Thirsty Relic

Snooker is the same as all sports (and everything in life perhaps) - it all comes down to money.

Who would have thought the England football captain would go to play in Saudi?  Who would have thought LIV would dominate golf?  Or cricket get taken over by the Indian IPL?

Times change!

That's it - kick us when we're down.   Hold on, we're not down yet..... and we'll be playing you next year.... if you stay up.  

28 minutes ago, Baron99 said:

Whizzer & Chips for me. 

What?!!!   Better than Fish and Chips?

I don't know about anyone else, but I often worry that I've not achieved what I could have, especially when I meet up with others my age, and find they made it in business, a trade or whatever, and have a far better house, income etc than me.

Perhaps I shouldn't think that way, but still, that 's how it is.

Anyway, when I find that contempories of mine (people of around the same age), are not doing as well,-----well that sort of makes me feel I'm not doing too bad!

I remember as a kid reading about fellow schoolkids at a different school, and what they got up to.  Plug, Spotty, Fatty, Cuthbert and so on attended the Bash Street School, and it appears they are still there, as I got a copy of the Beano Summer Special2003 . 

Whereas I left my school, got a job, had partners, had jobs, went abroad, bought a house and so on, these kids never did.  Sad for them, but at least (if it is possible to take confort on others lack of fortune) it makes me feel a bit better as I've had a life, while their is (at best) delayed.

We'll get our own back on them lot next season in the Championship!

Should be easy - I hear they are next to the bottom of the league!

1 hour ago, Padders said:

Spot on mate...  MONEY MONEY MONEY.

it's not funny, but it's a rich man's world!

I'd much rather that the had FA said to the PL - "Look, this is our competition, we negotiate the TV revenue of this prestigious competition - if you don't like the rules, then don't take part".  Then see who wanted to miss out on the prestige, revenue etc.. 

Man Utd got serious flack the year they decided not to take part.  Who would do the same now?  I'd like to bet none of them!

Imagine if one of the top few decided not to enter one year, then finished with no trophy, and no Champions League place, then had to watch on from the sidelines, knowing they had not even bothered to take part in the FA Cup!

3 minutes ago, Padders said:

Used to have Cup Fever back in the day Mr. B.

Fortunately it's been almost eradicated.. terrible affliction.

Same here - not even bothering to watch the semis now - will watch the final as I've watched them all, for the last xxxyears, but it's now the big boys game (for those who can be bothered to play most of their best players in it).

Less chance of replays = less revenue for the smaller clubs

1 hour ago, HeHasRisen said:

There is also an irony you are moaning about lack of internet access on an internet forum you typed this opening post on....

I'm not moaning about it - just saying many people do not have internet access so rely heavily on Teletext.  Obviously, as I am posting here, I do have access.

The BBC said it was getting rid of Teletext some time ago as a cost-cutting measure, and then changed their mind when they got a wave of protest from people who use that as an always reaadily available news source.  Don't forget, not everybody has internet access.  Since then ,they have slowly cut away at it, making it's demise a death from a thousand cuts.

Now you look at it for news and find, under each heading, most of the stories have been there weeks.  Even new stories (I thought that's what news was by the way) either finish mid-sentence or make little sense.

The latest issue is the fact that one of my favourites has gone missing completely! 

I tend to use the Football section regularly, and the Gossip Column (with all the transfer rumours) has been missing for the last few days.  I wonder if it's gone forever?

I'd much rather they restored Teletext to its former glory and stop paying huge fees so we see the same so-called celebrities (see other thread on this by the way) keep appearing and picking up huge fees on different programmes.  Surely there are other commedians/presenters willing and available for new quiz shows etc at far less expense so we don't HAVE to have Bradley Walsh and a couple of others on our tele's everytime we switch on? 

Put money back into Teletext!

Sunny day today - get the suncream out!

2 hours ago, bassett one said:

, but who will pay for the permit parking ?

who do you think?  The residents of course.

And will the permaits mean it will be enforced?  No!

I have the same story with darts.  Back in the day, I played for teams, and carried my 3 darts and spare flights in a little case that the darts came in.  All fitted quite neatly into my top shirt pocket.  Done!

I have been thinking about playing again, so on my journey around checking different local beers and different pubs, when I found a pub with a board AND people playing on it, I watched carefully....

Apparently now, everybody has to also carry a darts sharpener, as pubs don't have them.  (Back in my day, every pub had a board, and every pub had a stone to sharpen darts on).  Different types of flights (and occasionally heavier darts) are also needed, as I'm told that is because  some pubs have drafts!

Many pubs now have some electronic device to do the scoring (so players have to learn how that works as well - although presumably that is because players now cannot do simple arithmetic).  It is also neccessary to have a smartphone in case said pub does not have such a device.  Then, all the arithmetic is done on said device(s), thus slowing the game down.

Of course, players hitting a good score need to take a selfie showing the board and their grinning boatrace, then spend a while deciding where to post it (nobody asked me where - I would quite happily have told them!).

General standard of play?  Worse than I remember, so I feel even my arthritic body would be capable of competing, although staying awake during these ordeals would be an issue.  I notice that boards now have to have big tyres around them these days, to save the walls from damage - they never used to as we aimed for and hit the board!

I've also seen that even some pub players have their own darts shirts with their nicknames on the back!

Oh well, perhaps my return to the game will be delayed as I save up for more darts, a smartphone, a darts shirt, and someone to decide on my walk-on music when I return to the Dog and Slug to take on "Devestating Dave" - the same guy who took a selfie when he hit 100 last week, in a game that lasted almost half and hour!

2 hours ago, ads36 said:

i've been thinking about this for a while now! - but before i reach a decision i need to spend  a good few days/weeks/years drinking and comparing lots of different beers.

 

i've got off to a solid start, but i'm nowhere near the end of this journey, it's just too early to say)

I'm with ads36 on this - will report back in a few beers /day/ weeks  months perhaps!

OOPS !!- I never knew it was tobacco, and neither did my mates at school.  We all used to think it was the fine dust-like powder that came from cutting up or sanding wood!  As a result, we collected it after Woodwork lessons, saved it and used that as snuff.  I even remember some kids selling it to others who didn't do Woodwork yet as they were too young.

Anyone know of any health issues (or benefits) from inhaling wood?

21 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

The bit about tall people is correct though  😃

I guess you are over 6 foot....?

Don't forget Mr Soft

I used to pop in there regularly, but I've not been in since it started being run a few months back by a woman who clearly doesn't understand the term "customer service", and treats customers as if they are inconveniences to her.  The first time I saw her I just thought she was in a bad mood that day, but after a couple more visits, it was clear that was her normal attitude, so I've not bothered since.  Pity, as it used to be a good boozer.

Vigil - oh no, it's finished - therefore nothing for the next few weeks/months....

Any  publicity is good publicity?

Well, the HNS no doubt have policies about how they share your data, and the local GP's practice will also have policies to cover this - and they may not be the same.  Also, the GP will need to know that you have accepted the NHS app's policy and it has the same phone number to access, so it knows you can access the data that way.

Not everybody has smartphones or internet access, and not everybody with that technology wants the NHS to have instant access to them (the same applies to other ortganisations of course).

Just now, PapaLazarou said:

Not quite sure  as to whether having to take my son to his 2pm Sunday League kick off is dreadful bad timing….or a blessing in disguise 🤣

There are radios that you could buy that let you watch your offspring and also listen to the match as well.    But be careful - you don't watch to jump up and down and shout out how happy you are when th Blades score at the same time as your offspring gives away a penalty!

1-0  to te Blades!