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What I have learned today.

tricky
16 May 2023
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    Charlie
    Squad 2463 posts
    2 Nov 2026, 9:30 p.m. 2 Nov 2026, 9:30 p.m.
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    I saw Forest at the MK hockey stadium in the third division days.

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    Resident_Alien
    Squad 963 posts
    2 Nov 2026, 9:52 p.m. 2 Nov 2026, 9:52 p.m.
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    @Sean has written:

    I saw Guns N Roses at the bowl in 93.

    Me too. With The Cult (who I mainly went for), Blind Melon and Soul Asylum.
    Shortly after that it was Metallica, Megadeth, The Almighty and Diamondhead. Was supposed to be Alice In Chains but Layne was in rehab (which obviously didn’t work out).

    The 90s was great for mad lineups of a European summer.

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    Muswell
    Squad 503 posts
    3 Nov 2026, midnight 3 Nov 2026, midnight
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    @Charlie has written:

    I saw Forest at the MK hockey stadium in the third division days.

    I do believe that was the last time I frequented Milton Keynes.

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    BrettWilliams
    Squad 3249 posts
    3 Nov 2026, 6:57 a.m. 3 Nov 2026, 6:57 a.m.
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    One and only time I've been. Lost 1-0 on a freezing cold night to a goal from a former Derby player.

    Amazing I've not been back really.

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    pantzcat
    Squad 325 posts
    3 Nov 2026, 2:53 p.m. 3 Nov 2026, 2:53 p.m.
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    @Muswell has written:
    @Charlie has written:

    I saw Forest at the MK hockey stadium in the third division days.

    I do believe that was the last time I frequented Milton Keynes.

    Pretty sure I've since been back when we played them at their proper ground. Cannot remember anything about the game though!

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    Jeff_Albertson
    Squad 1583 posts
    3 Nov 2026, 3:14 p.m. 3 Nov 2026, 3:14 p.m.
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    I spent a few weeks working as a shopfitter in Milton Keynes back in t'day. Fun fact: My hotel bill (not a Premier Inn) cost the company more than my minimum wage salary for the time I was there! (and have been to the Bowl (Oasis and REM), the National Hockey Stadium and the current ground)
    Feels like MK should be added to Talkback's axis of evil.

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    Simon
    Squad 8864 posts
    3 Nov 2026, 3:19 p.m. 3 Nov 2026, 3:19 p.m.
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    I also worked in Milton Keynes for a client, for a few months in the 90s. I didn't stay in any of the premier inns.

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    Charlie
    Squad 2463 posts
    3 Nov 2026, 3:31 p.m. 3 Nov 2026, 3:31 p.m.
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    As a teenager, I was offered a job as manager of a plant hire firm during MK's initial expansion years. I didn't take it but went to university instead. Good decision.

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    Jim7
    Squad 1358 posts
    3 Nov 2026, 3:42 p.m. 3 Nov 2026, 3:42 p.m.
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    I went to Milton Keynes once in the nineties and thought it was horrible.
    I went to America in the noughties and thought it was like Milton Keynes.

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    Loafer
    Squad 759 posts
    3 Nov 2026, 3:45 p.m. 3 Nov 2026, 3:45 p.m.
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    I did a work visit to the Open University in MK a few years back. I saw a delivery robot on the street, very exciting.

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    JimShady
    Squad 5233 posts
    3 Nov 2026, 3:47 p.m. 3 Nov 2026, 3:47 p.m.
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    @Jeff_Albertson has written:

    I spent a few weeks working as a shopfitter

    Read that as shoplifter.

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    RC
    Squad 1940 posts
    3 Nov 2026, 4:03 p.m. 3 Nov 2026, 4:03 p.m.
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    I was out of my box a few times in an MK warehouse in the 90’s.

    It’s an Ikea now.

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    Dave_Rave
    Squad 5124 posts
    3 Nov 2026, 4:44 p.m. 3 Nov 2026, 4:44 p.m.
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    @JimShady has written:
    @Jeff_Albertson has written:

    I spent a few weeks working as a shopfitter

    Read that as shoplifter.

    Same. It has been a long couple of days.
    I've been to Milton Keynes once during my brief tenure as left back for Leicester Hockey Club's 3rd team before leaving for Drama School.
    I don't remember anything about the game.

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    Mangetout
    Squad 3227 posts
    3 Nov 2026, 4:49 p.m. 3 Nov 2026, 4:49 p.m.
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    I went to MK in the early 80s so I could see the concrete cows. I don't believe I ever went back. Now I can have a comparable experience visiting the nearby small town of Bulls, where there are multiple bull statues and seemingly every shop references a dreadful pun. There's even a register of puns, presumably to ensure no appropriation, enforced by the, yes this is real, constabulls.

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    RC
    Squad 1940 posts
    3 Nov 2026, 4:59 p.m. 3 Nov 2026, 4:59 p.m.
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    Incredibull story.

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    JellyHead
    Squad 101 posts
    3 Nov 2026, 5:12 p.m. 3 Nov 2026, 5:12 p.m.
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    I don't believe in Milton Keynes. I believe it is a shared mass hallucination induced by a race of lizard people hiding their secret settlement where they dictate world politics and VAR decisions.

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