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I am not looking forward to the Spurs v Newcastle game tomorrow. I am not bothered about getting beat, that's not the problem. Newcastle have been on a remarkable upward trajectory ever since the takeover. Barring those in football and politics who have a problem with the owners getting their way that upward trajectory can only continue. What I am not enjoying is seeing players who have performed magnificently running on empty. That's football of course, everyone has injuries and currently we do not have the strength in depth to cope with it. Most worrying for me is Isak. One of those c
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I watched a documentary on Shane a few years ago, The Great Hunger. A commentator said that the Pogues could never have happened in Ireland. At that time, according to the commentator, Ireland was trying to re-invent itself and wanted to distance from the image of the navvy and the drunken Irishman. Shane and the Pogues where considered an embarrassment and a reminder of a past that many wanted to forget. It took a while them to be appreciated and Shane to be welcomed as one of their own and a talent to be proud of. According to the documentary.
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People with curly hair.
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Pile of tea bags and tables full of milk bottles nothing has changed, apart from lads on site putting complaints in that we need more cleaners
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Going off on a tangent but in keeping with current discussion here on other threads... coincidentally I worked on a Sir Robert McAlpine job fairly recently. Mental Health is a big thing in construction now. All the guidence, all the tool box talks, all the nice people (mostly happy smiley young women) who offer support. Great stuff, we need to do more to stop men working in construction topping themselves. The senior Project Manager on the last SRM job called me to one side before a meeting and told me that he is now one of several Mental Health 1st Aiders on the project. He said it was a goo
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McAlpine's men came over the hill like a troop of Bengal Lancers 1 in 10 has served his time the rest are a bunch of f***ing chancers
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I think the original concept was two oldish blokes that had heart problems and had recovered just spending time together and talking shite/pondering the meaning of life sort of thing. Of course they are both famous comedy performers but oldish, white , male and it would seem heterosexual. Rarely seen on TV these days apart from Bangers and Cash. I enjoyed the 1st series but it did become boring after that.
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Re Sunderland v Newcastle, it is a draw that most on Tyne and Wear hope for every year, even more so now that we are in different divisions. Texted a Mackem friend and said the way things are going with injuries for us we could end up fielding a youth team. He replied that we could field under 11 girls and would still probably thrash Sunderland . What a game for Lewis Miley to get his 1st goal!
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What is an Irish terrier? Too big to be a terrier, not a hound, and too slow to be anything else. Smart dogs at one time, probably the template for all show terriers, but now they are too leggy, short in the back and have terrible open coats. But put one over a whippet or greyhound and I would be happy to have one. Any half whippet or greyhound will catch stuff.
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So you take pleasure in other people's misfortune ? It's not just the little fence (few quid from B&Q) but also the paving slab that will need to replaced. But mostly the ignorance and could not give a f**k mind set that people have these days, and that is the problem, I will find out who is responsible and then I will no doubt end up in trouble.
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Some c**t just drove over my "garden" and totalled the little fence that I put up to stop c**ts driving over my garden. I need to calm down.
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The Can Can? I would would but was too young so couldn't couldn't.
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My family used to watch the Black & White Minstrel Show. I always refused to watch it as I found it deeply offensive... to my feck'n ears!
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I have a few books written about him. Some say he was born after his dad moved to England to work at Fenwicks department store, some say before The part about private school is true, he won a scholarship but got expelled. A bit of an enigma, as the best often are.
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Genuinely sad when I heard this. The only other time I felt sad when a famous person died was when news broke of Gary Speed. Love Shane's songs and how he sang them. Never seen the Pogues in their pomp but went to plenty of the Christmas gigs. One time in Glasgow was probably the best, 2 days of happy partying. Another at Newcastle arena when after leaving to get drinks mid-concert I forgot how to get back to where I'd came from and eventually went through a door that was ajar and spent the rest of the gig back stage. One of those situations when everyone just assumed I must be with someone el
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I made a deal with myself last year to watch as many Newcastle games as possible as I believe, on a personal level, I will witness something probably never to be seen again in my life time no matter what possible success may lie in the future. Today's game personified that. New big money signings doing what they were brought in to do juxtaposed with players who were already here prior to the new money playing football unlike anyone thought that they capable of playing. Great to watch. And an assist from a 17 year old academy product, a kid playing with no fear infront of 50,000+ at home. Lovel
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An ex British Army friend of mine worked for a few years in Iraq for a private security company. You know the kind of thing, protecting infrastructure and contractors but not a mercenary. Financially very rewarding apparently but not without some personal risk. A mutual friend who could look after himself and shoot straight but with no military training was always on his case to "get him a fix". Of course it never happened. My friend told me that his American employers favoured ex British armed forces with ex officers and NCO's commanding a premium. He personally had a lot of time for South Af
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I am amazed that the vote went "our" way. Should be interesting. The NUFC owners are switched on though, can see them playing only good cards if any. Our only problem, hole to fill, is the ban of the Italian, the rest are just injuries that every club has to manage.
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I have noticed a marked rise in suspected cases this year, particularly in our apprentices. Seemed to coincide with Newcastle playing mid-week matches in Champion's League. Absences are recorded via an App these days (!?!) and one kid had booked holidays for a Monday and a Wednesday, he attends college on a Tuesday and must plan his holidays around the college timetable. Recorded an absence with diarrhea and sickness for the Tuesday. Seen him on the tele at Dortmund game. Doh! I let it go. Come the onset of this winter it seems that the last of the lock down dog owners have finally gone.
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Every time I see this thread title for a split second I think that it is about the Big Market in Newcastle (upon Tyne). Happy days!
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The biggest rats I've caught have tended to be in lone hole situations away from a colony. Old bucks or does living in quiet retirement and then a terrier with a good nose messes up their pension plan.
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I watched Grealish's development, partly because a good friend is a Villa fan. When he made the big move to Man City feared that he would follow the Gazza route and end up eaten up by the superstar status and that England would once again lose a genuine world class player, they do not come along that often. He seems to have survived, but plays like a pussy scared to move from his position and just tries to draw a foul in every game he plays. For England and Man City.
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The England game tonight? We are playing as though it is a game of chess, football is draughts not chess. So much talent being wasted. Could have beat them 6 - 1 . 6 - 0
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Or allowing a rabbit to bend it all over a small field before eventually deciding to strike
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About 13 month in 1 pic and just over 13 year in the other. Time passes so quickly, not done much, the best laid plans and all that, but has been a good pal. Kept me sane at times and is still doing that job.
