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26 August 2005
Hello. Hello. It's been a few weeks, but I've been on my hols so there. Anyway, it's not like many of you have written in. Come on, make an effort.As per usual, just email postbag@codalmighty.com if you want your words on this page - just like the nice people at www.nr-online.com did.
You bet
Well done, Mat Hare. Two bets, two wins. Credit where credit's due, that's not a bad start to the season.
from Bob McSquirter
Letters Ed responds: Whoops. Spoke too soon. Mat's back to his rubbish betting ways again.
Play your cards right
Regarding Tony Butcher's match reports - I've missed them. Welcome back, Tony. We're privileged to have you.
from Jim Horsefly
Bruce's big night
Come on Tony Butcher - address Flintoff by his real first name. Andrew indeed. Leave that kind of thing to the public schoolboy swots at the Daily Telegraph.
from Barney Rubble
Strictly come dancing
Mr Rich Mills has a cracking idea. Let's support British industry in the 'Potteries' and commission drinking mugs with Sir Mac's honour emblazoned on them, like mugs of the 70's used to have. Or like a regimental battle honour. Make sure they don't import un-glazed, un- decorated Chinese blanks though. Still sell them cheap like. I'd like to buy 4 please.
from Ian Jackson
The generation game
Were you aware that Geoff Thomas, the ex-Crystal Palace (amongst others) and England player recently completed the FULL Cycling Tour de France course a few days ahead of the real event in aid of Leukemia Research? He was diagnosed with the disease himself a few years ago but is now doing well. Inspired by the Lance Armstrong story - and who wouldn't be - he decided to try the challenge having not really been a cyclist previously. I have donated to the cause, as it is a good cause and being a lycra wearing leisure cyclist myself, I know how much will power and effort it must have taken.
His diary for each day can be found at http://www.geoff- thomas.com/ and you can donate easily at http://www.justgiving.com/geoffthomas. I draw your attention to the diary of 14th July where he doesn't start the final climb until 9pm at night. Awesome.
And the thing is, regardless of the teams he played for, his rubbish England career etc, he is one hell of a top bloke! He even jokes about THAT missÂ…
from Ian Jackson
Didn't they do well
Split decision on Downey, eh? One vote each way? How did you find two people who gave enough of a toss to vote?
from Harry Hickleby
Letters Ed responds: Quite.
House!
Thank goodness for that link in the poetic sounding, - in name if not in nature - Friday diary. Anyone else find Pete's column hard to find on This Is Grimsby? They need to expand the list of sections to include an ego-stroking 'Pete Green' collection. Or a 'collaborator' section, with a cast of one.
from John Frink
Bruce's price is right
re: "Why couldn't they have postponed Chester away last year as well?"
You could not delay the inescapable trip to Chester last season. You can't postpone an away trip forever. You have to play every team in the same division home and away within a season. Suffering in Chester was, and is, inevitable.
from Matthew Warburton
Guest night
"Sample The Chairman's Hospitality". Now there's a record/book/film title.
from Julie Thacker
Bruce's big night
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from PhilS@nr-online.com
Letters Ed responds: Dear World Leaders in Online Intellectual Property Management, Thank you for your kind letter. As you sent it to the postbag I can only assume you intended it to be published in the letters page. We're all very proud of the work you and your company are doing, as I suppose are your mothers. To spend your own time and energy threatening non profit making organisations with legal action over the publishing of a sequence of dates and team names is the most admirable type of work I can think of
The Bruce Forsyth show
Just wanted to let you know about the completely futile and arbitrary campaign myself and our kid will be mounting against the big boot rubbish football that Grimsby Town are currently serving up. In a similar way to West Ham having the reputation as 'The Academy', Grimsby Town has always been synomynous with the beautiful game. However these are dark days on the banks of the Humber and to try and bring this to national attention we are proud (ish) to announce the launch of the 'Stop the Sludge Campaign' to try and put an end to rubbish dull football. I'm sure many of those who sat through Chelsea v Arsenal on Sunday will be keen to put their name to such an altruistic effort.
We'll be starting this off with a 'Stop the Sludge' banner at Barnet on Saturday along with some crap T Shirts in the hope it will inspire the Mariners to display the finer arts we are sure they are capable of. We hope you can find time to get this nonsense somewhere into your show so we can: STOP THE SLUDGE!
from Trevor Hewson
New look
Francis - I live in Rotherhithe Street, just by the ferry to Westferry Circus, guv'nor.
from Nickmariners
Letters Ed responds: I get a 10% finders fee for this dating service, right?
Nice to see you
I notice that the average geographical destination of a t-shirt is Little Waldon in Essex. Given that I live in West Hampstead in London how many t-shirts would I have to buy in order to move this location to say, Romford?
from John Painter
Letters Ed responds: Andy says: About 250, John
To see you, nice
Whatev er Happened to the likely lad Paul Groves? Young Miles Moss appears to have missed Paul Groves' latest operatic foray, one tinged with Rockness. Paul Groves (A Revolutionary Priest, A Military Officer); in Roger Waters opera about the French Revolution "Ca Ira".
Now, if it had been written by Neil Peart, he'd have probably noticed.
from Tony Butcher