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by Petej
Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112965
Views: 7717369

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

JM2K6 wrote:The Tigers approach does not suit everyone, even if you're regularly playing.
True, but going to Bath who already have several 10s instead of a team like Saints (who really need a good 10) does seem to be a case of running to Dad (who will probably play Banahan at 12).
by Petej
Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112965
Views: 7717369

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

George Ford is hopeful that his decision to leave Leicester Tigers will lead to more regular rugby next season. Ford is reportedly on the verge of joining Bath Rugby ahead of next season and he is hopeful that the move away from the Tigers, where he frequently found himself on the bench with Toby F...
by Petej
Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112965
Views: 7717369

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

I was wondering after reading the top section of that article what Darth Squeaky the bullet dodger was up to.
by Petej
Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: How Iceland Overthrew The Banks and its own City
Replies: 75
Views: 7163

Re: How Iceland Overthrew The Banks and its own City

Oh good can our Councils and business's owed billions have their money back now then please.? The money they invested got lost in the markets. It's a capitalist world out there, bad investments don't pay. They were deposit accounts not complex derivatives. Still part of the same company. I haven't ...
by Petej
Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread
Replies: 2725
Views: 351252

Re: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread

Been back from Canada for under a week and already depressed. If you are in Canada I would recommend a day of Catskiing/boarding as a vaguely budget alternative to heliskiing/boarding. Tree run heaven. Going to book a week in March either back to Fernie or Italy (either Monterosa or somewhere in th...
by Petej
Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:45 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread
Replies: 2725
Views: 351252

Re: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread

Been back from Canada for under a week and already depressed. If you are in Canada I would recommend a day of Catskiing/boarding as a vaguely budget alternative to heliskiing/boarding. Tree run heaven. Going to book a week in March either back to Fernie or Italy (either Monterosa or somewhere in the...
by Petej
Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Steam Sales
Replies: 223
Views: 17604

Re: Steam Sales

Crusader Kings 2 is awesome - its a little daunting at first but you will soon by murdering your retarded heir and plotting to form the Kingdom of Sicily if you stick with it. I like it. All about marrying off your heir well and assassinating other claimants. Though i do sometimes get my succession...
by Petej
Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread
Replies: 2725
Views: 351252

Re: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread

Will have the board on for first run of the season this weekend. Unusually early dump here in Japan and all the resorts have opened a couple of weeks early. Taking the missus for a day trip to Yuzawa.. it probably wont be great but I am totally willing to spend all day with her being patient and gi...
by Petej
Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread
Replies: 2725
Views: 351252

Re: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread

6 weeks until i'm back in Fernie. This time for 3.5 weeks . Can't wait (booked a day of cat boarding as well). Been practising side flips on my trampoline so just need to find some courage and a nice fluffy landing to try a front or back flip. On to the official wit kant list you go. fudge me, I'm ...
by Petej
Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread
Replies: 2725
Views: 351252

Re: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread

6 weeks until i'm back in Fernie. This time for 3.5 weeks. Can't wait (booked a day of cat boarding as well). Been practising side flips on my trampoline so just need to find some courage and a nice fluffy landing to try a front or back flip.
by Petej
Fri Nov 02, 2012 11:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

I don't give shit about most of this stuff. As unless we stop population growth we don't really have a snowballs chance in hell of controlling carbon dioxide emissions. On the other hand if we accidently damage the gulf stream could we do enough damage to improve our summers (ie warmer and less wet)...
by Petej
Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread
Replies: 2725
Views: 351252

Re: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread

lift fail
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by Petej
Sun Oct 07, 2012 5:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 46184
Views: 3076720

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thre

Apparently Wenger has unearthed 27 year old, 48 cap Spanish International Santi Cazorla lads. The British football press :uhoh: You would struggle to find bigger bunch of know nothing fuckwits. The British/predominantly English football establishment is so embarrassingly xenophobic and anti-intelle...
by Petej
Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

But as for the nuclear power station building programme - we are very good at big construction works like that, if there is political will it can happen, and sooner than 10 years out if need be, plus they can just be built on the same sites that power stations already sit on, so no problem with pla...
by Petej
Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

But the vast majority of the public wont be too bothered especially if it guarantees CHEAP energy supplies fixed we should just stick with coal then ! No, sell new nuke staions to the British public by saying: "Guaranteed cheap, home-grown electricity for everyone with no future upward price-pressu...
by Petej
Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

Closing down coal fired power stations and replacing them with cleaner technology will not cause upheaval at all The UK doesn't have the legislative power to do so yet. There is legislation in place that will de facto shut down coal burning power plants as they become too expensive to bring up to s...
by Petej
Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

Closing down coal fired power stations and replacing them with cleaner technology will not cause upheaval at all The UK doesn't have the legislative power to do so yet. There is legislation in place that will de facto shut down coal burning power plants as they become too expensive to bring up to s...
by Petej
Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

How about democratic Germany who have decided to shut down nuclear power stations? They haven't just shut down their power stations though. They have a few that have been offline for a while which they won't bring back online and they're phasing out the rest of them over the next 10 years - which i...
by Petej
Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

How about democratic Germany who have decided to shut down nuclear power stations? They haven't just shut down their power stations though. They have a few that have been offline for a while which they won't bring back online and they're phasing out the rest of them over the next 10 years - which i...
by Petej
Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Lego thread
Replies: 136
Views: 16823

Re: Official Lego thread

I wanted this castle Image
but only got the forest base :( featured earlier.
by Petej
Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:21 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 46184
Views: 3076720

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thre

England revert to type against a team who don't give them the ball ten seconds after England have themselves given it away. Lampard and Gerrard once again weave their mystical spell in midfield and show for the umpteenth time that selecting them together is a sure fire way to success and glory. Ger...
by Petej
Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread
Replies: 2725
Views: 351252

Re: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread

Cheers guys. I'm not meaning too budget, but just not an exclusive alpine resort. Somewhere I can get snowboard during he day, get pissed up at night, and stay somewhere okay. You might also want to consider the ski train from London down to Bourg St Maurice which has funicular up to Les Arc and is...
by Petej
Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:09 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread
Replies: 2725
Views: 351252

Re: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread

Cheers guys. I'm not meaning too budget, but just not an exclusive alpine resort. Somewhere I can get snowboard during he day, get pissed up at night, and stay somewhere okay. You might also want to consider the ski train from London down to Bourg St Maurice which has funicular up to Les Arc and is...
by Petej
Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread
Replies: 2725
Views: 351252

Re: Official Skiing and Snowboarding Thread

Cheers guys. I'm not meaning too budget, but just not an exclusive alpine resort. Somewhere I can get snowboard during he day, get pissed up at night, and stay somewhere okay. You might also want to consider the ski train from London down to Bourg St Maurice which has funicular up to Les Arc and is...
by Petej
Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 46184
Views: 3076720

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thre

Earl, I have said before if you are in La Liga, and not part of the big two you are playing for 3rd and Europe and hoping maximize your time on the stage there, those are the big games. In The EPL, you have 3 team that can win the title and another 4 or 5 fighting to get into Europe. It is a fight ...
by Petej
Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:03 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The official cycling thread
Replies: 3556
Views: 457372

Re: The official cycling thread

My last photo was a bit deceptive, I'll admit. It faces away from the trail, while the trail was hard-packed gravel. There are no really 'rough' trails close by - I need to take the hard-packed probably 8kms into the park to get to them. Yeah, mine was off the trail too for optimum 'boreal forest' ...
by Petej
Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

I'm curious, what's happening in the Antarctic. The North Pole gets all the love while it's big brother gets ignored. Antarctic ice coverage has been expanding at the rate of 100,000 sq kms per decade ever since satellite coverage began ie growing - apparently we can ignore this though because ted ...
by Petej
Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The official cycling thread
Replies: 3556
Views: 457372

Re: The official cycling thread

I suspect the nay-sayers are just afraid of getting their feet stuck and falling off. I don't mind admitting that's true in my case, but that's only partly it. As I keep saying, I just don't feel the need to be clipped in, and the lack of clipping in does not inhibit my enjoyment of the cycling tha...
by Petej
Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The official cycling thread
Replies: 3556
Views: 457372

Re: The official cycling thread

Note: this could be complete rubbish. We're sitting here speculating about market forces, manufacturing processes and intricacies of bicycle design and handling, when it could be as simple as "well we were offered a job lot of Xkgs of Y-grade Al for US$Z per, and couldn't turn it down." One of the ...
by Petej
Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The official cycling thread
Replies: 3556
Views: 457372

Re: The official cycling thread

I googled it, and it seems there are some dedicated Ti builders out there, but it doesn't seem to be a common thing. In fact, any google reference to Ti and bikes seems to bring up the EADS/Charge link above. I do seem to recall seeing various Ti parts available, bars, seatposts etc, which would le...
by Petej
Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

Catastrophic Man Made Global Warming is a hoax. Essentially he is responding to a crap article in the Guardian written by someone who should know better. This article is a piss weak fluff piece on an even lower level than original guardian article. It contains no scientific content. Delingpole is c...
by Petej
Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

Catastrophic Man Made Global Warming is a hoax. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100173120/97-per-cent-of-the-world-to-be-destroyed-tomorrow/ 97 per cent of the world to be destroyed tomorrow! No, not really. It's just my little joke, based on pretending to take people like the BBC...
by Petej
Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Joubert handed NZ RWC. It's official.
Replies: 123
Views: 13401

Re: Joubert handed NZ RWC. It's official.

Got to give NZ credit to win with Donald at flyhalf. Having watched Donald quite a bit since he arrived in Bath I have concluded that he is New Zealand's Andy Goode.
by Petej
Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

No, never: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/jun/22/maurice-strong-interview-global-government?INTCMP=SRCH What? The Guardian is a religious conservative publication in your eyes? Do you think the Daily Mail would treat Maurice Strong's arguments with that degree of respect? Or Fox? h...
by Petej
Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

"The Greenland ice sheet on July 8, left, and four days later on the right. An estimated 97% of the ice sheet surface had thawed by July 12" Now even the most ardent warmists must think that is a disgrace. Why? Indeed a terrible sensationalist article. I look forward to another lecture from my guar...
by Petej
Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

"The Greenland ice sheet on July 8, left, and four days later on the right. An estimated 97% of the ice sheet surface had thawed by July 12" Now even the most ardent warmists must think that is a disgrace. Why? Indeed a terrible sensationalist article. I look forward to another lecture from my guar...
by Petej
Fri Jul 27, 2012 3:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

Sandstorm wrote:
Petej wrote:
Excellent, Do you think it is too early to buy a holiday home in greenland?
Not too late, but make sure it's a treehouse. f**king massive rise in the world's sea-levels on the way soon. :uhoh:
What about 50cm?
by Petej
Fri Jul 27, 2012 2:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels
Replies: 6145
Views: 593344

Re: Arctic sea ice coverage back to 'normal' levels

The Guardian are reporting it sensibly :lol: Greenland's ice sheet melt: a sensational picture of a blunt fact Once you look at the colour coding and absorb what it means it is a mapping of potential climate change catastrophe Jonathan Jones guardian.co.uk, Friday 27 July 2012 12.02 BST Jump to com...
by Petej
Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Osborne to grovel before Balls?
Replies: 80
Views: 7187

Re: Osborne to grovel before Balls?

If you read what he said to the Spectator, he merely says Balls has questions to answer. Which is not actually all that dramatic. In the Commons, where he can say what he likes, he continued to push down that line. Does Balls have questions to answer? I'd say yes. So does The Shriek, Myners, and pr...
by Petej
Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Springboks vs. England - Test 1 - Official Match Thread!
Replies: 1179
Views: 87176

Re: Springboks vs. England - Test 1 - Official Match Thread!

What percentage of the ball will be kicked by England and SA?