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by Fat Albert
Sat Apr 29, 2023 8:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: F1 Thread
Replies: 17839
Views: 1193114

Re: F1 Thread

Shameless plug because it's the talented brit driver in F2... But Ollie Bearman won the F2 sprint race in baku today in a crazy ending, beating his prema team mate by... probably less than 40 metres if that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYaoRNvtxCc Indeed His qualifying lap for pole with a bent ...
by Fat Albert
Sat Apr 29, 2023 8:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: F1 Thread
Replies: 17839
Views: 1193114

Re: F1 Thread

bimboman wrote: Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:26 am Alan, you’re normally a hugely sensible poster, however “like Senna” for leclerc at this stage is genuinely insane.
I agree

Thus far Leclerc has shown no signs of believing he's God on the track nor has he attempted, as far as I'm aware, to kill a fellow competitor
by Fat Albert
Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Diane Abbott going???
Replies: 112
Views: 4238

Re: Diane Abbott going???

Is amuses & saddens me that most of the country can’t wait for Labour to get in power - as if they have better quality mp’s :lol: She also got busted for sending her kid to a posh school, backing the IRA, and was against western support for ukraine iirc. So she’s a racist hypocrite shill terrorist ...
by Fat Albert
Mon Apr 17, 2023 7:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Who Was The Biggest At Their Peak, Elvis, The Beatles Or Michael Jackson?
Replies: 127
Views: 3931

Re: Who Was The Biggest At Their Peak, Elvis, The Beatles Or Michael Jackson?

There's no debate



Only Elvis could eat 17 burgers at one sitting...
by Fat Albert
Mon Apr 17, 2023 7:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: A Long(ish) Goodbye
Replies: 87
Views: 3786

Re: A Long(ish) Goodbye

Didn’t know you were a pilot, pro or amateur ? I love planes,me, sadly colour blindness and height out pay to those youthful aspirations of mine. Sailplanes Yeeb, I have 3000 hours, 40+ regional & national competitions & 2 European championships. Bit past it competitively these days but did manage ...
by Fat Albert
Fri Apr 14, 2023 5:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: A Long(ish) Goodbye
Replies: 87
Views: 3786

Re: A Long(ish) Goodbye

I had my second dose of drug therapy today. The first left me pretty much immobile for a couple of days, very sore from the injections. The daily oral dose initially produced some lightheaded vertigo and nausea but after a few days that has faded to insignificant. About a week later my Crohn's becam...
by Fat Albert
Fri Apr 14, 2023 5:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: When do you tell your kids you've got cancer.
Replies: 32
Views: 1265

Re: When do you tell your kids you've got cancer.

I told mine the day I received my diagnosis in February (stage 4, metastatic breast cancer) and the day I received my prognosis in March (remarkably, given the circumstances, good). I had my second dose of drug therapy today, the first one left me with limited movement for a couple of days and then,...
by Fat Albert
Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: US shopping mall shooting #11123944231
Replies: 2238
Views: 110571

Re: US shopping mall shooting #11123944231

There were around 330m people in the USA in 2021 * There were 282m vehicles registered in the USA in Feb 21 or 85 vehicles per 100 people ** There were 341m guns estimated in circulation in the USA in Feb 21 or 121 guns per 100 people.*** There were roughly 8.7bn rounds of ammuntion sold in the US i...
by Fat Albert
Tue Mar 28, 2023 1:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: US shopping mall shooting #11123944231
Replies: 2238
Views: 110571

Re: US shopping mall shooting #11123944231

Per Wiki, the shooter was assigned female at birth. Factually, the shooter was born female 28 years ago. However old you 'think' you are, like your gender, your age is 'assigned' at birth. Neither can be changed because you're not 'comfortable' with it. In 2021 in the USA 45,116* people died in gun...
by Fat Albert
Sun Mar 26, 2023 6:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Light Blues Rule
Replies: 9
Views: 511

Re: Light Blues Rule

Cantabridgian

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

cantabridgian /kʌnt/ noun [countable] taboo informal

1 a very offensive word for a stupid or unpleasant person. Do not use this word.
by Fat Albert
Sun Mar 26, 2023 5:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Farking Tabs
Replies: 2
Views: 329

Farking Tabs

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That is all
by Fat Albert
Wed Mar 22, 2023 5:03 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: A Long(ish) Goodbye
Replies: 87
Views: 3786

Re: A Long(ish) Goodbye

I promised an update so It was worth going through the biopsy (having a CT guided 25cm long needle stuck into my chest isn't something I need to experience again) since the results are way more encouraging than I anticipated. It appears that my tumours are HER positive and HER2 negative which means ...
by Fat Albert
Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:18 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Boris Johnson - I did not have sexual relations with that woman
Replies: 43
Views: 1678

Re: Boris Johnson - I did not have sexual relations with that woman

I did not have sexual relations with that woman
If only he'd come clean in the first place there wouldn't be such a stain on his character...







Again
by Fat Albert
Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: F1 Thread
Replies: 17839
Views: 1193114

Re: F1 Thread

OK Norris only got 1 quali lap before he screwed himself but Piastri made it to Q3

Somebody in the Mclaren aero department needs an extended holiday...

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by Fat Albert
Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: F1 Thread
Replies: 17839
Views: 1193114

Re: F1 Thread

Genius drive from Alonso, fcuks up to get a 5s penalty, his idiot team serve it under a safety car (can't serve time penalties under safety cars), slowly builds his lead back to 5.1s over Russell on the very last lap. Experience Experience Experience. Another fcuk up from Mclaren, Piastri on hards, ...
by Fat Albert
Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Clive Woodward is destroying English rugby
Replies: 53
Views: 2044

Re: Clive Woodward is destroying English rugby

kiap wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:23 pm
Fat Albert wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:12 pm Still the only English coach to win a RWC or beat NZ in NZ
Not true
Give me the name of another English coach of England who won the RWC while coaching England or beat NZ in NZ while coaching England?

Innaccuracy, the curse of SH (and eeejit) rugby :D
by Fat Albert
Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Clive Woodward is destroying English rugby
Replies: 53
Views: 2044

Re: Clive Woodward is destroying English rugby

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Still the only English coach to win a RWC or beat NZ in NZ

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by Fat Albert
Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: A Long(ish) Goodbye
Replies: 87
Views: 3786

Re: A Long(ish) Goodbye

I'm a fellow Chrohns sufferer and turned 70 this week. One of the benefits of being ill quite often is that they are always doing blood tests on me to check that it isn't anything nastier. Ain't that the truth? I did think the staff nurse on the biopsy recovery ward was a bit cheeky, mind. She told...
by Fat Albert
Sat Mar 04, 2023 1:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: A Long(ish) Goodbye
Replies: 87
Views: 3786

A Long(ish) Goodbye

Rather than hack Jens thread I thought I'd start another for those that may be interested... Shit takes much of the enjoyment out of life, eh Jens Two weeks ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic cancer, might make my first grandaughter's first birthday, it would have been nice to see her grow ...
by Fat Albert
Sat Mar 04, 2023 12:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: My friend died
Replies: 44
Views: 2223

Re: My friend died

Shit takes much of the enjoyment out of life, eh Jens Two weeks ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic cancer, might make my first grandaughter's first birthday, it would have been nice to see her grow up... If you dont mind, what is the primary? I have something similar going on with a very c...
by Fat Albert
Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:40 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: My friend died
Replies: 44
Views: 2223

Re: My friend died

I've realised that I'm hijacking Jen's thread which should be about his loss, not my outlook. Jens, my best friend from childhood had a meningioma removed from his brain 12 months ago, heard this week that it's back and inoperable. He doesn't want chemo and has decided on homeopathy, i.e. for all in...
by Fat Albert
Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: My friend died
Replies: 44
Views: 2223

Re: My friend died

Shit takes much of the enjoyment out of life, eh Jens

Two weeks ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic cancer, might make my first grandaughter's first birthday, it would have been nice to see her grow up...
by Fat Albert
Thu Feb 23, 2023 2:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: America - f*** yeah - College Football
Replies: 117
Views: 3067

Re: America - f*** yeah - College Football

That looks epic - and it’s college football https://youtu.be/YC8LLYMp4M4 Had a business interest in Blacksburg for 6 years plus, visited a couple of times a year, was invited to a few of games, Lane atmosphere can be feral but all in good fun. Still have a souvenir or two! Go Hokies https://i.posti...
by Fat Albert
Mon Feb 13, 2023 5:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Boris getting looked after
Replies: 15
Views: 974

Re: Boris getting looked after

You don't hear anything dodgy about Gordon Brown or John Major though. Not contraversial at all Brown's critical fault was only ever offering advice or counsel from a one eyed perspective... Major's issue is the same as that with Owen Farrell, he was, is and always will be an inspiration free zone,...
by Fat Albert
Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Have Ireland from the last 15 months showed the highest level of rugby ever showed by a NH team?
Replies: 260
Views: 6490

Re: Have Ireland from the last 15 months showed the highest level of rugby ever showed by a NH team?

When, from around mid way in the second half, 13 Irishmen beat 15 All Blacks in Wellington then they have a shout, until then not. They are comfortably the best in the world currently, mind. Please hurry up and do it, I find my breath getting short when I realise that the best ever team's coach rema...
by Fat Albert
Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Boris getting looked after
Replies: 15
Views: 974

Re: Boris getting looked after

In January 2014 the Daily Telegraph reported that Tony Blair's business interests had reported net earnings of £14m in the previous financial year companies house accounts and that two of his companies had shareholder funds in excess of £7m. His net worth was estimated at £70m, just 6 years after le...
by Fat Albert
Mon Feb 13, 2023 3:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: North American UFOs, balloons etc.
Replies: 193
Views: 6960

Re: North American UFOs, balloons etc.

Anyone else wondering about the coincidence in the timing of the UFO headlines and the Biden adminstration taking a hammering in the congressional enquiries?

If only GOP could order the military to make column inches.
by Fat Albert
Fri Jan 06, 2023 6:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Excess deaths in the UK - what is the reason?
Replies: 215
Views: 5073

Re: Excess deaths in the UK - what is the reason?

Historically (1950-1970), excess winter deaths (EWD) ran higher than or similar to 2021's recent covid peak of circa 60k. Through the period 1980-2020 EWD consistently fell to around 25k with spikes up to 40k during years with below average temperatures. The period from Dec 05, 2022 through Dec 19 2...
by Fat Albert
Fri Jan 06, 2023 6:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Excess deaths in the UK - what is the reason?
Replies: 215
Views: 5073

Re: Excess deaths in the UK - what is the reason?

A massive waiting list is public knowledge because the unions are strking. I'm with two consulatants, and on two waiting lists - even though I have regular consultations. If I need a hospital bed, I go on a waiting list, for an hour or two. If i need surgery, I go on a waiting list, for an hour, a ...
by Fat Albert
Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: My Gob Is Truly Smacked
Replies: 3
Views: 441

My Gob Is Truly Smacked

69 years on this planet before hearing perfection, why haven't I heard (of) her before?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7-JRUyKV08
by Fat Albert
Wed Dec 28, 2022 10:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Elon Musk - buying power
Replies: 2076
Views: 86693

Re: Elon Musk - buying power

Judith A. Curry (born c. 1953) is an American climatologist and former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research interests include hurricanes, remote sensing, atmospheric modeling, polar climates, air-sea interactions, climate models, ...
by Fat Albert
Thu Dec 22, 2022 9:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Benetton rugby: secret Santa failure
Replies: 294
Views: 9732

Re: Benetton rugby: secret Santa failure

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Ask any Jew
by Fat Albert
Thu Dec 22, 2022 9:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Benetton rugby: secret Santa failure
Replies: 294
Views: 9732

Re: Benetton rugby: secret Santa failure

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11480799/Census-results-2021-Data-maps-religion-ethnicity-England-Wales.html#article-11480799 Census confirms what we already know They let in over half a million every year for 20 years. Completely without ever asking if we wanted this or even telling us wh...
by Fat Albert
Tue Dec 20, 2022 6:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Harry and the Malignant (Race Card) Narcissist on Netflix Malarkey
Replies: 1972
Views: 56902

Re: The Harry and the Malignant (Race Card) Narcissist on Netflix Malarkey

Jeremy Clarkson & Piers Morgan, putting the Cnut in Countryside since the 1960s

Not the only time they've been lumped together

When your daughter takes to Instagram to call you a cnut you know you've scored big

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by Fat Albert
Tue Dec 20, 2022 5:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: MESSI or MARADONA
Replies: 96
Views: 2801

Re: MESSI or MARADONA

Not much of a kevball expert but I suggest that Messi scores extra points for not being a serial abuser of women and children or mind altering chemical substances, nor does he have multiple ABH convictions on his criminal record.
by Fat Albert
Mon Dec 12, 2022 7:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Thank you France, Holland, Ireland & Norway
Replies: 119
Views: 3510

Re: Thank you France, Holland, Ireland & Norway

Solar at the the UK's latitude is exactly like standing in a shopping basket trying to pick yourself by the handles You NEVER get back the energy it cost to manufacture, transport and install them, you're an engineer Farva, you KNOW this And what if the 'CO2 drives temperature' meme is wrong, the We...
by Fat Albert
Mon Dec 12, 2022 3:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Thank you France, Holland, Ireland & Norway
Replies: 119
Views: 3510

Re: Thank you France, Holland, Ireland & Norway

Does anyone else feel that FA just hasn’t bothered reading the thread? I don't read the thread And you agree with green hydrogen, but without the green bits? Where is the power coming from? I totally agree the solution is green hydrogen (made from solar in the Sahara and shipped, preferably in soli...
by Fat Albert
Mon Dec 12, 2022 3:18 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Thank you France, Holland, Ireland & Norway
Replies: 119
Views: 3510

Re: Thank you France, Holland, Ireland & Norway

Firming :P Another wonderful euphemism (like say Climate Change ) for the truth Funding, constructing and maintaining a power station as a backup for unreliable wind/solar which can't be used for any other purpose if net zero is real. This month EDF proudly announced their first BESS project in Bedf...