Early Advent Telly Gawping

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Is it true that the only other place with such things is Hawaii? Although I'd like to know what happened in Ireland after independence.

It's very patchwork. Most landlords sold up in the various land acts of the late nineteenth century. that involved a lot of turning leaseholds into freeholds for houses. I think an important thing to remember is that the overwhelming majority of houses in dublin were built on farm land that had been sold by landlords 100 years earlier. So this didn't apply to most houses. Even then most houses built in the first fifty years after independence were nearly all built by the council. I think there was something explicit at one point to allow leaseholders to buy the freehold of their house as well.

I know that Lord Lucan was collecting ground rent on Castlebar in Mayo, and I think maybe parts of lucan in west dublin, long after he disappeared though. But that doesn't really amount to all that much. We keep making noises about cancelling those things, but it's never been considered worth the hassle, that may change in the near future.

[DCI Harry Batt]

Or is there a belief that landlords shouldn’t exist whatsoever?

There is, yeah. Private landlords, certainly.

[Jah Womble]

Given the unlikelihood of that at any time in the near future, greater enforceable regulation of landlords would be something that could be achieved more readily.

[DCI Harry Batt]

I'm all for legislation to make landlordism less attractive and profitable, absolutely. It won't make me like landlords though.

[Gangster Octopus]

Watched a bit of the Reims match this late afternoon. Impressive fog...

[Gangster Octopus]

Quite like the Wolves' shirts.

[Gangster Octopus]

By the way, that Throstles' red card was a joke.

[Gangster Octopus]

If I haven't said it before, I'll say it now; I love Manchester United's dazzle kit.

[EIM]

If I haven't said it before, I'll say it now; I love Manchester United's dazzle kit.

It's taken 20 years, but finally, a positive comment from you about Manchester United. I'm welling up here.

[Gangster Octopus]

Did you not read my programme notes when George Best died?

[Sporting]

If I haven't said it before, I'll say it now; I love Manchester United's dazzle kit.

Yes, me too.

[EIM]

Treated myself to a bottle of sugar free ginger ale to drink watching the match. I'm inconsolable at the wasted 55p.

[Ray de Galles]

What brand? I love the M&S Sugar Free Fiery Ginger Beer.

Have we established the difference, if any, between Ginger Ale and Ginger Beer?

[EIM]

What brand? I love the M&S Sugar Free Fiery Ginger Beer.

Have we established the difference, of any, between Ginger Ale and Ginger Beer?

Ginger beer is brewed and fermented. Ginger ale is Ginger flavoured carbonated water. I prefer ginger beer, but I panicked in Tesco. The soft drinks are on a different floor to the mixers, which is ridiculous IMHO, and I couldn't be arsed going back downstairs.

[Ray de Galles]

Yeah, I used to like the Tesco Sugar Free Fiery Ginger Beer too (though it doesn't have the same kick as M&S's) but I ended up preferring their Sugar Free Bitter Shandy.

[Jobi1]

York v Spennymoor on the YouTube

Have to say, for all my cynicism about the club in general, that roar from the 400 in Bootham Crescent as the team ran out sent a few shivers down the spine - genuinely quite moving. And City have obliged by taking the lead in the first 5 minutes as well...

[gt3]

Gotta say that Wolves v Villa game was a tough watch. Mike Dean made sure there wouldn't be 22 players on the pitch at the end with those early yellow cards. Good to see Villa being able to grind out a win. Last season we would probably have collapsed on going down to 10 men.

[Capybara]

Fuckin' 'ell! Boro 3 Millwall 0.

[Toby Gymshorts]

A cracking header by Dwight Gayle puts Newcastle 2-1 up on West Brom.

[Satchmo Distel]

1) Equalizer for Spennymoor.

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2) Hebburn 3 North Shields 2 FA Vase 2nd round (Youtube)

3) Cei Connah v Y Seintiau Newydd | JD Cymru Premier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCrV...channel=sgorio

[Diable Rouge]

A cracking header by Dwight Gayle puts Newcastle 2-1 up on West Brom.

Another candidate for the "Is He Still Playing" thread.

[Jobi1]

1) Equalizer for Spennymoor.

... from a corner that looked suspiciously like it shouldn't have been.

One thing you do really get a sense of when the stream is a decent quality like it was today: the standard of football at our level is barely watchable. Truly woeful stuff.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Man City seem to have been sent out to kick the fuck out of everyone in the first ten minutes. That's surely not how free-flowing tiki-taka Pep wants things.

[Satchmo Distel]

Fernandinho and McTominay made challenges that should have been yellow cards (ref is too lenient on the cuntery from both midfields). However, the rib injury enabled me to do my "OK Fred?" impression in front of the telly.

Watching De Bruyne and Fernandes on the same pitch (two of the top three midfielders in the division?) has been the game's only pleasure so far.

[Jah Womble]

Man Utd in ‘no penalty’-shock.