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Shaffer92 said:
He's coming. "Blisters" on his second day back at training, cmon.. Though I still cant wrap my head around why we're in for him over Kane though.. If Bernardo has found a club then it would make more sense to me, but it certainly seems like there isn't a big, if any of a market out there for him this summer.
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Blisters are on his knees !
 
Centurions said:
I was going to say you don't need to be a history fan to know any of that, but on second thoughts you're sadly correct.
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You know, I've studied and taught history one way or another all my life, but I wouldn't be able to tell you off the top of my head and without Wikiing it the exact date for the Fire of London (it's in Charles II's reign, and early in it, that's as good as I can do), as for the plague and Henry VIII, that doesn't actually make any sense. Date of birth for Henry? Date when he acceded to the throne? (that I can do), date when he died? (that too). But it could be any of those questions. The plague came and went many times in European history — there was a virulent bout of it in London in the 1660s, but it was around on and off for centuries before that. Trafalgar and Waterloo should be a piece of piss for any British person who's taken a passing interest in history. Victoria's accession to the throne is a slightly tricky one. People identify Victoria with the entire 19th century, and it's slightly surprising to find that she came on to the scene way into the century. One that would stump most non-historians, or avid readers of history, I suspect, without looking it up, would be who came before her? Because he is a complete non-entity.

(I'm a bit bored with the never ending story Jack and will-he-won't-he, that's why I've gone totally off topic without anyone actually having invited it…)
 
Sam Lee has been taking nothing but shit off of Villa fans for days now. I think it's unprofessional but fuck it if he wants to troll those abusive pricks then go ahead I say.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
You know, I've studied and taught history one way or another all my life, but I wouldn't be able to tell you off the top of my head and without Wikiing it the exact date for the Fire of London (it's in Charles II's reign, and early in it, that's as good as I can do), as for the plague and Henry VIII, that doesn't actually make any sense. Date of birth for Henry? Date when he acceded to the throne? (that I can do), date when he died? (that too). But it could be any of those questions. The plague came and went many times in European history — there was a virulent bout of it in London in the 1660s, but it was around on and off for centuries before that. Trafalgar and Waterloo should be a piece of piss for any British person who's taken a passing interest in history. Victoria's accession to the throne is a slightly tricky one. People identify Victoria with the entire 19th century, and it's slightly surprising to find that she came on to the scene way into the century. One that would stump most non-historians, or avid readers of history, I suspect, without looking it up, would be who came before her? Because he is a complete non-entity.

(I'm a bit bored with the never ending story Jack and will-he-won't-he, that's why I've gone totally off topic without anyone actually having invited it…)
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Damn sight more interesting too.
 
I’ve gone complete 360 on this deal. Im once again very calm and sure he will sign. If he was gonna stay at villa we would know by now imo
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
You know, I've studied and taught history one way or another all my life, but I wouldn't be able to tell you off the top of my head and without Wikiing it the exact date for the Fire of London
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Well, there were loads of fires of London, but THE fire was 1666, Pepys burying his cheese, Pudding Lane, The Monument and all that.

As for the others, I was deliberately vague about some, Henry VIII for example was representative of pages 1491 to 1547, while some were more specific like 1805 and 1815.

God, I hope I'm correct with these dates, no doubt I'll be told if I'm not!
 
happy said:
Well, there were loads of fires of London, but THE fire was 1666, Pepys burying his cheese, Pudding Lane, The Monument and all that.

As for the others, I was deliberately vague about some, Henry VIII for example was representative of pages 1491 to 1547, while some were more specific like 1805 and 1815.

God, I hope I'm correct with these dates, no doubt I'll be told if I'm not!
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Nope, you're on it, and I was in the right ball park for the Great Fire. What's surprising is that it didn't happen earlier, if anything. By the way: fantastic read, Daniel Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year. Reads like a piece of front-line Kate Adie BBC reporting. And he wrote it about fifty years after the event. An incredible piece of reconstructive journalism.
By the way, we've recently gone past the page on this thread when effectively, state education, free and obligatory for all children in England, was introduced. Significantly more important than any of those other dates in its long-term effect on society.

Has Hairband stopped dithering yet?
 
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Villa linked with Tammy Abraham, deals in the pipeline for Bailey. Not a chance they are signing them without selling Grealish. They will get them through the door before letting Grealish go.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Nope, you're on it, and I was in the right ball park for the Great Fire. What's surprising is that it didn't happen earlier, if anything. By the way: fantastic read, Daniel Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year. Reads like a piece of front-line Kate Adie BBC reporting. And he wrote it about fifty years after the event. An incredible piece of reconstructive journalism.

Has Hairband stopped dithering yet?
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I was not aware of that book, I will search it out (look on Amazon).

No, has he thump.
 
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