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John Bird »
No Food On The Bus!
Posted on 10:07am Tuesday 27th May 2008
How about some "joined up thinking" on Public Transport as is often espoused but rarely demonstrated by the Government.
John Bird »
Independence for Scotland?
Posted on 10:01am Thursday 8th May 2008
How stupid and superficial are these independence referendum discussions? She said this and we can have it as soon as possible, he said yes but didn’t mean now. Who the hell are these simpletons?
John Bird »
The Best Colour For Success?
Posted on 10:22am Monday 14th April 2008
As a lifelong York City fan I was utterly stunned by the antics of the Referee at this Saturday’s match against Woking, who shocked the crowd by sending off 3 York players, no Woking players (should have been two by my interpretation of his rules), and forgot he was in control (I use the word jokingly) of public entertainment.
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John Bird »
BBC Fair on Trade?
Posted on 11:47pm Monday 18th February 2008
I watched "Make Trade Fair" (BBC Sunday night) and am appalled! Not in the way I suspect I was supposed to be appalled, but because of the total lack of intelligent questioning to highlight any issues that do or don't exist.
John Bird »
Men Only
Posted on 9:46pm Monday 21st January 2008
Well I've tried to "enjoy" the January Sales but have to confess I'm not really built to handle the scrum the way it is today.
John Bird »
On the 38th Day of Christmas
Posted on 9:03pm Tuesday 8th January 2008
So now it's all over... no more Christmas lights and flashing Santas everywhere and I miss it, everything looks so dull. I know it's not cool or tasteful but it is colourful at a time of year when colour is in short supply. Maybe I've got SAD syndrome and all I need is a bright light to keep me happy but I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels like this. I'd suggest having all January as part of Christmas, which would make about 38 Days of Christmas. But, and it is a big but, that blinking song about the twelve days of Christmas (changed to 38) would be so long we'd all be suicidal by the time we'd finished singing it, or hearing it for that matter.
John Bird »
Thanks Billy
Posted on 10:39pm Tuesday 20th November 2007
Wow, I am staggered by the speed with which the YCFC board have responded to the poor results this season.
John Bird »
Poor York City FC
Posted on 11:35pm Tuesday 13th November 2007
No I don't mean York City FC were poor on Saturday, although they were actually. I mean poor York City FC as they are still suffering the effects of losing almost all of the funds they had built up of generations. The reason YCFC struggle is that they can't afford to keep enough players on the books, they can't gamble on player by giving them longer contracts, and they can't pay enough to keep the good players from moving on.
John Bird »
Home is where the house is?
Posted on 11:56pm Sunday 14th October 2007
Just come back from a bargain week on the fragrant island of Menorca. Wonderful to enjoy some Sunshine when it’s rainy and cold at home. “Shall we move out here?” is a thought that strikes most of us wherever we go on holiday and have a good time. It’s that little word “home” that’s the problem.
John Bird »
Ow Do on Helvellyn
Posted on 10:53pm Wednesday 12th September 2007
Enthused with the walk up and down Penny Ghent three friends and I have done another walk. We went to the Lake District and walked from Glenridding, up to the top of Helvellyn via Striding Edge and down via Swirrel Edge back to Glenridding. Fabulous views on the way up, until we ascended into the cloud for the last 500 feet, and fabulous views when we came back down out of the low cloud.
John Bird »
Normans Rule OK
Posted on 9:38pm Thursday 23rd August 2007
I've been on holiday in France, in Normandy to be precise where they treat the English as distant relatives and where round every corner is another perfect village. Each seems to have a massive Norman stone church (well they all are there) older than York Minster by centuries.
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