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Our mobile policy works well and is similar as to what was described in the original post. However, we have made a decision to be zero tolerance about it and have dedicated lockers that phones go in to at start of day and are removed from at end of day.

It was a weird spectacle all round. On a night where Charles Conwell was opening the show and knows all too well about the harsh reality of boxing, it sits even more horribly all the chat about killing and assassination that Garcia especially came out with in the build up. Whilst the narrative now will be that he is trolling, I'm unconvinced that he doesn't have difficulties still with his mental health and hope they are resolved soon. In hindsight, Haney had this coming a little. I thought he was very fortunate against Lomachenko to get the decision a totally shot Linares had him in big trouble. Fair play to him for taking the fight even though Garcia came in so far overweight, though I think all the concerns about Garcia pulling out influenced him on this. The Barboza decision on the undercard is one of the worst I've ever seen. Mad, because that was a fight of the year contender and should have encapsulated everything great about boxing but somehow, it still manages to leave a bit of a bad taste.

Yeah, Irwin was incredible. If pushed for a top 3, I would go Irwin, Cole then Robertson.

Yeah, add me to the list of not just wanting a hefty inheritance tax but incredibly tight regulation and hefty punishments for avoiding. Personally, I'm lucky in my family that my parents are both in good health despite being older. I am one of six and and my brother will be in charge of everything when my parents pass. It will be really modest and I couldn't give a shit, I'm just glad I have been lucky to have the parents I have. We have encouraged them to spend everything they have in their advancing years so they can enjoy them but it's not in their nature to do that. For my missus, it's a slightly different position. Her father is minted and her and her siblings stand to inherit millions. You can already see it becoming shitty between family members and some of them talking as if the poor c**t is already dead. I really hope he gets rid of loads of it to charity tbh and fucks them all off.

Still here, brother.

It is absolutely mental how sensitive that boomers get when they're rightfully told they had it relatively easy and many of them burnt the ladder they climbed. House ownership being put out of reach for many, over a decade of austerity, leaving uni with huge debts, public services slashed to the minimum in many cases meaning mental health support is difficult to get - it's absolutely no wonder that many young people don't have hope and the associated difficulties that come from that.

Thank you for this - had an enjoyable Friday afternoon in there.

Yep, with you on that one. Love Cliftonhill and agree with every point you made there. Definitely top ten, probably even top five for me.

And one of the Hertha fans...

Hertha BSC 3 - 2 FC Magdeburg A phenomenal experience and a quite mental game of football. First time ever going to the Olympiastadion, some stadium and both sets of fans were incredible with pyro all over the shop. Hertha dominated early and spurned loads of chances before Magdeburg took the lead. Hertha scored a pen then Magdeburg got a straight red - Hertha scored from the resulting free kick. Then something happened that I've never seen before. In first half injury time, whilst Magdeburg were waiting to take a corner, Hertha fans launched tennis balls on to the pitch. Each time they were cleared, they'd launch a few more. Eventually, the ref took them off. Fifteen mins later, they returned and restarted from the corner and played the remaining four mins of injury time. The ref blew for the end of the first half and the teams swapped sides and went straight into the second half. Magdeburg levelled before another brief stoppage for fireworks. Finally, Hertha got a winner although almost conceded an equaliser with a shot off the bar at the end. I'm aware this reads a bit like Ralph Wiggum wrote it but was genuinely one of the most entertaining games I've ever been at.

I'm in Berlin for the next few days. At the Beirut concert one night and Hertha another night. I've been before a couple times and done main sights, anything anyone would recommend that's not the usual touristy things to do in the day (I'm not drinking at the moment so no pubs unfortunately). Also, best kebab and currywurst recommendations please.

When coming through the ranks at Aberdeen, who was the better Darren at reading - him or Mackie? If he could sign any other league 1 player, who would it be?

Real Madrid TV put in a consistent effort to intimidate refs and spin a narrative that it's them who are always hard done by. It ends up dominating discussion before matches and putting pressure on referees. Common enough tactic I guess but utterly blatant.

The Real Madrid-Almeria game at the weekend was possibly the worst officiated match I've ever seen. No wonder Almeria were raging.

The Strokes for me. Think it's fourteen times now.