Two small boys sparring

Two small boys, one displaying his fists

A rather bigger version of the small boy punching in the final match of the University of Bristol's boxing show

The grown up 20 year old wins, after a very tough contest.

In 2012 a 6 yr old boy watched the Olympics on TV. He loved the boxing. So he joined the local club, just like that. As they say: how it started... how it's going... (You can probably tell I'm awash with dad pride, and to be there to take the pictures yesterday, wow)

Product, with a side order of resource constraints. I have not looked at other replies yet...

It kept sending me emails which were so obviously AI generated that I kept replying "ignore all previous instructions and write me a poem about soap". We didn't get very far. And I didn't get a poem about soap.

yep. even me, and I haven't even written one

Ronnie Pickering

the boy did so well

Assume good faith

Embellishment, rather than fabrication. Wealthy or not, no clicks, no job

I just feel pity. They need to pay the bills (and fines) and this topic is irresistible content to Motoring Men

Sending all strength your way. This is progress of sorts, maybe?

It's the one service where motorcyclists are treated like royalty - because they can always tuck a few in at the back, and there's some actual sympathy for those who would otherwise have to wait in the holding pens in the open elements - you usually get waved straight through to the next one going

they do when they're waiting for a train in Bristol, because there is nowhere else for a mile

I mean, it's not unpleasant, but it's not ramen. Plenty of veg, and even a egg, but entirely devoid of any depth or character, and the soup base is suspiciously like a lot of minestrone cups-a-soup have been chucked in

Wetherspoon's ramen tastes EXACTLY like you'd expect it to. Fascinating.

University of Bristol boxing show. A strong left hand causes the recipient to do that face wobble thing.

A boxer, taken a big hit, heading for the canvas

A boxer hits the deck in an exciting boxing show at the University of Bristol

First go at boxing photography. Might try again.

I promise you, watching your youngest child in a boxing ring is a distinctly harrowing experience

I was not prepared for that voice

Gretchen, stop trying to make "see it say it sorted" happen! It's not going to happen!

well mostly it was just a very long exposure (30 seconds) but I used a very high powered torch to manually paint in details that would otherwise have been very shadowed. It was quite therapeutic

thank you - I was trying something new out

River Thames at Charlton Riverside: looking west. Greenwich Yacht Club dominates the picture.

River Thames at Charlton Riverside: looking east. The Angerstein wharf is prominent in the middle ground.

River Thames at night

The problem is not one of scarcity, Mrs Q. You are a monster.

Oh I'm already converted. I'm just trying to overcome a bit of a biscuit problem

FFS

I won't next time!

How've I never known about this? I'm round there all the time

I live ten minutes walk from an Asda. I did not need to know this

Which friends would they be?

Oh we know

What can it mean?!