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Cagliari 16 Real Vicenza 1 Castelfiorentino 0 Empoli 12

Nah, he meant Satoru Sayama

SV SW Lieboch 11 SV Peggau II 0 on Saturday was a welcome return to mis-matched pre-season friendly nonsense. Even better though, is the new 2021-2022 "season" of everyone's favourite tournament, the Eesti Karikas (Estonian Cup). Fourth tier Raplamaa kicked off the tournament with a 15-0 demolition of amateurs Wolfram FC. The IBK Here For Beer boys are presumably undeterred by last years 9-0 defeat against Tallinna JK Legion and face top flight opposition again in Narva Trans, which is one of the likelier cricket scores in the first round. Although when a fourth tier side wins 15-0 against a Rahvaliiga side (pub/amateur level) you can never rule out a massacre.

Might pay Sweeneys a visit on Sat then. They've had six wee tables for two outside for the last few weeks, always occupied by their older clientele when I've walked by. Think they opened inside just to sell soft drinks before as well just to give their regulars somewhere to go.

Really hope this works out well for Ardeer. Been a tough last few years for them and although I'm not really involved any more, I've tons of great memories (and nightmares of disastrous defeats) from the last 10+ years down there.

Think both but the under 40s are being given the Pfizer. I'm there this Wednesday for mines.

Freezing? Was out walking yesterday and today at 8am with nothing over my t-shirt. I'm a fat alky though, but it's not that cold surely.

Received text this morning, first jag booked for 2nd June.

1992 is the best ever, but could be harder to introduce a new fan to it as they could see it as being rather dated. 2000 wasn't much cop at all IMO. 1998 and 2011 would be better choices.

Add me to the list of people properly seething at this.

I work in debt advice and at least half the people I've spoke with in the last month were over 50.

^This I once was cooking gammon steak Hawaii for dinner but realised part way thru I had no pineapple. Used tinned peaches instead. OFTW behaviour?

Just off the phone to my (nominally Tory) brother who confirmed he didn't bother to vote. I suppose that's as close to as good a Tory brother I can hope for.

She's a relation of mine, but I agree

Didn't see the fight but remember watching Jonas get stopped by Viviane Obenauf a few years ago, and Obenauf coming across as very likeable in the post fight interview. Googled Obenauf tonight and found out she is alleged to have beaten her 66 yr old Swiss husband to death in December! Definitely wouldn't take a broken pay packet home to her either.

I can't recall any other election where I've received so many party communications through the door. To date I've received: SNP (at least 2) Tories (at least 2) Green (2) Labour Lib Dem Alba Reform Scottish Family Party Communist Trade Union and Socialist Coalition Craig Ross (independent)

Got offered treble pay for working one Sunday in a call centre job years ago. Didn't realise until the night before that the trains didn't start on Sunday until about the same time I was due to start work in Glasgow. Would have still just about made it via bus from Ayrshire but the (relief) driver incredibly got lost in Glasgow and nearly ended up in Springburn instead of the bus station. Another guy and me had to give him directions. Ended up half an hour late. Work weren't impressed but didn't mind too much as half the folk due to be in hadn't turned up at all and were presumably all still out from the night before.

My work are intending to go to a blended (in the office at least 50% of the week) approach from August after the school holidays. Probably suits me fine tbh, although my job role might necessitate being in the office a bit more than that in due course. Only started this job a few weeks ago and I've found it a bit more difficult as a new start wfh rather than working with colleagues in the office. Found it strange that the supervisor was phoning my (personal) mobile rather than calling through Teams. Eventually questioned this and she apparently doesn't have a speaker on her laptop or a headset. Apparently she can't use Excel properly either...

Father Ted did do a cracking Mother Teresa impersonation to be fair.

Will be shown on itv4 now

Could murder a pizza now.

Worked in a shitey call centre many years ago and that was one phrase we were told to never use.

Bit of digging has revealed my memory was conflating "Stone Cold" with a book called "Shadows" by Tim Bowler which also involves teenage homelessness. It wasn't quite as grim.

That's it. I knew a journo was involved in the story somehow. Must have got the ending mixed up with some other grisly young-adult book

I don't remember a TV show, but I had a library book as a teenager with a very similar, possibly the same, plot. Think the boy ended up going home in the end only to find that his maw had killed herself. Right cheery story.