Genie Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 I’m away for a week in October (unless the accommodation closes). Assuming it stays open I will still have 9 days annual leave so might break up for the end of (a shitty) year on the 11th December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted September 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2020 31 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: If you do not mind me asking what got you into the Villa in the first place, would not imagine the Barry fan club has too many members? It is that typical ‘relatives in the area’ reasoning. I’ve got Brummie relations and in particular an uncle who was on the fringes of the Stafford Rangers team back in the early 70’s. So weekends would be either watching him sit on a bench somewhere, or if he wasn’t in the team, and Villa were home, we’d go and watch them. Standing on the old Holte, as an 8, 9, 10 year old in the 70’s was magical. The romance of the communal swearing and the smell of fags, booze, chips and piss never left me. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Genie Posted September 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: chips and piss Still a better combination than fish and gravy 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Genie said: Still a better combination than fish and gravy Yeah, luckily for me the Villa ground was in the Midlands, not some Sodom and Gomorrah hell hole banjo duelling backwater. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted September 23, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: It is that typical ‘relatives in the area’ reasoning. I’ve got Brummie relations and in particular an uncle who was on the fringes of the Stafford Rangers team back in the early 70’s. So weekends would be either watching him sit on a bench somewhere, or if he wasn’t in the team, and Villa were home, we’d go and watch them. Standing on the old Holte, as an 8, 9, 10 year old in the 70’s was magical. The romance of the communal swearing and the smell of fags, booze, chips and piss never left me. fantasic, being of the same vintage myself they were indeed great days, your right everyone seemed to smell strongly of the booze/fags/chips/piss combo. Thinking about it we could be technically be classed as glory hunters 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 55 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: I just say I’m a glory hunting plastic and people accept it. I once (jokingly, of course) accused a sha fan of being a glory hunter just cos they'd stayed up (again) on the last day and he was banging on about it in the office. The look of sheer confusion on his inbred face was a picture. At least he remained quiet while his two brain cells tried to work out what i meant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: fantasic, being of the same vintage myself they were indeed great days, your right everyone seemed to smell strongly of the booze/fags/chips/piss combo. Thinking about it we could be technically be classed as glory hunters The first game I remember, is probably April ‘74, we beat Nottingham Forest, but I spent most of the time looking to the right, watching the charges by the police horses out on Wilton Lane. But to be honest, most of the memory from back then has just been morphed by re telling and re telling. But it was around about then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 31 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: But to be honest, most of the memory from back then has just been morphed by re telling and re telling. But it was around about then. Memory is probably a good one for this thread. I have been trying to remember my first game at Villa for a while, and I absolutely can't. I also can't remember people from the much more recent past. It is sometimes the source of arguments, as my missus tells me about how someone is doing that we used to work with in Hanoi, and I have to say I can't remember who she is, and then I get 'well she remembers you . . .'. I hate it, and quite concerned about 'what it means' with regard to memory loss. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted September 23, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2020 My OH gets very annoyed with me not knowing who people (particularly kids) are. Mainly because I don't give a shit. "Oh look at this picture of Dom, hasn't he got big?" "I don't know who that is" "It's Lyndsey's son!" "Who's Lyndsey?" 8 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 17 hours ago, chrisp65 said: **** outrageous that, people with kids wanting to take their holidays during the school holidays. What the **** is that about! Why don’t they take them a few weeks either side of the holidays when everything is half the price? You missed the point. The point was that it shouldn't be assumed or expected. I've had real problems taking days off in the holidays when I have had a genuine need for it - moving house for example and attending a funeral* *not on the same day, that would be too much. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted September 23, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 23, 2020 The solution to the holidays issue is obvious: I'll work during the holidays when school's out and you take the time off and take my kids with you on your vacation. Everyone wins! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Villan_of_oz Posted September 24, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) 23 hours ago, Stevo985 said: My OH gets very annoyed with me not knowing who people (particularly kids) are. Mainly because I don't give a shit. "Oh look at this picture of Dom, hasn't he got big?" "I don't know who that is" "It's Lyndsey's son!" "Who's Lyndsey?" I have the same problem, she'll tell me x amount of stories per week about various people and their kids and their lives and then she gets offended when at a later date I can't recall every detail. I only have so much room left in my brain for completely useless information, and I like to use this space for completely useless information that I find interesting. Like how long does it take a radio signal to reach Mars for example. Edited September 24, 2020 by Villan_of_oz 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Working from home has only heightened the problem with partners naming people you have no interest in or recollection of. We’ve sort of come to an agreement, that I’m happy to be told all about what Tina said to Mandy about Kevin in HR, on the understanding that I don’t actually have to listen and will never be asked to repeat any of it back, or ask after a health update on Greg’s mum. I just have to wait until it sounds like the bulletin is over, and make a noise to acknowledge that I received that bulletin. By the same token, I am at liberty to explain the recording techniques in mid 70’s Jamaican dub whenever I feel the need. I make it clear when I’ve finished my monologue by always ending with ‘...and I can burn you a copy, if you like?’ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 24, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 24, 2020 50 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Working from home has only heightened the problem with partners naming people you have no interest in or recollection of. We’ve sort of come to an agreement, that I’m happy to be told all about what Tina said to Mandy about Kevin in HR, on the understanding that I don’t actually have to listen and will never be asked to repeat any of it back, or ask after a health update on Greg’s mum. I just have to wait until it sounds like the bulletin is over, and make a noise to acknowledge that I received that bulletin. By the same token, I am at liberty to explain the recording techniques in mid 70’s Jamaican dub whenever I feel the need. I make it clear when I’ve finished my monologue by always ending with ‘...and I can burn you a copy, if you like?’ There was a meme going round not so long ago that sums it up that says "My boyfriend is the perfect person to gossip with about people from work because he doesn't know who any of them are and he wasn't listening anyway" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rodders0223 Posted September 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 I get told by my gaffer we are required to come into the office once a week and you're in x day next few weeks. "Okay" Me telling my team they are required to come in once a week and they're in x day for the next few weeks. "Can I swap with x can I do Tuesday the week after next can I work from home that week and come in 2 days the week after can I do a Saturday four weeks from next Halloween and have a three day weekend on my 50th in 2027" **** off. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 24, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 24, 2020 OK this complaint is in itself worthy of pissing people off, as somebody boringly does it every year, but... Saw my first Christmas stuff in Morrisons today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted September 24, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 24, 2020 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: OK this complaint is in itself worthy of pissing people off, as somebody boringly does it every year, but... Saw my first Christmas stuff in Morrisons today. I better get my Grinch costume dry cleaned then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 People who are sitting on public transport playing games, videos or listening to music or taking calls, without headphones connected. I am not a violent man, but sweet jesus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_75 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 5 hours ago, KenjiOgiwara said: People who are sitting on public transport playing games, videos or listening to music or taking calls, without headphones connected. I am not a violent man, but sweet jesus. Usually the yoof of today. A right good clip round the back of the head would do wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted September 25, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 25, 2020 People listening to music in public out loud in is undeniably annoying, particularly while commuting. However once last summer I was walking down the road and two young lads were heading towards me, one with his music blaring from his pocket, no headphones. As we got to within 10-15 yards of each other he, unprompted, turns it down while we pass. I then heard the volume go back up after a few more paces. Sometimes the little considerate gestures stick with you longer than the thoughtlessness of others. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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