Couldn't Think - from January 2024

buffybegood

MrsGrey said:

I agree he shouldn't be forced to actively promote it. Although, the rainbow laces and similar gestures isn't actively promoting it, anyway. It's saying that they won't actively discriminate against it, surely.

Very fine line imo.

MrsGrey said:

On another point, nobody is talking about banning Islam..

I know, I was just taking it to extremes to play devil's advocate.

chicagohammer

This may be slightly controversial as we only have our own perspective but imo, the “Support” for the initiative is a collective one which has been assumed by the league/clubs and as a representative of the club he is simply being asked to wear the armband in support of the clubs obligation.

He is not being asked to advocate personally on the merits and to me, his stance comes across more as a “look at me” moment.

ASLEFshrugged

chicagohammer said:

Many thanks and good wishes to all - and for the record, although I initially thought it weird, I am now a total advocate for green bean casserole with our thanksgiving dinner - look it up :-)

I cooked my first ever Thanksgiving dinner last week, it was Mrs shrugged’s first ever Thanksgiving outside the USA

Did turkey, mash, stuffing, gravy and green bean casserole although I made it with fresh mushrooms and milk rather than Campbell’s mushroom soup.

She reckons I got it right although not as good as her Grandma’s

IronHerb

ASLEFshrugged said:

chicagohammer said:

Many thanks and good wishes to all - and for the record, although I initially thought it weird, I am now a total advocate for green bean casserole with our thanksgiving dinner - look it up :-)

I cooked my first ever Thanksgiving dinner last week, it was Mrs shrugged’s first ever Thanksgiving outside the USA

Did turkey, mash, stuffing, gravy and green bean casserole although I made it with fresh mushrooms and milk rather than Campbell’s mushroom soup.

She reckons I got it right although not as good as her Grandma’s

Looks like you're in there ASLEF. 👨‍🍳

ASLEFshrugged

IronHerb said:

Looks like you're in there ASLEF. 👨‍🍳

She didn’t marry me for my looks!

chicagohammer

Green bean casserole for the win

BubblesNeverDies

ASLEFshrugged said:

IronHerb said:

Looks like you're in there ASLEF. 👨‍🍳

She didn’t marry me for my looks!

Free rail travel?

Kuchinghammer

chicagohammer said:

This may be slightly controversial as we only have our own perspective but imo, the “Support” for the initiative is a collective one which has been assumed by the league/clubs and as a representative of the club he is simply being asked to wear the armband in support of the clubs obligation.

He is not being asked to advocate personally on the merits and to me, his stance comes across more as a “look at me” moment.

Good point. Maybe he should have opted out of being captain for the day, due to his beliefs. You can't have it both ways.

buffybegood

Coote sacked:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c983y2ylev5o

buffybegood

England have a nice qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup; we've drawn Serbia, Albania, Latvia and Andorra.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c2kxvew7xyzo

ValiantIron

Football and football fans can get to you, but then they have moments like this:

Joint tribute to Kevin Campbell posted outside the Emirates ahead of the upcoming Arsenal / Everton match.

https://www.facebook.com/TheToffeeBlues/posts/pfbid026tDCaoYj1pr3Q5XmYsEJx6Ue7FTtSph4DQYMXiBLMeYXLSWgfSaxDmA5BDuY1bTql

alderz

buffybegood

Very sad news, we've lost another young player to cancer:

https://www.whufc.com/news/oscar-fairs-2009-2024

steve

So sad ,So young RIP our Young Hammer

buffybegood

I must admit, these women moaning about not getting their pension until the same age as men are really annoying me. The difference in state pension age was a huge inequality left in place for decades after the Equal Opportunites Act of 1984, and, despite the fact that the change in pension ages has been widely publicised and there's finally going to be a fair allocation between men and women, they feel they deserve compensation, I believe, because they weren't personally notified.

Moan over 😂🤣😂.

steve

Reports saying Julen Lopetegui father has died .and he has flown to Spain

buffybegood

steve said:

Reports saying Julen Lopetegui father has died .and he has flown to Spain

Nothing on the OS yet, but there's this from The Standard:

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/west-ham-julen-lopetegui-father-funeral-b1200763.html

A West Ham spokesperson: “West Ham United can confirm head coach Julen Lopetegui has returned to Spain to attend the funeral of his father, José, who sadly passed away on Tuesday at the age of 94.

“The thoughts and sincere condolences of everyone at the club are with Julen, his family and friends, and we kindly ask that their privacy is respected at this time.

“Lopetegui’s coaching team will oversee training during this period.

‘The club will be making no further comment at this time.”

Ravel49

🤣🤣

buffybegood

Merry Christmas everyone, I hope Santa has brought you all everything you asked for.

CleverTrevor

Merry Christmas one and all!!

buffybegood

Anyone else struggling with this one? A man, alone in a property, had paramedics called out over concerns for his safety as he had a knife. Police were later called, and, after a negotiator tried to resolve the situation for several hours, the man was shot and died.

If there was a threat to someone else, I can understand that it may have been necessary to shoot him, but if there was no-one else involved it's hard to see why a shot was fired; what was a worse case scenario that they were trying to prevent?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp31zejz0nno

IronHerb

Perhaps there was a threat to the negotiator or other attending police.

buffybegood

Sad news about Ludo (fairly advanced cancer):

https://www.whufc.com/news/ludek-miklosko-my-biggest-battle

IronHerb

An OBE for Moyes in the New Years Honours. If you believe in these things then I feel it's well earned, if you don't then it's still well earned.

IronHerb

£57.2m profit announced for 2023-24 season.

https://www.whufc.com/news/financial-results-202324-announced

IronHerb

Looks like Bowen could be out for a couple of months with a broken foot.

https://www.whufc.com/news/bowen-sustains-foot-injury-liverpool-loss

Whitehorsehammer

Antonio discharged from Hospital- good news.