taking an interest, sat in the Red Lion at Bugibba, Malta. Drinking beer.

Sorry to hear of Alans passing, though I knew that he was ill. A top man, and a decent bowler up at the Co-op club.
He will be missed by many friends.

I'm loving the wallpaper.

Firstly, thanks to Mr Storey for getting the image online for me. I was lent this photo from a former player called Bobby Corkill (second row from the back, 3 from the right.) Bobby and I now play bowls together at the Coop Club, and share a pint or two in the bar afterwards. He himself was unable t...

If he can play wide on the left, middle of the park, box to box and between the sticks as well. Then welcome to the mad house son.
Good luck.

Isn't there some geezer from radio Cumbria comes on here, to tell us what's what radiowise from time to time?
What's that bugger got to say over this farrago? Or has he gone deaf all of a sudden?
Eh? Speak up man.

I echo all of the above. A true gentleman and hard working with it.
Enjoy your retirement Dave, any chance of joining me on the bowling green over the road?

greenarmour wrote:Theres only one Phizzer , i know ,ive slept with him (pre Haverigg) !! He was a gentleman .

He means i greased it up before I put it in, and didn't wipe it on the curtains when I took it out.



.... the leg of lamb i'm talking about.

Holkerbird wrote:Legit? Don't post them from Haverigg Prison then.

Elaine, this chap Phizza and my good self are two different peeps. Never met the chap.

I often define z thusly. Even if injuries are more likely in games, the disparity in the number of hours is so great that you're still likely to get more injuries in training. Big bone-crunchers are far more likely in games, obviously, as are certain injuries from over-stretching etc - but other pr...

We pay players ~40w/yr, train 3 times a week and play ~50 games a year at 1h30 each. 75h/yr is spent playing, with 120 training sessions. So assuming injuries in training and playing are equally likely, there's a 1.6y chance of getting injured in training (where y is the number of hours in a standa...