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1 hour ago, Scratch said:

The Sudafed nasal spray (Snuffy Puffer as my wife calls it) is absolute magic and will clear your nose, head a sinuses in 2 minutes.

But, I’ve found it takes me a lot longer to get rid of the cold than it otherwise would. Well worth it for a bit of relief when you need it though.

I got told off by the Doctor the other week for using Sudafed. He said you get instant relief, but it prolongs healing (that can cause other issues), which pretty much is what you said

Knock lemsip on the head, alternate paracetamol and ibuprofen every two hours and suck on a fisherman’s friend 

Every now and then get a big bowl of hot water, put in a couple of drops of albas oil, then put your head over it with a towel covering you up. The vapours will break up the congestion and it will all drip down your face into the bowl. Then a hot shower to clear any leftovers 

I’m going to pick this up I think. Does anyone know - can you download other users created wrestlers? I remember you could ten years ago so I would just download the old ECW guys that others have created. Just wondering if that’s still a thing in these 2K games 

40 minutes ago, King Coconut said:

Think of the potential Marys!

Incidentally, my nan was called Mary and my mother Cath. That tells you all you need to know about that trick.

I changed the names in my post just to limit amount of personal info out there but yeah their real names are common so you’re absolutely right. Still, the hit rate on the names is pretty incredible

@ScratchI’ve seen quite a bit of James Randi, love that guy. Unbelievable that grifters would go on his show and think they could pull one over on him

Perhaps this lady just enjoyed fooling people like you mention, which is really cruel. Just seems bizarre to me, she was a quiet lady in her 50s. 

Has anyone had any experience with psychics before?

Fifteen years ago I was preparing VAT returns for a company in Basingstoke, I’d go to their site for a couple of days every three months.

There was a lovely accounts clerk there, must have been in her 50s, and one day said to me “I need to talk to you about something and I hope I don’t freak you out”. I said ok and honesty as a young stud in my early twenties I thought she was hitting on me

She said “Mary wants you to know Cath is ok”. I was completely bemused as I didn’t know any Marys so just stared blankly back at this lady. She then said “Your Grandma”. 

This then sent a shiver down my spine because my Grandma, who’s name was Victoria Mary had died a year earlier, which was maybe five years after her daughter, my Auntie Cath died. 

This lady then explained that she can talk to dead people. I didn’t believe her and kept quizzing her. She told me details about her house that I don’t think you would guess (for example Grandma’s house had a big front garden but no back garden, that’s quite unusual isn’t it? And this lady knew that) but then she also told me stuff that didn’t make sense, like one of my cricket coaches was there too. I played cricket for one season when I was about 12, why would he give a fuck about me?

She swore me to secrecy as she didn’t want people to know she had this gift. She said she’s told people before and they just don’t leave her alone. She said she loves it as she can still ask her family for advice even though they’re dead

Every time I went back i’d ask more questions and some things would work but other things would be bollocks

So overall I don’t know what to think honestly. Firstly, I don’t understand why she would do this to deceive me, it’s not like I paid her or anything, and as mentioned she wouldn’t even let me tell other people about it. And how (and why) would she get my name then try and track down what my Grandma’s house looked like?

But then if it is true why did my Grandma give her her middle name rather than her first name? And then all the stuff that I just couldn’t tie up. I’d say she had a 50% hit rate

Has anyone been to a psychic before? If so how was it and what’s your thought about it?

Bob Fleming’s Country Favourites - I’d have bought the album

Yeah he’s in some deathmatch tournament tonight in Hull! If it wasn’t the other end of the country I’d have been tempted with that 

Past Lives is now on Netflix. I’ve heard it’s alright 

I think it says something about the current state of Marvel that the Fantastic Four announcement is relegated to a tweet with (from what I’ve seen) not a lot of fanfare. Years ago it would have been a big deal at some big comic con or something 

I watched four episodes of Loki and not sure I can carry on. I’m just lost all the time and honestly I don’t even know what’s going on. I asked a mate and he said “dunno, I think they’re saving time!” Fucking wish I had and not bothered 

Last one from me for a while as I’m taking over a bit

My Grandad on my Dads side lived on his own for a while in a little village called Kintbury.

One night a police helicopter was hovering over his house in the middle of night. Literally one of the most exciting things to ever happen in Kintbury. He got out of bed and looked out the window, it was just circling around his street.

He went outside and just watched it for a few minutes. It started to move down the street and he followed it, as did a few other neighbours. It hovered a little longer, threatened to land in a nearby field but then as quick as it arrived it disappeared again. 

So my Grandad and a few neighbours were down the street, all speculating as to what was happening as they walked back to their houses. Grandad got home and realised he was just in a pair of underpants 

I know I’ve been brought up on Butlins but I like the look of that

32 minutes ago, JLM said:

Oh also on the looking ahead/Feb front,  NJPW New Beginning on Saturday has Brian Danielson vs Zack Sabre Jr. in the Wrestledream rematch. Their first match was a highlight of 2023 for me so very much looking forward to it. 

I personally only follow Raw and Smackdown in recap/highlight form and watch the PPVs in full. There are definitely some belting hidden TV matches on those shows though, so I'm hoping if this thread becomes a monthly occurrence people can point some of them out too. 

Absolutely! Also on that show is the ten man cage match between United Empire and Bullet Club War Dogs which will hopefully be good!

And re Raw and SD, that’s what I’m partly hoping for with this thread, uncovering the hidden gems. I don’t have access to WWE TV (nor the time!) so hopefully we get some good recommendations in here 

Crikey, what a month

It will of course be remembered for the news from outside the ring. Two industry changing events within a week - the abhorrent Vince McMahon allegations and subsequent resignation from WWE, and signing of the massive Netflix deal. We also had a TNA rebirth, and one of NJPW's biggest stars Kazuchika Okada confirming he was off to pastures new.

There was a lot of stuff to talk about inside the ring too, and that's what I will focus on here.

2023 I was a bit lost personally and just watched the odd AEW show and WWE PLE. By the end of the year I was wanting more and promised myself I'd start 2024 with Wrestle Kingdom to see if that reignited my passion, and it did (despite it not being an amazing show)! Since then I have gobbled up as much wrestling as possible and here are my thoughts (spoiler tagged so you don't have a big wall of text)

My top 10 of January 2024 

Deathmatch Corner

Looking ahead to February

So what did you enjoy in January? What did I miss? What were your favourite matches?

Has anyone watched anything on Prime since the adverts have started? I just wondered if it’s lots of adverts at the start and then uninterrupted show, or if there are adverts every 15 minutes through the show?  

I absolutely LOVED Bryan Danielson vs Hechicero!! What a match! I’ve watched so much wrestling recently and this just felt so different to everything else. Bryan Danielson really is the GOAT

Having not really seen much of Hechicero a week ago I am now completely mesmerised by him. I love his look, his entrance, his movez - just everything is great. Even the way he nonchalantly rolled out the ring when Claudio ran in was awesome. More of this guy please Tony!

The main event was great too. Collision is awesome at the moment 

Not me but a friend told me this a while back. 

Back in the early 00’s him and a mate were groundworkers and used to go “dumping”. Apparently you could start a particular type of those dumper truck things with a 50p coin, so they’d go out in the middle of the night on building sites / roadworks etc, nick the dumpers and park them on a driveway nearby or supermarket car parks. Once they even left one in the middle of a roundabout 

Loving those truck pictures. Next time I go to my Step Mums house I’ll see if I can find any of the old man’s. I’m sure he had an ERF and then a Volvo

Anyway the minor crimes thread reminded me of this

In the 80s my Grandad was a bit of a nomad and lived on his own in a caravan. He’d follow the work so could essentially live anywhere and tow his caravan wherever he needed / wanted. During the 80s he was living in Greenham near Newbury. One night he drove to a mates house, had a few beers, and drove home. Just as he was getting close to home he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a big gate. He quickly got into reverse, turned around and made it home. 

Half hour later there were helicopters and sirens blaring nearby. Unbeknownst to Grandad he’d crashed into a gate that was the entrance to where the Greenham Air Base Womens Peace Camp was and they thought they were under attack.

It was a bad night for Mr Wardlow. Komander misjudged the Phoenix Splash and landed on Wardlow’s throat / face which looked absolute horrible. And if that wasn’t enough it looks like he tweaked his knee on the powerbomb at the end

I hope he’s not injured, that’s the last thing he needs. And Undisputed Kingdom will suck even more without him

I was a dad at 18 so missed those partying years other teenagers enjoy. When the relationship broke down and I was single without a child full time I made up for lost time and went out on the town most nights.

One night out I was at Liquid nightclub in Newbury. My body is mid twenties but in my head I’m 18, like everybody else in the club, because I’m new to all this

I try showing off by sliding all the way down the bannister (that’s what cool kids do isn’t it?) to get out at the end of the night, but halfway down the entire bannister comes off the wall. I end up in a heap, other drunk teens are falling and there’s just noise and confusion everywhere

Before I realise what’s happening a bouncer is holding me up in the air shouting in my face. He carries me down and pins me against the wall and calls the police. My heads spinning with the drink and I just stand there like a naughty school boy. The nightclub owner walks down in a big coat like he’s some gangster, and after what seems like ages they decide to just take my photo, send it all the other bouncers, and gave me a lifetime ban from the club! 

The backlash this has caused is crazy! Every single post by Rock, WWE, HHH etc on social media is bombarded by negative comments. Crowd reaction at Raw tomorrow night will be interesting

They really are in a corner now. I’m not sure I see a pivot to a three way. It’s possible but Rock vs Reigns is a bloodline feud not title feud

If they change anything I imagine it will be double duty for Roman. Drops the title to Cody on Night 1 and then has Rock on night two, that way if the match is shit they can play on the fact Roman is knackered from the previous night. 

I’m guessing they’re petrified of accidentally turning Rock so rather than have him win the Rumble etc they got Cody to hand him Wrestlemania on a silver platter. It’s what Cody wants! Corkhill.gif

Further to @Merzbow post in the Vince thread, POST wrestling is my favourite wrestling podcast. I nominated them in the awards for 2023. 

You may have heard of The LAW radio show / podcast from years ago, POST wrestling kind of started when LAW died, with John Pollock and Wai Ting leading.

They have a wide variety of shows, some behind a paywall but most not. Check them out 

Argylle 

One thing I learnt a few years ago is often ignorance comes from a place of self preservation rather than malice. Some people have such hard lives or worries that they simply can’t bear to take on any other stress and block it out. I’m not commenting on if that’s a good or a bad thing just the reality of what’s going on with some people. And problems are relative too - what could be a minor niggle to you can be extremely stressful to somebody else. So try not to get too down if people close to you don’t seem interested in the worlds problems, everyone is different 

FWIW I am really getting a lot from all contributions to this thread, thank you

10 hours ago, Dr. Alan Grant said:

The Lost Boys - Keifer Sutherland has never looked cooler. Nor has anyone else. Well, maybe the saxophone guy. Awesome soundtrack too. 

When he appears I was a bit -

“Am I…..gay?!”

But Jami Gertz looks absolutely incredible in the crowd, that scene is a feast for the eyes whatever you fancy!