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by happyhooker
Wed Aug 17, 2022 9:40 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Replies: 6318
Views: 766428

Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.

It was shit. Steigl, now that was amazing, trying to find a pub in London that has that on draft. Am hoping happyhooker reads this as he seems to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of London beer establishments. I've somehow stumbled acros this a little late perhaps. The Jolly Butchers in Stoke Newing...
by happyhooker
Sat Aug 13, 2022 11:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.
Replies: 6318
Views: 766428

Re: Post a purchase pic, get a Globus anecdote.

It was shit. Steigl, now that was amazing, trying to find a pub in London that has that on draft. Am hoping happyhooker reads this as he seems to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of London beer establishments. I've somehow stumbled acros this a little late perhaps. The Jolly Butchers in Stoke Newing...
by happyhooker
Wed Mar 02, 2022 12:49 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 52911
Views: 2288442

Re: War in Ukraine...Dozy possibly using alias

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by happyhooker
Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bill's nearly complete and very rubbish diary
Replies: 369
Views: 20728

Re: Near death experience

Well this is worth popping back in for!
by happyhooker
Tue Jan 25, 2022 9:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: China erasing other countries cultural history #1
Replies: 22
Views: 1824

Re: China erasing other countries cultural history #1

Apparently Fight Club has a new ending - thank to Chinese censorship. :lol: https://twitter.com/TelegraphFilm/status/1485987135941451786?s=20 However, in the version released in China the exploding building scene is replaced with a black screen and a new coda It reads: "The police rapidly figured o...
by happyhooker
Tue Jan 18, 2022 5:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Altitude sickness query
Replies: 55
Views: 3108

Re: Altitude sickness query

Anecdotally it affects smokers less. If you don't already, start puffing away
by happyhooker
Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: PR Mountaineering Thread....
Replies: 19
Views: 1011

Re: PR Mountaineering Thread....

Navving in the dark is tricky at the best of times. No need to do it in the dark if you're doing it during summer. Time your descent of ben nevis (which is a road anyway) to coincide with dusk, you start up safely pike at dawn and then snowdon. They're hardly mountains you can get lost on . *edit i...
by happyhooker
Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: PR Mountaineering Thread....
Replies: 19
Views: 1011

Re: PR Mountaineering Thread....

Yep, we even had a driver and still failed. One tiny mis nav error is fatal. If only you had had someone with you who had experience of working in an organisation famed for navigational skills and map reading… Navving in the dark is tricky at the best of times. No need to do it in the dark if you'r...
by happyhooker
Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Altitude sickness query
Replies: 55
Views: 3108

Re: Altitude sickness query

mr bungle wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:40 am
happyhooker wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:32 am
21 posts in 2021. Hoping for more than 22 in '22.
not planning on it tbh. was reading a thread on npr about this place, so looked in to see the state of it. not massively enthused really, the lunatics do seem to be in abundance
by happyhooker
Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Altitude sickness query
Replies: 55
Views: 3108

Re: Altitude sickness query

From memory, the earliest it kicks in is about 8 hours after going above 2,500m.

There's so many 'depends' about this though. I've known incredibly fit people struggle at 3,500m, and literally any fat tourist be fine way over 6,500m.

Stay in a group and don't be a hero
by happyhooker
Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New Kitchen
Replies: 100
Views: 6133

Re: New Kitchen

Edit: don't forget you'll probably need a separate gas guy and a sparkie. They cost an extra £600 combined for a medium sized kitchen (excluding the funky lights your wife will almost certainly want!) Six f**king light switches on one panel. I figure it's like the tip you give to the designers as i...
by happyhooker
Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New Kitchen
Replies: 100
Views: 6133

Re: New Kitchen

Also, if your fitter is registered with howdens they get a huge discount
by happyhooker
Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: New Kitchen
Replies: 100
Views: 6133

Re: New Kitchen

Get Howdens or Benchmarx in to design a new kitchen for you. They will do proper drawings and measurements for your fitter to work to and handle all the supply. Trying to buy your own kitchen off diykitchens.net is a f**king nightmare! Choose all your cupboards/finishes/surfaces from Howdens/BM cat...
by happyhooker
Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:54 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Emma's return (the endless, pointless bickering thread)
Replies: 154
Views: 9438

Re: Emma's return (the endless, pointless bickering thread)

jesus, so glad i checked back. Pretty sure you already said that on page 3. So since that comment I guess you're alluding to the argument about Raducanu's nationality ? Which is the same argument you had on your regular site. By the way, the OP is a light hearted joke about people saying Raducanu w...
by happyhooker
Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:18 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Emma's return (the endless, pointless bickering thread)
Replies: 154
Views: 9438

Re: Emma's return (the endless, pointless bickering thread)

jesus, so glad i checked back.
by happyhooker
Fri Sep 17, 2021 12:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Emma's return (the endless, pointless bickering thread)
Replies: 154
Views: 9438

Re: Emma's return (the endless, pointless bickering thread)

Jesus christ. occasionally i think "how's PR going", should I pop back to take a look? then I read this cesspit of a thread, starting with the creepiness of the OP, to a rapid decline into whatever the fudge you lot think the point is. i think 99% of the people on this thread are adults. have a f**k...
by happyhooker
Fri Sep 17, 2021 12:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Clive Sinclair gooonne
Replies: 19
Views: 1805

Re: Clive Sinclair gooonne

lilyw wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 11:39 pm
Dobbin wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:29 pm Introduced home computing to the masses.
No he didn't. Outside the UK he was almost totally irrelevant, even in the UK the BBC was much more important.
no
by happyhooker
Thu Sep 02, 2021 5:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Short Illness
Replies: 175
Views: 10966

Re: Short Illness

Dozy wrote: Thu Sep 02, 2021 5:01 pm https://twitter.com/drsimonegold/status ... CTG0A&s=19


Unbelievable
why is that unbelievable?

the vaccine takes 14 days to take full effect


edit. oh jesus, i've just seen who i responded to. never mind answering
by happyhooker
Tue Aug 31, 2021 7:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Vasectomy
Replies: 22
Views: 2143

Re: Vasectomy

can a mod chang his name to "look no spanky"
by happyhooker
Wed Aug 25, 2021 2:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Where are the Northern Hemisphere posters?
Replies: 53
Views: 3774

Re: Where are the Northern Hemisphere posters?

seeing that toga seems to be able to maintain an acceptable line over on npr, bimbo's inability to do so does say a lot about him.

and frodder - if by recently you mean 4 years ago, yes. he's still as irritating as ever in RL mind you
by happyhooker
Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The official Lions 2021 thread
Replies: 4571
Views: 374861

Re: The official Lions 2021 thread

Owens was quality when he came on- not sure how Mako will go without him? Mako was getting twisted bigtime but Owens kept it square. I've no idea what you were watching, but Mako absolutely had the oppo TH on toast in every scrum. Go back and look at his head placement - he was frequently starting ...
by happyhooker
Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Naomi Osaka
Replies: 237
Views: 12202

Re: Naomi Osaka

just thought i'd have a quick scan of the forum.

anonymous, edanielfire and quite a few others; thanks for reminding me why i almost never look at this place anymore.

cue the "you're no loss" responses, but i genuinely expected better from some people.
by happyhooker
Sat May 01, 2021 12:31 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Australia - The Hermit Kingdom
Replies: 1472
Views: 86248

Re: Overseas Australians could face jail for trying to come home

jesus zakar. i was just having my first look at this bored for a while, realised on reading most of the shite why i'm not a regular on here anymore and you had to respond to that pile of turgid shit with that.
by happyhooker
Sat May 01, 2021 12:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Covid Confessions
Replies: 27
Views: 2575

Re: Covid Confessions

I see dozy's mastery of the word nuance has not diminshed in any way in my absence most people I know have taken them pretty seriously. There's been several clients of mine that I know I was pretty much their only human contact for a few weeks in a row, and they were strict about not being in close ...
by happyhooker
Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Cameo - Rugby
Replies: 12
Views: 1271

Re: Cameo - Rugby

ned hanigan would seem somewhat overpriced
by happyhooker
Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3323533

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

I’m still perplexed by mates from Jamaican heritage who won’t have the vaccine, neither will their relatives- yet their next Facebook post is pray for ********** in hospital with the covid. Can’t get my head around it, but I can’t be arsed with the drama/kicking from piping up. It’s like Darwinism....
by happyhooker
Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3323533

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

busy as all hell yet and simultaneously bored out of my mind. an odd juxtaposition. started seeing someone in late october which, despite the myriad upsides, kinda makes it all a bit more wierd but.... everyone important is alive and healthy, i've lost the weight i piled on last spring when i had no...
by happyhooker
Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3323533

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

Sefton wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:14 pm
C69 wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:43 pm
Sefton wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:41 pm The Southport SA cases are about 5 minutes from me.
Where?
Just outside Churchtown, Norwood Road.

You’ll be ok in your gated community in Formby.
the 2 cases in north east london have been tracked to tottenham hale.

guess where i started a job today? you'll never get it
by happyhooker
Mon Feb 01, 2021 9:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3323533

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

I’m still perplexed by mates from Jamaican heritage who won’t have the vaccine, neither will their relatives- yet their next Facebook post is pray for ********** in hospital with the covid. Can’t get my head around it, but I can’t be arsed with the drama/kicking from piping up. It’s like Darwinism....
by happyhooker
Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Decent beer deliveries
Replies: 12
Views: 1405

Re: Decent beer deliveries

I've tried to type a longer response a few times on phone. Managed to hit an ad and lose it.

Notes;

Ebf are v good

Campervan's west coast ipa and leith pilsner good, more esoteric stuff undrinkable.

Dd, all good, really busy.

How the fudge do you lot use this site on phones anymore??
by happyhooker
Wed Jan 06, 2021 5:00 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Decent beer deliveries
Replies: 12
Views: 1405

Re: Decent beer deliveries

You've got some decent breweries in Edinburgh. Try their online shops. New barns and pilot spring to mind.

Bloody hell, this site is almost unusable nowadays, isn't it?
by happyhooker
Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 8953356

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

As Mark Twain reportedly said: "Never argue with an idiot: they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". The ironing is strong here. This is exactly why I wish you'd stop arguing with pretty much everyone on here. Your indefatigability is noteworthy, but you genuinely diminish ev...
by happyhooker
Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:26 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your most embarrassing overhyping of a player
Replies: 120
Views: 10106

Re: Your most embarrassing overhyping of a player

Me. Told my coaches I’d played county U21 at hooker (true), they put me in front row in a senior cup game the following weekend after 5 years playing fullback. Lasted about 20mins, couldn’t stand up straight for a week. I've met you. You played county hooker at u21s?? You're considerably younger th...
by happyhooker
Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your most embarrassing overhyping of a player
Replies: 120
Views: 10106

Re: Your most embarrassing overhyping of a player

tiddle wrote:
happyhooker wrote:36 :blush: :blush: :blush:
made the lions tbf
So did Andy titterall. What's your point?
by happyhooker
Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:30 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Something to celebrate in Zimbabwe
Replies: 28
Views: 3262

Re: Something to celebrate in Zimbabwe

Bad piece of shit alright. IIRC he was Mugabe's cousin . I also doubt he had the ability to fly an aircraft. Black Jesus was the most evil Mugabe henchman. His command of Zim forces during the battle of Kinshasa, probably did ensure a Zim victory. Zim were heavily out numbered 20 to 1, and only had...
by happyhooker
Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The perfect gift for the Woke/SJW/Greeny/Corbynite
Replies: 38
Views: 4128

Re: The perfect gift for the Woke/SJW/Greeny/Corbynite

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8583179/M-S-RENAMES-Falklands-globe-using-Argentinian-slap-face-British-troops.html Can't imagine M and S allowing this to stay on their shelves for too long. Someone is going to get a big boot up the backside My uncle and I are quite left wing. And bimbo ha...
by happyhooker
Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Something to celebrate in Zimbabwe
Replies: 28
Views: 3262

Re: Something to celebrate in Zimbabwe

Bad piece of shit alright. IIRC he was Mugabe's cousin . I also doubt he had the ability to fly an aircraft. Black Jesus was the most evil Mugabe henchman. His command of Zim forces during the battle of Kinshasa, probably did ensure a Zim victory. Zim were heavily out numbered 20 to 1, and only had...
by happyhooker
Sun Aug 02, 2020 12:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The perfect gift for the Woke/SJW/Greeny/Corbynite
Replies: 38
Views: 4128

Re: The perfect gift for the Woke/SJW/Greeny/Corbynite

Derwyn wrote:Probably.
You're a genuinely despicable cúnt of a human. On here anyway.

The back story has been told on here a few times.