Welcome to Martino's World Cup Forum

[mccutcheon]

I'm trying to fly over on June 15th and stay a week to 10 days.

Is that okay?

Does that work for Tony?

Sloth?

Now I have to stop watching the DVD of Lost because it makes me afraid to fly.

[mccutcheon]

Dad is looking for a cheap ticket, which I'm buying with my hard earned .05 cents a word for the Post.

I'm coming around the 16th and staying a week to 10 days.

But Sloth, you better be there to buy me a beer!

Kyle is a lost cause.

[Tommy Martyn]

Sorry fellas,
school has set up a summer programme to help kids like Henry catch up during the summer. They finalised the dates today: June 19th - 30th. I have asked them for help and they have provided it. I can't back out on them.

[martino]

mc on bloomsday, yeah!

ten days is fine too

[mccutcheon]

I can't come now.

[Sloth]

Why the fuck not? Come to Greece then. You haven't been to Europe in like a century.

[Sloth]

Not that Greece is a good representative of Europe. It's more like another planet, really.

[mccutcheon]

maybe I can make it to greece in July.

[martino]

so, mc, what you are saying is: now you have found out that you cannot come. is that what you are saying?

[martino]

funny thing is, i miss kyle although i have never met him. isn't that strange? not strange but more present is the belief that the games without mc just doesn't feel right.

there is this japanese guy i know, he is coming in for 24 hours on june 26. now that's the spirit. tommy it honors you that you are taking care of henry the way you do. but why not drop in for a few nights before the summer school starts? all you have to lose is some sleep, i would think.

[Tommy Martyn]

It's all gone busy busy here. We have formally agreed the parenting plan and we are just waiting on the money issue. (Which we can't finalise until the house sells) I mentioned to the missus that I have no intention of her living in this house if she is not married to me, or when she gets back from London whichever is the soonest. You can't be half married. And I think th enatural break of her working way will be a good way to "ease" into the split. (I pray that I'm right on this) It was a tense conversation. The thrust of which was I was throwing her out. Consequently, this house is going on the market ASAP I've got a bit of sprucing up work to do. How I wish I could sit by a river on a warm day with a cold, pure beer.

[martino]

it must have been terrible tommy. i think it is very smart that you want to get the legal/organisational stuff completed, and that you want to take care of the kids first. the beer will be there waiting for you for sure, later, when the time comes. and then you will find some fantastic girl who will help you enjoy life again. i know, i've been through it.

[Sloth]

I miss Kyle too, although he seems to be a completely different person from when I first met him. I guess that's the maturation process. He used to get drunk, black out, spout poetry, and then smash cars or steal plants.

Now he sits at home, programs Java and listens to his girlfriend, and ignores his friends. Hasn't come to visit in like 5 years.

But then again I guess I haven't been a very good friend either.

Rumor had it S was gonna come to the Cup too. I had fun with her last time in London. Even though she is 33 and has 3 kids and a bad marriage she looks/acts exactly the same as she did when she was 19. Maybe Germans are the master race.

[Sloth]

Mc, why exactly can't you come to the World Cup? Work, money, what?

And what's this about you working for the New York Post? Is that like a 'childhood in England' thing or do you really work for the New York Post now? What happened to eworks?

[mccutcheon]

In one of the very few acts of unselfishness in my life I've chosen, repeat chosen, and NOT been blackmailed by my sister, to throw a surprise party for my parents 40th wedding anniversary. Yes, I know the World Cup only happens once every 4 years, but my parents are all I have, and at this stage in both our lives it is important to celebrate family. So as the ball gets kicked off in Germany, I'll be shit kickin' it in Sconnie with Mom, Dad, Rachael, Zac and Lei. Shhhh. No tellin' mommy McCutcheon.