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Post by bpg on Jul 3, 2024 15:46:29 GMT
I stayed at Sopwell House in the 90s. Company I used to work for had their Christmas parties there. Met Martin Keown in the car park on one Saturday morning, big bloke back in his playing days. Wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley.
Stansted has a VIP building on the other side of the airfield for those flying on private jets. Another company I worked for flew in and out of there, did it a couple of times. Nothing flash, just avoids the crowds and hike through the main terminal, which was very much appreciated after the early start to fly in and the late flight out.
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Post by bpg on Jul 5, 2024 12:53:36 GMT
There's going to be a whole tricolour load of landfill next week if Germany lose this evening.
Flags everywhere, mucho different from June 14th when there were hardly any. Überläuferen doesn't really translate well for Turncoats.
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Post by WDB on Jul 6, 2024 5:47:45 GMT
I went to the pub yesterday, forgetting it would be showing the Germany-Spain match. The place was full, it was raining too much for the garden to be an option. And there was evidently a large contingent of German rowers in, because Germany’s equaliser was greeted with thunderous excitement, and Spain’s winner with near-silence.
I watched the BBC’s mini-highlights early this morning and it looks like great entertainment from two very skilful teams. France and Portugal look like two more. It set a high bar for the remaining quarter-finals, although I doubt I’ll get to see much of those either.
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Post by bpg on Jul 6, 2024 8:40:08 GMT
As expected this morning. Flags ? What flags ? We didn't have any flags up.
Euro24 ? Never heard of it, is it a new coin or note?
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Post by EspadaIII on Jul 11, 2024 6:49:41 GMT
It's coming home?
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Post by Alanović on Jul 11, 2024 7:56:31 GMT
It's OK, the ladies brought it home 2 years ago.
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Post by Humph on Jul 15, 2024 8:30:21 GMT
Pity the Euro football and the tennis is finished. The gym/pool and the roads to and from it have been delightfully quiet these past few weeks. Pretty much had the place to myself last night.
Generally get a little rush of those who think they can get beach fit in two weeks about now.
Anyway, I’m off to ride my bike in a forest now.
Enjoy work y’all!
😉
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Post by WDB on Jul 15, 2024 8:59:51 GMT
I enjoyed the final last night with a nice glass (or two) of rosé. To my inexpert eye, England looked much better against a strong team than they had earlier against weaker opponents, as if they stopped worrying about what they ought to do and just did it. Spain were excellent and deserved to win, but I think CiiiR is right that Southgate and his team really did awfully well.
Southgate is such a decent human being. I hope he makes his decision calmly and doesn’t get bounced into anything by the inevitably hysterical press opinion. He really is a credit to the job and the country.
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Post by EspadaIII on Jul 15, 2024 10:50:04 GMT
I was disappointed by a couple of performances and wish that Southgate had swapped Kane out much earlier. But if you said in 1990 that 30 years later England would reach the final of two Euros and the semis in the World Cup, you would have been delighted. But Spain deserved to win - clearly the best team of the tournament by a country mile simply by winning every game they played.
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Post by Alanović on Jul 15, 2024 10:57:01 GMT
The only team which beat Spain in qualifying and the tournament finals was Scotland.
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