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Have they got something against Shrewsbury?

I love a good tactical battle, but Selby bores the sh*te out of me.

Maybe a little Spielberg Easter egg.

Me too, or so I thought until the docs phoned today and said wait until you speak to the dr in a weeks time, due to an allergic a few back that they couldn't work out.

Tbh i do this. Mainly when it's some old dear who sat behind for a few mins on a country lane and as I'm a tall barsteward I can see over the hedges. Although I have had it done to me while I'm driving when it hasn't been that safe, usually by the 2 guys sitting 2 abreast on a narrow road, utter words removed.

Indeed this. I get on almost daily basis to our village. 4 / 5 miles where they could easily do 50-60 but sit at 40 then straight through the village at 40. I'm sure it's these tools that cause accidents because they're blissfully unaware of what is actually going on around them.

Snowing quite heavily on the south staffs / Shropshire boarder. Brrrrr, Will be putting the fire on soon.

The analogy I tend to use is: use of standard operational apps (word/outlook/gmail etc) is like the use of a electric oven (kind of expected that you can use it) if you don't know how to cook with it you'd read the manual and/or cook book not call the store/warranty helpline or local repair guy. It's something you need to know to do your jobs so in this case the manual is MS/apple user guides or google. If you want someone to show you how to cook with your oven hire a chef. A business needs to know what they want from app support/training on top of supporting the underlying tech eg. Get a dedicated app support person if that's what you want/need. Although I spend a chunk of my day on things that are not my job, yes its annoying but I kind of enjoy it as it tends to end up that I learn new things that can then be applied elsewhere.

Was in a meeting with the CEO of one the business units we support who was bitching about a couple of large IT projects they wanted/needed doing but didnt want to fund so wanted them done as Business As Usually by the IT team. My boss who's usually a very well spoken fellow turns to him and says "if you need that done how about I go down to Smith's and get some pens and paper because that's f**king cheap". They've not underfunded a project since.

Who's it to be then?

Spag 'n bol

Birches road, Codsall if you want head

Been saying this for years. There needs to be a path for players to get to refereeing. Currently it's an old boys self preservation club who all started off as too shit to even play u14s football.

My phone woes are the Head of HR yet again "approving" an Iphone for a memeber of her staff when she has been explicitly told that we do not support them.

Could you go down the mdm route?

I've enforced a strict 4 stage software rollout, UAT get it, then a larger focus group and then the rest in 2 groups. They have no choice it happens. We do have a well documented back out process though. Works so well the internal dev team are now using a similar approach to the different instances of their apps. Tough shit users it's happening. Back on topic - fecking users and having to tell them Yes I do work in IT and yes I can probably resolve your issue. But please dont teams/email me directly as there is a process and plenty of people can sort that issue before I hear about it.

Reading that back I've not been that helpful. Tbh there are so many options of decent bikes that you'll probably be happy with whatever you get, whether it Gravel or Hybrid. Although this comes from someone who now has 5 bikes. Just have fun riding.

I'd agree with @LondonLax and @darrenm that a gravel type bike is a great alround option. Will let you ride on the road and do trails and some mild off road, probably the stuff you'd do with the family. Really depends on what surfaces and the type of distance you want to do, at what speed. Also what feels right for you to sit on to some extent will make your choice. (But remember you can do a lot to adjustment) My personal preference is go for the most expensive frame with a cheaper gears/brake set as those but will get replaced first if you do any sort of distance. But if you're not doing a lot of miles then a more balanced frame vs gears/brakes will be better.

I agree something needs to be done. It starts at grass roots refereeing. There needs to be a push to get people into refereeing that have a better fundamental understanding of how the game is played. In general the kids who start to do more refereeing are the ones that aren't quite good enough to play, so ref more. Then to progress you have to brown nose the 'more experienced' refs that asses you and help you move through the leagues. It's about towing the line, being chums with them, selling the most raffle tickets for xmas party and going with the missus. They discuss why they were right not how they can do things better. It's no wonder the quality is sh*te. If there were a referees academy that picked up... slightly older kids eg. that didn't quite get pro contracts but had played to a higher level, pros from lower leagues and/or players who had retired early etc and put them I through the exam and had a path to high level refereeing, then they're might be hope. It would mean refs knew a little more about playing, may be able to keep up with the pace of the game, and it break up the current status quo. I would need support from the leagues and the current PGMOL and RA would be right royally pissed off but unless someone challenges them were fubar'd forever.

The real problem is sh*t referees are sh*t referees whether they are on their own in the middle of the pitch, in a group in a van somewhere or looking at a monitor. At least it is palatable when they are making decisions in real time and there is that aspect of error due to the pace of the game. VAR doesn't get to the route of the problem, yes there are ways that it could be improved eg. Challenges like in cricket/tennis and increasing visibility like publishing the audio etc. However the whole structure of refereeing needs looking at, from where new young referees are attracted from, the route of progression and on going improvement. But them changing things would be like Turkey's voting for Christmas.

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Looks cracking. Ordered one of these for next week

The strapping has just come off. Hmm. Let's hope it's not anything serious.

I've no problem with ebike for commuting and around town, an excellent idea if it gets people out of cars and doing some exercise. But the amount of words removed tanking round the cannock chase mtb trails on them is unbelievable.