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Guy at work had a boat trip with his friends scheduled that ended up clashing with one of the England games. One of them sorted Starlink and a projector in anticipation. Apparently it worked perfectly and there was a lot envious other boats!

Awesome! As we know for @Gavster's film, probably best to make your own honey if you want to be confident you have 100% pure honey.

64 teams is ridiculous.

The money hungry organisations are really spoiling things. Obviously I was mainly watching the England camp, but I'm sure it was the same for manyn teams, the players are absolutely spent.

You have UEFA expanding the European club competitions, FIFA expanding their club ...

I think France assumed it would be played out like a dead rubber and got a shock in the first half. Once they realised they were facing humiliation they arrived. If that were for a serious prize they would have been like they were in the second half and battered us.

Still, fun game and a medal for ...

I usually prefer a roast on the lighter side, but I do think there's a place for darker roast. You can still have good quality from a darker roast so it is a matter of taste IMO.

Just reading about his coronation speech.

Do you work hard?
Do you pay your fair share of tax?
Have you saved to reward yourself for working hard?
Have planned not to be a burden on the state in later life?

Yes?? - then you're fucked...

Nothing completely explicit as yet but the writing's on ...

I find the British urge to give our sportspeople a kicking no matter how well they do a bit counterproductive tbh.


Of course it is, I don't think we're by any stretch the only nation that do it mind you.

I just want us to over achieve for once. It might be up there with our better world cup ...

The problem is, it's easy to sit here now and say that he should have made aggressive substitutions and seized the game. I'm sure people will say now that they don't mind losing but we've got to have a go etc.

However, if he'd have gone aggressive there's a pretty good chance the players would have ...

I'm sure this was a deliberate tactic, given to the players by Tuchel but at this stage, given the past 60 bloody years, I'd expect leaders of the like of Jane, Rice and Bellingham to have the courage to say "no lads, I know what the manager has told us to do but it's not going to work - we're ...

I went down a small AI rabbit hole, fact of the day: since FIFA world rankings were created in 1993 England have never won a knockout game at a major tournament against a team ranked higher than us.

We don't have the mentality, simple as that.

Completely agree. It's always the same. 'Oh we're ahead, we can take the foot off the gas now'


I'm not sure it was a lack of effort, it's about having the stones to get on the ball and keep control of the game when it might be the biggest moment of a player's career. We just don't have the ...

Every time we play a big game and take the lead, it's always the same. Stop playing, invite pressure. I know it's not easy, but we just seem mentally weak.

Maybe we were just saved a complete humiliation on Sunday mind you.

That's what they tend to do in Poland, my missus and her family regularly drink it like this (more or less Turkish style). Looks like crude oil to me.

Top actor. RIP. I know 78 is quite old, but I dunno if it's as I get older, it still seems too young!

Go to Tkmaxx and buy yourself a little stove top moka pot. Essentially makes a strong espresso, then you can do whatever you want with it. Drink as is, hot milk for a latte, hot water for americano etc


This. Moka pot FTW.


Been a fan of these for years. Still think they make the best ...

I still adore my 9Barista and Baratza grinder, but I don't expect anyone here to think that it's in any way a good value solution.

Edit - It takes a bit of time, but it's precisely the right amount of time for me to make a fresh grapefruit juice and clean the juicer, so it works well.

jamcg wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2026 4:11 pm Go to Tkmaxx and buy yourself a little stove top moka pot. Essentially makes a strong espresso, then you can do whatever you want with it. Drink as is, hot milk for a latte, hot water for americano etc

This. Moka pot FTW.

Some of the fans will be insufferable too (on both sides).

The game should be interesting though, neither side has really played that well for the majority of the tournament. At least the game is in a stadium with air con.

Well, we're in a semi. I'm still waiting for us to string together a decent performance but we've certainly got a bit of fight.

Congrats @Explosive Newt!

Does this mean you'll still do research or now you're very much in a teaching / support role?