Chris Walker

I'm an IBMer but everything here represents my own views.
Expect opinions on politics and sport from both sides of the pond plus occasional software chat

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

@AmericanAir Hi. I'm trouble checking in for my flight tomorrow morning. I submitted the travel document details 2 weeks ago but now it says I need to submit again and the website is not letting me do this.

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

We wanted to know what undecided voters thought of Kamala Harris's CNN interview. So we asked a Republican congressional candidate in North Carolina.

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

At least they didn't refer to "Keltic" on @wral like @wunc did this morning!

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

Gave me a chuckle

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

@scottlunn @NorthCarolinaFC Thanks!

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

@NorthCarolinaFC Hi. Might be bringing my 4yr old to game today. Do they need a ticket?

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

@sgevans Correct. I've been a season ticket holder for North Carolina FC (nee RailHawks) for 10+ years. I still watch games from the UK but I'm less connected to it now. Attending in-person and social side around that is important.

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

@glorymag_ Are you sending a copy to the Barnes & Noble in Durham, NC? When should I expect to see it in stock?

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

@RDUAirport Any chance you could fix your parking website? This literally makes no sense and I'd like to book parking this morning.

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

Even by the low standards of SuperBowl trophy presentations, there's some low energy on that podium. Has everyone gone home?

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

@bbcjohnmurray Re: why are NFL teams listed "<away team> at <home team>". I think it comes from baseball. The home team always bats second so on scoreboards it makes sense to list <away team> followed by <home team>. The tradition is followed other US sports.

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

Amazing shot of Hillsborough

[Sheffield Wednesday @swfc]

We join the football world in mourning the passing of a true legend 🇧🇷

Pele | 1940-2022

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

@AlistairDobbie I love making sausage rolls for Americans. Dead easy to make and as they've never seen them before, they think I'm some kind of culinary genius.

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

@WilliamsBob75 Intrigued on what the atmosphere is like. Baseball (more than NFL or NBA) feels to me like the stadium contributes more to the experience of the game.

[Pablo Iglesias Maurer @MLSist]

No greater reminder of soccer’s place in the American sporting landscape that Fox cutting away from Messi hoisting his first-ever World Cup in favor of… the first quarter of a regular-season NFL game.

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

@ByNeilMorris A pre-requisite for working at Fox Sports

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

@kkfla737 Morrocco in 86. Ahead of England, Poland and Portugal

[Chris Walker @MaroonedChris]

@chrisorton2011 @almurray I believe that's found in Iceland

[Bojangles @Bojangles]

England doesn’t even have a Bojangles.

[Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly]

“These are my principles. If you don’t like them, I have others.” Groucho Marx