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Reply | Bikes in London
at 16:05 31 May 2024
And I think the world would be a better place if a lot of motorists weren't complete and utter, rage-filled lunatics the minute they got in their cars. If lots of motorists weren't seemingly oblivious to what was going on around them, and if a few more motorists used their indicators, stopped at red lights/zebra crossings, weren't staring at their phones whilst driving etc. And there is nothing on this planet as entitled as an angry motorist forced to wait behind cyclists for 30 seconds on a country road.
Plenty of cyclists are inconsiderate idiots, seemingly on suicide missions, and just kno bheads, but if forced to, I'd sooner take my chances with a Deliveroo rider than a skip lorry driving about 2 foot behind my back wheel. |
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Reply | Bikes in London
at 15:11 31 May 2024
In my experience, traffic won't stop for you at a zebra crossing in Italy, but if you just step out, cars and scooters will slow down and/or swerve to avoid you. Takes a bit of getting used to in Naples, for instance, but does seem to work. I use a zebra crossing every day to take my son to school - I reckon 5% of drivers don't bother stopping at that one.
As smlrstid has said, even if you don't care about the environment or polluting the air, from a public health perspective, anything that encourages people to walk or cycle as they commute/socialise/run errands, has to be a good thing. I spend time in Amsterdam, Utrecht, and other Dutch cities every year, and it's really unusual to spot overweight people. The diet isn't particularly different, they drink plenty of beer, and lots of them have the same sedentary jobs as we have, but because most people cycle from early childhood until well into old age, they are much fitter and healthier. One of my neighbours drives to the gym and it's a five minute walk. Weird.
Deciding to cycle to work 11-12 years ago was one of the best decisions I've ever made. Got me much fitter, I've usually enjoyed the ride, I knew pretty much exactly how long journeys would take. It was much less stressful than fighting to get on a tube or bus, and then finding I was sat next to a bloke chomping on chicken, and throwing bones on the floor, whilst loudly playing sh it music out of his phone. |
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Reply | Iconic Graffiti
at 10:26 28 May 2024
These two bits were next to each other in St Jude's, Bristol for quite a while. 'Boris is Binbag' always made me chuckle.
'Mullery is God' lasted a long old time on a wall opposite the Cottage on Stevenage Road. |
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Reply | Question for a Scottisher
at 20:27 18 May 2024
Rangers give a pathetically small away allocation (900?) so Hearts have presumably retaliated. Hibs get the whole of the Roseburn, although I think this has been slightly reduced due to incidents.
Given all the stuff you have to contend with, with the OF supports, and especially Rangers, there's quite an appetite at various clubs to significantly cut their away allocations. |
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Thread | Tottenham v Newcastle friendly
at 06:56 17 May 2024
With all the big clubs agreed that players are being forced to play too many games, it's cheering to see that with the PL season ending at 6pm on Sunday, Tottenham and Chelsea are flying to Australia to play in an exhibition match in Melbourne on Wednesday, with a 10:45am BST kick-off.
Hopefully scrapping FA cup replays will mean more wealthy clubs are able to play games on the other side of the world, 10 minutes after a long, gruelling domestic season has finished.
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Reply | Harry Kane
at 10:01 9 May 2024
This is his first season playing in a side that is expected to win trophies, so not sure how he can be considered a Jonah. It's not like he's spent his whole career at Real Madrid and playing for France or someone. Pretty sure he's have won something other than golden boots if his transfer to Man City had gone through.
England: only trophy ever won was in 1966
Tottenham: last trophy was the league cup in 2008 and before that the FA cup in 1991.
213 goals in 317 games for Tottenham (record goal scorer)
62 goals in 89 games for England (record goal scorer)
44 goals for Bayern in his debut season
You could argue that his goals have taken England and Tottenham closer to winning trophies than either side would normally expect to be (Semi and Final with England, League runners-up and CL finalists with Tottenham). |
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Reply | Opening day of the season
at 15:16 8 May 2024
"Your team will be live on Sky Sports at least 20 times next season!"
That exciting/depressing news will probably be received very differently depending on whether you're a match-going fan or someone who can't get to games for whatever reason. Can't see me taking my son to any long distance away games with an early kick-off on a Saturday, Sunday will clash with his football, and Friday/Monday nights will be a no-go unless it's in the school holidays.
Gates are substantially on the up across the league and away supports seem to have been growing for loads of clubs over the past few seasons, so it would be a shame if this puts a bit of a break on that trend, and makes people less likely to travel. Having some proper notice and having more chance of getting cheaper train tickets will help, but they could have been made to do that anyway. Still, at least there's no VAR in the football league. |
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Reply | Show us what you got!
at 13:51 7 May 2024
Nine months after a sexual experiment involving a dozen shoplifted A1 batteries goes disastrously wrong, a boy is born into the Terry household in London, England. Almost immediately, it becomes clear that he is unable to manage his emotions, and that even something as trivial as the awarding of a throw-in to an opponent, sees him consumed by an uncontrollable rage. And with that rage, comes a temporary deafness, that leads him to scream, “Did you say I called you a black cu nt?” at anyone nearby.
Medical tests at Chelsea’s training ground reveal that acid leaking from the shoplifted A1 batteries had combined with the spunk from his father, Ted Terry’s grotty ballbag, to produce a chemical imbalance that would cause John to burst out of his clothes and jump around in a full Chelsea kit whenever he saw someone else being presented with an award. As John wrestled with his need to dominate other people’s achievements, he had to ask himself; do my kids really want me coming to sports day? This is the story of what happens when you indulge a man because he's good at football. When a bad person does bad things to good people. But there are always limits, and this is also the story of what happens when the bad person goes too far; when even Frank Lampard Jr says, "I think you might be a cu nt, John". This is the story of John Terry – The Incredible Cu nt. Out in cinemas now. |
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Reply | Slow, Stalled, Penalty Run Ups.
at 21:33 5 May 2024
Good to see you back, mate.
Why would you complicate a stressful process. Get a target fixed in your head, do not deviate, larrup the cun t and 90% of the time, happy days. Ray Stewart style. Don't be a smart arse. Keep it simple. |
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Reply | Friday Condiment
at 00:23 4 May 2024
My mum's orange marmalade. I hate marmalade and I definitely hated the smell of it cooking, but all my family and friends always swore by it. We have 1/3rd of a jar of it in our fridge with a hand written label, that breaks my heart every time I see it, whilst my wife and son want to keep it to have my mum close. Thinking about it, is marmalade even a condiment? |
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Reply | Anton Ferdinand and John Terry
at 13:54 2 May 2024
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/anton-ferdinand-john-terry-chelsea-
“I knew Anton, we were mates, we knew each other and always got on well. Obviously, I got on well with Rio. We could have done something that was more powerful than what came about in the end. And that’s probably my disappointment because it’s [racism] is in the game... Of course I could have just apologised and shown some contrition, or maybe not called him a 'black cu nt' in the first place, but that's not who I am; I'm an absolute cu nt. A massive, horrible, thick Chelsea cu nt." |
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Reply | LEEDS
at 10:36 1 May 2024
"Where's Steve gone? There's still ten minutes left."
"He's had enough. I think he's gone outside to wander around for a bit, filming himself getting very emotional about a game he watched on the telly, which he'll then upload to YouTube right away, because the world can't wait until the morning to hear his thoughts on the match, Leeds United's promotion prospects, or the new name he's given to QPR's ground. It has to be an instant reaction or it doesn't count. Either that or he's gone for a shi t". |
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Reply | LEEDS
at 10:27 1 May 2024
The energy there is a Zoom call during lockdown with friends who are a few drinks ahead of you and going through a rough patch. |
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Reply | LEEDS
at 10:19 1 May 2024
That bloke is great. Sometimes he sounds like an angry former player working in the studio as a pundit, other times he sounds like an angry manager who knows that he's about 24 hours away from getting the sack after losing seven games on the bounce. He's probably an estate agent from Todmorden.
I know I'm a middle-aged bloke who feels a bit out of step with things at times, but I just don't get the need for "instant reaction" videos from some random fella off the street, especially someone who's just watched the game on the telly. |
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Reply | League One Play Offs
at 13:32 29 Apr 2024
I've spent quite a bit of time in Southampton over the years, and I reckon it punches below its weight, unlike anywhere else in the UK. For a city of 250,000 with quite a lot of money in the surrounding area, it always seems like hard work when it comes to finding good pubs and restaurants. Spent a day on the pop in Southsea with a Pompey mate, and as you say, some nice old pubs. |
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Reply | Dickie off
at 09:12 28 Apr 2024
Rob Dickie has been voted Bristol City's player of the year by the supporters and players. Apart from a couple of slip-ups, he's had a really good season. |
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Reply | St George’s Day
at 18:17 23 Apr 2024
St George's Day was barely acknowledged when I was a kid back in the 70's and 80's, so it's not like there's been some drive to diminish it as an event; it's generally been a bit of a non-event in my experience. I think a lot of English people look at St Patrick's day and think we should make more of SGD, but my Irish mates reckon SPD was very low key for them as kids in 70's and 80's and has largely grown in scale at home in response to the fuss made of it in the US.
If you want to celebrate SGD then crack on - I genuinely have never met anyone who has a problem with people doing that. Maybe if I lived overseas it would be something I could get a bit more excited about, but I'm not exactly sure what I should be doing to celebrate SGD; what does it involve that I don't already do most days? Eat English food? Drink English beers? Listen to English music? |
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Reply | Chelsea sell 2 hotels.....
at 23:20 19 Apr 2024
£100m? Weekly turnover of £2k, approx 25 games a season... actually, I'd go with £200m and see if anyone queries it. |
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Reply | New R Fan.
at 23:18 19 Apr 2024
Congratulations, mate. As others have said, grandparent definitely looks a cushier gig than parent. Also the point when your kids begin to realise everything you've done for them over the years. Have fun. |
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