Have a day off Swords, don't be an arsehole all your life... The day just got better with that c*nt John Terry being crocked, irony of ironies, by his racist mate Suarez, a kind of perfect storm...
Think you've missed the point squire, but for future reference I quite often miss the personal pronoun first person off my sentences. As for all the misery in the world, I don't think me having a nice day and not worrying about QPR will add to it, and I try my best in a small way to alleviate it. Sure (as in "I'm sure") your mahjong master, or whatever he's called, does a lot more.
A very similar day here in Madrid, up at 5.45am to go fishing, got to the lake, set-up quickly just as the sun came up and along with it came a northerly wind!!!, as you know Madrid can be pretty darn hot in the summer but it can be also pretty darn cold in the winter. The fish weren´t biting and my hands were bloody freezing!!. I called it a day at 3 oclock in the afternoon, fishless infact biteless, so a pretty frustrating weekend all round, here´s hoping to a great weekend next weekend over there!!, really want the R´s the win but if it means Hughes staying it will be a bittersweet victory.
Beautiful day in southern ontario, canada too - 17deg and sunny in mid-Nov.....better than Calgary in the West where i was last week where it was -15 and snowing heavily 1.5 hour bike ride with triathlon club at 8.30, home for brekkie, earl grey and the footie (11am kick off here)....prob take the pooch out this pm and then a nice pork chop and a cheeky local vin rouge....
When I saw the title of this thread I thought there were going to some refeences to the U2 song Around here, they are forecasting a high of possibly 18 and sunny - not too shabby for Remembrance Day when we usually are closer to 0.Which will serve as my cue to continue with the leaf raking begun last weekend - could be under snow this time next week And as a year round BBQ fan, supper will be cooked outside tonight before I head back to Toronto.
Interestingly we are all protecting our sanity by blanking out thoughts about QPR and focussing on other pleasantries like the lovely,crisp and sunny day. The 11th of the 11th certainly offers a rather different and more important focus too. No bad thing at all and we certainly remember them.
I have a stepson in the Cnadian army and who expected to be shipped over to Afghanistan - in the end other circumstances prevailed (an opening at National Defence HQ in Ottawa). He has always contended that by taking that position, he was shirking his duty to his country and his comrades but that he would eventually go to Afghanistan anyway. Thus far, he has not But it is country and his fallen comrades that I reflect on most on this day. My mother had a friend who landed at Juno beach on that famous day in June 1944 - he survived and passed away this past summer, and I recall hism as well. The war touched my wife and her family more directly - lived through the blitz and parents both in the RAF. i remeber them, too
Sing when we're winning, I only sing when we're winning, a draw would've helped though, I only sing when we're winning... Brixton was sunny enough today. Bit nippy but whatever it was wouldn't have mattered much to a mope like me I'm afraid. Hanging round at home with not much to say. Family trying to comfort me with platitudes like, 'dunno what else Hughes can do now...'. Sing when we're winning, I only sing when we're winning...
Cook something mate, it's great therapy. I have Sunday roast (and Christmas dinner) responsibilities in our house. I demand total control (often requiring 'helpers' to leave the room) while I listen to my music and quaff wine ( a delicious Chianti today). Roasties just in (sb recipe - par boil, chuck into a tray with piping hot goose fat, add red onions and red peppers, season with salt and pepper and fresh rosemary, cook for an hour - never fails), rack of pork going well ( great cut, good crackling, just enough fat, no tedious carving) steamed sprouts and carrots for the healthy bit. It's the one time a week I am absolutely sure my kids love me.
Just one reason why you're a better man than me Stan. Great attitude. I love you too! Sing when we're winning, I only sing when we're winning...
Respect maple. Forgive my ignorance lads but I'm sure one of you has the answer to my question: What does the Poppy symbolise? Is it all war dead? All 20th Century war dead? All British war dead? All Allied war dead? If its related to the great wars, are the Krauts included? I see that eejit James McClean up at S'land is creating headlines for not wearing one. He can't seem to stay out of the papers that boy. I also noticed on the rugby yesterday that Keith Wood was wearing one but Brian O'Driscoll wasn't! Can someone please explain because all I know is that its summat to do with War!
Here in Atlantic Canada only 2deg with showers today but we are getting that 17deg weather Mon/Tue, then back to 4deg on Wed. Nice thing about these weather related, cooking and Remembrance Day observations is that the discussion is not contentious like some of the our other topics.
The poppy came in after the Armistice which brought WW1 to an end, Swords. The poppy was the only thing that grew on the sea of mud at Flanders where the soldiers fought. Remembrance Day (11th month, 11th day, 11th hour) commemorates all war dead. I don't think anyone is excluded, so I guess it covers Germans although they obviously have their own ceremony.
