Cornish Steve Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Josh is off doing motorbike CBT (Compulsory Basic Training) today and is going to buy himself one in the next couple of weeks. His mum is terrified and I'm jealous as hell. Be sure to have him watch this video, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Two US soldiers helped disarm a man with a kalashnikov on a train in Marseille. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Two US soldiers helped disarm a man with a kalashnikov on a train in Marseille. Amazing. Normally they'd have achieved the same with several "friendly fire" deaths. Hats off to them for forgetting their training. Romey 1878, markjazzbassist and Matt 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Pretty horrific this. apparently only seven dead and the pilot is still alive. Would be amazed if the number didn't go up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GITF-q0I7PQ#t=99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Amazing. Normally they'd have achieved the same with several "friendly fire" deaths. Hats off to them for forgetting their training. A bit below the belt, Mike. These guys are heroes and most likely saved a lot of lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 A bit below the belt, Mike. These guys are heroes and most likely saved a lot of lives. They probably did, it was tongue in cheek and just a gentle dig at the record of the US military in general. Heroes? Possibly, but the word has been devalued for me in recent times due to over-usage; it's effectively meaningless now as far as I'm concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonButtle Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) Pretty horrific this. apparently only seven dead and the pilot is still alive. Would be amazed if the number didn't go up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GITF-q0I7PQ#t=99 that was like 15 mins down the road from me. everybody is still very taken a back from it as they slowly announce who the victims are, they have just said this morning that Worthing Utd lost 2 players on the way to a match in the disaster Edited August 23, 2015 by Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Does anyone know how to search the Ashley Madison customer list? Trying to find the chairman of Dynamo Kyiv. Thought it might help in ongoing negotiations... It's amazing how many people are caught up in this web. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Why anyone would bother with that is beyond me...tinder is so much easier [emoji38] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 I read something in the paper about hitch-hiking and it reminded me of when I was an expert hitch-hiker back in 1954 when doing National Service. Before I was posted to Singapore I was stationed at Nottingham for three or four months and whenever I could get a week-end pass I used to hitch-hike from Nottingham to Leeds (no Motorways in those days). There was no point in hitching on local roads, so we had about a mile to walk from camp to reach the main road. One Saturday I had walked about half a mile from camp and a car stopped. The driver asked me if I wanted a lift and where was I going. I said 'Leeds' and he said 'Is City Square OK'. He happened to be going to Leeds and dropped me in the City centre. On another occasion I was on the A1 south of Doncaster, it was snowing. A bread van stopped and said he could take me through to the other side of Doncaster which was a big help. As there were two guys in the front they said I would have to go in the back, standing between the racks of bread, cakes and pies. We had just started off when one of the guys shouted 'help yourself to a pie. It didn't half go down well. In later life I did a lot of driving all over the UK and never failed to stop for anyone in uniform. MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 I read something in the paper about hitch-hiking and it reminded me of when I was an expert hitch-hiker back in 1954 when doing National Service. Before I was posted to Singapore I was stationed at Nottingham for three or four months and whenever I could get a week-end pass I used to hitch-hike from Nottingham to Leeds (no Motorways in those days). There was no point in hitching on local roads, so we had about a mile to walk from camp to reach the main road. One Saturday I had walked about half a mile from camp and a car stopped. The driver asked me if I wanted a lift and where was I going. I said 'Leeds' and he said 'Is City Square OK'. He happened to be going to Leeds and dropped me in the City centre. On another occasion I was on the A1 south of Doncaster, it was snowing. A bread van stopped and said he could take me through to the other side of Doncaster which was a big help. As there were two guys in the front they said I would have to go in the back, standing between the racks of bread, cakes and pies. We had just started off when one of the guys shouted 'help yourself to a pie. It didn't half go down well. In later life I did a lot of driving all over the UK and never failed to stop for anyone in uniform. I hitch-hiked with my girlfriend from the south east to south Wales in about 1978. We were planning on visiting family she had in Aberystwyth but it took us three days 'til we gave up when we found a really nice place (Newport, Pembrokeshire) with a great beach, camp site and a couple of top pubs. As we had to be back at work on the Monday we took no risks and left on the Thursday, first lift we got within minutes was a lorry which dropped us outside our front door later that day . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 This is true. Hitch-hikers I ignored. Two skin heads with an Alsatian. A guy with a ladder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 This is true. Hitch-hikers I ignored. Two skin heads with an Alsatian. A guy with a ladder. I found a good tactic when hitching on my own was to carry a crash helmet, often got picked up by bikers (leaves self open to double entendre suggestions). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/virginia-police-shooting-live-television-news-report/ A television reporter and cameraman go to do a local report for a news company and end up being killed by a shooter live on television. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/virginia-police-shooting-live-television-news-report/ A television reporter and cameraman go to do a local report for a news company and end up being killed by a shooter live on television. There's a video of it here, shocking, but not graphic thankfully. http://fox13now.com/2015/08/26/suspected-shooter-investigation-involving-news-crew-in-virginia/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 Apparently it was a disgruntled former employee of the tv network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 And the coward shot himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Up to fifty people have been found dead in a chicken-brand van in Austria. Suffocation. The driver has disappeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) Not sure where to post this. Some years ago, I did an extensive family history search and on the way I decided to link various historical happenings, including football and Everton related issues, to the family history. My great Grandfather - Charles Henesy 1860 - 1948 Grandfather - Charles Henesy 1881 - 1953 Father - Charles Henesy 1907 - 2000 When the F A produced the first rules for the game of football in 1863 my great grandfather was 3. He was 18 when Everton football club was formed. He was 11 when the FA Cup was launched. He was 15 when crossbars were installed. He was 28 when Everton joined the league He was 30 when goal nets were introduced. Grandfather was 7 when the leagues started. He was 25 when Everton won the cup for the first time. He was 52 when Eveerton won the cup for the second time. My Dad was 26 when Everton won the cup for the second time.. (Didn't do any more as Dad supported Liverpool) Edited August 27, 2015 by johnh Matt and MikeO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 genuinely makes me smile, your stories. Cheers for sharing, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 Incidentally, my local team Maidenhead United, were one of the 15 teams who played in the very first FA Cup round - 1871. They played local rivals Marlow. Bit of a coincidence because I was going to watch Maidenhead Rugby playing a pre-season friendly against Marlow this evening but its peeing down. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 This is impressive: http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/48492 It's almost like that scene in Blade Runner. As a bonus, there is a guy with a red and white striped t-shirt on just like in Where's Wally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 30, 2015 Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Fifteen million plus views so maybe everybody's seen this but I hadn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 http://www.espnfc.us/barclays-premier-league/23/video/2590372/watch-mascot-mesmerised-by-rooney kid amazed he's standing next to wayne rooney, hilarious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarzy Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 The struggles of the world's hairiest family - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33978116 I know I shouldn't, but I thought this was rather funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150902-the-lost-tunnels-of-liverpool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/an-open-letter-to-anyone-who-ever-talked-down-the-refugee-crisis--Wk3nGnnurx?utm_source=indy&utm_medium=top5&utm_campaign=i100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/an-open-letter-to-anyone-who-ever-talked-down-the-refugee-crisis--Wk3nGnnurx?utm_source=indy&utm_medium=top5&utm_campaign=i100 That image made me sick to my stomach There's quite a few petitions going, here's the official government one: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/105991 Disgusted with the BBC at the moment. They should be explaining the difference between migrants and refugees, but instead are completely mislabeling everything. Just for the record: MIGRANT - Also called migrant worker. a person who moves from place to place to get work, especially a farm laborer who harvests crops seasonally. This is basically anyone who moves to a foreign country in search of a better life, usually for work (like so many footballers) REFUGEE - a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc. This is basically anyone running for their lives, nothing more and is not just limited to war time or politics, but also for fear of the lives due to their religious beliefs, sexual orientation I'm technically an immigrant in Switzerland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/an-open-letter-to-anyone-who-ever-talked-down-the-refugee-crisis--Wk3nGnnurx?utm_source=indy&utm_medium=top5&utm_campaign=i100 According to the sister of the father of that boy, he was only coming over here with his family for free teeth care. I hope he'll think his pearly whites are worth the lives of his children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 According to the sister of the father of that boy, he was only coming over here with his family for free teeth care. I hope he'll think his pearly whites are worth the lives of his children. He was trying to get to Canada, not here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34141716 Where did that story come from? Googling "Abdullah Kurdi dental care" gives nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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