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Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by Stroller, May 27, 2017.

  1. Uber_Hoop

    Uber_Hoop Well-Known Member

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    I’m watching Enchanted with my dorta.
     
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    I'm at a gig, my sons band were the opening act.....am now relatively pissed and having a great evening <cheers>
     
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    I like what you said and the way you said it
     
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    Stayed up late drinking panheads port road pilsner and watching the kingsmen movie

    Outstanding beer and a fabulous movie

    Went to the movies twice this week

    Black Klansman I thought was average

    Book club was quite good
    Me and one other male (I think.. Could have been an mx) and 38 cackling females
    Jane Fonda's looking great for eighty
    Now that we can be treated as adults and are you allowed to drink alcohol in the cinema will we all think movies are better than they are
     
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  5. Stroller

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    I haven't seen it yet, but from what I've heard Black Klansman is an outstanding film. Surprised you didn't like it.
     
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    I hadn't seen a review or knew it was a Spike Lee movie
    I knew it was based on a true story but for some reason I expected more
    Maybe I will be the only person who thinks that
    Barry Norman i aint
     
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  7. Uber_Hoop

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    ...and why not? :)
     
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  8. Uber_Hoop

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    Just watched Episode 2. He gives her one. Maybe two.
     
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  9. Tramore Ranger

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    Whilst away read 4 or 5 books one of which was Saturday Bloody Saturday written by Alastair Campbell and Paul Fletcher. Now I'm no fan of Campbell but this was actually quite good. Set against the backdrop of the 1974 General Election and various IRA bombings on the Mainland it's about a fictional Northern First Division Club set in a Mill Town, guessing Burnley given Campbell is a fan and Fletcher played for them, struggling to stay in the top flight but on a cup run and due to play Chelsea in Quarter Finals. Prior to that they have to face a nasty Leeds side in the League in their pomp.

    It's enjoyable to read about proper football with players like Hunter, Bremner, Giles, Harris all given their due appreciation as being hard men rather than this sanitised version that passes for top flight football these days. Also the underlying plot is about the IRA trying to assassinate a politician and how this is pieced together......

    It's actually better than it sounds here......
     
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  10. Stroller

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    A very long flight yesterday, so plenty of time to catch up on some movies. I wanted to watch A Quiet Place, but quickly realised that the quiet required to watch it wouldn't be possible, so instead I watched:

    Journey's End - I seem to remember Stan recommending this and it was indeed very good, with some excellent performances, but I found it hard to get Blackadder out of my mind. 'What kind of soup is this, Sergeant?' 'It's yellow soup, Sir.'

    The Post - Worthy and well-acted, but somehow quite dull. The publishing of the Pentagon Papers just doesn't have the drama of the Watergate story which followed.

    Bobby Robson: More Than A Manager - Fascinating, moving and highly recommended. Excellent contributions from Mourinho, Guardiola, Ferguson and Fat Ronaldo (I'd forgotten quite how good he was. Mourinho calls him 'the best Ronaldo'). Robson was loved wherever he went.
     
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    Where are you Strolls?

    Get yourself a pair of decent quality noise cancelling headphones. They really do work, all the racket on a plane is blocked out. Even if you are not watching anything they help you sleep if you want to.
     
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  12. WBA2_QPR3

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    A Quiet Place is pretty good actually, i really enjoyed it
     
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  13. Uber_Hoop

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    I watched it last week and confess to enjoying it but being ever so slightly disappointed in the end. For those of you that haven’t yet seen it, the policeman turns out to be the murderer.
     
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    Yes, my son had some headphones with him and he said it was much better with them.

    We are in San Francisco and have been walking this morning. These hills will take it out of you.
     
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    Brilliant, enjoy. That is a seriously long flight.
     
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    I once did a business trip to attend a property tax hearing in San Jose. With nothing to do on the long flight I found myself devising a cunning settlement proposal which I put to the council by phone upon arrival, they agreed, so I turned around and boarded the return flight home. That was a long day in cattle class.
     
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  17. DT’s Socks

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    B&O Beoplay I have a course Lr of Bluetooth sets expensive but the nuts
    Without them I am unable to travel through U.K. airports/trains etc as I do
    They certainly cut out the bollocks
     
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  19. Stroller

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    It's not really clear, but I'm going to assume the airport review request was addressed to me. Not a lot to say, though, about SFO. Fairly small, so not too much walking. When we landed, the pilot said there were a couple of other flights at the same time, so immigration might take 40-45 minutes. It actually took about an hour and a half, which was of course because they had too few people to deal with it. The saving grace, though, was that the 90 minute wait after a nearly 11-hour flight was made so much easier by the welcoming charm of the immigration officers.
     
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  20. sb_73

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    Yeah site did some strange formatting on my post
     
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