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Fvck me gently. It's only 24 October and they've got poppies on. :mad:

Terry Wogan used to play the odd AK song on his morning show. Nice voice for the right kind of song. I'm going to check out the various versions of that as it might be something I can add to my karaoke repertoire.

I'm afraid I'm so 'not into' music* that I haven't even heard of a lot of the bands mentioned on here. *As seemingly defined on here. I must check out that Shadows tune. Might work for the old duffers' band. I'm happy to listen to anything that gets my fingers tapping - no music allowed...

I've never been to the festival and wouldn't have minded going once just to say I'd done it. I've been to the November meeting a couple of times purely due to the meet-ups of forumites (and the fact that it was feasible for me to travel down from Carlisle which was near to where I was working...

I saw that earlier at the RP site and found myself thinking, "I no longer give one". I thought the NH season might revive a spark of some sort but I've come to the conclusion that other things in life are more important.

I've come to the [totally guessed-at] conclusion that Dawn Rising is the most likely winner. Tricast: Dawn Rising Seddon The Shunter

I only emerged from the mines to tip the shite pail over a ledge. I don't mind checking in on the odd general discussion but I'm as good as done with races for now. The Hennessy might drag me back in.

There's a line in one of my favourite films, Red River, delivered by Groot (Walter Brennan) when he catches one of the cowhands stealing sugar from the chuck wagon: a sweet tooth is almost as bad as having a whiskey tongue or liking a woman. For 'a sweet tooth' you could substitute 'having to...

I haven't studied the race and don't know yet if I will (stuff happening). I need to check back through my accounts as I think I might have taken 33/1 RH on the morning of its trial win. Earlier today I took 66/1 Seddon and I can see me also punting The Shunter. Off into the mines again...

'The truth will set you free' is from the bible (John). It's a hugely philosophical/didactical assertion which ultimately boils down to what any good parent would impart to their offspring by saying it's always best to be honest. (In my case it was, 'If I find out you've been lying to me you...

There's an obvious logic to Slim's piece but I would query a couple of elements. Should anyone really be betting any amount that causes discomfort? Even at that axis point? As for stakes not keeping up with inflation, I think that's a good in-built safety device. Going back about 40 years, I...

Isn't that what I said? :ROFLMAO:

I'm beginning to wonder if it's worth the bother of studying the form any more. OK, maybe this is the fallout of an unsuccessful York but has there been a big handicap this summer that hasn't gone to something whose price hasn't collapsed in the hour leading up to the race? Even the Ebor winner...

Same here but some connections just want to be remembered for plundering a Cheltenham handicap or landing a gamble in one.

The County is worth £120k, making it one of the most valuable handicap hurdles of the season plus it's a Cheltenham festival race and targeted arguably even more, especially by the Irish trainers, than the likes of the more valuable Schweppes Hurdle. It's a very hard race to win, unless you're...

I'm very guilty of seeing imaginary plots, I admit. (Mind you, I don't back many of them.)

:p

I've had a very superficial dekko at the form. Ethical Diamond's Flat mark lagged behind its hurdles one going into Ascot, after which it was raised 8lbs to make them roughly equivalent. It has now come out, defied that rise and beat a host of plots in a mega-handicap. It would well go up...

There has to be a strong chance that Willie will have something even better handicapped than ED for the County, probably already in the diary.

Well done with NT, Outsider :cheers: Bastert :ROFLMAO: (CF would have rescued my day.)