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Well in that short time he managed to change the shape they played and that paid off. As for OGS, well he had to command the respect of the players in order to get them to work for him, and my opinion has been that he wasn't able to do that.........and two failed spells as a manger at different clubs, didn't help.

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Have also seen those various types of flour in TOPS, much of it from Australia.

Well, Bangla was looking quite healthy last night, with most of the bars open and probably close to being as crowded as it was in a low off season in the past. Viewing the flow of people traffic from my vantage point, the words of a song by Joe Jackson came to mind....... "pretty girls out walking with gorillas in my street", and that may have been a bit of an exaggeration, and it's probably always been like that, but with the scene very quiet over the last almost 2 years, last night brought it home again! The ex-Suzie Wong girls were crowded round the end of Soi Sea Dragon and a few more bars in Sea Dragon were open, including Hangover Bar which attracted about 10 or more students who seemed to be having a good time, and I have to say that some of the girls were very pretty indeed. Bar Funk was packed, as was the music bar, New York, although I'm not sure why that should be, because the band there are good but nowhere near as good as those in Red Hot for example. On that note (pun intended) I didn't bother to go and sing a few songs in Red Hot because I didn't feel in the mood, and not only that, a friend of mine seemed to take a turn for the worse and really wasn't feeling well at all, so I stayed alongside of him for the duration of the evening to make sure he was okay. All of the bars that had been closed previously due to a Covid scare, were now open, so some semblance of normality has returned, although dead on 11 PM, the police, on their motorbikes (about five of them) made a sweep up Bangla to ensure that the bars were closing/closed, and everyone seemed to comply, although I'm led to believe that some drinking goes on behind closed shutters (reminds me of another song, "no one knows what goes on behind closed doors"). I went down the little Soi in where once stood my favourite Italian restaurant, Salute, but it was all closed up and looked so sad and a little dilapidated. Whereas the fondue restaurant (Swiss?) just inside the entrance to the Soi has reopened and had a few customers in it, and looked very clean and new, and just a little further down there was a "Backpackers Inn" bar which seemed very large and I think it was where previously an Indian restaurant stood, and just along from that what used to be, "The Island Bar and Restaurant" is still closed and for sale, and has been for quite a number of years, and certainly looked a lot worse for wear. Not an eventful night out, but one which took me out of my apartment and allowed me to catch up with a few friends, so it was well worthwhile.

IMO all of them look lovely!!!!

I'm not saying I agree with such things, however there is another aspect to this, in as much as number plates like this and other rarities in whatever field, can be seen as a good investment for the future, as well as status symbols for those who can afford it.

In my opinion it's probably the best thing to do for the man and the club, and probably the right time to after a couple of wins and a draw. On the one hand you could say that as the "stand in" coach his results were great, but let's not forget that he was part of the OGS management team, and that was pretty much a disaster. Also it gives the new manager, whether it be this caretaker one, or another one, free rein to bring in his own staff and not be shackled by any allegiances or decisions of the past – – a clean sweep if you like, and it's what United have needed in that department for a while, and now let's hope that they do it with the players that are surplus to requirements. I wish him all the very best in whatever he decides to do, because he was a top player and a great club man.

Ah, got it now. Duh!

For me........an average movie, and none of the above "cut the mustard" for me.

That's not a bad thing, because a lot of the cheaper Bordeaux here are pretty average, whereas I have never had a bad Rioja here, and anyway the Temperanillo grape, along with Grenache and perhaps Carignan added, can make a lovely wine. At one time in my wine drinking life, Rioja was a major player, and I remember acquiring a case of Frederico Paternina 1964 Gran Reserva, and it was wonderful, and as much as 18 years later, I was offered a fantastic price for the two remaining bottles I had, from a restaurant owner in Adelaide. As I wasn't going back to Australia (I lived in NZ then) it seemed a difficult task to send them over, so I drank them!!

On that note, and on the advice of a friend who recommended that I watch the original movie, "The Third Man" I downloaded and watched it. I did so because he said it was one of the best movies ever made and also because it starred Orson Welles, so I waited with bated breath to see it......and I was very disappointed, but then again I should have expected that; the sets/backdrops were all done in a studio and were pretty amateurish, as were the scenes where three guys were driving in a jeep, and, and........... Thinking about it, I knew there was a reason that I didn't download movies that were made any earlier than the mid/early 60s, because I've encountered this before and have also been disappointed. Lesson learned.

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It seems like we have similar tastes with regards to our Chardonnays, because I too like the bigger, oaky Chardonnays that New Zealand can produce, although they did go over the top in the 80s producing some hugely oaked Chardonnays, in particular the Morton Estate Black Label Chardonnay, which was a bit like drinking wine through oak chips! I also like those that have had a malolactic fermentation, giving the wine a "buttery" flavour, so that, along with some oak is a perfect Chardonnay for me, and you may be interested in the following...... JamesSuckling.com Our top pick from New Zealand was also our No. 1 globally: the Kumeu River Chardonnay Kumeu Maté’s Vineyard 2020. Unfortunately you won't be able to buy any of this because it's been sold out and was selling for about NZ$95 a bottle!!!! However earlier on I was very keen on the Brakjovich Estate wines, and got Michael Brakjovich to present at one of my American Express functions in NZ, and also liaised with him and his family on a few promotions we did, and very nice man he is too. I have never been able to get on with the New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs because I found them too acidic, however there were a couple I tasted from Marlborough which were a sort of cross between a Sauvignon Blanc and a Riesling and were very palatable indeed. PS. For what it's worth, I really don't drink any white wine these days, and the last time I had a little snifter was with a sweet Muscatel from Spain, which I quite liked as an after-dinner tipple

I watched that last night and enjoyed it, despite it seemingly "bombing" upon release, although it has an IMDb rating of around 7.7. The jousting scenes at the end must have taken a lot of work, because they were so realistic. I would much rather watch something like this, which had some glorious settings in it, than the Marvel-type rubbish which seems to be prevalent these days.

Thanks for the pics, and hopefully you will give the Château Bel Air a try, along with some feedback as to your opinion of it. I have a confession to make inasmuch as many years ago when I had a passion for collecting wine, I would buy case upon case of fine French wine, favourites were amongst the 1st to the 5th Bordeaux growths, and also those of the Northern Rhône, but nowadays my tastes have changed somewhat. The French wines became very expensive and along with that a lot of "inferior" French wines were flooding the market and were nothing more than plain country wines, so I tried more and more Australian and Italian wines and came to like them, along with New Zealand Chardonnays, so that's my main area these days. I should add that I have found some good wines from Chile (not the cheaper ones) and South Africa, and of course I've always had a love of Spanish wines.

But then again, on a motorcycle, who are you likely to infect?? The virus is transmitted, in the main, from exhaled droplets, and I doubt very much whether they would travel any further than one's chin, if indeed one had the virus. Whether or not it's exercising, I believe the rule for wearing a mask on a motorcycle is a nonsense, based on zero evidence of transmission – – but as the saying goes TIT!

I think I'd like to go back to around 1967, when I was promoted to the first 11 football team in a senior division, and was getting paid for playing the sport that I loved. I was fitter than ever, and in the off-season I enjoyed many parties and good times, but still kept up a training routine. I was an electrical apprentice and loved my job, as I was learning new things all of the time..........don't think I have ever matched those times again, although the years I worked for American Express in New Zealand were also extremely exciting, but that's a different story and a different year and more!

But two Russians where I am located were fined 500 baht each for not wearing a mask on their motorbike..........no difference to riding a bike!

I believe that some of what you have said is true, however there is another little moneymaking scheme going on.......a couple of nights ago, a Russian guy and his girlfriend, both wearing crash helmets were stopped and fined 1000 baht for not wearing a mask on the motorbike!!!! I thought I'd heard it all, unless this is some sort of new ruling, and if it is, I had better start wearing one in my car!

Couldn't get on with it at all........so switched off after about 20 mins! But for those lucky enough to be able to get BBC iPlayer, there is a great documentary on Freddie Mercury, called "Freddie Mercury: the final act" (or similar). It featured a lot of other pop/rock stars and was very interesting I thought. He denied he had AIDS right up until the day before he died, then announced it, and died the next day.

A good result from United's perspective, although they probably didn't deserve it, and although they played better together/as a team, they are still a long way off the same quality of the top four in the Premier league. The change has come at the right time, and IMO it's time to decide the future of quite a few of the United players and squad, and look towards building a TEAM. I say that because United's player acquisitions of the past season or three, seem to have been knee-jerk signings and not those required to build a team and strengthen key positions.

I would like to think that United could spring a surprise, however on the other hand Chelsea really do play well, and play like a team which has been coached very well. I've often wondered why Dalot doesn't get a run out at full-back/wingback, this especially after some dreadful performances by Wan-Bissaka, and I'm wondering whether Fernandes really should be dropped, because he does have some very good skills, even though he has seemed somewhat lethargic of late? Still, maybe that's the message that Carrick is trying to send to his players – – work hard and play well to secure your place, but that somewhat contradicts my statement about Wan-Bissaka!!

I have just been out and about today and visited a little wine shop in Phuket town called Promphan, which is where I often buy wine, because the prices are just a little cheaper than elsewhere, and I saw the wine I mentioned there, and it was now priced at 570 baht a bottle!!! Also beware that you need to look for the 2019 vintage and that is 13.5% abv as that's the one I tried and thought was very good.

Well BTH, little side Sois are no longer there, and when you ventured through them and onto the car park, indeed there were a few bars which had set up shop on the perimeter of it, including a few in the middle, and the large music bar on the far side was called, "Hippie Road Bar" and occasionally had a good band playing there. However that's all disappeared now, along with the other bars around it because they've all been knocked down, waiting for a hotel development by the looks of things. Earlier on, there was one Indian restaurant in the Soi, called the, Indian Curry Club (ICC) however in recent times another one opened up, quite a bit larger and painted inside and out in vivid white which gave one the impression of being in a mortuary, so it's no wonder it had hardly any customers! As KarenBravo has said, the Italian/pizza place on the right-hand side heading towards Bangla moved across the road some while ago and IMO also improved its food. There were bars down there although I only frequented one called, "Wicked Bar" which was bought by three Kiwi guys, and it was quite a lively place at one time, although before that it was run by an Aussie and was called "Billabong Bar" and I occasionally watched sport in it. Later on when the Yorkshire Inn was taken over and cleaned up, by a guy called Paul, I think his name was, the food was very good and I enjoyed a few good meals there with visiting friends who wanted some traditional English fayre. There are still a couple of other small restaurants down there, one of them being in the front of the Summer Breeze small hotel, and I have attended a couple of Christmas dinners there, and they were good. As KB has said, it wasn't really big enough to have raging night out, but was worth a visit for the food at the Yorkshire and/or the sport there or at the Billabong bar. PS. Also sad to note that the entrance to Soi Sansabai, off what is known as "middle road" has had the top section of it completely demolished; that would be the section opposite the restaurant/hotel/pool place called Chang??

Sorry I can't be too specific but I have seen it in several places, Villa Market being one, and Bic C at one time. Good hunting!