Abraham Romanovich

Surely the surgeon here should be more professional when giving evidence, I would have thought in a court of law the claimant's husband 

should have been referred to as Mr Minger.

It appears standards are slipping in every walk of life

16 hours ago, Spoonbed said:

Definitely a Meaco 

Highly recommended

Bought a 20L Meaco Arete just brilliant ,wish I had bought one years ago.

Can't believe how much water is extracted .

Not cheap but worth every penny.

If you have a problem with condensation this will fix

12 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

Are they all coming from Somerset ?

Perhaps

13 minutes ago, EstoniaTallinnRed said:

 The plan is to listen to RB via the OS at 16.00 and then at 18.00 (our time) watch Arsenal v Liverpool, with a nice beef stew and plenty of red wine ( presents from Xmas) and a few Thatcher's Gold ready.

Won't be banking on it, but there might be a celebration!

Can't beat a post Christmas chocolate.

32 minutes ago, Oh Louie louie said:

Whole of the centre's a burial pit, I don't want to go into it, but I saw a guy dressed in 18th century attire walking down the A38 once, he was dresed like i dunno dick Turpin, my car went really cold, I'm going to keep a open mind

I would have said more likely to be a fan of this bloke

3 hours ago, Never to the dark side said:

Could someone request the 13:58pm from BTM stop at Parson street?

Please can the 13.58 pm from Temple Meads stop at Parson Street.

Not sure how this helps but pleased to be of assistance.

Sir Alex Ferguson signed a contract with Manchester United in 2010 that ensured he would receive a higher salary than any of his players, the Scot has revealed in his latest book.

In his new publication "Leading," to be published on Tuesday, Ferguson says the Glazer family that own United and then-chief executive David Gill asked him how he felt about the fact that Wayne Rooney was about to get a big pay rise by signing a new deal following protracted negotiations that took place while he was also linked with other clubs in the media.

The former United manager recalls: "I told them I did not think it fair that Rooney should earn twice what I made and [joint-chairman] Joel Glazer immediately said: 'I totally agree with you but what should we do?'"

"It was simple. We just agreed that no player should be paid more than me.

Just bought a Travel Lodge advent calendar.

Still got all the chocolates in it but you can’t open the windows.

I was offered some very cheap German fruit bread at the Christmas market.

A great deal, but it was probably Stollen.

9 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I’m guessing when you say direction, you means towards “targets”, not NSEW?

I have no idea what NSEW means so just googled it :-

"A random adventure taken by a person or people that are high or intoxicated that usually leads to accomplish absolutely nothing but can be quite entertaining and memorable."

Perhaps this is the way forward send them out half cut 

Heads up Bargain Hunt Xmas special this Monday at 12:15, let's hope the Blues can end 5 years of hurt after the Reds have won an astonishing 4 Xmas specials in a row.

Also BBC confirmed a special highlights package of King Charles coronation on Boxing Night, sure to be a good watch.

What is worrying is this over reliance on data, if it was just a case of analysis to produce the best outcome you may as well get an AI program in house.

To make a team better than the sum of its parts numerous unquantifiable components come into play , carrot or stick for some players etc

Man management plays a huge part in making sure 11 individuals from  differing backgrounds perform as a collective.

We seem to have employed a one trick pony .

Sorry unable to assist but found this which gives some context to the match.

https://the1888letter.com/arsenal-v-bristol-city/

6 hours ago, Never to the dark side said:

just a heads up about other teams heading up North at the same time

No mention of Norman Wisdom or Darwen standards appear to be slipping.

Safe journey and enjoy the game

Anyone hear Colin Murray last night talking about Forest and what a good job Steve Cooper had done with a virtual team rebuild every season .

He then went on to say some teams whatever they do seem destined to remain in the championship, citing Stoke and Bristol City as prime examples.

Harsh but fair ?

21 minutes ago, One Team said:

Six defeats on the trot would make it pretty toxic at the Gate though, but I take your point.

Yes you would think so but the reality will be different, a few half heated shouts then business as normal.

As a fan base we appear to be apathetic.

There is a lot of noise and bluster on this forum which fails to materialise on matchday.

6 minutes ago, Magic Man said:

...and bottled water is £2.90. But you can ask for tap water - which I always do.

1 hour ago, iamalagerdrinker said:

The selfishness in my didn't look at kids as I don't have that issue, however agree they should be fully stocked especially going into Christmas and on the back of Black Friday weekend  

As an aside

My neighbour's 4-year-old has been learning Spanish since lockdown.

He still can't say "please" though, which I think is poor for four.

21 minutes ago, Ron W said:

Glad the brief but very real concerns I had about opening this thread at work were unfounded.

Strange, mine was one of disappointment

10 hours ago, REDOXO said:

Sadly I can remember him as a player! Smartest England manager in my life time. 

First match I was allowed to go with my friends rather than with my Dad, Spurs V Fulham 1967 El Tel got sent off for fighting Fred Callaghan who later had a distinguished career as a London cabby.

At the time Venables was not popular at Tottenham as he was bought in to replace  the great Danny Blanchflower and despite being an England international did not compare well.

Excellent manager however and good bloke.

RIP Terry and thanks for the memories

Decent little quiz

Respectable 9/15 for me

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/nov/16/quiz-can-you-identify-these-former-football-grounds?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

6 minutes ago, WorldWideRed said:

Actually quite excited by this one, watched his Oxford side completely outplay a high-flying and difficult-to-play against Stevenage side. .

Stevenage 

56 minutes ago, Andy082005 said:

The one name I haven’t seen mentioned to much is Scott Parker….

On a positive, neither has Mark Hughes or Steve Bruce

15 minutes ago, Never to the dark side said:

The rainy weather will continue.

Just seems to be one of those days

I have some Himalayan rock salt that had “the purest mineral content that had been formed over 2 million years”.

Regrettably I went to use it whilst cooking breakfast, and it turns out it had passed its sell-by date a week last Tuesday.

How unlucky is that FFS?

11 hours ago, Davefevs said:

 

When I was first building out my vizzes in their current guise, I remember looking at the passing stats of O’Riley, and they were off the scale, but all the MK Dons players were.  One if the reasons I started to add some team-based metrics to my vizzes so you have that extra context.

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No idea what this means but probably nothing to do with comics.