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Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven

You know when somethings not meant to be right.
My clubs lowest ranked table tennis club have been brilliant all season and totally unexpectedly were top of their division with 3 games to go.
So , 3 weeks ago their best player lost an argument with a fork.lift truck.that ran over his foot.
Last week.during a match our team captain was taken ill and rushed to A and E and he had to concede his games.
Onto the last match of the season and they played their title rivals Rainford who confusingly played at Crawford. Now for those of you that have never heard of it , and why would you , Crawford is a tiny village that is a place where time has forgotten. It is absolutely in the middle of nowhere between Rainford and Skem. Bear in mind that they only got electricity in 2013 and its the sort of place where your your next door neighbour is your ex wife AND your cousin. I hope you are getting the picture.
Anyway I digress. We only needed 4 points to clinch the title so a 6-4 defeat would be fine.
1st match one of our lot pulls a calf muscle and has to concede his other 2 matches. 3 nil down. 5 of the other 7 games go to 5 sets and we lose every one of them to deuce losing the match 9-1 , absolutely unbelievable.
Whilst the home team looked for a sheep to slaughter as a salute to the table tennis gods I desperately looked for my car keys and hoped the sat nav worked.
Even Everton aren't this unlucky.
 
jazzy said:
You know when somethings not meant to be right.
My clubs lowest ranked table tennis club have been brilliant all season and totally unexpectedly were top of their division with 3 games to go.
So , 3 weeks ago their best player lost an argument with a fork.lift truck.that ran over his foot.
Last week.during a match our team captain was taken ill and rushed to A and E and he had to concede his games.
Onto the last match of the season and they played their title rivals Rainford who confusingly played at Crawford. Now for those of you that have never heard of it , and why would you , Crawford is a tiny village that is a place where time has forgotten. It is absolutely in the middle of nowhere between Rainford and Skem. Bear in mind that they only got electricity in 2013 and its the sort of place where your your next door neighbour is your ex wife AND your cousin. I hope you are getting the picture.
Anyway I digress. We only needed 4 points to clinch the title so a 6-4 defeat would be fine.
1st match one of our lot pulls a calf muscle and has to concede his other 2 matches. 3 nil down. 5 of the other 7 games go to 5 sets and we lose every one of them to deuce losing the match 9-1 , absolutely unbelievable.
Whilst the home team looked for a sheep to slaughter as a salute to the table tennis gods I desperately looked for my car keys and hoped the sat nav worked.
Even Everton aren't this unlucky.
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Sometimes you just have to accept..50AA6D58-87CA-4EDF-83C9-A1312F8E717E.webp
 
Morning all, cloudy now after another beautiful sunrise. Glad to wake up this morning after a disturbing dream where I was constantly trying to clear the living room floor during a party, guests included my sister in laws ex husband - they’ve been divorced for over 30 years and I haven’t seen him since then?‍♀️. Hope your back is better @jazzy. @Terrarian and @Methuselah hope things are well with you. @anjelikaferrett have a good time. Have a good day all.
 

Gwladysover said:
Morning all, cloudy now after another beautiful sunrise. Glad to wake up this morning after a disturbing dream where I was constantly trying to clear the living room floor during a party, guests included my sister in laws ex husband - they’ve been divorced for over 30 years and I haven’t seen him since then?‍♀️. Hope your back is better @jazzy. @Terrarian and @Methuselah hope things are well with you. @anjelikaferrett have a good time. Have a good day all.
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It's not @Gwladysover but thanks for asking lol
 
jazzy said:
You know when somethings not meant to be right.
My clubs lowest ranked table tennis club have been brilliant all season and totally unexpectedly were top of their division with 3 games to go.
So , 3 weeks ago their best player lost an argument with a fork.lift truck.that ran over his foot.
Last week.during a match our team captain was taken ill and rushed to A and E and he had to concede his games.
Onto the last match of the season and they played their title rivals Rainford who confusingly played at Crawford. Now for those of you that have never heard of it , and why would you , Crawford is a tiny village that is a place where time has forgotten. It is absolutely in the middle of nowhere between Rainford and Skem. Bear in mind that they only got electricity in 2013 and its the sort of place where your your next door neighbour is your ex wife AND your cousin. I hope you are getting the picture.
Anyway I digress. We only needed 4 points to clinch the title so a 6-4 defeat would be fine.
1st match one of our lot pulls a calf muscle and has to concede his other 2 matches. 3 nil down. 5 of the other 7 games go to 5 sets and we lose every one of them to deuce losing the match 9-1 , absolutely unbelievable.
Whilst the home team looked for a sheep to slaughter as a salute to the table tennis gods I desperately looked for my car keys and hoped the sat nav worked.
Even Everton aren't this unlucky.
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No chance of you supporting the other side I suppose ?
 
jazzy said:
You know when somethings not meant to be right.
My clubs lowest ranked table tennis club have been brilliant all season and totally unexpectedly were top of their division with 3 games to go.
So , 3 weeks ago their best player lost an argument with a fork.lift truck.that ran over his foot.
Last week.during a match our team captain was taken ill and rushed to A and E and he had to concede his games.
Onto the last match of the season and they played their title rivals Rainford who confusingly played at Crawford. Now for those of you that have never heard of it , and why would you , Crawford is a tiny village that is a place where time has forgotten. It is absolutely in the middle of nowhere between Rainford and Skem. Bear in mind that they only got electricity in 2013 and its the sort of place where your your next door neighbour is your ex wife AND your cousin. I hope you are getting the picture.
Anyway I digress. We only needed 4 points to clinch the title so a 6-4 defeat would be fine.
1st match one of our lot pulls a calf muscle and has to concede his other 2 matches. 3 nil down. 5 of the other 7 games go to 5 sets and we lose every one of them to deuce losing the match 9-1 , absolutely unbelievable.
Whilst the home team looked for a sheep to slaughter as a salute to the table tennis gods I desperately looked for my car keys and hoped the sat nav worked.
Even Everton aren't this unlucky.
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Crawford sounds a lot like St Helens?
 

blue1948 said:
No chance of you supporting the other side I suppose ?
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That's the irony . Three seasons ago when Rainford played in ....errr Rainford I played for them in the Wigan league. Now I could tell you some tales about venues there. They St Judes Social club at Poolstock springs to mind. You never wore your best ( expensive ) TT shoes and always any old pair of trainers because you feet good stuck on the still beer sodden floor.
 
jazzy said:
That's the irony . Three seasons ago when Rainford played in ....errr Rainford I played for them in the Wigan league. Now I could tell you some tales about venues there. They St Judes Social club at Poolstock springs to mind. You never wore your best ( expensive ) TT shoes and always any old pair of trainers because you feet good stuck on the still beer sodden floor.
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Did they used to have a rugby league team.? I'm sure an old workmate of mine used to play for them.
 

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