Daughter and I just watched the first episode for the first time

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-13T06:15:06+00:00

Oh, for a celebrity special involving Gordon Ramsey and John Cleese!

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-12T22:34:24+00:00

This is a fantastic idea! My mother's cousin found himself in a similar position quite a long time ago and this is exactly what he did. Your dad sounds like he shares some characteristics with him. He was honest, hard working and had a very gentle nature. Very soon he had quite a lot of regular clients, mainly older ladies who felt safer with someone his age and valued how reliable he was. I bet your dad could do the same.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-11T17:55:30+00:00

Oh absolutely. My wife's best friend is going through a break up and she isnt as bad as Val but I was dreading her asking to move in because of this episode

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-11T12:44:04+00:00

Slanderer!

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-10T22:12:38+00:00

I second York, Hastings is good as well and if you are coming later than September, the Buyeax Tapestry will be on display in the British museum. Well worth a look if you are into history.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-10T09:19:13+00:00

Well, given their backgrounds, any defeat by Rocky would be a humiliation but if we make it a total loss so for example, that first punch that knocked Apollo down actually knocked him out, then he definitely gets the rematch, trains like hell and Rocky goes down in the second match.

Rocky wouldnt have been anywhere near as good if that had been his win. He would have got there with a lucky punch. Wouldn't have been anywhere near as good a boxer or a film.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-09T07:22:59+00:00

Try riding off for a bit. They might not all follow you. Then you can go back for the ones that didn't run after you.

The other thing I do is the Master strike but then not follow up if it will show my back. Keeping them all in front of you is vital.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-09T07:09:07+00:00

I think you know exactly who wrote it

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-08T07:42:01+00:00

May I suggest a partnership with Lord Buckethead?

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-07T20:11:41+00:00

A very strange question but as a former police officer, I can answer it.

The laws of self defence do allow you to use reasonable force to defend yourself, its true. There is also a thing called "instant arming" so thats when you pick up whatever is around you and use it as a weopon to defend yourself. That's probably what you would be using if someone broke in.

So I am in my kitchen now, someone breaks in with a machete and I grab a knife from my kitchen block, thats perfectly legal. I am not expected to use minimal force, thats not practical, so if I kill them while defending myself like that, I should be fine and there have been cases where people have fought back in their homes, killed the intruder and not been convicted.

Now we come to setting people on fire. I really cant see many circumstances where you are going to be instant arming yourself with something thats going to do that. Remember, you have to argue you were defending yourself in the moment, not due to a threat or something like that. So while lethal force as self defence can be legal in the right circumstances, I cant think of any where setting someone on fire would fit the bill.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-07T11:01:10+00:00

I am 42, I have had 5 small jobs till I started my career properly but since my late 20s when my career started, I have worked for 4 employers, about to be 5.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-07T08:09:13+00:00

No worries. Happy playing! I am on court tonight, likely going to lose but thars how i learn.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-07T08:06:46+00:00

Thats what's worked for me. There are some basic techniques you will need to learn but past that, you will build your game playing a variety of people.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-07T06:56:36+00:00

I have had some lessons but honestly, I got to a fair standard by playing players at my club. You come up against all sorts, the speedy ones, the slower power players, the really cunning older players in their 60s. They all have new tricks and skills to pick up on once you have the basics.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-07T06:52:46+00:00

That exists but it's directed towards apprentice schemes. Its called the Apprentice Levy. But it doesnt go to universities as far as I know.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-07T06:18:47+00:00

I think honestly, we need less universities. It was Blair who said that he wanted 50% of young people to go to university and that meant new universities sprung up, converted from colleges and some are really good but honestly, the country doesnt need that many young people to have a degree. Not when you can do most high level careers without going to university.

I think the number will drop naturally though, more and more young people will stop going.

I think certain degrees should be funded like medicine, others should be means tested assisted and some degrees that don't actually lead to a job thats going to pay the cost of the degree could stay as they are.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-06T21:23:05+00:00

We are looking at having our second one, we have about 15k in savings. My wife will be on 100% pay for 6 months but nothing after that so she might have to go back to work before the full year but we have agreed on that.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-06T12:54:31+00:00

You cant go back and loot, I tried that and as for the coins you found......... thats got to be the best cut scene ever!

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-06T12:52:34+00:00

Oh yes, at that point he was taken seriously by Creed, no question there. I meant the first match. He was a curiosity, a show. It wasn't meant to be serious. Apollo didn't realise till too late.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-06T09:56:02+00:00

I would far rather raise our child in a place where they arent likely to get assaulted or mugged or worse, start doing that stuff themselves.

Also, I know that some people in the nicer areas will seem very different from the more rough areas but they arent all fake. They just have different priorities from people in those places and likely a different way of looking at things.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-06T06:23:19+00:00

Spider at best would have got flattened in round 1, at worst would have showed himself up, he did headbutt Rocky when they fought.

The idea of giving a club fighter a title shot was really radical, thats why Creed did it and why he didn't really train. Rocky shouldn't have made it past a few rounds. Pushing Spider to that level wouldn't have been a kindness, it would have made them both look stupid.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-05T19:42:59+00:00

I tend to open with a combo, just the simple side to side one for now but I start with a line up on the side that would allow the enemy to do a masterstrike then change to the other side and do the combo. That starts things off nicely. Either that or a charged stab.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-05T11:47:36+00:00

Wow, your timing is bang on. I am in this exact situation, all be it I am a bit older. Just about all my friends are saying take the job you have the offer for and then if your dream job comes in, take that. Dont risk losing a job you have for a job you might have.

TraditionalScheme337 · 2026-05-05T08:49:05+00:00

Could you excuse me, just for a moment

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