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The Ryder cup- what a pile of pish. Look at Ian Poulter punching his chest and geeing the crowd up- it's golf nobody cares.

I despise queen deeply and unashamedly- in fact, I prefer the queen.

Nicholas Witchell - royal correspondent & oxygen thief, close the thread [emoji41]

Thanks for saving us Mr Rae

Apparently there is an upcoming programme on the Beeb called " Celebrities work in the NHS" or some such nonsense. WTF they have finally gone full Partridge, surely there are more succinct ways of proving that successive governments have strangled the health service without getting an array of fuckwits to wander around wards bothering sick people

The Go-betweens

We got rid of Duffy because he appeared to have taken us as far as he could, I will always be grateful for a hampden day out and finally beating the midden, but upwards and onwards. McKinnon wouldn't have been my first choice but as long as there is progression he will have my support.

I would only be disappointed if we missed out on promotion, hopefully the board get a move on. Hope is really the thing that kills.

Finished 4th of July creek- very reminiscent in parts of Cormac McCarthy and all the more enjoyable for it. 7/10 Had no new books ready so rattled through Trainspotting- still enjoyable but showing its age in parts. Now onto " A farewell to arms" by Hemingway

Anyone who has been in receipt of an ebt should have their applications consigned to the incinerator

Finished my final Ian Banks- The Quarry. Very melancholy, unsurprisingly given that both he and his main character were dying of cancer. 7/10 Now onto 4th of July creek by Smith Henderson. It says on the blurb that it is reminiscent of the magnificent Cormac McCarthy so will give it a try on that basis alone.

Just finished watching The Godfather 2 & 3 , loved them both although Sofia Copolla's acting is God awful at times. The end to both films are masterful and the storylines are genius. 10/10 & 7/10

Had the sheer joy of introducing both daughters to The Godfather. Has been a couple of years since I watched it last, it just gets better with every viewing. They totally loved it and are now looking forward to the next two. Some great lines and performances, just perfection- the absolute pinnacle of movie making.

Finished Sebag-Montefiore's The Somme- brings home the absolute horrors of WW1, trenches being constantly bombarded and having to dig yourself and your colleagues from being buried alive on a daily basis, all this with rotting corpses in shallow ( and not so shallow ) graves everywhere. Nice touches with letters from the soldiers interspersed with some details of what was going on with the generals at HQ. A great read 8/10 Now onto " The Quarry " by Iain Banks. I have been putting this off for some time as it is the last of his I have to read, I haven't made up my mind about the Iain M Banks stuff as I don't know if sci-fi is my bag. However I really love his writing. Any suggestions where to start.

Being upset is fine, however the national broadcaster allowed this to go unchallenged. I'm sure if, in the course of an interview, someone was to put forward the hypothesis that the concept of a hereditary monarchy runs counter to natural justice or indeed logic they would jump all over it - but cats equal children, yeah batter on.

Watched BBC breakfast yesterday and they had an article on the "cat serial killer " of Croydon, at one point they spoke to some cat welfare man who referred to these crimes as murder and then claimed that the death of a cat was the same as the death of a child. At no point did anyone from the programme make any interjection to say that this is not the case , I actually shouted at the tv- surely even cat owners don't think this.

What about that a***hole Elton John, announcing his retirement to much rejoicing from me before announcing a 3 year long farewell tour. 3 bloody years!!! Just walk away and don't inflict us again- win win for all.

Prince Buster- Enjoy yourself

With the old breed- Eugene Sledge: enjoyed this, it fleshed out some of the things detailed in " The Pacific " . A good companion to the series 6.5/10 Don Quixote - wow, what a revelation, I absolutely loved this. There were a few episodes that went on too long ( a dream sequence ) but, on the whole, a fabulous read considering how old it is. 9/10 Now onto "Somme" by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore then "The Quarry " by Iain Banks.

I told my daughters that Debbie McGee of strictly fame was 73.

Finished " the last days of disco" by David F Ross, 6/10 had a few laugh out loud moments but just seemed to drift aimlessly to a finish. Will read some more of his though. Now onto either " With the old breed " by Eugene Sledge of Pacific fame, or "Don Quixote "by Cervantes

Just finished "Smiley's People " , great finish to the series. Now onto David F Ross's " The last days of disco" set in Ayrshire during the early '80s - looking forward to a bit of light relief before Christmas.

I'd like to hear Jose Quitongo, he at least goes to championship games & may be able to give a better insight than some ex-old firm jobber.

Hings by Chris McQueer - good in parts, like all short story collections I suppose. Days without end - Sebastian Barry. I don't get all the hype this has garnered to be honest, I suppose I expected it to be reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy and it didn't come close. I didn't engage with the characters or story at all really.