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    Not as bad as I thought, I reckoned on 12 months, but he's agreed to some sort of treatment for his so called gambling addiction for 8 months. Cheers.
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    Funny how things change; during the war the Germans and Japanese were the enemy and the Russians and Chinese were our friends……now the opposite is true. Im a live and let live man, I’ve seen good and bad in all races and creeds, a bit like lurchers I suppose. I don’t go in for stereotypes. Cheers.
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    Storm clouds gathering over St. James’ minutes before kick off should have gave me a sense of foreboding…….. Cheets.
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    Don’t you be muscling in on my patch !! You have him googling furiously now We weren’t up to words like that yet ! Cheers.
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    Never heard of pumpkin when I was a kid, it was always a turnip lantern. Cheers.
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    We’ve had some dodgy Owners; Lord Westwood the pirate. Shephard the scrap metal merchant. Hall who bribed the council to allow him to build the Metro Centre on top of a toxic waste dump. No wonder us supporters aren’t bothered by the Saudi ownership ! Cheers.
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    I found this hard to believe, but my neighbour who is Newcastles kit manager assured me it was true. During the Ashley era, at the training ground the players cooled of by getting into wheely bins filled with water !!! The new owners were aghast and immediately set about upgrading the facilities! Just imagine telling Messi, Harland Belingham “here I’ll give you a hand up into the wheely bin” ?? Cheers.
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    There’s a lot going on behind the scenes as well. The street in front of the Gallowgate end used to belong to Newcastle, but Ashley sold it for a quick profit. The Saudis have bought it back and have got permission from the council to build a “fan zone” with licensed bars and food outlets and giant screens for around 3,500 people right outside the ground. People wonder why St. James park is such a weird shape, it’s because of the grade two listed street behind the east stand whose residents have always objected to the stand going any higher. Now the Saudis are in discussions with the
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    "Fine margins" as Howe said. Wilsons saved effort and hit the bar twice. No good crying about it though, we wanted to be amongst the big boys and we are. we were worried about relegation two seasons ago, so I'm not going to worry about losing 1-0 in the Champions League. The atmosphe in town last night was great. The Germans were in the bars mixing with the Newcastle supporters unlike the French at the PSG game. Three more games in the group, I'll enjoy the ride, however bumpy it gets ! Cheers.
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    It was a reference to Hemingways “Death In The Afternoon”, but I’d love to take up your invite Cheers.
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    Having a drink with the Germans before the Newcastle Dortmund game; Got them on the Newcastle Brown Ale ! Cheers.
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    I like to cook fresh veggies, preferably straight from the allotment, but I admit to really liking tinned tatties, sliced and fried, and they are incredibly cheap, less than 50p a tin from the likes of Lidl. Cheers.
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    Good news, mate ! Cheers.
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    There was a lad in Ireland who bred borzoi/saluki/greyhounds who brought a leash of them over to Selby. Very nice looking dogs, he offered to sell me an 18 month old dog, with a trial on hares, for £300. I was tempted but I had enough dogs at the time. Cheers.
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    I was judging the lurchers at Yorkshire Game Fair one year and a woman was walking around with a nice looking borzoi bitch, about 26-27”. I thought “I hope she enters that in the show”. She did, but when I got my hands on it, it was covered in fleas and flea bites ! I had to ask her to leave the ring. I also judged a borzoi and a borzoi/collie cross in Scotland but the owner said they weren’t workers. Borzoi and borzoi/collie cross; A borzoi in Australia, I think the owner may be a member on here, I know which one I’d prefer to own ! Cheers.
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    And you’d be very welcome. I’ve been to the states a few times, hated New York, Boston was OK, loved Texas ! Sadly the only hunting I did over there was watching a couple of staghounds being straight lined by a white tail, when I was staying in San Antonio. Always meant to go and see Dan and his coyote hounds in Illinois, but never got round to it, maybe some day ! Cheers.
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    When my old saluki had to be put down at 17 years old in Saudi, the friend who gave him to me sent a Doberman to replace him It wasn’t a breed that was even on my list of dogs I’d own, but it would have been churlish and disrespectful to have refused it , but I’d far rather he had given me another saluki ! Anyhow, when I retired I brought it home with me and it happily worked alongside the lurchers. I spoke to him many times about sending me a Bedouin bred saluki bitch, preferably in pup, but why go to all the bother when probably the best coursing dogs are bred here in the UK ? Ive
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    My daughter imported her two dogs from Australia when she came home, and it was surprisingly easy, if a bit expensive. I’ve got pals down there who would source me a good hunting bred pup,I’ve always fancied a catahoula pup, but, as you say, why go to all that bother when the right type can be sourced here ? Cheers.
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    Never been to a bull fight or fished for marlin, but I’ll add them to my “bucket list “ ! Cheers.
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    As I said on another thread, Australia encourages hunting, it’s illegal in the UK. Same with New Zealand, it’s legal to hunt Boars there, but illegal here, with draconian punishments! In New Zealand you just let the police and the forestry commission know when and where you’ll be hunting, and there’s even government huts provide free out in the bush if you overnight ! A few pics from the first time I was down there over 30 years ago ; Cheers.
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    Just what I read in the papers. Cheers.
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    Prostrate cancer, evidently. Cheers.
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    I wasn’t there when he was killed but I’d guess he went straight in for a hold. Cheers,
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    All walked up mate. Cheers.
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    No, we had eight confirmed and two backfilled in rock piles We had two runners and a few terriers but the dog in the picture killed the majority of them. Sadly he was killed when he made the step up to boars. Cheers.
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