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I wonder if blending families also has something to do with it? I'm guessing that a higher percentage of couples who are both on their first marriage don't have any children from previous relationships. Whereas perhaps once people are on their 3rd etc marriage they are older and may well have multi...

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Thank you guys for taking my genuine question for what it was. I learn stuff surprisingly often on here! And reading the comments, I wonder if our problem is not just with frothing-mouthed MPs but with wider society too? As embarrassingly childish as they were last night (and so many others), no MP ...

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Ok so forgive my ignorance, and honestly this is a genuine question, but aside from breaking precedents / general frothing at the mouth over the perceived procedural bias / unfairness of it all, why are we so het up about this? It's not like Israel or Hamas are going to be remotely bothered by a sta...

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As for females, market Danny Care all over the shop or something. Serve pornstar martinis or Prosecco as well as just bitter and lager Patronising much?? Altho I do agree about the DJ / trumpets etc. Is it still so hard to believe that women actually go to watch the game? I been on a lot of dates… ...

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As for females, market Danny Care all over the shop or something. Serve pornstar martinis or Prosecco as well as just bitter and lager

Patronising much??

Altho I do agree about the DJ / trumpets etc. Is it still so hard to believe that women actually go to watch the game?

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Anyone got the inside track on what is happening with RFU, Prem 1&2, Worcester Warriors, Wasps and London Irish? Lots of rumours circulating here in Worcester. It's all gone a bit quiet in the Championship, after the spate of press releases & general nastiness in January. Hopefully common sense is ...

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Flying to La Palma (Canaries) for a bit of winter sun at the end of Feb, with a couple of friends. The friends are a couple, so two of us girls and her other half making the booking, which caused some hilarity with the booking agent. "Err, how many rooms do you need??" :lol: Temperatures look great,...

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Can't stand Djokovic, so delighted that he's out.
Not keen on the Russian or the German, so I guess I'm backing Sinner. Forza Italia!!

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I may be on the wrong side of the 'gender fence' to comment on the male menopause, but I sometimes wonder if having a goal is actually the problem. I've never had a 5-year-plan, let alone a 10-year one, and I'm sure not having kids to worry about makes my approach to what comes next easier, but I do...

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I see on The Beeb that Mercer has had a semi strop about not being picked for England. There's probably some truth in what he says but it's probably not the best way to go about changing minds. Oof yeah I just read it (link below), he's got quite an 'energy sapper' vibe about him... wonder if his e...

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Personally I cant stand Wilkinson's weird punditry. Its too much psycho babble. The deliberate aids spreader should be in jail not the telly. Woodentop I will never understand how he actually was involved in rugby. Maggie - god help me is there to tick numerous minority boxes. She just repeats what...

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what else is good on Paramount? I found a 1 month free offer and intend to use it so I can finally watch Sexy Beast, which has been on my watchlist for about 2 decades... Yellowstone obviously. And the prequels. 1883 is quite brilliant. Yellowstone was what took me to Paramount in the first place. ...

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fatcat wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:51 pm Midi Olympique are reporting that Racing confirmed an hour ago that they're no longer in talks with Farrell and that Ealing Trailfinders are ready to swoop in.

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If the club owners left, they would be £millions better off every year. Instantly. But unless they dismantled the clubs and nobody could use the stadiums or training facilities the clubs would remain, perhaps with less money and that would certainly cause problems, but still there'd be something. A...

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I'm not getting into all the above stuff, but I know someone who features (all be it fairly briefly) in the ITV drama, and interestingly his comment last night was "why is no-one talking about Adam Crozier?" Paula Vennells is rightly getting a lot of press attention, but isn't the only one that need...

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Just splashed out on a discounted subscription to Paramount+, and already hooked on the Mayor of Kingstown. Took a few episodes to get into it but now gripped. what else is good on Paramount? I found a 1 month free offer and intend to use it so I can finally watch Sexy Beast, which has been on my w...

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This is where a lot of the problems spring from. We'd love to go up, but not at the expense of watching our club go bankrupt in the process. The ground criteria have long been a problem, and you only have to look at what Ealing & Jersey go / went through. With decent funding (no detail on 'financing...

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Agreed Hoof, and we can only wonder at what London Welsh think of all this nonsense. But surely the rugby has to be the most important criteria? Bedford have been in the top two divisions for longer than I've been alive, but we always knew that we risked relegation, just like everyone else, if we di...

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That's pretty shocking on a £15m turnover. Where are they spending all the money ? Takes their debts up towards £60M. No need to worry. After all, Wasps, Wuss & London Irish are about to be reinstated into the Championship, sorry Prem 2, if the RFU gets it's way. People need to be more aware these ...

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Just splashed out on a discounted subscription to Paramount+, and already hooked on the Mayor of Kingstown. Took a few episodes to get into it but now gripped.

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Bristol post a 5 million loss for last season. That's pretty shocking on a £15m turnover. Where are they spending all the money ? Takes their debts up towards £60M. No need to worry. After all, Wasps, Wuss & London Irish are about to be reinstated into the Championship, sorry Prem 2, if the RFU get...

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Sonnentanz - Sun don't shine - Klangkarussell Both good & bad memories. Reminds me of sitting outside Manly's Wharf Bar towards the end of my best holiday ever, in early Feb this year. Glorious evening, watching the sun go down, kids diving off the wharf, having a beer and reflecting on an amazing t...

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My *real* friends, the ability to differentiate between them and the fair-weather variety, and the genuine joy of spending quality time with them. "You can choose your friends..." My health, and only in the last 6 months, the gym, which has done wonders for me, both physically & mentally. My brother...

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In 2008, Billy Twelvetrees was a little-known new arrival at Bedford. Not much was expected. A local lingerie shop owner had been pestering the club for ages to be a player-sponsor, and eventually they caved in and she became Billy's sponsor. Needless to say, Billy had an outstanding season, scorin...

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In 2008, Billy Twelvetrees was a little-known new arrival at Bedford. Not much was expected. A local lingerie shop owner had been pestering the club for ages to be a player-sponsor, and eventually they caved in and she became Billy's sponsor. Needless to say, Billy had an outstanding season, scoring...

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henry wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:08 pm I was told the other day that everything was working just fine in English rugby so this is a bit of a shock.

Indeed. "We're on the cusp of something significant"

What that is, who can tell??

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A) seen as profoundly weak for a middle aged man to seemingly be feeling like this I'm ashamed that any of my fellow women would think like this. :blush: For you to function as a Dad, you have to exist as a man, and a man that you like and that is content. Devoting time to get yourself into a bette...

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I can't really add anything of use here; wrong gender, wrong decade & no kids. But... Despite all the crap that goes on on here, every one of you is an example of the 'good stuff'. Just engaging & sharing makes all the difference . Makes my heart sing. Keep doing what you do, and being there for eac...

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If the external stakeholders in English rugby (the club owners) leave then the RFU are completely screwed. They'd have to hope English players pick up professional contracts overseas and then select from whatever is available with all the development pipelines gone to replace them as well. If they ...

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I'm afraid I'm way too cynical to believe this is anything other than pre-panto-season bluster. I'd be delighted to see Halliday proved right, but I think RFU collapse is massively unlikely. Only last week, we were being told that the RFU council members were going all out to get rid of Sweeney, and...

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Calm down everyone. In the words of the current (still) Chief Executive of the RFU "we are on the cusp of something quite spectacular". In Bill we trust.

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 10:55 am
Calendar Blue wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 10:46 am
DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 10:41 am RFU council meeting today should be box office.
Need council members to grow a pair. Open letters are one thing, actual meaningful change is another. Here's hoping...

They're gunning for Sweeney big time.

More power to their elbow!

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How would ringfencing work? The clubs in Premiership stay there forever and Championship clubs have no chance of ever making it to the Premiership? Yes. That'll just kill the Championship if none of the teams have any chance of ever making it to the Premiership. Sometimes it's hard to tell if the R...

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 10:41 am RFU council meeting today should be box office.

Need council members to grow a pair. Open letters are one thing, actual meaningful change is another. Here's hoping...

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CM11 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 10:29 am
TranceNRG wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 10:22 am How would ringfencing work? The clubs in Premiership stay there forever and Championship clubs have no chance of ever making it to the Premiership?
Yes.

And therein lies the problem.

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This is really surprising and sad news. Jersey have been welcome additions to the Championship since they arrived on scene, for fairly obvious reasons in terms of the opposition supporters. Normally we're hearing rumours of problems long before they happen, but this one came completely out of the bl...

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Some great recommendations on here. Can vouch for Flats; refreshingly seems to be the same on TV as he is in person. He came and did a evening thing at our club a few years ago despite heavy snow meaning he got stranded overnight, and came across really well. And I like the guy who owned up to knock...

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Not out-and-out hatred, but... Haskell (I'm sure I remember a game where he had a clear run to the line & ran into the posts. Thick as a f*ckin plank) Sexton & Biggar for their drama-queenery. (Saw Biggar at Newmarket races & he behaved like a complete twat) Owen Farrell (arrogant prick) Rob Andrew...

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Not out-and-out hatred, but... Haskell (I'm sure I remember a game where he had a clear run to the line & ran into the posts. Thick as a f*ckin plank) Sexton & Biggar for their drama-queenery. (Saw Biggar at Newmarket races & he behaved like a complete twat) Owen Farrell (arrogant prick) Rob Andrew...

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Not out-and-out hatred, but... Haskell (I'm sure I remember a game where he had a clear run to the line & ran into the posts. Thick as a f*ckin plank) Sexton & Biggar for their drama-queenery. (Saw Biggar at Newmarket races & he behaved like a complete twat) Owen Farrell (arrogant prick) Rob Andrews...

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