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

[Parafox]

Having been a member of FT for nearly16 years and seen posters come and go and read through the many topics that have also disappeared, some remain, some are fleeting, I have come to the conclusion that the majority of posters here are intelligent, informed and clever about many things non-football related as well as those things that are.

 

Well done folks. Long may you (and hopefully, I) continue.

 

 

[Thefox81]

32 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Having been a member of FT for nearly16 years and seen posters come and go and read through the many topics that have also disappeared, some remain, some are fleeting, I have come to the conclusion that the majority of posters here are intelligent, informed and clever about many things non-football related as well as those things that are.

 

Well done folks. Long may you (and hopefully, I) continue.

 

 

I agree totally. I learn a new word each day just by reading @leicsmacs posts. I do have to use google to find out the meaning of said word though. 

[HighPeakFox]

I'd like to complain about the General News thread - far too much knowledge and reasoned argument in there today.

[bovril]

54 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

I'd like to complain about the General News thread - far too much knowledge and reasoned argument in there today.

never really know what to do on social media when people reply calmly with a well thought out post, all a bit awkward and cringey isn't it

Edited 16 February by bovril

[Jon the Hat]

5 hours ago, Parafox said:

Having been a member of FT for nearly16 years and seen posters come and go and read through the many topics that have also disappeared, some remain, some are fleeting, I have come to the conclusion that the majority of posters here are intelligent, informed and clever about many things non-football related as well as those things that are.

 

Well done folks. Long may you (and hopefully, I) continue.

 

 

I quite agree, and perhaps just as importantly, they have quite different perspectives that I do in many cases, which is informative and thought provoking.

[CornwallFox]

1 minute ago, Jon the Hat said:

I quite agree, and perhaps just as importantly, they have quite different perspectives that I do in many cases, which is informative and thought provoking.

Agree with this. I think it's good we have so many threads discussing so many different things and, for the most part, even when we disagree it's not a big deal really.

 

Ultimately we're all just winging it through life in the best way we can, doing what we think is best with the information we have. 

[ozleicester]

Work is bullshhit, the only reason any of us do it is to live what we perceive to be better lives... that possibility has been removed by greedy corporations

[Jon the Hat]

51 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

Work is bullshhit, the only reason any of us do it is to live what we perceive to be better lives... that possibility has been removed by greedy corporations

Most of us do get better lives through working though, and until recently each generation has lived more comfortable, safe lives in better health that those who went before.   In many cases this remains true, though we have broken something that no one knows how to fix.  Some kind of reset is needed, but we probably don't agree on what that is:)

[Ian Nacho]

I know it's hardly new analysis as it's an ongoing conversation but the public transport in this country is a disgrace. I stared a new job in Nottingham city centre so I thought it would be a good opportunity to do my bit and go by public transport from Loughborough. Whilst the bus is cheap it's never on time, often 15+ minutes late. The train is often late too but it is more reliable but £12 there and back is ridiculous. You can get cheaper tickets if you book in advance but I'll never understand the concept of dynamic pricing when it comes to a necessity like transport. Given up and I'll just stick to the ridiculous car parking charges. 

Edited 17 February by Ian Nacho

[leicsmac]

32 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said:

I know it's hardly new analysis as it's an ongoing conversation but the public transport in this country is a disgrace. I stared a new job in Nottingham city centre so I thought it would be a good opportunity to do my bit and go by public transport from Loughborough. Whilst the bus is cheap it's never on time, often 15+ minutes late. The train is often late too but it is more reliable but £12 there and back is ridiculous. You can get cheaper tickets if you book in advance but I'll never understand the concept of dynamic pricing when it comes to a necessity like transport. Given up and I'll just stick to the ridiculous car parking charges. 

Yep, compare it to other nations of similar size and economic status and it's so far behind some of them it's not even funny. 

 

A serious case of underspending in the right areas (particularly infrastructure) and overspending in the wrong ones

[CornwallFox]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

Yep, compare it to other nations of similar size and economic status and it's so far behind some of them it's not even funny. 

 

A serious case of underspending in the right areas (particularly infrastructure) and overspending in the wrong ones

We've basically sold off anything worth having and let private equity own the country. Now we've nothing left to spend and private companies aren't keeping up their side of the bargain post privatisation. Country is a mess of Thatcher's making. 

[RonnieTodger]

Tyson Fury and his dad are so ****ing boring 

[Trav Le Bleu]

On 15/02/2026 at 20:04, Parafox said:

Having been a member of FT for nearly16 years and seen posters come and go and read through the many topics that have also disappeared, some remain, some are fleeting, I have come to the conclusion that the majority of posters here are intelligent, informed and clever about many things non-football related as well as those things that are.

 

Well done folks. Long may you (and hopefully, I) continue.

 

 

You might be.

[kenny]

3 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Yep, compare it to other nations of similar size and economic status and it's so far behind some of them it's not even funny. 

 

A serious case of underspending in the right areas (particularly infrastructure) and overspending in the wrong ones

Whenever I try public transport abroad, I'm often surprised that it isn't as good as I think it will be compared to here. It's also underused compared to here, it's amazing how empty trains and buses are in many countries.

[leicsmac]

1 hour ago, CornwallFox said:

We've basically sold off anything worth having and let private equity own the country. Now we've nothing left to spend and private companies aren't keeping up their side of the bargain post privatisation. Country is a mess of Thatcher's making. 

Yes, the mighty free market being a force for social equality and reduction of human suffering all over....

 

 

... no, I can't say that with a straight face.

 

16 minutes ago, kenny said:

Whenever I try public transport abroad, I'm often surprised that it isn't as good as I think it will be compared to here. It's also underused compared to here, it's amazing how empty trains and buses are in many countries.

The Scandinavian, European and East Asian nations I've tried it with have pretty much been all better tbh. Interesting argument about underusing too - when a service is supplied for the public good, I would think the theory should run that if it benefits just one human being, then it's not underused.

[kenny]

24 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Yes, the mighty free market being a force for social equality and reduction of human suffering all over....

 

 

... no, I can't say that with a straight face.

 

The Scandinavian, European and East Asian nations I've tried it with have pretty much been all better tbh. Interesting argument about underusing too - when a service is supplied for the public good, I would think the theory should run that if it benefits just one human being, then it's not underused.

True, hence the word service.

 

But in this country its supplied for many many more, which is better? I've not tried Asia or Scandinavia, most in Europe I've tried are not as good as ours or are at least comparable.

 

We don't realise how good we have it in the UK.

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, kenny said:

True, hence the word service.

 

But in this country its supplied for many many more, which is better? I've not tried Asia or Scandinavia, most in Europe I've tried are not as good as ours or are at least comparable.

 

We don't realise how good we have it in the UK.

Perhaps I was spoiled by the experience I had, then. 

 

I do look at the Korean KTX network, and their intercity and intracity bus network, and do wonder why the UK, with a similar population and land area, can't at least do similarly, though. Japan was superb, as you might expect. So was Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden when I visited, among others. 

[kenny]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

Perhaps I was spoiled by the experience I had, then. 

 

I do look at the Korean KTX network, and their intercity and intracity bus network, and do wonder why the UK, with a similar population and land area, can't at least do similarly, though. Japan was superb, as you might expect. So was Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden when I visited, among others. 

I find the UK to be generally middling, but also really really well used (busy).

 

The best abroad I find are the ones where no one seems to use them and they are just empty.

 

 

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, kenny said:

I find the UK to be generally middling, but also really really well used (busy).

 

The best abroad I find are the ones where no one seems to use them and they are just empty.

 

 

Fair enough. It stands to reason that more effort and funding is needed for maintenance when such services are heavily used, too.

[Foxdiamond]

From my experience bus services outside the big cities are very patchy at best and often very unreliable particularly after 7pm. I tried to use bus service to and from work before I retired. Absolutely useless if I was working till 7pm or 8pm which was at least twice a week. 

[StanSP]

The sheer vine volume of jimmies rustled on any social media account posting about the start of Ramadan. So many comments saying 'what about Lent?!'. 

 

Dullards.

[steve555]

9 hours ago, Ian Nacho said:

I know it's hardly new analysis as it's an ongoing conversation but the public transport in this country is a disgrace. I stared a new job in Nottingham city centre so I thought it would be a good opportunity to do my bit and go by public transport from Loughborough. Whilst the bus is cheap it's never on time, often 15+ minutes late. The train is often late too but it is more reliable but £12 there and back is ridiculous. You can get cheaper tickets if you book in advance but I'll never understand the concept of dynamic pricing when it comes to a necessity like transport. Given up and I'll just stick to the ridiculous car parking charges. 

My son is at uni in Lincoln & visited his girlfriend who's at Norwich uni. at the weekend.He pre-booked his trains and was due to leave Norwich at 2.30 yesterday, firstly the train was delayed 2 hours, then after getting underway it was stopped at Thetford, all this due to points issues. Eventually stopped at Ely where they got off & were bussed up to Peterborough, with a driver who firstly wasn't sure where he was supposed to be going & then had to keep stopping to check his satnav. Got in Peterborough at 10pm, had to wait for the last train to Lincoln which left at 11.09pm . He arrived at Lincoln at quarter past midnight having supposed to have left Norwich at 2.30 in the afternoon. 10 hours to get from Norwich to Lincoln, then you wonder why people don't use public transport.

[FoxesDeb]

24 minutes ago, StanSP said:

The sheer vine volume of jimmies rustled on any social media account posting about the start of Ramadan. So many comments saying 'what about Lent?!'. 

 

Dullards.

But Easter eggs? What about the Easter eggs?? 

[StanSP]

9 minutes ago, FoxesDeb said:

But Easter eggs? What about the Easter eggs?? 

They're just eggs

[Paninistickers]

Was just reading about Oscar Pistorious' conviction. 

 

Quite interesting as I always thought it was a did he / didn't he conviction. And I felt it was harsh. It's totally in the air whether he actually meant to kill his Mrs 

 

Under south African law, he's been convicted effectively of knowingly killing someone .... meaning under law, the fact whether it was his Mrs he intended to kill is irrelevant. He's basically got a halfway house of self defence killing and cold blooded murder. But definitely NOT a conviction in the UK sense of the premeditated murder of Steenkamp herself.

 

I thought it was interesting anyway ....