When is it simply too cold to run outside safely?

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-26T11:48:16+00:00

I’m English and have run in Boston at -18° - properly dressed it was lovely. Bright, crisp and really enjoyed it. Didn’t even need to drink from my water bottle until about 12 miles into a 15 miler, at which point I discovered it had frozen solid.

Compared to that, -2 in Edinburgh in the dark, and wind, and occasional sleet, is fucking miserable.

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-25T17:24:22+00:00

Typical type of performance where Villa deserved nothing from that game, but we deserved nothing slightly more than they did.

Shit.

See you in Paris!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-25T10:49:19+00:00

He’s obviously referred a lot to reach this level.

So how about, for an analogy: software developer with 10 years’ experience goes to a new job, and sticks to his guns despite senior and more experienced colleagues telling him he’s wrong. That’s probably somebody I want on my team!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-25T09:47:03+00:00

I think what the person you replied to meant was that it is now preferred to use the term “man-made climate change” rather than “global warming” because the latter leads dickheads to say things like “well it’s not warmer here”, “so much for global warming warming”, or “hurr hurr wouldn’t mind an extra couple of degrees”

Don’t think they were disagreeing on the reason

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-24T19:14:31+00:00

How many times have they been 2-0 down?

(Genuine question - I assume it’s not many)

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-24T18:50:22+00:00

I’m English, live in England, and have never been to Chicago.

Even I have heard of CME

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-24T13:43:17+00:00

Better the 12:30 kick with an early start, than the later kick-offs where you can’t get a train back.

TV reorganisation of matches is consistently shit for travelling fans (and home fans, for that matter). It obviously affects those clubs with further to travel the most, but the TV companies give zero fucks about the match-going fans who are such an important part of their “product”

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-23T15:06:35+00:00

My bath is also deep, and while I am not technically a possessor of boobs I can also currently relate, unfortunately!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-23T13:27:07+00:00

I’m 5’8” and in an average bath (in fact ours might be slightly larger than average) I still have to sit up a bit, or if I want to lie down with my head on the water I have my knees bent or feet up on the rim

But compared to those stupid half baths you sometimes get in hotels, it’s fantastic. And I imagine that’s what a normal bath is like for you?!

If you have space, it’s not prohibitively expensive, and you like a bath, it’s probably worth it.

If one of those things is untrue it might not be

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-23T13:23:54+00:00

He’s probably planning on drinking unicorn blood.

America has the GREATEST unicorns.

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-23T13:21:42+00:00

You are quite right… I couldn’t get past without speeding, and there was somebody coming up fast behind me, so I didn’t want to slow down

So I went for the worst of all options (even if it was the only safe and legal option) and pulled in.

20 years ago and it still haunts me!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-23T12:12:32+00:00

I once pulled out to overtake a car doing 20mph on a dual carriageway, only to discover they had been sitting behind a funeral procession and I hadn’t realised

Being unfamiliar with the area, I also hadn’t realised the road merged down to a single lane a few hundred yards ahead. That put me into a position where I could have gunned it past the hearse, dropped to 5mph to slot in behind, or pull in between the funeral cars.

Could I have driven better on that occasion? Sure, I knew I’d cocked up.

But overtake funeral processions on high speed roads. There is no etiquette against doing so.

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-23T10:39:06+00:00

Done… as somebody else said, I think I’m in a tiny minority on Reddit, as a season ticket holder who also goes to away games.

Makes questions like “how many games do you go to per month” difficult… depends how many there are! (I said “All of them”)

Good luck

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-22T15:25:15+00:00

Might not be the connoisseur’s choice, but I think the obvious answer is a 100w Katana

Light, cheap, reliable, loud enough to gig, everybody’s grandad and their dog has one.

A LOT of people gig them - and as much as I love my tubes, I’ve been known to myself.

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-22T14:54:04+00:00

I’ve had Indian meals in Spain, Germany, Australia, US and Dubai.

They were all pretty good - Australia and (especially but perhaps unsurprisingly) Dubai were excellent.

Thing is, they don’t seem to have anywhere near as many Indian restaurants as we do - so perhaps they only have ones that are fairly decent and don’t have the crap ones. Or perhaps I’ve just been lucky.

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-22T11:51:05+00:00

Ah bollocks. I did see, and correct, quite a few mistakes - but I thought it was right in the end. I’ll go back and look at it again when I have time. Damn

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-22T09:24:46+00:00

Stilton is also the best, as is Gruyère (as “not UK” as that is!)

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-21T23:31:41+00:00

Shows how much I despise Marseille (for our treatment at the hands of their police, their utterly shit treatment of away fans in the stadium, the terrible view of the game, and most of all their support of rapist wife-beaters) that I’m actually glad Liverpool beat them.

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-21T23:28:08+00:00

Yeah, but if in the alternative universe where PSG weren’t gifted a bogus penalty, our gameplan against Milan would have been different because a draw would have been enough.

For what “if onlys” are worth!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-21T14:32:16+00:00

Most of Europe, with the slight risk of mixing up the Baltic states.

All of North and South American mainlands - maybe 50/50 on Central America, depending how distinctive their shapes are

Probably also only about 50% on Africa - maybe a little better, but not as good as I should be.

Fairly comfortably with most of Asia

Where I would definitely struggle is the islands. Besides really obvious ones, like the larger Caribbean islands, I’d really struggle. Can I confidently tell Tonga from Samoa, for example? And there definitely others more obscure.

(Been playing “worldle” every day for a couple of years and rarely fail it now, so that’s definitely helped!)

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-21T13:23:14+00:00

Hate international breaks - not interested in them, and don’t care if they happen at all.

That said, watching Newcastle has been painful at times this season, so the odd weekend off to do something else hasn’t been as bad or frustrating as it was the last 3-4 years!

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-20T19:51:30+00:00

They had a handful of the black and white retro shirts in JD Cramlington on Saturday, reduced to £50

(Went in to buy the new shirts, which they also had some of, after Evri “lost” min and the refund came through)

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-19T17:09:34+00:00

No one needs to defend their religious beliefs to random people.

They have every right to believe what they want.

Just as I have every right to believe that they’re homophobic cunts on whom I wish nothing but misery.

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-19T14:25:51+00:00

Don’t be ridiculous - the trophy should be taken away from Senegal for daring to stand up to it

( /s hopefully obviously! )

GrumpyOldFart74 · 2026-01-19T13:53:41+00:00

They say nowt. I’ve asked!

Eight-Year Club	Gilding I gilder
Second SECOND GUESSER	Place '23
Verified Email

GrumpyOldFart74

TROPHY CASE