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Joe showing up to the match

Come on Luca...one more and we gen get rid of the guy who shouts "Come on, Ronnie" every frame.

Spoke too soon. Got a letter from "BW Legal" and they have phoned the house looking for me and left a message. They want £240 by 24th May, or I can pay £15 pcm. Binned.

I was a door to door salesman back in the late 90s, workong with a middle aged guy. He went into a woman's house and was in for ages. Not unusual. Sometimes folk would offer a cup of tea or a meal. Anyway, time is marching on and I am waiting for him. Golden rule was never to interrupt in case you blew a sale. Eventuall I am convinced that he's getting his Nat King. He emerged carrying loads of suitcases, put them in the boot of my car and we drove off. Turns out he wasn't getting it on with the woman. What had happened was, her husband had just left her for someone else that morning. The guy I worked with was about the same size as the husband, so the woman basically told him to help himself to the husband's clothes (which he was due to return and collect that evening). All designer gear, expensive stuff. He lifted just about everything he could. We did not go back to that village (Croy) the next day, just in case.

Marco Polo was tremendously good. Really, really enjoyed it. Now on The Reign of Terror (which has a similar storyline to The Romans). Just brilliant doing these historical stories again.

Jesus wept. Sprint races are just ruining the weekends. They're not needed or wanted. I watched the previous ones as they were, basically, the first quarter of the race. Cutting them off from the main race is a good move as they sucked the life out of the Sunday race. But this begs the question - what's the point? 3 points? Whilst at Baku there is the real chance of having a big smash. Wouldn't surprise me if the Red Bulls retired from the sprint for "mechanical issues" very early, then showed up for the Sunday race ready to wipe everyone else out.

Sounds like a wanking euphemism

7 for Wednesday

When creating a thread about advice, avoid using the term "top tips" as you'll end up inundated with recycled Viz pieces.

Please leave your advice and top tips here. Any subject welcome.

Anne Frank is a bit grim for that, tbh...

I always used 'Broon Breid' for deid.

7 for Tuesday

Some very one sided games in this round.

Read Hugh Keevins article from yesterday (before the match). Beautiful. Michael Beale must avoid Rangers jam becoming jelly and there's only one way to do it

The wife watches a lot of true crime TV. The ID channel, for instance. One thing I've noticed about these shows is that every murder victim is a brilliant person - they light up the room, kind, generous, etc. etc. They get eulogised every time. Nobody ever says "It's a shame Jimmy was murdered, but he was a bit of an arsehole."

You sound like our old board, who believed that ex-players who left Falkirk suddenly became Ronaldo when playing against us.

I'm trying to give away a broken quiz machine. No questions asked.

We have taken a bit of a left turn here. Got to the end of Frontios and, whilst decent enough, it is still just not sitting right. The plan we had was this. During our first run through we skipped all the series that were missing or part-missing from the Hartnell and Troughton days. We would watch through to the 1996 movie then go back to watch these ones. At the end of Frontios, Scott asked if we could switch the plan and go back now. So, we're going to catch all the old ones that have been reconstructed or animated, then come back to Davison later. So, three episodes into Marco Polo...and the difference is huge. It's miles better than the Davison era. The story is textured, informative and fun. It's the original gang with Ian, Barbara () and Susan. The Doctor is a cantankerous old sod. It's just joyous returning to these. I'm still at a stage where I cannot quite put my finger on why the Davison series aren't hitting home with me. Across the board the ball has been dropped, I think, from writing to direction to music, to special effects. It looks a worse show than it did during, say, the Pertwee era a decade earlier. The companions make a big difference also. I find Tegan really grating - her job seems to be to whinge about going back to the Tardis. The only Davison one I liked was Nyssa.

8 for Monday

Cheers!

Err... John de Lancie was only in season 2.

"I just can't stop using the stuff," I told the other addicts. "I go through about two bottles a day. Honestly the bathroom looks like Hiroshima sometimes... " "Sorry to interrupt mate, but I think you're in the wrong room. Talcoholics Anonymous is next door."