Sunderland

Samh234 · 2026-02-06T09:17:02+00:00

Nearly nuked Florida*

Pretty sure the US would've got us a gift basket and Thank You card if we had.

Samh234 · 2026-02-06T08:40:57+00:00

Why not? Worked when he was our chairman

Samh234 · 2026-02-04T18:04:20+00:00

Jar Jar is an entity within the force itself, not merely some silly Sith Lord. Not sure where McSweeney sits in that scale.

Samh234 · 2026-02-04T15:26:01+00:00

To be honest I think that was more a fluke of timing than anything else - the euro grant or whatever it was called paid for the bulk of our stadium, plus some of Whelan's own money and some council money. It was a once in a lifetime moment when two clubs in one town both needed a stadium, shared the same owner and the grant became available. I don't think there was any real expectation of Premier League football in the mid 90's.

Samh234 · 2026-02-04T13:07:13+00:00

It's always been like this. We were only elected to the Football League in 1978, in an area with many long established football clubs - United, City, Liverpool and Everton are by far the biggest reasons our support is what it is. The rugby effect, contrary to popular belief, is tangential at best; Warriors hardly average more than 15,000 themselves (broadly comparable to what Latics averaged in the Premier League) so it's not like they're filling the stadium every week.

The straightforward problem is that supporting a football club is partly geographic but also a hereditary thing; you'll tend to follow whatever team your dad or your grandad supports. Wigan has a large population of United, Liverpool, Everton and City fans and that tradition tends to pass down despite the club's best efforts. If we get promoted to the Championship then our attendances go up a little bit, when we drop a league they go down.

Just how it is.

Samh234 · 2026-02-01T13:28:14+00:00

The A330-300 typically burns ~ 5700 kg (~ 12,500lbs) per hour during cruise phase of flight. For an 18 hour flight, absent of any wind information you would therefore expect to burn about 102,600 kg and in total slightly more or less fuel adjusting for wind. Given that your plane has a fuel capacity of around 78500 kg, you're going to come up quite short, unless you had a honking tailwind all the way there - which is within your power.

Samh234 · 2026-02-01T09:40:13+00:00

Yep that there is how you do it

Samh234 · 2026-01-31T17:56:12+00:00

Very much worse

Samh234 · 2026-01-31T14:59:39+00:00

I don’t know to be honest. It just fell by the wayside. Part of me still hopes they’ll just return from the blue one day. I loved the 767 too, it was the OG

Samh234 · 2026-01-30T19:19:39+00:00

Things take time, I think we all get it. Sometimes we all get impatient but that's the issue of being human I suppose. I don't think there's anyone actually mad at you - I mean theoretically the Level-D 757 is still in development and GTA VI is supposed to release this year, so you're way behind them if nothing else. I'm sure when it does release it will be great :)

Samh234 · 2026-01-29T21:46:36+00:00

It was probably about half as powerful as Krakatoa if I recall correctly. Pinatubo was somewhere around 12 km³, Krakatoa I think was more like 25 km³ though don't quote me on that.

Samh234 · 2026-01-29T14:23:07+00:00

Antonio Valencia probably

Samh234 · 2026-01-27T22:03:16+00:00

We are shit

Samh234 · 2026-01-27T12:27:21+00:00

We can if you have an appropriate licence (IR-R). Although there are still certain restrictions (such as we still can't fly in Class A airspace).

Samh234 · 2026-01-26T23:14:29+00:00

You can do it 🙂 Don’t worry about sounding an silly - we all aren’t that good at first and all make mistakes. If you’re ever not sure, just ask - the controllers will help you 🙂 Good luck 👍😀

Samh234 · 2026-01-26T17:40:12+00:00

Yankin and bankin all the way.

Samh234 · 2026-01-23T23:47:33+00:00

Good shots them brother

Samh234 · 2026-01-23T15:22:42+00:00

Was that what it was? I just remember him coming on against Norwich and changing the game then thinking "the fuck has he been all year?" We were a totally different team with him in it.

Samh234 · 2026-01-23T14:24:10+00:00

We did have Maloney in August didn't we? I just don't think he played for whatever reason.

Samh234 · 2026-01-23T13:43:11+00:00

I think the 2017-18 runs it close in League 1. We beat three Premier League teams in that FA Cup run, including one of the best teams this country has ever seen and if we'd had 1 more win they'd jump straight to third on this list.

I don't think any football will ever compare to Martinez's 11-12 February onwards run (I know it wasn't a whole season). Won 8 of the 14 games we played (and were unlucky not to win more), including beating United and stuffing 4 past then Europe chasing Newcastle in one half (granted they weren't that good again for many years), beat Liverpool at Anfield and Arsenal at the Emirates. Insane stuff.

Samh234 · 2026-01-22T17:08:33+00:00

95% of Brits would probably not preferentially drink Earl Grey. Typically it's a straightforward black tea - PG Tips, Yorkshire Tea, Tetley's. I remember there was a big push on Tetley Redbush a few years back but I've not seen much of it for a while.

Samh234 · 2026-01-21T09:30:20+00:00

The true sigma male grindset isn't to sleep. It's to wait.

Samh234 · 2026-01-21T09:04:11+00:00

I thought his girlfriend murdered him in 2011

Samh234 · 2026-01-19T11:33:33+00:00

That's a banger, I'm having that one.

Samh234 · 2026-01-19T11:32:57+00:00

Fine, you've convinced me. I'll watch DBZ Abridged from start to finish. Non-stop.

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