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Post by musik on Jun 13, 2020 22:35:05 GMT
Had mine right now - and wide awake.
Turned on TV8 here in Swe, and found out they show a film called "Danny Collins".
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Post by thequietman on Jun 15, 2020 11:37:16 GMT
Desciption from IMDB, with slight amendments: "Inspired by a true story, Al Pacino stars as defender Danny Collins, who can't mark a man for toffee. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) tries him in a different position, his true class is revealed as he shows he couldn't even mark a toffee. A heartfelt journey that gives hope to all Sunday pub footballers that one day they might get paid £20k per week."
Had an interesting dream last night. A lot of people on here know I was a former tenpin bowler. I retired from bowling a couple of years ago due to injuries but still dream about it occasionally.
Had a dream last night that my favourite pro-shop owner (who himself retired a good 15 years ago) drilled and sold me a new ball - the Brunswick Covid 19. I scored zillions with it and it was devasting for a couple of weeks. Then next time I turned up everyone had one.
True.
At least the werewolf driving a JCB didn't put in an appearance this time.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2020 1:32:01 GMT
Desciption from IMDB, with slight amendments: "Inspired by a true story, Al Pacino stars as defender Danny Collins, who can't mark a man for toffee. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) tries him in a different position, his true class is revealed as he shows he couldn't even mark a toffee. A heartfelt journey that gives hope to all Sunday pub footballers that one day they might get paid £20k per week."
Had an interesting dream last night. A lot of people on here know I was a former tenpin bowler. I retired from bowling a couple of years ago due to injuries but still dream about it occasionally.
Had a dream last night that my favourite pro-shop owner (who himself retired a good 15 years ago) drilled and sold me a new ball - the Brunswick Covid 19. I scored zillions with it and it was devasting for a couple of weeks. Then next time I turned up everyone had one.
True.
At least the werewolf driving a JCB didn't put in an appearance this time.
I believed this then realised that Brunswick don't do a 19 ball. The Brunswick Vapour Zone Hybrid comes in a 16 which is the maximum legal weight for league play so your points scored are invalid. I will be informing the league. Don't f### with The Jesus as they say in bowling circles. |
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Post by thequietman on Jun 16, 2020 14:36:32 GMT
Desciption from IMDB, with slight amendments: "Inspired by a true story, Al Pacino stars as defender Danny Collins, who can't mark a man for toffee. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) tries him in a different position, his true class is revealed as he shows he couldn't even mark a toffee. A heartfelt journey that gives hope to all Sunday pub footballers that one day they might get paid £20k per week."
Had an interesting dream last night. A lot of people on here know I was a former tenpin bowler. I retired from bowling a couple of years ago due to injuries but still dream about it occasionally.
Had a dream last night that my favourite pro-shop owner (who himself retired a good 15 years ago) drilled and sold me a new ball - the Brunswick Covid 19. I scored zillions with it and it was devasting for a couple of weeks. Then next time I turned up everyone had one.
True.
At least the werewolf driving a JCB didn't put in an appearance this time.
I believed this then realised that Brunswick don't do a 19 ball. The Brunswick Vapour Zone Hybrid comes in a 16 which is the maximum legal weight for league play so your points scored are invalid. I will be informing the league. Don't f### with The Jesus as they say in bowling circles. Impressive knowledge, Jesus. 16lb is indeed the maximum legal weight. And I approve highly of your non-septic spelling of "Vapour".
Were I to bowl again, I might go with this one - the Hammer Black Widow Virus. A 2-piece asym "Gas Mask" core? Yes please.
Or seeing as one of my favourite balls of the past was Lanemasters' Terminator Rebellion and I bowled better with syms than asyms, maybe a Lanemasters Zombie Pandemic
Or as any virus ought to be defeated by an inferno, my favourite ball of all time & the one I broke a British record and equalled a world record with. The Brunswick Inferno
One of the joys of bowling - the ridiculous names that manufacturers came up with for their gear.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2020 19:51:29 GMT
I believed this then realised that Brunswick don't do a 19 ball. The Brunswick Vapour Zone Hybrid comes in a 16 which is the maximum legal weight for league play so your points scored are invalid. I will be informing the league. Don't f### with The Jesus as they say in bowling circles. Impressive knowledge, Jesus. 16lb is indeed the maximum legal weight. And I approve highly of your non-septic spelling of "Vapour".
Were I to bowl again, I might go with this one - the Hammer Black Widow Virus. A 2-piece asym "Gas Mask" core? Yes please.
Or seeing as one of my favourite balls of the past was Lanemasters' Terminator Rebellion and I bowled better with syms than asyms, maybe a Lanemasters Zombie Pandemic
Or as any virus ought to be defeated by an inferno, my favourite ball of all time & the one I broke a British record and equalled a world record with. The Brunswick Inferno
One of the joys of bowling - the ridiculous names that manufacturers came up with for their gear.
I do bowl a lot, maybe not your standard but do still hold a lane record in Shanghai for the highest score ever and was presented with a trophy and a shirt that would fit someone 3 times my build. I guess was the last one they had left. I have a custom made ball which since moving I seem to have misplaced. Deducted myself a point for spelling there. The Dude didn't abide |
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jun 16, 2020 21:10:21 GMT
I believed this then realised that Brunswick don't do a 19 ball. The Brunswick Vapour Zone Hybrid comes in a 16 which is the maximum legal weight for league play so your points scored are invalid. I will be informing the league. Don't f### with The Jesus as they say in bowling circles. Impressive knowledge, Jesus. 16lb is indeed the maximum legal weight. And I approve highly of your non-septic spelling of "Vapour".
Were I to bowl again, I might go with this one - the Hammer Black Widow Virus. A 2-piece asym "Gas Mask" core? Yes please.
Or seeing as one of my favourite balls of the past was Lanemasters' Terminator Rebellion and I bowled better with syms than asyms, maybe a Lanemasters Zombie Pandemic
Or as any virus ought to be defeated by an inferno, my favourite ball of all time & the one I broke a British record and equalled a world record with. The Brunswick Inferno
One of the joys of bowling - the ridiculous names that manufacturers came up with for their gear.
Hockey stick manufacturers come up with some impressive names for their products as well Q. I won't bore with a list but the most memorable was the Mercian Midas Black Widow. A dreadful stick, overpriced and designed to make your game 50% worse than it already was. So if you were already average you didn't stand a chance. I stuck with an outfit called DFV, didn't improve my game it just meant I could hit the ball harder without it breaking. Every full backs nightmare. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2020 21:24:13 GMT
Impressive knowledge, Jesus. 16lb is indeed the maximum legal weight. And I approve highly of your non-septic spelling of "Vapour".
Were I to bowl again, I might go with this one - the Hammer Black Widow Virus. A 2-piece asym "Gas Mask" core? Yes please.
Or seeing as one of my favourite balls of the past was Lanemasters' Terminator Rebellion and I bowled better with syms than asyms, maybe a Lanemasters Zombie Pandemic
Or as any virus ought to be defeated by an inferno, my favourite ball of all time & the one I broke a British record and equalled a world record with. The Brunswick Inferno
One of the joys of bowling - the ridiculous names that manufacturers came up with for their gear.
Hockey stick manufacturers come up with some impressive names for their products as well Q. I won't bore with a list but the most memorable was the Mercian Midas Black Widow. A dreadful stick, overpriced and designed to make your game 50% worse than it already was. So if you were already average you didn't stand a chance. I stuck with an outfit called DFV, didn't improve my game it just meant I could hit the ball harder without it breaking. Every full backs nightmare. Being an ex Hurling schools player that's where we lack ideas. My Ash 29" sounds more like an MFI dildo and doesn't have the same aura about it. |
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jun 16, 2020 22:00:02 GMT
Hockey stick manufacturers come up with some impressive names for their products as well Q. I won't bore with a list but the most memorable was the Mercian Midas Black Widow. A dreadful stick, overpriced and designed to make your game 50% worse than it already was. So if you were already average you didn't stand a chance. I stuck with an outfit called DFV, didn't improve my game it just meant I could hit the ball harder without it breaking. Every full backs nightmare. Being an ex Hurling schools player that's where we lack ideas. My Ash 29" sounds more like an MFI dildo and doesn't have the same aura about it. 😄😄👍 |
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Post by murphthesurf on Jun 16, 2020 23:13:15 GMT
Impressive knowledge, Jesus. 16lb is indeed the maximum legal weight. And I approve highly of your non-septic spelling of "Vapour". Hockey stick manufacturers come up with some impressive names for their products as well Q. I won't bore with a list but the most memorable was the Mercian Midas Black Widow. A dreadful stick, overpriced and designed to make your game 50% worse than it already was. So if you were already average you didn't stand a chance. I stuck with an outfit called DFV, didn't improve my game it just meant I could hit the ball harder without it breaking. Every full backs nightmare. !  Were you a LB, Chuff, or RB? I was a LB for the school and LH for the house. And I had the only red-&-white-striped hockey stick in the history of the world. It was wonderful! Bet you didn't have a games teacher who..... y'know...... 'travelled on the other bus'..... 'batted for the other side'....  We never dared yell out loud if we got injured, or she'd have come bounding across straight away and try to massage our thighs...... even if we said it was our ankle that hurt. Ye gods. I still have nightmares about it..... |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 16, 2020 23:20:32 GMT
Hockey stick manufacturers come up with some impressive names for their products as well Q. I won't bore with a list but the most memorable was the Mercian Midas Black Widow. A dreadful stick, overpriced and designed to make your game 50% worse than it already was. So if you were already average you didn't stand a chance. I stuck with an outfit called DFV, didn't improve my game it just meant I could hit the ball harder without it breaking. Every full backs nightmare. ! Were you a LB, Chuff, or RB? I was a LB for the school and LH for the house. And I had the only red-&-white-striped hockey stick in the history of the world. It was wonderful! Bet you didn't have a games teacher who..... y'know...... 'travelled on the other bus'..... 'batted for the other side'.... We never dared yell out loud if we got injured, or she'd have come bounding across straight away and try to massage our thighs...... even if we said it was our ankle that hurt. Ye gods. I still have nightmares about it..... I had a PE teacher at Primary school who, how shall I put it🤔. Wore sensible shoes. If you know what I mean😏 |
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Post by murphthesurf on Jun 16, 2020 23:28:05 GMT
Oooh, 'ow macho! Were you a LB, Chuff, or RB? I was a LB for the school and LH for the house. And I had the only red-&-white-striped hockey stick in the history of the world. It was wonderful! Bet you didn't have a games teacher who..... y'know...... 'travelled on the other bus'..... 'batted for the other side'.... We never dared yell out loud if we got injured, or she'd have come bounding across straight away and try to massage our thighs...... even if we said it was our ankle that hurt. Ye gods. I still have nightmares about it..... I had a PE teacher at Primary school who, how shall I put it🤔. Wore sensible shoes. If you know what I mean😏 Bluddy 'ell!  No wonder you could run fast, Badge!  |
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Post by chuffedstokie on Jun 17, 2020 9:48:49 GMT
Hockey stick manufacturers come up with some impressive names for their products as well Q. I won't bore with a list but the most memorable was the Mercian Midas Black Widow. A dreadful stick, overpriced and designed to make your game 50% worse than it already was. So if you were already average you didn't stand a chance. I stuck with an outfit called DFV, didn't improve my game it just meant I could hit the ball harder without it breaking. Every full backs nightmare. ! Were you a LB, Chuff, or RB? I was a LB for the school and LH for the house. And I had the only red-&-white-striped hockey stick in the history of the world. It was wonderful! Bet you didn't have a games teacher who..... y'know...... 'travelled on the other bus'..... 'batted for the other side'.... We never dared yell out loud if we got injured, or she'd have come bounding across straight away and try to massage our thighs...... even if we said it was our ankle that hurt. Ye gods. I still have nightmares about it..... Left back or sweeper for club and county murph due mainly to the fact I could tackle properly (many forwards didn't think so) and hit the ball accurately and hard. Being able to pass it in the air over great distances helped as well. We had a great PE/games master. Didn't suffer fools gladly, fake notes from parents 'excusing' you from games ended up in the bin and the subject out on the field in second hand kit reserved for the purpose. It didn't make any difference who you were the first 35 minute session of any new term was spent in and out of the showers just so everyone got the message. Think he enjoyed his job. If anyone wasn't changed in time you got kicked out of the changing room half clothed in front of the next waiting class queuing to come in. Happy days. |
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Post by murphthesurf on Jun 17, 2020 11:30:51 GMT
Oooh, 'ow macho! Were you a LB, Chuff, or RB? I was a LB for the school and LH for the house. And I had the only red-&-white-striped hockey stick in the history of the world. It was wonderful! Bet you didn't have a games teacher who..... y'know...... 'travelled on the other bus'..... 'batted for the other side'.... We never dared yell out loud if we got injured, or she'd have come bounding across straight away and try to massage our thighs...... even if we said it was our ankle that hurt. Ye gods. I still have nightmares about it..... murph due mainly to the fact I could tackle properly (many forwards didn't think so) and hit the ball accurately and hard. Being able to pass it in the air over great distances helped as well. We had a great PE/games master. Didn't suffer fools gladly, fake notes from parents 'excusing' you from games ended up in the bin and the subject out on the field in second hand kit reserved for the purpose. It didn't make any difference who you were the first 35 minute session of any new term was spent in and out of the showers just so everyone got the message. Think he enjoyed his job. If anyone wasn't changed in time you got kicked out of the changing room half clothed in front of the next waiting class queuing to come in. Happy days. Blinkin' 'eck - he sounds to me more like a sadistic pervert, Chuff....... If I'd been you I would've gone back and arrested him as soon as you joined the Met....... see how much he liked a bit of cold steel on the other foot, as it were!  And congrats on playing hockey for the county. Plus the medals for the gymnastics.  |
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Post by thequietman on Jun 17, 2020 11:54:19 GMT
Think I might have said before, but hockey is for nutters. We played mixed hockey in 6th form. I swear the girls used to deliberately try & thwack the ball into my meat & two veg. Or leave a stick high as you ran past so the curvy bit hooked right into where it could cause most pain.
House record holder, Jesus? Excellent stuff. Would it embarrass you to ask what the score was?
From memory, I held house records at various times at Stafford, Telford, Burton, Leeds AMF and Hull AMF. Still hold two Leeds AMF ones, the others have long since been beaten. Prizes for doing them? Never got anything from Telford (non-cash, trophy-only league) or Burton (Midlands Scratch League). Hull was in a tournament so cash for that. Leeds (three separate house records) were one in a league (cash prize and a lovely lacquered pin for chucking a 300 game), two in the same tournament (big, big cash prizes - think I cashed for something like £1,100 in total)
The best was for Stafford though. They gave me a bowling shirt too. It was fluorescent pink with an embroidered Snoopy on the front. My ex mother-in-law took a liking to it so I gave it to her. Never wore it myself, pink wasn't exactly my colour. I happen to be wearing an old bowling shirt at work at the moment. Striking black & white design. Much more my thing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2020 12:17:05 GMT
Think I might have said before, but hockey is for nutters. We played mixed hockey in 6th form. I swear the girls used to deliberately try & thwack the ball into my meat & two veg. Or leave a stick high as you ran past so the curvy bit hooked right into where it could cause most pain.
House record holder, Jesus? Excellent stuff. Would it embarrass you to ask what the score was?
From memory, I held house records at various times at Stafford, Telford, Burton, Leeds AMF and Hull AMF. Still hold two Leeds AMF ones, the others have long since been beaten. Prizes for doing them? Never got anything from Telford (non-cash, trophy-only league) or Burton (Midlands Scratch League). Hull was in a tournament so cash for that. Leeds (three separate house records) were one in a league (cash prize and a lovely lacquered pin for chucking a 300 game), two in the same tournament (big, big cash prizes - think I cashed for something like £1,100 in total)
The best was for Stafford though. They gave me a bowling shirt too. It was fluorescent pink with an embroidered Snoopy on the front. My ex mother-in-law took a liking to it so I gave it to her. Never wore it myself, pink wasn't exactly my colour. I happen to be wearing an old bowling shirt at work at the moment. Striking black & white design. Much more my thing.
Was in the low 240s. To be fair was a pretty new Bowling Alley and hit strikes with the first 5 - first and only time. Not quite your level but the cheap pitchers of beer didn't help my game  |
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Post by thequietman on Jun 18, 2020 12:43:01 GMT
Think I might have said before, but hockey is for nutters. We played mixed hockey in 6th form. I swear the girls used to deliberately try & thwack the ball into my meat & two veg. Or leave a stick high as you ran past so the curvy bit hooked right into where it could cause most pain.
House record holder, Jesus? Excellent stuff. Would it embarrass you to ask what the score was?
From memory, I held house records at various times at Stafford, Telford, Burton, Leeds AMF and Hull AMF. Still hold two Leeds AMF ones, the others have long since been beaten. Prizes for doing them? Never got anything from Telford (non-cash, trophy-only league) or Burton (Midlands Scratch League). Hull was in a tournament so cash for that. Leeds (three separate house records) were one in a league (cash prize and a lovely lacquered pin for chucking a 300 game), two in the same tournament (big, big cash prizes - think I cashed for something like £1,100 in total)
The best was for Stafford though. They gave me a bowling shirt too. It was fluorescent pink with an embroidered Snoopy on the front. My ex mother-in-law took a liking to it so I gave it to her. Never wore it myself, pink wasn't exactly my colour. I happen to be wearing an old bowling shirt at work at the moment. Striking black & white design. Much more my thing.
Was in the low 240s. To be fair was a pretty new Bowling Alley and hit strikes with the first 5 - first and only time. Not quite your level but the cheap pitchers of beer didn't help my game A very creditable score Jesus ! And a five-bagger to start too. Marvellous work.
Reminds me of my first 270+ (XXXXX7/XXXXX8 = 275). Me & two mates all had PB's between 250 & 269 (IIRC mine was 255 at the time). So we set a challenge of 3 pints per person for the first of us to hit a 270+. I won. They paid up ... on the proviso that I drank all 6 pints immediately and before beginning my next game. I complied, and followed my 275 with a 125, then retired unfit to bowl ... |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2020 17:02:27 GMT
That's some score. Am not quite Jesus Quintana or Ernie McCracken just yet but do regularly hit 200-210.
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Post by marylandstoke on Apr 27, 2021 12:19:31 GMT
I believe I’ve read the question right?
The Answer is.........Our Recruitment policy...
Yes final answer.
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Post by marylandstoke on Apr 27, 2021 12:24:02 GMT
Hockey stick manufacturers come up with some impressive names for their products as well Q. I won't bore with a list but the most memorable was the Mercian Midas Black Widow. A dreadful stick, overpriced and designed to make your game 50% worse than it already was. So if you were already average you didn't stand a chance. I stuck with an outfit called DFV, didn't improve my game it just meant I could hit the ball harder without it breaking. Every full backs nightmare. Being an ex Hurling schools player that's where we lack ideas. My Ash 29" sounds more like an MFI dildo and doesn't have the same aura about it. Which aisle are those in?? I know I haven’t been home for a while but MFI must have changed a lot! |
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Post by chuffedstokie on Apr 27, 2021 12:30:24 GMT
Being an ex Hurling schools player that's where we lack ideas. My Ash 29" sounds more like an MFI dildo and doesn't have the same aura about it. Which aisle are those in?? I know I haven’t been home for a while but MFI must have changed a lot! It comes flat packed, couple of screws and you're sorted 👍. 😜 |
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Post by musik on Apr 28, 2021 10:11:07 GMT
I dreamt my brother was much older, like at least 10 years overnight, and looked a lot like our father and all of a sudden homeless.
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Were you a LB, Chuff, or RB? I was a LB for the school and LH for the house. 
No wonder you could run fast, Badge! 
