MancWanderer

Indeed. That Gillette Cup team were superb to watch

Reet. Croatia recommendations please. North to be specific not down Split/Dubrovnik way. More somewhere flying into Pula Did Rovinj the other year so that’s out. Was looking at Porec and foolishly copied Mrs into my comms with @Traf. Porec doesn’t suit her. Anyone been anywhere in that Northern part of Croatia that you can recommend?

Naples is good but not for the faint-hearted. Lively is a decent description and a great base for seeing Pompei, etc. But, blimey, you need your wits about you. Crossing the road is an experience . I agree with @London Wanderer it’s probably only a couple of days you need. After that you need to chill out!!

Great bowler. Him and Peter Lever were my early inspiration to be a fast bowler in my youth

Missed the first half due to driving home from down south. Listened to Dean Saunders on the latest Undr the Cosh on the way back. Massive bullshitter obvs but he was saying how many goals a season he scored from always following in on the keeper when someone else took a shot. Take a bow Sam Dalby. Scruffy but they all count

You lost me there when you became Dennis Hopper’s character in Apocalypse Now

It is a silly state of affairs indeed. It’s outdated. And the second chamber needs massive reform when you look at who is in there or who has been in there All that said. And I’m not a monarchist in any way. Republicanism as per the US worries me. So I’ll disagree with you that the states has a great system. Good points, yes. But overall, not for me Love your historical references btw. They do inspire me to learn more

It was rattling around in my brain who he reminded me of and you’ve nailed it

The saving grace that we have is an anachronistic system of monarchy, House of Commons, House of Lords, etc Shit like this would never happen on our shores……I hope

It really is worrying what ICE are up to Paramilitaries seeming to act with impunity

Grim game but 7 points out of 9. Make it 10 out of 12 on Tuesday and get back on a roll

As soon as he was aware in my opinion and not by letting others in the party do it Trump’s comments were the most disgusting and disrespectful that I can recall. He quite possibly has made others that were worse but they don’t immediately come to mind Let me be straight I’m not “anti-Starmer”. I’m not necessarily convinced that he’s PM material but he should have time in office to do his job. I’m also not “pro-Farage” or a Tory i think that he made a big mistake and they’ve got ahead of him on this one. Their methods are questionable but they came out and said something No, as PM, he shouldn’t haven’t come out and make a big statement every time some fuckwit cunt says something a bit silly but this was entirely different If you don’t agree with me then fine. We’ll agree to disagree on it. I’m actually boring myself now getting involved in Friday night fight club

Yes, as I said

It does but he’s often his own worst enemy in terms of comms. IIRC you were critical of the party on the subject a while ago

I get your sentiments but to me such horrific comments should have been addressed by the head of government. Drip-feeding through others comes across as weak. My opinion of course He opened the door for Badenoch and Farage to jump in opportunistically And I agree btw half arsed social media posts are just shite but sadly it’s the way of the world at the moment and some folk live off them

Haha reading through all this I was thinking exactly the same fwiw I completely agree with @royal whitere Starmer. He should have condemned the stupid, disrespective cunt straight away. He, and the Labour Party get a lot of (sometimes, sometimes not) unfair flak about their comms. This was a Holdsworthesque open goal miss imo Still, he’s done it. Eventually

Wasn’t sure if Kay’s was sit in so will definitely stop there. Used to go to Bellamy’s when the kids were young. Very nice!!! I’d be bringing Armstrong’s home as it’s only about 3-4 miles away @gonzo I’m assuming that Seniors is the same folk as the one in Lytham? That one is superb Fish, Chips and mushy peas, with buttered bread and a mug of tea is my death row meal. Fookin love it

I’ll give Kay’s a go next time we are on the bikes up there. Seen it as I’ve cycled past but usually stop at Bispham Kitchen I’ve heard of Armstrongs. Not far from here. Will try that place as well

Confident about this but less so about Burton

@Spider I’m going to officially row back on my assertion the other day that I don’t think that he has dementia after seeing/hearing/reading his performance today Disclaimer - you shouldn’t diagnose dementia from afar just from observation That said, from the last couple of years working in that area he really is showing the signs of Frontotemporal dementia. This link was sent to me by a medic at work in response to a discussion about him https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/frontotemporal-dementia/symptoms/ Ticks rather a few boxes….. But it might of course be bollocks and he’s fine with just a personality disorder

Yep. My thoughts entirely

Yeah he released a statement on social media. Very sad

Oh you fucker. That’s me having sardines on toast tomorrow. Glorious

We did ours a couple of years ago I’ve got a couple of daughters, so has she so it’s slightly more complicated than some folk as we’re “blended family” Cant recall the exact details but it’s along the lines of drawing up a will with a letter alongside it. The “letter” takes precedence Essentially it means that if one of us dies, everything goes to the other. When the other dies, everything goes to the kids. Pensions are also sorted within So, it avoids the scenario of her dying, me getting everything, me meeting Ting Tong, me dying, and Ting Tong taking everything Cost a fair bit but both of us happy that no matter what scenario our kids get the lot. Split four equal ways. No matter who has how many kids Money well spent imo