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Many commiserations. I'm so sorry. My dad suffered from that periodically. Not fun.

Any family members have it? It can be hereditary. Your gp can prescribe Allopurinal which limits the production of uric acid which causes gout. Also apparently rapid changes to your diet can cause it rather than just eating certain things. I had a long, bad attack while in South Africa, living on a game reserve for two months. Was eating no junk (save for a choc ice during the weekly town shop) and barely drank alcohol.

Giving an order to a decent human being as though you are a dog trainer to a dog does not win respect.

That is Stannis' problem, not that of the red priests in general. And even Melisandre got quite a few genuine converts, among Stannis' people, the watchmen, and even some wildlings. In the Free Cities the red priests are obviously not burning other gods or holy objects or else there would be real trouble up to civil war there. In fact, the only theocracies we know were not created by followers of R'hllor but in Lorath, Norvos, and Qohor. I didn't claim she will 'feed the people', I said she shouldn't have problems feeding her people, especially her armies. Taking food from the Westerosi should actually be an advantage as it will weaken (potential) enemies while strengthening her forces. Not sure you even remember what I'm talking about here. In AGoT it is clear that Robb has to march soon as his bannermen won't wait indefinitely at Winterfell, independent from the goal of the campaign. And I compared that to the Dornish situation to illustrate that George gives shit about the logistics of feeding armies - or even the minutiae of armies themselves. In a book series where 20,000 men can camp in a barren mountain pass environment for years without having problem feeding themselves the chances that such logistics come up as a significant plot point later are very low. George would make a fool of himself if one character/army had to struggle with such issues while they are literally non-existent for others. What we do know is that people buy and sell food, so unless Renly was stealing food from the people he expected to cheer him on he would have to buy the food from them. Which he could, to a point, with Tyrell money and through the Tyrells own food stores. But a 100,000 men plus their retinues and hangers-on, etc. do march through farmland and fields. They destroy crops that would have been due in the next harvest, etc. This whole campaign thing should have been a problem, especially on this scale. But it wasn't much of an issue. My point more was that I really don't expect them to die quickly. Earlier attempts to bring elephants to Westeros failed because they died on the ships (Corlys' elephants, for instance), but Harry apparently got some for the Golden Company earlier and they were robust enough to make it to Westeros. We can also speculate that Dany is going to arrive in Westeros as a blind cripple as lots and lots of stuff can happen on the way. But so far the dragons are in her control or kind of in the grasp of people who want to work with her (which goes for Victarion, Brown Ben, and Tyrion), so the idea that her determined enemies will be dragonriders is pretty outlandish at this point. It is like insisting Cersei is going to ally with Dany for some reason. And Drogon is now pretty much under Dany's control. She lacks a saddle and a whip, but it shouldn't be that hard to overcome that issue. You cannot really put yourself in the shoes of a Westerosi nobleman, right? They do not think like that, especially if they are dealing with a Targaryen dragonrider. Now you are turning around things again. Nobody dropped off Golden Company men on Tarth or Estermont because storms forced them to do this. During a storm you wouldn't even try to land on an unknown shore. They were dumped there because the ships were scattered and the captains didn't care where they were getting rid of their human cargo. Dany's captains won't be people having 'a duty to their ships' but a duty to their queen and her cause. Which would be a successful invasion. Not the preservation of a couple of ships at the expense of the queen's main objective. That silly lines came up quite some time ago in the story. Did Dany go south from Astapor to reach Meereen or Yunkai? Did she fly south to reach the Dothraki Sea in the north? And it is you who goes with the notion Dany will go to Westeros for conquest, to take the Iron Throne. If that were indeed the main goal it would be nonsense to not land at KL and take it. It would be utter stupidity to land somewhere else and march there through ice and snow. It is also quite ridiculous to assume she would do anything else as every succession or civil war for the Iron Throne so far involved the challenging power to march against KL. The Dance of the Dragons was basically a war between Dragonstone and KL. It has a decent wall and gates, but they can be breached easily enough. And might already be breached by some other pretender before Dany even shows up. And chances are very good that a good portion of the Kingslanders - perhaps even the majority - might prefer the dragonrider(s) overheard to the dragonless fake boy who might or might not be in the city by that time. LOL, what? Oh, so now we will have Long Nights magical storms to hinder Dany's invasion or trade across the Narrow Sea in general, but not wights or Others in Westeros at the same time causing (some/many) people there to consider allying with the vast armada and the dragons of the Dragon Queen? Right. You cannot have both. Not dead yet, but worn down to the point that they don't care about the propaganda you want them to fall for. And, of course, if there is anti-Dany propaganda then it will be aimed at the people, including peasants. That is obviously a huge exaggeration. LOL, Daenerys is a Targaryen. She is no foreigner. Christian nobility like the Habsburger would never intermarry with the Ottomans, but obviously every nobleman in Westeros would like Daenerys Targaryen as a wife or sister- or daughter-in-law. The Mongols were pretty cool, actually. And of course Black Balaq and Garys Edoryen and Lysono Maar are foreigners, just as Strickland and those self-styled Strongs and Coles and Mudds are scum, just as the bastards among them are. These people won't be welcomed with open arms in Westeros, especially if they want lands and titles and castles. Mace has all his money on Tommen. I told you that those are wrong. And whatever they have left is not going to join Aegon, that much is clear. They might end up joining Dany or they might help Euron bring Aegon down. But as I said - Aegon might very well think it is his job to pacify the Realm, to carry the war to Euron, Stannis, the Riverlands and wherever else there is trouble yet. And that will likely cost him dearly as winter has come. The lad will be drunk with power and victory if he wins the Iron Throne very quickly and easily. Since there are literally no sources on the effectiveness of the Volantene soldiers it makes no sense to even try to speculate about that. The crucial thing about the tiger soldiers is that they are many, fanatical followers of R'hllor whose High Priest tells them Dany is their savior/living god, and they were a powerful tool in Volantis' earlier wars - which they waged with and against the free companies in the Disputed Lands and elsewhere. They would be as professional as the Golden Company. I mean, you do notice that the triarchs are merely mildly concerned by the presence of the Golden Company in their lands, right? They don't think Volantis will fall in a fortnight to 10,000 professional Westerosi-style sellswords. That means they have reason to believe that they could crush the Golden Company easily enough. We also have Victarion pissing his pants once he learns that the Volantenes are on their way to Dany, too. He is a moron, but if he knows anything that how to guess and assess the strength of fighting men. He knows the Iron Fleet under his command can't stand against them. Feels like you are not exactly the most religiously tolerant person on the planet. R'hllor magic is real, the Seven are impotent phantoms. The Faith Militant and the new High Septon are another dead end, another distraction leading the people down the wrong path. That is a separate issue, as this is the World of Ice and Fire, so neither is going to go away. And of course fire will be a bare necessity in winter. This is a story about a fight of fire and warmth and life against ice, cold, and death. It is people plus three dragons against ice demons and their undead thralls. A very simple equation in the end. They are growing. Dany won't arrive in Westeros tomorrow. And chances are great that people will fall over themselves to convert to Thoros' god once the resurrection of 'Catelyn Stark' is a public fact and her forces actually put down the Lannisters and Freys in the Riverlands. Beric already had a lot of success in the underground, but the magical and miracle aspect of this whole movement will only gain traction once the effects are out in the open. Death is not necessary the end in this world. People can come back. And even if they are strange or somewhat twisted, nine of ten people will prefer such a resurrected loved one to a dead and cold corpse.

Emerson is rubbish. Maguire has picked up a muscle injury in training and will be out for around 3 weeks. That's all of our CBs injured. Think Evans might have recently returned to training though.

Oh, okay. 13. It is not an instrument or equipment of some sorts

Them getting together during the Greyjoy Rebellion, seemed to solve a lot of problems, for both themselves and the people of the realm. Silly me, using logic and facts though.

Ah, okay. You've already done 11 by the way, this was question 12. ^^" Is it an instrument or equipment of some sorts?

Agree that it wouldn't be overturned if given either. And it seems the scoreboard is now slightly better.

Yeah, I don’t think that’s a penalty. It’s probably one of those that isn’t going to get turned over if it’s given but I think it was the right call. We’ve been comfortably the better side but it’d be nice if that was reflected with us being comfortably in front on the scoreboard for the first time in a while.

Just a coincidence. There are a few top shows that I've not rewatched since its original run so I'm slowly working my way through those. I'll be getting to Black Sails eventually as well.

I would say Theoden was his most memorable performance but he was good in many others.

Watched Barbarian, a 2022 horror film from writer/director Zach Cregger. I had heard a fair bit about this film and assumed I knew the general gist of the horror, that it was inspired by some true life story... but, well, it went well beyond what I imagined. It was quite clever and took what were unexpected turns. There's a jump of location and characters half way through that was such a cognitive shock, and another one a bit later that was very, very foreboding in a good way. Excellent stuff. Cregger is apparently working on a new horror film called Weapon.

As to this .. VAR didn't change it when McNeill got stamped on his standing leg. This was a tap, and Gakpo seemed to overdo it rather badly. Could probably easily not fall down there.

Tottenham are weird. Most of the time, they look like they'll be steamrolled here, but then suddenly they break in numbers and with speed, and you get the feeling they might just nick a goal or two.

PGMOL must be trolling Klopp now with Tierney. And naturally doesn't give a penalty.

Rest in peace.

Get on the glucosamine.

Mo Salah looks like he’s had enough of the question marks around his position.

See I liked Dooku's backstory and seeing him as a good person in his youth.

Yeah, it's making pretty grim reading.

You just need to remove everything you enjoy from food to beverages from your diet and that problem could go away.

I think I have gout

1.. Indeed, it is non-living. 2. Yes, it is an object you can touch and feel. 3. Yes, it exists in the current ASOIAF timeline 4. Indeed, it is made of inorganic material. 5. Bit of a grey area that. I'm gonna tentatively say 'No, it's not a personal possession'. 6. No, it is not Is it an heirloom, important family object, or anything associated with a particular house 7.. I would veer into fragile-ish territory. 8. No, it is not jewellery. 9. No, it cannot be used as a weapon. 10. No, the object has NOT been moved significantly (like, not room to room or in a neighbourhood or something) from its location in the duration of the main series. 11. It is not a decoration or furniture piece. [sorta getting closer, though]

On a Goggins trip or entirely coincidental. Righteous Gemstones next?