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    [Food] Chili/hot sauces

    One of the many joys of living here in Mexico is testing out the home made sauces at your/the local street taco stands.
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    [Albion] Slade in Flame

    Unaware of the Walsall connection, I heard part of a Slade gig from the loo of a pub next door to where they were playing in Walsall when I was up there for a few ill fated months in 1970 at teachers training college
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    [Misc] Just eaten a spleen and lung roll in Palermo.

    The joys of living in Mexico is very much the food - ant larva, caterpillers, grasshoppers and various other insects - if it moves you can eat it!! Not forgetting the more normal stuff, snake, armadillo, testicles and maize funghi!!
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    [Albion] Most Successful Pen Taker.

    Kit Napier - who also must be our leading direct from a corner goal scorer
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    [Albion] Evening games - does the aggravation make it worth attending?

    Evening home games good for me when tied to a Saturday home game as well, flying in, allows me when I come over to, catch 2 home games - though choice this year of Forest & Villa games wasn't the best..... and actually rail down from London over the weekend to & from Victoria via Littlehampton...
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    [Politics] Anyone cancelled a trip or been put off booking a trip to the US since Trump was elected?

    Just got a bit more difficult (back to long queues in imigration) as I now can't renew my Global Entry, as British Citizens who are permanent residents of Mexico have seemingly become undesirables, likely AI at play.......which I have fallen foul of recently with several banks who also have put...
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    [Albion] Any special effort for the Forest match?

    Heathrow & BA funtioning properly for when I fly in on Thursday....
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    O/T Brighton Scouts Gang Shows 1970s

    I was in the 44th as well, but when we used to be in Patcham school, was involved as was my dad in renovating the scout hut you mention (small old factory or warehouse as I recall), which became the 44ths home in 69 or 70. Gordon Stoner of the 2nd was a good friend of our leader Keith Fakes and...
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    [Albion] Quarter Final Time and Date [Saturday 29th March - 5:15pm]

    Got my ticket and one for the the Villa game, so flying in from Mexico.
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    [Music] Things that you have kept from your childhood

    All my old school reports from Carden & Varndean, as well as some scouts stuff from the 44th, espcially my Tarzan certificate.
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    [Albion] FA Cup Fifth Round

    Indeed Crottin and Sancerre is a wonderful and local combination!!
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    [Albion] Bart Verbruggen SINGS a 5-year deal

    Maresca may want him but Maresca is likely to be out of a job at the end of the season......
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    [Technology] Can you remember what phones you've had in the past? Post pictures of the old and interesting ones!

    No photo but I remember when we got a black phone for the first time back in the sixties and had it's table in the hall and one answered "Brighton......" and spoke very politely and just for a few minutes.....
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    [Albion] Premier League 25-27/2/25

    They created absolutely nothing against Arsenal (who were also poor), they work hard & are well organised but really not a top team, despite a certain result....
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    [Film] Film 2025

    Saw the Brutalist yesterday, thought it was very good and Adrien Brody brilliant, will give Sonic the Hedgehog 3 a miss.
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    [Albion] Japanese fan visits

    As the old saying goes: "Warmed the cockles of my heart"
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    [Music] Your first ever (proper) gig?

    Either very early Jethro Tull or more likely one of John Mayalls Blues Breakers at the Dome in the 60s
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    [Misc] What Book are you Currently Reading?

    Time's Echo by Jeremy Eichler, a look at how music (e.g Britten's War Requiem) may be the longstanding way we remember 2nd World War and the Holocaust as we get further away from it. A challenging read but very moving.
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    [Food] Beloved sweets, drinks and treats from your past

    Smiths crisps with the little blue bag of salt

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