AndyC

Matlock and bakewell are great places for a weekend if you are in the midlands 

You can move the address bar back to the top in safari. Can’t quite remember how but it was simple, YouTube or Google will tell you. 

4 minutes ago, Mic09 said:

Sweet, is it usually empty-ish if we arrive 1:30hrs before the game? 

Yeah you will be fine at that time. It’s £8

Power league car park, it’s a good 20 min walk though but after the game you are walking clear of the traffic and get away fast 

1 minute ago, darrenm said:

To be fair you said "not true at all". That implies you're rejecting the entire concept of extra costs when you're actually saying it's something in the middle?

**** me I’ll go back and edit the post then lol. Do you do this in the pub, analyse every sentence to pick it apart - no. 
 

it’s obvious what I meant, the bbc statement is not correct and then I went on to explain my thoughts behind that. Anyone with half a brain could see the work I explained we had done had costs associated to it and that I meant the costs are not scary. 

4 minutes ago, bickster said:

You should read what you wrote, when claiming something was wrong, you actually presented annecdotal evidence of it being correct

Seriously are you going down this road. I didn’t say there was 0 cost, I said the bbc comment wasn’t true. You see this a lot on this forum, people pick other people’s posts apart word for word desperate to discredit them - bad form from an “admin” 

2 minutes ago, bickster said:

I didnt realise I should have been reading the news metaphorically.

You should read the news with a pinch of salt! 

2 hours ago, bickster said:

You just said it wasn't true then proved it was true

Not really, you’re taking it literally, of course there’s costs, but the BBC have greatly exaggerated it. 

1 hour ago, chrisp65 said:

It’s not true there’s extra costs and extra work, four of you have been working on it?

Was it voluntary work in your spare time?

You’ve designed out the extra paperwork....someone else is going to do it.

Will you be avoiding lorry jams at ports by only using trucks and docks?

You are Dominic Raaab, and I claim my £5.

I don’t doubt for a second that for each individual transaction the changes for the vast majority of goods will be minimal, negligible even. But to suggest it’s easy, done and dusted and only a problem due to profiteering haulage companies is a bit of a stretch. But equally, if that is true, I’d love for you to expose this racket in the press. I’d imagine there’s a fair few newspapers and tory MP’s would love to have a chat and a photo op..

 

 

 

No need to be pedantic, we haven’t worked on it solid as a team, it’s really not been much work at all, like any project in business there are costs associated. The media didn’t make a fuss over the US anti dumping tax hitting UK businesses that import from China and sell on to the US, that hit business worse than what Brexit will. 

In the case of Brexit it really is not that bad to get your goods across the border come January.  There’s no racket from the haulage companies, it’s not illegal lol, the declaration is required and they are charging companies for their time to complete them on your behalf - who wouldn’t? 

On 24/12/2020 at 22:39, sidcow said:

BBC just reported that UK firms will now need to fill in 200 million extra customs forms cost of £7bn per year. 

Not true at all. Where I work we export £1mil of goods into the EU every year. I’ve been one of a team of 4 working on making sure we are Brexit ready. All we’ve had to do is change our commercial invoice so it shows specific data, so basically changed the template. Extra/new cost comes from new FCA incoterms which makes the seller responsible for the Export Declaration which has the go with each shipment, these cost approx £20 a time and they are generated by the carrier on behalf of the seller, so the haulage companies are making money off these declarations! (Don’t tell you that on the bbc do they). We negotiated with our customers to consolidate shipment to increase efficiency, reduce the amount of export declarations and also save our customers transport costs.

We are ready to go now, our paperwork has been approved for use and our first shipments into France and Belgium are already booked for mid Jan. Trading with the EU will still be easier than trading with the US, that is another market I am familiar with as we export roughly the same amount of goods there. 
 

No way this will happen, the board and DS would have officially lost their minds if it does. Chasing nostalgia always ends in disappointment. 

Do we think there will be any half season  tickets available this season? I usually have one every season but all season ticket allocation is sold out already? 

On 08/10/2019 at 21:27, dubbs said:

@lapal_fan I know you haven't played this for ages but if you've still got it I'd suggest you have a go on the remake of Operation Metro.  It's insane,  great fun and just what this game needed. 

Agree with this. Excellent map remade into a classic. Trouble is for the casual player like me the map rotations are too big to get round to it. I usually play once per week for 2-3 hrs. Could do with more variations of servers. 

6 minutes ago, useless said:

We could conceivably go out and sign Cahill, Barry, Milner, Delph, and Benteke, they all know each other and the club so there'd be no settling in period.

None of these players fit the new management teams plans.

Benteke is poor at best these days, we all have fond memories of him but let's leave it at that and move on. 

1 hour ago, villa4europe said:

Is england the only place in the world where you pay for your drinks upfront at a bar? 

Honestly can't think of anywhere else I've done it 

Payed in advance in the USA plus tips for every beer purchased. 

I dont think signing ex villa players is this management teams style. 

What a way to tarnish the day and club, hopefully they will get caught and banned. 

Just donated to the just giving. It's not getting many views this thread can thr link go into the main forum? 

23 hours ago, Fight Like Lions said:

No thanks, amazed there was even a trophy. Parade would be totally small fry.

I was genuinely shocked as I was queuing to get into Wembley yesterday and my friend told me there is a trophy for the winner. For 3rd place I thought it would be medals for the players at the most.

Legend status achieved. Really looking forward to seeing what team he builds for the new season. Safe to say the days of aging past their best players on silly contracts is over. What a great day yesterday was, well done Dean. 

The 8.54 from Lichfield Trent Valley to Euston was busy when it pulled in with only standing room available, the platform was rammed full of villa and derby. The train only had 4 carriages so we were crammed in, couldn't even get my phone out my pocket. Nobody at Tamworth could get on and that platform was full as well. 

It was even worse on the way back but everyone was in good spirits including the derby fans, plenty of friendly banter and chatting. 

Managed 6hrs sleep. Here we go! 

1 hour ago, av1 said:

I went 'cheap and cheerful' with my choice of hotel so tonight I'll be sleeping Infront of the door with a bat. 

Long night for us all, even longer for you

Trying to sleep will be fun tonight 

Thanks

3 hours ago, Tomaszk said:

Yep three or four stops from Euston Square to Wembley Park. Then you get a nice walk down Wembley way with great view as well.

I would 100% recommend this route if you're heading into Euston. Use contactless card to tap in and out of the tube.

Thanks. How much is that journey?