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On the car parking thing (which is obviously emotive and it's not as a counterpoint to anyone's anecdotal stories), it just reminded me of a rather memorable moment from my now deceased friend's existance from a few years ago in our small town. So fairly well known as a mechanic and it's obviously a small pond here in rural Wales but everyone knew at the time this young man was able bodied. He was once seen using a disabled parking badge and quickly he was receiving dogs abuse from someone in the street for parking on a double yellow and using a disabled badge. Before he got the chance to reply much his new girlfriend appeared from the shops with her lovely daughter, who happened to have down syndrome, in tow and started to get in the car. Someone learned a humbling lesson that day about not jumping to conclusions or acting on false assumptions.

Currently reading Why I Write by George Orwell - a collection (4) of short essays. Currently on the second one The Lion and the Unicorn, written in 1940 with the obvious backdrop of the second world war. Fascinating and I don't know why I haven't read any Orwell before last year (or the year before I can't remember when I finally got round to reading 1984). I suppose the quote on the cover sums it up well

great timing for sunday afternoon whimsy @rjw63

Way to go Ruge. If we're proud of you your family must be even more so.

Not that it bothers me either way, but the little plus sign in a box to the left of the quote button @TRO, hit it on each quote you want to quote and it will put them all in one reply and you should be able to comment in between each one. Just for the record. Carry on.

The research by Cardiff Uni into bias (which has been quoted numerous times in this thread) in the BBC suggested it's quantifiable and not at all bad actors cherrypicking quotes from here and there to misrepresent what's really happening. In fact it also suggested that that is exactly what the BBC are guilty of when they start quoting 'balance' as a defense, sorry not defense, misdirection, when their coverage is questioned.

Solid 3rd for me behind TNG and Voyager, but it's massively underrated really despite the flaws. Garak, Gul Dukat, Quark and Martok are particularly great characters.

Massive chance for him.

If he's got the ball retention Dendonker lacks Emery might fancy a project. Unless it goes horribly wrong it can only increase his profile/sell on potential. Archer netted us £20m odd with a handful of appearances. If him and/or Bogarde can make the step up it would save us a lot of pennies.

Worf and the Defiant rocking up makes it loads more hardcore than the first few series. And there's so much of the universe in there - Cardassians, Ferengis, Bajorans, Dominion, Jem Hadar etc But it's one of the series MrsVM has no interest in or connection to. The doctors all over the place as a character, O'brien keeps getting the family written in and out, Klingons at war and then back in the fold, Jake is a weak character. Odo and the changelings just drags on and on. I kinda get why people don't love it.

It's the national sport this side of the magic line that's for sure. Public school boys like Eddie Butler and Alun Wyn Jones still exist of course they do. Llandovery, Monmouth and Christ College Brecon churn out some players, but it's mostly just a bunch of farmers kids and people from all the shitholes in the valleys comprehensive schools n that still playing rugby for Wales.

Been re-watching DS9. It's just absolutely all over the place really isn't it. Up to series 6.

bring me the horizon. Bit screamo-ey for me maybe but the teenage nephew actually is into a band. What's the VT lowdown?

She must have starred in that high budget 90's character film Pirates then.

When I went to see him in the Glee club in Cardiff a few years ago I got put directly under a speaker which was so loud I had ringing in my ears for 2 days afterwards. I considered leaving but as Id not bought earplugs I sat and watched him with my fingers in my ears. I know he saw me. I often wonder what he made of it.

I think I'm really clumsily saying we can't change the past but we can affect the future or something like that.

Existance can be bleak at times for sure. For things/issues/problems you can identify, perhaps there's also a little hope. Identifying what the thing nagging away at you is ultimately the first step in doing something about it - and we do have some agency in affecting our futures. We're not powerless against unfulfilled ambitions. I hope my joke in another thread didnt land too harshly the other day btw and I don't want to sound all sanctimonious or preachy etc. But to me the scars of trauma and the realities of society/existance are often things we need to find a way to carry with us in some way, because we are powerless to change them - the futility of war for example, childhood trauma and so on. But you're worthy of love. You could absolutely find companionship. The bad bit is you have to keep putting yourself out there and as someone who struggles with self worth and with motivation at times I empathise with the things that ultimately lead to inaction. I find myself frozen at times over the most seemingly mundane of things, but the crippling anxeity is very real when it hits. I don't know you or your circumstances, I have known friends to have crazily high expectations of perfect relationships and I don't know what the perfect companion is in your head, but lots of people are looking for companionship. If it's important to you, you'll find it, I reckon. I always um and ahh about posting these in a doubting myself kind of way. All I'm really trying to convey is hang in there mate. Things can be less shit.

I'm not sure on the rugby playing glory hunter, I think she can do better.

Am I right in thinking he'd primarily be in competition with Ramsey for that left sided position but can play the Bailey/Diaby role also?

Friday night game, didn't realise.Be nice to just keep beating Chelsea for a while tbh.

Welcome. See you in a bit now.

anyone checking for re-animation?

Bit windy. Leak in the flat. Thankfuly away from stuff.

34's no age, really, as someone fast approaching their 50's I'd say you have at least a couple of olympics left in you.