CaaC (John)

Avacado now growing as a bundle of fluff!!

Our kids are not kids anymore but they gave me and the wife 3 grandsons, really it's wee Kaiden that is costing a lot as the other 2 grandsons are old now and chasing the crumpet so cash and some aftershave will do them. It was a nice touch of you to give presents for your local children's home , something we would do if we won the lottery. All we need now for Christmas is snow. They (met) keep saying it's on its way, but we haven't seen it yet.

EPL - Saturday 23rd November Leicester v Chelsea (Score Draw) Man City v Spurs (Spurs Win)

Saturday 23rd November 2024 Bolton 2-0 Blackpool, 12.30 Lens 1-3 Marseille, 16.00 AC Milan 1-1 Juventus, 17.00 Hearts 1-3 Celtic, 19.45 New York City 3-3 New York Red Bulls, 22.30 Sunday 24th November 2024 Macarthur FC 1-2 Auckland FC, 05.00 Chelsea Women 2-1 Man Utd Women, 12.00 Sparta Rotterdam 3-2 AZ Alkmaar, 13.30 Anderlecht 3-0 Genk, 17.30 Athletic Club 0-3 Real Sociedad, 20.00

Denise (our daughter) mentioned on FB that Kaiden felt like an evening walk, so they ventured out, and she took some photos. She is a right dab hand at taking good photos.

Eating in the 50s Pasta was not commonly eaten. Curry was a surname. A takeaway was a mathematical problem. A pizza was associated with a leaning tower. Crisps were plain; the only choice we had was whether to add salt or not. Rice was only served as a milk pudding. A raincoat was what we wore when it rained. Brown bread was considered food only for the poor. Oil was for lubricating; fat was for cooking. Tea was brewed in a teapot using tea leaves, and green tea was unheard of. Sugar was highly regarded, considered "white gold," and cubed sugar was considered luxurious. Fish didn’t have fingers. Eating raw fish was seen as poverty, not sushi. None of us had ever heard of yoghurt. Healthy food consisted of anything edible. People who didn’t peel potatoes were viewed as lazy. Indian restaurants existed only in India. Cooking outdoors was called camping. Seaweed was not recognized as food. "Kebab" wasn’t even a word, let alone a type of food. Prunes were considered medicinal. Surprisingly, muesli was available, but it was called cattle feed. Water came straight from the tap; if someone had suggested bottling it and charging more than petrol, they would have been laughed at! And the things we never had on our table in the 50s and 60s were elbows or phones.

Kaiden is getting taller and has a right temper when wound up. I don't think boxing will be his cup of tea, though. He is showing more interest in swimming.

Well, I can't say wee anymore. Our eldest grandson is 18 years old now and still enjoying his boxing. He's just back from Sweden with 2 medals from a tournament between clubs. I can still remember him as an 8-year-old asking me what a Glasgow Kiss was. I told him, and he said, "Like this granddad." Ouch...

For the attention of @MUFC

UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE - Sat 16th Nov, 2024 Group 3 Germany v Bosnia-Herz (Germany win) Group 4 Turkey v Wales (Turkey win)

Saturday 23rd November, 2024 Leicester 1-3 Chelsea, 12.30 Arsenal 2-0 Nottm Forest Bournemouth 1-3 Brighton Aston Villa 4-0 Crystal Palace Everton 1-1 Brentford Fulham 2-2 Wolves Man City 3-2 Tottenham, 17.30 Sunday 24th November, 2024 Southampton 0-3 Liverpool, 14.00 Ipswich 1-3 Man Utd, 16.30 Monday 25th November, 2024 Newcastle 3-0 West Ham, 20.00

For me, that was the best of the five. Having read all of Lee Child's and Jack Reacher's books, it is nice to see them being filmed. You should watch the 2 Reacher films that Tom Cruise made of the characters Reacher One Shot & Never Go Back, Cruise acted OK but never a Reacher. Cruise is around 5ft 4inc tall and the character Reacher is 6ft 5lnc tall and between 220-250 weight-wise so they changed the actor for the new films to Alan Ritchson who is 6ft 2inch tall and has done a lot of bodybuilding which makes a better Reacher. Just bought the latest Lee Child/Jack Reacher book and am in the middle of reading it

Peru 1-1 Chile, 01.30 Tottenham Women 2-1 Arsenal Women, 13.45 Turkey 3-2Wales, 17.00 Chelsea Women 2-0 Man City Women, 17.30 Real Madrid Women 4-2 Barcelona Women, 19.00 Netherlands 3-1 Hungary, 19.45 Sunday 17th November, 2024 Latvia 1-2 Armenia, 14.00 Algeria 3-1 Liberia, 16.00 England 2-1 Ireland, 17.00 Italy 1-3 France, 19.45

Paderborn 2-0 Nürnberg Münster 3-0 Köln Düsseldorf 1-1 Elversberg Hannover 2-0 Darmstadt Fürth 0-2 Karlsruhe Hertha BSC 1-1 Ulm Hamburg 3-0 Schalke Lautern 1-1 Braunschweig Regensburg 0-4 Magdeburg

Bayern 3-0 Augsburg Leverkusen 2-0 Heidenheim Stuttgart 2-0 Bochum Dortmund 2-2 Freiburg Hoffenheim 0-3 Leipzig Wolfsburg 1-2 Union Frankfurt 2-0 Bremen Kiel 0-2 Mainz Gladbach 2-0 St Pauli

I can just imagine having a 'dip' in that, half pissed on Christmas day The prezzie for Kaiden did cost a wee bit but it's worth it, you see kids these days around Christmas time running around the streets smashing up cars and whatnot. I was lucky when I was a kid. I got a Beano & Dandy book, a cowboy hat, and a gun, and that was it.

Well, this is where your bank balances get hit for gifts and whatnot, my wife and I like getting our presents early and hiding them away, but the bloody cost nowadays for decent presents is stupid. We normally concentrate on the young ones first, but this year, our 2 oldest grandsons are quite happy with dosh and aftershave, etc. Wee Kaiden was a different story, he kept hinting at a PlayStation 5 as an early present and a few odds and bobs at Christmas time so we relented and managed to get one at a snip at £437.00, which knocked me for fucking six. Are any of you lot spending much this Christmas or are you all just looking forward to the booze and telling Santa to piss off!!!!

Nürnberg 2-3 Lautern Braunschweig 3-0 Hamburg Köln 3-2 Fürth Darmstadt 1-3 Hertha BSC Magdeburg 1-3 Ulm Düsseldorf 3-2 Paderborn Karlsruhe 1-2 Münster Schalke 0-4 Regensburg Elversberg 2-2 Hannover