The 'Couldn't think where to put this' thread part 2 or 'does my comment merit a NEW THREAD?'

Kuchinghammer

What a pointless exercise. Until the transfer window closes, the data they have is totally irrelevant. Sheesh!

Kuchinghammer

Previous comment was referring to Mirror Computer predictions...sorry, I'm a bit behind the times here.

IronHerb

Then you'll be glad to learn that Mafeking has been relieved.

Kuchinghammer

Crikey! Thank goodness, I thought the British Empire was about to crumble...

alderz

This is a fun article. I’d like to adopt a few of these

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/68c9c99d-c9d8-4857-96dd-b10336e2118e

alderz

Europe: they should play AFCON in the summer so it doesn’t disrupt our season

Africa: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48730073

MrsGrey

40 degrees. Absolutely ridiculous.

Just to clarify, that's 40 in the shade. In the sun, at that latitude, it will be in the region of 50.

alderz

World Cup in Qatar will definitely be safe for players though :doh:

Fortuneseeker

alderz,

Of course it will, they are going to have air conditioned stadium.

Cuz1

And won’t be in it long

ASLEFshrugged

Qatar in November/December will be 30°C at most according to Wiki, a bit like the Med coast of Spain in summer.

SuzanneClaret

We spent last week messing about in Portsmouth with my parents.

The historic dockyard was really interesting.

PrestonHammer

Is that HMS Victory in the background?

Cuz1

I was based in Pompey when I was in the Royal Navy some fond memories

SuzanneClaret

Yes Preston, it is.

IronHerb

You weren't on Victory were you Cuz? :whistle:

PrestonHammer

He knew Nelson before he lost his eye... :biggrin:

OldCastleSwift

I work in the Naval Base Suze. If you'd said you were there I could have let you buy me lunch.

But yeah, it's an interesting place, the Heritage Area. Did you get onboard HMS Warrior? A little trivia for those that don't know, the shape of our current badge is based on the outline of the hull of Warrior, which was built at the Thames Ironworks.

BubblesNeverDies

OCS, that's a brilliant piece of trivia :ok:

SuzanneClaret

OCS

We went on every ship we were allowed to.

It’s a great place.

thornburyiron

And the ticket lasts 12 months

SuzanneClaret

Yep. We plan to go back in a few months.

I might even treat OCS to a cheese sandwich.

alderz

SuzanneClaret said:

Yep. We plan to go back in a few months.

I might even treat OCS to a cheese sandwich.

100% he does not deserve it

baracks_a_hammer

It should be the host (OCS) who should be treating the visitor (SC)

OldCastleSwift

alderz said:

SuzanneClaret said:

Yep. We plan to go back in a few months.

I might even treat OCS to a cheese sandwich.

100% he does not deserve it

Bazshuayi

OutcastLondoner

What?

SuzanneClaret

We also went to the D Day museum.

https://theddaystory.com

In there is a tapestry of the DDay campaign which is jaw dropping.

OldCastleSwift

I guess you were down here too late for the D Day celebrations Suze? There was about five days of events down here. Very humbling stuff.

SuzanneClaret

Yeh, we missed that but the museum was really good. First person stories and things you could interact with. My dad only has 10% of his sight and he was allowed to touch a lot of the exhibits. There were learning stations for kids.

A very impressive place.