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  1. I have got tickets for the Villa West Ham game at VP. Never seen womens football live before. I am taking my daughter who has been with me many times in the upper Holte to see the mens footy, the wife who was seen only 2 games of footy in her life, one of them was the 6 - 1 win against Sunderland a few years ago. But.....I am also taking my 10 year old granddaughter who has seen Ipswich play a couple of times, but never watched a game of womens football and it is her first time at VP. She also supports Liverpool as all her friends at school do as well. I think I have failed as a grandparent...... I really hope that I can convert her...if not she can walk all the way back to Cambridge
  2. Yeah my daughter has just turned 31, she will have to work to 131 before she can get the state pension
  3. Thanks for all the advice guys. One more week to go now! I do (did) enjoy my job and that is so important. After all you spend near enough 1/3 of your life at it... Yes TRO good advice and thanks Mental and physical health is important and I need to look at this as a new chapter in my book of life. I love my grandkids, but they do drive me mad though sometimes!!! Following the Villa is a good outlet for me it's just the 2hr drive there and back can be a bind occasionally especially if we lose... Got a few things I want to get involved with such as volunteering at my local hospital and helping out at Cambridge Technology museum. Just need to ease my way into a new part of my life now ! Cheers lads, this is a great forum, some comments from many of you make me laugh out loud, and where would we be without timely Kenneth William's pictures and the ongoing saga of The best English Breakfast ....
  4. I have also been rewatching the original series of Star Trek. Always entertaining to see if Kirk gets to kiss one of the women in each episode and how long into the episode it takes him! Also looking on wiki of the leading female roles that were in the original series, some famous actresses appeared, cannot believe that they are old grandmothers now.....mind you I am nearly 66 years old and can recall the original series being broadcast in the late 1960's. As the ideas ran out it did get worse and I can see why it finally got cancelled. I enjoyed deep space 9 especially the interplay between Quark and Odo. The next generation has dated slightly for me but still is good Voyager was spoilt by the character/actress Janeway. Enterprise was ok some duff episodes Picard ....wow Patrick Stewart is looking old now . Still a great actor and the best Captain. But I am not a "Trekky"........honestly!
  5. Not been to Goodison park but I guess this new ground has got to be better. But it does look like all the other "new" football grounds, a bit soulless.
  6. What is the point of playing friendlies and not experimenting with new blood and new formations etc and playing the same old players? Oh I forgot we have Safegate as England manager
  7. I would like to change tack, I hope this is in the correct thread. This is my take on a potential future. I work for an American faceless corporation and all they are interested in is "the bottom line", returns for shareholders I guess. They view their competitors as the enemy and will do anything to discredit and destroy them, they view it as a war without bullets and killing people. Now expand this model to the wider picture. The EU is a competitor to the US, what better way to remove that "competitor" by allowing it to be destroyed by a non competitor I.e. by Russia both financially and materially. This will be done by the US disengaging from NATO and then stopping the supplying of Ukraine with weapons. First Ukraine will fall then the Baltic countries will get over run, Hungary will join Russia, then Poland will be absorbed again and then the dominos will fall. In my opinion Russia will not use nukes and the EU, well what is left of it, will not want to be seen as carrying out a first nuke strike. The European countries will be subsumed by Russia. It will be a blood bath and much hand wringing by the US, but they will be quietly happy as a competitor will have been removed. After all, the US made a lot of money by sitting on the fence in the first and second world war before being forced into taking sides. This is just my current pessimistic take on things, especially if Trump gets in again. The US will just sit back in splendid isolation and watch while Europe gets torn apart again. I hope others on here can put a more optimistic spin on the next 25 years. Maybe the Villa might have beaten man yoo again by then or even the FA cup......
  8. I live in Suffolk surrounded by Ipswich fans, many of them are convinced that Mings will one day return back to play for them
  9. I am in row 27 Upper Holte K5 and NEVER sit during a game, just feels wrong. I become much more engaged with the game whilst standing compared to sitting, mind you I feel knackered after the final whistle - feel like I have played for 90 mins
  10. I really must find the time to start listening into this gem of a program
  11. A mate of mine at work suggested that I go shopping at the supermarket at the busiest time and try and pay with a combination of vouchers (some of them out of date and the wrong brand of supermarket) and cash (mainly coins) and not quite having enough to pay for the shopping. Meanwhile the queue gets longer and longer with very annoyed customers . It what oldies do isn't it ???
  12. Well I started my apprenticeship as a marine engineer in 1974 when I was 16, coinciding with Villa's centenary. Now 50 years later, it seems perfect for me at 66 in June and Villa 150 years old! I think its important to keep mentally and physically fit as well as having interests outside work. But I guess the first working day of my retirement I will be thinking now what?......probably I will be waiting anxiously for my highlight of the day....."Bargin Hunt" I am going to volunteer for a day or so a week at my local hospital in Bury St Edmunds. It is certainly going to be different, so if anyone who has retired has any advice then I would welcome it !
  13. Well I have decided to retire at the end of this month, so next Thursday is my last day of work (I hope). I turn 66 in June and am fairly healthy and run 5km Parkrun's on Saturdays. My Mum is 90 this year and although has lost a lot of mobility she still fortunately has no signs of dementia. My Dad (Holte Ender in the Sky), died of cancer before he reached 71. The thing is none of us know what's round the corner, my old man was 68 and fit as a fiddle 2 1/2 yrs later gone... I just hope to be able to drive the 2 hr journey to VP and back and be able to stand with the mad buggers at the back of the Upper Holte in K5 for as long as I can.
  14. Reported that Steve Harley of Cockney Rebel has died, only 73....
  15. Just checked in to Star City Holiday Inn Express and there are at least 6 cars in the carpark with Netherland reg plates and a couple of Ajax supporters checking in. Thought it would easier to fly than drive....
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