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Well Toulon away has a lovely weekend written all over it

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So what’s everyone’s new year goals? -Sort my dodgy rotator cuff injury so that I can comfortably barbell bench press again. -Continue lower body strength progress -Focus on lower back issues -Lose a few kg -Get fukkin jacked (this is the plan every year) Planning on going to a pilates place that m...

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There is a bizarre story doing rounds about Lviv regional military administration approving the departure of men abroad based on the letters from the fictitious NGO, which used the logo of the Russian “Gazprombank” and the signature of the Russian emperor Alexander ІІІ. Obviously, those men never r...

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ymx wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 8:01 pm Top 10 since 00’s

Breaking bad
Day of the jackal
Succession
Fargo
Narcos
Norsemen
The Witcher
Better call Saul
Lower decks (with my daughter)
The office

Have seen all the above except for The Witcher. Worth a look??

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Eugenius wrote: ↑Mon Jun 30, 2025 11:59 am Started Mindhunter and enjoying it thoroughly .

The other had strongly recommended it as she would , but after drowning in serial killer stuff with her I kinda put it off .

Thanks for the prompt !

The guy who plays Ed Kemper is superb (and chilling)

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Saw F1 ' the movie' over the weekend. Surprisingly enjoyable, Brad Pitt plays Brad Pitt as the old seasoned racing warrior who is returning to F1 decades after a near fatal crash to help out his old beleaguered team manager friend and mentor the rookie hothead other driver. Great visuals and amazing...

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Definitely one of the best TV shows over the last 10 years. Surely the whole point is that the viewer is meant to feel the tension, stress and exhaustion of what it must be like to run a "Restaurant Gastronomique"... I'll get round to watching S4 over the summer. :thumbup: Interesting post - I’m tr...

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Rob Smith auditioning for the next Batman film villain.

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Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Sun Jun 29, 2025 10:48 pm Hope they do killing an arab

behave

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Rod is a mega rich geriatric Englishman who lives in LA. Not sure why he felt the need to introduce his politics but people are free to decide if they feel this makes him a bit of a stupid wit kant or not. Louis Theroux summed it well on his podcast with Adam Buxton - you can still like Michael Jac...

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From what I've watched, Amyl and the snifters and Pulp were top notch Pulp we're great, definitely were scheduled too early in the day. As much as I like Neil Young he is not suitable headline act material. Did not know much about CMac but she looked like your aunt at a wedding who gate crashed the...

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https://strikeout.im/union-internationals/3/south-africa-vs-barbarians-stream has got to be the limpest baabaas side i've seen in decades Baa Baas teams used to look like a "Who's who?" of the top 8 rugby nations... Today's team is made up of misfits, old codgers and unknowns chasing some extra cas...

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Hellraiser wrote: ↑Thu Jun 26, 2025 8:51 pm The Russian finance minister has officially denied the Russia is in recession, rather a "planned cooling".

So Russia has now entered both a recession and stagflation.

A victory against evil capitalism

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Friday: PYRAMID STAGE FRIDAY THE 1975 22:15 - 23:45 BIFFY CLYRO 20:15 - 21:15 ALANIS MORISSETTE 18:15 - 19:15 TBA 16:55 - 17:30 BURNING SPEAR 15:00 - 16:00 CMAT 13:30 - 14:30 SUPERGRASS 12:00 - 13:00 They should have had CMAT and Supergrass on last not first Was thinking the same, bit of a shite mi...

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Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Thu Jun 26, 2025 9:06 am
irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Thu Jun 26, 2025 9:04 am Ireland could easily lose every game they play.
Why? They've been competitive lately?

They came bottom of the 6 Nations table.

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I personally have always thought that both Mealamu and Umaga just intended to lift a leg of O'Driscoll and tip him out of the tackle area. You used to see that all the time (these days it's too dangerous as you could get a card like Ben Smith in the RWC final). Except cause they both did it, BOD en...

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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun/25/british-and-irish-lions-australia-new-zealand-tour-brian-o-driscoll-rugby-union Spear and loathing: 20 years since tackle on Brian O’Driscoll that changed rugby Brian O’Driscoll is sick of talking about it. Tana Umaga says anyone still asking needs to p...

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redderneck wrote: ↑Tue Jun 24, 2025 2:23 pm Feck it.

It'd be worth going just to see how PO'M and Sam Cane get along.

Was about to say the same thing.

"Oi, Peter, you are a shit David Wallace"

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Roooooooot and Stokesy to bring it home.

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My barber said israel must succeed in getting rid of the old farts in charge and unlike Afghanistan Iran has a bright future in the modern world. One of Iran's strength, as opposed to some of the other countries under dictatorship in the region, is that they have a strong and well educated middle c...

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Easy regime change in Tehran is a nice idea. But look to history: it’s a near-impossible one Martin Kettle In the eve of the 1991 Gulf war, a TV reporter asked the US commander Norman Schwarzkopf if he would topple Iraq’s Saddam Hussein. Stormin’ Norman replied with a memorable succinctness: “Easy ...

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I have a friend who describes himself as semi retired. He is an engineer and has decided to work about 4 months of the year picking up freelance/contract work. He owns a large barge and from spring through to late autumn basically pootles up and down the various UK waterways before working over the ...

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I have a book on it - always wanted to do it. Then kids came along. Bring them along, there were loads of families on the route and the accommodation (including the mounrain 'huts') was pretty decent. Reallt? Surprised to hear that - thought it would have been far too difficult for children Okay, w...

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Makes you wonder what Johann van Graan could have achieved at Munster if they had kept hold of him.

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The Haute Route? You lucky lucky lucky bastard Yup, some parts were deceptively hard days, not helped by 30+ degree temperatures and a lack of shade. Trient to Champex was a very long day and Le Châble to Mont Fort was a huge climb. All in pretty awesome though. I have a book on it - always wanted ...

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redderneck wrote: ↑Sat Jun 14, 2025 4:57 pm
Benny The Ball wrote: ↑Sat Jun 14, 2025 4:54 pm Why f**king box kick!!
Moronic. Genuinely need to be a moron, concussed, to think it was the right play.

Decent contest for a neutral.

Ireland used to specialise in kicking the ball away in the last minute when they were either defending a onw point lead or chasing the game.

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After a rugby career these are things that should be done now, not when you're a raspberry. I did the Chamonix to Zermatt walk a few years back which was unexpectedly tough. Nearly got divorced on that one as Mrs Fitz asked 'are we nearly there yet' 257 times a day. The Haute Route? You lucky lucky...

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Matt-A wrote: ↑Sat Jun 14, 2025 11:05 am Good opportunity for a branding consultant to change it to the "Premiership" in a few years time. That idea must be worth a couple of hundred bags.

Or add the prefix of 'super' or 'ultimate'.

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There is a long list of classic European long distance walks that I would like to tick off when I retire. One in particular is an old pilgrims trail that starts in Canterbury and finishes in Rome that takes about 3 months to complete and you pass over the alps. Get to see the world, keep fit withou...

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Sat Jun 14, 2025 10:34 am This is exactly the sort of thing that old blokes in grey suits think constitutes "growing the game".

In fairness a new orange logo will pull in the punters in their thousands.

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There is a long list of classic European long distance walks that I would like to tick off when I retire. One in particular is an old pilgrims trail that starts in Canterbury and finishes in Rome that takes about 3 months to complete and you pass over the alps. Get to see the world, keep fit without...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c4gr1l1nk72o The Premiership - the top flight of English rugby union - will become the 'Gallagher Prem' next season as it rebrands to emphasise the physicality and intensity of the league. How much did the marketing wonks get for this imaginative reb...

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 11:16 am
UncleFB wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 8:40 am
danny_fitz wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 8:25 am

They should never have killed off Rebecca Fergusson.
Agree with that 100%, Hayley Atwell is no comparison as a replacement ...
I prefer Hayley... sexier... never really warmed to Rebecca in any movie.

Tough audience!

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message #2527204 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 11, 2025 12:13 pm Seems they have found some bones and clothes at the site they were given by the German police.

She was buried at Paris Fashion week?

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Putin taking an absolute shit kicking this week and Ukraine reminding the world why all the talk of them giving up and letting Russia have all the land is so stupid. Russia have been pulling their punches dontchaknow. If they actually released their full military might on Ukraine this war will be o...

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Hellraiser wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:52 pm The SBU just detonated a 1,100kg bomb under a support column of the Kerch Bridge.

Seen the footage. Assuming lots of below the waterline damage???

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The first satellite footage from Belaya airbase in Irkutsk has come out. Destroyed: 4 Tu-22M3s 3 Tu-95s Damaged: 1 Tu-95 Ukraine is saying 40 of them which is a third of the entire fleet of bombers. I'm assuming that's a bit of propaganda? Either way, what a great strike. That's the confirmed losse...

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backrow wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 8:34 pm
danny_fitz wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 8:15 pm
lemonhead wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 8:14 pm

This. Sport is about more than the numbers sometimes.

Proud of the effort, proud of the lads.
Sharks are still scumbag c*nts though.
You still have your Sharks shirt ?
Or will it be used as a burning effigy of Hendricks ?

Got lost in the house move years ago!

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lemonhead wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 8:14 pm
Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 8:13 pm Very proud of that effort
This. Sport is about more than the numbers sometimes.

Proud of the effort, proud of the lads.

Sharks are still scumbag c*nts though.

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