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Didn’t we have a nibble at him before he went to Palace and the feeling was he didn’t want to leave London. Also, I have a feeling he’s made of glass. When he’s on form though, he’s great. Not sure where he fits in our first team but he’s a great player.

Giant sized? Looked average size to me

CNN reporting that Haley is exiting the race today. Surprised she stayed in it so long.

When you are in a Directors meeting and make a hilarious quip at your boss's expense just as your connection glitches. Ten seconds later you reconnect and you don't know if they found it funny or if you're getting a call from HR.

And they'll be holding it out directly in front of their gobs, apprentice-style.

I know it’s really easy to do voxpops that make one side look stupid but….

None of us talk about moderation. Ever. Under any circumstances. Probably.

Could have been worse:

As a modern man, I do my own laundry. One thing that never ceases to amaze me is that whatever pair of trousers go in to the washing machine, every single time they come out with one leg inside out. What kind of black magic is going on in there?

As a previous winner, I can say with certainty, it is but a fleeting joy to win. Not one single person will care. Well, apart from whoever was 2nd!

100%. Completely stand-alone story.

Beale. Sunderland. See any connection?

No but an AirTag is going in the car tonight.

Thankfully the concierge is a good guy. Always goes out of his way to help us with things. Possibly related to the large tip he gets every Christmas. If there's cctv footage, he'll find it. Unless, of course, he's the one that took my car out for a spin!

Have reported it to the Met. I suspect the reference is all I'll get there. Will be reporting to the DVLA but apparently they only take written submissions so nothing will happen quickly there. On the hunt for CCTV from the place I was parked. It's at the other half's place - secure underground residents parking (although how secure remains to be seen!). Hopeful the concierge might be able to look up the footage. The PCN came from a private company and their blurb said I had 28 days from issue of the ticket to appeal. Clearly they wait until day 29 before the issue the letter. I will plead extenuating circumstances and see what difference that makes. Let's see how this goes.

Could have sworn we had a consumer advice thread somewhere but seem unable to locate it, so I'm sticking it here for now. (Mods, feel free to move if there's somewhere better for this to sit). Received in the post this morning, a £100 fine for not having paid a parking ticket last month. So far, so normal, except I've never been to the place where the parking infraction took place. At the date/time the ticket was issued, I was working at home, with my car in view through the window the whole time. The photo evidence provided is the same make, model and colour as mine and the registration matches but there's simply no way it could have been me. Annoyingly, there's no particularly identifying features on my car to distinguish from the one in the photo. I'm guessing if I contest it saying "It wasn't me, Guv", they'll give me a fairly swift response of "don't care, pay up". So, I could pay the fine as I don't have time for the hassle but I'm not sure what other options I have. Any suggestions?

I mean, that would be the sensible thing to do but I do think they’ve jumped the shark now. There are seemingly few sensible voices in the party and they’ve spent so long lying and confecting unnecessary culture wars that I’m dubious they have it in them. Their path is set and they appear to genuinely think their actions are supported by vast swathes of the country.

A few years ago, it was my go-to social media. I followed nice people who had good intentions and posted good things (imo). Since the muskrat took over it’s got progressively worse. My “following” feed is nonsense, mostly from people I’m not actually following. Many of the people I followed in the past are still posting but I never see their posts unless I go looking. I hardly ever use it these days. I’m convinced it will be in text books in years to come, cited as the biggest sabotage of a useful thing.

I'd not realised he was Turkish until the other day when I was in Istanbul and walked past one of his restaurants (by the Galata Tower). It had a big cardboard (perspex) cut-out of him on the street outside with him standing in that deformed t-rex stance. Restaurant was pretty much empty every one of the dozens of times I walked past it.

I came in earlier to post that and saw you'd just beaten me to it. What a chancer.

One of my favourite German players.

NGL, I’d totally wear them if it weren’t for who is selling them.

Heading over at the back end of the summer to watch the US College football game with the missus as her Alma mata is playing. Seems Airbnb’s aren’t cheap. any recommendations for slightly cheaper parts of town to stay? Suspect we won’t have a whole heap of time there so will probably do the Kilmainham and Storehouse tours. Her first time over there - what else is a must-do? Oh and any fancy restaurants would be appreciated. I’ve a hankering for abrakebabra but I doubt she’ll be keen.

Looked to me that they drew the line from Watkins’ foot. Need to see that again.