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On a stage. Fucking diabolical. I don’t know why we couldn’t just go to a normal pub.

This also felt out of date, and no offence intended to anyone, but that part of the northeast is fucking weird.

Well, it's deprived and shat on in every recession if that's what you mean by weird.

And when it had money it was from the most dirty and dangerous industries

I should have been more clear. I was being very specific about that area of Middlesbrough - down by the river and the stadium. The semi-reclaimed brownfield site.

Over the Border

That's it.

One of our Technicians landed himself a final written warning when our boss got a letter through the post because one of our pool cars - at that time booked out to the Technician - had been clocked and stopped driving very slowly "over the border".

I used to go and watch Boro

Sorry, that's something you'll likely never recover from.

There are a few things from that 18months that will live with me forever, tbh.

This also felt out of date, and no offence intended to anyone, but that part of the northeast is fucking weird.

There are a few things from that 18months that will live with me forever, tbh.

If you don’t understand the area or like it or feel traumatised don’t go back. Stay in more civilised areas that don’t challenge your values.

Tbh, anyone who doesn't view the c.2001 "Over the Border" area a bit strange, well I find that strange in itself in all honesty. It was far from a "normal" area; like the parts of the west side of the Leeds city centre, towards the ring road.

That part of Leeds is changed nowadays, and I know there was a lot of public realm work in the pipeline for the Tees banks.

You're assuming incorrectly that the second sentence was intended to be negative; it was a formative time for me and some of the experiences were fantastic.

In the news, Greg Wallace has unfollowed his masterchef co-host John on twitter.

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I don't want to interrupt the flow of important news but Korea declaring martial law can't be super awesome.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn38321180et

Describing it as 'going for the nuclear option' made my heart jump. Oh, wait, they aren't the ones with the nukes.

This will undoubtedly impact Tik Tok, anyone holding should sell IMO.

Yeah. The right wing guy declares martial law because the left are not agreeing to his budget therefore they are NK sympathisers and BTW ignore his family corruption charges.

Fuck. Korea is always ahead of things.

Yeh yeh, all very important, but the BBC have just cancelled Xmas Masterchef!!!111!!

Cheer up. The death penalty for white collar crimes is now a thing. This is an international trend I get behind.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd753r47815o

So if she pays back 75% she’s still a billionaire?

Yes. With life in prison, no parole. No idea if they have billionaire jails in Vietnam but it's probably not fun. Maybe better than being dead though... who's to say.

Their parliament has voted to block the move for martial law.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn38321180et

Looks like it’s done.

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Oh good. Checks and balances work.

What the heck is going on in SK?