Thoughts from a soft southerner loving his time in the north.
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This game has just caught fire. Fortunately they’ll be a 3 minute stoppage now to calm things down again. #FRASEN
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I’m an old man, but I remember a time when tv commentators actually commentated on what was happening in the game rather than what they decided should be happening… #FRASEN
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Are @FIFAcom underplaying stoppage time in the World Cup - to try & minimise the time spent on these hydration breaks? Belgium v Egypt had 5 minutes added onto the 2nd half for a goal, yellow card and 5 substitute windows the 3 min drinks break. Surely that’s more than 5 mins?
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Shout out to BBC Points West, who just broadcast a montage of scenes of the royal wedding at Kemble this weekend, & accompanied it with the piano instrumental version of Suddenly by Angry Anderson, the theme tune of Scott & Charlene’s wedding in Neighbours. 😂
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May 24
For the second week running the Sky commentator is saying that VAR is ‘telling’ the on field ref their opinion while the on field ref is watching the replay. How is this allowed? Shouldn’t the on field ref use the screens to rewatch the incident without influence?@DaleJohnsonBBC
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May 24
What happened to interesting ice lollies? Newsagent’s freezers are just a sea of Magnums & Cornettos now. Honestly feel like pitching this to Radio 4 or Channel 5 as a documentary. @vernonkay @PaddyMcGuinness or @tonylivesey to front it. #IfwedontmakeitSkywill
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May 22
I was chatting about informal outside drinking to a barman in the NQ recently. In short Manchester has horrendous red tape/licences/council regulations so they can’t do it, while in That London you just grab your glass & stand outside any pub. @AndyBurnhamGM @bevcraig @patkarney
May 22
You’re only going to see this more as the weather gets better in London
Unstoppable under the sun
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May 22
I hate to mention but neither The Vue or Odeon cinema chains sell children’s tickets. You pay a set price per seat. Does anyone know how / if the VAT reduction will work for a set price cinema ticket purchased for a child? @DanNeidle @Steven_Swinford ?
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May 21
Quite possibly the most significant record of the last 50 years. This, Pavarotti & the England team’s performance created a perfect storm, brought football into the mainstream and laid the foundations for the Premier League. It fired the starting gun on the football revolution.
#OnThisDay 1990
World In Motion was released on Factory Records. (FAC 293)
England's World Cup song for Italia '90 was New Order's only number one single in the UK charts.
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May 20
What’s very interesting about this idea is whether we still need/have linear tv channels after terrestrial tv switch off?
Government ‘to set out plans for terrestrial TV switch-off in move to streaming’ trib.al/345Q0nn
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May 20
I think it was @dannykellywords who brilliantly said : ‘just as we don’t speak of the crime that took place during the Blitz, no one will remember just how bad David Baddiel’s singing is on this record’
#OnThisDay in 1996
Three Lions was released
The anthem of #Euro96 & that glorious summer
#ItsComingHome
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May 15
It’s 1:30am, you’re 16 years old in Images Nightclub in Dover surrounded by your mates. The lasers come on & the DJ drops this banger. Unforgettable times.
In 1994, the UK tried to ban raves.
The Prodigy answered with this:
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May 14
I would say this is probably the greatest joke ever written for the sheer fact of how many times your Dad or Granddad has said this line when an ambulance or Police car goes by with its sirens on
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May 14
EFL tells Hull City fans ‘don’t book your travel/accommodation in London for the Play Off final’ 3 DAYS LATE!!!!!
Dynamic Pricing / Advanced Fares mean you snooze you lose. I’d have been looking up trains as soon as that 2nd goal went in on Monday night.
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May 13
I have to say Flash Harry skulked around the woods with far more panache than the Saints spy. #Spygate2
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May 13
Hi @marksandspencer - if you are going to put security tags on food, could you either work out a way for those tags to be deactivated automatically at the self service till, or just open enough staffed tills so they can be sorted there. Don’t appreciate setting off store alarms!
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May 11
Kid is catching up with Britain’s Got Talent while I cook tea. Is @DaveGorman getting any royalties from the ‘PowerPoint comedian act’?
(On the plus side my kid loved it, so she’s getting treated to a stream of Modern Life is Goodish later)
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