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Post by Yellow River on Sept 3, 2012 15:16:33 GMT
What was the deal with Caddis? He was one of your best players last season. I've just seen the PDC interview and was stunned he's asked Wes to apologise. The only one who should apologise is PDC but we all know hell will freeze over first....... The story being put around about Caddis was, the scum were have a pre or post match lunch and Caddis had soup, one of the nutritionists spotted this and when dear old pdc found out he went mad and told the player he wasn't allowed soap, an argument entailed and pdc told the player to change from soup or he had to leave. Mad mad stuff. Caddis must have been foaming at the mouth.
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Post by Yellow River on Aug 26, 2012 9:51:22 GMT
Clarke 7 - Steady & reliable as ever. Batt 6 - Sruggled a bit particularly in second half Raynes 7 - Good in the air lacks bit of pace, but sound. Wright 7.5 - Forming good partnership with Raynes & Capaldi. Capaldi 7.5 - Impressed with Capaldi, positional play is excellent. Chapman 7 - Getting fitter & good passing ability Forster-Caskey 8 - Energetic & clever, missed him when injured. Rigg 7.5 - Gave their rightback a torrid first half. Potter 6.5 - Bright first half but very disappointing in second half. Craddock 7 - Intelligent player, Smalley 8 - Deserved a hatrick MOM
Constable 7 - Lots of running and selfless play. Pittman 5 - Needs matches, play him at Leeds. Heslop 5 - Disappointing, off the pace.
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Post by Yellow River on Aug 22, 2012 13:13:37 GMT
Top Ten Edinburgh Festival One Liners.....
1. Stewart Francis - "You know who really gives kids a bad name? Posh and Becks." 2. Tim Vine - "Last night me and my girlfriend watched three DVDs back to back. Luckily I was the one facing the telly. " 3. Will Marsh - "I was raised as an only child, which really annoyed my sister." 4. Rob Beckett - "You know you're working class when your TV is bigger than your book case." 5. Chris Turner - "I'm good friends with 25 letters of the alphabet… I don't know Y." 6. Tim Vine - "I took part in the sun tanning Olympics - I just got Bronze." 7. George Ryegold - "Pornography is often frowned upon, but that's only because I'm concentrating." 8. Stewart Francis - "I saw a documentary on how ships are kept together. Riveting!" 9. Lou Sanders - "I waited an hour for my starter so I complained: 'It's not rocket salad." 10. Nish Kumar - "My mum's so pessimistic, that if there was an Olympics for pessimism… she wouldn't fancy her chances."
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Post by Yellow River on Aug 2, 2012 15:59:06 GMT
The problem with a lot of the Wilder-Out lot is they can't put a reasoned argument together, just rubbish like "clueless / northern / turnip", or blame KT for being too cosy. Goodness! Very clear parallels with the dimwit on here using descriptors like worshippers / disciples / devotees / apologists. Are his tentacles spreading beyond Yellows? Well he could be a dumb squid, but on another thread he's a self confessed halibut with special needs.
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Post by Yellow River on Aug 1, 2012 15:56:37 GMT
I'm a simple sole, working for a living in Redhill. Possibly your weirdest statement yet. So now you're a fish with learning difficulties, are you? ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Yellow River on Jul 24, 2012 18:31:44 GMT
Didn't he also say he was in the armed forces? What an interesting life. Yep, once pm-ed me asking me to show him more respect as a member of the armed forces. Was also - presumably at the same time, perhaps he's in the TA - a teacher, and a member of the Sussex branch of the SMHS (he and his confederates were planning a trip to Barrow, I remember). Walter Mitty doesn't cover it ....[/quote There was a chap called Paul Bishop on the old TIU with real anger management issues. I remember another poster at that time 'Clownlie' completely ripped him to shreads after he falsely claimed he was serving out in the middle east, it was like watching someone having a mental breakdown live on-line. He had extraordinarily long list of multis, including backtobasics, carlapse. lordwilliam, rodfox,princeofcumbria, etc etc He also likes to send threatening messages. Complete fruitcake.
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Post by Yellow River on Jul 23, 2012 12:26:46 GMT
and the B-side........ ...he always beat me at Subbuteo cos he 'flicked to kick' and I didn't know.... ;D
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Post by Yellow River on Jul 23, 2012 12:21:22 GMT
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Post by Yellow River on Jul 12, 2012 8:38:44 GMT
SportSuccessful Olympics. a record haul of medals for Team GB. Golf; Rory Mcllroy wins another major. Europe win Ryder Cup. Tennis; Andy Murray wins a Grand Slam event Cricket; Test series wins against WI & SA, drawn series against Pakistan & SL. Football; Euro2012 winners Spain, England semi finalists (go out on penalties) Manchester 1st & 2nd in Premier League OUFC; Reach league 2 play-offs. Constable sold 'to balance books' WeatherIt will be a BBQ summer. EuropeGreece defaults & leaves EU. A major bank run on a large French bank. Riots across many parts of Europe, particularly bad in Greece, Spain, Italy & Portugal. Germany & UK will form some sort of alliance. Arab SpringArab spring will continue and spread across the Arab world with much loss of life. A bloody revolution emerges in Iran. UKUnemployment soars to record levels. Inflation continues to be above 2% target. Wage rises stagnate & continue to be below inflation. House prices continue to fall by between 5-10%. Inner city riots in summer of 2012, plastic bullets and water cannon will be in mainland UK. Coalition will hold together - just. Cameron will come under increased pressure from right wing of Tory party, Boris & David Davies will be seen as a major threat to his premiership. Yvette Cooper become 1st leader of Labour Party (more likely in 2013) There will be a series of Islamic terrorist attack in London. USAObama wins a 2nd term as President. That will do for time being I told you it would be a BBQ summer! The sun is out, it's lovely here in West Oxforshire.
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Post by Yellow River on Jun 24, 2012 9:56:57 GMT
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Post by Yellow River on Jun 18, 2012 13:17:24 GMT
Yes. That does explain in everyday language what went wrong. But now how can it be fixed without giving anybody a bonus and not making the man in the street more broke than he is now? Sent from my GT-I9100 Well none of the currencies in trouble are on the gold standard anymore so the only answer will be to print. So if you have savings spend it now! they wont be worth jack in ten years. Yes agree with you there Foggy. a shed load more of funny money coming our way in the UK for sure, Mervyn King (with Osborne's blessing) will hit the printing button again very soon. The latest Government/BOE lending/stimulus initiative announced last week is probably just another bout of QE under another guise. Going back to your point about savings, it's difficult to know what to advise, money in the bank is losing out to inflation, property prices (outside London) are falling in real terms, stocks & shares in general don't look a good bet, precious metals anyone?
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Rooney
Jun 17, 2012 17:48:47 GMT
Post by Yellow River on Jun 17, 2012 17:48:47 GMT
I'd drop Young and replace with Rooney.
Ox-Chamberlain to start with Carrol on the bench.
Forget about taking a draw, let's go and try and win the game.
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Post by Yellow River on Jun 15, 2012 17:25:55 GMT
For me brewing my own beer is all about the process and the finished product, I suppose it's a bit like growing your own fruit & veg, really enjoyable to be rewarded with something that often tastes better than what you buy in the supermarket, which has been down to all your efforts. The fact that you can brew a decent pint of ale for 50p-60p a pint is an added bonus. ;D Always brew more than you can drink
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Post by Yellow River on Jun 15, 2012 7:57:40 GMT
The St Peters kits are excellent well worth the extra few quid. Wilkinsons have a two can kit at the moment Woodfordes Wherry which I'm going to try next. Gets good reviews on brewuk and other sites, also www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk has quite a bit of info Woodforde's Wherry was the first beer I brewed, turned out really well. The other kit I'd recommend is the 'Better Brew' IPA, added 500gms of brewing sugar and 500gms of spray malt, currently improving with age. ;D www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/ I found this a very useful forum with lots of friendly advice. If you're in the Witney area 'Hops and Vine' in Corn street is a great source for homebrew kits and equipment. Next on the agenda is homemade Turbo Cider using several cartons of apple juice....... ;D
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Post by Yellow River on Jun 14, 2012 22:04:25 GMT
Everyone does things slightly differently.
For bitter/ale I condition with half a teaspoon of sugar per bottle, 1 teaspoon for lager, cap the bottle and give a gentle shake.
Leave the bottles in a warm room for at least 7 days before transfering to somewhere cooler for 2 weeks.
Your ale will now be ready to drink but will mature if left. I noticed quite a big improvement 2 months after bottling.
In the short time that I've ben making my own beer and wine I've realised that patience is a virtue for sure, fermenting at the correct temperature and cleanliness are also really important.
Just had acouple of pints of St.Peters's Ruby Red whilst watching the Ireland v Spain match, that really is a cracking pint. ;D
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Post by Yellow River on Jun 12, 2012 14:48:29 GMT
Helga is the proprietor of a bar. She realizes that virtually all of her customers are unemployed alcoholics and, as such, can no longer afford to patronize her bar. To solve this problem she comes up with a new marketing plan that allows her customers to drink now, but pay later.
Helga keeps track of the drinks consumed on a ledger (thereby granting the customers' loans). Word gets around about Helga's "drink now, pay later" marketing strategy and, as a result, increasing numbers of customers flood into Helga's bar. Soon she has the largest sales volume for any bar in town. By providing her customers freedom from immediate payment demands Helga gets no resistance when, at regular intervals, she substantially increases her prices for wine and beer - the most consumed beverages. Consequently, Helga's gross sales volumes and paper profits increase massively. A young and dynamic vice-president at the local bank recognises that these customer debts constitute valuable future assets and increases Helga's borrowing limit. He sees no reason for any undue concern, since he has the debts of the unemployed alcoholics as collateral. He is rewarded with a six figure bonus. At the bank's corporate headquarters, expert traders figure a way to make huge commissions, and transform these customer loans into DRINKBONDS. These "securities" are then bundled and traded on international securities markets. Naive investors don't really understand that the securities being sold to them as "AA Secured Bonds" are really debts of unemployed alcoholics. Nevertheless, the bond prices continuously climb and the securities soon become the hottest-selling items for some of the nation's leading brokerage houses. The traders all receive a six figure bonus. One day, even though the bond prices are still climbing, a risk manager at the original local bank decides that the time has come to demand payment on the debts incurred by the drinkers at Helga's bar. He so informs Helga. Helga then demands payment from her alcoholic patrons but, being unemployed alcoholics, they cannot pay back their drinking debts. Since Helga cannot fulfil her loan obligations she is forced into bankruptcy. The bar closes and Helga's 11 employees lose their jobs. Overnight, DRINKBOND prices drop by 90%. The collapsed bond asset value destroys the bank's liquidity and prevents it from issuing new loans, thus freezing credit and economic activity in the community. The suppliers of Helga's bar had granted her generous payment extensions and had invested their firms' pension funds in the BOND securities. They find they are now faced with having to write off her bad debt and with losing over 90% of the presumed value of the bonds. Her wine supplier also claims bankruptcy, closing the doors on a family business that had endured for three generations; her beer supplier is taken over by a competitor, who immediately closes the local plant and lays off 150 workers. Fortunately though, the bank, the brokerage houses and their respective executives are saved and bailed out by a multibillion dollar no-strings attached cash infusion from the government. They all receive a six figure bonus. The funds required for this bailout are obtained by new taxes levied on employed, middle-class, non-drinkers who've never been in Helga's bar. Now do you understand?
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Post by Yellow River on Jun 7, 2012 10:29:21 GMT
Here's the link to a thread I started at the beginning of the year about my brewing exploits. yellowsforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=miscellaneous&thread=6858&page=1I'm really enjoying the process of brewing my own ales and wines, it's a great hobby. This year I've already produced over 250 pints of various ales and over 75 bottles of wine!! There are a couple of posters on here that also brew beers and ciders - carefreeoufc & Maurice Earp. On the link above carefreeoufc gives lots of sound advice.
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Post by Yellow River on Jun 2, 2012 18:05:32 GMT
Revolution?
Mmmm.. in certain countries a real possibility.
I wonder who will be first in the queue for the guillotine ? Investment Bankers?
We live in interesting times......
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Post by Yellow River on May 24, 2012 8:47:46 GMT
It's not the first time that Cameron has resorted to personal attacks and insults and I don't suppose it will be the last, it appears to be part of his personality.
It's not dissimilar on these boards when people start abusing other posters because they don't agree with them, it's often an indication/realisation that they've lost the debate/argument.
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Post by Yellow River on May 19, 2012 17:12:11 GMT
I haven't read through the whole of this thread so apologies if this has already been covered.
The following is a small extract from Friday's Daily Telegraph rugby Section;-
Meanwhile promotion hopefuls London Welsh will learn on Monday whether they meet the minimum standards criteria for entry to the Premiership next season following an independent audit. They hope to play at Oxford United's Kassam Stadium next season if they beat Cornish Pirates in the championship play-offs.
The professional Game Board discussed the issue yesterday but the final decision will be taken by the RFU board on Monday.
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Post by Yellow River on May 16, 2012 13:49:10 GMT
Lewis Carroll
local connections too....
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Post by Yellow River on May 15, 2012 9:29:55 GMT
"Yo Bex! Luvved the headlines today. U R a stunna. xx" "Who's this?" "It's me, babes. DC xx" "Who?" "Dave. Da PM. We hung out at da Freuds last w/e! LOL" "Oh yes. I remember." "We must get together again. Wld U + Charlie like to come round and have fizzy wiv me n Sam this Sat? Xx" "OK. Rupert wants to know how the BSkyB bid is coming on?" "Tell him all is kool. Have put Heremy Junt on 2 it. Kno wot I mean! LOL" "What is so funny about that?" "Wot u playin at, Bex? Waz jus sending u ma luv." "You are so not street, Dave" "I so is, babes. Can I borrow 1 ov ur horses tommoro? Xx" "Sure. Just don't forget the licence bid" "Woteffa. N U keep ur hacking to da fieldz! Xx" "Call me. Things are getting tough. Rupert thinks he will have to close the News of the World" "This is the Prime Minister's phone. It does not receive personal texts." "Stop messing around. Call me. Now." "Your number is not recognised. Goodbye." www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/shortcuts/2012/may/11
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Post by Yellow River on Apr 26, 2012 16:05:02 GMT
Well it's been a while, so I thought I'd let you know about my 2012 brewing exploits. (so far) Woodforde's Wherry - 39 pints. St.Peter's Golden Ale - 36 pints. Cooper's Aussie Lager - 39 pints. St.Peter's Ruby Red - 39 pints. These kits have all turned out really well, and all have improved with age, well worth leaving for a few months if you've got the patience. Of these 4 I'd say that the Ruby Red is my favourite just beating the Wherry into 2nd place, I happened to brew the Ruby Red with bottled spring water, wonder if this made a difference? Currently conditioning a Better Brew I.P.A. kit, 40 pints clearing nicely, looking good. I've also had a go at 2 wine kits - California Connoisseur's Sav Blanc & Beaverdale's Rioja Red, amazed at the results, I'd no idea you could produce a wine of this quality from a kit, could easily pass for a £5-£6 bottle from your local Supermarket. It's not been all plain sailing though.....I made up 25 bottles of Cellar7's Cab Sauv, which to be honest is disappointing, it has rather an artificial fruit smell to it, doesn't taste too bad despite the fact that I bunged some oak chips into the fermenting vessel, that'll teach me to stick to the instructions in the future. ;D It will be left for a few months in the garage to see if it improves with age. I currently have 2, one gallon demijohn's on the go, one with grape/orange juice wine and the other with grape/apple juice wine, bubbling away as I write. In the next exciting installment I'll let you know how they turn out.
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Post by Yellow River on Apr 18, 2012 15:12:01 GMT
Put it this way;
Does the forum miss the likes of Otto, who (without putting words into his mouth) gave the impression that he supported the Chairman and Manager, but was never afraid to offer constructive criticism to players and managers alike?
Does the forum miss the likes of Marzipan or whatever his latest incarnation is, with his repetitive, boring anti-Wilder rants?
I don't have any posters on ignore, however there ARE certain posters who DO have an agenda, you just know even before you've read their post what the tone of it will be like.
Whereas there are other posters who are worth making the effort to read, (not because they might or might not be pro-Wilder) but because they don't have a constantly repeated agenda.
If the forum loses posters like Otto due to posters such as Marzipan, then it's down hill I'm afraid.
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Wilder
Apr 11, 2012 11:29:48 GMT
Post by Yellow River on Apr 11, 2012 11:29:48 GMT
From what I have been told Crewe have a very tight budget. The 1 million pound loss goes almost entirely to fund the youth team. Crewe signed one player (a young keeper) in the summer while a number of of their main players left (inc Donaldson). Dario had left a real mess in his wake. With the club near the relegation zone. Davis has come in a totally turned their fortunes around. Yes he has been blessed with some decent young players but he hasn't been able to buy or loan his way forward. Mark my words I think Crewe are the current favorites for 7th not us. This in itself is a real achievement and one I believe is not going unnoticed as there are rumors other clubs are taking an interest in Davis already. Apparently it costs Crewe £500,000 to fund their youth set up. So it would appear that another half million pounds has been lost elsewhere. First team players wages perhaps? Wouldn't it be great if OUFC had a youth set up that matched Crewe. Sadly kassam destroyed it, it will take time to rebuild it again, I'm sure Wilder would love to have youth team players who are good enough to make the step up to league football.
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Wilder
Apr 11, 2012 8:54:58 GMT
Post by Yellow River on Apr 11, 2012 8:54:58 GMT
I think youll find almost all of the loans weve had this season are due to the injuires weve had instead of a Wilder preference. Highly debatable. Remember we were loan players when we had given Pitman to Crawley. Also so many have been so questionable that can you realy say they were any use at all. Would we not have been better relying on what we have? Next season I feel will be get it right first time (no Smalleys) with a squad capable of covering injuries (and not one with half a dozen left backs). As there will no longer be the money for our loan-a-mania. We simply should not be making a loss. Doing so is just gambling with our future (again). We need a manager who can work within budget and deliver success. Ok so we need a very good manager indeed, I'm not sure we have one good enough (put it this way I would swap Wilder for Davis at Crewe in an instant). Is Davis at Crewe working within in a tight budget though? Crewe just posted a £1 million pound loss in the last financial year.
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Post by Yellow River on Apr 2, 2012 12:24:02 GMT
Apologies in advance if this idea has already been suggested. Would it be possible to raise funds by giving supporters the opportunity to choose the music play list prior to the match? So for an hour before the match one lucky fan has the chance choose his or hers favourite 12 records to played over the tannoy. A donation of say £50 for the privilege to the 12th man fund?
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Post by Yellow River on Mar 29, 2012 16:28:36 GMT
What a shamble this Government has got itself into, talk about mixed messages! This pasty saga is yet another embarrassment. If Cameron thinks that a pasty bought from Ginsters or the like is remotely similar to a real Cornish pasty then he knows nothing about the country he's meant to be governing. Perhaps this is all a deliberate ploy by the Tory spin doctors to take our mind off the much more serious scandal of the Tory donors & the Tory manifesto u-turn on Heathrows third runway.
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Post by Yellow River on Mar 13, 2012 14:40:11 GMT
The bottom line is that people who moan and groan about various things now have a chance to place questions to the people who matter. This is their chance to attend and take part so if they can't be bothered then it's their fault. . ........but,but,but, Thursday nights is bath night and they'll be washing their hair, cutting their toe nails or something.
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Post by Yellow River on Mar 5, 2012 16:27:27 GMT
Would you have taken a draw.....? When Constable was sent off... When we went 1-0 up... When we went 2-0 up.. At half-time.. Come on answer truthully.
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