DieselDaisy Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 31 minutes ago, Len Cnut said: You must really love that shit. Did you ever play? Just at school. I went down the whole academic route, plus general farting around, laziness and drinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: Just at school. I went down the whole academic route, plus general farting around, laziness and drinking. I remember all the white lads in school being PROPER shit at it. I mean I weren't all that and I could deal with most of em playing cricket. No one white ever seemed interested in it, at least not until the early 00s, I guess up north its different. Edited July 20, 2018 by Len Cnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Just now, Len Cnut said: I remember all the white lads in school being PROPER shit at it. No one white ever seemed interested in it, at least not until the early 00s, I guess up north its different. The public schools are different. They produce probably the greatest share of county/test cricketers. It is a bit of a posh boys sport, and even the non-posh Northern lads, people like Joe Root as soon as they are talent spotted, are often put on scholarships by public schools. That is a different route in for people of all social groups, through the county academies - that is something Yorkshire and Durham do very well at. By the time we were at (state) school pretty much everybody (sans the Asians) had ditched cricket for Premiership Football. The Asians sort of keep themselves to themselves, having their own leagues in Yorkshire and Lancashire and not integrating into the mainstream county/England set-up. That is something they're trying to change - obviously the emergence of Asian role models playing for England helps, Moeen Ali and Rashid, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 Today we visited Sheffield. Tomorrow will be Leeds and next weekend we’re in The Toon for my sister’s wedding. I have a haif-baked idea to visit Pittsburgh next summer. Flights are inexpensive and I have a place to stay, and a few people to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Last time I was in Sheffield was for Slash's Snakepit. I was stupid enough to get National Express!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanG Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Booked a flight to Prague today for 39 euros. The ride to the airport is probably going to be more expensive than the actual plane tickets. I haven't been to Prague in over ten years, but it's a beautiful city and I can't wait to wander through those streets again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Just returned from a hike in Jotunheimen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) Some pics of this past summer's trip in Italy & France... Edited September 3, 2018 by Kasanova King 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) Palace de Versailles Edited September 12, 2018 by Kasanova King 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 I'm off to Amsterdam in November for a no husband, no baby weekend with a girlfriend. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanG Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 I'm not too fond of Amsterdam. Maybe it's because I'm Dutch, I don't know. I like the Rijksmuseum and especially the Van Gogh museum a lot, and the Anne Frank house is worth a visit if you've never been there, but that's about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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