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Needs a thread of its own. One of my biggest bugbears is people who stop wherever they want to drop of pick somoene up. Rather than park around the corner and letting the passenger walk 20 feet to the train station, they'll literally pull up on a double yellow, causing a bottleneck while five cars have to sit there behind like twats waiting for them. For shits and giggles they'll have s bit of a natter before they close the door too. But all this is perfectly fine though as they've put their hazzards on and that's what hazzards age for. I think the reason this grinds is that I'm the polar opposite. If I'm picking the Mrs off in town I plan it like a CIA hostage rescue, I've actually been known to Skype Michael Biehn two days before setting off. I also hate it when people dither at roundabouts when even Ray Charles can see there's nothing coming. There's roundabouts in Skem bigger than the mother ship from V and you'll still be sat there behind some Renault for ages.7 points
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Looking forward to the game Sunday. If you offered me the choice of 3 points against Norwich or England win the euro’s. I’d take 3 points against Norwich without hesitation. You go back to when you were a kid and watching England, when you were fully invested. My first ever football shirt was a England shirt & I had a pair of Gazza puma boots. I’m jealous of kids today, who have zero baggage watching this England team. I’ll also be buzzing for my old man, who’s always been a big England football fan. He was 10 in 66 and was probably wondering if he’d ever see the day. He’s sound though, only ever took me to see the reds.7 points
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People who don't indicate on exiting junctions or roundabouts, drives me fucking insane. I must have shouted "Fucking indicate" over a million times at people.6 points
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I saw a groundhog out hiking today. I think it was actually a marmot. First time I've ever seen one here in north central BC. It seemed pissed off, for no particular reason I could see--sat there chittering away at me as I wandered by. I wouldn't have taken it for a football fan, but who knows.5 points
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When you message somebody a question that requires a yes or no answer and they phone you. Fuck off.5 points
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If you've never heard of "cove" then you can't have read PG Wodehouse. Sort your life out.4 points
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Invasion talk from fuckwits aside, this is why I'll be happy if England win tomorrow. For my Evertonian friend, Gary... ... who didn't talk about football in terms of war and invasion, but only in terms of playing a game, shaking hands, and having a pint afterwards. I was lucky enough to do 2 out of those 3 things with him. RIP Gary. Go England...
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It's just all for the clicks Dave. They use chartbeat to see how things trend. There's obsessed with articles which 'do well' rather than articles which actually have any journalistic value. If loads of people have clicked on articles like these, even if it was to share them and slag the story off, it wouldn't matter, a bat signal would have sounded somewhere saying 'must do more'. It's tragic. Time was the back page of the echo was where you'd go to first for transfer news, not now. They'll never be first with a story like that again, all they do is react quickly when someone else reports it to capitalise on the fact people are searching for news about it in that moment. If Liverpool signed Mbappe, the Echo would have no inkling until the Beeb, say, reported it, nor would they care. But what they'd then do is send whatsapps out to the winged monkeys to write a dozen stories with Mbappe in the web headline. 'his 10 best goals', 'his famous friends' etc. It's fall of Rome stuff.4 points
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From The Times today. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/englands-nervous-scientists-know-covid-will-not-vanish-on-july-19-rxx27r2nd England’s nervous scientists know Covid will not vanish on July 19 No one around Boris Johnson is under any illusions about how tough the next eight months are going to be. Despite all the public talk of “freedom day” a week on Monday, when the vast majority of remaining restrictions will be lifted, in private Downing Street aides, government scientific advisers and Tory MPs feel trepidation. Before Johnson made the decision to tentatively go ahead with easing restrictions on July 19 he was shown projections that further relaxations would inevitably lead to a third wave of Covid-19 this summer. Not only was 100,000 cases a day a realistic prospect next month but this would lead to a further concerning spike in hospital admissions. He was also warned that a fourth wave in the autumn and winter was almost inevitable. This, he was told, could put huge pressures on the NHS, especially if combined with a surge in flu. The consensus view was that freedom day will not be July 19 at all, but April next year at the earliest. Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer, said this week that we may not get back to normal until next spring and is privately said to be very concerned that people will not take to heart the need to carry on with precautions after legal restrictions are lifted. The prime minister himself, though, was determined to press ahead. During the spring Johnson was nervous about the predicted summer surge, telling officials he was worried that the public had not yet woken up to the fact that as restriction lifted infections would rise despite the vaccine rollout. Now it is here, his optimism has reasserted itself, to the disquiet of some of his scientific advisers. After Johnson insisted that vaccines had “severed the link between infection and serious disease” — when in fact it has been weakened but still exists — one Sage member grumbled: “One is never quite sure whether the prime minister misunderstands, or is just using popular rhetoric.” This is denied by Downing Street, with officials insisting that the prime minister is well aware of the perils ahead but took the view, backed by the scientists, that it was better to unlock over summer to coincide with school holidays than to wait and potentially make things worse in the autumn. “It was the same discussion in private as it was in public: if not now then when,” said one government source. “The view is that we’ve got to start living with the virus. But there is definitely a lot of caution and an acknowledgement that things are likely to get more difficult.” Urgent planning is under way to develop strategies to manage further waves without having to reimpose lockdown restrictions. But it is noticeable that the prime minister has stopped saying that freedoms are “irreversible” and instead has taken to saying he will “do everything possible to avoid reimposing restrictions”. Key to this are so-called vaccine passports, which, despite having been ruled out for the immediate future, are very much part of Whitehall’s medium-term planning. Under a plan being developed, a Covid certification scheme could be introduced after September, when all adults in England will have had the chance to get their second jab. Introducing it from July 19 was seen to be unfair, as many young people would not have been eligible for both vaccines and would have to rely on less accurate and more cumbersome testing. But in the autumn ministers think it could be introduced as a way of keeping the night-time economy, in particular, functioning, as well as providing a strong incentive for young people who have yet to do so to get jabbed. Yet there is nervousness about whether this would work. Senior scientific advisers are understood to believe that certification is unlikely to be able to keep venues open if cases are rising sharply. Pilot events suggest that requiring a negative test as a condition of entry can reduce transmission at current levels of infection, but it is thought that at much higher levels the virus will find a way through gaps in the system. “There is a fairly narrow window where this is useful — and if cases are rising exponentially you burst through that window pretty quickly,” one senior official said. The prospect of another eight months of yo-yoing restrictions and potential lockdowns is beginning to prey on the minds of backbenchers. They fear that the already waning vaccine bounce could disappear entirely when the public realises that it is not the silver bullet that can eliminate Covid. One Conservative MP said they were anxious that their constituents did not seem to realise that the reimposition of restrictions was possible later this year. “It’s great to have businesses telling you how optimistic they are but I do worry no one knows this could get bad again,” they said. “I’d love to say we’re all about to start talking about other things but that is clearly not where we are going.” And there is a fear that if the public conversation does change, it will move on to why public services are struggling to return to normal. This will be felt most keenly in the NHS. Chris Hopson, head of the hospitals’ group NHS Providers, fears that they will go from dealing with a summer surge to a winter that will be even more difficult than normal. “Trust leaders are not saying the government shouldn’t relax restrictions. It has to be done at some stage,” he said. “But ministers need to be clear about the risks. Given current pressures, patients on the waiting list will have to wait longer for treatment and there are real, growing, concerns about long Covid and unvaccinated young people.” With the NHS backlog of 5.3 million expected to reach up to nine million by the end of the year, senior figures are worried about the return of long waits for routine care as a key political issue. Another bailout is expected but amid widespread staff shortages, one warns of a nightmare scenario where they put in a lot more money and the service is still terrible. One MP added: “I don’t think people have realised how rocky this is going to be. Taxes are going to have to go up and public services are going to get worse. What about that says Vote Tory? We need to come up with a story.” A minister said they expected a difficult winter for the cabinet as they made decisions about which elements of the Covid recovery to prioritise. “Schools catch-up showed us how this is going to go,” they said. “Everything is a good cause but you can’t throw money after everything at the same time — certainly Rishi doesn’t want to. So there’s going to be lots of people angry at us.” One senior Conservative source said they were worried about levels of compliance if restrictions were reimposed. “It’s much harder to tell people to put their lives on hold in order to ‘stop the spread’ once they’ve stopped the spread three times already and had a vaccine they thought would make life normal again. We are going to have to work really hard to make sure you don’t just have a massive refusal to follow the rules.” Officials working on the vaccine booster programme — adults aged over 50 and anyone who usually requires a flu jab are likely to be given a third dose in the autumn — have started discussing a new phrase: “vaccine fatigue”. Whereas vaccine hesitancy has been a problem among groups reluctant to trust the authorities’ medical advice, fatigue is seen as a possibility among those who will be frustrated to learn that their first two doses were not enough. Some expect diminishing uptake with each booster programme. “Realistically we are going to be doing this every year for a long time, but I’m not sure people grasp that,” one person involved said.4 points
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Come a long way since The Libertines.4 points
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I'm not typically into conspiracy theories but a fucked up disease which baffles experts just happening to emerge in batshit not in Bangkok, no, but in a Chinese city with an advanced bio research lab funded by the yanks to do shit that's illegal in the west isn't quite 'the moon landings are fake' levels of far fetched.4 points
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Put simply, Hendo is captain material through to the core. I dont have issues with Kane but he's not a leader and he's not a captain either.3 points
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Great thread. As above - cunts who use the closing lane as a way to cheat the traffic and merge at the final minute. Cunts who don't indicate at round abounds. Bells who tailgate to try and force you to speed only to then understand and hit a series of red lights. Meffs joining the motorway and think you have to slow down to 30mph to allow them in even if your overtaking lane is blocked/occupied. Anyone who drives a taxi or white van. Drivers who go slower than the speed limit. People who buy massive 4x4s and can't drive them. Gobshites who park next to you in the car park despite there being loads of other spaces. Anyone old driving. Passive-aggressive quims who try and do things that end up causing more danger.3 points
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It was Unrighteous, responding to repeated taunting by Woo. The post script to that story was I added a tag to the TLW Footy thread that night saying "Woo in last shants saloon" which might be my finest hour on this forum.3 points
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The Dazzle Ferry got their business loan from this company
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I'm not comparing to him to Owen or Rooney I literally said this isn't some Owen or Rooney. He doesn't have to be either, Gerrard wasn't impactful as Owen or Rooney as young but he was a superior player to both, the most all round complete package this country has produced. No take backs.3 points
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Danny Murphy3 points
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So now it’s all on my Azurri Boys. They’re my one remaining hope, but they made hard work of it against Spain and were second best for a lot of the game. I think Spain are better than I’ve been giving them credit for but they’re nothing special and I wouldn’t have trusted them against England. I don’t particularly trust Italy either but along with France they’re probably the side I’d feel most comfortable about stopping England winning. This performance has shaken my confidence in Italy a bit though. Spinazzola is clearly a big miss for them and they just didn’t really look like themselves in the semi. Maybe its a “styles makes fights” thing though and Spain just wasn’t a good match up for them. That’s what I’m clinging to anyway as I’m not prepared to entertain the thought that they’re running out of steam. Spain dominated the first half and had most of the chances. Italy had a couple of flashes but Spain will have gone in thinking they should have been ahead. Instead, they soon found themselves behind after a lovely finish by Chiesa early in the second half. I thought that would be it. Italy would defend for their lives and see it out while Spain passed the ball around 30 yards from goal not really getting anywhere. I was wrong though. Italy never looked completely secure and Spain equalised with a cracking goal. The enigma that is Morata played a one two and then calmly rolled the ball past Donarruma who seemed to be playing Dodgeball as he dived out of the way of it, Brad Jones at Old Trafford style. Morata is such a weird player. He goes from shite to world class quicker than anyone since Pippo Inzaghi. You watch him and think “they need to sub him, he’s contributing fuck all” and then out of nowhere he does something brilliant. I can see why Luis Enrique picks him but I can also see why it baffles a lot of people. I don’t know if he’s the world’s worst good player or the world’s best shit player. That goal really changed the momentum of the game and Italy now had to see out the final ten minutes against a rampant Spain side who had their tails up. It was a worrying spell for me and I just needed my boys to get to extra time so they could regroup. Thankfully they survived and I thought extra time was pretty even. Neither side really looked like scoring and penalties seemed inevitable. I might be wrong here but it feels like every time Spain play Italy it goes to pens. Spain are notoriously shite at pens and also faced the added weight of history. When a team wins on pens they rarely do it a second time and so it proved again. The final better not fucking go to pens, that’s all I can say. I called all of those pens except Olmo’s. You could tell who was going to miss and who was going to score a mile off. The body language of the takers was such a give away. That’s not always the case and sometimes the most confident player misses and the one who is shitting himself scores. Not this time though, it was easy to predict. The Italian lad who took the first one looked terrified and his pen was soft as shit. Olmo then walks up with a look of steel in his eyes (he’d been the best player on the pitch for me). Complete confidence oozing through him and then he ballooned it over the bar. I didn’t see that coming. None of the other Italians looked like they were going to miss but did anybody actually think Morata was going to score? We all saw that coming, right? He should never have been sent up there to take one. The final pen from Jorginho was just fucking ridiculous. I mean, we know he’s brilliant at pens and the only time I can ever remember him missing was when I jinxed him the week before we played Chelsea and Alisson denied him. I think he missed another the week after too, but generally he’s just fucking money from the spot. This was next level coolness though. It looked like the Spanish keeper actually applauded him as it went in. Imagine having that much swag to be able to pull that off in such a huge moment. So Italy advance and given they’ve been the best side in the tournament it’s fitting they’ve reached the final. I really like the Italian forwards. None of them are superstars but they’re all good and they’ve all made an impact. Italy sides of the past always had that huge star that they pinned their hopes on and they usually failed to deliver. Mancini and Vialli, Baggio, Del Piero, Totti etc. They don’t have any of them now but they’ve got a group of Beppe Signori types. Very good but not superstars. The other thing I like about them is Mancini’s use of subs. Feels like he makes five subs every game and does it at just the right time to keep his side fresh. And they usually make a contribution too. Italy are unbeaten in 30 odd games now so credit where its due, Mancini has done a hell of a job with them. I’ve never liked him but if he extends that run by one more win then all is forgiven. My man Chiellini though. He’s been the undisputed star of this tournament and I’m not even talking about how he’s played. I can’t keep my eyes off him when he’s on screen. He’s always doing something entertaining. The way he buzzes off the anthem, or celebrates one of his team-mates making a tackle, or steams into the crowd to hug the fans after games. Even just the faces he pulls. He’s class, I love him, but he outdid himself during the coin toss before the shoot out. That was the moment of the tournament by far. He just had Jordi Alba on toast there. Alba is trying to be Mr Serious, with his game face on, and Chiellini is throwing him around like a rag doll but he’s laughing his nuts off while he’s doing it so the ref is like “oh this is all fun and games, no problem here”. But Alba does not look like he’s enjoying it one bit. It’s fucking glorious. He even playfully punches him in the face! Chiellini is having an absolute fucking ball. He’s loving every minute of this and I’m loving every minute watching him. One more win big man, just one more win. When you look back on that little exchange with him and Alba though you can see Spain had no chance of winning that shoot out. It was over before it began. The Italians just looked so much more relaxed about the whole thing and it showed in how they took their pens (that first loser notwithstanding). So now we have the best anthem in the world v the worst. And as if God Save the Queen wasn’t bad enough, the cunts have now adopted the biggest wool anthem in the world, Sweet Caroline. Never mind the fact Northern Ireland fans have been singing that for years, they’re England and they’ll take what they like because they’re England and that’s how it’s always been. The sense of entitlement these cunts have is off the scale. Once again I didn’t watch. I took myself out to the golf course to get away from it. I did the same for the Czech and Ukraine games and the courses I played were deserted. This time I went to Bootle and there were loads of people on there. I spoke to a couple of lads and the subject of the match came up and why none of us were watching. “There’s no Reds playing” and “I couldn’t give a fuck about England” they said. One of them referenced the videos doing the rounds of fans singing about hating scousers, so I was in my element then and brought up all the bellends who come to Anfield signing shit about “sign on” and “always the victim”, and it was just nice to be around like minded people. So while I did my best to avoid it, because it went on for so long I was home before it finished. My missus had it on so I retreated into another room so I didn’t have to see any of it. Then I saw in the group chat Sterling had dived to win a pen. Curiosity got the better of me and I nipped into the living room to watch the pen, desperately wanting Schmeichel to save it. And he did. And I cheered. And then I watched in horror as the rebound fell perfectly to that fucking slobbering goon to score. And I shouted words to that effect. And then I booted the sofa and shouted “FUUUUUCK” as I left the room. And then I was in the doghouse because my daughter heard it all. So then I went outside and didn’t come back in until it was long finished. I’m not handling it well and I’m basically living the life of an Evertonian at the moment. Consumed by bitterness, hatred, resentment and relying on others to get the job done and prevent the unthinkable happening. It’s a fucking wretched existence but it’s given some understanding of why the Blues are the way they are. The worst part is when people try to strike up conversation by talking about England, assuming there’s a common bond there. It’s really uncomfortable because I don’t want to piss on their chips but I can’t fake any enthusiasm for it either. Usually I just say “Oh I’m not interested in international footy” because when you say “I hope they get beat” you then have to go into a big explanation about why and it’s just tiresome. My mum was saying this too. She had a delivery from Amazon the other day and the delivery fella was all cheery and excited and said he was knocking off to get home and watch the match. “Oh I won’t be watching that” she said, disdainfully. The guy just thought she was just one of those people who hate footy when in reality it’s that she hates England. She isn’t taking this well at all either. She’s an anti-England as I am, albeit for different reasons. She never supports them, never has done from what I can remember, but it’s usually because she can’t get past the club rivalry aspect of it and she can’t put aside her hatred for certain players. I’m the same. I’m not going to be cheering for Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire, Kyle Walker, Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling and Jordan fucking Pickford. Can’t do it, even though there is actually a lot to like about some of the lads in the squad too. For me the players are way down the list of reasons I don’t want them to win, but with my mum it’s much more straightforward. It’s basically Harry Kane. Nobody hates him more than my mum and he’s 90% of the reason she’s not been watching the games and desperately wants them to lose. The other 10% is Sweet Caroline. She loves Neil Diamond as much as she hates Harry Kane so this is a double whammy for her. My dad on the other hand is just completely indifferent to it all. He’s not interested. Doesn’t give a fuck. He isn’t wanting them to win but it’s not going to cause him to lose any sleep if they do. I wish I could be like that but I can’t control it. I’m consumed with resentment. Unlike me, they’ve watched the knockout games but they switched off the Ukraine game as soon as Kane scored and I imagine they did the same in the semi. I haven’t spoken to them about it yet so I don’t know. It’s still too raw for me, it’s making me miserable. I’m trying to not think about it and writing this isn’t helping, so I’m signing off now. This might be the last one because I sure as shit won’t be doing one if the unthinkable happens. I’ll either be back celebrating an Italy win or I’ll see you in August. *sings* Fratelli, d'Italia L'Italia se desta Dell elmo di Scipio Se cinta la testa.....2 points -
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jul/10/on-pitch-and-off-jordan-henderson-typifies-southgates-selfless-england2 points
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Reading that I’d have to concur that it does point to a lab leak, albeit not a deliberate one. It does appear that in the local ecosystem in the mine in Yunnan at least one type of SARS (that shares a structure with Covid if I’m reading that right) is naturally capable of jumping from bat directly to human, but obviously in a very localised and containable area. Then along come the scientists to take samples back to the lab. The funding from the US, via the NGO, clearly has laudable aims, but really should have been on the back of a thorough check that the lab was secure. It does open the debate (for another thread) of the argument between testing for prevention and reaction/cure.2 points
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I've also just learned that we have hedgehogs in our garden. Little feller just walked past the patio doors.2 points
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People who don't move to the side of road they're turning at the end of a one way street2 points
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If that kit was in red i'd be calling Nike an even bigger gang of cunts than i have already. Come on fellas that Hummel effort is shite, looks like it belongs in the championship.2 points
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Arfur wants claret.2 points
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"Product"?2 points
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I lived in Bari for one year, Rome for another, and Bolazno for three and never really had a problem. Once you get used to the triple parking it was ok really. Oh, and the fucking beeping. They will beep anything.2 points
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Voted City of God as i reckon its a better film.2 points
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Was on a hol in Malta and the rep said to beware because the English drive on the left most Europeans drive on the right but the Maltese drive in the shade.2 points
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Cars approaching from the right at a mini roundabout and turning left without signalling, or signalling after they've already turned. You end up waiting when you could have moved off if only you could mind read.2 points
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Have this, happy Saturday. Always cheers me up this.
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In my twenties I had to spend an extended period of time in a hospital. At one stage I shared a room with someone who had just had his prostate reamed out. The nurses had to make he could urinate okay and to help one of the nurses turned all the taps on. Why do that says I. Doesn't it make you want to go to the toilet says she. No says I laughing. Ever since, a running tap has made me want to have a piss. Now having reached my 70s, I need to have a piss before I turn a tap on or risk disaster.2 points
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Yeah I would take 3 points for the reds over England every day of the week. Still would have no issues if England do win, the knob percentage against genuine ordinary followers is quite small and I have never forgotten Inter v Liverpool back in 65.2 points
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“We got this” is my latest blood boiler. Every fucking marketing cunt in this country seems to have stuck it in their adverts recently. And I don’t watch adverts so that shows how fucking ubiquitous that shit must be. Can’t begin to describe how much I despise hearing it in a shitty bland south east accent.2 points
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Terry McCann would have Arthur behind him saying "go on Terry, 'urt 'im". That would swing it.2 points
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Hahaha - fucking hell. “Is my understanding at this exact moment” meaning “that is how I’ve decided to make those non-commital numbers up and have no basis for any of this info. Please notice me”2 points
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The thing back in those days, society was more openly violent. Where I grew up, it was the shadow of the ground really. My mates and I all lived along the L4, L5, L6 boundary. We'd never look for trouble day to day, we wanted to just get to each others houses and listen to music or be out somewhere playing football. But loads of lads just fucking liked fighting, especially in gangs and you either fought back or you got the fucking shit kicked out of you - although that sometimes happened anyway. There were loads of places you wouldn't go alone and not because you were avoiding getting beat up, but because you were avoiding taking a kicking alone h if you ran into the wrong crowd, they were going for you. At anfield you could find trouble if you wanted it, but avoid it just as easily. But I 100% guarantee the away fans didn't feel like that. And it was the same for us going away. There was the odd place you could go where not much happened, but that was the exception and not the rule.2 points
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Potential? I am enquiring into the services of several porn actresses to keep me company for the next month and potentially I am in there.2 points
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The concept of aches and pains. Every day I've got some kind of ache in some far flung part of my body. Was a time I thought Ibuprofen was a planet in Babylon 5, sadly not any more.2 points
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Yeah, yeah. You're just trying to act cool. We know it was you, you've got the equivalent of a bitcoin miner working to get stories linking your Adama with us and the alarrm went off when it found one at 3am!2 points
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Jessica Lange2 points
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VID-20210709-WA0000.mp42 points
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Ffs, stop moaning and get behind the lads.2 points
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Totally share your Mums hatred of Kane. He cheated like fuck in this game. Kept doing his backing in and falling down shit but it was glossed over of course. For my nerves I hope Italy smash them but it would be brilliant if they lost to a dodgy decision or an Italian dive.2 points
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The diving all game by some of the English players (mainly Kane) was shocking, hopefully an Italian player or two can reciprocate on Sunday.2 points
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She was spot on about Lallana.2 points
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Dave’s mum is the spiritual head of TLW. I don’t even know her and I love her.2 points
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Quakers - Approach With Caution feat. Sampa The Great1 point
