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Posted 03 Mar 2024 at 12:51

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I've had D & V all day today and my other half is claiming this as another victory in her war against me drinking. (She is weird, she doesn't like the taste!!)

To be fair to her, D&V is an acquired taste. 😉

We binged watched the complete second series of Kin yesterday evening. Started about 6pm finished in the early hours. I'm all gangstered out now.

Today, my grandson will be coming over to watch the Manchester derby. He's a Red Devil's fan. I fear he'll end up in tears. 😭

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Posted 03 Mar 2024 at 17:59

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Posted 03 Mar 2024 at 22:34

Got to be a cider for me, preferably Stowford Press.

Can say that I've been to many football games in my life. However, I am running an indoor rowing competition between 126 children from 8 primary schools in the morning!

Pass the ear defenders please! 🤣

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Posted 03 Mar 2024 at 23:51

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However, I am running an indoor rowing competition between 126 children from 8 primary schools in the morning!

What an oar-some start to the week. 🙂

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Posted 04 Mar 2024 at 12:08

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Hi Guys

I saw this thread and decided to join in as it is a really good idea. When you realise on all the posts that there is so much knowledge and I guess angst as well I think it is really important that we can all chat and hopefully have a bit of a laugh as well. I worked in mental health for years and despite what people say about men not wanting to talk about their problems I never found that the case. For some it maybe true but I think it is not true of most men. Loads of them opened up to me about their problems... however the ones that didn't did not do so well!!

I know that sometimes I can be a bit aloof and keep things tight to myself... but its not always a good thing to do. I really believe some find it more difficult to talk to women about their problems. I have never found that myself and probably the opposite. We are all different... thank goodness!! My lovely wife is so supportive but sometimes I do find it hard to tell her what I really am feeling.

The idea of a virtual pub/ cafe or whatever is good. We should keep this going and by the looks of it we will. Good luck to you all. We need it! Just going to pour a pint now. Imagine an emoji.

I went to see a counsellor when i first got diagnosed and i was so glad i had a woman. She was the first person ever to hear about my childhood after my wife. I could never have told an another man about the stuff i did. Ive learnt a lot since then and i dont feel i need to hide it now. It is part of me and shaped me to be who i am now but it certainly isn’t easy at first. It was so good to be able to actually talk about anything , no judgement.

Pub seems to be doing well , let’s hope we don’t get a Brewery trying to take over. Much better being Freehold 😂

Phil

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Posted 04 Mar 2024 at 12:47

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Pub seems to be doing well , let’s hope we don’t get a Brewery trying to take over. Much better being Freehold 😂

Bad start to the week.

One of my pond fish was floating dead in the water.

Went to the car rear offside puncture.

Got a letter from the taxman saying I owe him dosh.

Plus my TV's on the blink.

I'm pretty good at coping with major issues, like cancer, but a string of minor problems does my head in!

"I'll have a pint of Stella and a whisky chaser, please barman!"

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Posted 04 Mar 2024 at 12:54

"I'll have a pint of Stella and a whisky chaser, please barman!"

Blimey mate , doesn’t sound like your day 🤦‍♀️.

You probably need more than a Stella and chaser… 🤣

Ask the barman , he’ll know what could help …. 🤪

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Posted 04 Mar 2024 at 12:58

Got to be a cider for me, preferably Stowford Press.

Uh can’t do Cider. Although I worked in pubs from 8 years old and saw it all I still managed to get hammered on cider at 13 and I’ve never been able to stomache it since….

Like dark Ale or stout, or if not wine or scotch/whiskey…. Problem is can’t hold the volume when on pints now 🤷‍♂️..

Phil

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Posted 04 Mar 2024 at 13:21

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l I still managed to get hammered on cider at 13 and I’ve never been able to stomache it since….

I remember when I was fourteen, drinking a bottle of QC sherry before going to the youth club disco, and throwing up on the dance floor. I'm sure, the vicar, who ran the youth club, actually swore whilst he gave me a mop and bucket. I was an 'orrible teenager. 😄

Anyway, well have to behave Phil, or we'll put off new customers.

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Posted 04 Mar 2024 at 13:34

I remember when I was fourteen, drinking a bottle of QC sherry before going to the youth club disco, and throwing up on the dance floor.
I bet you was embarrassed 🤪

When I was 14 I went to a party at a girls I knew . I knew she fancied me but I still asked her sister out and she knocked me back so I went in the kitchen and got totally smashed. Her mum did everything to stop me … I don’t know how I got home walking along the sea wall at 2 in the morning 🤦‍♀️. I did amazingly still stay friends with the girl and we had a few nights out when we were 16 🤷‍♂️….
😬….

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Posted 05 Mar 2024 at 00:23

Good one! 🤣

The competition went well. Other than for one of the schools, that couldn't come because a load of ceilings had collapsed due to flooding leading to the school being closed!😱

For those of you who might know concept 2 ergs, the fastest today was 532m in 2 minutes. Pretty incredible for a year 6 girl! (Or boy or any combination 😂)

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Posted 05 Mar 2024 at 06:24

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The competition went well. Other than for one of the schools, that couldn't come because a load of ceilings had collapsed due to flooding leading to the school being closed!😱

Hi John,

I'm so glad you've popped in for a couple of quickies. I find your upbeat attitude, after all you've been through, very impressive and inspiring.

I'm pleased the rowing event was successful.

Do you think the collapsed school ceilings were also due to the weak concrete scandal?

I see that you're still working part-time. I can imagining teaching being very stressful , when you have health issues.

Do they still have competitive sport at schools and have school teams that play each other?

I'm a great believer in sport, especially team sports, being good for youngsters. I've seen what positive effects, playing for his local junior team for the past 3 years, has had on my 10 year old grandson. He's gained so much confidence and its great to see the growing comradeship between the team, which I'm pleased to say includes a couple of girls. Win or lose I love watching his matches. The best bit is at the end of the game when both teams line up and 'shake hands' with each other. It's fab.

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Posted 05 Mar 2024 at 08:24

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I'm a great believer in sport, especially team sports, being good for youngsters.

I think getting kids involved in sport is great for their development. My 3 sons all played Rugby, and I got involved in coaching and then refereeing, so it was a pastime we were all involved in. We had family season tickets at Northampton Saints for years.

I think the camaraderie and team building that Rugby instilled in them was instrumental in their development into well rounded, responsible and hard working (I may be biased) young men. True to form with Rugby, they would go out and spend 80 minutes trying to hammer the opposition, just to get together with them in the clubhouse afterwards and enjoy the social aspect of the game (this got more interesting as they got older 😂)

Any sport or team based activity for youngsters, is far more beneficial than a computer game or TV in my humble opinion!

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Posted 05 Mar 2024 at 09:03

We had family season tickets at Northampton Saints for years

Been to Saints many times as our friends were shareholders ( I think it was to raise money for the club) and we ate in the little members clubhouse sometimes.
I'm a football supporter really but loved the way you could sit with opposing supporters. Was there once when I think it was the Bath or Exeter manager climbed into the seats to sort some one out .. 🤣

And my mate said Rugby was for intelligent people and football was for thugs … 🤷‍♂️

Must say though the language at football can be fruity, especially at non league which is my occasional Saturday jaunt as it’s more local than the drag up to see Spurs.

Phil

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Posted 05 Mar 2024 at 09:07

Morning Ian,

Rugby, south of the Humber, isn't very popular, yet on the North Bank it's the main sport.

However, it would have been my sport of choice for him as regards character building.

The things I don't like about junior football is seeing kids rolling about the floor with fake injuries, and other bad habits, that they've picked up from their premier league heroes. I also object to parents getting far too excited on the sidelines. 🙂

Completely off track, I know you're a keen gardener, and I'm sure you'll be delighted to know that a robin has just started making a nest in a conifer about 3 yards from my kitchen window.

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Posted 05 Mar 2024 at 11:26

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And my mate said Rugby was for intelligent people and football was for thugs … 🤷‍♂️

The funniest comparison I have ever seen, was when they banned alcohol sales at football grounds because of crowd violence, then I was at the bar at Twickenham and saw a sign on the wall saying "no more than 6 pints to be served to one single person at a time" 😂

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Posted 05 Mar 2024 at 11:29

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Completely off track, I know you're a keen gardener, and I'm sure you'll be delighted to know that a robin has just started making a nest in a conifer about 3 yards from my kitchen window.

That's nice Adrian. We have a Robin nesting somewhere in the garden, and as of this year a Wren has taken up residence! We had a Woodpecker visiting daily last year, but no sign so far this year. Must have got bored with our peanut supply......

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Posted 05 Mar 2024 at 23:47

I was at St James' Park last week to see my beloved team draw a game they should have lost. I noticed the lack of alcohol on the stands - kept having to stand up so all these blokes could come & go to the bar for a swift one. Seemed crazy to me that I was allowed to have a cup of tea in the stand - throwing hot tea over the away supporters would cause a lot more harm than throwing a pint of beer.

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

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Posted 06 Mar 2024 at 21:48

Yes, trying to stay upbeat- fake it till you make it!

Yes the primary schools still do competitive sports- netball, football, tag rugby, all sorts. There aren't many like me doing indoor rowing in primary schools. It seems to be more of a secondary thing - probably because British Rowing don't approve! I noticed the National junior indoor rowing championship results from last week were online today. That y6 girl I trained who got 531m in 2 mins would have beaten all the y7 girls in a much larger competition!

Robins have been mentioned - doing Forest school with y1 and Y2 yesterday, with several robins keeping watch, waiting for the kids to dig up some worms. Lovely birds, great song!

In a previous Forest school session we were all sat around our base camp, discussing something, when the local robin decided to get a bit territorial. After flying on and off the overhead branches I've tied up to support a tarp in the rain, it eventually got so peeved that it took a s*** on the head of another member of staff! 🤣🤣

Can't say I really get on with football - sorry! Just seems to be overpaid foreigners playing in the sport nowadays.

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Posted 06 Mar 2024 at 22:10

What are your thoughts on retirement! I'm now 60, advanced prostate cancer, 2 years in and ok at the moment and my original prognosis was 2 to 5 years. Whilst I enjoy my part time teaching, at some time I'm going to crumble. When should you give up and enjoy your leisure (pints of cider!)? Don't want to wait so long that I'm forced by the cancer to retire and have little health to enjoy what's left.

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