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- Birthday 11/04/1953
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I'm intrigued by the £686.59 at Only Fan's. I thought that was a soft porn site. Have you revealed your little secret? Hmmm?
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Obituary Thread
tonyXIII replied to Bedford Roughyed's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Ah, the passage of time! One of my favourite albums ever is The Allman Brothers Live At Fillmore East, particularly 'In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed', a fantastic rendition. My copy has about ten signatures of college pals from 50 years ago. A treasured memory. -
No, you're not. You are right to be sceptical. If you do decide to contact him, go slowly and carefully. You've no idea what he's been up to or what sort of friends he has made. I think you should make an effort (he has reached out to you), but be careful. Are you sure it is him or could someone else have got hold of his phone or even stolen his identity? Definitely reach out to him, but meet him on neutral ground first. Be careful and good luck.
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I understand the collective angst over this weekend's Premier League results. As Salford Red Devils fan, I can even sympathise with the "Not them again" sentiment - believe me, I am sick of Saints or Wigan hoovering up the trophies. However, I am also a Man City fan and, as such, I really would like to see them win a unique 4th title on the trot. Next year, I won't care. If Klopp were staying, I'd be happy to see him lift the title as, for many years, he was the only one to rise to City's challenge. Now he is leaving, I would prefer to see Arteta win it as a "City Old Boy". However, this season is far from over. Liverpool and Arsenal have to focus on their remaining games, win them and hope City slip up. They cannot affect City's results, but they still have control over their own results. Hope. Never lose hope. (Just lose a couple more games this season. )
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Sorry gingerjon, but I'm with Red Willow on this one. Besides, I think you are underestimating the draw of London. To lots of foreigners, England begins and ends with London. If the government can't afford to finish HS2, how could they justify building a new OT, or Anfield or Etihad or Villa Park or St James Park. The North needs proper investment, not vanity projects for wealthy people.
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the "our ailments" thread
tonyXIII replied to graveyard johnny's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Dubbin and leather studs nailed onto the soles. Oh, the memories! Thanks for that. Good luck with the move. -
Maths problem
tonyXIII replied to The Hallucinating Goose's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
I thought RPN was mostly used in Texas Instruments calculators, not Hewlett Packard. Of course, I am probably wrong. -
the "our ailments" thread
tonyXIII replied to graveyard johnny's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
If I were you, I'd still take my boots with me next time I go. Just in case. -
Good luck with the recovery, Spidey. Best wishes.
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Shocked to read about this. R.I.P. Malcolm. A Salford legend.
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It's strange. The format worked brilliantly in America for years (decades?), yet it just doesn't feel right for a UK audience. Perhaps it needs a less 'high-brow' presenter, such as Stephen Mulhearn?
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Maths problem
tonyXIII replied to The Hallucinating Goose's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Only just seen this. Apologies. The order is BODMAS or PEMDAS. The first operation to do is Brackets or Parentheses, then it's Exponents or Indices. I'm not sure why BODMAS has an O. Then, you do Multiplication and Division, which have equal priority, followed by Addition and Subtraction, which also have equal priority. In the event of equal priority, you work from left to right, but this is the final priority and only comes into play AFTER everything else. So, 8-8x8+8. As Padge has pointed out, the first operation is multiplication - 8x8 equals 64 - this leaves you with 8-64+8 which are equal priority so work from left to right ( 8-64 equals -56 ) and then -56 + 8 comes to -48. So, Padge gets 10 out of 10 and a gold star, as does JohnM for pointing out that, in this sequence and others, there are implied brackets round the multiplication and division operators so he also gets 10 out of 10 and a gold star. (As does anyone else who got it right. I've better things to do than read the whole thread.) Happy New Year to everyone, regardless of your mathematical prowess. -
Book thread: what are you reading?
tonyXIII replied to Futtocks's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Back onto books. "Halfway" by B.E.Jones. A decent ending, but a somewhat slow and definitely confusing start. Too many switches between storylines means you don't really get a sense of who is who until well into the book. The ending is interesting and has a couple of twists to the tale. I think the author was trying to set up one of the twists right from the start by giving one of the characters a name which makes you think 'man', but is later revealed to be a woman. It's a neat trick, but here it's a bit laboured. On the whole, a good story and a decent read, but it could, and should, have been even better.