I'm surprised ...

Maybe they play fairer Gordon.....don't do the dives with the intention of seeking an advantage over the opposition.
They certainly seem less histrionic than many professional football players.....perhaps it is because there is much less money involved.
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
I know this is going to sound contentious....especially from someone who dislikes football as much as I do....but, men are never going to acclaim a women's football tournament.
It wouldn't matter if all the players had the footballing skills of Pele....or some of the other greats in football.....it would never be acceptable to them.
Men will always see the women as 'playing at it' because they see football as a male game.
Though goodness knows there are some real Jessie's playing professional football at the moment.

Someone once said that women have to be twice as good as men to be thought of as half as good. This is spectacularly true when it comes to football.

Now I will wait for the red stuff to land.
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Never thought of it quite like that. Over here women's hockey is not only widely accepted; it's also popular. I don't see why it should be any different for football :confused: And someone mentioned boxing::D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aeoFvtM8OQ
 
cashman said:
Not at all Margaret, personally i think women boxers are totally unacceptable, which is probably why it puts me off watching womens football.
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The time's they are a changin', buds. In fact they have changed. Boxing is tame. Think "Ronda Rousey.":D And in male-dominated NASCAR: Danica Patrick. Whatever: there are a bunch of English girls over here, playing their hearts out to win a world championship trophy for England. I personally can't see anything wrong with getting behind the Lionesses and cheering them on, which is something I will be doing if they beat Canada in Vancouver.
 
Yes Cashy, it is just that we (the oldies) are nowhere near as adaptable to change as we would like to think...well, I know that I'm definitely not.
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
Yes Cashy, it is just that we (the oldies) are nowhere near as adaptable to change as we would like to think...well, I know that I'm definitely not.
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But Margaret, as oldies, we have little choice, as the saying goes, Time and Tide wait for no man. I have friends who would not use ATMs when they first came out, but they do now. I never thought i would have a computer, or have to drive a car, i was in my 50s when i passed my test, but as you know a car is a necessity over here. We have to adapt to change.
 
Aussie Irene said:
But Margaret, as oldies, we have little choice, as the saying goes, Time and Tide wait for no man. I have friends who would not use ATMs when they first came out, but they do now. I never thought i would have a computer, or have to drive a car, i was in my 50s when i passed my test, but as you know a car is a necessity over here. We have to adapt to change.
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We certainly have choice Irene, whilst we have to adapt to certain stuff like it or not, we sure dont have to like doing it, unless were androids or summat.
 
I choose what I adapt to......and drag my feet on those that I don't want to adapt to.
I won't use the self service tills in the supermarkets.
WH Smith has installed one and there were no staff serving so I dumped my £15 woth of purchases and bought them elsewhere...once you lose a customer it is very hard to get them to come back.
This isn't to say that I don't have the nous to use those tills.....I do.....I am not technophobic. I just want to be served by someone who can answer any queries that I might have.
Why can't the staff see that these self serve tills will eventually do them out of a job?(I suppose that like us they are forced on them...but if it were me I would continue to serve the customer and let the other stuff go hang)
 
Like you, Margaret, we (him and me) won't use the self-serve area of the Supermarkets. We are quite capable of doing so of course but choose not to on principle. The Supermarket giants make enough profit without reducing staff numbers - which is what the self-serve is all about, says cynical me. Also when we spend our money with them we certainly (and rightly) expect good personalised service.

As for cutting down on staff, our local Supermarket had no Express lanes open on a busy Saturday morning - and so his nibs had a long wait to be served with only a few items. Wasn't happy, sent in a complaint, and got a $20 gift voucher with an apology!!!!!

Sorry, I've wandered off-thread, as usual.
 
Back on thread. The Matildas became the first senior Australian soccer team to win a game in the knockout stages of a World Cup. Whatever happens next, this is quite some achievement. NOW they will be getting the accolades and the media coverage they so richly deserve. Go girls!!!!!
 
...and of course best wishes to the English team. Goes without saying. I might have been gone from England for many years but I'm still an Englishwoman at heart.
 
dotti34 said:
Back on thread. The Matildas became the first senior Australian soccer team to win a game in the knockout stages of a World Cup. Whatever happens next, this is quite some achievement. NOW they will be getting the accolades and the media coverage they so richly deserve. Go girls!!!!!
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And watching the games is much more fun than reading about what Angel di Maria plans to do, or how much money Raheem Stirling will be making, or how many more of FIFA's top brass have been indicted.:rolleyes:

And for Canada: Switzerland was the first European team they have ever beaten in this competition; and it's the first time they made it out of the group stage. And for those English fans who don't take us Canucks seriously unless we are wearing skates and carrying big sticks, Canada's last game before the competition began was a 1-0 victory against England in a friendly.:D
 
Eric said:
No problemo ... In India, there are hundreds of thousands of folks sitting by a phone, just waiting for your call;)
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they are not sitting in the local branch of WHSmith.......which is where I was doing my gift buyig.......and when they get on the phone to me and tell me that their name is William Smith....I tell them that my name is Mahatma Gandhi!
They get short shrift too if I haven't rung them.
 
Invariably when I use a self-service, something goes wrong, and one of the staff has to come along with a swipe card to reset the screen.
 
Michael1954 said:
Invariably when I use a self-service, something goes wrong, and one of the staff has to come along with a swipe card to reset the screen.
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Thing is if yeh do use em, the machine cant tell if yer old enough to purchase wine, so yeh have to wait until someone is free to sort it out, faster? I dont think so.:rolleyes:
 
cashman said:
Thing is if yeh do use em, the machine cant tell if yer old enough to purchase wine, so yeh have to wait until someone is free to sort it out, faster? I dont think so.:rolleyes:
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You're right. It'd be quicker going to one of the Express check-outs. Funny thing is, the other week I was in Tesco Great Harwood, and the girl serving me was under 18, so she had to ask her supervisor for permission to serve me alcohol!
 
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