The “ I’ve got something to say, but it doesn’t warrant its own thread “ thread.

[Blarmy]

54 minutes ago, Happy Fox said:

The fiancée visa for the UK thankfully we hired a lawyer so made it more legit for our application. The turnaround thankfully wasn’t too just 6 weeks 

Ah not too bad then. 👍🏽 Hope you have a very special wedding - will be all the better due to the circumstances 😃

[RonnieTodger]

Alan Brazil & Ray Parlour provide fantastic content during Cheltenham week, every year. 

[Bellend Sebastian]

Contactless payment is down in Fosse Park Sainsburys. It's the beginning of the end.

 

Expecting there to be Triffids outside

[FoxesTez]

1 hour ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

Contactless payment is down in Fosse Park Sainsburys. It's the beginning of the end.

 

Expecting there to be Triffids outside

Was the same in the one on Melton Road, think they'd had a software update that had gone wrong. Queues were terrible. 

[Bellend Sebastian]

20 minutes ago, FoxesTez said:

Was the same in the one on Melton Road, think they'd had a software update that had gone wrong. Queues were terrible. 

Wasn't too bad to be fair, they had people on the entrance saying what would and wouldn't work. My chip and pin payment went through fine

[Daggers]

IPA is not a beer. Beer is pints of real ale bitter. IPA is just a fancy lager. I don’t care if you use facts to disagree. IPA is bollocks and I’m bored with beardy pony tails thinking it isn’t. Go stick your overpriced SpecialNameFancyCanWithHintOfGrapefruit in the bin. 

[Bellend Sebastian]

16 minutes ago, Daggers said:

IPA is not a beer. Beer is pints of real ale bitter. IPA is just a fancy lager. I don’t care if you use facts to disagree. IPA is bollocks and I’m bored with beardy pony tails thinking it isn’t. Go stick your overpriced SpecialNameFancyCanWithHintOfGrapefruit in the bin. 

Is it easy to brew or something? It's certainly not easy to drink.

 

It's EVERYWHERE, but why?

[The Bear]

41 minutes ago, Daggers said:

IPA is not a beer. Beer is pints of real ale bitter. IPA is just a fancy lager. I don’t care if you use facts to disagree. IPA is bollocks and I’m bored with beardy pony tails thinking it isn’t. Go stick your overpriced SpecialNameFancyCanWithHintOfGrapefruit in the bin. 

It's not even that nice either. 

[Wymsey]

When will the the property prices in England, generally speaking, be on par with those in London?..

[Corky]

I am really glad I attend non league games and occupy my time. Reading back over the Championship thread this afternoon was grim.

[UniFox21]

I really don't get why people sign up to a different clubs fan forum just to argue. 

[st albans fox]

If any of you have boys at secondary school - have you noticed that they need to have something else on a screen whilst they do their homework?  As if they need a distraction in order to concentrate.  It does my head in because I can’t understand it.  I mentioned it to a friend of mine who is a teacher and he said that this age group are so used to multi tasking with different media that just having one thing to focus on doesn’t work for them, 

If this chimes with any of you, have you noticed it apply to any of your daughters ?

 

Edited 17 March 2024 by st albans fox

[jgtuk]

3 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

If any of you have boys at secondary school - have you noticed that they need to have something else on a screen whilst they do their homework?  As if they need a distraction in order to concentrate.  It does my head in because I can’t understand it.  I mentioned it to a friend of mine who is a teacher and he said that this age group are so used to multi tasking with different media that just having one thing to focus on doesn’t work for them, 

If this chimes with any of you, have you noticed it apply to any of your daughters ?

 

My youngest daughter used to do that, also always had music playing in earphones whilst working. It used to drive me mad but she insisted that it helped her to concentrate… 

It seemed completely counter intuitive to me. 

As it turned out, it didn’t do her any harm as she went on to achieve brilliant A level results, got a first in Aerospace Engineering, did her Masters at UCL and has recently started working for a major company specialising in radar and satellite. 
 

[Daggers]

44 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

If any of you have boys at secondary school - have you noticed that they need to have something else on a screen whilst they do their homework?  As if they need a distraction in order to concentrate.  It does my head in because I can’t understand it.  I mentioned it to a friend of mine who is a teacher and he said that this age group are so used to multi tasking with different media that just having one thing to focus on doesn’t work for them, 

If this chimes with any of you, have you noticed it apply to any of your daughters ?

 

Ours can’t even watch a film without having a device on the go. It doesn’t help them focus, it facilitates procrastination. 

[st albans fox]

33 minutes ago, jgtuk said:

My youngest daughter used to do that, also always had music playing in earphones whilst working. It used to drive me mad but she insisted that it helped her to concentrate… 

It seemed completely counter intuitive to me. 

As it turned out, it didn’t do her any harm as she went on to achieve brilliant A level results, got a first in Aerospace Engineering, did her Masters at UCL and has recently started working for a major company specialising in radar and satellite. 
 

Music playing whilst doing homework isn’t a new thing though - that’s more of a background thing and I can cope with that 

but visual screen activity - like having a tv series playing on an adjacent pc screen or iPad seems way too distracting to me 

[Daggers]

1 minute ago, st albans fox said:

Music playing whilst doing homework isn’t a new thing though - that’s more of a background thing and I can cope with that 

but visual screen activity - like having a tv series playing on an adjacent pc screen or iPad seems way too distracting to me 

Saying that, I always have a TV series or scrolling news on while I’m writing - but if it’s something important rather than filler I’ll have music instead. 

[jgtuk]

18 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Music playing whilst doing homework isn’t a new thing though - that’s more of a background thing and I can cope with that 

but visual screen activity - like having a tv series playing on an adjacent pc screen or iPad seems way too distracting to me 

She did both at the same time…

Edited 17 March 2024 by jgtuk

[leicsmac]

21 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Saying that, I always have a TV series or scrolling news on while I’m writing - but if it’s something important rather than filler I’ll have music instead. 

 

A godsend while working on my thesis.

[st albans fox]

25 minutes ago, jgtuk said:

She did both at the same time…

So not just a boy thing then 

we continue to evolve …..

[RonnieTodger]

Coventry are so ****ing insufferable.

 

God bless Luton Town for keeping them in the championship.

[CosbehFox]

13 hours ago, RonnieTodger said:

Coventry are so ****ing insufferable.

 

God bless Luton Town for keeping them in the championship.

Every time there is some social media spat it's them 

[Fox92]

2 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

Every time there is some social media spat it's them 

I did enjoy one of their fans counting Wembley appearances on twitter yesterday and getting it wrong. 

[Daggers]

@MPH in his happy thread…

 

 

[MPH]

18 minutes ago, Daggers said:

@MPH in his happy thread…

 

 

 

 

but.... im happy

[CosbehFox]

I have had a long time dislike for the blogger Thogden but I couldn’t believe what I read about his dad 

 

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/dont-criticise-putins-russia-1003176.amp