coxyhog Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 It was good to see a player(Gilbert) who hasn't been too good lately haul himself back. & I prefer to watch games like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binlid Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 8 hours ago, Sangsom said: Similar in Nottingham, not only do you have Forest and Notts county by each other and only separated by the river, but you also have Trent bridge cricket ground right next door as well. C70BF3BD-2E1F-4AA6-88A7-5C038645B2C3.webp 89.38 kB · 2 downloads And Liverpool and Everton only separated by Stanley Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Watching the evenings snooker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Off to the pub for "Thirsty Thursday" - cheap draft beer night... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 19 minutes ago, maipenrai said: Off to the pub for "Thirsty Thursday" - cheap draft beer night... I haven't had a beer in a pub now for over a year. Enjoy! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code_slayer_bkk Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 4 hours ago, boydeste said: I haven't had a beer in a pub now for over a year. Enjoy! Why not ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 13 hours ago, Blue Streak said: It's a WebP image M8...I'd never seen one of those before..... It has been a long time since I went to Nottingham to see the Gooners play Forest but I do recall several people going into theTrent and not by choice. 😀 There had been so much trouble before the match that the police kept the Arsenal fans locked in the stadium for exactly one hour after the game finished. When I lived in the West Midlands I had a Villa season ticket but rarely went to away games. After Villa played Forest one Saturday one of my mates in Birmingham made the front page of the Birmingham Evening Mail(?) under the caption "Local solicitor arrested for biting Nottingham police dog!" 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) Up at the crack of sparrows for the cricket.Watched the first session on the laptop in bed with the missus supplying me with cups of tea.Got up when they took lunch.Root just got to 100. Edited January 15, 2021 by coxyhog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washedup Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 hours ago, coxyhog said: Up at the crack of sparrows for the cricket.Watched the first session on the laptop in bed with the missus supplying me with cups of tea.Got up when they took lunch.Root just got to 100. England in total control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Absolutely knackered after being awake since 4.30am....since I stopped working a couple of years ago I've been getting up every day at around 11am so it's a bit of a shock to the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 15 hours ago, code_slayer_bkk said: Why not ? In a word Covid. The pubs here have pretty much been closed now for most of the year and are still closed. Any beer I drink now is at home. Hopefully that will change in the summer if the vaccine gets rolled out quickly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, boydeste said: In a word Covid. The pubs here have pretty much been closed now for most of the year and are still closed. Any beer I drink now is at home. Hopefully that will change in the summer if the vaccine gets rolled out quickly. We've been lucky where I live - when I returned home from Thailand last April the bars were closed but then re-opened in mid-June with restricted occupancy and have been so ever since; after a brief spike in Covid cases in November, as of December 1 we now need to enter and leave with masks, as well as during trips to the loo. Since that spike in November I notice that most of the patrons now seem to be the regulars - for example, last night would have been packed out for cheap beer night before this, but was only half/two thirds full on this occasion and I knew just about all of the customers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, maipenrai said: We've been lucky where I live - when I returned home from Thailand last April the bars were closed but then re-opened in mid-June with restricted occupancy and have been so ever since; after a brief spike in Covid cases in November, as of December 1 we now need to enter and leave with masks, as well as during trips to the loo. Since that spike in November I notice that most of the patrons now seem to be the regulars - for example, last night would have been packed out for cheap beer night before this, but was only half/two thirds full on this occasion and I knew just about all of the customers. Ours did open for a little while during the summer too, but my mate who I usually drink with was shielding, so I used to call in at his house on my walks and have a beer with him outside in the garden, keeping our distance! To be fair, I haven't missed it as I have been able to get good ale delivered to my door direct from the brewery and I do like the Abbot ale I get from Tescos. The bit I do miss is seeing my mate as it's way to cold to sit in the garden right now with a cold beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) It's been a stressful day. I woke up to a cold house. My boiler had packed up. Good timing with it being freezing outside! After taking all the covers off and doing a bit of investigation I found the flu fan to be burnt out. 30 minutes on the phone resulted in not being able to source one until Monday. I decided to take the hit and call out a National company in the hope that they would probably carry one on the van, or at least be able to get one today. A bit of a shock when a guy knocked on my door within the hour. Apparently he was working 2 streets away when the job came up on his phone. The good news was he accepted my diagnosis, double checked himself straight away and confirmed that the fan was faulty. ( This saved alot of time as they charge by the hour ) Bad news was that he didn't carry the spare, nor did he have time to fit it today anyway, but he rang a supplier and they said they would have one in stock for him for tomorrow. So I am in for a cold night. Fortunately I have an electric portable heater which is man enough to keep my living room well warm, but the rest of the house is going to get rather frosty. I also bought a new dovet this week for my bed and I haven't thrown the old one out, so it's a double douvet night in bed and see how we get on. As a last resort, I do spend nights fishing on the bank, so I do have all the thermal gear to survive in the cold if need be. So I won't freeze too much. LOL Just hoping he turns up tomorrow with the part and nothing else is wrong. Edited January 15, 2021 by boydeste 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washedup Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, boydeste said: It's been a stressful day. I woke up to a cold house. My boiler had packed up. Good timing with it being freezing outside! After taking all the covers off and doing a bit of investigation I found the flu fan to be burnt out. 30 minutes on the phone resulted in not being able to source one until Monday. I decided to take the hit and call out a National company in the hope that they would probably carry one on the van, or at least be able to get one today. A bit of a shock when a guy knocked on my door within the hour. Apparently he was working 2 streets away when the job came up on his phone. The good news was he accepted my diagnosis, double checked himself straight away and confirmed that the fan was faulty. ( This save alot of time as they charge by the hour ) Bad news was that he didn't carry the spare, nor did he have time to fit it today anyway, but he rang a supplier and they said they would have one in stock for him for tomorrow. So I am in for a cold night. Fortunately I have an electric portable heater which is man enough to keep my living room well warm, but the rest of the house is going to get rather frosty. I also bought a new dovet this week for my bed and I haven't thrown the old one out, so it's a double douvet night in bed and see how we get on. As a last resort, I do spend nights fishing on the bank, so I do have all the thermal gear to survive in the cold if need be. So I won't freeze too much. LOL Just hoping he turns up tomorrow with the part and nothing else is wrong. Have you got any brandy in..I'd get in a sleeping bag and hit the bottle 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Washedup said: Have you got any brandy in..I'd get in a sleeping bag and hit the bottle 👍 It is a drinking night for me and I have plenty in the house, but I am not in the mood and alcohol actually makes you colder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washedup Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 25 minutes ago, boydeste said: It is a drinking night for me and I have plenty in the house, but I am not in the mood and alcohol actually makes you colder. You learn something everyday..plenty of tea with a drop of something 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, Washedup said: You learn something everyday..plenty of tea with a drop of something 👍 I have bought a variety of flavoured teas and have been drinking them this week. A few more tonight are in order for sure! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJSP Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Watching The Pembrokeshire Murders on ITV catch up. First impressions is it’s gonna be a good mini series 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrogmonster Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 6 hours ago, coxyhog said: Absolutely knackered after being awake since 4.30am....since I stopped working a couple of years ago I've been getting up every day at around 11am so it's a bit of a shock to the system. I leave home for work at around 4:30am each day. Come 11am my work day is just about done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Watching the snooker. Brillaint action with Higgins 2 to 1 up on Ronnie so far! 145 break to boot too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washedup Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 16 minutes ago, AJSP said: Watching The Pembrokeshire Murders on ITV catch up. First impressions is it’s gonna be a good mini series might just turn on the tv for this..true story is it not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, boydeste said: Watching the snooker. Brillaint action with Higgins 2 to 1 up on Ronnie so far! 145 break to boot too. Higgins is playing brilliantly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, coxyhog said: Higgins is playing brilliantly! That is a frame of snooker that you won't see better. Unbelievable clearance from nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJSP Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, Washedup said: might just turn on the tv for this..true story is it not Aye - we are watching on catch up tv. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts