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Many football fans know that The Proclaimers are massive Hibs fans and that their song "Sunshine On Leith" is sung at Hibs games.
But most people don't know that many years ago, Craig and Charlie Reid both worked as groundsmen for the club. They got the sack after players complained that the grass was too long and it ruined their passing game. In their defence, the brothers blamed this on stock shortages at B&Q They went to branches at Bathgate no mower, Linwood no mower, Irvine no mower, Lochaber no mower, Sutherland no mower, Lewis no mower, Skye no mower...
Now that Frank Skinner is no longer on Absolute Radio, he has a podcast "Frank Off The Radio". (Also check out his poetry podcast). The only downside of it for me is that he no longer has the playlist that he ahd on his radio show, which was such a refreshing change from somewhat limited monthly playlist that Absolute prefers.
This morning, tickets for ELO's farewell gig in Hyde Park, next July went on presale at £112 each. (I wasn't planning to go, it was just out of curiosity after I wasted so much time unsuccessfully "queuing" for Oasis tickets)
Just checked again and they're already at £155. I wonder what price they will be when they go on general release?
I remembered an article that I read about differing caffeine levels in various coffee chain drinks:
"A new study has found that high street coffee chains have “huge” differences in the amount of caffeine served in popular drinks.
A medium cappuccino at Costa Coffee contains a “massive” 325mg of caffeine, almost five times the strength of the Starbucks version with a modest 66mg.
By contrast, Greggs and Pret A Manger also use significantly less caffeine in a cappuccino of the same size, at 197mg and 180mg respectively. Caffè Nero had the second lowest levels of caffeine after Starbucks in this drink specifically, containing between 110mg and 115mg.
The study also found that one single espresso from Pret A Manger contains 180mg of caffeine, or six times as much as its Starbucks counterpart. Pret’s filter coffee also contained the highest caffeine levels at 271mg, compared to 225mg at Greggs and 102mg at Starbucks.
The variations aren’t solely caused by the number of caffeine shots used. The two main types of coffee bean – Arabica and Robusta – have differing caffeine amounts as well as variations in tastes, with Arabica containing approximately half the quantity of caffeine.
With such a large disparity from one chain to another, customers have little idea how much caffeine they’re consuming. This can cause problems for people who are sensitive to caffeine, pregnant people or patients on certain stimulant medications.
The maximum recommended caffeine allowance is up 400mg per day. Pregnant people are advised to consume no more than 200mg, and children no more than between 45mg and 100mg per day."
Here's one I wrote for my youngest son when he was about 6...
Podgy wodgy spider, clinging to the wall. Podgy wodgy woman, sitting in the hall. Podgy wodgy spider's web, melted by the sun. Podgy wodgy spider fell, and landed on her tum. Yelled podgy wodgy woman, shouting angily "I'll not have podgy spiders landing on the wodgy parts of me!"
Aged 11, he subsequently plagiarised it for an English assignment, and the teacher loved it so much that he was asked to read in out in school assembley. Little git!
What do you mean "huge trouble"? We've lost three games. Even Sunderland have lost two games. We're eight games into the season - hardly the time to start pressing the panic button!
We haven't lost since the opening day, but all of the teams above us from 7-13 have lost at least two games. We are hard to beat, but when are we going to look like a team that wins games?
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