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I used to get Oor Wullie and Broons annuals every year (they came out alternate years) from my Scottish relatives. I had quite a collection but they all went to the charity shop. I loved them but I did wonder about what Ma Broon had been up to - all the kids looked so different. Didn't Pa...

To be even more pedantic, the Latin plural of prospectus is prospectus. But the usual English plural is prospectuses. Prospecti is just wrong .... as any fule kno :lolol:

No heating but I'm going out in a while and I've put trousers on, for the first time since March

Blimey, what a DULL event. Can you imagine the people going there? Desperate, DULL, middle-aged saddos, with miserable DULL lives, for whom a cup of Horlicks is an exciting treat. You'd really have to be some sort of weirdo to want to go to listen to a couple of other weirdos drone on about...

When my dad died, I left the whole legal stuff to his mate, a solicitor, who promptly waltzed off with all the money (and it wasn't a huge estate). Took me a year to get the money back from the Law Society, When my mum died, my sister and I did a lot of work between us and used a solicitor for...

What flavour is it?

The BBC missed something in their stats: yes, it's the highest ever partnership for England but it's also the highest ever fourth wicket partnership by anyone, beating Voges and Marsh's 449

Citeh seem to think it has to be and is threatening more legal action against the PL if they don't introduce a restrospective element to shareholder loans. That is going to hit Brighton (unless infrastructure expenditure is excluded)

Yeah, fair enough. I think it's reasonable to wait for a PL response - my second point was unfair. Still puzzled by the first one though

https://www.mancity.com/news/club/club-statement-rule-x-arbitral-tribunal-award-63863904

A couple of things struck me: why did Chelsea support City's action? I'd have thought that the club, without the support of a state wealth fund to support it, but bolstered by shareholder investment is exactly the sort of club that will be hit by this judgment: what am I missing? The other...

Oh, that Dutch team. The names just roll off the tongue ... Cruyff, Neeskens, Rep, Krol, Haan, Rensenbrink, van der Kerkhof etc What a team, what style ... every neutral's favourite team. And Neeskens was right at the heart of it

How about Fannin Street, which has been recorded twice - but they're two different songs. The Tom Waits one is about Fannin St in Houston and the Leadbelly one is about Fannin St in Shreveport, Louisiana. And, yes, they both exist. (I must confess, I didn't know the Leadbelly one, I found out...

A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square - Vera Lynn Do the Strand - Roxy Music

Rossmore Rd is near Regent's Park (to the west of it) Montague Terrace is reputedly a demolished street in Chelsea

Barry Andrews - Rossmore Road (which does exist) Scott Walker - Montague Terrace (which used to exist, apparently) The Jam - An A bomb on Wardour St (certainly exists)

Not really: cricket is the second most followed sport in the world while baseball is a niche sport, played seriously in just one country.

Or Bashir's selection for the test team. It's true that he has a reasonable record but he was bowling against India on a couple of bunsens and then played against the test equivalent of the Dog and Duck's Third XI. Outside of test matches, his bowling average is 75 - and that's someone whose...

I'm fast approaching 70 so running out of time. Ashes match in Australia Travel on the Indian hill railway Do the San Siro/La Scala double (or whatever replaces the SS) Visit the Met opera Walk the Camino de Santiago Visit all of London Underground stations Do the 92 (I'm well over halfway on...

As predicted, Crocombe is in the Lions squad, as is Coles. Is there some issue with Jack Carson though? He's had a good season: 50 wickets and has biffed a few runs too and yet he's not selected for any team. Chohan (who's not played any FC matches) is in the squad, Mousley, another off-spinner...