24 miles of sheer unadulterated hell. Enjoy!

As this is the Happy thread, Happy Birthday to Henry Allingham, at 111 (tomorrow) Britain's oldest man and one of the last remaining World War 1 veterans.
BBC story

Ooooo, the dreaded Nelson. Don't tell David Shepherd.

Congratulations to the old warrior!

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Originally posted by .Dave.:
As this is the Happy thread, Happy Birthday to Henry Allingham, at 111 (tomorrow) Britain's oldest man and one of the last remaining World War 1 veterans.

There was an excellent feature about him on Radio 4's PM the other day.

I believe he's also the oldest man in the whole of Europe.

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Originally posted by SoniaA:
Finding that Tescos now sell 8 yr old Bacardi at £20 a bottle instead of paying £26 at an off-license.

Time for a chupeto (do apologise for my bad spelling) followed immediately by one of pear juice, beautiful.

I forgot to say - if you like rum you should try the Mount Gay stuff - it's very nice. What is a chupeto when it's at home btw?

Happy Birthday to the old soldier. I still remember that TV programme that was on a while ago with a few of those old guys talking away - I remember the old Harry Patch guy the most because he was from Somerset and he seemed such a gentle soul - so sad to think of what anyone went through in that war but he stuck in my mind the most.

Little coincidences - not really a GTTMUH but they make me think sometimes - like when I read about the old man's birthday on here, the night before I had watched the final episode of that Great War Blackadder when they finally went over the top. I was listening to a song by John Cale the other day called Gideon's Bible then when I looked up the first thing I saw was this giant big cross on the side of a church. I was thinking about a girl I know the other day then for the rest of the day her name kept cropping up on papers at work on the radio - hmmmm!

Harry Patch is still going I believe. The original 'All Quiet on the Western Front' is a fine film. Well worth watching.

GTTMMH

Watching Justine Henin play tennis. Power, skill & grace all in one tiny package.

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Originally posted by .Dave.:
As this is the Happy thread, Happy Birthday to Henry Allingham, at 111 (tomorrow) Britain's oldest man and one of the last remaining World War 1 veterans. BBC story

I'm glad to see he got a right fuss made over him.

Apparently, he attributes his longevity to Scotch, smoking, wild women and a sense of humour...

(I hope that the egregious Patricia Hewitt doesn't read this, or she'll be sending him a stiff note telling him off for setting such a bad example)

Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

Went to the test match today, and thanks to his efforts we got to see a full day of competitive play.

Windies did very well today. Will make the 4th Test interesting if they can pull off a shock tomorrow.

GTTMUH - winning a £125 suitcase for being the letter of the month winner in Sunday Times Travel Magazine!

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Originally posted by il ferret:
GTTMUH - winning a £125 suitcase for being the letter of the month winner in Sunday Times Travel Magazine!

Did you win a suitcase worth £125 or a suitcase with £125 cash in it

The former unfortunately, although the barstards haven't got in touch yet!

Henman losing

I've never been a fan of Henman but I actually felt really sorry for him. Will he even bother with Wimbeldon? Will anyone bother with Wimbeldon who's name doesn't begin with Roger & end in Federer?
*Sigh*

Hey Nadal stands a good chance, especially after winning the French Open!

my roma board game is AMAZING, tried to persuade my boyfriend to play it but he neither likes roma (why am i going out with him?!) nor can he read italian so it was a bit impossible

Nadal doesn't stand a chance.

TNGTTMUH: See 'A Minute's Silence', post at 17.04, 18th June.