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Post by The Matthew on Jul 7, 2018 16:16:56 GMT
The roads have been lovely and empty today. I went shopping in Bicester on the way home and it was like a Sunday morning.
As I reached home I heard a huge cheer from a pub. I didn't think there were that many Swedes around here. Oh, hang on...
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Post by poster J on Jul 7, 2018 21:29:05 GMT
Decided to go shopping for the duration of the match hoping the football would mean fewer crowds/less chaos than usual at Westfield....it didn't.
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Post by n1david on Jul 7, 2018 21:54:35 GMT
Two tickets for The Octoroon being returned for Wednesday night.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jul 7, 2018 21:56:36 GMT
Nice day off watching both matches, also watching the highlights right now.
Handy it be so hot, make me want to have a nice pub and too hot to sit in a theatre.
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Post by poster J on Jul 7, 2018 22:10:28 GMT
Two tickets for The Octoroon being returned for Wednesday night. I'm at Hamilton on Wed night - birthday treat to myself- not returning that ticket! Football doesn't trump theatre as far as I'm concerned anyway.
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Post by lynette on Jul 7, 2018 22:29:02 GMT
I’m ok for Wednesday but have opera tix for 15 th. Don’t blame me.
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Post by n1david on Jul 7, 2018 22:34:41 GMT
Two tickets for The Octoroon being returned for Wednesday night. I'm at Hamilton on Wed night - birthday treat to myself- not returning that ticket! Football doesn't trump theatre as far as I'm concerned anyway. It virtually never does for me but this feels like it could be a national event and there's a bit of me that wants to experience that as a different type of communal event. Hubby was unsure about Octoroon anyway and the NT's return policy makes it an easy decision (already rebooked for later in the run). I'm Scottish so it's not such a big deal to me as it is to him.
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Post by richey on Jul 8, 2018 14:02:54 GMT
Really sad that yesterday's win has led to some awful examples of thuggish louts 'celebrating' which have been shared on social media today.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jul 8, 2018 22:14:09 GMT
Nice day off watching both matches, also watching the highlights right now. Handy it be so hot, make me want to have a nice pub and too hot to sit in a theatre. So with Saturday dedicated to football, I decided to break a habit and attend a show today (Sunday). Which was School of Rock which is a great show and pleased to report it was sold out.
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Post by lynette on Jul 9, 2018 17:30:49 GMT
The Park was air conned and bearable but we ducked out of The Globe, sent back the tix. If you get stuck in the late afternoon sun there, it can be lethal.
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Post by joem on Jul 9, 2018 18:00:07 GMT
Just finished some lovely tuna belly for lunch. Swedes for dessert. Do tuna have belly's? Indeed they do. Otoro is the best part of the tuna belly, an almost buttery texture.
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Post by The Matthew on Jul 11, 2018 20:11:18 GMT
I had a meal in a pub this evening. Very quiet. Checked the football score at 19:10 out of idle curiosity and saw England had already scored one goal. Got home two hours later, checked again, and England have still only scored one goal. Not what I expected.
I guess I'll find out the final result by the noise from next door.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2018 21:32:47 GMT
I had a meal in a pub this evening. Very quiet. Checked the football score at 19:10 out of idle curiosity and saw England had already scored one goal. Got home two hours later, checked again, and England have still only scored one goal. Not what I expected. I guess I'll find out the final result by the noise from next door. I assume from your silence that the next door neighbours were so quiet that you fell asleep.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2018 21:36:23 GMT
Who picked that miserable bunch of moaning minnies in the ITV studio? Did any of them ever get to a World Cup semi final?
Instead of making it sound like England were the worst team ever, why not praise them for all they've done? You'd never have had that from Gary Lineker.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jul 11, 2018 21:37:45 GMT
It is a undignified sport anyway. 😂🏴😂🏴😂🏴😂🏴😂🏴😂🏴😂🏴😂
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Post by Rory on Jul 11, 2018 21:51:14 GMT
I'm not even English and I'm so disappointed for them! They displayed real sportsmanship throughout and hard graft and Southgate is such a gent.
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Post by vdcni on Jul 11, 2018 21:57:06 GMT
I'm not English or a football fan but very disappointed on behalf of all my friends who are. Tomorrow at work is going to be depressing.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 7:12:28 GMT
I didn't watch (working a late shift) but kept an eye on the score. Don't follow Football in the slightest, but I enjoyed watching people watching this unfold, and sad for the team having got so far. They also seemed like a 'nice bunch of lads' rather than the kind of spoiled brat footballers we see so much of. And obviously, I love a man in a waistcoat, I'm only human...
I would also like to apologise on behalf of my Nationalist idiotic Welshmen/women who are taking the opportunity to be as bad as the same spectrum of English fans....most normal people here were enjoying a bit of sport and cheering the team on as well.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jul 12, 2018 11:52:31 GMT
There was a report on the BBC London 6:30pm news last night about theatres heavily discounting tickets due to the match. Apparently Hamilton tickets were still available and Book of Mormon tickets were being discounted. They pretty much said that you could walk into a box office and name your price.
Don't know how true it all was. Did anyone take advantage?
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 12, 2018 11:58:17 GMT
Of course the real reason 'we' did so well is because half the team are from Yorkshire.
If Harrogate resident Gareth Southgate had not chosen to be quite so representative of Engerland as a whole, I have absolutely no doubt the squad would next be playing on Sunday, rather than Saturday.
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Post by Marwood on Jul 15, 2018 17:22:07 GMT
Congratulations to France: I took an active dislike to Croatia after their endless whining in the semifinal, England didn’t particularly deserve to be in the final but the constant whinging of Modric and co. really got to me, and seeing them lose today has made my day 😛
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jul 15, 2018 19:08:27 GMT
Congratulations to France: I took an active dislike to Croatia after their endless whining in the semifinal, England didn’t particularly deserve to be in the final but the constant whinging of Modric and co. really got to me, and seeing them lose today has made my day 😛 I wanted Croatia to win. What a shame VAR has won the world cup in such circumstances
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Post by theatremadness on Jul 15, 2018 19:59:29 GMT
Congratulations to France: I took an active dislike to Croatia after their endless whining in the semifinal, England didn’t particularly deserve to be in the final but the constant whinging of Modric and co. really got to me, and seeing them lose today has made my day 😛 I wanted Croatia to win. What a shame VAR has won the world cup in such circumstances I genuinely don't know enough about VAR to be debating it, yet here we are: isn't VAR just flagging/advising certain decisions/circumstances the referee may have missed or overlooked, but the final decision is still made by the referee and the referee only?
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Jul 15, 2018 20:37:16 GMT
The VAR handball decision was correct, the ref missed it first time. VAR has been a great success I think (and stop whinging Shearer man, you are just embarrassing yourself). Can anyone seriously claim they are happy with more wrong decisions when this has cut them down? It’s curtailed wrestling at corners and free kicks, noticed numerous handballs, caught sneaky contact with feet and so on. One ref used it badly but that’s because they were a poor ref in the first case.
Happy that France beat Croatia although Belgium were probably the best footballing side overall. England have something to build on now too.
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Post by joem on Jul 15, 2018 21:05:02 GMT
Incredible game yesterday. 8-0!!!
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jul 15, 2018 21:32:21 GMT
The VAR handball decision was correct, the ref missed it first time. VAR has been a great success I think (and stop whinging Shearer man, you are just embarrassing yourself). Can anyone seriously claim they are happy with more wrong decisions when this has cut them down? It’s curtailed wrestling at corners and free kicks, noticed numerous handballs, caught sneaky contact with feet and so on. One ref used it badly but that’s because they were a poor ref in the first case. Happy that France beat Croatia although Belgium were probably the best footballing side overall. England have something to build on now too. Unhappy with wrong decisions when the ref spends five minutes looking at the video. Intentional handball from a yard away?
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Post by orchidman on Jul 15, 2018 21:47:57 GMT
You can't give handball for that, it's an absolute mockery. People have hands and the ball will strike them in the box from time to time. But it's not the fault of VAR, the ref just made a stupid call.
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Post by poster J on Jul 15, 2018 21:48:13 GMT
The VAR handball decision was correct, the ref missed it first time. VAR has been a great success I think (and stop whinging Shearer man, you are just embarrassing yourself). Can anyone seriously claim they are happy with more wrong decisions when this has cut them down? It’s curtailed wrestling at corners and free kicks, noticed numerous handballs, caught sneaky contact with feet and so on. One ref used it badly but that’s because they were a poor ref in the first case. Happy that France beat Croatia although Belgium were probably the best footballing side overall. England have something to build on now too. The handball decision was wrong, but those blaming VAR misunderstand its purpose - it was still the referee's decision.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Jul 15, 2018 22:43:28 GMT
The hand was out ready to block as far as I can see. I had the radio commentary on along with the vision and Waddle thought the same. I do think that the law needs making more black and white so that any hand that affects play is penalised though. The current law allows players to claim innocence because it is too much about intent. The one poor decison was the free kick earlier.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2018 9:08:13 GMT
Well, ha! This is rather sweet.
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