En Passant

Yeah but it only took Denmark to score one against Serbia, and we'd have been facing Germany and that whole half with France and Portugal was it? Oh, well, I'd rather be lucky than good. And no, I still know nothing much about football, but one gets swept up in this stuff.

I wouldn't worry about it, I've been here since what feels like before the dawn of history and I still don't have a clue about most of them.

I thought we were all coming here to shout at each other instead? On the basis that would be far more interesting. Dorries? Jesus...

25/6/2024 56 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes +4 54 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 52 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 40 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 24 R. Dean Taylor— There’s A Ghost In My House 24 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 19 David Bowie - Sound and Vision 17 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 16 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 10 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) -6

They're all obfuscating. Tax is going up. All I care about is exactly where.

Here's an FT journalist being interviewed on a money podcast type of thing who thinks any party is going to have their work cut out after the election (amongst other topics). I found it interesting - It is however, over an hour long . Though in my opinion worth the time. (Martin Wolf is Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times)

I'm proud of myself. I managed to get put on pre-mod by The Guardian by coming home pissed as a rat on Thursday (No, I'm not Oliver Reed, George Best or Charles Kennedy, it's one night a week after pool, and only sometimes :P) and continually complaining in some random "Comment is Free" section (where they had actually opened the comments for once), that it was in actuality anything but 'free' and that any comment even mildly critical of their reporting or implying they had an agenda was immediately censored. They publish loads of clickbait and agenda driven garbage and will brook absolutely zero criticism of it. I'm off to search a better way of jumping the FT's paywall. Or just use the bbc (with all it's faults) or The Canary or something, more research required. Probably should post this in some other thread but cba to decide where. Forgive me.

I used to be able to fly a plane. Well, I probably still can, but the licence is long expired. Absolutely zero talents of any description, I can do that Spock thing with my left hand but not my right, and that's about it. Utterly unskilled in any way beyond that.

Ah, thanks for that. I couldn't remember him in the Soprano's at all. It's a dream-sequence which will be why - I pretty much always skip those on anything I re-watch (or at least ff if I need reminding of the gist).

24/6/24 07:24 49 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 48 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes +4 46 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 41 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 29 R. Dean Taylor— There’s A Ghost In My House 27 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash  23 America - A Horse With No Name  22 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 20 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 18 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 18 David Bowie - Sound and Vision 07 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 06 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle -6 

22/6/2024 43 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 38 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 36 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes +4 32 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 29 David Bowie - Sound and Vision 28 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 27 R Dean Taylor— There’s A Ghost In My House 24 America - A Horse With No Name  23 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 21 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 21 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 20 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 18 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle 18 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 15 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 13 The Four Seasons - Silver Star -6

Jot him down as missing in action and once we find him we can write that he's been found here or scribble a short note on a post-it to remind us to do so. (That's enough biro puns - ed)

They can put an age restriction of 150 on that and I won't complain.

I guess this is a reasonable point, apart from the usual unneccessary insults. One can easily imagine kids wanting to ride motorbikes, however, the accompanying photo is the thing that is a bit of a shocker to me, it looks like full leathers and a bloody fast racing bike in the background, I can get my head around 9 year olds on mini monkey bike type motorbikes, but something like a moto GP thing capable of 100+? Not so much. I know I'd rather have my 9 year old on a motorbike (though a 'little' one not bloody motoGP) than learning how (or in this case how not) to shoot a fucking Uzi. Which is from a while back in weird American behaviours.

21 June 2024 35 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes +4 32 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 30 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 30 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 27 R Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost In My House 25 David Bowie - Sound and Vision +4 21 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 21 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 20 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 20 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 20 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 20 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 20 America - A Horse With No Name 20 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 20 Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World 20 The Four Seasons - Silver Star 18 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 17 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle 14 Edwin Starr - War 11 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden -1 07 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 00 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Bruv? -5

Your namesake, Never heard of him (as with many of your posts), but quality find for that alone. (honestly I'm just being nice, not some kind of cunt here)

I know the place we are in. However, providing it doesn't mean ridiculous pain for the recipient, this is a bad thing?

20-6-24 (2) 30 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes +4 24 David Bowie - Sound and Vision 24 R. Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost in My House 22 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 22 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 22 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 20 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 20 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 20 America - A Horse With No Name 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 20 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 20 Edwin Starr - War 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 20 Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World 20 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 20 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 20 The Four Seasons - Silver Star 20 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 20 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 20 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 20 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle 14 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love 14 The Wombles - Remember You’re a Womble 14 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run 02 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain -6

The only Tory with the prudence to enlist a proxy to place his bet on the election date.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/steve-sweeney-death-kathy-burke-lock-stock-b2565756.html They've now expanded to an actual article, from a twitter item. And they've still got his age wrong.

And I'd say that Indy one is also conflating the two somehow it's saying "74" - which tallies with the American comedians birthdate of 1947, and whilst I can't find a birthdate for the british actor, that would have made him around 48-50 when appearing in Lock Stock, which I'd hazard is pushing it somewhat, I'd have said he was 35 maybe 40 absolute tops in that.

20/6/24 66 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 53 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 28 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 27 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 18 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 15 The Rolling Stones - Miss You +4 14 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 8 Earth, Wind & Fire - September -6

Nor me really, but from my extensive experience of finding it unavoidable (and latterly even a passing interest in some of it...) Home Nation = Any 1 of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (but not the Irish Republic) Cap = played for them once. And that can include subbed on and played for only seconds. Football = soccer not rugby football or any other kind Simply: Any UK footballer who ever played, even for a second, for their national team. I think, anyway. Considering entering this time myself, so unutterably happy to accept corrections to this from any sports afficionado's.

19-6-24 62 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 53 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 28 The Cars - My Best Friend ’s Girl 24 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 24 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 23 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 16 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 19 The Rolling Stones - Miss You +4 10 Earth, Wind & Fire - September -6