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Travelled a lot to California back in the day, but since I hate long-haul flights I used to book via New York so I could break up the journey a bit. So, we were delayed out of LHR for some reason or other and missed the connection in NY, so had to wait in a long queue getting help booking a new flight to LA. Inevitably, there were people all around arguing with the agents and losing their rags - as if the poor sods could magically pull flights and seats out of their arses. When it was my turn, I joked with the agent about the mayhem as she tapped away and booked me a new flight. She then handed me over new tickets with a smile and the comment 'thanks for being so patient'. It was only when I got to the boarding gate that I realised she had put me in first class. Just sometimes, a little politeness and patience is rewarded.
Yup, much the same experience - plane struck by lightning coming into Chicago with much the same effect. Horrible combo of screams and vomit, the crunch as we (literally) hit the runway gave all the bones in my body a truly terrifying rattle. Mind you, still less bad an experience than Wembley in 86, which I've never recovered from.
Many positives to take away, but still no definition of what this darned 'project' is - if the answer to that is 'buy young, sell on, stay where we are', then, as Clive tactfully put it, that's a hard sell to the supporters.
Indeed - this also apples to common animals such as dogs & cats, and cows and bulls, who recognise blue and yellow but find it hard to see red or orange. So when you see a bull running towards a waving red cloth, it’s the waving movement, not the red colour that's attracting its attention. This also helps explain why most mammals support Qpr or Norwich.
This. If we're pinning all our hopes on developing young players so successfully that they can slip in the first team without a hitch then we're in serious trouble.
In Westminster, the rubbish gets collected around 6.30am on Mondays and Thursdays (my mum in Scunthorpe, who got her stuff collected every two weeks, always considered this an unbelievably great luxury) which means putting the stuff out at 6am or overnight. Lots of people do put it out overnight of course but I tend to avoid this 'cos of all the foxes, rats, pigeons and whatnnot we have around. BUT here's the thing. The one time I did, I got a warning letter from the Council threatening me with a fine. GRRR.
In my 'hood these two annoyances are connected as the Deliveroo people feed the bloody things (which are effectively rats with wings - collective noun a 'poop') whilst waiting to pick up stuff from the supermarket next door. No amount of me yelling and screaming seems to have any effect. Suggestions welcome, preferably of the legal variety.
This one relates the true story of an English soldier who stole someone's.identity after they were killed during 1WW and committed suicide after someone found him out decades later. Yes, a cheery tale!
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