Renton

Think the empirical evidence is at the upper end of the worst case scenario now. Problem is climate change appears to be a postive feedback system. Once the arctic tundra defrosts and releases several teratons of CO2 and methane the gig's well and truly up. Thirty years tops. Cup of tea anyone?

NO it's not, Ted Criuz is Ted Cruz, a cowardly cretin.

But in the UK at least it's a balance, a set of scales. The tories here pushing the culture war agenda won't be successful, because that's their choir, anf their choir isn't big enough. How will Trump pushing the QAnon shit possibly endear him to the mainstream. Unless you are telling me QAnon is the mainstream, which I find hard to believe? Currently 53% of people disapprove of him, but I think this will grow with his continued legal difficulties and general insanity (about 30% of current Trump voters have saifd they will not vote for him if he gets a criminal conviction). The more he exposes himself, the lower his ratings. Granted Biden is a huge concern here. I would hope though, that the majority of Americans will appreciate the Biden situation is temporary but loss of their democracy under Trump won't be. As such, they will do what many people here do come election day, hold their nose and vote for him. We'll see I guess.

Dunno much about the session guitarist, but fuck me, Toyah looks amazing for her age. She was one of my first crushes when I was in short trousers.

AYe. Whhooooah, that gif is quite stirring. She has the look of young Claire Grogan.

Gemmill's lack of basic humanity knows no bounds.

Don't diss the Jimmy. I was looking at the programme ans some interesting things. The drummer was the drummer from Lindisfarne, think I've seen him around Tynemouth, one of the cast was Oz's son in AW3, and the lady on Jimmy's left there is a former Eurovision star @Meenzer. Paved the way for Bucks Fizz no less. At 60 you still would I bet, amirite?

Mmmm, soft focus up the arse pegging photo, like it.

Went ot see a live reading of Ian La Frenai's new play at the Live theatre yesterday, "Seconds Out". It's like a Geordie musical version of Raging Bull. A live reading is basically the stage before a dress rehearsal. All the actors perform on high stools with the script should they need it. I thought it was excellent, I was sat no more than 8 foot from Jimmy Nail who was hugely impressive. Engaging, funny, and an incredibly impressive voice for a 69 year old. The rest of the cast and the band were great too. I don't know what the plans for this play are - Northern Stage seems the logical choice - but I'd strongly recommend it especially if JN is still starring.

Had some rare spare time and went for quite a long walk on Saturday afternoon, from Tynemouth to St Mary's light house and back again. It was noticeable how wet the land was, most the grass at the moment resembles marsh land and there are vast areas of waterlogged fields. These temporary lakes have been there for months now its been so wet. Anyway, I had timed it so it was high tide on the way back. Not a record breaking high tide by any means (actually 20 cm higher the next day), but higher than usual. I've lived on this coast line all my life, but have never seen it like Saturday. When I was a kid Long Sands was always walkable at high tide. About 5 years ago, I noticed at one high tide that the beach was bisected, but still passable. On Saturday the beach had completely disappeared. Additionally, the north pier of Cullercoats had all but disappeared, and at Whitley waves were crashing over the promenade and actually hitting the main road, at least 20m above sea level. Clearly there was quite a large swell favouring this, and also I'm thanking all the storms this year has actually removed a fair bit of sand, so the beach might be lower than usual, particularly the North end. But is it possible sea levels have also risen as well? A quick Google says it has risen about 10cm since 1993, which, in the right conditions, appears to make a huge difference, and this will only accelerate from now on. Waves on Whitley Bay Promenade. From the road. Cullercoats Bay. Tynemouth "Non-sands"

Well, this was on the member forum. Difference between us is, I rarely if ever see any posts on here hating them or their city. As per the name of the thread, 90% of it is just laughing at their daft threads about us. No anger, bitterness. No mention of hate, scum, smashing tellys. Just a mixture of bemusement and amusemsent. Hardly even a mention of their tragic matches unless it's their other yearly play off games. Think most wouldn't even mind if they are promoted, as we know it is a guranteed source of more amusement. Of course, they know this and it makes them even more livid.

Average day on the SMB, perfectly normal behaviour.

Will they vote Trump though? Honestly, I just don't enough about it. YouTube keeps throwing me videos explaining how there is no realistic route to a Trump presidency. YouTube is probably just telling me what I want to hear, granted.

Maybe the answer is for somebody to take out Biden? I'm not sure Trump is a shoe in though, as bad as Biden is. My understanding is that the large majority of independents will not vote Trump and a large proportion of Nikki Haley supporters won't vote Trump. Add in the fact the more exposure Trump gets, the more he turns off people, and the fact that the issue of democracy has overtaken the economy as the number 1 issue, and it looks less good for Trump. And Roe Wade reversal is also looking like an albatross for the GOP. Then again, maybe I'm just guilty of my own bias here, I really do not understand Americans.

Goal difference is always a good indicator. There's is zero. Also could 5th be enough for CL?

Not my experience unfortunately. I did a tour of the San Siro recently. The tour guide asked which club I supported. I said "Newcastle" with a grin on my face. He just looked puzzled. "Kevin Keegan, Bobby Robson, Alan Shearer". He was still not getting it. "Oh ffs, Sandro Tonali, we've just played Milan in the champions league? " He was Still scoobied, and asked me whereabouts Newcastle was. I told him the NE of England. "Ahhhh" he says "Vicino Sunderland?L'argomento di Netflix? Il black cats! Jack Ross, Phil Parkinson, Simon Grayson? Il Loch Ness Drogba! Founders of Athletico Bilbao! Mamma Mia! Il Sunderland è una squadra di calcio enorme. Forza Sunderlando!!! Gutted, tbh.

Match the item to the player game? I have it on good authority the banana in front is Callum's...

BRUUUUNNNOOOOO!!!

Barnes on. Tino too please. Our bench is getting stronger. Howe has no excuse not to use it now.

I heard the audio for this. Another but Dianne Abbot moment, which made headline news, despite her being nowhere near the key to the treasury. Laura Trott, chief secretary to the treasury, doesn't even understand public debt is rising. She should stick to cycling.

I remember there was a fad in the 80s of people selling "bottled air from New York" and such exotic places, and mugs actually bough t them. You can still get similar. And, bottled air from each of the UK countries. The cost? £100!

There's a thread on the SMB about STID3 coming out. Anyway, Below is a sample post below about how everyone loves them around the world globally because of it, and what great fans they are ( there are dozens similar). Apart from being tragically needy, I honestly don't know why they think the fans came well out of this. I distinctly recall them abusing Coleman, who always struck me as a decent person, being taking for fool by two con men, and iirc actually assaulting the camera crew? I mean, fair play, it was classic entertainment but not in the way they think. Also I thought wearing replica tops was a mag thing...

Life is cruel. He hasn't aged one bit but Cherie is looking a bit rough despite the healing crystals.

He meant CT I think.

Hope you have a lovely time and bring back some toblerone. Wait, what?