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...well might have been a friendly visit, so I opened it !

Ha ha - he was quite persistent. At the time it was a hassle, true. After seeing him in NL I googled him and he's wanted by Interpol for fraud in Germany and Spain, I never trusted him I have to say.

RD - that's funny. And symptomatic of my (then) relationship with Charlie. Bizarrely, on a separate occasion, Charlie did attack me with a wooden pole (snapped off a broom) as per the Peter Sellers film, he knocked on the door of my bedsit and when I opened it the sharp broken end speared towards my face. Luckily I lived in a constant state of readiness for the arrival of said Charlie-boy. I had some chain nunchuckas hung on back of door (as opposed to my japanese hardwood chord set, which were hung on the wall) so I used these to parry the pole and gain possession of it as the chain links bit into the wood. On that occasion he ran off, having been de-tooled.

Sagres shandy as it happens.

There was a guy Charlie in my hometown who I scrapped with regularly, I had to always be on the lookout because he wouldn't announce himself before he attacked, I usually got the better of him which is why he was always after more - to get his revenge. He would vanish to the Gents and come back with a tool, he had 'me hidden in cisterns in the main (rough) watering holes. Couple of decades later I'm heading with a mate to Amsterdam for a chilled weekend. Who should appear in the queue getting off the plane but Charlie, who I'd already told my companion about many times. Charlie showed us where a good bar was, we played pool, got drunk etc. Then just as we were walking out of the bar to find next bar/club, Charlie said oh hold on a mo I've just got to pop in to the loo. Charlie had already said he's a regular at that bar. So I said to my mate let's run, we ran about 2 miles to a hotel and I was shitting myself at next bar that he'd turn up armed. Didn't see him tho, thank heavens. Blast from the past.

"How about if you're a Filipino stick fighting expert? Half a cue in each hand might be handy". Eskrima innit. Breaking the cue in two wastes time tho.

One ball in each hand is sufficient, swinging things around like cues and filled socks is in the movies. You may want to use the cue to break a couple of the windows, that'll get people calling the police - handy if you think you're gonna be requiring rescue from the situation.

Very few men can cover 100 press ups.

I remember a kateda class I went to with my karate chums on IOW on mid-eighties. We thought the whole thing was a joke, what with squatting on your toes and the weird stances. Then, the leader SId who's the strongest puncher in our group and we have him Dave who had scary power, the leader tool his top off and told Dave to bit him in the stomach, harder, harder, harder. We couldn't believe the guy's resilience because Dave had broke many people with lesser power than that. We respected their form a bit more after that, though it was at odds with Gojo Ryu - I think they said Kateda was from Iraq or something.

We don't want riff-raff in our cinema, so sod the benches idea.

If you wanna go to ED cinema it's ?x. If you wanna go to Peckham cinema it's ?y. Your choice.

One to watch this weekend is Hassan N'Dam v David Lemieux in Montreal. Both are extremely talented, Lemieux having had the better exposure recently. I'd say war on this one. The contest is for the vacant IBF MW belt, stripped from Jermaine Taylor after his gun-related arrest and charges that followed. Whoever wins, I'm almost certain will challenge GGG to unify at MW, these guys have balls in spades and can trade all night. I'd say Lemieux v GGG would be 50/50.

BNG - I have a trailer now so would like the wood if you have no other takers. These feckin trees are useful after all.

WTF do the council plant tress 4 feet form the external wall of a house, it's basically criminal damage by stealth. Finally got rid of the 45ft tree which was 6ft from front of my house, the bastad - only goo dthing about that tree was the tonne of wood I've got seasoning for year after next's Xmas.

Broner v Porter this weekend. Any predicitions ? My guess is Broner gets stopped. I think Broner's a better boxer but Porter gets through with a couple of those looping shots and Broner can't keep him off and is too small, a lightweight recently. Even this contest is already having weight 'politics'.

I think there's too much focus on career defining fights, Froch has fought everyone at his weight and done extremely well. Even if he'd beaten Ward I wouldn't call that career defining - Ward for all his skill is a boring dirty fighter. Beating GGG might be regarded as impressive by some, about as impressive as GGG dragging-up Lara from LMW and beating him. The multi-belts make all these inter-weight fights more plausible, but I don't like it. Look at Canelo amusing the system, Cotto is a joke 'middleweight', whole thing stinks, including Froch v GGG. Aaaaah, feel better for that rant...

Also if you play techno on car stereo it make a you go faster.

I concede I use Cheyne Walk route but different bridge. They key is what time you leave. I am regularly in Wiltshire and leave EARLY if going on a Saturday (Friday eve is a nightmare). Isusally leave 0530 and get to SN12 for 0730. ED, Camberwell, Oval, Vauxhall Bridge, Embankment to where houseboats are (where you're forced to head North to A4), A4 through hammesrmith flyover, Chiswick, M4.

"Crushed and De-valued"

Sure it's not bindweed ?

Yup. If a bloke's threatening you, you can't afford to hang around to find out if he's suffering mental health issues (how would you really know?) or had a bad day.

Bag it in builders bags, store temporarily on road, fix the yard, put bags back on yard, find someone(Council/private) to dispose of bags. Green waste can go in brown wheelie bins. Ask a neighbour if you've not got a brown bin.

Who is organising Crystal Palace Road Big Lunch ? If someone could PM me a contact no. I'd appreciate it, a friend wants to put up a stall there.

Talk to the guys, no need to get heavy just ask them what they're up to and will they pls leave your garden in condition they found it - or ask them to keep to garden they're fixing if that what you want.

I've been looking at Defenders recently, that one looks like a 110. Nice.