!"