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Post by Yellow River on Mar 3, 2012 18:03:07 GMT
Both big flags looked good today. New one in the East Stand was very impressive.
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Post by Yellow River on Mar 3, 2012 17:47:40 GMT
Great day out.
Enjoyable pint of ale in the Priory prior to the match, atmosphere building nicely.
The Oxford supporters in the Stadium were superb, Swinedon very quiet. North stand was rocking at times.
It really was a heroic performance by the Oxford players, to play the top of the table side with 10 men for 80 mins and to go on and win 2-0. Great stuff.
Clarke, Tonkin, Doobs were outstanding, Whing was awesome.
Wilder deserves a lot of credit too.
Happy days.
I'm absolutely shattered, but still buzzing. ;D
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Post by Yellow River on Mar 2, 2012 13:39:43 GMT
So what time do you think we need to get to the Stadium Saturday to secure a parking spot? 11.59am 11.00am 10.00am 9.00am
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Post by Yellow River on Feb 23, 2012 16:59:57 GMT
In general I think our crowds have held up pretty well all things considered..
When you take into account how the average football supporter is becoming poorer and poorer due to ever increasing, fuel, heating, food, rental, VAT costs etc, etc. High unemployment, stagnant or reduced salaries.
I would imagine that the average attendance of most clubs in the Football League over the next 2 or 3 seasons will probably fall.
Clubs will have to 'cut their cloth' accordingly.
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RBS
Feb 23, 2012 12:00:48 GMT
Post by Yellow River on Feb 23, 2012 12:00:48 GMT
......but,but,but, they need to be paid massive bonuses, otherwise these highly talented bankers will go and work in Hong Kong , Frankfurt or something.
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Post by Yellow River on Feb 19, 2012 11:08:20 GMT
I'm thinking Salt & Vinegar.
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Post by Yellow River on Feb 19, 2012 11:05:46 GMT
Jenny Agutter in The Railway Children.
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Post by Yellow River on Feb 18, 2012 11:16:54 GMT
Neil Warnock is confirmed as the new manager of Leeds United. Ken Bates & Neil Warnock, interesting double act.
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Post by Yellow River on Feb 15, 2012 18:10:56 GMT
Well I know you're all very keen to hear how I've been getting on. As it was Valentine's Day I decided this was the ideal time to crack open and sample my first pint of home brew, and they say romance is dead. ;D Like a lot of other newcomers to brewing at home, I started with the Woodforde's Wherry kit. Thirteen days in the fermenting bin, placed next to a radiator in the kitchen, the temperature wavered between 16-18c, however it appeared to ferment out ok. Bottled and placed in a warm room for 7 days before transfering to the garage. Three and half weeks after bottling, and I can genuinely say that the result exceeded my expectation by some distance, I'm very pleased with the end product, it really is a good honest ale. and all for less than 60 pence a pint! Mrs Yellow River was also suitably impressed and said it was as good as many of the bottled ales you can buy. Praise indeed! Everyone needs their ego massaged now and again If I was being a bit picky I'd say that the ale was a little 'thin' just lacked a bit of body, however perhaps this well improve whilst it's in the bottle? unfortunately I didn't take the original SG so I don't know the ABV, but I'd guess at around 4 - 4.2% even though it says 4.5% on the packaging. So will I have the patience to let my brew improve with age? I can see myself getting through this batch in fairly quick time. Anyway thanks to carefreeoufc for some sound advice. Even though I'm a beginner I've quickly realised that cleanliness, correct temperature and patience are very important. So what next? Well the second brew (St.Peter's Golden Ale) has already been bottled and I have a sample 6 bottle kits of Rioja & Sav Blanc in the demi-johns bubbling away nicely. Just kits for the time being, but it looks as if I've been bitten by the brewing bug. ;D
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Buses
Feb 14, 2012 18:46:04 GMT
Post by Yellow River on Feb 14, 2012 18:46:04 GMT
Just another sad internet troll. Marzipan^^^^^
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Post by Yellow River on Feb 7, 2012 17:45:36 GMT
Is there a difference between a fan and a supporter?
Discuss.....
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Post by Yellow River on Feb 7, 2012 17:42:50 GMT
;D Right-wingers are less intelligent than left wingers, says study Children with low intelligence grow up to be prejudiced Right-wing views make the less intelligent feel 'safe' Analysis of more than 15,000 people Right-wingers tend to be less intelligent than left-wingers, and people with low childhood intelligence tend to grow up to have racist and anti-gay views, says a controversial new study. Conservative politics work almost as a 'gateway' into prejudice against others, say the Canadian academics. The paper analysed large UK studies which compared childhood intelligence with political views in adulthood across more than 15,000 people. The authors claim that people with low intelligence gravitate towards right-wing views because they make them feel safe. The survey, which compared childhood intelligence with political views, is bad news for David Cameron, the Conservative Party Prime Minister but should give a lift to Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband. Crucially, people's educational level is not what determines whether they are racist or not - it's innate intelligence, according to the academics. Social status also appears to play no part. The study, published in Psychological Science, claims that right-wing ideology forms a 'pathway' for people with low reasoning ability to become prejudiced against groups such as other races and gay people. Left-wingers tend to be more open-minded says the survey - Democrats voted in first black U.S. president Barack Obama. But right-wing ideology forms a pathway for prejudice - Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney, was glitter-bombed yesterday by gay-rights activists because of his views 'Cognitive abilities are critical in forming impressions of other people and in being open minded,' say the researchers. 'Individuals with lower cognitive abilities may gravitate towards more socially conservative right-wing ideologies that maintain the status quo. 'It provides a sense of order.' The study, by academics at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, used information from two UK studies from 1958 and 1970 , where several thousand children were assessed for intelligence at age 10 and 11, and then asked political questions aged 33. The 1958 National Child Development involved 4,267 men and 4,537 women born in 1958. More...As scientists discover how to 'translate' brainwaves into words... Could a machine read your innermost thoughts? How everyone from top civil servants to TV presenters are using a loophole to only pay 21% tax - and how you can do the same 'Individuals with lower abilities may gravitate towards right-wing ideologies that maintain the status quo. It provides a sense of order,' say the academics The British Cohort Study involved 3,412 men and 3,658 women born in 1970. It's the first time the data from these studies has been used in this way. In adulthood, the children were asked whether they agreed with statements such as, 'I wouldn't mind working with people from other races,' and 'I wouldn't mind if a family of a different race moved next door.' They were also asked whether they agreed with statements about typically right-wing and socially conservative politics such as, 'Give law breakers stiffer sentences,' and 'Schools should teach children to obey authority.' The researchers also compared their results against a 1986 American study which included tests of cognitive ability and questions assessing prejudice against homosexuals. The authors claim that there is a strong correlation between low intelligence both as a child and an adult, and right-wing politics. The authors also claim that conservative politics is part of a complex relationship that leads people to become prejudices. 'Conservative ideology represents a critical pathway through which childhood intelligence predicts racism in adulthood,' says the paper. 'In psychological terms, the relation between intelligence and prejudice may stem from the propensity of individuals with lower cognitive ability to endorse more right wing conservative ideologies because such ideologies offer a psychological sense of stability and order.' 'Clearly, however, all socially conservative people are not prejudiced, and all prejudiced persons are not conservative.' www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2095549/Right-wingers-intelligent-left-wingers-says-controversial-study--conservative-politics-lead-people-racist.html
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Post by Yellow River on Feb 4, 2012 15:58:25 GMT
Started about 10 mins ago here in deepest West Oxfordshire.
Already beginning to settle.
In fairness BBC forecast bang on the money.
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Post by Yellow River on Feb 4, 2012 10:21:44 GMT
Was it really 40 years ago? An icon moment in the FA Cup, when the competition really meant something, a golden age.
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Post by Yellow River on Feb 2, 2012 20:48:22 GMT
LVT - Land Value Tax, worth thinking about? IFS backs land value tax. The idea is to cut income and business taxes while introducing a land value tax to end our obsession with property and to encourage paid work There is a mania for investing in unproductive property as a way to boost living standards. Amid a flurry of microeconomic reform proposals, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has thrown its weight behind OECD proposals for a shift away from income taxes to consumption and wealth taxes. In particular, the IFS said: " Replacing business rates with a land value tax would remove a damaging bias against property-intensive production."The IFS's recognition of the property problem is welcome. Across the western world there is a mania for investing in unproductive property as a way to boost living standards. There is a case to be made that property speculation, seen as a bona fide job in some circles that deserves respect, is a way not to do any real work, but let's leave that to one side.The last property bubble, which precipitated the financial crash, has entirely failed to diminish the appetite for making gains on property speculation as a substitute for making gains from working.For 30 years wages have stood still. But no matter, we can speculate on property to increase our income. This is not the fault of homeowners. Faced with an employer who refuses to pay higher wages, workers have little option than to borrow and what better than a home as the main supporting asset? Housing equity allows all homebuyers to supplement their incomes either as collateral for a secured loan or, less directly, for an unsecured loan. There is no tax on the main home or its sale. There is only 100% gain. For higher rate taxpayers, the buy-to-let option is also lightly taxed compared to income tax (40% versus 28% for capital gains tax). The OECD has proposed cutting income taxes and business taxes across its developed world membership and introducing a land value tax (LVT) to end this obsession with property and encourage paid work. An LVT would take money out of the property market every year rather than just when transactions occur. Stamp duty could be abolished and inheritance tax as well, especially as the UK has already pushed the threshold so high that middle income groups don't pay and the rich can avoid it. Council tax would go, along with business rates.The left has traditionally objected to any reduction in the role played by income tax and corporation tax. A highly redistributive income tax and a big levy on corporates is the way to make the new phenomenon of super-high-salaried staff (relatively unknown 40 years ago) and their capital-owning cousins pay for welfare services, they believe. Except that a wealth tax is redistributive. As the IFS says, a tax reform can be revenue neutral, if that makes it more politically acceptable, with rich landowners paying the most.Obviously a radical tax change is probably more politically unacceptable in a downturn than it is in a boom, but then there is never a good time. While the holy grail of LVT supporters is to abolish all other taxes, the OECD merely recommends a shift in emphasis. The shift would allow some simplification, though simplification is not the point. It is to make work pay without sacrificing the welfare state. The bankruptcy of the Liberal Democrat plan to raise the personal allowance threshold to £10,000 is that it seeks to impose a higher burden on middle income earners within the same tax structure. If their mansion tax illustrates a desire to tax wealth, like the IFS, they should switch to an LVT. Almost anyone with a mansion can void the current charges on its sale: a higher tax makes no difference. An LVT is unavoidable.www.guardian.co.uk/business/economics-blog/2012/feb/02/ifs-backs-land-value-tax
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Post by Yellow River on Feb 2, 2012 17:55:49 GMT
I would like to see ;
Clarke, Whing - Duberry - Wright - Davis, Potter - Wilson - Leven - JPP, Constable - Rendell.
However I think we'll see;
Clarke, Whing - Duberry - Wright - Davis Heslop - Wilson - Leven - JPP - Constable - Potter.
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Post by Yellow River on Feb 1, 2012 13:48:27 GMT
This poster is clearly taking the p*ss out of those of you who reply to him, and has been doing so in a very blatant and predictable way for weeks. How are you still falling for it? I can't understand why people bother trying to have a dialogue with him either. Carlapse, back to basics, Prince of cumbria, mazzaronox... or whatever you want to call him has never engaged in any sensible debate in any of his guises over the years. Careful LJS you'll end up receiving a PM with thinly veiled threats of violence with that sort of post. To accuse someone of being carlapse, backtobasics, princeofcumbria really is an insult, that particular multi was a complete fruitcake. By the way you forgot Lordwilliam and rodfox....etc, etc
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Post by Yellow River on Jan 31, 2012 7:43:28 GMT
I am not 'in the know'. However gut feeling says ; Two new signings today, a forward and a midfielder. However a forward will need to be sold, probably Constable or Craddock to finance these deals. If we can't ship one of the above out, then we'll just see a midfield player on loan to end of season.
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Post by Yellow River on Jan 30, 2012 16:07:21 GMT
Marzipan and Fruitcake, the perfect combination.
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Post by Yellow River on Jan 28, 2012 15:38:53 GMT
Worst Man U Goal keeper since Paddy Roche. For those of you too young remember, Paddy Roche made Paul Kee look world class. For those of you too young to remember, Paul Kee was Oxford's dodgiest ever keeper (apart from Mike Salmon ) For those of you too young too remember, Mike salmon let 7 goals in on his loan debut for Oxford against Birmingham. Which proves my point that de Gea is very, very poor.
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Post by Yellow River on Jan 27, 2012 13:49:52 GMT
TV Cookery Programmes.
TV Celebrity Chefs, in particular Ainslee 'what are you like' Harriott.
TV Property Programmes.
TV Property Guru's, in particular Krusty Allsop.
TV Antique Programmes.
TV Antique 'experts', in particular David Dickinson.
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Post by Yellow River on Jan 26, 2012 13:35:36 GMT
Great Anthem..... We could change the words to 'Sunshine on the Leys'
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Post by Yellow River on Jan 23, 2012 19:07:00 GMT
Recently I also have received an aggresive PM from marzipan with a thinly veiled threat of violence, however I chose to ignore it. It's pathetic when you think about it.
Incidently on Christmas Eve he aslo wrote the following in response to one of my posts which some may have missed as he susequently deleted it.
Dec 24, 2011, 10:08pm, mazarronox wrote:
I've just managed to find out who you really are, and can now certainly understand why people are pretty p*ssed off with you.
Your the cnut that grassed enough to police to get two Oxford lads sent to court.
No wonder Eric has issues with you, and you seem to shaking in your boots about a "hatchet being buried".
Won't be much Xmas spirit shown towards you at AFC Wimbledon me thinks.
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Post by Yellow River on Jan 21, 2012 8:50:09 GMT
Update; After fermenting away for 13 days, yesterday evening I syphoned the ale into the bottles with a little sugar as instructed. Second fermentation is now underway. I only have one of those old fashioned bottle toppers (the ones you use with a hammer! ;D) That was a bit scary at first, thinking that a bottle might explode any second, anyway I soon got the hang of it with no damage and the tops nice and secure. Unfortunately I didn't take a SG reading when the ale first went into the fermenting vessel, so I can't be sure of the exact ABV, however the instructions say approx 4.5%, that'll do for me. Incidentally I sampled a a bit of the ale at the bottling stage and although somewhat cloudy it was very drinkable So now another 3-4 weeks before the Grand Opening! In the meantime I will be brewing 40 pints of St.Peter's Golden Ale Cheers!
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Post by Yellow River on Jan 19, 2012 18:17:59 GMT
Disagree about mis-judging the fans response. At the Oxvox meeting with KT, the subject of Constable almost going to Bournemouth came up, KT was very aware of the effect it would likely have. KT is one of the best Chairman we've ever had, but he like Constable is not bigger than the club and will one day leave. Support him while he's here though. He may be one of the best chairman, but you have to question why Beano is, it would seem, being pushed towards the door. If it is for money reasons then i will reserve my judgement on calling him 'one of our best chairman' Lets wait and see what happens, but lets not kid ourselves, the chairman has done well, but the fans have backed him, without increasing the gates to 7k+ then he would have struggled like others. He may want to question what the gate will be against Macclesfield at the end of Feb if we are outside the playoffs and fans have lost interest, I'm sure the potential sale of Constable is partly down to 'money reasons' however still doesn't alter my view about KT. Fans have short memories, look at the shambles off the field that KT inherited, ( Merry, Kassam, Cox, Herd anyone?) remember the falling attendances, check out the team sheet for CW's first game at Salisbury. No doubt mistakes have been made along the way, and maybe progress isn't quick enough for some, but we're going in the right direction.
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Post by Yellow River on Jan 19, 2012 17:55:02 GMT
Calm down, calm down. Firstly I don't want to see Constable leave, secondly I don't want see him go to Swinedon. However, no one player is bigger than the club. Every Oxford player is available (including Leven, Clarke & Constable) for sale if the right bid comes in (even if it's Swinedon) If an acceptable bid comes in, the Chairman is absolutely correct to advise the player, any player in the lower leagues would be foolish not to talk to the interested club. Careers are short and injury can happen at any time. A difficult decision for KT & CW, I'm sure it wouldn't have been taken lightly. They know only too well what the reaction is likely to be. I don't doubt that the Chairman and the Management want the club to succeed just as much as we do. Difficult I know, but if this transfer does go through then KT & CW probably need our support more then ever before. Agree that all players have a price, but they way they seem to have tried to push the player out points towards money problems or they just dont rate him. Either way i think KT (Lets be honest it aint wilders decision) has misjudged the fans response, he has done loads of good for the club, but he risks being rembered as the chairman who sold Beano to Swindon. Disagree about mis-judging the fans response. At the Oxvox meeting with KT, the subject of Constable almost going to Bournemouth came up, KT was very aware of the effect it would likely have. KT is one of the best Chairman we've ever had, but he like Constable is not bigger than the club and will one day leave. Support him while he's here though.
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Post by Yellow River on Jan 19, 2012 17:40:16 GMT
Calm down, calm down.
Firstly I don't want to see Constable leave, secondly I don't want see him go to Swinedon.
However, no one player is bigger than the club.
Every Oxford player is available (including Leven, Clarke & Constable) for sale if the right bid comes in (even if it's Swinedon)
If an acceptable bid comes in, the Chairman is absolutely correct to advise the player, any player in the lower leagues would be foolish not to talk to the interested club. Careers are short and injury can happen at any time.
A difficult decision for KT & CW, I'm sure it wouldn't have been taken lightly. They know only too well what the reaction is likely to be. I don't doubt that the Chairman and the Management want the club to succeed just as much as we do.
Difficult I know, but if this transfer does go through then KT & CW probably need our support more then ever before.
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Post by Yellow River on Jan 17, 2012 7:47:09 GMT
La Senza have gone bust, didn't get the support they needed.
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HS2
Jan 16, 2012 18:35:11 GMT
Post by Yellow River on Jan 16, 2012 18:35:11 GMT
Tory peer Lord Astor is against it. It's all the fault of those beastly Norther Labour MP's, haven't they heard of Skype? ;D HS2 will ruin thousands of lives says PM's father-in-law
Lord Astor accuses Labour MPs of relishing the destruction of the Chilterns.
The government's high-speed rail plans will ruin thousands of lives, according to David Cameron's father-in-law.
Writing in The Spectator, Lord Astor says that the HS2 network was backed largely by "northern Labour MPs who relish the thought of the beauty of the Chilterns being destroyed".
The Tory peer, who is Samantha Cameron's stepfather, says websites like Skype limit the need for travel.
Ministers say the £33bn scheme will create "jobs, growth and prosperity".
The plans were given the go-ahead on Tuesday.
In her announcement the Transport Secretary, Justine Greening called the line "the most significant transport infrastructure project since the building of the motorways".
But Lord Astor says the need for it could be bypassed by modern communications.
He writes: "There is a perfectly viable alternative, which... would be much cheaper and faster to take effect, without destroying a whole swath of countryside, ruining the lives of thousands".
"Have they not heard of Skype and the internet?", he adds.
Lord Astor urges Ms Greening to "compare HS2 with cheaper options and look at how those savings could be spent on other transport needs".
Amid bitter opposition from countryside campaigners and some Tory MPs, Ms Greening announced this week that more of the London-Birmingham phase of the project would go through tunnels to minimise the impact on the landscape.
The scheme will, by 2026, see 400 metre-long trains capable of holding 1,100 passengers get from London to Birmingham in just 45 minutes.
A second phase to Manchester and Leeds will be built by 2033.www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16523007
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Found
Jan 16, 2012 13:42:51 GMT
Post by Yellow River on Jan 16, 2012 13:42:51 GMT
Have you found Marzipan?
Last seen wandering aimlessly around The Priory with a wild look in his eye, muttering something about Yoko Ono wearing a yellow balaclava, it's quite possible he made it to Grenoble Road.
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