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Andre Green came off the bench today for Portsmouth and scored the winner.

16 minutes ago, Stevo985 said:

That HBO Brexit movie is on on Monday (in the UK). The one with Cumberbatch playing this guy Cummings.

Should be interesting

Not available over here until the 20th unfortunately

Dominic Cummings who ran the Leave campaign explains why leave won.

Worth a watch. Clear & concise.

1 minute ago, chips'ngravy said:

Although when you look at it you see Hutton flying in, which at first seems like a valiant effort but then you wonder why he's over on the left when he's playing right-back.

 

He was playing left center back.

2 minutes ago, Darth Villa said:

We can still make the play-offs but the vibe around the club is turning shit. Dean Smith has to really earn his money now, Jesus needs to deliver a miracle too..

See ya later FACup!

Just now, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Praise Henry then he does that ffs.

Horrendous tackle mate.

Smart foul - They were breaking on us - took one for the team

I would have liked the keeper to have at least got something on that.

Not sure what has happened to the crisp 1 and 2 touch passing we saw when Smith 1st got here. It's none existent now.

It's being shown in the US on ESPN+ for US fans (and others who are more of a deviant persuasion) 

2 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

What I meant was, if you're Joe Average with no money in the UK, and you get diagnosed with cancer, you go to the doctors, assume you'll get treatment, and hope you'll survive. But what if you're the same guy in the US? If you can't pay, is that the end of it - crawl off and die? 

So much of it is access to information. Knowing what your rights are and what you can and can't get and then demanding it. No-one is going to just give you free health care even if you are entitled to it. You have to fight for everything. Luckily my friend I mentioned above ran his wife's law office and they were both educated and smart enough to know what they were entitled to.

On the US thing, once you get on Medicade over here at 65 (if you can make it that far!) you can pay an extra monthly fee (which is not extortionate) of maybe $200/300 per month. This bumps into a really good health coverage plan. As the plans cover everyone over that age the prices that are negotiated by the government are really good and essentially any hospital in the country will treat you.

A very good friend of mine was diagnosed with lung cancer a few years ago. He didn't like his specialist in Florida so he decided to go to M.C. Anderson in Houston which is one of the best cancer treatment centers in the world. Now he could afford to fly there and stay in a hotel for all of his treatment but the point is that he never even saw a bill for everything including chemo and a surgery. 4 years clear now 

6 minutes ago, Chindie said:

As for cancer...

My family has a generic disorder called FAP (fnarr). It causes the bowel to develop increased levels of polyps, small growths that everyone will get a few of in their lifetime. The disorder increases this significantly and in turn increases bowel cancer rates. The disorder almost certainly killed my grandfather, who died when my dad was just a teenager in the 60s. My dad was diagnosed with bowel cancer when I was only 13 or so, and had to have part of his bowel removed. My sister had to have the same done, as has one of her children. Thankfully I've been tested and I don't have the gene actively, I only carry it, meaning should I have children they would be at risk.

The condition probably lead to my dad dying a few years ago. That was something I don't think I would wish on anyone, and seeing him at the end was horrific. Leading up to it, bearing in mind my mom suddenly died a few months earlier, he went downhill rapidly, losing lots of weight, losing his mental capacity, losing control. A week before he died I went on a trip with him to buy something. He got lost. Clearing the house after he died we found notes he'd made. My dad had very distinct handwriting - practical notes in a very blocky uniform capitals, more formal stuff in a very intricate joined script, almost like he'd done it with a fountain pen or quill or something. The notes we found looked like they'd been written by someone with severe Parkinson's, wobbly jittery letters barely legible. A couple of weeks before he died he tried to fix the strap on my work bag, which had broken as I walked through the middle of Manchester. He couldn't hold a screwdriver. The frustration was clear as he tried to do something so simple.

We had to drag him to see someone in the end. The doctor basically said to him he was so unwell if he didn't go to hospital they would note he specifically refused. He never came out, and I think he knew he wouldn't. He'd given up after mom died.

On the day he died, we all were doing some errands he'd got set up. He called me while we were out that morning, to say he was going to be taken for an investigatory procedure. I said we'd see him later that afternoon. When my brother and I arrived he wasn't right. He wasn't paying attention, didn't seem able to follow the conversation and was in some discomfort. As we left we asked the nurse if he was ok, and they gave him a couple of paracetamol in a cup. He just sat there holding the cup. We went to see my sister afterwards, to tell her to expect him to be bad when she went in the evening.

That evening I got a text from my sister telling me to come to the hospital. When I got there he was basically gone. Still alive, but gone. He didn't respond to anything. Apparently one of the low level staff had told my sister to call family when he walked past. They moved him to his own room, and we stood there for hours, with him staring at the ceiling, not blinking, occasionally shaking his head or shifting his body, making this horrible grunting noises and breathing heavily. Occasionally we had to leave as they cleaned him up. They sent him for a scan, then we stood there for hours longer watching him deteriorate, while we waited for someone to see us. When they finally did they just told he was riddled with cancer and they didn't know if he'd be dead in hours or weeks. It was 3am at this point, we were all exhausted and mentally done, so made the decision we'd go home to get a few hours sleep, and return early in the morning. We'd watched Mom die a few months earlier and that was horrible.

He was dead when we got back, at 7. I'm still ashamed of that.

Sorry to read that Chindie. Those experiences can be extremely traumatic. Don't be ashamed though, you did your best with the information you had.

1 hour ago, Xela said:

The last Wimpy I saw was at Sandbach services (or Knutsford, can't be sure). Its a Maccies or Burger King now. 

Anyone remember this Mr. Wimpy?

The Ci$y keeper came for a ball on the penalty spot a minute ago (which he missed.)

But for the goal stayed on his line for the cross which was in his 6 yard box. Bizarre

Is it on Netflix? @sne

3 hours ago, tonyh29 said:

is this another one of those adverts where the wife is out playing rugby or something to show look at us we don't do gender roles , we just do  condescending and in our adverts the dad looks after the child but only after detailed instructions from rugby mum ..  but obviously he can't cook alphabet spaghetti so we are going to show him ordering a take away

8 hours ago, AVTuco said:

I want the Albert of Fall 2017 back.

That's when Davis was playing number 9, holding up the ball and bringing other players into things.

7 hours ago, AJ said:

A World Cup in a country with hardly a football culture, questionable safety, poor infrastructure to manage, highly likely gained from corruption, and disruptive to domestic leagues around the world is the real sintax error.

Reboot.

They hate the gays too.

Just now, Dave-R said:

Well that puts it to rest then doesn't it, that's great news for us bad brews for all those teams Tammy is going to bang away at.

Just now, TheStagMan said:

Horrible time wasting cheating bastards.

 

But we look devoid of ideas. We need an injection of something this window, bit i am not sure what.

Performance enhancing drugs would be a start

Maybe we can squeak 6th if we get the right people in?

We’re just playing hit and hope now.

no composure.