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Current jamz Thinking Sideways is good. Its unexplained mysteries. Disappearances. Mysterious deaths etc.

For you, being ridiculously good at football! For me it was a painful reminder that I'm absolutely useless.

Memories: Ab-Music football meet ups. Personal highlights : When I invited my friend Gary and he kicked everyone off the park for two hours then attempted to do doughnuts in the car park at the end and didn't manage. Someone's friend Guy who was an absolute knob and took it way too seriously. I almost left the ASV match because he spent the whole match giving me abuse. I was on his team as well. I seem to recall someone absolutely halving him at the end, possibly Nef C. Brilliant stuff. I had another run-in with him at Goals. I managed to pull my groin when we were warming up, but instead of going home I decided to try and play anyway. I couldn't run, I could only limp awkwardly, and my right leg was completely out of commission so I could only kick with my left foot. I'm absolutely useless at football when I have two feet so imagine me forced to use my left. Because I was so immobile all I did was stand on the left wing, then play a shit misplaced pass with my left foot when I got the ball. Absolutely 0 danger whatsoever. Did that stop Guy going through the back of me and leaving me crumpled on the ground? Did it fuck. Fuck that dude.

All I really watch myself is ROH and NXT. Raw and Smackdown I have to download or stream because I don't have Sky Sports and it's a hassle. Also they're kind of boring. Although I'm also trying to watch the Monday Night Wars from the start. Not the documentary. Actually every episode of Raw and Nitro plus PPVs from 1995-2001. I'm 5 weeks in so far. Nitro is good. Raw is terrible. Raw's main event genuinely can be a stock car driver and a dentist vs a pirate and a pig farmer.

Exact same set-up as the WWE Network except the TV show is up to date. I'll send you my log-in details for Honor Club, you should watch the PPV Supercard of Honor from earlier this month. It was a fucking amazing PPV and would be a great point to jump in from. It was on the same weekend as Wrestlemania (same city too) and like everything over Wrestlemania weekend it's way too long, but unlike WM it doesn't drag. Cody Rhodes is the actual best guy ever.

I'm not sure about any other docs, I haven't watched many though if you like NXT and Indy-style wrestling, check out Ring Of Honor. It's pretty much the standard for indy wrestling, it's where most of the NXT roster is poached from and it's the same style. NXT is pretty much WWE's version of ROH. The TV show is only an hour a week and it's free on their website. The PPVs are much much better than the TV but of course you have pay €9.99 a month to watch them. Monday Night Wars was great but it did kind of feel like it was just an exercise in gloating.

We should have a wrestling thread. I donated £10 a few years ago to help Hacksaw Jim Duggan pay for shoulder surgery. 80s wrestlers are the boys. Shame so many of them are dead. Thanks steroids.

^^^^Also Yokozuna's last match before he died I think. His weight was out of control at the time. Reportedly he was about 500lbs when he was in WWF and was tipping the scales at 700+ by this point. He was dead at age 34 a year later. I'm sure these two things are unconnected. So a 50 stone guy vs a drunk Jake Roberts. If that sounds like something you'd like to watch, then...

I watched this the other day. Its on YouTube. Yikes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_of_Wrestling -------- However, Roberts suffered a relapse prior to the show and consumed a significant amount of alcohol before arriving. Prior to his match with Neidhart, Roberts had been scheduled to cut a promo in which he would taunt Neidhart. Due to his level of intoxication, Roberts' promo instead consisted of a slurred, incoherent rant consisting largely of wordplay based on the event's casino setting. One particular segment of the rant would go viral after it was posted on WrestleCrap: After the interview, Roberts staggered to the ring with his trademark snake. However, upon reaching the ring, Roberts put the snake down and attempted to return backstage; he then reversed course, returned to ringside, and began greeting fans. Before entering the ring, Roberts grabbed a female fan and had her rub her hands on his bare chest. Later, Roberts removed the snake from its bag and simulated masturbation with it. The event's producers cut to wide-shots of the crowd during the incident, so that at-home viewers were unaware what was happening in the ring. Roberts eventually collapsed in the middle of the ring with the snake draped over his body; the prone Roberts then began to attempt to kiss the snake. In an effort to salvage the match, promoter Bill Stone decided on the fly to combine the main events into one tag team event and sent Bundy to team with Neidhart and Yokozuna to team with Roberts. Stone then sent a member of the production crew, Michael Henry, to ringside to consult with the wrestlers. Bundy pinned Roberts by hitting him with a splash after Roberts had staggered and fallen around the ring several times, despite Roberts not being the legal man in the ring.[8] Yokozuna and Henry attempted to salvage the event and Roberts' reputation by trying to goad Roberts into attacking Henry, making his behavior appear scripted. Roberts was too inebriated to realize what was happening and remained oblivious to Yokozuna and Henry's attacks. Yokozuna then hit a Samoan drop on Henry to make the entire series of events appear scripted; while Yokozuna attacked Henry, Roberts began to disrobe in the middle of the ring and the producers cut the feed immediately thereafter.

Take the shape Jake was in in Beyond The Mat, add another 15 years of drinking and smoking crack and you get to the start of the new one. This one charts his rehabilitation, warts and all. It's rough. Yeah, pretty much what Soda Jerk said.

When I first moved to Aberdeen in 1998 I remember two pretty memorable transvestites. I lived just off the Castlegate and I used to see this old guy, maybe late 50s, cutting about with a woman's bouffant perm and dangley earrings, super camp. He stopped me once to tell me he was going home to dress up as Shirley Bassey and ask if I wanted to come round and see. I didn't go. The other was a guy they called Jojo, he was a full-on cross dresser, would totter about in a short skirt and heels, but he wasn't even remotely femine, he was big and burly and had a beard. Rumour has it he was very volatile and used to viciously attack anyone who looked at him wrong. Haven't seen him in a long long time though. Posted about him years ago in this thread and someone mentioned he was in jail. Anyone ever see the woman who hung about near Aberdeen Uni on King Street, she would tell you they'd stopped her social and she needed money for a packet of fags and a bottle of Irn Bru. She knew the exact amount as well and she'd ask for £6.80 or whatever it was. A couple times I was sitting in traffic and she came up and knocked on my window to ask for £6.80 for a packet of fags and a bottle of Irn Bru.

Pint of lager in Dublin goes for €5-€6. Guinness €4.50-€5. That's what everybody drinks because its all anyone can afford. €7-€8 for a wine or spirit without mixer. About €7 for a pint of craft beer. Everything in Dublin costs a fortune. https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/price-alcohol-ireland-highest-europe-9723558

I never realised until i read this thread that Norman Goldie, the AFC fan who died last year was that old guy that I used to see around town a lot in a Dons scarf with the big drinkers nose. Used to see him get a fair bit of stick from kids on Union Street. Seemed a harmless enough sort.

Same. I did a lot of Cleaning The Commonwealth missions for the Brotherhood of Steel before realising a lot of them were starting to seem familiar because I was doing the same missions over and over again. Good way to build up XP though.

Finished the story mode on Fallout 4 last night, the last mission was a lot of fun, what a great game. Still got loads and loads of side missions to do. You know who the faction you side with affects your status with other factions right? I did a few missions for all of them but in the end I sided with the Minutemen, because Minutemen booooiiii. (warning spoilers ahead) So I went and did the final mission and blew up the Institute with the Minutemen then went and read all the possible endings out of curiosity and apparently if you side with the Minutemen at some point before you attack the Institute you get in to it with the Brotherhood of Steel and you have to destroy them. That never happened for me. I finished the story then I went back in to the two Brotherhood HQs (the Cambridge Police Station and the Prwdwyn) and everyone was just like woo Minutemen, you guys rule. And they're still giving me missions. So I think i did something wrong. I brought peace to the Commonwealth by accident. I'm not sure where I stand with The Railroad. I'll try going in there tonight.

I did this exact thing except it was outside Sizzlers and it was a burger. I was absolutely hammered, sat on the windowsill, took a big bite and the burger and all the various other fillings slid out the other end. Scooped it off the pavement and back into the bun. Fit fine. I don't think Craig is dead by the way. Admittedly I don't talk to him very much but I think I would have heard. To my knowledge he's living in Sweden and has done for a few years.

Nobody had Troyer, one had Dale Winton. No word on cause of death yet, tho I'd imagine the tabloids know and they're all hinting at suicide with Winton without actually saying it.

BARBARA BUSH HAS DIED. Age 92 - 5 points. No further bonuses apply. With a unique pick bonus that's 8 points for Team mezzosophano -------- BRUNO SAMMARTINO HAS DIED Age 81 - 6 points. No further bonuses apply. That's 6 points each for Team Annewolves and Team Camie. -------- Player Points Number of predictions Average Age 1 Lemonade 31 2 78 2 Delboy1969 21 3 88 3 Kirsten 16 1 60 4 cahinton1 15 2 68 5 Adam Easy Wishes 13 1 36 6 Bigsby 12 2 102 7 mezzosophano 8 1 92 8 Alan Cynic 8 1 90 9 AVB 7 1 76 10 annewolves 6 1 82 11 Camie 6 1 82 12 colb 5 1 99 13 Flights 5 1 99 14 Graham Knight 5 1 99 15 Becca 0 0 0 16 ca_gere 0 0 0 17 Dennis Waterman's Showbiz XI 0 0 0 18 FSDanmac33 0 0 0 19 iAmanda91 0 0 0 20 iron_odin 0 0 0 21 James Broonbreed 0 0 0 22 Jim McGymersun 0 0 0 23 Kai 0 0 0 24 Long Haired Mackem 0 0 0 25 Lucius 0 0 0 26 Mr_Itch 0 0 0 27 Scottboy 0 0 0 28 Scubby 0 0 0

She's stone cold Bush.

Forums are yesterday's news sadly, for the most part, although I'm still a member of a few that flourish. I guess Facebook groups replaced them but I don't find them nearly as engaging. Thousands and thousands of members so you never build any kinship, and no structure, organisation, no topics etc, just a thousand people arguing all at once. Maybe I'm just old but I prefer the old forums. No doubt social media played a huge part in the demise of Aberdeen music but I feel like there were a number of factors. Firstly people just grew up, all us passionate 20 year olds who used to post here are in our late thirties now, with families and careers and probably don't go to nearly as many local gigs, and don't have the time nor the inclination to argue with people about it on the Internet. For some reason as the older generation faded out we just never managed to attract the next generation. I think we lost a lot of users a few years ago at a time when, without mentioning any names, there were a lot of pretty annoying posters on the forum, who also tended to be the most active, and that didn't make using them a very fun experience, when all the threads were clogged up with crap. I take some of the blame myself too, when I first became staff I was an absolute tyrant and waded in and shut threads left and right and that pissed a few people off and they stopped posting. Sorry for your loss by the way.

It's kind of a cliche that gets made fun of on here, but it really did feel like we were part of something special for a while. There were so many great bands on the go, and people were so passionately in to it, and everyone helped each other out, which was great. And because it was such a small tight-knit community, you kind of knew everybody. In like 2001, 2002 you could wander in to any gig in Drakes or Lava and know half the crowd and probably half the guys on the stage too. I remember going in to Moshulu every Friday and heading for our spot (everyone had their spot) and it would take half an hour to get to it because you had to stop and chat to everybody. I know I'm looking at it through rose coloured glasses, most of the bands were probably shit and most of the gigs were empty, but I maintain it was one of the best times of my life. I made friends for life, and met my wife. Joined a band with this nice gentleman (I can't delete the YouTube vids for some reason) and she was his girlfriend at the time, she used to come down to all our gigs and support us. Many years later he was the Maid of Honour (you're reading that right) at our wedding.