Oztalgian
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County - Lost away at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground to a 20th minute goal by Steven Fletcher in front of 12,532 fans. The defeat tips them out of a play off spot and they are now 9th in the table. McGoldrick had an equaliser controversially disallowed. Notts had three quarters of the possession but could not convert it into goals. Home against 4th placed Crewe on Saturday
Stags - Missed the opportunity to go top as early pressure by them failed to realise goals at the Bescot Stadium in Walsall. Bad misses and good saves kept the game goal less in the first half in which Stags should have been up at least 2-0.
Three goals in twenty minutes saw Walsall run out winners 2-1. Stags remain 1 point behind Stockpoint who were thrashed 4-0 by Tranmere and 2 points ahead of Wrexham who have a game in hand. Home against Salford City on Saturday.
Forest - Relegation pressures were eased a little, for now, by a 2-0 home win against West Ham. Strangely both goals were scored in time on at the end of each half Taiwo Awoniyi in the 5th minute of time on in the first half and Callum Hudson-Odoi in the 4th minute of time on in the second half. He was cautioned one minute later in a game which saw four yellow cards to Forest and five to West Ham, one of which became a red card in the 71st minute to Kalvin Phillips. Forest could have had two more goals but a penalty appeal was turned down and a goal by Danilo was ruled out due to offside by another Forest Player. Away at Aston Villa next Saturday
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26 minutes ago, letsavagoo said:
Can you explain this please.
Isn't it a re-birth of Screaming Lord Such's Monster Raving Loony Party?
They stood in many constituencies between 1983 and 1997and failed to gain a seat. They scored 4,2% of the vote in Rotherham in 1994
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On 2/16/2024 at 12:19 AM, IAN FINN said:
Potted dog was great Beekay when i serviced and repaired the vans for UYC they gave me lots of that in the brown pot dish it was good on crackers.
What was the yellow stuff on the top of potted dog?
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On 2/15/2024 at 8:57 PM, Jill Sparrow said:
As to crisps, @Beekay, they're just a bag of chemicals and flavourings these days.
They are just a bag full of nitrogen and a few crisps, salt and chemical flavours.
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13 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said:
Knights in White Satin references a sonata by Clementi but you have to listen closely to hear it.
Whiter Shade of Pale is obviously derived from Bach and you don't have to listen hard at all.
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On 2/16/2024 at 5:16 AM, philmayfield said:
It's said that vegetarians can't resist bacon. Do you have a secret desire? You don't have to confess obviously!
Bacon is one of the essential food groups.
On 2/16/2024 at 5:12 AM, Jill Sparrow said:Not this one. I think you mean that some manufacturers of vegetarian processed foods do their best to make the products look like meat.
The sales of meat substitute products are on decline in Australia.
I'm a vegetarian, I only eat animals that eat grass.
By the way I don't consider Tofu, Couscous and Quinoa as food
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On 2/15/2024 at 9:58 PM, DJ360 said:
Proper management of Privatised Utilities, where we have ended up with a situation where the management of them is entirely for the benefit of Shareholders and 'Fat Cats', is essential. What we have with Water is that various companies have not only failed to deliver, but are unable to fund their own improvement and so are demanding increased costs to customers for a substandard service while shareholders continue to 'rake it in'. You know this is 'bent' and you know that with the political will it can be stopped. same applies to Public Transport and many other similar rip offs.
In 2002 all electricity users were paying ETSA (Electricity Trust of South Australia) directly. It was owned by the South Australian government. In 1998 the Liberal (Conservative) government was successful in passing a bill to privatise the public utility. The government retained the freehold ownership of the generation, transmission and distribution assets, with the investors acquiring long term leasehold interests in the assets. Also, the Government introduced a regime of industry regulation, calculated to ensure that the public interest was protected and that safety standards are maintained. It sold the retail side of the business to a private company and allowed other retailers to enter the market supposedly to increase competition and lower prices to the public. It very quickly closed our base load coal fired generation in a frantic bid to go solar and become green which has recently forced us to put in high voltage interconnectors costing billions to bring in power from other states.
We now have the stupid system where margins have to be made at every step in the supply chain. Similar to the UK rail system. Wholesale electricity prices are set by AEMO (Australian Energy Market Operator) every 5 minutes based on bids from generators. The Australian Energy regulator determines the price cap for the Default Market Offer, the price that retailers can charge Has this privatisation worked? No, it bloody well has not, as we now have the highest electricity prices in Australia.
Our water supply and distribution and sewage disposal is still wholly owned by the SA Government and we are in the process of negotiating the buy back of some train and bus operators, many of whom are in breach of their contractual service obligations.
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Talking of sausages, I wish I could get a tomato sausage here, they seem to be extinct. Are they and other "flavoured" sausages still available in the UK?
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Accord to Sports Unlimited News Nottingham Forest has an annual wage bill of 60,360,000 quid.
How the heck can the afford that even in the EPL. They will have no hope of covering that if they get relegated to the Championship, it could be the end for the Reds.
The same source says that the total wage bill for the highest paying fifteen clubs is 1,557,952,000 with Manchester City the highest at 190,996,000.
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Couunty - A solid win for the Magpies away in south Wales. That man Macaulay Langstaff scored the first for County with David McGoldrick netting the second 13 minutes later to go in 2-0 up at half time. That man got his brace in the 59th minute. Newport via a penalty scored somewhat of a consolation goal in the last minute of normal time. Unusually there were no yellow cards issued during the game. The 1-3 win takes County back into a play-off space on goal difference just above Harrogate Town who were hammered by the Stags. Away at 4th placed Hollywood United (Wrexham) on Saturday
Stags - A goal fest at Field Mill as the Stags slam 9 past eighth placed Harrogate Town. Five nil up at half time including a brace by Hiram Boateng who completed his hat trick in the 50th minute. Harrogate scored two in two minutes within five minutes of Boateng completing his hat trick. Lucas Atkins got his 2nd goal two thirds through the game and Will Swan hit a brace in two minutes at the 54th minute mark. The 9-2win consolidated them in 2nd place one point behind Stockport with at this stage a better goal difference. Away at Walsall on Saturday
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On 2/12/2024 at 4:59 AM, mary1947 said:
Phil you say that you chuckled with Germans ""GERMANS CAN'T TAKE JOKES""
Some European truck drivers were sitting in a greasy spoon discussing the merits of their various trucks.
The Swedish driver said "I have a Volvo truck and I pick up a load from Stockholm go via Gothenberg on the ferry to Immingham and deliver my load to Leeds and return in three days".
A French driver pipes up and says "I have a Renault truck and I can pick my load up in Paris, take it to London and be back in two days".
A German driver says "Yes but that is a very short journey, I can pick up a load in my Mercedes Benz in Hamburg, deliver it to Birmingham and be back home in two days, a much longer journey".
An old Brit sitting in the corner supping his tea said "When I was younger I could pick up my load just outside Lincoln, deliver it to Hamburg and be back the same day".
The other drivers looked at him in disbelief and the German one said "That's impressive. What rig were you driving"
The old bloke replied quietly "A Lancaster bomber"
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It is a long-held legend/myth that the British Archers at the Battle of Agincourt gave the two fingered salute to the French as before they went into battle Henry V warned his men in a speech that if captured the bowmen would likely have two or three fingers cut off so they could no longer draw a longbow hence the "Harvey Smith" from the bowmen
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County - having played last night today's results see the Magpies slide further down the table and are now in 10th place still only 3 points from a play off spot but a mid table position is looking more likely than any sort of promotion position.
Stags - Comfortably in second place after thumping bottom club Forest Green Rovers away at The New Lawn ground. A paltry crowd of only 2,240 turned out to see the Stags take the lead with a goal by Ollie Clarke in the 12th minute and the score stayed that way until well after half time. Stags scored in the 68th and 79th minutes and Ollie Clarke bagged his brace after 7 minutes of time on at the end of the game. At home against 7th placed Harrogate Town on Tuesday evening.
Forest - 29,451 were on hand at the City Ground to enjoy an action packed first half that ended 2-2 in game that Newcastle took the lead three times to finish up winners 2-3. Forest's home form at the moment is appalling having lost 6 of their last 7 games. Nuno will have to get his book of 1001 excuses out again. VAR reared its ugly head denying Forest a penalty. Still only two points clear of a relegation place. Home against West Ham next Saturday as every home game from now on is a must win.
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21 hours ago, philmayfield said:
Why are there so many dimbos around when everyone goes to university these days?
A graduate with a Science degree asks "Why does it work?"
A graduate with an Engineering degree asks " How does it work?"
A graduate with a Business degree asks "How much will it cost and can we make a profit from it?"
A graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks "Do you want fries with that?"
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County - After taking the lead in the 13th minute the Magpies crumbled to a 1-3 home defeat to Gillingham. The Gills took a 2-1 lead into the half time break and scored again just after half time to take all three points. According to the game stats County had 72% of the possession, I would question their effectiveness as they suffered a significant home defeat that tipped them out of the play-off spots as Gillingham moved above them. I can't see Notts regaining their spot anytime soon as they face a difficult time in the rest of February. Their next game is on Tuesday away against mid table Newport County and then away at Wrexham, then home against, Crewe and finishing February at home against cellar dwellers Sutton United which surely they should win.
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21 minutes ago, mary1947 said:
We used to visit my mother in law and she still had Black n White TV we did ask how she knew which the colours balls were she just said well I can tell which they are.
If the balls were spotted it was easy and if you saw the table then there were subtle shades of grey that gave you clues to which ball was which during normal play.
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3 hours ago, mary1947 said:
If ever you come back to the UK or we ever get to OZ I will challenge you to a game of Snooker and Billiards .
but for now we will have to take a rain-check.
You are on Mary
Remember this
Commentator Ted Lowe, aware that not all viewers had colour televisions at the time, said "Steve is going for the pink ball – and for those of you who are watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green."
Classic UK TV Theme ~ Pot Black (Black And White Rag) (youtube.com)
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1 hour ago, LizzieM said:
We had a snooker room at our previous house which was brilliant for parties and to keep our teenage boys and their friends entertained.
Lucky you, I have always wanted a full-sized billiard table and a room big enough to put it in. I could easily fit two in my shed but where would I put all my other stuff. My grandad taught me how to play billiards at the local miners welfare when I was fourteen, they had a beautiful billiards room. Sadly both it and the building that housed it were demolished long ago.
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Forest - Can't really see if Forest fielded an understrength team but I am starting to feel that Nuno is a No No as I do not discern any significant change in Forest's performance since he came on board. Forest started well and scored in the 8th minute with a goal from Divok Origi. The Robins equalised 6 minutes later. Lots of chances for both teams but no more goals in normal time and the same in extra time so the game went to penalties. Forest went on to win 5-3, Matt Turner acquitted himself well making some crucial saves and including one of the penalties to give Forest a home tie against Manchester United on 28th February. Back to the EPL on Saturday with a home game against Newcastle and a 5:30pm kick-off?
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9 hours ago, Rob.L said:
No idea what reindeer gravy is, but eighteen quid, and gravy with fish and chips?
Gravy with fish and chips is a Northern thing apparently quite popular there along with mushy peas and curry sauce.
I wonder which part of the reindeer they use to make the gravy, the antlers, hooves
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18 hours ago, philmayfield said:
Nodoubt the food prices will now be astronomic and I’m not tempted to try it.
Give it a go Phil and let us know. The award said affordable food and as one of the landed gentry I am sure you can spare a few coins to enlighten us all.
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23 hours ago, Brew said:
New Zealand does not have a mandatory voting system.
Yes , my bad.
Brexit - Thanks Brew and DJ360 for your insights and explanations
10 hours ago, DJ360 said:I'd favour a properly worked out form of Proportional Representation. Any system in which around 1/3 of the electorate generally determines who governs, cannot be healthy.
We have proportional representation in our upper house (Senate) and apart from a ballot paper that is close to being the size of a table runner seems to work well. It tries to ensure that the parties/individuals that get elected in each state are in proportion with the number of votes they receive.
Brexit - When we have a referendum, needed to change the constitution, (similar to Brexit). In order to pass it must get what is called a "double majority". 1 A national majority in the States and Territories and 2 A majority of voters in a majority of States (i.e. at least four out of the six states) The Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory votes only count towards the national figures. Could something similar have been applied to Brexit using the constituencies and something like a 60% rule to ensure a "reasonable" majority.
If the leave vote had won by only one vote would Brexit still have gone ahead?
Absolutely tax religions and charitable organisations
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I see the Reindeer at Hoveringham has been awarded the new Bib Gourmand Michelin Award for their continuing commitment to offering affordable delicious food. Has anyone been and if so how was it?
Other Notts awards went to Sat Bains Nottingham- two stars and alchemilla Nottingham-1 star. Has anyone been and how was it?
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On 2/2/2024 at 4:53 AM, Jill Sparrow said:
Starlings seem to be making a comeback.
For my sins I was a dab hand a potting Starnags with my Milbro aluminium gatta powered by quarter inch square elastic from the local garage and ball bearing ammunition provided by my dad when he worked at Ransome and Marles at Newark. The local farmers welcomed our activities as Starlings were considered a pest.
I had the best steelie marbles too and used to buy my air gun pellets from the same garage.
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