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@kevinosulliva11 @ATokkers5 It was in the `Finsbury Park Super Tent` I think they called it.

@thomasFreader @ATokkers5 It says it was “live from Finsbury Park “. Was the fight in a venue in FP or in the park itself ? I ask because I’m from there and never remember boxing in the park . Watson hails from close to N4 too so would have been a nice local evening for him. Great win.

37 years ago Michael Watson knocked out Nigel Benn in Round 6 to win the Commonwealth Middleweight Title The first loss in Benn's career

@DCsportsvalue @ATokkers5 It's only a vauge memory on that score. I remember the winnings certainly. I did bet quite early and I had my bet with a contact of a guy I worked with who had a sort of unlicensed private bookie he used himself for chunky tax free wagers on horses.

@thomasFreader @ATokkers5 He wasn't 7/1 ....... I worked in the betting industry at the time, it was generally 1/3 Benn 9/4 Watson and 33's the Draw. Possibly a bit of 5/2 about for MW but nowhere near 7/1. I too had a small bet on Watson, he actually helped Benn become the fighter he became later on

@gamecounsel @ma11eta £350k for Canary Wharf property? Please send a link asap!!!

@ma11eta There's definitely not a shortage of homes for first time buyers at that price point. Nobody who can service a £700k mortgage wants a home with views over a Morrisons car park. Canary Wharf properties are available at half the price. Madness.

I still can't quite believe that anyone thought 13 tower blocks of up to 20 storeys each, slap bang in the middle of Peckham town centre, comprising 790 leasehold flats selling for £700k a piece was ever a good idea.

@tomhfh There are `Railway Workers` cottages in Primrose Hill for £2.5 million!!!

Why are investment bankers living in two up two downs in South London that were built for manual labourers? Because we haven’t built enough luxury housing. When we don’t build luxury homes, the houses that used to be for the everyman become the preserve of the elite. And everyone else moves *down* the chain. By building luxury homes we can move everyone *up* that chain.

@AngelInvestGuy @DuxVul You think people who buy £6+ million houses worry about tube proximity?

@DuxVul That’s partly it. This house is also in a bad location. 5 minutes from the Tube it could command 8-10 but it’s hard to get to and far from any transport

Hampstead was always foreign money Ultra High Net Worth people are leaving the UK, no new ones are coming in Top end of the property market is imploding

@HenryPryor It's a great location, the woods behind are beautiful and it's as close to feeling like the countryside as almost any place can in central london.

and it's still not sold! Seven agents have had a go at this. 2022 - £9.5m 2025 - £7.75m Last year £5.95m Today £4.99m Tomorrow ?

@andrew_lilico In which case sex with a goat but nobody knows is better as you have 30 seconds of horror instead of a life ruined. It’s obvious I’d say.

@thomasFreader You have not. Unless you want to have.

My son raised an interesting revealing dilemma today. Would you rather: a) Everyone believed, with certainty, that you had had sex with a goat. b) Actually have had sex with a goat, but no-one knows.

@MattTakeThree Bought a 20+ year Suzuki Jimny for £800. Never went to the garage with it, never serviced it (not even an oil change). Got it through 3 MOT's till the rust in the boot floor got too much. Some bloke bought it for £500 to fix up for his mum. Sad to see it go, happy it didn't die.

20yr old last month 191k on it Not seen a dealership for 16yr Not seen a garage for 8yr Never seen a flatbed No fault codes Modified £190pa insurance £50 to service That MPG. So, when should I drop £15-25k on something to save fuel costs?

@TheEXECUTlONER_ Found a lost dog outside our house one time and rang the dog rescue people who said that the Dog was reported missing about five minutes ago and they were around to collect him right away and he was back with his owners within about 25 minutes of being reported missing amazing.

This man lives next door to this yard. His neighbor’s two Doberman’s got out. He takes the time to round them up and bring them back to their yard. They are giving him a lot of grief. They seem friendly enough but they don’t want to go back inside, they want to play. You can tell this isn’t his first rodeo with them. To have a neighbor like this is being rich in life. What a great guy. Not only did he save them from possibly creating some havoc but he saved them from getting hurt. Having a neighbor like this, you just can’t put a price on that. 💯 Do you have neighbors that would go above and beyond like this and do this for you and your dogs?

@prodnose How many guns they find?

Millwall fans. The Surrey Canal Road when it was the Surrey Canal.

@airmainengineer As you come into the city airport, there are some blocks of flats right by the runway that as you’re coming in you can actually see what people are watching on television.

Runway 09 into London City ✈️ Definitely one of the most unique approaches in commercial aviation. Instead of the standard 3 degree glide path, London City requires a 5.5 degree steep approach straight into the middle of the city, bringing you incredibly low over the buildings during final approach!!✈️ On the Embraer we use a dedicated steep approach mode specifically designed for London City operations. Once activated, the aircraft deploys the spoilers in flight to help maintain the steeper descent profile. It’s a mode we only use for LCY operations, which makes every approach into this airport feel special in its own way. Combined with the short runway, surrounding buildings and often tricky weather conditions, London City landings are captain-only operations. During this approach I’m acting as Pilot Monitoring while the captain flies the aircraft and performs the landing. A small insight into what a London City approach looks and sounds like from the cockpit! Enjoy🙌🏽 With jasonphilipp

@SimonMagus You think Burnham will be able resist Reform? You think he’ll be more popular than Starmer by election time?

It depresses me but I fear Britain will have to go through another disastrous social democratic experiment, perhaps under the guise of Burnham's mythic "Manchesterism". There'll be rent controls, supermarket price caps, even higher minimum wages, a borrowing splurge to fund value-destroying schemes. Private development will be shoved aside unless it meets the plan and the state will try to direct the savings of ordinary families to their programme. We might get a wealth tax, probably in the form of a supercharged council tax system, and there'll be an assortment of windfall taxes as inflation surges on the back of higher and higher public borrowing. The only growth, which the state will brag about of course, will be growth from billions in inflationary spending by the government. At the end of this something may snap and the voters might turn to a return to radical liberalism again. Either that or Lord Woodhouselee's fear - the collapse of democracy and the return of tyranny.

@RepPatHarrigan I imagine the key issue is how does the manufacture guarantee stand for a multimillion pound aircraft? If there is a failure that results in a crash. A lot of time and legal money can be wasted far outside of the $40,000 cost mentioned I suppose..

For 20 years, a $6 knob that takes one hour to 3D print has been grounding Black Hawk helicopters four times a month, and the contractor responsible won't sell us the part or the IP rights to fix it ourselves. So instead, American taxpayers have been paying $40,000 every single time to replace the entire system, multiplied by four times a month, for two decades. That is NOT a procurement problem, that is a shakedown, and it is exactly why right to repair has to be in this year's NDAA.

@AndyWoodturner We use RM for Uk and international deliveries (about 6,000) orders a year and less than 50 times in a year do things go seriously wrong. They are actually amazingly good for the price. Obviously in any organisation sub par performance can occur. ‘Witless fuckers’ is unfair.

(paid for) 48 hrs, but they then deliver to an address 1 mile away, with a different postcode, and caused the problem as a result. Witless fuckers. So, anyway...I've just made a tool that would have cost £249.99 for a tenner. So...kind of worth all the fuss.

Last weekend I found something(s) on FB that I needed. Buying them new would have cost around £35 each. And there were 8 of them. Listing stated, "collection only". Messaged, politely, to ask if they'd post them. Seller replied, "OK. Let's say £3 for postage. But you'll have...

@IPhillips79 Excellent use of Jerry Sadowitz.

The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode Remixed by The Beatmasters, the song was written by Richard West and Colin Angus. Caused a wave of controversy with what was considered a bleak endorsement of recreational drug use "E's are good, E's are good". Despite a Radio 1 ban, still hit #1!

@frankbrunoboxer You look like a Century BOB of yourself.

Evening Okay looking for an entertaining caption. 30 years ago there would have been an advert Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet!! If someone can really make me laugh I'll get the office to send you something!!

@Raclure03 if you slow the video down it looks all normal.

Je dois vraiment commencer à être vieux, car sur ce coup mon cerveau refuse absolument de comprendre ce qu'il voit 😭😭😭