@Robbie

You can still get Caramac Buddy. I bought one from my local Bargain Buys store a few weeks ago, if you have a Bargain Buys store near you, go and have a look, you just might get a nice surprise.

Things I Miss from when I was a Kid which you don't see very often in Shops. Mojo chews, Fruit Salad Chews, Black Jack Chews all costing one old penny for four Chews. Spangles, Lucky Bags, Sherbet Dib Dabs or fountains. Liquorice Sticks (they were that hard you could break your teeth on them.) There's bound to be more, but I'll have to think about them. This Topic could end up like your Quirky TV Series from the 60's & 70's.

There was a period where "Wham bars" were quite hard to get hold of. I think it was more a supply issue, but I love them. I can't think of anything from the top of my head snack or sweet wise that no longer exists.

I really miss the Brtivic 55 drinks.

Again, it seems a supplier thing but very few pubs sell it and I don't know of any supermarkets that do.

Something that has been discounted twice, the second time less success than the first and what was largely down to poorer taste.

The berry, orange and apple flavours were also heavily when they first released them.

On 19/09/2024 at 17:39, Wheelbarrow repair man said:

@Robbie

You can still get Caramac Buddy. I bought one from my local Bargain Buys store a few weeks ago, if you have a Bargain Buys store near you, go and have a look, you just might get a nice surprise.

'Excellent news' - Nestlé bringing back classic chocolate bar for a limited time

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After being discontinued in November 2023 Nestlé is bringing back the Caramac bar, but only for a limited time

If something you like is being discontinued, beat the scrappers and resellers by buying a supply long enough to last a nuclear war. Then you should be good to go! I can’t think of anything I really like that no longer exists either, but if it were to happen, I would become Tallahassee from Zombieland. No idea who that character is? Have a Google! Woody Harrelson will be your friend during any zombie outbreak.

wonder if any of our players will make the team after saturday? i am happy to see dan crowley and jodi jones mentioned. they are good players, worth seeing celebrated.

i try to look out for the one that the efl does.

I am pleased that both players got acknowledged in the team of the week. It’s nice to see Notts players getting in, and the selection bodes well for the club amidst its signs of progress.

It’s great to see. I’m glad we have players good enough and talented enough to make a team made up of players from all 72 clubs.

Yes!

Swansea was the last time in the FA Cup we faced Premiership team (just ignore the replay). I’d love another game against a big team, I can pretty much remember all our big draw FA Cup ties in recent history. We’ve had some great ties and the Man City one is up there as one of my all time favourite games at the Lane.

Yes, it would be nice after the past seasons of not being able to generate a good cup run to finally have one again. Notts would benefit from it, so it’s positive more than negative. The only concern is potential injuries, but it means more minutes for players which could be good.

If that’s the case, I’d prefer an away game because I’ve always been too young to go to some of the bigger cup games we’ve had. Playing big teams at Meadow Lane is great, but it would only change my mind if it was a really big team.

I believe it’s a record that won’t be broken in my lifetime. I hope Les Bradd keeps his record because he deserves it. He’s a legend and a fantastic player. It might be beaten one day, but not for many years.

Who knows? It doesn’t seem likely to be beaten any time soon. We could be in the Premier League and it would be difficult to beat that amount of goals, so I don’t think it gets any easier further up.

I don’t think so. I don’t think we’ll have another striker like Macaulay Langstaff. The moment we have someone who scores 18+ goals over two seasons, we’ll lose them, either by selling them or on a free transfer when their contract ends.

what happened to the centre back alex something, from arsenal. i think he was on loan at bromley. got it, alex kirk!

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without a club supposedly, maybe he held out for a league club to long? he was the only trialist we did not sign that i thought looked decent.

Alex Kirk looked half decent. I thought he stood out, but the rest seemed rather average, to be honest. I wasn’t all that impressed with the lad from Derby. I don’t remember his name, but he’s not mentioned in the list.

I think the trialists are sometimes just the club trying to see if they can bring in someone who might do well but plays for lower league teams. I also think we might do it to throw other clubs off the scent about who else we’re after.

I think clubs just have to focus, but with talks at times about creating a super league and people hell-bent on ruining football, there’s no doubt going to be complaints of fixture congestion. I think teams need to balance their squads, but it is mostly just an excuse.

they just want a winters break dont they, i think it would make football less interesting and give the richer clubs more time to hold an advantage over the other clubs. there is no congestion at that level, just managers afraid not to have their best players for the selection week in and out.

It’s weird because of him taking the job, it feels like a short-term stepping stone. The only way I can understand this is if Carlisle were aware that Williamson wasn’t happy at MK Dons, and that opened the door for talks. I do think he would have been sacked at some point by MK Dons, so they have smartly cashed in on him.

Good luck to him. MK Dons might not find form so easily under a new manager. I wonder if they will go for someone who has been there before? I hope they don’t pick up.

It’s an interesting question, one I am unsure about what could be the cause. I do think training has become more demanding, that is a fair point, but at the same time, looking after players has improved. Pitches are much better these days, no longer resembling mud pools, but we still have awful ones like Bradford’s sandy pitch. It does make you wonder.

Now I never saw football in the 80s or earlier but my dad usually reminds me of all these great players from back in the day and which of them he was fortunate to meet and most of these stories have one thing in common – they all met in the pub!

Football was a totally different sport in a way, I would guess the level of fitness was on a different level and that players were rarely pushed to their limits, unlike the players of today. Players these days are like finely tuned machines, they train a lot more, they play more games and are basically pushed to their maximums.

I think it’s also worth noting that even before players make it as professionals, they’ll have played loads of games and trained regularly in academies – again almost in the same way as pros do. I think a good few years ago there was a bit of research done by arsenal looking into why their academy players who had graduated to the first team suffered so many injuries and it was do with young players in academies effectively playing too much football. At a young age bodies aren't fully developed and picking up injuries at this time can make you more sceptical to picking up injuries again the future.

@menzinho the point about the academies is spot on, i would agree with this having an impact on some players. i would say that there is an art to tackling, which is becoming harder to see these days. mind in the 80s i am surprised more injuries was not caused with some of the thugs on the pitch.

I have no doubt Jimmy could have been a successful league manager in his time. He might even have been able to get an underdog team into the Premier League, but I think his most success would come within the EFL. He knew how to get players performing and was a strong speaker who had high expectations. He wouldn’t settle for anything less than commitment from his players. This makes me think he would be successful to a degree.

I can see him being more of a head coach than an actual manager, and I think he would be fantastic at it. He knows what it takes to make players perform together. His hands-on approach in training should earn the respect of players. He’s knowledgeable and had a great understanding of how teams played.

Certainly, I feel he could have adapted to be a very good head coach in modern football. To what extent? I am not sure, but I think there’s no denying the qualities that Jimmy Sirrel had.

I think he could be a very good league manager in this day and age, football has come along way, but he had the skills when times were hard. I think the fact that money is used more freely now, and I know we paid good fees for players, but Jimmy worked with mostly what he had and added to that.

This in my opinion would see him do well in the modern game, as he could get the best out of academy players but also use his knowledge of players to suggest who to bring in. A model like the one we currently have at Notts would allow Jimmy Sirrel to truly thrive.

The only reason Brian Clough failed with the development of the Premier League, was solely due to his age. No doubt, a lot of past managers had the skills to do well in the modern game, they transfer over quite easily.

I grew up loving all comedies and sitcoms, especially things like Bewitched. I used to watch them with someone very dear, who would take breaks between working to watch certain shows at times.

The Munsters are one of my all-time favourites.

A while ago, probably around 2008. I was given £10 to buy a present back, I tended not to be bothered about this after my teens. The same person I mentioned previously, very stubborn when determined, wouldn't take no for an answer and insisted I at least looked. I discovered in the long-lost Herrick Watson at the top of "Chip Alley." the complete box set of The Munsters.

£6.99 absolute bargain, I remember looking up the price on Amazon and seeing it for £12.99.

It's now one of my most favourite box sets, which I cherish now. It's a shame the coloured antics of Batman & Robin killed The Munsters off.

@Chris

The Munsters now there's a program I enjoyed, as you have said it was the Studio who refused to produce the program in Colour helped Kill off the Series. Several attempts were made to revive it under New Titles such as The Munsters Today and show the Series in Colour, but with a different cast, but it just wasn't the same, like many reboots or spinoffs of certain Programs It Just Died The Death.

Rob Zombie released a film a few years back. I haven't seen it, but I was 50/50 on it. The trailer looked really cheesy, but some of the scenes I did see over time did look amusing. I just don't think it could ever be the same. The Addams Family has always done well to recast the family, well maybe not the family in NetFlix's "Wednesday" but the 90s and TV series before are classic.

Back to The Munsters, they shot the pilot in colour, but it just seemed so much better in black & white. I get how it lost some of its charm in colour; the biggest issue was the decline in ratings.

It's been a very good morning for  the Notts bowlers in the opening session of the day.

At Lunch Kent are 196/7 still 12 runs needed to make Notts bat again.

Update.

Kent have been bowled out for 230. Notts require 23 to win.

Update.

Notts have WON the match by 10 wickets by scoring the 23 runs the required without loss.

The Notts win relegated Kent, but Notts have to wait for the Lancashire match, which is still playing, to find out if they will have to go to the last match, to ensure survival in Division 1

It would seem many types of Bird are associated with Bad Omens and Death. Even the humble Pigeon. It's said in some Cultures that if a Pigeon lands on the Roof of your dwelling and starts it's Ruh-ruh-ruh call it's the sign of ill luck or Death approaching. Owls have also been tared with the Death Brush, but this is mainly due to their Hunting at Dusk and towards Night time. Some Owls also Roost in the Trees of Cemeteries and their calls are said to call up the Spirits of the Dead. 

In Medieval Europe Crows and Ravens were omens of Death and were believed to be Messengers between the Living and the Dead. And yet in Norse Mythology the All Father Odin Chief amongst the Norse Gods had two Ravens Huginn (Thought) and Muninn (Memory) who flew round the World of Man and listened to his talk and told Odin of Man's worries and with this information the God could help Man to Learn and Grow.

It's also been Stated that should you find a Dead Bird in your Garden that is also a Sign of Bad Luck or Death. Thankfully we now live in a more informed World and these Superstitions  are put aside by Most People.

i remember hearing that crows were meant to steal souls. i dont know much else, never really looked into it but i have heard many people claim it.

this is different, but its the only thing i can find. i have heard this version to, but i do remember reading a story in a book of horror tales where it said not to trust them with your soul.

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@liampie

The Crow is also a Bird associated with Death and in some cultures it accompanies their Death Icons. Charon the Boatman who ferries the Souls of the Dead across the River Styx has a Crow. As does the Morrigu an heavily Vailed Old Woman (to cover her Rotting Flesh), who Grants wishes, but be careful what you wish for, because it is said she Grants wishes but takes the words literally. For example it is said a young wife lost her Loving husband in an accident, heart broken she asked the Morrigu to return her husband to her as he was before he died. This the Morrigu granted however when the Husband came back to life, it was just before he died, and he spent his time Screaming and Crying out in Agony from the pain of his injuries which caused his Death.

There was of course the Film the Crow, where Brandon Lee (Son of Martial Arts Expert and Film Star Bruce Lee) was accidently Killed on the Film's set. And there is a Native American Tribe Called the Crow People, who's name when Translated from their Language means, the People of the Big Beaked Bird.

this is based solely on inflation, still sounds like a bargain.

@liampie

That's massive difference. Just shows how much the value of money has deflated over time

On 16/09/2024 at 23:03, Robbie said:

@liampie

That's massive difference. Just shows how much the value of money has deflated over time

you put on what he would be to worth to us, and i think we would be closer to your valuation.

@liampie Dixie only played 9 times for us that season. According to Wiki he was out with injuries. If he had been fully fit I'm sure he would have played a lot more times & scored many goals for us in the Third Division South.

Dean scored 3 goals in Notts's first six matches.

He was probably past his best when he ended up here, but it was good to have his name connected with the club, even in passing. He sounded like a true hero for Everton. Scoring 377 goals during a career is a huge amount of goals.

4 hours ago, Robbie said:

@liampie Dixie only played 9 times for us that season. According to Wiki he was out with injuries. If he had been fully fit I'm sure he would have played a lot more times & scored many goals for us in the Third Division South.

Dean scored 3 goals in Notts's first six matches.

it would have been the twlight of his career probably, so just to see us sign him its a good thing. its a shame he had injuries, i can imagine in them days playing on when having a knock made things worse and you could not afford to miss a game.

@Wheelbarrow repair man

Getting back to the serious side, lots of films now feature the action hero.

Gerard Butler films such as "Olympus has fallen", "London has fallen", & the modern Mission impossible franchise have all kind of copied the James Bond scenario.

Now these type of films are just trying to out do each other for spectacular action shots & quick action.

But there is a lack of character with the hero of the film, lack of a story line.

The Die hard films went the same way, with the first one being the best, with Alan Rickman playing the classic baddie

That's my take anyway.

How about going back to the original Bond films with character actors & a storyline you can follow.

I need to watch them all again as an adult, the older ones I haven't seen all since I was a young teen. I remember when I was young, thinking Papa Shango was the same character from a James Bond film, who wrestled for the WWF (now WWE).

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It turns out, the gimmick is based on Baron Samedi.

I really liked the film the character was in, but honestly, I wouldn't be able to say which one it was. I know, Richard Kiel played Jaws in 'The Spy That Loved Me' and 'Moonraker', I very loosely remember them.

I wasn't a huge fan of Daniel Craig, but the films he's been in have grown on me.

never seen any of them, i might have seen clips and bits but never watched one all the way through. i used to find watching films for long periods hard if the subject was not something i really liked. a secret agent is not quite my thing, but i will give them a watch at some point.

Happy belated birthday! I am glad to read that you had a nice time with your family.

Happy belated birthday @CliftonMagpie! I am sorry that I missed this yesterday, but I hope you had a good one.

Happy belated birthday, @CliftonMagpie. I apologise for missing this too; I must have overlooked it.

He's a very good talent. He'll get himself noticed with scoring those four goals. Good luck to him for the rest of the season.

Very good player. Spurs should have kept him and tried to see if he could replace the loss of Harry Kane. Son is a good player, but better out wide for me. I think AZ have signed a very good player, even if the league they play in isn’t exactly filled with great players.

I have heard from the Ireland camp that he was a good upcoming player when he played for Spurs. I didn’t know he had left or joined AZ. His goals will alert clubs to scout him, and it seems he went for a modest fee in today’s money.

The young player performed well against us. His potential is evident and his skills were impressive. He’s definitely one to watch.

Good suggestion, @Piethagoram. I hope the lad takes the opportunity with both feet.

a teacher showed it my class in science because people were messing about, so he had us watch it. i think its a scary thought that nuclear war could be such a nightmare when you know its just a video. its hard hitting and horrible, i have also seen videos about the nuclear explosion in russia.

scary stuff!

I remember coming across videos on YouTube, then later finding it to watch. I think it actually used to be on YouTube. I thought for the time, it was well filmed and whilst the subject is one of major concern, I can't say it had the same effect as someone who watched it going in blind or at the time of its creation.

I like films where it focuses on disasters, so that doesn't help. It's better than the "Day After Tomorrow".

Jodi Jones, not because of the goal or contract renewal, but 100% based on his performance. If you haven’t watched the full game, go visit the club website.

Jodi Jones gets my vote because he was all over Bromley. He played exceptionally well and, after the two early goals conceded, he lifted his own performance to help turn things around for Notts. He helped others play to their best, but he was already in the zone before most.

That's eight votes for Jodi now. I will close the poll on Friday 6 pm & announce the result afterwards on Friday evening. Looks like Jodi is the PON favourite for MOTM against Bromley but we'll see.

it was a witty response, i am waiting for @DangerousSausage to have a go. ????

I’ll be honest with you all, I had no idea about them or any sort of Xbox agreement they have. I just wanted to make the joke about it being outside of the box, with the pun being about gaming.

Funny comment. I don’t know how having a gamer would help a club, but Bromley are in the Football League and that does look good. It’s the type of thing you would expect a mate to do when managing somewhere. Hire a friend in a role that serves no real purpose.

He’s out on loan until January. He could continue to score and end up being given another chance under Stuart Maynard, who doesn’t always stick to playing based on how long they’ve been at the club or if they are friends. He could be given a chance, as I think Junior Morias would have asked to go out on loan. Otherwise, why wasn’t he put on the transfer list along with Will Randall, Aidan Stone, and Connell Rawlinson?

It also begs the question, why wasn’t a mutual release clause agreed if he wanted regular football?

We won’t know, but I wouldn’t rule it out.

I don’t see Junior Morias coming back. I think he will be on his way out when his contract runs out. I suspect they will extend his stay with them, and we will quietly forget he was here.

Junior scored 10 goals in 45 appearances for Peterborough in League 1 in 2017/18.

He helped Peterborough to a reasonable top half of the table finish.

Has he been given a reasonable opportunity at Notts? The answer has to be a no unfortunately.

I’ve only been watching for a few games, but I think things are going well. Defensively, we’re getting better, and our team looks strong in every area. I’m worried about the fans who don’t like Stuart Maynard. They’re negative and create a bad atmosphere. I think they’d still be negative even if we were top of the league.

A good friend has access to the Opta stats

Expected points after the Bromley win, would see Notts finishing 3rd, Doncaster would be 2nd, Walsall league winners.

Although we have improved our defence, vis a vis last season,  the stats still indicate we have a mid table defence. This could be down to the way we play, like the keeper not executing the perfect pivot pass, which we get punished for.

My only concern putting to the side my positives and negatives is that if Bass gets injured, the Goalkeeping cover is suspect to say the least.

Great photo of the former Notts pair. It’s good to see them side by side even if they are contracted to other teams. John Bostock was solid early on in his spell, and it was curious how we would replace him or handle his absence, but it looks like the right call.

John Bostock should always be remembered as a hero for us, perhaps not a legend, but certainly a hero. His goal from the free kick against Wrexham was pure class. He was an exceptional player when we first had him. Tobi seemed like a good character but had limited ability.

Good photo of them both. I wonder what they said? “This is no Meadow Lane, is it?”