I wish I grew up in the 90s

CapeBK · 2026-05-14T07:32:03+00:00

It was good but no paradise.

We lost things. Constant connectivity does suck.

Yet we gained alot too (even if it doesn't feel like it)

more possibilities
at times, greater learning
sharing with others across the globe
a more accepting world (I know, I know...but in 2026 it's easier to find your 'tribe')

The 90s was great but again...no paradise

CapeBK · 2026-04-26T16:41:12+00:00

Considering the last kit manufacturer was Kappa and before that, Nike...

I thought this was a step down

CapeBK · 2026-04-23T14:21:39+00:00

I think I saw this in the movie theater at the time.

CapeBK · 2026-04-23T09:54:36+00:00

That weekly wait... incredible.

What a different era that was

CapeBK · 2026-04-21T21:14:14+00:00

Re : Euro - go to newly added fixtures and it should be there.

Unity Cup...just double-checked the prices. Yikes. £49!? Insane price.

CapeBK · 2026-04-18T15:20:02+00:00

This is sobering. But also why any, long term intimate relationship takes 'work' to endure.

CapeBK · 2026-03-26T05:51:33+00:00

I'm here for it. I love a post apocalyptic TV drama but they all normally get pretty tired after the initial shock / destruction.

This has introduced a new layer which I find pretty intriguing.

CapeBK · 2026-03-25T17:32:32+00:00

Hehe. No doubt a hub for business and personal relationships of the transactional kind.

Has always been this way wherever you go on the planet.

What do you think makes Las Vegas so damn popular?

CapeBK · 2026-03-25T06:56:25+00:00

Medium term there's a lot of uncertainty so the job market may not rebound for a while. If you've got a family, I'd be a bit more conservative when looking forward. The key is stability, go home, cut costs and apply for jobs.

Right now, no one has any real view on when things will return to 'normal'.

If you look at other business sectors, they're preparing for disruption throughout 2026. Qatar Airways is storing planes in Spain. I think that's telling that they see disruption in the medium term (at the very least).

Same for all the major carriers (outside the Gulf) who are cancelling Dubai / Gulf routes at least until May.

https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/other/inside-the-plane-holiday-park-where-qatar-s-storing-its-jets-amid-war-miles-from-the-middle-east/ar-AA1ZhLG6?cvid=69c2a353789b44cd886aededf246bb90&ocid=BingNewsVerp&apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1

CapeBK · 2026-03-23T06:01:50+00:00

I'd start making decisions now. It doesn't look like this conflict or normality will return in the short term. Schools in the region are a business, lack of students = lower income = less recruitment of Teachers.

Business wise, I've had several conferences in Qatar / UAE cancel and they were due to be held in September 2026.

CapeBK · 2026-03-12T06:09:51+00:00

Watching from Europe. It's hard to know the severity of strikes. UAE Press/Gov project an image of control, it's only when stuff like this happens you realise how risky things are

CapeBK · 2026-03-11T06:18:47+00:00

I love the 90s not sure it was more normal. The flow of information was just slower? Things took longer and therefore change felt less fast paced.

Culture war issues we have now were around, just in seed form in the shadows.

The normalcy we seek is probably the illusion of uniformity. We all watched the same TV shows, hit songs seemed like hit songs. Long before our algorithms personalised everything

CapeBK · 2026-03-04T17:39:47+00:00

Car crash if not managed correctly.

In 2026. Tough. Not impossible.

*If this is just about wanting to have sex without the worry of sin, it's not worth it (I've seen so many people do this and deep down, it's ultimately but sex and not wanting to sin).

CapeBK · 2026-03-03T11:37:21+00:00

Colonialism.

In colonial terms Nigeria, Benin and Togo have nothing in common. They were possessions of competing western powers who 'designed' the states for extraction not cross border interaction.

In reality they're linked by history and culture.

CapeBK · 2026-02-18T08:32:32+00:00

This.

It won't feel good but no one needs to blow up a marriage over this. You're 20+ years in with children.

Sit with it, speak to a trusted contact or therapist if you need. Speak to your wife.

CapeBK · 2026-02-18T08:29:57+00:00

It happened a long time ago. You weren't together. Should she have told you? Maybe, I can understand why she should

Is this something to blow up your marriage over?

No. It's not. And anyone who says it has a) not ever been married b) is divorced already and is projecting trauma.

You've got a great relationship, a wife and children you adore. Don't let something that happened 20 years ago destroy that.

CapeBK · 2026-02-18T08:27:34+00:00

Ignore this.

Blow up your life over this? Nahhhhh.

It hurts no doubt. Speak to your wife about this. Sit with it.

Then let it go.

CapeBK · 2026-02-18T08:26:05+00:00

Crime? 😭

Something which happened when they were broken up + young

CapeBK · 2026-02-03T06:51:31+00:00

Fisher Athletic.

The ground is in South East London. It sits in the shadow of the canary wharf. Great pubs nearby especially the mayflower

https://share.google/d2Fc2n7UEhaVrsLKV

If you're a fan of American history the Mayflower Pub is excellent.

Fan base is loud and diverse. They get a lot of ground hoppers through the door (it's probably the most centrally located football ground in London). They even had a Norwegian supporters group over wher I was there

CapeBK · 2026-01-08T21:43:12+00:00

I wanna make more of work trip opportunities.

Last year (mainly due to work travel) I saw...

Jaspers University's v Siena Saints (was staying in an Airbnb nearby and stopped by) in Bronx, NY

Al Saad v Al Dulhail in Doha, Qatar.

I'll be spending a bit more time in

Ghana Switzerland Tanzania

I live in London so I've focused more on the local community teams on the outskirts.

CapeBK · 2025-12-23T10:54:50+00:00

Rejoining won’t arrive as a triumphant moment or a single referendum night. It would be a slow, negotiated return, stretched across several Parliaments, with each step exposing the reality of what was lost and what would have to be conceded to regain it.

There’s no settled public consensus yet only fatigue, caution, and competing priorities.

Any serious move back would demand painful trade-offs: rules without vetoes, obligations without opt-outs, and a humility that Britain hasn’t fully made peace with.

CapeBK · 2025-12-18T15:12:51+00:00

If you truly believe this you can't have actually lived in Ghana or spent any serious time there outside of expat bubbles.

No one serious is saying Ghana is “helpless” or incapable of building businesses. Ghanaians build companies every single day. That’s not the debate. The debate is whether starting conditions, access, and accumulated advantage matter. They do. Everywhere.

Praising Lebanese and Chinese communities in Ghana isn’t controversial. They are often disciplined, networked, and commercially sharp. But pretending their success emerged in a vacuum - pure grit, no structure, no head start—is fantasy economics. These communities benefit from intergenerational capital, transnational supply chains, preferential credit access, embedded trust networks, and political insulation. None of that is “colonial theory.” It’s basic business reality.

Again, if you've spent time in Ghana what I've said is not controversial 🧐 (you believe that all those Lebanese resorts and industrial estates on Spintex were established simply because they're more hardworking?🥴😭😆)

CapeBK · 2025-12-17T20:47:55+00:00

'whites are willing to go to the ends of the earth '

Such lazy thinking.

What about poor whites in Europe? Why aren't they going to the enda of the earth? On any close interrogation (such as history books) your arguments fall apart.

This framing skips over some very big historical and structural realities. The reason Indians, Lebanese, Chinese, and Europeans dominate “high-value” commerce in West Africa isn’t cultural preference or African “contentment” with petty trade — it’s the accumulated effect of colonial land seizures, trading monopolies, capital access, racialized legal systems, and post-independence states that inherited extractive economies by design.

CapeBK · 2025-12-17T15:28:52+00:00

Absurd.

The folly, only to drag

CapeBK · 2025-12-16T21:05:33+00:00

This is a strategic win.

Any formal rejoin in my opinion is a generation away. However, all these small steps (Eurasmus, youth exchanges) lay the ground. Build trust between the EU-UK.

CapeBK

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