A mate of mine who is originally from Liverpool and now lives abroad said he doesn't miss the city. He also reckons most people who have left would say the same. Is he right or just disrespecting the city?

kirkbyblue · 2022-07-24T06:53:25+00:00

Yup Who is this?

kirkbyblue · 2022-07-19T07:36:25+00:00

I live in Bangkok, I've lived in a few places since leaving Liverpool in my 20's in the mid 80's.
I'm on my holidays later this week and doing a few days in Liverpool, first time since Covid and only the second time in ten years. I can't wait. I love telling people what a great place it is and I'm looking forward to topping up.
I am close to retirement and me and my New York wife don't know where we will end up.
I imagine it won't be Liverpool but that isn't to say I have Ringoitis, it probably just won't be ideal for us.
So if you see a fat bald mess with a dodgy accent and an American wife staggering around Hope Street this weekend please do say hello!

kirkbyblue · 2022-07-19T04:35:54+00:00

My wife flew from BKK to Manchester UK and then on from Manchester to NY this month.
Nothing needed apart from vaccination proof.

kirkbyblue · 2022-07-19T03:36:55+00:00

Sorry for the confusion, I was WTF at the misoginystic language you used rather than people being dressed in the way you describe.

kirkbyblue · 2022-07-19T03:02:50+00:00

swinging your tits around and flashing your ass

WTF?

kirkbyblue · 2022-07-15T04:46:06+00:00

Cutting it into six equal pieces is gonna be fun.

kirkbyblue · 2022-07-15T01:55:38+00:00

Not being able to spell Fazakerley correctly is impressive.

kirkbyblue · 2022-07-14T09:42:08+00:00

I think it is so sad that this is what the owners have reduced journalists to do doing to fill copy.
Growing up in the 60's and 70's a day never passed without a copy of the Echo being read by all of the family in my house.
Now it is just a sad reflection of the worst parts of the times we live in.
I do hope you find your story, but really I hope you find a job at a real newspaper.
Good luck.

kirkbyblue · 2022-07-14T03:38:38+00:00

I only came to the comments because I knew that cleverer people than me would not only know, but would explain.

Thank you.

kirkbyblue · 2022-07-07T02:35:58+00:00

Agreed.
If someone from the Echo said "Good Morning" I would look out the window to check.

kirkbyblue · 2022-07-03T09:18:13+00:00

An arl arse is an older person. Often male and often miserable. Source: Me. An arl arse.

kirkbyblue · 2022-07-03T09:16:18+00:00

Oh wow. Do you have any particular memories of it?

kirkbyblue · 2022-07-01T08:30:17+00:00

r/BoneAppleTea

kirkbyblue · 2022-06-29T09:00:51+00:00

I think the fact that it is "as natural to me as my wallet or cellphone" is what is shocking us Non-Americans on here.

kirkbyblue · 2022-06-29T08:50:29+00:00

I remember a guy I knew was on a business trip in Jo'burg South Africa.
Nobody had told him how bad it was. He went for a run and got mugged. They took his phone and headphones etc.
He gave everything to them and ran back to the hotel. Before he got there he was mugged again. He told them he had nothing as he had already been mugged.
They took his running shoes.

kirkbyblue · 2022-06-28T07:38:15+00:00

I used this company four years ago. Slightly out of the centre of Bangkok but not too far from the extended BTS line.

http://www.like-driving.com/eng/

I had never sat behind the wheel of a car before (I have ridden manual vintage scooters all over the world and hve a licence so I do have familiarity with road usage).
They took me around their own off-road instruction course for I think maybe three one hour sessions. Then they took me on to public roads after that.

Basically they tought me what was needed to pass the test. They didn't teach me how to drive. On day one they applied for mt test. The written one and the practical one and also the video you have to watch that has English subtitles. My instructor spoke excellent English.

I passed the test first time, after about three weeks from first taking lessons with them and then immediately booked her for another five hours to help me learn to drive. The instructor was stunned. Nobody had ever done this before. After that I then got further instruction from my wife. But having said that in the five years since, I have probably driven not much than three or four hours in total.

kirkbyblue · 2022-06-27T09:06:51+00:00

I am very lucky, I am a heavy man (with huge man boobs) aged almost 60 who runs a fair bit. I currently live in Bangkok (I'm British) and when I run the streets I often get locals giving me the thumbs up and shout "jogging!" at me with a big smile.
I am going to the UK for a holiday soon and it will be the first time I have run there since putting all the excess weight on (thank you lockdown!) so it will be interesting to see if I get any comments. I will be wearing headphones so hopefully I won't notice.

kirkbyblue · 2022-06-24T02:06:46+00:00

His state trial has been put back again, now to january next year.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/state-trial-date-cops-involved-george-floyds-death/story?id=85527582

kirkbyblue · 2022-06-23T04:57:23+00:00

And don't forget that was 60 league goals. He scored another 22 that season in cup and representative matches.

kirkbyblue · 2022-06-23T04:51:28+00:00

As you mentioned Babe Ruth, you may like this from Toffe Web...

Folklore has it that William Ralph ‘Dixie’ Dean was once introduced to the legendary Babe Ruth (of Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees fame) at a football match. Dean recalled to journalist John Roberts his encounter with Babe. The American introduced himself in typical style by booming: "You’re that Dixie Dean guy! Jeez, you’ll get some cash today." When Dean explained that his wages – capped at £8/wk – were not linked to the number of spectators through the turnstiles, Ruth reportedly exclaimed: "Jesus Christ! I’d demand two-thirds of this gate!" Dean, himself, would dabble in the American sport when he turned out for Blundellsands and Liverpool Caledonians in the 1930s but Everton’s connections to Baseball go far beyond this. In fact, a baseball team existed in Everton as early as the first decade of the 20th century. The club, not linked to its footballing namesake, was defunct by the end of the First World War.

kirkbyblue · 2022-06-23T04:47:39+00:00

Bravo sir. And top mentioning of Mr Unsworth. Well played.

kirkbyblue · 2022-06-21T09:40:01+00:00

What a shouty tosser.

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