OT - What are you doing right now?

lousubcap said:

Battleborn said:

Things just got a little wild removing the backbone just now. 

I use a hatchet when it comes to spatching a turkey.  And definitely before the first adult supervisory beverage.

Happy Thanksgiving. 

GrateEggspectations said:

@tarheelmatt

Beauty. I can taste it from here. Crunchy, salty exterior with a melt-in-your-mouth interior. 

Canugghead said:

GrateEggspectations said:

@tarheelmatt

Beauty. I can taste it from here. Crunchy, salty exterior with a melt-in-your-mouth interior. 

huh?

CPFC1905 said:

It’s Ok, we’re back back back.  After an apparently never ending 13 days the PL returns to bring sunshine to your life, a lot like Eric Clapton offered but I assume without the chemical substance assistance.   So the big news is that Everton have been taken to the naughty step and deducted ten points. It’s to do with overspending against the profit and sustainability rules.  Several of the bigger clubs have been doing it for years, but with mea culpa and other sleight of hand have averted their own trip to the step of naughty.  Will this affect Everton?  In the long run, no because they are not worse than the three worst teams - so will recoup their league position, gradually.  Had it happened six months ago they would have been relegated and that would have absolutely nailed them.  Meh.

Saturday

Man City v Liverpool - straight out the traps with the big boys going at it.  Testy and goal laden, 3-2

Burnley v West Ham - things really need to change for The Clarets if they have any hope of staying up.  I don’t think the visiting Hammers will be in charitable mood and will seek to bag the three point with minimum fuss. 0-2

Luton v Palace - with players returning from injury you’d like to think the mighty Eagles will snaffle this game, but that’s not how it works - is it? The Hatters will see this as winnable and absolutely won’t yield. 0-1

Newcastle v Chelsea - it’s official, the Blues are alive and their tempestuous 4-4 with Citeh last time out demonstrates that.  Toon may not have enough - but it’ll be close.  Home advantage says 2-1, but that is far from certain.

Forest v Brighton - the hosts are in marginally better form than the media darlings so this could be close. The filthy fetid stinking Seagulls have lost their sparkle in the last month or so, maybe it’s the European commitments, maybe it’s karma? 1-1 

Sheff Utd v Bournemouth - a home win would be a major blow for Bournemouth as they try to heave clear of the relegation zone.  The Blades are right in it and proving to be tricky customers, despite their meagre points haul. A draw does not really help, but that’s OK as it’ll be 2-0.

Brentford v Arsenal - summary dismissal of mid-table mediocrity is the staple of successful, title winning teams.  Nothing short of a win for the Gunners is acceptable. 1-2 because they’ll make it hard for themselves.

Sunday

Spurs v Villa - hello, two defeats on the spin, is that the Spursy Spurs spirit surfacing?  You know it is. Villa will fancy this, big time because a win takes them to fourth, leapfrogging Spurs.  Nervy 2-3

Everton v Man Utd - febrile atmosphere at Goodison as the aggrieved Toffee fans spill their bile.  Maybe it works for the team and pushes them on,  maybe Man Utd remain the clown car they have been so far - albeit still 6th in the table (How??).  The one to watch, 2-2

Monday

Fulham v Wolves - dull dull dull.  It’ll happen and no one will notice. 0-1

There you go, a strong start and end to the weekend - then the other game happens.  Probably not the week to gamble the farm. And that’s OK.

Foghorn said:

Thank you for making my day yet again.  And there's no way Spurs lose to Villa.  They've had time to rebuild their pride as they reflected during the international break.  I'm thinking a nervy 1-0 win for Spurs.  And ditto for Man U.  They aren't very good but they are good enough to overcome Everton, even if the Evertonians' performance is enhanced by an additional butthurt factor.

lousubcap said:

Today is the 52nd anniversary of our own @dbCooper and his ransom parachute jump.  Time to celebrate.

A paragraph on his notoriety below:

Who Is D.B. Cooper?

A man who came to be known as D.B. Cooper used a bomb threat to hijack a flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle on November 24, 1971. After the jet landed in Seattle, passengers disembarked and $200,000 was placed on board, along with parachutes requested by the hijacker. The plane then took off for Mexico City. Mid-flight, Cooper jumped off the plane and subsequently disappeared. The FBI spent years investigating the case, which was called NORJAK, for Northwest Hijacking. Though hundreds of suspects were considered and $5,800 of the ransom money was found, the hijacker was never identified. In 2016, the FBI said it was closing its investigation, though this decision hasn’t dimmed public interest in Cooper.