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There was a definite advantage, but if you were Ollie Olsen or Les Collins or Jason Crump you could have been in lane two with your bike facing backwards and they still would have won. What I used to think was when the riders came out, if Regeling or whoever the minor riders were at the time, there was no chance of them ever winning a heat. So straight away your heart sank and you put all your hopes on the other rider

There are those that continue to break the rules, there are those that interpret and adapt the rules and there are those that follow the rules. If they tighten the rules today, there will still be those three groups of people. The only changes that will occur is slight switches between each group, but the mentality will still be the same so there won’t be much change. One thing I find interesting about people’s behaviour is that their double standards are not as bad as your double standards. People will look down on a rule you have broken, but justify their own with ease. Reminds me of when someone doing work for me insisting on cash in hand started telling me how disgusting it was that Starbucks didn’t pay much tax.

Just watched this, great memories, think I used to go down the season or so before that. Tuesday nights I think it was, great occasions, great memories.

Here is another anomaly from that period. The Ind Coupe shirts had the advertising printed into the fabric, but then once they were used and more were needed, they didn’t have the material left so just got standard replica shirts and put an ind coupe transfer onto it. There are pictures around of both style shirts being used in the same game. Not sure if I have seen both styles used in the green jerseys, but there are plenty of us wearing the blue shirts in both designs in the same game

I remember having a pint in a pub when I was 20 years old and a wise older fella said to me “ you just don’t seem like a salesman to me, your not like the ones at our place” i must admit I wasn’t very good at the time, but it showed me that at a young age you can be very conscious of comments from others and doubt yourself. A few years later I had to pick a company car and I told my Mum that I could have a Rover and she said “ nobody would give you a Rover as a company car” Roll on around 15 years and I was going to start my own business and the mother in law said in a put down way “ you sure you know what you are doing” It was said in a way that I was stupid to do what I was doing. Roll on 5 more years and I purposely go and pick my Mum up in my brand new Aston Martin and her comment was “ bloody hell, how am I supposed to get in that thing” A pet hate of mine comments that put you down, comments that try and take you off course. I love the comments from this sales guy who is trying his best to put his client in the car for them despite other comments trying to take him off course. I always think you will do well if you treat people well and have an instinct for making more good decisions than bad. On both points it’s not as easy as it sounds unfortunately.

Good sales people are ones that fit the product to the person, you are doing absolutely the right thing by this. Those that go for short term wins don’t go far.

Here is the shirt in question in colour with the blue shorts. Socks look like the home ones we wore.

I don’t think it’s that black and white. Full measures cost too much, no measures mean more deaths and implications on the health service. So it’s half measures. Keep kids in school means people can work. The government know there are risks in sending kids to school, but the costs of full lockdown will mean people in there 20’s, 30’s and 40’s will be paying for this for the rest of their working lives. It’s just a balancing act between keeping the economy going and keeping the health service going, and they will put in whatever measures they want to balance it all out. They say it’s about saving lives, but it’s not. It’s about balance but they can’t say that as they will appear brutal.

There is a chance you catch it from your daughter, but there is thousands of people that may catch it and give it to others too. Doctors, nurses, teachers, footballers, people who work in supermarkets etc etc. Then there are those that ignore the rules that will pass it on. In my opinion we have to try and keep children in education, keep as many people working as much as possible and it’s just a balancing act rather than keeping everyone 100% safe.

There are allsorts of kit anomalies. This one for instance was a shirt we wore that originally had a black number, but it would appear there must have an issue with the football league as the shirts suddenly had white numbers on them instead. I have never managed to get one with a black number, so I would think admiral or the kitman just changed the numbers rather than started with a brand new kit. Pictures of us wearing the shirts with the black numbers are very rare.

It was correct what someone has put on here that the club asked for a new away kit as the green was seen to be unlucky as we hadn’t won a match in it. Not sure what players instigated the move but admiral gave us the England away shirts that had the Leicester badge attached. The shorts we wore with the shirt were blue. I am lucky enough to have every version of the players shirts since 1976, but this one has so far escaped me so if anyone knows where one is there is some really good money on offer. We never won in this kit either.

One real positive that is happening in a few areas in the North may well form part of our towns moving forward. In Newcastle and Sunderland they have what they call a Stack. Basically it’s a social scene created fairly cheaply. Shipping containers are placed around the outside, forming a social square in the middle. It’s open air, with heated burners with small independent retailers taking up the containers to sell food, bars, coffee or smaller services. It’s cheap to construct, so accessible to small businesses, but the vibe in the centre where you eat is incredible. Basically you have the choice of maybe a dozen food outlets and bars , but you all sit in the middle and often there is live music on. There are bars, so it just moves from day time style customers to night time effortlessly and I have seen a great vibe both at 2 in the afternoon and 12 midnight. I genuinely think this will be the way forward for our Cities. We NEED cheaper retail space to provide areas for smaller retailers to survive and I think the councils will jump on this as they will see it takes the risk away from the centre where there is currently high rents and big corporates who can get swallowed up or go bust overnight leaving town centres decimated. Also could be good for investors too. They might be happy to turn large areas who they currently rent to, over to a Stack style operation where they have seen it work in different areas. Easier to replace smaller retailers if they move out, but also if they see a formula that has worked elsewhere it will give them comfort over just offering their current space to a smaller retailer. It’s the whole package that makes this work. Check out The Stack Seaburn or Newcastle. I am certain this style venue will be the norm in every City in 10 years. It’s what the towns need, but it’s also great for us too.

Took a trawl around Leicester again recently, and like most Cities there is huge concern for how it will develop. I think Soulsby has been brilliant making changes to certain areas making really impactful and positive changes to the City, around the market, King Richards etc. I really think though Covid has had and will have a massive impact, and I think it will have knocked the long term plan off track and not sure how the City will look. The future of Churchgate, Granby Street and Market Street is far from certain, and likely these areas will fall into the hands of the developers for flats as premium retail space becomes cheaper in the high football areas. These areas are just hanging on, ready to die with retailers desperate to get out of their leases and move out. The real concern to me though is areas that were supposed to be up and coming or destination areas before Covid, and now their futures are uncertain. 1. The old council offices at New Walk - developed, looks great, but few takers for the retail units before Covid. I can’t see this now ever taking off as there will be more home working and if it didn’t work beforehand, how will it work post Covid. 2. The old railway station, fantastic area, good development, hopefully when we get back to normal it will work for the City, but I suppose point 3 will be a deciding factor in this. 3. The Highcross is the hub of the City, the go to destination, but this is now a real concern. Seven restaurants ( maybe half) closed down for good due to administration. The other real issue for me is Debenhams could be turned into flats. I was expecting the outskirts ( Granby Street etc ) to go to flats, but never could imagine any of the Highcross going in that direction. If the Highcross can’t pull itself round we have a problem as it needs to be desirable to get us to visit the centre. We currently are in that phase of just seeing what it looks like after the bombing and then deciding what to do. Investors have massive issues here and you could well see half the restaurants being turned into flats if that is the only return they can make on it, with the council resisting the changes, but with the only option bring flats or boarded up premises. Soulsby has created great spaces to keep people wandering around many areas of Leicester, but with what is happening at the Highcross he will be wondering what the fall out will be and nobody really can work this out yet. For me it’s a huge concern, things were looking up, small areas of goodness created, but now we have to start again and see how it pans out. Haven’t ventured around any other City lately, but genuinely worried how councils and business will react to the changes. The huge change in the consumer shipping habits were driving the death of retail, leaving a more social situation going on. But with the death of so many of the restaurant chains I can’t see anything really plugging the gaps as people and pensions have huge investments in these areas and they will need more long term certainty than small retailers with short leases.

May have already been covered on here, but here goes. My latest purchase is a hybrid. The word scared me. The thought made me not want to even look or consider it. Now I know it’s virtually pointless as it only does about 20 miles on electric, but the point for me is the transition from petrol to hybrid was effortless, not scary and nothing like what I thought it would be. Every negative went away as soon as I got it, so if you had a phobia about hybrid, they really are good. Yes they don’t make a noise at very low speeds, but once you hit about 15mph you get the engine noise as the petrol kicks in. There is no changeover between the two fuels with regards to anything you need to do, so it is just like driving like I did previously. Get home, plug it into a normal electrical socket and in the morning you have your 20 miles of electricity again. I have had mine maybe a month I think, it has currently done 70 miles to the gallon as I have just pottered around and I feel comfortable making the first transition over to the new way. So just saying I thought it would be horrible, both driving and charging etc, but in my experience I have found it better than a full petrol car as it’s basically the same but with an additional extra that is a nice to have.

I know it’s a house you want, and they have you by the short and curlies, but I don’t like behaviour like that. Yes it is their house to do what they want, but a very good offer from you and they are using you. I would go elsewhere and not tell them. I honestly would. Let them think they have a purchaser and when they agree sound excited and then go quiet with the estate agents. Hate it when they use your offer as a mark in the sand. I am in a lucky position, but when I have had situations like this I have said “ I’ll give you to the end of the day and then I’m gone” The thing is with this type, if they agree in the end they are the sort that then want to charge you for curtains and light fittings.

Two dealers that I was looking to buy from. A dealer not connected to the car brand, and an independent dealer who stocks a range of different cars. It was the independent dealer who took it. He didn’t even look at it and offered more than the others just on pictures alone.

Just purchased a new second hand car. Pleased that the whole process took less than 48 hours. 1. Got annoyed with my car, it had an issue that kept annoying me. This was Wednesday afternoon. 2. Looked on the pre owned site for the car I wanted that afternoon and emailed two main dealers at about 4.30pm. 3. Thursday got an email back from one at 10.30 and immediately went to see the vehicle. Agreed to buy it after a 15 minute test drive. 4. Sold my car to another dealer as soon as I got back, after getting four offers for my old car. 5. Friday morning my old car was collected, and the dealer delivered my new one at 3.00pm. From thinking about changing it, to changing it, less than 48 hours. Pretty pleased with that. The other car I had been looking at as a comparison was virtually the same, 3000 miles and 9 months old, same spec and they said they couldn’t even match the price I was offered by the other dealer, so I know I had a fair deal. Just didn’t want the hassle of days and days of searching and questions etc.

I’ve taken a few. It’s fine, not a lot different to normal to be honest. I am talking here lessons with an instructor live. I am not structured though, I just text him and tell him to work out a specific song for me and we go through it in the lesson. It really isn’t that much difference to face to face to be honest, in fact it is maybe more focussed as face to face we get distracted by the guitars in the room. I would say these isn’t really any loss on line, I did mine through zoom. The other type I was told was decent is the fender lessons. I have a great contact at a store in Birmingham and he gets free fender lessons as he is a director of the company. He uses them for his daughter and says they are brilliant.

Everyone has a choice as you say. Leicester City did make a stance, but I would think they won’t be refusing their sky monies as part of that stance. The guy hasn’t “let us all down” he certainly hasn’t let me down. An offer has been made for him and others to watch a football match and he has decided to take it. “ let us all down” gang mentality, uncalled for.

At the moment I am paying for it. But if a stream looks good I’ll go for that. Not happy with the decision they have made, but for me personally I want to watch my team play and if it means £15 I’d rather pay it than miss out on seeing them play. Ive just put my time hat on. Crack on.

I’ve got his Sunderland one, the actual one he wore , but always wanted this Leicester one.

People are saying Fundsmith will stop growing at some point, but those conversations have been going on for a few years now. In the meantime investors have seen growth of over 20% every year. I have other funds too that aren’t as volatile if the stock market dips, but I still keep over half in Fundsmith and Rathbone as growth is incredible.

Rathbone Global is a great fund. I’m 32% up over 18 months with this. Fundsmith was my number 1, but I’ve now split it with Rathbone as the performance is so good. Its difficult to work out due to timings etc, but Fundsmith is up above 25% over 18 months also. Both of these are incredible funds, performed brilliantly over recent years and were a game changer for me. My mate who showed me these funds has become a millionaire backing these plus one other over the last five years. He’s got a decent job, but he makes more through his investments now it’s been built up with the growth.

Every situation is hard, but at the moment virtually every person is having restrictions put on them. So I suppose the caveat isolate “where possible” could be mentioned. An example to help could be you give financial support to help those near retirement so they can retire early and stay at home. This sort of thing is hard to monitor, but you have a better chance of getting the funds to the right people, rather than now where ALL businesses could just ask for £50,000 and get it the next day. This highlights my point really. We are having to give help to the whole population whereas we really should just look at those most at risk. It’s a much smaller number so much easier to get a handle on, much easier to monitor. It wouldn’t be easy, but the amount of people bragging about getting £50k free from the government that they won’t pay back shows how scattergun our approach is. We are trying to do something for 67m people all with different situations going on, rather than looking at who is at risk. That number will be tiny in comparison and can be targeted much easier and with much less cost. How much has been spent on these business “loans” and furlough. Pretty sure you could have just put in social distancing and helped the vulnerable financially to stay at home and we would be better off. Yes mixed households are an issue, but maybe then help out the households even to stay at home? Everything comes with an issue but if 95% of the population can carry on and keep the economy and lives moving forward until a vaccine is found, it’s better than ruining huge amounts of people’s lives for a very very long time

If you take Sweden a lot of the initial deaths were in care homes where they have larger amounts of elderly in these places compared to other countries. So it swept through the care homes taking many lives. Now you see not many deaths as the vulnerable have been taken. I would imagine Peru is similar as in the vulnerable have passed on, leaving the healthier ones to catch it who have a better survival chance. You can’t die twice, so I would think in Sweden and Peru the death figures will be minimal going forward. I did read that there was a lower than normal flu season last year, so there was a large amount of vulnerable ready to pass on, but now they have gone figures won’t be as bad going forward. Lots of cases, but nowhere near as many deaths.