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Dear Piers, Congrats from me too. though i don't know you, I think i was with you at least once over the weekend - not I think the forum drinkies (were you there?) or even the fair but from what i heard you were at Wembley on Sat. As a stevenage boy I was there too. 2-0 dowm, 3-2 win. Magic.


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Thanks Citizen. I couldn't make the drinks as I was busy destroying huguenot and all his old pals at his stag do.

But we got 8 of us down to wembley in the end (a couple of no-shows sadly) and it was a fantastic experience, brilliant turnout from both sets of fans. I'm actually a Letchworth boy but as we had no real team it was always Broadhall Way for us.


Great game too, though I suspect Huguenot's still sulking just a tiny bit.

(not as much a Neil Warnock though, ho ho "What goes around comes around and maybe Chelsea will win the FA Cup and AC Milan the Champions League." Silly man.)

Oh, the cost of those huge Irish weddings. I have just been talking to a colleague about the hugeness of the whole thing.


The sandwiches and tea at 3 am are a particularly good touch to keep you going.


Of course the non-Irish contingent will need to be instructed to learn a song.


But you knew that already.

Oh indeedy!


:))


Happiest Yoda in the world I am!


La Preghiera was apparently the 5th best place to get married in the world, according to last year's Independent. As DM would say, Tuscany is so last year


Magical day is 9th June. Honeymoon in SA. Got to buy a bloody impressive wildlife lens for the camera as special treat. Mockers, which one should I get?


Harrumph. No dancing emoticon. :))

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