Mandy Lifeboats

1 hour ago, Xela said:

We had a black and white portable as well, which I eventually had in my room. 

Me too. I had a black and white portable to watch Blakes Seven which clashed with something the adults wanted to watch.  

I would watch the TV whilst in the bath.  The TV was on top of a washing basket next the the bath.  In those days electrocution was considered character building. 

27 minutes ago, Xela said:

Moved into this thread...

A treat for me as a kid was a trip to Oldbury Toys R Us! From memory it was bigger than the Dale End city centre one. 

I drove along the M5 today.  I commented to Mrs Lifeboats that we still refer to J2 as the "Toys R Us" junction. 

7 minutes ago, Genie said:

Another way of looking at it, Russia stormed into its neighbour and within days claimed a huge part of the country (the bit it wanted). It created a new border that has barely been penetrated in 2 years despite billions of dollars of donations of Western military hardware and intelligence being thrown at it

 

Err....

Russia seized Kherson, held a rigged vote and adopted it as part of Russia.  

Putin proudly boasted that Kherson was now part ot Russia "forever".  Six weeks later Russia ran away. 

The Western Military hardware and intelligence might have contributed a tiny bit. 

Russia had Ukraine surrounded on 3 sides.  Russia had the bigger army with more modern equipment.  Russia had a large navy and a large airforce.  Ukraine had virtually no navy or airforce.  Nearly 2 years later Russia has managed to take some of Ukraine, lose 40% of the Black Sea fleet and still hasn't got air supremacy, lost maybe 200,000 troops and crashed its economy.  That's clearly a military lacking something and/or running short of things. 

It's not being widely reported but Turkey has agreed to open the Black Sea to UK and US warships.  

The Russian Black Sea fleet is significantly weakened and in real danger if it ventures far from Crimea.  The US already has a carrier fleet in the eastern Mediterranean. A small part of it could be in the Black Sea in days. 

A US fleet sitting in the Black Sea will be deeply embarrassing for Putin. Especially when his fleet doesn't even leave port to shadow it.  

18 minutes ago, sidcow said:

What was it like in the war Mike? 

Lots of Zulu. 

Vietnam beat the US by building a series of small interconnecting tunnels that emerge in the US goal.  

Switzerland passes a law that makes it compulsory for every male over 18 to keep football boots at home. 

North Korea v South Korea has a halftime break of 50 years. 

Israel v HAMAS begins well for the visiting team.   But after a bright start they beg for halftime to be imposed after 10 minutes.  

Italy change ends at half time.  Just like WW2. 

Questions -

1. Are alliances allowed?  I am pretty sure that a NATO team would beat a Russia/China/North Korea/Iran team.  But a Brazil/Argentina alliance would be tricky.  

2. Are France allowed to forfeit the match after 15 minutes and leave the UK to see out the rest of the first half until the US to arrive at half time? 

Just now, HalfTimePost said:

We should get an Automated Mod like on Reddit, that appears whenever somebody says what the Odds on something are that just says "Odds don't mean anything, other than its what people are most parting with their money on"

Or one that explains that a joke post isn't necessarily factually accurate? 

Frank Caprio - US Judge who puts on a wig and calls himself Judy on TV

Chris Rea - Not driving home for Christmas 2024

Scott Steiner  - Roid rage ex-wrestler

James Whale - Complete twit

Mike Harding - Northern comedian 

1 minute ago, villan95 said:

I thought Cooper was being linked with the Palace job, why would he take these lot on? 

I thought <insert name here> was linked with a part time Mcdonalds night shift job, why would he take this lot on? 

Steve Cooper is odds on favourite.  

For a man who played 4 games for Rhyl...................its a bit of a step down. 

38 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

If we applied international law to those leaders, I reckon that would probably do the trick without having to blow up buildings and take a few people with them.

International law is pointless unless the relevant country agrees with the ruling OR other countries are willing to intervene and enforce the court judgement using military force.  

Let's hope Rooney is NOT the worst performing manager they have this season.  

18 hours ago, sne said:

Ex AC/DC drummer Colin Burgess 77

Choked on vomit. Not his. 

"Until this box is opened the cat could be perceived as both dead and alive."

MEOW

"You b******d Tiddles." 

"Get orf muy laaaaaand"

3 hours ago, Genie said:

Are Russia a mess or super powerful? I can’t keep up.

They are the world's largest country with a large population and massive stocks of gas, oil, raw materials and agricultural land.  

But they squander all of that and are a third world country of you exclude Moscow and St Petersburg from the statistics. 

Moscow thinks its a super-power.  If it didn’t have nukes it wouldn't be. 

2 hours ago, Demitri_C said:

Yeah kind of what im thinking.  It was good but the view wasnt great from where i was sitting. And was watching the screen alot so whats point 

Also the getting home was the worst thing for me. That was a **** nightmare 

Reading it hasnt sold as well as last year but the tickets have gone on sale alot sooner

Sitting at home I get a better view, cheaper drinks, better food and a more comfortable seat.  Its a no brainer for me. 

I'll only change my mind if they give me a shot at the Championship........extreme rules.  I'm thinking of utilising a shotgun. 

7 hours ago, Demitri_C said:

Yeah i looked direct 

Went cheaper in ticketmaster after you both put up.

You guys going,?

No. 

These events are much better viewed on TV.  

16 hours ago, Demitri_C said:

Just had a look for all in 2024 curious to see what tixket pricea were. Cheapest one i could find is £300! Yeah **** off tony profiting off people with those prices

Ticketmaster still has plenty at £27. 

These guys are a comedy country music group.   

Their rendition of "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas is just wonderful.  

1 hour ago, Mic09 said:

If this was staged, and was a CIA operation, why would Oswald want to call anyone once arrested?

Surely they would have made a plan for such a scenario? Would he want to contact CIA following the shooting? 

As I said in my post - your questions can never be answered with any certainty.  We don't even know if he knew the true identity of the person he called.  

But I can think of hundreds of reasons why Oswald would want to call his contacts following his arrest.  

But let me be clear. Oswald killed JFK.  Oswald was involved with the KGB and CIA.  I never said it was a CIA operation because it wasn't.  Oswald acted alone.