I can't remember ever a more low-key build-up from mainstream TV in 52 years of following the World Cup.
Are they embarrassed by the FIFA shenanigans, or by the host country's shenanigans, or is it that the matches are on pay-per-view now?

bonzo wrote: ↑Thu Nov 03, 2022 8:26 pm Apparently Hoggy is back in the team for Saturday.

Didn't know that... thanks, and I just saw that Richie Gray is back in too, who last featured about 5 prime ministers ago.
Strong-looking lineup.

Do you know if Stuart is available for Scotland again soon. Hogg had been sidelined for a couple of months with injury and has been substituted last couple of times as gets back into regular appearances at Exeter. I hope he'll be back in contention for the 6 Nations squad, all going well over there...

The YouTube highlights of Nigel Owens' career as a rugby ref are well worth watching.
One in particular shows him berating (of all people) Stuart Hogg - and for football-style "diving".

meekan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 11, 2022 8:02 am Is Skabey Eva a nick name surely it must be? Or is it a pet name Exile?

I took a liberty with the spacing - her full name is Olga Skabeyeva.
Still a corker.

Jim McCreadie wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 11:07 pm Putin describing the bridge attack as "terrorism"! 'Nuff sed!

Especially coming from the fantastically well-named hardline Russian TV anchorwoman: Skabey Eva

Woman in shop recommended using greaseproof paper cake tin liners to cut down cleaning because fryer trays can acumulate a baked-on layer that's hard to remove once you finally notice it on top of the black paint finish.
Works well, esp. with smaller portions.

Am I missing something, or can anyone point me, anywhere in the world, to a television channel, radio station, daily newspaper, weekly magazine, or social media site, other than Threetowners, which, a fortnight after the event, hasn't mentioned the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II? I suspe...

Thanks you, Hahaya, for this and the many other historical posts that you make. It is important to record the history of a town and your contributions do just that. It must take a long time to transcribe the text so your input is much appreciated. George Agree completely. I was fascinated by the wr...

Oh yes, Rowe's and the sta-press troosers, and being assured (...aye, son, these is a' the rage noo...)

These regular NG dumping procedures were called "drownings" and the channel was closer to Arran than Ardrossan. I was in Nobel's at the time and close to the people who organised vessel movements but have no recollection at all of this incident.

When I was a young boy my uncle Tam often used the expression "it was the biggest tragedy since the Co Quarter", but I was never sure what that meant.