TAKE THAT SHIT TO THE-BRITS.COM
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skel said:
Jimster to speak on it.
Why you gotta do me like that?
If you write a "0" on it, preferably next to the 5, you can pretend to be a Sanchez."400K a week? I nearly skidded off the road."
Peter Sands, former chief executive of Standard Chartered, has urged the Bank to dump £50 notes, suggesting that they are mainly used for “tax evasion”.
In a February 2016 paper, he wrote: “Ask people in the United Kingdom when they last used a £50 note, the highest sterling denomination, and the most common answer is to pay a builder or plumber.”
He added that phasing them out would be a “bold, effective – and relatively simple – step in the fight against organised crime, corruption, terrorism and tax evasion”.
There are currently 312million £50 notes in circulation compared to more than two billion £20 notes.
The £50 notes – which feature portraits of 18th century steam engine pioneers Matthew Boulton and James Watt – are only dispensed at a handful of cashpoints in Britain, mainly in the wealthiest areas of London.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/26/sol-campbell-oxford-united-craig-bellamy
Sol Campbell
found himself the subject of much public derision last week when he
described himself as “one of the greatest minds in football”. It was a
bold claim and the general reaction to the former player’s modest
self-evaluation suggested that if the erstwhile Saturday night quiz show
Family Fortunes had surveyed 100 people to fill in the blank in the
sentence: “Sol Campbell is one of the greatest [BLANKS] in football”,
the word “minds” would scarcely have featured among the few
broadcastable answers, let alone those all-important top ones.
Quizzing the FA’s technical director Dan Ashworth, he asked why Gary Neville had been fast-tracked to the England assistant manager’s job. It was an entirely reasonable question, but while having the nitty-gritty of Neville’s rapid rise to such a high-profile technical area explained to him, he interrupted Ashworth. “But I am Sol Campbell.” Unsure how to respond to such an interjection, Ashworth just finished his explanation. The counter-argument? Once more with feeling: “But I am Sol Campbell.”
Sol Campbell
found himself the subject of much public derision last week when he
described himself as “one of the greatest minds in football”. It was a
bold claim and the general reaction to the former player’s modest
self-evaluation suggested that if the erstwhile Saturday night quiz show
Family Fortunes had surveyed 100 people to fill in the blank in the
sentence: “Sol Campbell is one of the greatest [BLANKS] in football”,
the word “minds” would scarcely have featured among the few
broadcastable answers, let alone those all-important top ones.
Quizzing the FA’s technical director Dan Ashworth, he asked why Gary Neville had been fast-tracked to the England assistant manager’s job. It was an entirely reasonable question, but while having the nitty-gritty of Neville’s rapid rise to such a high-profile technical area explained to him, he interrupted Ashworth. “But I am Sol Campbell.” Unsure how to respond to such an interjection, Ashworth just finished his explanation. The counter-argument? Once more with feeling: “But I am Sol Campbell.”
Jimster said:
@Duderonomy alert - fellow UK Strutteur TomO playing Barca tonight:
Cool. Might try and make that if the gf is interested. She has, however, found herself agreeing to watch some performance art by a friend...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz9M-9W7B5A
This may kill off her enthusiasm for life, but decent music could be the necessary corrective.
DOR said:
vintageinfants said:
https://streamable.com/mb2wm
hi guys.
Hobnobs?
I sure hope they put the milk in last... Heathens
On a visit back to blighty earlier this year I stayed with a friend for a few days.It was on day two that I noticed he now added milk to the cup before the hot water. Having lived with him at uni and been friends for many years I'm certain that this is fairly recent behaviour.I could only look on with concern and dismay. I wondered if it was something he had developed by living alone for too long - one of those timesaving traits one falls into when there is noone to judge. Anyway, a hobnob of any kind in tea is all wrong. Give me digestives or give me death.
Jimster said:
Duderonomy said:
Has to be the plain chocolate ones, that looked like a milk chocolate one. Tsk.
WHY DO YOU HATT THE GINGER NUT?
Thou knowest, swine. I had my fill of ginger.
Junior said:
DOR said:
vintageinfants said:
https://streamable.com/mb2wm
hi guys.
Hobnobs?
I sure hope they put the milk in last... Heathens
On a visit back to blighty earlier this year I stayed with a friend for a few days.It was on day two that I noticed he now added milk to the cup before the hot water. Having lived with him at uni and been friends for many years I'm certain that this is fairly recent behaviour.I could only look on with concern and dismay. I wondered if it was something he had developed by living alone for too long - one of those timesaving traits one falls into when there is noone to judge. Anyway, a hobnob of any kind in tea is all wrong. Give me digestives or give me death.
I was also back in Old Blighty in the summer. While touring the Cotswolds, we stopped in some small shop for tea where the owner dropped milk in first. I clutched my chest immediately. Heathens!!!
Agreed on digestives. Tho, my wife once brought me tea & hobnobs in bed and I didn't immediately kick her out of bed. So, I must like them to some degree.
On a side note, my wife loved England and would move there if she can have a garden. At the prices I saw while we were there, I know I won't be moving back to the UK in my lifetime.
One a 2nd side note...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_nsMHqV1cY&feature=youtu.be
