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My missus surprised me for my birthday with a weekend away. Didn't know the location till I got to the gate and discovered we were going to Sofia. Not going to lie, I was apprehensive. Don't know why, maybe because it was into the unknown for me. Have to say, I was quite wrong to be worried. Really nice city and actually had a lovely time. So so so cheap as well. Three course meal and drink for two roughly £30. Beer £1.50 in a lot of bars. Just ridiculous prices.

Devon early last year... It was a present from my eldest and his wife, really nice, weather was great and believe it or not that is the only time me and the missus have been on holiday alone since we have been together... with mostly me being the only one working and 4 kids to feed and clothe and bills coming out of my bumhole we just never really had holidays as a priority which is a shame but there you go... been trying to persuade her that it's time we cut the kids loose and cracked on with things we want to do, we are not getting any younger and if I am going to see the sights and visit places both beautiful and unknown I would prefer to do it without being pushed around in a wheelchair by a carer and having somebody on facebook trying to turn the whole thing in to some good will charity event...

I don't think it'd go well. He's been on the decline for a while and what he's achieved with the Napoli Sarri built up has been underwhelming as fuck. But he's a big name, so I can see it happening with present day Arsenal. A high profile yet poorly fitting manager, seems like something a club that's made questionable decision after questionable decision would do.

I was reading an article the other day; quite amusing really as it was showing the immigration statistics of the UK. I've come to know that the Conservative Party or Brexit Party (whatever hill those fools die on) are pushing a narrative of 'harsher, stricter, fairer (on the British!) immigration laws. They use this narrative that they've cut immigration in half*. And the * of course in this instance, only means they've cut down on European immigration and that immigration in total has actually risen. I have always found it odd that the typically defined conservative parties (The Tories for the Brits, The Liberals for us Aussies) have always been hardliners on immigration; 'less immigration!', 'more jobs for natives!', but on closer inspection they've always been the types to circumvent those sort of labour laws that protect the workers and allow the importation of cheap labour from less 'lucky' countries. Temporary Visas that usually lead to permanent residency, allowing the news channels to manipulate the statistics of immigration.

The medical director at the Hospital has literally said the case is true in that there were no beds available for the poor kid. Did you fall for the bots and the conspiracy too? It's not a hoax ffs.

My parents were the same, always wanted to go somewhere but always had to spend money on other things. They left the UK for the first time this year because we (the 6 kids) pretty much forced them to. We all put together to get them passports and pay for a week in Majorca. They were unsure about it, questioned whether it was worth it, said it was a lot of money to spend on something that would be over after a week, but when they got back they wouldn't shut up about it they genuinely loved it, they were like excited children at Christmas. It felt like the roles were reversed seeing them like that, they were adorable

All F1 teams reject Pirelli tyres for next season https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/50726067

Welcome to Eastern Europe mate, where it's cheap, cheerful and where the big cities have a lot of interesting history. Bulgaria is actually the cheapest country in the EU, so it's great value for money. Sofia is an absorbing city, I am not surprised that you had a good time there.

Yes mate, I meant clocks in general

He is talking about a digital clock probably by the side of his bed or in the office or something and when he looks at it the time always seems to be on the same set of numbers...

There are other clocks John . Not necessarily just the one on your laptop.

Also BBC hosted an Under 30s special of Question Time last night. You'd have to assume the point of this was for Under 30s to have their views represented on national television. Under 30s voted 73% to Remain in the referendum, but the BBC decided it would be more 'representative' to ensure that the crowd reflected the result of the referendum instead so just over half of the audience were Leave voters. What a great shame, as having an Under 30 Question Time was an opportunity for older viewers to hear about the under-represented views of younger people (my age group, incidentally) and to be exposed to the thoughts of the people who overwhelmingly want to stay in the European Union, and will also have to deal with the consequences to their lives and careers of Brexit and the next government more than anyone else. Those who have established careers, have already financially supported their offspring through the early stages of their lives and are probably home owners will probably be able to survive the economic shocks caused by Brexit without too many problems (until they need the health service anyway). Those of us still earning less than £30,000, renting or even living with parents with very little prospect for many of us to even think about being home-owners in the near future (thankfully I'm probably not quite in this boat but I'm in the minority), could probably do without the economic shocks and increased cost of living that pretty much every forecast of Brexit predicts. You like to think that a Question Time for Under 30s only would reflect some of the issues facing Under 30s and older viewers could get a greater insight into what their vote is inflicting upon their kids and grandkids. Instead you get just another Question Time but with Under 30s asking the same questions as the usual audience, with the same reactions, to create the illusion that this demographic is being fairly represented.

Looks great mate and despite your reservations sounds and looks like it was a good time for you both... I see things like this and really do feel the need to get my arse in gear and get out and about more...

Looks really nice @Lucas! I'm like Stan, definitely one to add to the list. Would love to go somewhere around this time of the year.

Looks intriguing. And they have to chosen to completely ignore the the recent shitty reboot, which has noticeably riled up the online SJWs.

There's actually three Conservative MPs standing who are currently under investigation over anti-semitism themselves but I bet you didn't read that on the BBC or in the Telegraph. If you have Twitter, go and look up anything related to the hospital photo story. There are hundreds of bots online posting the exact same story about how "my sister is a nurse working at Leeds General hospital and this photograph was staged by the mother". Literally word for word the same post by a series of completely unrelated accounts. I don't have the exact wording but once again, welcome to the disinformation age spear-headed by the Conservative party and probably Russia. There was also furore last night that when the BBC Newsnight woman was speaking to Barry Gardiner from Labour she spent more time criticising Corbyn for "not making the NHS a priority in his campaigning" and justifying it "because he hasn't visited 10 hospitals during the campaign like Johnson has". How she decided this was a more pressing matter than senior Conservatives spreading lies to prominent journalists, and said journalists sharing these lies to millions on social media without checking that it was true first. Laura Kuenssberg is coming in for a lot of criticism and rightly so, with #sackkuenssberg trending on Twitter yet again last night. Some people actually call the BBC 'typical lefty BBC' sometimes. I imagine these must be the people who think the Sun, Telegraph and Mail are fair and balanced 'central' sources. If the Conservatives win a majority on Thursday then it's time I start distancing myself from UK politics again, because everything that's worrying me now is only going to get worse over the next 5 years. The Tories and their supporters will continue to hold a disproportionate influence over the flow of information in this country, in fact they will probably try and make it worse and succeed. The majority of the horror stories you hear about the NHS, public services and the increase in hate crimes stemming from Brexit and general white English bitterness and intolerance will come true, and to be honest, a country that votes for austerity for a fourth time, A FOURTH TIME, after seeing the mess this country has been left in over the last decade, is going to get what it deserves for allowing this to happen. I haven't given up hope that an influx of young voters and some tactical voting can make a difference and prevent the majority on Thursday, but it looks unlikely, and I'm very glad I no longer live in England. I will still be affected by most things over here as we're heavily dependent on the UK, but to a lesser extent than actual UK residents as we have our own government and contingencies over here.

well, looks like that's being added to the list of places to go! Looks great mate @Lucas

Because of the snow I thought it was pre-season testing in Barcelona, but then I saw the Fosters ad. It's not Melbourne is it? Silverstone perhaps? Must be 2005 (or 6)? Alonso the driver of course.

I fully expect us to be able to get the result against Lille that we need to make it through but after that I also fully expect us to be making a swift exit from the competition... It would not be realistic to expect us to go any further with our defence the way it is now... Same could be said for our top 4 ambitions, Earlier in the season we were outscoring the opposition and this covered over the cracks of our leaky defence but when you start to lose to sides like West Ham and Everton who have been playing badly and conceding left right and centre then we are going to be in trouble as the season goes on...

Thank god. Romagnoli from Milan probably my first choice if we were to go for anyone

Considering how good the first one was I hope this one is just as good.

My top five songs on Spotify this year.

We have put this Spanish Cunt in charge of the club now, this is the guy that advised Barcelona to pay Neymar's Dad 50 million which caused all sorts of legal issues. God knows how much we paid Pepe's agent and for Cabellos who doesnt have a future at the club, now we do not have the funds to prize away a coach from a club apparently, Sanllehi needs to go!