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by Whitters
Sat Oct 21, 2023 4:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sir Bobby Charlton RIP
Replies: 83
Views: 3992

Re: Sir Bobby Charlton RIP

Just last night my wife was watching the Beckham documentary and there was a bit about Bobby Charlton and I was telling her what a great of the game he was.

RIP
by Whitters
Fri Oct 20, 2023 2:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: TV Fixtures
Replies: 271
Views: 42231

Re: TV Fixtures

Is the Wolves one confirmed? Looking to book flights but a Sunday 4:30pm or Monday night match isn't doable
by Whitters
Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: Romford's Snug
Topic: Petro boarding
Replies: 23
Views: 789

Re: Petro boarding

I did it once totally by accident 3 or 4 years ago here in Switzerland. I'd filled up and then chose a few groceries in the supermarket bit of the shop and must have absent-mindedly paid for those only. I was on a beach in Greece a couple of weeks later and had a very nice and polite call from the S...
by Whitters
Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: TV Fixtures
Replies: 271
Views: 42231

Re: TV Fixtures

Wish they'd get a move on, waiting to book flights for the mid-December Europa/PL double-header but no good if moved to a Monday or late afternoon Sunday kick-off time
by Whitters
Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Walk from Stratford International to Stadium
Replies: 38
Views: 3806

Re: Walk from Stratford International to Stadium

I’ve never been to any other events at the stadium other than to watch West Ham play. Out of interest to anyone who has been to see a concert or another sporting event there, do they still use the stop/go signs? Or is it just West Ham matches? I went to the baseball in the summer and stop/go was in...
by Whitters
Tue Oct 10, 2023 4:15 pm
Forum: Romford's Snug
Topic: Smart Home
Replies: 52
Views: 2021

Re: Smart Home

Out of interest do you have Phillips HUE switches? Do they need a battery? Our house is largely all Hue lights now, mostly controlled by conventional light switches but with Alexa's dotted around for any verbal customisation on brightness, colour, on/off-ness etc. The one exception is in the living...
by Whitters
Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Olympic Stadium Discussion and Questions
Replies: 17270
Views: 2365796

Re: Olympic Stadium Discussion and Questions

A bloke stumbled at the top of 241 staircase yesterday and dislocated his knee. Couldn't get up, fans tried to help hm, no stewards anywhere. There was one two blocks away but we couldn't get his attention, eventually someone went and found someone who managed to radio for St John's Ambulance to as...
by Whitters
Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:30 am
Forum: The Gaming Room
Topic: EAFC 24
Replies: 15
Views: 1739

Re: EAFC 24

I've had a couple of games from the EA Play 10 hour free trial. A bit disappointed that they seem to have done away with the bubbles floating in the air at the start of the match at the LS. Otherwise seems OK, a few changes to presentation but I haven't really dabbled too much to see many gameplay d...
by Whitters
Wed Sep 27, 2023 3:14 pm
Forum: Romford's Snug
Topic: Crossbows & Catapults
Replies: 9
Views: 400

Re: Crossbows & Catapults

On a similar note I was really tempted to buy a modern version Electronic Battleships the other day - a game I always wanted as a kid but never got, although a mate who seemed to get anything he wanted had it.

And Dark Tower the jammy git.
by Whitters
Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:53 pm
Forum: Romford's Snug
Topic: The Physical Health Thread
Replies: 681
Views: 34754

Re: The Physical Health Thread

West Ham's final in Prague may just have saved my life Well - a bit extreme maybe, but had I been sitting at my desk at work and done nothing more than than walk to the kitchen and back I wouldn't have noticed and things might have been a lot more serious. On the morning of the match I was walking w...
by Whitters
Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:33 pm
Forum: The Gaming Room
Topic: What are you playing right now?
Replies: 1543
Views: 73816

Re: What are you playing right now?

For anyone with a PS5 and a Dolby Atmos set-up, with the latest system update you can change the settings in the menu so that games with 3D sound output in Atmos. I tried it last night with Horizon Forbidden West and it was fantastic - water sounded like it was dripping on my head, insects and birds...
by Whitters
Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:23 am
Forum: Music, Film & TV
Topic: The sound of freedom
Replies: 3
Views: 193

Re: The sound of freedom

Isn't this linked to QAnon movements & conspiracy theorists in the US?
by Whitters
Fri Sep 01, 2023 10:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023-24
Replies: 1725
Views: 133751

Re: UEFA Europa League 2023-24

Thinking of our away fans, I just hope we miss the clubs who have shitloads of idiots following them. Wouldn't want Marseille for that reason. I was thinking how much I'd love a match in my wife's home city of Athens as there are three teams in the draw from Athens/Piraeus, but on the same note the...
by Whitters
Fri Sep 01, 2023 9:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: UEFA Europa League 2023-24
Replies: 1725
Views: 133751

Re: UEFA Europa League 2023-24

anyone know how they decide the order of the 6 games (and so which one is the first away) and when it is announced. Don't know for sure this time, but I think in the past they have drawn a second ball to show where each team is in the group and so fits into the predetermined Week X: A vs B, C vs D,...
by Whitters
Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: European Cup Competitions
Replies: 181
Views: 15118

Re: European Cup Competitions

Hoping for Geneva Servette and/or one of the three Athens/Piraeus based teams (my wife is an Athenian), but guaranteed if we do, this will be the away game we’re banned from

(ps the one night I was in Milan I had a great time)
by Whitters
Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: Romford's Snug
Topic: Shops you miss or wish were still around
Replies: 85
Views: 3290

Re: Shops you miss or wish were still around

Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote: Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:39 pm Every ski resort I've been to has at least fifty InterSports. At least that's what it seems like.
True, but I've yet to see one that sells a cricket bat
by Whitters
Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:21 pm
Forum: The Sports Bar
Topic: 2023 Cycling - Tour De France
Replies: 35
Views: 1270

Re: 2023 Cycling - Tour De France

I try and get to a stage each year when they're reasonably nearby, this year being no exception. For the first time this year I got to the start of a stage when it was just south of Geneva in a place called Annemasse. I didn't really fully appreciate the whole circus that goes on each day - a huge u...
by Whitters
Tue Jul 25, 2023 9:36 am
Forum: Romford's Snug
Topic: Border controls in Europe
Replies: 37
Views: 1264

Re: Border controls in Europe

There are border posts in Switzerland but they aren't always manned unless its one of the big ones on the autoroutes, and generally you're only stopped to check that you have bought a motorway vignette (40 chf) if you're going to be using the motorways, or very occasionally to check to see if you're...
by Whitters
Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The new kits thread
Replies: 17032
Views: 3810185

Re: The new kits thread

They seemed to have missed a bit of real estate on the right sleeve. The head of marketing needs to be shot
by Whitters
Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Club cash.
Replies: 19
Views: 1839

Re: Club cash.

I think if you really push them on that we'd be more likely to lose Ticket Trader altogether - they want the money to stay in the Club. Yes that's my fear too - I live abroad so being able to sell back a portion of my ST for games I can't go to makes a big difference between me keeping a season tic...