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OK spelling mistake on a German computer with auto corrector why not Stone me to death Mr GCB Blade? or take the piss or call me an idiot.
 
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Roygbiv said:
Been to Blackpool for the weekend . Missed the game yesterday and me and my mate were like "typical we would miss that one " but then remembered we've seen us clock up some massive scores this year so its not like yesterday was a one off.

I genuinely nearly died too. Choked on a Pork Scratching in a casino. Couldn't breath for a few minutes and nobody around really knew what was happening cos I couldn't speak, I was just banging the table , so I really thought I was a goner but luckily I managed to clear my throat just before I passed out. Quite lucky to have this view from at all!
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Had the same experience with a mint once, frightened the shit out of me. Scary how easy it is to block the throat.
 
Why does everyone call Roy 'weirdo'? I'd like to know the origin.
 
Neuschwanstein said:
Had the same experience with a mint once, frightened the shit out of me. Scary how easy it is to block the throat.
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It was the scariest thing I've experienced which might seem a bit lame but I really did think I was gone. Shook me up for the rest of the day to be honest
 
SteveBlade said:
Why does everyone call Roy 'weirdo'? I'd like to know the origin.
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Forget which club it was but one of their fans must've been on here and seen the View From. Anyhow he mentioned it on their forum calling roy an Internet weirdo, which roy dutifully used as part of his View From :)

That about right Roygbiv ?
 
Roygbiv said:
Been to Blackpool for the weekend . Missed the game yesterday and me and my mate were like "typical we would miss that one " but then remembered we've seen us clock up some massive scores this year so its not like yesterday was a one off.

I genuinely nearly died too. Choked on a Pork Scratching in a casino. Couldn't breath for a few minutes and nobody around really knew what was happening cos I couldn't speak, I was just banging the table , so I really thought I was a goner but luckily I managed to clear my throat just before I passed out. Quite lucky to have this view from at all!
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When Bert was a young man casinos were seen as high class establishments, James Bond, Monte Carlo etc.
It's rather a disappointment to learn that now people eat pork scratchings in casinos.
 
Its like getting Christmas presents every day
 
Roygbiv said:
It was the scariest thing I've experienced which might seem a bit lame but I really did think I was gone. Shook me up for the rest of the day to be honest
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I did it with a piece of dairy milk in town, I ran into a hairdressers on Surrey street and drank some water from a tap , then ran out again they must have thought I was nuts but I genuinely feared for my life.
 
"we always looked to be under the cosh and second best. ... Town were simply outfought and outfoxed."
"You just have to hold your hands up Sheffield United are a better football team than Swindon."
"They were stronger, quicker, faster, decisive"
"they looked dangerous at every attack."

Still pretty unreal tbh to be regularly getting comments like these.
 



sitwell said:
I did it with a piece of dairy milk in town, I ran into a hairdressers on Surrey street and drank some water from a tap , then ran out again they must have thought I was nuts but I genuinely feared for my life.
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The bar woman was saying "Are you ok" and I was just banging the table like a maniac saying nothing
 
bladesfan said:
OK spelling mistake on a German computer with auto corrector why not Stone me to death Mr GCB Blade? or take the piss or call me an idiot.
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No offence intended Mr BF.
Just a genuine attempt to save you from a bit of a potential ribbing from others.
 
JohnDenver said:
For future reference, throw yourself across a chair so the back presses up into your midriff - a kind of solo Heimlich manoeuvre. Nothing like timely advice is there? :)
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I will look out for those chairs n Surrey st in future.
 
Alfreton14Blade said:
"we always looked to be under the cosh and second best. ... Town were simply outfought and outfoxed."
"You just have to hold your hands up Sheffield United are a better football team than Swindon."
"They were stronger, quicker, faster, decisive"
"they looked dangerous at every attack."

Still pretty unreal tbh to be regularly getting comments like these.
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But ain't it a lovely feeling to be the team that others regard as the best in this division Alf? I know me or thee aren't getting carried away, but as you so rightly infer, for far too long we've been the team that was never quoted as the best or amongst the teams to beat. Now it's a very different story, and we have Chris Wilder to thank for this turnaround. Given the last few seasons, especially last season under "couldn't recognise a win if he tripped over one" Adkins, we now look a proper football team. Wilder has bought really well, and we at last have a squad that has strength in most positions. We're now in the land of high expectation, and the number of posts on the forum that reveal excitement about the next game continues to appear with heartening regularity.

One day we'll look back on these times and dismiss it as only being Div 1, but to be completely honest, some of the best times I've experienced as a Blade were when we played in the old Div 4, with the great Colin Morris on the wing. All about context I suppose, but you take what you're given, and what we're currently experiencing is great football backed by the possibility/probability of promotion this season. Yesterday couldn't have improved for me. We won with a great display, Scunthorpe lost, what was a big gap in points is now down to 3, and suddenly we are nudging our way to a promotion place that will be difficult to catch........oops, there I go dreaming again! Oh, and Wendy lost, feel so sorry for their overpriced supporters who expect far too much considering.............UTMB!
 
JohnDenver said:
For future reference, throw yourself across a chair so the back presses up into your midriff - a kind of solo Heimlich manoeuvre. Nothing like timely advice is there? :)
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Actually at the time I remember thinking I wish Mrs Doubtfire was here to sort me out , then had ringing in my ears and things were going black as I entered Taylors hairdressers.
 
Roygbiv said:
The bar woman was saying "Are you ok" and I was just banging the table like a maniac saying nothing
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She must have thought you were re-enacting that scene from 'When Harry Met Sally' and wondered why you were combining it with a David Banner moment.
 
itsinyerblood said:
But ain't it a lovely feeling to be the team that others regard as the best in this division Alf? I know me or thee aren't getting carried away, but as you so rightly infer, for far too long we've been the team that was never quoted as the best or amongst the teams to beat. Now it's a very different story, and we have Chris Wilder to thank for this turnaround. Given the last few seasons, especially last season under "couldn't recognise a win if he tripped over one" Adkins, we now look a proper football team. Wilder has bought really well, and we at last have a squad that has strength in most positions. We're now in the land of high expectation, and the number of posts on the forum that reveal excitement about the next game continues to appear with heartening regularity.

One day we'll look back on these times and dismiss it as only being Div 1, but to be completely honest, some of the best times I've experienced as a Blade were when we played in the old Div 4, with the great Colin Morris on the wing. All about context I suppose, but you take what you're given, and what we're currently experiencing is great football backed by the possibility/probability of promotion this season. Yesterday couldn't have improved for me. We won with a great display, Scunthorpe lost, what was a big gap in points is now down to 3, and suddenly we are nudging our way to a promotion place that will be difficult to catch........oops, there I go dreaming again! Oh, and Wendy lost, feel so sorry for their overpriced supporters who expect far too much considering.............UTMB!
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Spot on, mate.

Very much agree with your point about "it's not about the division you're in, it's the experience that counts". Just think of the genuine affection that Man Citeh fans still have for the likes of Shaun Goater, despite them now being a super-club.

Like you say, that Division 4 season's remembered with great pride & without any shame at all. It was just a fantastic end-to-end experience, culminating in one of THE great days. Even so (& with reference to more recent wobbles) it's worth recalling the Colchester game and the Altrincham defeat - it wasn't all plain sailing and there were blips along the way even during such a dominant season. All part of the overall experience.

As you said, we're a proper football team again now. Thanks to Chris Wilder. Great to be winessing it and going through the emotions of this "revival" season.
 
Alfreton14Blade said:
Spot on, mate.

Very much agree with your point about "it's not about the division you're in, it's the experience that counts". Just think of the genuine affection that Man Citeh fans still have for the likes of Shaun Goater, despite them now being a super-club.

Like you say, that Division 4 season's remembered with great pride & without any shame at all. It was just a fantastic end-to-end experience, culminating in one of THE great days. Even so (& with reference to more recent wobbles) it's worth recalling the Colchester game and the Altrincham defeat - it wasn't all plain sailing and there were blips along the way even during such a dominant season. All part of the overall experience.

As you said, we're a proper football team again now. Thanks to Chris Wilder. Great to be winessing it and going through the emotions of this "revival" season.
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I recall a carload of us standing on the terraces at Oldham (I think) and vowing never to return there again. Even then, our own temple to mediocrity was apart in it's feel for what a football stadium should feel like. It's the craic, the comradeship, the fact that you and other Blades are of sound mind and impossible dreams. Do we care? Not one good fuck, but moments like this are priceless, they raise life to levels that during a working week you can only dream about. We now have a team worthy of the shirt, and the fact that we are doing so well is what a Saturday morning allows us to dream about...come 3pm and we're lost in what it means to be a Blade! UTMB!
 
Not wishing to sound selfish Roy, but when you were choking on that pork scratching did you give some thought to who on the forum should take over the 'View from....' if you know the worse had happened.

Not encouraging another poll but if your health is a bit suspect then maybe we forum members ought to start putting forward some candidates.
 
Alfreton14Blade said:
Spot on, mate.

Very much agree with your point about "it's not about the division you're in, it's the experience that counts". Just think of the genuine affection that Man Citeh fans still have for the likes of Shaun Goater, despite them now being a super-club.

Like you say, that Division 4 season's remembered with great pride & without any shame at all. It was just a fantastic end-to-end experience, culminating in one of THE great days. Even so (& with reference to more recent wobbles) it's worth recalling the Colchester game and the Altrincham defeat - it wasn't all plain sailing and there were blips along the way even during such a dominant season. All part of the overall experience.

As you said, we're a proper football team again now. Thanks to Chris Wilder. Great to be winessing it and going through the emotions of this "revival" season.
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Exfuckinactly! It's the continued support for someone like Goater that separates the virtual supporter from those who've endured long stretches of mediocrity. Sometimes it's felt like a life sentence, no hope or sign of daylight.........I've sometimes asked myself, is this what being a football supporter is meant to be? I suppose it's why I have a degree of empathy with those clubs who seem to exist on gates of just a few thousand.....but, back to us, we've suffered, boy have we suffered, but times such as these under Wilder make all the waiting worth every minute, of every day, of every year, worth the journey. It's why football is the greatest game on the planet, it's why we're red and white and will be forever more.
 



sitwell said:
Actually at the time I remember thinking I wish Mrs Doubtfire was here to sort me out , then had ringing in my ears and things were going black as I entered Taylors hairdressers.
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I'm not sure throwing yourself backwards across a chair in a hairdresser's would work. You'd have a trainee asking you if you wanted conditioner on as she finished the shampoo :-)
 
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