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Thursday 21st June 2018
Posted in Life the Universe and Other Things on June 21, 2018 by bishshat
Tom Bowline and Jack Tar.
Thomas Dibdin
Here a sheer hulk lies poor Tom Bowling,
The darling of our crew;
No more he’ll hear the tempest howling,
For death has broach’d him to:
His form was of the manliest beauty,
His heart was kind and soft.
Faithful, below, he did his duty,
And now he’s gone aloft,
And now he’s gone aloft.
Tom never from his word departed,
His virtues were so rare,
His friends were many, and true-hearted,
His Poll was kind and fair:
And then he’d sing so blithe and jolly –
Ah! many’s the Time and oft –
But mirth is turn’d to melancholy,
For Tom is gone aloft,
For Tom is gone aloft.
Yet shall poor Tom find pleasant weather,
When He, who all commands,
Shall give, to call life’s crew together,
The word to pipe all hands:
Thus death, who Kings and tars dispatches,
In vain Tom’s life has doff’d,
For though his body’s under hatches,
His soul has gone aloft,
His soul has gone aloft.
Monday 18th June 2018
Posted in Life the Universe and Other Things on June 18, 2018 by bishshat
England 2 Tunisia 1
England were stunning in the first thirty minutes then after Tunisa scored their penalty I spent an agonising hour shaking my head and telling them to attack and to stop passing across and back to the keeper.
Harry Kane marked his World Cup debut with a stoppage-time winner as England made hard work of overcoming Tunisia 2-1 in their Group G opener.
England’s talisman and captain put them ahead in the 11th minute of Monday’s clash in Volgograd, but Tunisia levelled in contentious fashion.
Referee Wilmar Roldan pointed to the spot when Kyle Walker caught Fakhreddine Ben Youssef with his arm and Ferjani Sassi levelled with an unconvincing penalty.
England wasted numerous opportunities prior to that leveller but will have been unimpressed by Roldan’s performance thereafter, the Colombian ignoring multiple penalty appeals from the Three Lions.
Gareth Southgate’s men appeared to run out of ideas in the second half, with Tunisia seemingly set to see out what would have been an unexpected draw.
But in the first minute of injury time, they made the mistake of leaving Kane unmarked in the box for the second time and he took advantage by heading home at the far post to ensure England start the tournament with a deserved, if unconvincing, win.
