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Good man, I’ll join you. At 2:43 you sound about as athletic as me 😁. I have the C2 rower and Ski-erg at home but they’re underused.

Too vague. 'Worse' governments, 'worsening' problems. Maybe it’s voters angrily hammering out messages on social media who are getting worse. We all want to stand on the sidelines shouting at each other through megaphones while keeping our earplugs in. Much easier than doing something useful...

Ever since Welbeck described him as having velcro boots or whatever (the ball sticks to him) I’ve noticed that aspect of his game. He has an amazing ability to keep the ball at his feet when running into enemy territory. Other parts of his game may still be evolving and improving but that skill...

Do you want to allow thousands of football fans to park outside your house and around the local streets every other weekend? Yes or no. Hmm I’m astonished they voted against such an idea 😁.

Is there not some scheme where your house is protected from being forcibly sold to pay care home fees? Can’t recall the details but I think if you have a spouse who needs to keep on living in the house you get some protection. Mind you the rules may have changed now. I suppose even if the house...

Agreed which is why I think the fanzone won’t help much for evening games.

Good man. Am hoping to be there for some of the Ashes test series next year. Let me publicly thank @Change at Barnham for his expertise in giving me some pointers on options for doing an Ashes tour.

Retirement is f***ing fantastic, especially the first 10 years or so as most people have all three sides of the ‘golden triangle’ intact — money, time, and good health. For most of our lives we have just 2 out of the 3 available. Depends what age you retire but generally 65-75 can be like one...

I spent 6 months travelling round India as a budget backpacker back in the early 1980s. It remains the most extraordinary country I’ve experienced and frankly, quite an ordeal at times. Certainly character-building on a large scale. But if you’re going as a relatively wealthy tourist and...

I’m usually very cautious and predict a draw or Albion defeat but I’ve decided to be optimistic this time 2-1 to Brighton. There’s no logic for that other than that football never ceases to throw up unexpected results. It has to happen now and again.

It’s true that sometimes it’s ok but I guess it’s the bad ones you remember. Thinking back over the past few years there does seem to have been quite a number of transport post-mortems after certain games. It still baffles me that the club doesn’t see those chaotic pictures posted earlier, and...

No need for such a snidey response.

Ah so that’s Bennet's Field. I’ve often seen it mentioned here but didn’t know that was it. OK. Seems like a massive waste of useful space at the moment, regardless of future plans for it.

I used to go to SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga nearly every fortnight when I lived in those parts. They have 4,000 fans who regularly cycle so there are big bike parks everywhere around the ground. For the rest of us there was a constant stream of trams from the station/city centre to outside the...

What is that big empty car park for, the one next to East Stand. There’s the bit at the front where possibly the players and officials park (I once noticed Pedro heading towards it anyway), then above that is quite a big empty space. Every time I glance out of the East Upper Windows I see this...

Thanks. Will check it out. I do prefer political podcasts that have opposing views expressed (civilly). I enjoy the Spectator and New Statesman pods but they can be echo chambers sometimes.

M4 now open. Just bought my seat there. Looking forward to this one. Haven’t been to Leicester since the old Filbert St days.

The side effects are well known though very few people have serious issues and they can usually be easily treated (constipation, mild nausea etc). The benefits far outweigh the negatives for people who need these GLP-1 agonists. The treatments are now mainstream, sold by Boots, Asda, Superdrug...

That totally misses the point. London is the worst possible example to compare to. London grounds are surrounded by stations and buses and taxis. Crucially, they are also surrounded by pubs and cafes and other places to hang out for an hour. And it doesn't matter if you miss the first or second...

Thanks for the explanation though I can't help feeling there's always a sense of passing the buck with these things. I've no doubt that all stakeholders -- TOCs, government, train drivers' unions, local management, police, the football club... will have their own version of who is really to...