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Reply | Film 2025
at 21:53 9 Feb 2025
Yes I’ve seen Beyond The Infinite 2 Minutes & I really liked that too.
Didn’t realise until after that River was made by the same writer and director.
Talking of really enjoyable Japanese films, I really liked Fish Story.
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Reply | Timeless Lyrics. Please no Youtube. Just the words. Go with it.
at 09:59 9 Feb 2025
Sleep cannot hide thoughts splitting through my mind
Shadows aren't clean, false mirrors too many people awake
If you stand up like a nail then you will be knocked down
I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else
(Faster, Manic Street Preachers) |
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Reply | Timeless Lyrics. Please no Youtube. Just the words. Go with it.
at 09:57 9 Feb 2025
Not a moment too soon as we blue the moon
And a wolf begins to howl in tune
I announced for all mankind
A boon
Stand aside you big baboon
Now I'm the a prize invention, girl
You're the image of yourself
Forget your cares
Your disapproving stares
I'm not here to try to jump your borders
Just ask your nieces and daughters
I'm flat as sole, I'm happy as a clam
But they don't know the kind of man I am
Little fish swimming in a jealous shoal
Now my net is overflowing
And I suddenly seem to be all seeing and all knowing
I've got something right there
You might want to hear
I have no fear
Lend a hand
Lend an ear
If your rent-money is in arrears
We'll be striking up a symphony bandstand
Long of hair and loose of tooth
There'll be pirouettes and startling handstands
And who but acrobats know how to tell the truth
When all is said that then redundant
They gallivant in peg-leg pants
I'll be your servant
You'll be my pal
And I'll be faithful you know I shall
There's no fool like an old fool
Who blames it all upon his youth
When times are tough and you find you're down
Without a star to wish upon
Listen for a voice in the dark
(A Voice In The Dark, Elvis Costello) |
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Reply | Timeless Lyrics. Please no Youtube. Just the words. Go with it.
at 09:55 9 Feb 2025
Aliens have landed
I don’t know what they’ve demanded
but the Earth will never be the same again
They said: “Take us to your leader,”
you know, the usual procedure
They demolished all our barricades
and then I woke up and the world was just the same as it was yesterday
We broke up but I still call your name, like I do every day
And, in the not-so-distant future,
the world’s run by a computer
that takes care of every single thing we need
but, if you’ve seen any movie,
you’ll know things never go smoothly
and we’ll face a huge disaster, guaranteed
And then I woke up and the world was just the same as it was yesterday
We broke up but I still call your name, like I do every day
And I’d do anything, anything, anything, anything to stop myself from thinking about you
And I really need to shake off this addiction
but, instead, I’m sat here watching science fiction
I took this retro spaceship
for an interstellar day trip
and I went as fast as Einstein would allow
It belongs to some mad scientist;
I don’t know how he acquired it
but a time machine would suit me better now
So I could wake up and have the world be just the same as it was yesterday
We didn’t break up and you still call my name, you never went away
And I’d do anything, anything, anything, anything to stop myself from thinking about you
(Science Fiction by The Wedding Present) |
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Reply | West London La La La...
at 22:58 6 Feb 2025
is this Narrow Boat the same pub that was called the Western Arms when I used to go there? (90s/early 2000s) |
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Reply | West London La La La...
at 17:24 6 Feb 2025
West London LaLaLa was my user name on the old Rivals forum.
Should’ve stuck with that name because now people on here occasionally think I am actually Peter Hucker. (I’m not) |
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Reply | Calling NY Rs
at 19:44 5 Feb 2025
Get in contact with Dunstan, he’s @qprnyc on Twitter. He’ll tell you everything you need to know.
They usually watch matches at Legends. That’s on West 33rd Street near the Empire State Building.
I was over there for the Plymouth match in August, what a thoroughly lovely bunch the NY R/s fans are. |
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Reply | Stupidest things ever said to you - QPR related or otherwise !!!
at 22:06 2 Feb 2025
I heard this conversation in a sandwich shop in Finchley about 25 years ago & it's stuck with me ever since.
Bloke in front of me ordered his sandwich. and just before wrapping it the lady behind the counter said "Would you like me to cut it into 2 or 4?"
Reply: "2 please. I couldn't eat 4." |
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Reply | Barton
at 10:38 25 Jan 2025
By some considerable distance the biggest cúnt to ever wear our shirt. |
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Reply | Ashby throwing the jersey to the floor
at 19:22 22 Jan 2025
Very harsh on Terrell Forbes.
He was a pretty solid defender. Not as good going forward but still a reliable fullback and pretty much ever present for our 3 seasons in League 1. Was voted player of the season in 1 of those years too, which I don't remember many having a problem with at the time.
Significantly better player than Harrison Ashby has shown himself to be (so far at least)
History will judge Forbes harshly because of the very unsavoury off-pitch stuff that led to his departure, but I remember him being a popular player up until the details of that started to emerge. |
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Reply | Chelshite song
at 21:29 12 Jan 2025
You're right, but it was definitely sung more frequently than at a normal away game. And the first airing of it was pretty early in the game too.
Predictable really. Telling people not to sing a particular song just makes some people want to sing it even more. |
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Thread | Blackburn v QPR game off
at 18:34 12 Jan 2025
this was supposed to be on 8th Feb, but Blackburn are in something called the 4th round of the FA Cup.
So that game will need to be re-arranged for midweek.
I guess the only upside to that is that it's fcked up Sky's plans for a 12:30 kickoff. |
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Reply | Film 2025
at 17:00 12 Jan 2025
I thought she looked a bit rough in the later scenes.
😆
best film I've seen recently was River (Japanese film with a time loop, very imaginative film)
I also really liked The Wailing (Korean horror film)
if you're a Bruce Springsteen fan, the Road Diary documentary on Disney+ is brilliant.
recently watched Cocaine Bear which has just appeared on Netflix. Hmmm. I like daft horror stuff but this was just *too* daft.
Like Snakes On A Plan and Sharknado, the title is more entertaining than the actual film. |
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Thread | bad weather & Leicester away
at 20:06 9 Jan 2025
Lots of snow and ice around this week, more on the way overnight & tomorrow.
And I keep seeing stuff on the news about flooding in the Midlands, some of it in Leicestershire.
The match on Saturday isn't going to get called off, is it?
Any local knowledge out there?
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Reply | Your best and worst ever QPR moment witnessed as a fan and as an armchair fan !!
at 11:47 6 Jan 2025
Best in person, probably the Oldham semi-final. That was definitely the loudest I've ever heard it at Loftus Road. Not just when the goal went in, but before the match and everything.
Another one that always sticks in the mind, the last game of the season 6-0 against Palace to stay up. The biggest piss-up W12 has ever seen.
Starting from the British Queen, then the Coningham, the Queen Adelaide, a few more until we ended up in Swakeleys. We kept having to move from pub to pub because they were running out of beer.
We have a lot of stories from that day!
Best one on telly, hmm can't think of that many good ones.
Probably the 4-1 v Man U Dennis Bailey Hallelujah!!
Worst ones that I've been there in person, the Milk Cup final certainly. But whilst it was annoying at the time I was only 15 and I was less upset than on my previous time seeing QPR at Wembley (FA Cup replay v Spurs).
At the time QPR were a very good team and I naively thought I'd see us play in several other cup finals.
So many terrible and infuriating matches I've been to, both at home & especially away.
That Huddersfield away match which confirmed our relegation in 2001 probably the most miserable I've felt at and after a match.
One that springs to mind for worst TV game was losing 4-0 to Swansea in the FA Cup first round.
Also there was a TV game against Liverpool in the Premier League when that cúnt Redknapp was our manager. We were at home and they beat us comfortably. Suarez scored a hat-trick I think. We looked a trillion miles away from being able to compete at that level. And that's because we were.
Those 3 seasons we had in the Premier League in the 2000s were some of the most misery-packed times in all my years supporting this club.
Totally made me fall out of love with the Premier League, I got out of the habit of watching Match of the Day during those seasons and I've never got back into it. |
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Reply | NZ travel thoughts & ideas
at 15:30 4 Jan 2025
Had 3 weeks in New Zealand in August 2024 with the wife & my kids aged 14 & 11.
We have family & friends near Christchurch & also near Auckland so we went to both south & north islands.
Given it was winter and some of the adventure sports stuff was closed, I think we had just the right amount of time in Rotorua (3 full days)
None of my family are really city people so we thought a day spent in each was plenty in Christchurch and Auckland.
That left more time for the more scenic places and there are oh so many of those.
Everywhere else we went, we just wished we had longer there to explore!!
3 weeks sounds like a long time but I feel like we only just scraped the surface of New Zealand.
I'll just copy & paste this list that I wrote on the plane home.
Saturday 3rd:
Arrive Christchurch
Waikuku beach
Sunday 4th:
Walk around Christchurch
Lunch @ The Riverside
Flying Nun record shop
Margaret Mahy playground
Monday 5th:
Akaroa
Fudge from Pot Pourri shop
Akaroa museum
Tuesday 6th:
Breakfast @ Raeward, near Christchurch airport
Drive to Kaikoura
Whale watching trip whalewatch.co.nz
Seals at Ohau Point
Fish & chips @ Coopers Catch, Kaikoura
Wednesday 7th:
Drive Ohoka - Hokitika
Sheffield Pies
Homer's donut
Castle Hill
Feeding eels in Hokitika
Walk along beach in Hokitika
Stay @ Shining Star, Hokitika
Dinner @ Stumpers, Hokitika
Glow worm dell
Thursday 8th:
Drive Hokitika - Haast
Helicopter trip Fox Glacier
Walk around Lake Matheson
Sunset at Ship Creek
Stay @ Haast Beach Motel
Friday 9th:
Drive Haast - Wanaka
Thunder Creek Falls
Fantail Falls
Blue Pools walk
Puzzling World
Sal’s pizza / Wanaka Brew Bar
Saturday 10th:
Walk up Mount Iron
Lunch at Cardrona Hotel
Rippon Wine tasting
“That Wanaka Tree”
Eel feeding on jetty
Speights pub (All Blacks v Argentina)
Sunday 11th:
Drive from Wanaka to Tekapo
Ice cream @ Oasis cafe, Omarama
Drive alongside Lake Pukaki
Walk the Hooker Valley Track
Stay @ Mantra, Lake Tekapo
Dark Sky observatory
Monday 12th:
Church @ Lake Tekapo
Breakfast @ Fairlie Bakehouse
Drive back to Christchurch
Tuesday 13th:
Willow Bank wildlife reserve near Christchurch airport
Fly to Auckland
Wednesday 14th:
Walk to Cockle Bay / Shelly Beach
Ferry to Auckland from Pine Harbour
Bakery @ Maritime Museum
Walk around marinas
Skywalk @ Sky Tower
Real Groovy record shop
Myers Park
Rock Shop guitar shop, Karangahape Rd
Thursday 15th:
Walk @ Kohimahara beach
Walk @ Half Moon Bay
Lunch @ Grangers, Half Moon Bay marina
Ten pin bowling / Video games @ Time Zone, Botany
Friday 16th:
Drive Cockle Bay to Pauanui (coastal route)
Walk along coast @ Kaiaua
Evening walk @ Pauanui beach
Saturday 17th:
Hot Water Beach
Hot Waves café
Stay @ Pauanui
Sunday 18th:
Tairua estuary walk
Drive to Rotorua (very rainy!)
Dinner @ CBK, Eat Street
Stay @ Kawaha Point, Rotorua
Monday 19th:
The ultimate canopy tour (cancelled, high winds)
Luge @ Skylines
Kuirau geothermal park
Dinner / drinks @ The Fat Brother
Stay @ Kawaha Point, Rotorua
Tuesday 20th:
Wai O Tapu geothermal wonderland
Wild swim @ Kerosene Creek
Drive to Blue Lake / Green Lake / Lake Okareka
Glow worms @ Blue Lake
Redwoods Nightlights tree walk
Stay @ Kawaha Point, Rotorua
Wednesday 21st:
Hobbiton
Drive back to Auckland
Thursday 22nd:
Little Lane coffee @ Clevedon
Walk by beach @ Maraetai
Fly home from Auckland |
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