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I’d forgot he was involved with the old Orient Ladies team that Ling binned off.

RIP Mike. He’d often come to games in his leathers, riding up from the Sussex Coast on his motorbike. And he did a good stint on the LOFT ctte in the Hearn years. Would often have a chat with him in the Supps Club, and met him for some Kent & Sussex non-league action a couple of times. In boardi...

At least that horrible sexpest Danczuk (another ex-Labour MP now standing for Reform) got dicked.

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus blwyddyn yma! St David sounds a bit of a miserable local: a teetotaling veggie who insisted his monks lived an ascetic life. Nice little cathedral, though. Oh well, the daffs are out already and we’ve still got some overwintered leeks in the veg beds, so we’re all sorted. Anyone...

Stan1972 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:49 pm Blackpool Tues
Always been a bogey side for us

Wellens is a bit of a player hero up there, I believe. Was in the playoff final side that dicked us 4-2 in Cardiff (and won a couple of Paint Pots with them). Will his toy-throwing antics today see him off the touchline on Tues?

Neil Kulkarni, melody maker journalist. RIP Only 51 as well, the poor bugger. I don’t remember his work on Melody Maker, when he rubbishing much Britpop as Landfill Indie and championing Hip Hop instead, but liked his contributions to the Chart Music podcast with other old muso hacks [Each episode ...

I recently won 2nd prize in one of Dunnem’s fantastic competitions, and sure enough my prize was 2 copies of Pandamonium. My problem is that the 2 copies of Panda were the same bloody issue, and now I want to know if I have potential redress against the Ginger One over this dreadful mis-selling of a...

I believe Waity Katie is also under the knife, so baldy Wills will have his hands full with childcare*

So who will be in interim charge of The Firm? Queen Cammy, or horsey Anne I reckon.

*probably not, eh?

Happy Holidays, all. I think I may have weened myself off my Orient addiction. Almost 2 years now without seeing The O’s live. Not even the potential methadone of streaming tempts me. Miss catching up with old friends at games, but that’s about it. But still 1st result I look for, and browse here af...

Mine’s because I love a nice pair of slacks. Preferably Farah with a lovely crisp crease.

Gonna fry up some latkes later, but that’s it. Might dig out the menorah for the 8th night - think it’s in a storage box with the, er, Christmas decs.

Apart from the slightly negative effects of fiscal drag on income tax thresholds, because I don’t pay NI on my company pension income, it’s not really affected me. Mrs Slacks is self-employed, so no big deal for her either.

If you’ve never seen The Apu Trilogy by Indian director Satyajit Ray, try and find it. Was on ITVX, of all places, recently, but think it’s dropped off their stream again now.

I was rather surprised to see plucky underdog England win relatively easily v an ‘off-day’ Argentina, and agree Wales were lucky to squeak past the much improved Fiji.

You should spare a thought for the second home owners down our way, who have previously dodged Council Tax by offering their bolthole gaff for holiday lets a few times a year, declaring their running costs as expenses and therefore a ‘business’ loss, so avoiding any business rates as well. Now, unle...

ComeOnYouOs wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 3:55 pm …Evans has a curse on us. We've never beat a team he's been manager of. I looked last week at various football websites, and we've never beaten an Evans team. Looks like that will continue…

Really? That’s an incredible stat over the years and clubs Evans has managed v us, if true.

Keeping an eye on my local team (Haverfordwest County -owned by an O’s fan as it happens) in the Euro Conference Tinpot Thingy, I spotted that Odubajo has been playing for a Greek Club: Aris of Thessaloniki (drew away with Ararat Armenia tonight). That move from QPR in ‘22 completely passed me by…

The womens singles final was a let down, mainly because the popular and aggressive Jabeur got very tight after not taking advantage of her opponents nervy start, and couldn’t then work out how to deal with Vondrousova’s defensive baseline game where she slowed the ball down using backspin a lot. I’m...

We’ve had a few faddy kitchen gadgets over the years. The spiraliser soon got binned rather than cluttering up the larder after the novelty of bland courgetti spaghetti wore off pdq. Still not learnt the lesson, though, as I’m tempted to get an air fryer, though (50 quid in Aldi at the mo). But I su...

Proposition Joe wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 11:25 am There was a thread on Mumsnet a while ago where someone said they washed their bog brush in the dishwasher and everyone, justifiably, went mental.

Read about that and had a chuckle.

Has anyone bought up The Turd In Trap Three yet?

Blimey. Pammy has re-emerged after being awol even more than me.

Anyways, Chipmunk OXO flavour were a childhood favourite that I could only find in the Fullwell Cross Baths Cafeteria. Long gone but not forgotten.

You normally know your onions so I’m glad you feel positive, Conkles.

I try to have 3 days a week off the booze to give the liver a rest (and mostly succeed), and usually only have 1 beer and 1 red wine on other days, except when out out maybe once or twice a month. Plus knocking the occassional tab on the head a few years back (was only ever a pack a day guy in my 20...

Unexpected good news. Alleviates my suspicion O’s might struggle with the step up at bit more.