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Early this morning I scored a try in the Six Nations. Only it hurt... I was having a dream and scrambling to reach a poor pass by the opposition member and touch it down. For the first time in my entire life, my brain seemed to miss-fire my sub conscience in sleep and my body acted as if it was...

Tonight I find myself watching Wrexham v Birmingham City. It's an enjoyable match and worth the watch. Sometimes Division 3 games can have some quality. I thought to mention it to folk in NSC, but didn't really think it thread worthy. Although it now has one by default. Has NSC pondered the...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c9wl9lep7w5o Whilst I am uncomfortable when politicians make sport about politics, and sometimes social issues, I feel this stand is correct. Women and girls are denied the right to proper participation in sport in Afghanistan. The female cricketers...

Reading a light and interesting story on the Beeb pages, I wondered how much time we spend focused on the negative aspects of life. Also in NSC, bad news often gets brought here. But what about the light and happy stuff ? So I thought to start a thread where folk can share light, funny and...

Well the episode is actually called Joy to the World... and it's tomorrow. Details here for Whovians. https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/articles/2024/doctor-who-christmas-special-joy-to-the-world However, an old friend of mine was looking around town for a vegan panettone today, and upon sharing...

Spoiler alert- he doesn't exist https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgr9v1ppglo The above article made me chuckle. 10 and 11 ? I'm not even sure I ever believed in him after about 6. When I was about 5, my older brother and me hatched a plan to catch him. My brother chickened out and fell...

I have a spine that has shown sign of degeneration and can cause a cumbersome frame and some rather awful pain on occasions, but the last week has been a real pain for other reasons. Left side top of buttock/waist radiating down the side of the leg to the upper thigh. A pain that is constantly...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/articles/c5y78g8828xo Don't normally do RIP threads, but he was one of the reasons I fell in love with the game. Came from nowhere to win the big one in 1979. Great character. Sadly lost to the evil dementia.

So, I turn up in the East Stand today, having ordered a nice new beanie hat from Hunts the hat shop online. I think that once you are over 40, like me, they are a useful thing to have as these winters do get a little cold at the AMEX. The stand is a little quiet as usual, and my friend a few...

Ug, politics, manhole covers, referees and all that's wrong with the world. It does make NSC go round, I suppose. But what we all, well a few us, really need is another Test series. And indeed we have it. It only feels like a couple of years ago that England toured Pakistan and New Zealand. But...

Just a few minutes ago I took a look at the rugby results and almost fell off my seat. ITALY have beaten the All Blacks 20-10 I couldn't get it. Had the All Blacks fielded a second eleven, a team of under 12s, a supporters team ? Nope, they had a pretty decent team line up. What I couldn't...

I’ve lived in Brighton since I was two years old, apart from a nine month period in Australia and a couple of countryside excursions. In fact, literally in the same triangle area. It’s all I’ve really known. For many years I have been renting. Never taking a mortgage which I really regret now...

I didn’t go to the game yesterday, but was able to share everyone’s delight in the result. I have a slightly shifty neighbour, you know, the sort you wouldn’t ask to look after the house if you were away. He’s a Man City fan and I have to say I didn’t feel very sorry for him. 9pm and there’s a...

So this evening I walk past my car to find that I have a parking ticket. A bit strange as I have a residents permit (although not displayed in the window but that has never been an issue). I check my emails to find a request to renew that I must have passed by. No excuse really, I'll have to pay...

Well, as if somehow to say a limp sorry for stealing August from us devotees, there is another month of cricket as the Test team head to Pakistan. It doesn't seem like long ago that we were there. December 2022. A series in which Bazball actually worked, results happened, and the matches were...

Some of my job depends on knowing the weather. But I can never work out the best and most detailed places to look. I used to swear by the Met, but it's not that great these days. No rainfall showing in Brighton on the live maps, so unless the above neighbour has had an external shower fitted...

I have a very old toilet, which has been fine. But in recent times it has been seemingly filling for a few seconds then stopping. It's now doing it very minute. Stop start. I guess the only solution is to call a plumber out, but given that my water bills have jumped £30 a month, I'm guessing I...

The debate concerning what constitutes a 'big club' is often settled by emotions, bias and prejudice. But setting aside the last two, if there were 22 slots available (as in the old times) what would be the Division One, based on your life experience and feelings, that would feel the most...

Sussex have their first interest here since 2021, and the opportunity to win their first title in the competition since 2009, and their first major title since... well that. In their way are Somerset who will be hoping to become the first team to retain the title, Gloucestershire, and our dear...

Final helping of the Test summer. England unchanged apart from the bizarre, but perhaps brilliant, selection of Josh Hull. I wonder that there is something of the George Garton there in the selection and that the management feel he will suit the Oval pitch with its pace and bounce. In the...