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scrubbedexpat141 May 28th 2014 9:21 pm

Re: World Cup Predictions
 

Originally Posted by Inselaffen (Post 11280092)
I predict that I won't get ripped off by Du to pay for their extortionate coverage of games that will be on when people are sleeping.

I will. I ****ing love World Cups. I'm staying up, watching on catch up, the works. The only thing left to buy is the Sticker Album (available in MOE Virgin) and a wall chart to write in all the scores.

Bahtatboy May 28th 2014 9:23 pm

Re: World Cup Predictions
 

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 11280180)
I will. I ****ing love World Cups. I'm staying up, watching on catch up, the works. The only thing left to buy is the Sticker Album (available in MOE Virgin) and a wall chart to write in all the scores.

I have the full set of Esso(?) 1970 coins. But I was 12 at that time.

scrubbedexpat141 May 28th 2014 9:40 pm

Re: World Cup Predictions
 

Originally Posted by Bahtatboy (Post 11280184)
I have the full set of Esso(?) 1970 coins. But I was 12 at that time.

My Mum once collected Esso tokens for months and months because it gave either fuel tokens or Boots vouchers or something.

By the time she had enough for what she wanted, they'd finished most of the big promo's and all that was left was shit...OR....Toy cars for me!

TheShed May 28th 2014 9:52 pm

Re: World Cup Predictions
 

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 11280205)
My Mum once collected Esso tokens for months and months because it gave either fuel tokens or Boots vouchers or something.

By the time she had enough for what she wanted, they'd finished most of the big promo's and all that was left was shit...OR....Toy cars for me!

Tiger tokens!!! I remember when I was new to work and driving all over the UK, I must have amassed about 30 pint tankards at one point :-)

martinbkk May 28th 2014 10:32 pm

Re: World Cup Predictions
 
Getting a bit off topic :D

Green shield stamps and perhaps rarer, Pink Paraffin stamps :blink:

I remember those golden days of GSS during rampant inflation in the UK when after the weekly shop the girl at the checkout would punch buttons into the mystical machine mounted above the till and a seemingly endless stream of the green perforated sheets would spew forth. Then we'd hurry home to spend a happy hour licking them all and filling another book (Hmm, maybe where I developed a fascination for licking :p )

Then there was the GSS catalogue, page upon page of goodies, and only 150 books for a garden chair!!! :confused:

the_red_sheep May 28th 2014 11:05 pm

Re: World Cup Predictions
 

Originally Posted by Inselaffen (Post 11280092)
I predict that I won't get ripped off by Du to pay for their extortionate coverage of games that will be on when people are sleeping.

I really don't want to pay Du/OSN the ridiculous prices either.

Do the BBC and ITV stream the games live on iPlayer and what ever the ITV version of iPlayer is called?

Inselaffen May 29th 2014 12:46 am

Re: World Cup Predictions
 

Originally Posted by the_red_sheep (Post 11280292)
I really don't want to pay Du/OSN the ridiculous prices either.

Do the BBC and ITV stream the games live on iPlayer and what ever the ITV version of iPlayer is called?

try filmon.com

Sandboy May 29th 2014 6:28 am

Re: World Cup Predictions
 

Originally Posted by the_red_sheep (Post 11280292)
I really don't want to pay Du/OSN the ridiculous prices either.

Do the BBC and ITV stream the games live on iPlayer and what ever the ITV version of iPlayer is called?

Try an app called live sports tv

Boomhauer May 29th 2014 6:52 am

Re: World Cup Predictions
 
Germany will win.

Brains1983 May 29th 2014 9:57 pm

Re: World Cup Predictions
 

Originally Posted by Boomhauer (Post 11280956)
Germany will win.

Germany have a pretty trough group, they should come through it OK mind. I reckon they'll go out in the last 16 v Belgium!

mentalist May 29th 2014 11:45 pm

Re: World Cup Predictions
 

Originally Posted by Boomhauer (Post 11280956)
Germany will win.

No they won't. It will be a Latino team more accustomed to the climate.

nonthaburi May 30th 2014 3:22 am

Re: World Cup Predictions
 

Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 11280180)
I will. I ****ing love World Cups. I'm staying up, watching on catch up, the works. The only thing left to buy is the Sticker Album (available in MOE Virgin) and a wall chart to write in all the scores.

I have a completed WC90 sticker album somewhere. Doing swapsies at school in the morning,"Got,got,got,need,got,got,need."

Those were the days!

Boomhauer May 30th 2014 10:26 am

Re: World Cup Predictions
 

Originally Posted by mentalist (Post 11281769)
No they won't. It will be a Latino team more accustomed to the climate.

Climate wise , Is it really much different in Brazil than Spain?

co durham boy May 30th 2014 8:11 pm

Re: World Cup Predictions
 

Originally Posted by Boomhauer (Post 11282703)
Climate wise , Is it really much different in Brazil than Spain?

Humidity and altitude depending on location i think

scrubbedexpat141 May 31st 2014 6:33 pm

Re: World Cup Predictions
 

Originally Posted by Boomhauer (Post 11282703)
Climate wise , Is it really much different in Brazil than Spain?

Apparently a UK newspaper compared the location of England's first game (Manaus?) and London.... it was 6 or 7 degrees hotter and 10% more humid.

Not enough for it to be an excuse.


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