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8:24am on Monday, 6th July, 2026:
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I didn't watch the England match last night, but I want to watch it. I also don't want to know the score before I watch it.
This is going to be a challenge.
I didn't stay up to watch the match because we're lookimg after our grandson today. I can't watch it while he's here, because my wife believes that the slightest glimpse of a moving image on a screen will scar him for life. I watched the first ten minutes of the game before we went to pick up our grandson, but I won't be able to watch the remaining 80 (or possibly 110) until maybe 7pm.
I'll have to avoid all news, so even if Presidents Trump and Putin both dropped dead at the same time, I wouldn't know. I managed to avoid hearing any discussion of the result when I stopped to buy some milk, but I'm steeling myself for when I upload this post to Facebook.
I could maybe watch a few minutes if my wife were to take out grandson out in the pushchair somewhere, but she wants to watch the match, too. Worse, she knows the result. All she's told me is "there's drama".
It's going to be a long day.
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