Forget The flying Scotsman and the Orient express. Anyone who ever went to Sunderland in the cup run of 76 will vouch that it was the greatest train journey undertaken in the history of rail travel. Even had air -conditioning for the trip home.;)

My trip to Elland Road on Sunday reminded me of an away trip there in the 80s on a supporters' train, and, after a failrly dismal defeat, some Herberts decided to go through the train back down to London smashing all the light bulbs, so we travelled back in darkness.

Sky News on the radio the other day thinking it is newsworthy to announce that Jamie Oliver had gone to Mauritius with his wife and kids to renew their marriage vows. Find me one person who wanted to know this:wallbash:

Dark days indeed !

I've always thought Concord would have been even more exciting if it was steam powered!

Excellent post.

Automated phone systems in general but with the additional kicker of those that are constantly telling you to visit the website as your call has still not been answered.

If I wanted to visit the website I wouldn't be ******* calling. I don't go the ******* opticians when I have toothache you *****

Yeah, that's infuriating. Then when there's another set of options after the initial set. I also find, no matter how many options there are, my enquiry never seems to be listed or have an option that's in the same opinion.

Tin cans with no ring pull. :veryangry

Hate being a tin opener wanker.

Non-news on the news is pretty common here too. Think along the lines of "Man gets large electricity bill" or - very regularly - "Coming up next, the cost of petrol, where YOU should go for the best deals!" Wankers. F*ck off my telly, you no-more-than-3-words-at-a-time-so-our-halfwit-viewers-can-keep-up tossers.

Crash on Harbour bridge. Not to mention the miracle cure every other night. Suprised any Australians ever die . Still should'nt watch 7/9/10 and some times ABC,

*Checks website* "Sorry you can't do thing you want to do online, please call"

*Phones up* 30 minutes of an automated message "Why aren't you using the website you ****?"

:D:lux:

SBS at least makes an attempt at acknowledging there might - MIGHT - be news from other countries.

Peter Overton's as big a moron as they come, equal to his viewers, I suppose. His crowning glory was during the Queen's funeral when he was the anchor (presumably with a silent 'w') commentating. "Now, who's this getting out of the car? Er, who is that? Nope, I'm afraid I don't know," as the Prime Minister* of GB made her way up the Abbey steps.

* She may have only recently got that gig, but still, it's not as if she was the Deputy Transport Minister of Kenya, or something. FFS...

I wonder what Michael Portaloo would have made of that journey?

The journey up was even better. We got to spend nearly an hour looking outside at a field in North Yorkshire and got there just before half time.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ized-by-police

Has a golliwog display behind the bar and husband happened to wear a Britain First T-shirt because it was "convenient" but obviously not racist. Lol.

Ome of those never to be forgotten train journeys. Nightmare travelling up arrived late and got into ground just as Sunderland hit the bar.
Played a Survival game to get back to station avoiding the red and white hordes who were not happy, the off licence leading up to the station had run out of cans had to be content with some bottle of Whiskey based drink.
Arrived back at Kings Cross to catch train bxck to N Herts walk across to platforms 9 to 12. On the way bumped into Terry Venables a drunken handshake of congratulations.

That's been dragging on all week, the more they try to wheedle out of it the deeper in they get.

They didn't just have a display, they had them hanging. And posted on line (in 2016) - "they used to hang them in Mississippi years ago".

But no, not racist.

It mixed up, muddled up world when you can't lynch some golliwogs, like they used to in Mississippi, whilst wearing your Britain First t-shirt without being called a racist

She said: “I don’t think Chris is a supporter of Britain First, he was just wearing that shirt because it was convenient at the time.”

WTAF?

I assume it was convenient because he'd purchased said t-shirt?

I haven't found it convenient to wear any because there are none in the house.

I haven’t accidentally worn any racist t-shirts either, likewise because I don’t own any. Although I do have one with a load of communistical murderers (Lenin, Stalin, Mao etc) on the front with a slogan saying “paint the town red”. That’s probably inappropriate but I don’t think racist.

Correct, neither Lenin, Stalin or Mao were a race, however you obviously have a problem with people with foreign names. Shame on you, hatemongerer.

I wore my "We've got Super Pat Vieira' t-shirt around town the other day. I was making no political statement against Roy. It was just convenient and unlike a lot of my other shirts it was clean. Luckily the locals were totally oblivious to the fact that Patrick is no longer employed by us. I could just imagine wearing it around London with every knucklehead in a white van pulling up, giving me the wanker sign and letting me know that he was sacked a couple of weeks back.:)

Lenin is almost an English name, cf him off The Beatles and poor misunderstood Tommy Robinson.

And high school grads

Lenin and McCartney and Marx and Spencer?

Hanging?

https://i.ibb.co/XWk9Pm5/09-D0-F972-...F079-E4-DD.jpg

If you believe what the Lamdlord himself posted on Facebook, then yes...


In another post, Chris Ryley wrote: 'They used to hang them in Mississippi years ago' alongside a picture of the dolls hanging from his bar.

My sister loved her golly and it’s a shame that an innocent kids toy has been politicised. But the world has changed and it has no place in today’s society. The landlord should be forced to remove them as he knows exactly what they now represent, rightly or wrongly. Keep them out the back if he likes them so much, not in the publics face. It’s petulant at best and straight up antagonistic racism at worst.

Strange fruit.

Hanging

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtYmmIYWcAI7-Pi.jpg

I had one myself. Might still even have in somewhere in a box in the garage.

Plus a few of the Robinson's Jams metal badges.

I'm going to hell...

Vile man.

Isn’t that the point, it was never an innocent kids toy?

Yeah, the dolls were pretty much blackface minstrels.

Tell that to a 5 year old. She saw nothing apart from a loved soft toy.

She was innocent, that doesn’t mean the toy was.

Not pointing fingers or anything. I come from a generation of kids that may not have grown up with gollywogs, but did grow up with 2 girls 1 cup and other internet depravaties.

I think it was, certainly in my household

The massive St George's flag hanging from the ceiling might be a bit of a marker....

And mine.

And mine and on the wall of Robertson jam factory in Catford, the point is that we now live (apparently) in more enlightened times when we are now aware of what the golly represents.

And that the thing. Those kind of things were not available to kids. They went in a shop and chose. It was a doll like a moomin or a telly tubby. But that was then. Today it has no place just to be clear.

I used to collect golliwog badges.https://www.mullocksauctions.co.uk/c...jpg?1628593327

It was in mine too.

I absolutely adored my Golly. He was my favourite toy. I still have him, very battered, and in a bad way in a box under the bed.

It’s now completely inappropriate but for a very long time we were inseparable.

You do have a heart after all, and at least one old friend more than I thought you had :)

Is the first one Tiger Woods?

Yeah, me too. Pretty sure everyone in our class at school did TBH. Cigarette/tea cards, marbles, etc etc. used to collect and send away the labels (I think it was the jar labels but not 100% sure) from marmalade jars. As my dear old Nan had 10 kids and they each had big families there would be a constant stream of kids who were filled up with toast and marmalade etc. at her house and lots of labels to fight over :) the badges (doing sports and/or playing instruments) were pretty cool and golliwogs were all over the Robertsons jars/adverts and common children’s toys back then. So very different to today.

My sister used to work there for a while and used to bring some of those badges home for me.

They used to be paper gollies tucked into thev back labels of Robertsons jams and marmalade and as a kid I used to look for the loose ones that had fallen out onto the shelf and "help" some others to fall off too and gather them up.


I had a quite good collection of the badges before they started to print the gollies onto the labels instead.

😂 😂 😂

People that order coffee and are all specific "Asses milk, the toe of a virgin organic bee sweetener, froth from the breath of Agean, in a recyclable handleless, hand thrown bowl" but the NEVER ask about the actual coffee! Like where or what type of coffee it is... I'd ****in give them instant granules and spit in it tbh! 😁

Here are some questionable toys from the 70’s and 80’s. Actually I think ‘Pregnant Barbie’ might’ve been from the 90’s. I bet that wiped the smile off Ken’s face.

https://s2.gifyu.com/images/1AA6D5E4...7781D75EAA.jpg

https://s2.gifyu.com/images/987B021E...43B25F8.md.jpg

https://s2.gifyu.com/images/383660EC...C9566B9.md.jpg

https://s2.gifyu.com/images/1C17AC72...6377067.md.jpg

https://s2.gifyu.com/images/15060B33...B3D664E8E.webp

https://s10.gifyu.com/images/24E8947...6F05D5D.md.jpg

This is the one that really gets Ken.

https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.a7b35327...pid=ImgRaw&r=0

Yeah, that’s it of course. A jar of marmalade/jam lasted ages in our house but no time at all at my Nan’s. Times were hard and so there was an empty jar that the parents/aunts/uncles would drop coppers into. But slipping into fond memories now rather than things that annoy me.

So back to the thread, what annoys me are dentists. Maybe it’s just our experience but ours are pretty crap. Years back now when things changed and allowed dentists to change from just free services under the NHS, our local dentists (I can’t remember the detail soz) gave us a simple message. They could only carry on with us if we moved to a monthly payment plan. We had never paid for anything prior to that date as it was all under the NHS. So find another NHS dentist (which would be like proverbial rocking horse ***t because all dentists were doing similar things) or cough up. We could cope and so we stuck with them for the whole family. I don’t really remember widespread outrage about this shift to paying but it was a hectic time in work/life for us and TBH has other things to worry about. Gradually the costs have gone up and the inspections become more cursory. The question up front of ‘have you had any problems’ used to be just chat followed by a fairly through poke around your teeth and gums and he would tell me how things were. Looking for soft areas that signal problems etc. These days the question is 75-85% of the examination and he barely looks in your mouth and seemingly is waiting for something big - ker-ching.

On top of that our dentist practice is we think pretty crap generally with the treatment side of it. A recent experience was akin to something Doc Halliday likely performed in Tombstone in his day job. It was an extraction of a rear tooth. The injections didn’t work (cue Verve/Richard Ashcroft songs) throughly and despite telling him that he ploughed on suggesting I shouldn’t worry about the pressure pain! It wasn’t flaming pressure it was nerve pain. He eventually stopped with roots remaining and said hospital specialist now had to get that out with a small op. Slicing gums, drill from side, stitches etc etc. with a guy that knows what he is doing - painless, quick, clearly communicated and brilliant manner. £400’s worth but felt worth it. This had been booked in and they said they were busy and it would be Easter soon so would 7 weeks do? WTF! After an ‘exchange of views’ they managed to fit me in within 2 weeks.

Final straw and as soon as this set of visits are complete we are off elsewhere. If we have to pay then fair enough but I expect to get a half decent service/response. Now THAT’S annoying.

Listening to the FYP pod, the lady on the pod describing Hodgson as cute.

Dunno about cute but he's a dude ...
https://resources.premierleague.com/...jpg?width=1350

No one wants to be cute and someone with his distinguished career doesn't need to be patronised on a Palace pod by being called cute. I am probably being too harsh, but made me cringe anyway and thought this thread may be best to mention that. :angel:

Edit. It annoys me in general when younger people describe more senior folk as 'cute'.

He’s a babe.

Roy is a pengting, innit fam?

:D

Much like the descriptions or wine... "The aroma of leather, infused with tobacco and enriched with the hint of blackcurrant, etc., etc.."

It's either red or white, what more do you need t know?

Awwww he's so cute, bless him. CRINGE!

I don't like the skins of garlic and/or onion that seem to get everywhere when you are prepping food. Just sayin' like :D

Hollyoaks - Just Why?

Isn't that last bit the Starbucks recipe?

The way Americans, in this case Joe Biden, bang on about being Irish even though their ancestors left in the early nineteenth century. I think I have an Irish great great grandfather but I can’t say I identify with the place at all.

Nah.

Votes.

People who slow down to about 2mph to go across level crossings, especially when the lights then start to flash giving everyone behind who’s already committed less of a chance to get clear without ending up with the barrier landing on their car. And I’m talking full on BMW X5 Chelsea Tractors, not cars with low suspension or anything.

You aren't meant to enter a level crossing unless you have a clear exit.
Rule 291 of the highway code.

Yep, and senility in his case.

I was being a bit facetious with the, "It's either red or white, what more do you need to know?" comment, but I stick by the poncy descriptions some of these wineries come up with for their wines.

We were at a winery a few years ago, and were having some samples, and they came with a card describing each wine in terms like I mentioned before, leathery, tobacco, hint of strawberry etc., and my wife says to the girl serving us, "Where do they come up with these descriptions"? And the girl says, she wrote them, her Dad owns the winery... Ops! Foot in mouth moment.

Nice work.
Yeah, I don’t really take any notice of the wacky adjectives they use, it was the “red or white” I’m not having.
I rarely find people capable of describing tastes with words, or music, for that matter.

I had a very good bottle of red with kabbott, yesterday, as it happens.

It is when the wine is described as tastes like vinegar that you know it is a quite a honest take :)

I'd say the most common adjective used in those two categories would probably be 'shite.'

They probably come up with just these terms to entertain the types of ponces that visit wineries. TBF.

JAT

Is kabbott a meat or fish dish?

FARO AIRPORT . . . reporting an unattended suitcase to ground staff. She acknowledged but actually did fek all.

snitch ;)

******* dentists! Don't get me started 💵

To make it worse, they booked me in a fortnight later for what was just a filling in the tooth next to that extraction for a filling which he couldn’t easily access before. Turned up and with the gum still healing and still all over the place he can’t do it and so has rescheduled for a month away now. Sheepishly admitted they shouldn’t have booked me in so soon but now it will be another month. Think he must be hoping he can turn the filling into another extraction. Sadist conman did manage to stick Mrs H crown back on after it was removed by a jelly earlier that day. The tooth sort rather than the formal wear type unfortunately :)

Also very annoying is that he steps away and then gets on with his work and you are never sure if he has finished or not. I think that is common to most dentists that I have had tbh.

That made me smile as mine does that, too. You end up getting out of the chair slowly in case he hasn’t finished.

I hate going to the dentist after having my fair share of work over the years, but it’s the hygienist after that’s most painful (apart from the bill).

I went to a Harley Street dentist who is known for much radio advertising. (Not Darwood and Tanner).

They told me that I would need three implants, and when I was surprised sent me - at no cost to me - to a specialist around the corner who confirmed this. So I agreed to the work

And then they asked for all the money upfront, which i found unacceptable practice. We had a big argument about that, which resulted (long story) in me going to another dentist who told me that only one implant was necessary and the other two teeth were perfectly rescuable.

That was nearly ten years ago, and dentist number two has been proved 100% correct.Still makes me angry that - in a supposedly reputable place - I could nearly have lost two perfectly good teeth as well as thousands of perfectly good pounds.

Fish I would say as it rhymes with Halibut

Next time I am down in Madrid I may ping you a message for a meet I don’t do red wine though. But happy to buy

He'll have you on the vermouth

Yes, that’s obligatory, I’m afraid

If I may interject with a bit of a name drop but, I spent some time with celebrity wine taster Jilly Goolden a while back and, in the course of our conversation I did ask her why people such as herself and Oz Clarke made these florid comparisons.

She explained that description using everyday things such as tobacco, leather, strawberries help the layman to understand, much more than of they used words such as "tart" "tannin" etc.

NP :)

Kabbot said he woke up with a sore bum the next day.

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Perfectly salvageable :)

https://www.sickchirpse.com/wp-conte...2/MacGowan.jpg

Damm, I will pack extra lube just in case the vermouth gets into my backside
Hehe

Hehe

These scumbags...although 'annoy' is probably too light a word after watching the video.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-65251456

Ford's car costs £50,830 and while the hands-off technology will be free for the first 90 days, drivers will then have to sign up for a monthly subscription.

Subscription models on cars. FFS they look at ways of bleeding every penny. They can fk off with their hands free bollox