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The Governments of the UK & the Republic of Ireland have launched a joint bid to hold the 2032 football world cup. I can tell you right now this will never be approved by FIFA, as all 4 UK countries, England Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales would automatically qualify as hosts, as would Ireland, therefore filling 5 qualifying places, and as FIFA have already suggested multiple host bids would not be accepted, why are they going for this? Would NI, Scotland and Wales allow an Olympic style GB&NI team? I doubt it, as in 2012 where the majority of players were English anyway.

OK, 2nd after Love Will Tear Us Apart.

& as timetables only exist in the drivers closed minds..........

The best ever track

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Like many people on here, I have been on the TGV to Perpignan, from Paris for Holidays, or Matches @ Catalans, and thoroughly enjoyed the experience

No. The Bus Stop indications are only a guide, I was told today. In London they are GPS processed to provide an accurate ETA, down here they are only a timetabled ETA..

I have been "Treating" my 12 yo daughter to the entire Star Wars Series, but we have seemed to have stalled just after episode V. I put Rogue One, and Solo between Episodes III & IV, but she isn't interested in ep VI. It isn't like I have been thrusting it upon her, I only see her every 2nd Sunday, but I think her lack of enthusiasm may have something to do with her lack of contact at school. She goes back on the 8th, I see her on the 14th, she may be in a better mood then.

My 12 year old daughters, next door neighbours Jack Russel, Harry. She was 16. A very lovely friendly fun female dog, the swear filter will not let me use the B word. (Harriet)

Boro Da, Happy St. David's Day to all our Welsh followers.

I have to ask though, who really fancied Tripitaka, and spotted she was a woman from the get go?

Plot summary[edit] Monkey (孫悟空, Son Gokū), the title character, is described in the theme song as being "born from an egg on a mountain top"; a stone egg and thus he is a stone monkey, a skilled fighter who becomes a brash king of a monkey tribe, who, the song goes on to claim, was "the punkiest monkey that ever popped".[1] He achieved a little enlightenment, and proclaimed himself "Great Sage, Equal of Heaven".[2] After demanding the "gift" of a magical staff from a powerful dragon king, and to quiet the din of his rough antics on Earth, Monkey is approached by Heaven to join their host, first in the lowly position of Master of the Stable (manure disposal), and then—after his riotous complaints—as "Keeper of the Peach Garden of Immortality". Monkey eats many of the peaches, which have taken millennia to ripen, becomes immortal and runs amok. Having earned the ire of Heaven and being beaten in a challenge by an omniscient, mighty, but benevolent, cloud-dwelling Buddha (釈迦如来, Shakanyorai), Monkey is imprisoned for 500 years under a mountain in order to learn patience. Eventually, Monkey is released by the monk Tripitaka (三蔵法師, Sanzōhōshi), who has been tasked by the Boddhisatva Guanyin (観世音菩薩, Kanzeon Bosatsu) to undertake a pilgrimage from China to India to fetch holy scriptures. The pair soon recruit two former members of the Heavenly Host who were cast out and turned from angels to "monsters" as a result of Monkey's transgressions: Sandy (沙悟浄, Sa Gojō), the water monster and ex-cannibal, expelled from Heaven after his interference caused Heaven's Jade Emperor's (天帝, Tentei, Shangdi) precious jade cup to be broken (his birthname is also later revealed to be Shao Chin, having been abducted as a child, but meets his long-lost father, in "The Beginning of Wisdom"), and Pigsy (猪八戒, Cho Hakkai), a pig monster consumed with lust and gluttony, who was expelled from Heaven after harassing the Star Princess Vega—the Jade Emperor's mistress—for a kiss. A dragon, Yu Lung (玉龍, Gyokuryū), who was set free by Guanyin after being sentenced to death, eats Tripitaka's horse. On discovering that the horse was tasked with carrying Tripitaka, it assumes the horse's shape to carry the monk on his journey. Later in the story he occasionally assumes human form to assist his new master, although he is still always referred to as "Horse". Monkey can also change form, for instance into a hornet. In Episode 3, The Great Journey Begins, Monkey transforms into a girl to trick Pigsy. Monkey's other magic powers include: summoning a cloud upon which he can fly; his use of the magic wishing staff which he can shrink and grow at will and from time to time, when shrunk, store in his ear, and which he uses as a weapon; and the ability to conjure monkey warriors by blowing on hairs plucked from his chest. The pilgrims face many perils and antagonists both human, such as Emperor Taizong of Tang (太宗皇帝, Taisōkōtei) and supernatural. Monkey, Sandy, and Pigsy are often called upon to battle demons, monsters, and bandits, despite Tripitaka's constant call for peace. Many episodes also feature some moral lesson, usually based upon Buddhist and/or Taoist philosophies, which are elucidated by the narrator at the end of various scenes.

Damn Netflix. Monkey, Piggy, Tripitaka, and ........ the other one....Sandy. Friday nights were always great. Dad pretending to cook before sending us off to the chippy on his night off from Gardeners of Patricroft. Then Monkey, with the really badly dubbed vocals, and over the top acting, we loved it.

My choices in Bold

Europa Cup draw Ajax v Young Boys Dynamo Kiev v Villareal Roma v Shaktar Donetsk Olympiakos v Arsenal Dinamo Zagreb v Tottenham Man Utd v AC Milan Slavia Prague v Rangers Granada v Molde

That was a long list, but as soon as I saw Best Marigold Hotel, I knew who he was.

I thought they were for the "Chop"?

Most bus "Drivers" around Hastings seem to have a physiological problem with their right ankle, or lower leg, in as much they don't seem able to put enough pressure on the accelerator peddle to make the buses go faster than 15 MPH, the only route that defies this is the 99, on the stretch between Bexhill, and Pevensy which is a 50 MPH stretch, and if the drivers are not careful, they get stuck behind a level crossing, and may wet themselves because they miss their 3rd toilet/Smoke break.

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Nope.

There speaks a bus driver?

This is fun... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/24/bowie-jackie-weaver-girl-dresses-up-raise-money-charity-save-the-children

Hope U OK