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Yes @MattRudd in S Times on queuing in pubs and agree the last bastion is in danger. But now, another column. Tell us, and Americans, how to queue ‘flat’ at the bar, eg: eye contact with staff, Amex Platinum in probing fist, firm sideways/forward shuffle. Instruct us please.
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Congratulations to @BENMACINTYRE1 for his considered praise today in @thetimes for film #Zulu. One error in his piece I think. He says the rifles used were bolt action (magazine fed) Lee Enfields. Actually they were single bullet, breech loaded Martini Henrys. Brilliant tho’.
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RIP Sir Bernard Ingham. He was the first guest speaker in 1995 at the first #ALMR Xmas Lunch - continued annually and brilliantly by @UKHofficial . I tried to brief him about his audience. He waved me aside. “Oh they’ll just want to hear about Maggie” he insisted. It went v well.
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Good piece in the @thetimes today from @gerardtbaker about sustained support for Ukraine. And what a wordsmith! The second para is a single para of 110 words and he uses the word ‘eschatological’ without blinking. 😳
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My recent plea to @thetimes to cover the fortunes of @ealingtfrugby has certainly borne fruit. This time it’s off the pitch in another crucial contest - this time for logic and fairness. @RFU please take heed.
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I suppose this is one way for @ealingtfrugby to get coverage in the @thetimes 🏉. Not necessarily the one I’d have chosen 🥺 And of course congratulations to @CaldyRFC
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Happy Christmas @BBCSport If you were minded to be festive please would you do some gift-wrapped coverage of the fantastic, top-of-the-table clash yesterday between the two unbeaten Championship sides @ealingtfrugby and @JerseyRedsRugby
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Hello @SimonCalder having a frustrating time with Swiss trying to rebook 8 flights after Covid cancelled last Xmas. Abandoned by Customer Service (ha!!) and no reply to polite email to CEO office. Writing to him again but may I cc you please? DM your email. Thanks.
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I’ve just told my 21 year old (vaguely savvy) daughter at 21 to read @caitlinmoran today in @thetimes and to share with her mates. Her advice to those setting out to be grownups is wry, thought provoking but above all - Loving. Thank you CM.
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I’ll not spoil the fun for those wrestling with Wordle today but safe to say it’ll ignite comment on the Eastern side of the Atlantic. #GotInThree 😇
Slightly baffled how @BBCSport features @CornishPirates1 not once but twice in recent app coverage. By all means a splendid team and great supporters but the news is surely @ealingtfrugby success at the top at last and the unfair barriers to promotion.
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It’ll be a cold game at @DoncasterKnight on Saturday. But @ealingtfrugby will be red hot again no doubt. Go #yealing
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