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Axel at the end of the Coventry game though...
at 08:08 27 Jun 2025

in 12 months he can come back, as Burnley go down.... constantly swap between the two as we yoyo up and down!
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Any Coffee Snobs Around?
at 10:20 17 Jun 2025

https://kickbackcoffee.co.uk/collections/coffee/products/caff-ya-later?variant=4

this isn't bad for a decaf....

I really like their Explorer blend too for "full caff" coffee...
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Well worth £9 of anyone's money for piece of mind
at 15:06 6 Jun 2025

PSA is a notoriously bad marker for prostate cancer. There are many reasons why PSA count could be up....

obviously, if you use this test as a trigger to go to the GP, then it won't do any harm, but I would encourage anyone who is worried to talk to their GP first...

also information here...

https://prostatecanceruk.org/prostate-information-and-support/prostate-tests/psa
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What’s your favourite moment of the last 3 seasons?
at 13:15 28 May 2025

Barnsley and Derby away from the league one promotion
Coventry away from last season.

I'd say for moments... the BArnsley game shades it. The Blue army shout in the first half, the two goals right at the end of the half, and then the absolute joy of rounding it off in front of us at the end. A wonderful night
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Pensions
at 12:01 28 May 2025

or keep pushing back the retirement age
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What will/does your retirement income look like ( including state pension)?
at 11:58 28 May 2025

What will/does your retirement income look like ( including state pension)?


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following on from the Pensions thread, I'm intrigued what people actually have or are targetting...

Recommended living standards https://www.retirementlivingstandards.org.uk/

suggest
14/31/43K per year for a single person or
22/43/59K per year for a couple

for minimum, moderate or "comfortable" retirement

I think those feel like quite a lot, but intrigued how other people see it....
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Pensions
at 11:44 28 May 2025

Denmark has just upped its retirement age....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg71v533q6o

The biggest issue is that the generation x, have benefited from getting on the housing ladder when it was affordable, and will also probably inherit well from silent generation/ boomer parents with huge equity.... so there's a generation who may well retire early with decent wealth, but which will again reduce the state incomings over the next 15/20 years....

I'm 47, but don't plan on working much past 57, when I can access my private pension. If I continued on my current trajectory and worked until 67, I'd retire on an income of significantly more than I am now , and with no kids, that seems somewhat pointless.
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Help with cars
at 11:27 28 May 2025

Probably need a bit more info on budget, usage etc

For what its worth, We've got a 2010 civic diesel, that has done 140k miles, and is still brilliant... been the best car we've had for reliability etc. Not that exciting, but just works, all the time.

I've also got a 2010 Mazda MX5 ( 2l petrol), which has also been fantastic. Having had VWs, Fords, and french cars in the past, I've been blown away by how easy owning a japanese car is.... so would definitely be heading that way again in the future.

I'm not sure of what to buy next, which is why I'm currently holding onto my two old cars whilst I can. I may go electric with one of them next time, but also , still waiting to see how second hand EVs hold up over time.
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So, how many league wins did you see in person?
at 09:34 28 May 2025

Only got to the 2 FA cup games this year and the Utd away game... so I saw a win.... just not a league one....
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Manchester is great!
at 08:57 15 May 2025

Genuinely can't remember the last time it rained here...

I've been swimming in the local lake, and playing tennis on the grass courts in the last couple of weeks...

So no incessant rain ( but I'll leave it to others to decide if I fit the other bill)....
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All Stockport tonight int we?
at 08:07 15 May 2025

Just reopened as a massive curry house too...

https://royalnawaab.com/manchester/
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Friday tuneage
at 09:57 9 May 2025

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Greg Leigh
at 09:46 9 May 2025

the problem was that he was not going to displace Leif, and he was coming into the final year of his contract... he's of an age where he needed to be playing regularly in order to get his next contract... sitting on the bench for us for another season wasn't going to help him.
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Watching Palace v Forest
at 09:55 6 May 2025

I think we've got two big problems...

1. We don't defend well enough. We are far too easy to play through, and nowhere near good enough at dealing with crosses.

2. At premier league level, our play out from the back is not good enough, leading to rapid turnover of possession, and more pressure. Our MO is to transition quickly to create openings, and when we can't do that, we're a bit stuck.

these two things were also noticeable in the Champ.... we conceded a lot of goals for a team that won so many games, but also we struggled against two types of teams... those with a really good energetic press ( eg Leeds), and those that sat in a low block. Very few teams could do those well for 90 minutes though, so we were often able to overcome them. Will be interested to see how improved we actually are when we are back in the champ.
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Local Government reorganisation Suffolk
at 09:49 6 May 2025

The mayor of Greater Manchester presides over a population of nearly 3 million people across 10 metropolitan boroughs, and has driven a great deal of investment and improvement across the region, things like properly integrating the transport system etc. I'm not sure that those sort of strategic developments can work across a couple of counties, with a population half as big.... the variety of services needed between for example a small farming community and a city are such that I think the unitary authority might struggle to make the same gains....
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Hirst goal....
at 09:22 6 May 2025

The PFA don't care about the game or the supporters, just the players.
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For the essex cricket followers amongst us...
at 11:12 2 May 2025

WTF is that pitch at Somerset... they appear to have forgotten to cut it!
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Horticulturistas - recommed me a tree/bush that will last but won't get too big
at 11:53 1 May 2025

Couple of things to think about...

Are you thinking of a pot or in the garden?( edit, didn't read thie OP properly - pot is fine, but bear in mind the below)

Obvious benefits of a pot menas it can move if you move. Downside, is that you will have to be a bit more careful of it, as pots need to be maintained to ensure they don't dry out. I've succesfully kept a couple of camellias alive in pots, but I live in Manchester where we are less likely to suffer drought conditions and have to water regularly.

We have just planted an Acer ( japanese maple), in our garden as a remembrance of my father in law. Slow growing, and not too big, but looks lovely, so that would be another option. - but you could also do it in a pot.

YOU also might find azaleas better than camellias as they don't tend to grow as big....
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1 year ago today...
at 09:44 30 Apr 2025

"Morsy and Mckenna's men - we're going up again"

What a night at Coventry...

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6auodlMqBr/
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Just climbed Snowdon
at 15:29 29 Apr 2025

I just had my facebook memories pop up as 4 years ago today, I went up Cadair Idris... fabulous walk....
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