[Jaspersharpe]

Careful there Jasper. You don't want to get a head injury before you head off to Font

I've calmed down now lagers. It's just the level nonsense and lack of reading before posting on this thread was becoming irksome.

Now when are those useless fuckers at The Works going to get round to building a decent training board? Not everyone wants to toe hook on volumes you know. Apart from Gav of course.

[cofe]

we should start an online petition to get a 45deg training board built at the works. it's the one thing it's really missing and i know people would really appreciate it. whether or not such a feature would rival the cultural impact and world renown of the school's legacy is another issue.

[Plattsy]

Speaking of toe hooks. As an observation from a punter who can only just pull on to the motherboard. There does appear to be a lot of rubber on the nice painted white side of this board. Seems to go all the way up too. Hope people aren't taking 1b ticks with a toe hook. 

[Jaspersharpe]

I'm certainly not but I can't vouch for everyone.......



*cough*

[cofe]

forget toe hooks, i use it for hand hooks.

[Percy B]

Gav only toe-hooks on the white side wall to create a black and white stripe effect in worship of his beloved magpies.

One can only assume he'll be scrubbing them off when the toon get relegated.......

[Jaspersharpe]

 

Is Graeme regretting his premature gloating though after last night's result.......

[GraemeA]

Sunday is going to be very tense. There is more chance of me doing Hubble than SAFc getting anything out of Chelsea. Just got to hope that Hull and the Toon don't win. Be warned though that if we get relegated I will be in a VERY bad mood on Monday and will ban people for the slightest provocation.

[gme]

And i will make a special visit down there myself to enjoy being banned.

Gav

[Jaspersharpe]

I knew you wouldn't be able to resist this thread much longer.

[Somebody's Fool]

Cultural impact? Jesus, spare me the mytholigising. Nothing like something a death to spur  mourners to bullshit.

Would Dobbin have done the Joker if the school was still open? Or Paul B have been to Damascus? I doubt it.

Personally I couldn’t have given a flying fuck, or a monkey’s toss for that matter, that the Schoolroom shut down. I wasn’t even a member. I was just saying what I saw. Which was that a surprisingly significant number of American boulderers I met;

a)   Had a decent knowledge of The Schoolroom, its protagonists and its problems,
b)   Talked about it in extremely revered tones, and;
c)   Were genuinely impressed to meet someone who had climbed there.

However, this might say more about Americans than the School’s usefulness. Who knows? And I don’t particularly want to get bogged down in the semantics of what constitutes climbing culture or world renown. I was just expanding on what I understood Paul’s response to oldfella’s quote to mean. Plus it’s always nice to big up Irish Si on the internet.

And if Houdini is correct, it’s the political impact of the School we should be concerning ourselves with. If this was anywhere near on topic, that is.

[Darren S]

I'm sure you will be in a good mood come Monday Graeme.

The toon are going down to keep the smoggies company.

At least it means the Sheffield Geordies can watch their team at Hillsborough next season.

They can always pop along to Bramall lane to watch premiership football, oh yes the Blades are going up.

[Paul B]

How about some big posters that highlight "climbing etiquette"? (Where's that grumpy old man smiley?  )

[Fiend]

(Where's that grumpy old man smiley?)

 

[GraemeA]

 

[tubbs]

 

[Aussiegav]

well Graeme,

 There is more chance of me doing Hubble than SAFc getting anything out of Chelsea.
Shall we be seeing the elder statesman of the works doing Hubble this week?
maybe Ben can set up a copy for you on one of the walls. Hey, if it worked for Malc??

[SA Chris]

Do they serve slice of humble pie at the Works?

[north_country_boy]

well Graeme,

 There is more chance of me doing Hubble than SAFc getting anything out of Chelsea.
Shall we be seeing the elder statesman of the works doing Hubble this week?
maybe Ben can set up a copy for you on one of the walls. Hey, if it worked for Malc??

??? They lost, Chelsea did them no favours, it was just that 2 other teams were even worse than Sunderland.....

[Aussiegav]

surely getting away from relegation is the prize he seeks 

[GraemeA]

Do they serve slice of humble pie at the Works?

We used to but Gav ate it all today.

[GraemeA]

Gav's gone and taken the whole week off just to avoid me. Gives me plenty of time to plan his welcome back 

[Aussiegav]

rumour has it, Gav's scoping out grounds for when they playing away next season. The Coca-Cola Football League Championship hosts an array of quirky little village football sides some of which play on the village green. fortunately he has GPS and a motorhome. just hope he isn't mistaken for a gypo!! 

[Jaspersharpe]

Calling the Arsolo van a motorhome is stretching the definition somewhat.

[Darren S]

just for Gav:


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