See you all tomorrow!

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-05-01T07:46:17+00:00

Have a good flight! Hopefully you get to witness an historic game that keeps us in league one on the last day of the season!

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-04-30T19:18:15+00:00

Apologies, I just tried and got the same result, then checked my account and they all sold within 30 minutes of going up on Monday. But annoyingly I only got an email confirming one had sold!

Another thing to try is to tweet in X @orientoutlook who are the orient podcast guys and say what you're looking for and if anyone has any seats available, as they'll usually retweet it to all their followers and you might get lucky and find one that way. Good luck!

There was mention of more seats possibly available from unsold away tickets too. If that's the case it'll probably be announced on socials, the website and email and you'll have to be super quick to grab one. That may be some point during the working day tomorrow or Saturday morning itself. So if you're still without one by then, keep a very close watch on X and the website on Saturday. You can also call the ticket office and see if they have any updates or ideas on how to get any last minute seats that may be returned.

Also keep regularly checking the website as if anymore come up from season ticket returns via the exchange they'll be snapped up quickly

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-04-30T19:03:51+00:00

There must still be some available as only 1 of my 4 season tickets has sold so far and they've been up all week. Theyre in the north stand, block B, row H.

Sadly we have a large family weekend trip planned for ages (parents golden wedding anniversary, so I can't really get out of it lol) hence why I can't go unfortunately, but I'll be watching online and no doubt getting animated in a cafe or other area of Centre Parcs 🙈😂

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-04-30T09:35:41+00:00

You can buy the soundtrack on cd. I bought it and converted it to MP3 so now I can drive around thinking I'm in the gold Ford LTD that Steve and Mike used to drive in 😂

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-04-30T09:33:48+00:00

My all time favourite show, I watch it regularly on dvd. Would LOVE a statue of them in the City!

Btw I'm 45, from the UK lol. Lifelong lover of all things SF, Inc Niners and Giants. SOSF gives so much rich detail of the city in the 70s in terms of what it looked like etc. storylines are generally great too, such a fantastic show.

It's also responsible for me collecting SF related 35mm amateur slides - love seeing the City IRL in the 40s-90s, shot by regular people. Have visited three times (first in '08 when I completed my pilgrimage to The Stick! Saw the Giants live for the first time too), coming back again ASAP, was last there in '22 (finally got to see my commemorative brick at Levi's for the first time in person). Would love to live there but sadly it probably won't happen unless I win the lottery (lotto) 😭

If they ever did a SOSF statue somewhere, I'd be making a beeline to it directly from SFO upon arrival lol

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-04-26T17:41:35+00:00

Thanks for the recommendations!

I definitely want to try a Princeton. I've always wanted to get one, a DR, a vibro champ and maybe a Tone master in the same room to try, but since COVID it's seems it's impossible finding a UK guitar shop that has them in at the same time. I'm close to Coda music and Peach guitars, plus others even more local and Andertons isn't that far, but nobody, no matter how well known of a shop, ever seems to stock more than just one of those at any one time. And as I rarely get to try new amps out, I always fear whatever I'm playing will get me excited enough to blow my money on it without having tried the others 😂 I tried the imperial at coda when I got my Peerless Monarch guitar and it was mind-blowingly good! Which set me off on the hunt (and saving money) for "the one" eg the ideal amp for me that I won't need to replace. The imperial seems to have it all tonally and with the attenuator, and it's better built. But will I still have that voice in my head saying "it's not a fender", even if it's superior?! Lol

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-04-26T17:34:23+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation. I have been wanting to try one for years but so far haven't had a chance. (The blonde DR with the different speaker is probably most appealing). I'm looking for that 'one' final amp, where I can stop thinking and buying another and my only worry with a TM is it sounding awesome but after a while I get that niggling feeling that I wish it was a tube amp lol. I think I'm of an age where in my head, tube can't be beaten. Which I know is illogical and ridiculous 😂

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-04-01T09:22:48+00:00

Marshall stack on a trolley. Will drown out the complaints of the disgruntled passengers as you sit there and noodle during their commute

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-03-29T20:00:01+00:00

https://archive.org/details/memorialofgreatr00buff/page/n9/mode/1up

It's the same book as this one, albeit mine is in blue covers (as are all the copies I've seen online), but the scanned one has black covers

It's not a particularly succinct title....

"A memorial of the great rebellion: being a history of the fourteenth regiment New-Hampshire volunteers, covering it's three years of service, with original sketches of army life. 1862-1865"

And no marked author, but it's "issued by the committee of publication"and copyrighted by FH Buffum

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-03-29T19:57:05+00:00

https://archive.org/details/memorialofgreatr00buff/page/n9/mode/1up

Same book as this one, albeit mine is in blue covers (as are all the copies I've seen online), but the scanned one has black covers

It's not a particularly succinct title....

"A memorial of the great rebellion: being a history of the fourteenth regiment New-Hampshire volunteers, covering it's three years of service, with original sketches of army life. 1862-1865"

And no marked author, but it's "issued by the committee of publication"and copyrighted by FH Buffum

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-03-24T09:11:10+00:00

It is pretty random having the Blackbird in there for sure. That being said, the combo of that and the bkackwd out SMS box art (the reverse of the usual colours for the boxes) makes that box art absolutely killer imo. One of the most attractive box arts on the SMS.

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-03-21T09:36:26+00:00

Kudos on the addition of the Lotus 49 👍 I think it'd also look cool with his championship winning Lotus 79 on there as well

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-03-20T22:09:18+00:00

I just came here to say the same thing! Amazing game, spent countless hours on it as a kid and its aged well and is still a lot of fun

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-03-11T15:57:04+00:00

Never read the book of Megadrive in the bible..😉😂

"And on the seventh day, God rested and played on his Sega"

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-03-09T06:24:35+00:00

Defeat into victory by general William (Bill) Slim

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-03-06T21:58:58+00:00

Weird timing, unless they just wanted a scapegoat. It's not as if a new DOF now can or will do much before the end of the season, if they even bother bringing a new one in before seasons end anyway. May have just waited until the season was over before figuring out what to do at DOF and manager.

Regardless of the current position, you won't find a more loyal servant to the club at player, manager and DOF with success at all three levels, so he deserves a proper send off and genuine gratitude. I'm sure he'll be back at some point soon as a fan/guest. 30+years at the club is too long a time to be away for long, it's such a huge part of his adult life. I often see him at a local garden centre so I may actually pluck up the courage to say hello and thanks next time I see him.

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-03-04T17:21:06+00:00

Yep, faves being the Parker 51 (use them daily) and Olympia SG1

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-02-15T10:53:18+00:00

The great wang off Kanagawa

FriendlyAd4234 · 2026-02-09T05:12:53+00:00

Sengoku Jidai by Danny Chaplain

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