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axel smeets said:
Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte... just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that when you're in the water, Chief? You tell by looking from the dorsal to the tail fin. What we didn't know, was our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin', so we formed ourselves into tight groups. You know, it was kinda like old squares in the battle like you see in the calendar named "The Battle of Waterloo" and the idea was: shark comes to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin' and hollerin' and screamin' and sometimes the shark will go away... but sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be living... until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all the poundin' and the hollerin', they all come in and they... rip you to pieces. You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don't know how many sharks, maybe a thousand. I know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday morning, Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Boatswain's mate. I thought he was asleep. I reached over to wake him up. He bobbed up, down in the water just like a kinda top. Upended. Well, he'd been bitten in half below the waist. Noon, the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us. He swung in low and he saw us... he was a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper. Anyway, he saw us and he come in low and three hours later a big fat PBY comes down and starts to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened... waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water; 316 men come out and the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.
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Believe that was the cruiser Indianapolis.
 

Digger said:
I snapped mine in half in the 85th minute of the Shrewsbury game.
Unfortunately, it still fucking worked!.
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On a separate note. Does everyone know that you don't have to stick it in the slot at the turnstiles.? You can just wave it at the reader.

I only discovered this a month ago after having a card for years.

I have many other interesting anecdotes if required.
 
west_yorks_blade said:
On a separate note. Does everyone know that you don't have to stick it in the slot at the turnstiles.? You can just wave it at the reader.

I only discovered this a month ago after having a card for years.

I have many other interesting anecdotes if required.
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You should start a blog ;)
 
I suppose a penalty tackle / handball or general defence gaff of a catastrophic nature every couple of games keeps things interesting.
 
west_yorks_blade said:
On a separate note. Does everyone know that you don't have to stick it in the slot at the turnstiles.? You can just wave it at the reader.

I only discovered this a month ago after having a card for years.

I have many other interesting anecdotes if required.
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This is like having dinner with Sir Peter Ustinov!
 
1973Blade said:
I thought Jay McEveley had a decent second half of the season after a poor start. If we can get better players in great, but with a limited budget are we really going to be able to bring in a load of quality players. Tin hat time, but I would give him another year.
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Another year as backup, yes. So either J-Mac still wants first team and has decided to look elsewhere, or Nige actually has quite high standards and is after better for first choice AND backup.

Be a lot of people gagging on their pints of bitter if the latter is true!
 
1973Blade said:
I thought Jay McEveley had a decent second half of the season after a poor start. If we can get better players in great, but with a limited budget are we really going to be able to bring in a load of quality players. Tin hat time, but I would give him another year.
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Saddest thing is I can't disagree with that. Then again if him being in the squad limits Kieran Wallace's game time I'm all for it, cos he is a potential star in the making.
 
axel smeets said:
Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte... just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. 13-footer. You know how you know that when you're in the water, Chief? You tell by looking from the dorsal to the tail fin. What we didn't know, was our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, Chief, sharks come cruisin', so we formed ourselves into tight groups. You know, it was kinda like old squares in the battle like you see in the calendar named "The Battle of Waterloo" and the idea was: shark comes to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin' and hollerin' and screamin' and sometimes the shark will go away... but sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be living... until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all the poundin' and the hollerin', they all come in and they... rip you to pieces. You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men. I don't know how many sharks, maybe a thousand. I know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday morning, Chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player. Boatswain's mate. I thought he was asleep. I reached over to wake him up. He bobbed up, down in the water just like a kinda top. Upended. Well, he'd been bitten in half below the waist. Noon, the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us. He swung in low and he saw us... he was a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper. Anyway, he saw us and he come in low and three hours later a big fat PBY comes down and starts to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened... waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water; 316 men come out and the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.
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You and your intimate History lessons huh.
 

Ricky said:
'Star in the making' is definitely pushing it.
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Define 'star'... When you've been watching McEveley and Done in that position for the majority of the season, Wallace becomes a star in the making in comparison.
 
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