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I have just stumbled upon Nathans famous hot dog eating championship
Dear god
Joey the jaws chestnut is leading so far
10 hot dogs and buns per minute
There are thousands watching this live in Coney island
There is even an English competitor
Joey is going at world record pace

World record pace apparently
70 in 10 minutes is the record

Yes
71
New world record
Next best was 50

Point of this
ESPN is not as I remembered it
Live hot dog eating fgs
 
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Just checked it out due to Kiwi's post...... Absolutely laughable.

That Espn televise it as a sport..... That so many people turn up to watch...... And as for the ridiculous over-the-top hollering announcer....... Is it only the americans who do this sh*t?

More to read lol

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/1650851001
 
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Stroller said:
It's too far back in this thread to go looking for the original posts, but we just watched the final episode of Good Omens (no bingeing for me). Thoroughly enjoyable and wonderfully British, with deliciously over the top performances from Michael Sheen and David Tennant (and a special mention for Miranda Richardson), I loved it.
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I’ll have to check this out. Finished the book which was packed with fun ideas but not written very well at all. Sheen is one of my favourite actors, so I’ll make the effort.
 
Stroller said:
Just watched The Streets at Glastonbury on I-Player. Excellent, and quite moving in its humanist spirituality until he went and mentioned God (you didn't really mean that did you Mike?).

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got 2nd row seats for the streets later this month
are they any good live
 
Finally got to see Van Morrison yesterday, at the Roundhouse. Musically it was wonderful, but if only he'd communicate with the audience a little it could have been even better. He came on at 8pm sharp, and left the stage at 9.20, never to return. I think this was what was scheduled, but would an encore have been too much to ask?

His voice is absolutely as good as ever, effortlessly powerful and oozing soul, and the band were excellent. Some old favourites (Days Like This, Saint Dominic's Preview, Baby Please Don't Go, Moondance) were mixed with a lot of soulful blues and some more jazzy stuff (my wife wasn't happy with the jazzed up version of Have I Told You Lately) and the finale was a rousing crowd-pleasing Gloria. We were left wanting more, though.
 
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Interim review from Pub in the Park Warwick.

A lovely summers afternoon out. Good food and beer but I’ve had so much of the latter that the music has passed me by. I’m guarding the phones, handbags etc while the ladies dance to Will Young. Who has a decent voice and a funky, soulful set.
 
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sb_73 said:
Interim review from Pub in the Park Warwick.

A lovely summers afternoon out. Good food and beer but I’ve had so much of the latter that the music has passed me by. I’m guarding the phones, handbags etc while the ladies dance to Will Young. Who has a decent voice and a funky, soulful set.
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Good voice Will Young.
 
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sb_73 said:
Back now, a really lovely chilled afternoon out with friends. And beers. And very tasty snacks.

Paul Carrack has a wonderful voice. Did he sing Sunny?
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To be honest with you, I can’t remember (but I think so). I was to busy blubbing coz of ‘Living Years’
 
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rangercol said:
Really enjoying all the programmes about the Moon landing.
It's the 50th anniversary of the first man on the moon.
Some really interesting programmes on channels like National Geographic etc.
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Do you remember it actually happening? I have vague memories of a watching a moon landing, not sure if it was the first, with the whole family in my grandmothers front room in Clacton. Just amazing what was achieved with less technology than goes into a phone. Equally amazing that the political will existed to do something like this.
 
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sb_73 said:
Do you remember it actually happening? I have vague memories of a watching a moon landing, not sure if it was the first, with the whole family in my grandmothers front room in Clacton. Just amazing what was achieved with less technology than goes into a phone. Equally amazing that the political will existed to do something like this.
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I can't quite remember the actual moment Armstrong walked on the moon, but I'm sure I was watching, much like most people on the planet.
I definitely remember being totally engrossed in and fascinated by the whole Apollo era, from around 1967 onwards.
I've always wanted to be in space looking down at our beautiful planet and, if had the chance, I'd do it tomorrow.

Those astronauts were incredibly brave and pioneers.
 
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rangercol said:
I can't quite remember the actual moment Armstrong walked on the moon, but I'm sure I was watching, much like most people on the planet.
I definitely remember being totally engrossed in and fascinated by the whole Apollo era, from around 1967 onwards.
I've always wanted to be in space looking down at our beautiful planet and, if had the chance, I'd do it tomorrow.

Those astronauts were incredibly brave and pioneers.
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Said this on the "Geek' thread - I was four weeks old and my dad kept me awake to watch so I could say I'd seen it - obviously have no recollection, but along.with most of the world, I did witness one of the most extraordinary and remarkable moments of modern civilisation.
 
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