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Aye, just the usual sales tactics in motion mate. Most Gyms of the same type do that. Everybody pays a different rate to be honest. I've got to know a fair few of the regulars now and I don't think any of us pay the same. When I first joined, one of the lads joined aswell, and he paid half of what I did because he knew someone who worked there. They do 'off peak' memberships and all that where you can go at certain times and not at others. They are cheaper but obviously the times you can go will be garbage. I think I've been a member for 4-5 years, and mine is £60 odd a month. It's gone up about £12 over that time. To be honest though, to me it's well justified because I go at least 3 times a week and use the gym and the pool. Been to a few of the classes now aswell. Obviously if you're just going once a week for the pool then that's terrible value!

Ah well that's alreet then! It's a fairly standard setup like, 25m (I think?) pool which is the same depth all the way along. There's a sauna and a steam room at the back which are both decent. There's two jaccuzzis, one warm one and one cooler one. There's no plunge pool but there's an ice cold shower instead, which is mint but I normally bitch it because it fucks my breathing up for about 10 minutes!

My Gym, stay oot. It's canny. It's become a bit worn recently but they seem to be getting on top of it now. If all you're going to use is the pool and the steam room/sauna/jaccuzzi though then you'll like it. Especially on a Friday (evening) cos it's always dead then. Mind, one thing that might be worth mentioning.. I'm not sure how the months membership works, but as a general member, you get given a wristband to get in and out, and to use the lockers. When you join, they take your photo and when you scan the wristband at reception to get in, it brings the picture up on a screen above the desk. They aren't always looking but if they've done that for your lass you might want to be a bit stealthy! Fist, depends when you go in, but unfortuantely there's not that much tail knocking about in there at the minute. I don't think anyone from the BT place accross the way actually uses it, but that might be a good thing becasue judging by the bus stop outside, everyone who works there looks like Matt Lucas.

What a twat.

Peroxide blonde moment? I had just about given up, then it hit me. I probably would have had to think quite hard about the laser one above if I hadn't seen this..

Fucks sake, the penny just dropped here.

Radge! Hope you're back to full fitness soon, you beast.

As we are now middle of the week, I reckon you're probably right. Just in denial I think because I don't want it to be Man Flu. Nah, nee chemicals involved, Gloom. Had my time with all that now. Anyway, wasn't going to mention it in the OP but I had an interview on Monday morning, thought I'd well be alreet by then. I wasn't, but somehow got the job on Monday afternoon. Maybe I should do this more often.

Day 3 and a new record for the longest, worst hangover I have ever had. I think I might have found my drink mixing limit! Gym tonight will be a barrell of fucking laughs.

Finding Turkish Delight in a Christmas hamper and thiking 'that looks lush!' Then tasting it and suddenly realising life was going to be one long struggle.

Mr. Attenborough's heartless 'GAME OVER' commentary as it got dragged powerlessly off the ice aswell. Just out of question, has anyone who watched this on iPlayer done so in HD? I couldn't find it, which pissed me off as I have become a proper HD snob since we got our new telly.

When you were born, you were the 4,944,247,001st person alive on Earth and the 79,815,214,248th person to have lived since history began. Now I feel even less significant.

That kid needs a lesson from this cool customer..

Aye I'm with you there like. Standing in a queue for someone else, to get something we've had for years. How does that benifit us? Still, I'm sure my mates bairn will love his early Christmas present, so as long as he enjoys it that'll dee I suppose! Just bit the bullet and went up before, still couldn't get through on the phones. Got there at 12:30 and the queue was at the cash machine on the corner. Took an hour to get to the front. Bit of advice to anyone who's planning on it.. have the new ticket holders dates of birth handy. Loads of people ringing mates up from the desk to get them.

Fucks sake. The thought had crossed my mind that they'd have sacked the phones off to man the Ticket Office like. Can see me having to gan up themorra. Cheers for the info Stevie!

Wierd! Wonder if they've got an overflow or something? Clearly not using it today mind.

Where did you get that from like, Tom? Whenever I've rang up recently I've got through tosome of the same people I've spoken to for years and they were definitely based at SJP. They can't all have moved to Nottingham! They clearly aren't selling over the phone like, been trying to get a couple for my neighbour since they went on sale and have only actually made it through to the proper Ticket Office phone queue twice before being cut off. All the rest of the time it's been the queue to nowhere that takes you from 10th to 1st in 12 seconds. Cunts.

Heavens to Murgatroyd and/or Betsy!

Aye they've got thier fair share of total lunatics at some clubs like. Feyenoord being a canny example of that. Mind, considering how the PSV fans were in the ground, they were amicable as fuck before and after. Then again I suppose it depends what is at stake and whether there's any history there. Like Heerenveen, they were great with us but from what I could gather, if I was a Groningen fan they'd have had me heed in a jar on the bar.

Aye they are like, can't remember how many times we've played in Holland in the last 10 years (must be about 6?) but I managed to get to them all and they were sound every time. Way better organised and generally nicer than some of the wankers encountered in Europe, like the eyeties and some of the cunts in France. Even when it kicked off in Breda and they stopped me and the rest of our group from going into the town, they were giving us alternatives for a pint. I was only 16-17 when we played Feyenoord in the CL, that was my first football trip to Holland. I rememeber being canny impressed at how well they had it organised. We left Amsterdam really late and the train got in less than 10 mins before KO. After half a spliff and 4 pints (enough to destroy me at that age!) I was certain we would get killed walking to the ground, but the coppers at that end collared us at the station entrance with 'Newcastle? Follow me pleashe!' They had a bus on to pick up stragglers and take us straight to the away end. They werent wankers about it either, i.e. they didn't direct us to the bus with tear gas or truncheons. Bus was a beer and weed friendly zone too, which was nice! During the game I was right near the divide at the front, and one of thier fans hoyed a lighter over the perspex and got me square in the face. The bastard had let it burn for about 5 minutes aswell so it was red hot. The copper next to me picked the lighter up and went 'Your face is ok yesh? These guys will all be getting a house visit at 5am while you guys are still drinking beer in Amsterdam..'

Absolutely. Did it for S*y for a little while but as soon as I was able to get out, that was it. The people were sound but the hours and the job itself were dogshit. Good luck with it, Kevin!