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Reply | Existence
at 00:00 31 Jan 2026
Could be onto something there, Numpty. Translates into Latin as ‘Spes Nulla Est’. Might just have it embroidered on my retro shirt. |
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Reply | Your top 3 films!
at 23:22 30 Jan 2026
Don’t mention the Four Year Plan. I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it. |
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Reply | Existence
at 22:52 30 Jan 2026
What about hope? |
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Reply | 14 units a week.
at 20:18 30 Jan 2026
Would have been in that order, too, in those days. |
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Reply | 14 units a week.
at 18:36 30 Jan 2026
The OP speculates that Royal Navy recruitment might be affected by the new 14-unit per man rule. But why not look on the bright side? Wouldn’t this provide new opportunities for an updated version of the press gangs, modelled perhaps on the noble methods pioneered by ICE in the USA? Every cloud has a silver lining. |
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Reply | 14 units a week.
at 18:11 30 Jan 2026
My first proper job was trainee computer operator at a life assurance company in the City back in the 70’s. The interview concluded with the Shift Leader asking if I drank and played football (they had a works team). I answered in the affirmative and was offered the job there and then. |
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Reply | 14 units a week.
at 01:56 30 Jan 2026
What Shall We Do With A Mildly Intoxicated Sailor? |
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Reply | 14 units a week.
at 01:09 30 Jan 2026
May I recommend Senior Service instead? If at first you don’t succeed etc. |
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Reply | Existence
at 00:45 30 Jan 2026
Is this the Coventry match thread? |
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Reply | Your top 3 films!
at 23:11 29 Jan 2026
A thumbs-up for ‘This Happy Breed’ from me, too. Seems to be on quite a lot on some of these nostalgic Freeview channels. The house that features in the film is in Alderbrook Road, Clapham. My snapshot ‘top three’ is …
1. All The President’s Men
2. Get Carter
3. Kind Hearts & Coronets
It may well be different tomorrow! |
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Reply | 14 units a week.
at 22:47 29 Jan 2026
Bring back rum, sodomy and the lash! |
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Reply | EFL Panini sticker album
at 23:54 27 Jan 2026
No, but I’m doing my badges! LFW never ceases to amaze me. When I woke up this morning I could never have imagined that Mohamed Maaroufi’s splendid goatee was about to receive such public adulation (nor, I suspect, did Mohamed Maaroufi). |
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Reply | EFL Panini sticker album
at 23:36 27 Jan 2026
That ‘awful chewing gum’ takes me back. Thin, brittle strips as I recall. I still have my collections of Beatles, Man From U.N.C.L.E and Battle cards from the 60’s, which contained the stuff. The Battle cards were rather gruesome, featuring horrific scenes from WW2. The one depicting a doomed German sailor desperately trying to open the sealed hatch of his diving U-boat, while being machine-gunned by an Allied fighter plane, gave me nightmares for weeks. One of my classmate’s mums launched an unsuccessful campaign to get them banned.
As mentioned above, I still have my Esso 1970 World Cup Coin Collection, the Esso 100 Years of Football Coin Collection (1872-1972 featuring all the FA Cup winners in that period) and a set of all the Football League club badges (minus Charlton Athletic if anyone’s got a spare one!) |
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Reply | EFL Panini sticker album
at 22:12 27 Jan 2026
I suspect this may be a trick question as I’m pretty sure footballing beards weren’t such a thing then. I consulted my Esso 1970 World Cup Coin Collection to get a general sense of hirsuteness based on the England squad. While I observed a good number of bushy sideburns, there didn’t appear to be any beards or moustaches (the pressings do lack detail though TBF). I can’t believe there were no beards at Mexico 70, however, so I’ll go with one. What’s more, I’ll venture to suggest that Morocco was the team involved. |
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Reply | Mbenge
at 08:52 25 Jan 2026
Don’t leave, James! QPR will change for you. They really, really mean it this time. |
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Reply | Just back
at 08:38 25 Jan 2026
There’s no ‘single’ reason for that collapse but Mbengue’s rush of blood to the head goes a long way to explaining it IMO. |
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