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You’re a hard man to please, Mr Ostermeyer!
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PS hope an afternoon at the races with myself and Happy Jack hasn’t had you reaching for the bottle yet.
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Jeremy,
I’m just a grumpy old man.
I had a very enjoyable afternoons racing in the company of two very knowledgeable gentlemen.
Thank you
cheers,
I had a very enjoyable afternoons racing in the company of two very knowledgeable gentlemen.
Where were they? You should have introduced us to them.
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Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
I suppose we could have included Lydia in both this thread and Hero of the Year as well had there been a strong enough inclination to. As it is, I think the Southern panel’s thinking was that it was in her journalistic capacity that she had particularly excelled (and then some) this year.
Sir Bob was absolutely solid gold on occasions last year (the fried egg experiment at Uttoxeter at the height of summer will stay with me to the grave), but had a bit of a quiet 2007 in comparison, and I know some of the panel thought his booth appearances lacked just a touch of spit and polish.
I personally still love him to bits, though; and if there’s one thing I’d ask of all of you with these polls, it would be not to think that anyone we have left off any nominations list is irretrievably washed-up and awful – there’s just others we’ve enjoyed more this year.
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Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
As it is, I think the Southern panel’s thinking was that it was in her journalistic capacity that she had particularly excelled (and then some) this year.
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Should we going off what a few southern members, having a pint in a pub think though? It looks like it
How many members are familiar with Neville Enders work
Should we going off what a few southern members, having a pint in a pub think though? It looks like it
Be assured that any lists from any equivalent meetings by our Northern, Midlands, Scotland factions etc. would have been accorded exactly as much worth. ‘Sup to you all to arrange these things, ultimately.
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Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Be assured that any lists from any equivalent meetings by our Northern, Midlands, Scotland factions etc. would have been accorded exactly as much worth. ‘Sup to you all to arrange these things, ultimately.
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Forgive my possible ignorance graysoncolumn but you seem to be deciding a lot on the method and who should be involved. Is there a reason for this? Are you in charge?
After the Southern alcoholic contingent put together their STARTING POINT list of possible nominees there was a thread for ALL members to comment on anything they wanted to change and all those propoals (bar Grey Desire’s request to include Rowe park which I missed) were taken into account. In other words EVERYONE had an opportunity to contribute.
Yeats – Not sure whether your comments are tongue in cheek but –
a) If it wasn’t for the gumption of the Southern members there would, in all likelihood, be no formal TRF awards (well done Prufrock I think) so can you lay off please
b) I am in charge and am very happy with the format and the mechanism for the short-lists and voting
c) it’s simply a bit of fun so no need for anyone to get hot under the collarYeats
Fair play to the southern members for doing this in the first place and they covered almost all the worthy recipients imo. Also as Cormack states there was a thread to list any further additions. I don’t think it could have been done fairer.
God what an awful choice. Give me Tony Ennis everytime. Voted for Nick Luck as my choice was restricted, but he is very knowlegeable.
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