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    Transfers, 2024-25 season

    in Newcastle Forum

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    2 hours ago, aimaad22 said:

     

    The phrase "very unique" is often considered incorrect by traditional grammar standards because "unique" means "one of a kind"—something either is unique or it isn't, so it can't logically be "very" unique.

    However, in modern usage, especially in informal or creative contexts, people sometimes use "very unique" to emphasize how unusual or distinctive something is. While it's not technically precise, it's increasingly accepted in casual speech and writing.

     

    I'm just modern, you dinosaur. 

     

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    I could care less.

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    Eurovision

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    4 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said:

     

    @Meenzer, it mentions giving acts the chance to perform again if something goes wrong , has this ever happened during the final? 

     

    It has! That Jimmy Jump arsehole invaded the stage during the Spanish entry in 2010 so they got to perform again at the end.

     

    And way back in 1958 the Italian entry - "Volare", no less - was performed again because the still-creaky Eurovision broadcasting network went a bit wrong and some countries didn't get to see it first time round. It still didn't win. "Volare" ffs!

     

    There was a stage invader during the UK entry in 2018 too but they decided not to perform again, probably because they knew the song was absolutely hopeless anyway. :lol:

     

     

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    Holidays 2025

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    1 hour ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

    Fly out to Berlin tomorrow. There for a week but outside of the main attractions, anyone got any suggestions? Like my history so bang up for walking tours, museums etc. pubs and food recommendations more than welcome 

     

    Whereabouts are you staying? Foodie friends in Berlin have previously recommended me Bar Immertreu and Windhorst for cocktails, St. Bart and Ngo Kim Pak for food, and Markthalle Neun (food hall/market) for general gastronomic goodness. Nothing to go out of your way for (Berlin is hardly short of options) but if you happen to be nearby etc.

     

    At the other extreme, Georgbräu in the Nikolaiviertel (near the Museum Island) is more of a southern style Brauhaus and definitely as touristy as it comes, but in a nice little cobbled neighbourhood that survived being destroyed over the years despite being very central, so worth a look if you want a stop-off while doing some of the main sights.

     

    Decent beer gardens in lots of the parks too, obviously. Victoriapark and Mauerpark spring to mind (the latter on Sunday especially).

     

    History/museum-wise, there's a good little museum and preserved section of the Berlin Wall here -
    https://www.stiftung-berliner-mauer.de/en/berlin-wall-memorial - gives you a decent sense of the scale and grimness of it all.

     

    The runways at the old Tempelhof Airport are now a big park so you can go and pretend to be an aeroplane if that's your kind of thing (it is mine).

     

    And since you've got the time, get the S-Bahn out to Potsdam for a day of wandering around the grand old buildings in the Sanssouci Park, it's dead nice out there.

    General Random Conversation..

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    On 02/05/2025 at 23:21, Andrew said:

     

    It says a lot that I'm one of our least old posters, I'll be running the place for skeletons in a few years.

     

    And yet Shints will inexplicably still keep popping up every few years with a smeeagain joke before fucking off again

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    Politics

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    1 hour ago, PaddockLad said:

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    I could have told them that for nowt. A diversity hire in Lincolnshire is someone from the next town over.

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    Eurovision

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    Strong rumours that Celine Dion is going to make an Olympics-style guest appearance at this year's contest, which gives me an excuse to post this magnificent photo from when she won it in Dublin in 1988. :D

     

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    Recommend me a good restaurant in Newcastle

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    2 hours ago, Christmas Tree said:

    Also just seen somewhere called The View in Tynemouth. Looks lovely for Breakfast/ lunch.  Is it good?

     

    Nowt special imo, but if you can get one of the tables with a better view then that goes some way to making up for what I thought was just OK quality and service.

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