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- Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:11 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Anyone for Man Curfew?
- Replies: 243
- Views: 16743
Re: Anyone for Man Curfew?
A curfew wouldn’t solve anything. Assaults, harassments, any other type of sleight towards women happen at any time of day, in all sorts of environments (inc right here on this bored - those of you who’ve been here long enough may remember the shit that some of the female contributors got levelled ...
- Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Anyone for Man Curfew?
- Replies: 243
- Views: 16743
Re: Anyone for Man Curfew?
A curfew wouldn’t solve anything. Assaults, harassments, any other type of sleight towards women happen at any time of day, in all sorts of environments (inc right here on this bored - those of you who’ve been here long enough may remember the shit that some of the female contributors got levelled ...
- Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Anyone for Man Curfew?
- Replies: 243
- Views: 16743
Re: Anyone for Man Curfew?
A curfew wouldn’t solve anything. Assaults, harassments, any other type of sleight towards women happen at any time of day, in all sorts of environments (inc right here on this bored - those of you who’ve been here long enough may remember the shit that some of the female contributors got levelled a...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: PR Depression, Anxiety and Suicidal
- Replies: 2434
- Views: 352637
Re: PR Depression, Anxiety and Suicidal
Aitch, sorry to here that. You're damn right about getting paperwork in order. I buried my dad yesterday and always felt a bit of a fraud using this page to vent on, but it did help massively, so apologies and thanks for the intrusion No apologies necessary but thanks all the same. Watch out for ba...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Television buying advice
- Replies: 103
- Views: 11872
Re: Television buying advice
Crikey! We just upgraded from a 28” (I think?) which we’d had for over ten years and was starting to play up to a 32” because neither of us is deaf or blind and our lounge is quite small. Got a Toshiba for £180 in Costco. Funnily enough, because the old telly had a good couple of inches of frame aro...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:49 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: PR Depression, Anxiety and Suicidal
- Replies: 2434
- Views: 352637
Re: PR Depression, Anxiety and Suicidal
Amazing how, reading other’s experiences puts ones own into perspective. My dad died at the end of May. He’d had surgery to remove a supposedly cancerous (we never had confirmation) growth from his right lung (he never smoked) but came out of it with post surgical delirium which was horrendous. He t...
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 4:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rolf Harris in trouble.....
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4556
Re: Rolf Harris in trouble.....
As Backrow has stated, there was not the merest whiff of anything untoward regarding Rolf’s behaviour in the air in and around Maidenhead. A (female) friend in a local print shop did work for him regularly and never had a bad word to say about him. I helped out at the shop on a couple of occasions a...
- Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: DUNKIRK
- Replies: 490
- Views: 73628
Re: DUNKIRK
Saw it on Saturday. Was exhausted by it. Excellent cinematography. Only thing we noticed was a lack of stubble on Styles's chin and lack of disarrangement of attire when they were on the train going home. Oh, and one of the Spits was a MkV instead of a MkI. Interesting that the enemy didn't have a f...
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 11:30 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Incident outside Parliament
- Replies: 1414
- Views: 85776
Re: Incident outside Parliament
My one dickhead comment for the thread and I'll bolt but Does 'Asian' mean middle eastern Muslim now? Sweet, got it. In the Uk it is most likely to mean a brown person from the middle east/India region. We would say Chinese if we speak about east asian. Would we? I'd go with 'Oriental'... Loathing ...
- Thu Jan 12, 2017 10:08 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: How many hours of sleep do you need a night?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 7464
Re: How many hours of sleep do you need a night?
I could easily sleep for about nine hours but probably manage to get about six...
- Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Posters who have escaped
- Replies: 540
- Views: 35117
Re: Posters who have escaped
I pop by from time to time, usually when there's been a major news/rugby event. Lack of internet access at work combined with constant unwanted attention from a certain party every time I posted made being on here awkward & tiresome... Still in touch with a few via FB although I've had to block som...
- Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Posters who have escaped
- Replies: 540
- Views: 35117
Re: Posters who have escaped
I pop by from time to time, usually when there's been a major news/rugby event. Lack of internet access at work combined with constant unwanted attention from a certain party every time I posted made being on here awkward & tiresome... Still in touch with a few via FB although I've had to block some...
- Tue Oct 04, 2016 8:11 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: English rugby sex scandal - breaking
- Replies: 163
- Views: 19538
Re: English rugby sex scandal - breaking
So, this scandalous 'story' that broke in the Daily Fail turns out to be a non-story. Smacks of someone desperate for attention...
- Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Having children or not?
- Replies: 533
- Views: 45029
Re: Having children or not?
If you are selfish or self indulgent, don't have any. It's a life changer. If you have to ask the question, don't have any either! You dont have to be either selfish or self-indulgent, just very self-aware. Being entirely responsible for another persons welfare/wellbeing scared the pants off me and...
- Wed Jun 15, 2016 9:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Having children or not?
- Replies: 533
- Views: 45029
Re: Having children or not?
If you are selfish or self indulgent, don't have any. It's a life changer. If you have to ask the question, don't have any either! You dont have to be either selfish or self-indulgent, just very self-aware. Being entirely responsible for another persons welfare/wellbeing scared the pants off me and...
- Wed Jun 15, 2016 9:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Having children or not?
- Replies: 533
- Views: 45029
Re: Having children or not?
People should have kids if they can, otherwise my kids will be paying for their pension and upkeep when they're old. Had this conversation with an old fella I worked with who thought he was right to not have kids as he wasn't burdening society with the cost attached to bringing them up. My argument...
- Wed Jun 15, 2016 9:34 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Having children or not?
- Replies: 533
- Views: 45029
Re: Having children or not?
Have never wanted children. Anyone who asks why gets asked why they chose to wear that particular shirt/jumper/haircut. My life, my choice. My wife usually says "Can't stand the noisy, dirty, little buggers" Used to respond similarly but couldn't be arsed with the 'Oh, it's different when they're y...
- Wed Jun 15, 2016 8:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Having children or not?
- Replies: 533
- Views: 45029
Re: Having children or not?
Have never wanted children. Anyone who asks why gets asked why they chose to wear that particular shirt/jumper/haircut. My life, my choice.
- Fri Jun 03, 2016 9:00 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Has feminism gone too far in Western Society
- Replies: 849
- Views: 54142
Re: Has feminism gone too far in Western Society
You do all seem rather concerned about it so there must be something in it, eh?
Interesting how money focused you all are too, as if earning power somehow epitomises masculinity.
Interesting how money focused you all are too, as if earning power somehow epitomises masculinity.
- Fri May 06, 2016 4:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Engagement Ring Etiquette
- Replies: 235
- Views: 14167
Re: Engagement Ring Etiquette
Unless they've worked in the jewellery business, which I have...Sandstorm wrote:Buy the biggest stone less than flawless you can afford. Women don't know about clarity but they all show off "how big their diamond is"
- Sat Apr 30, 2016 10:55 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: English clubs have no heart
- Replies: 55
- Views: 4237
Re: English clubs have no heart
No one can say he's wrong. I can. He's talking out of his bottom if he's talking about all of them. Sarries are a bit soulless for sure but they're the exception rather than the rule Add the Coventry Wasps to that list. They've put in a damn sight more effort into building a relationship with the c...
- Sat Apr 30, 2016 10:34 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wasps vs Saracens ECC Semi-Final Thread
- Replies: 543
- Views: 26651
Re: Wasps vs Saracens ECC Semi-Final Thread
official crowd 16,820 nearly 8,000 under capacity sarries apparently didn't even sell their initial ticket allocation of ca 6,000 tickets. And a good deal of those they did sell were purchased by Wasps supporters who were panicking that the Wasps allocation would be snapped up by season ticket hold...
- Sat Apr 16, 2016 9:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL PR watch thread TM PTY LTD
- Replies: 429
- Views: 97570
Re: Who knows stuff about watches?
ZappaMan wrote:Who are you, Susie Sundial?Openside wrote: most of the time I can estimate the time to within ten minutes.
- Sat Apr 16, 2016 9:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The OFFICIAL PR watch thread TM PTY LTD
- Replies: 429
- Views: 97570
Re: Who knows stuff about watches?
My fiancée told me today that she wants to buy me a watch as a wedding present so we went out and looked at a few. I havent worn one regularly since I got my first mobile phone about 16 years ago but have often thought about it. I would like something that will look nice if worn with formal duds bu...
- Thu Apr 14, 2016 9:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Engagement Ring Etiquette
- Replies: 235
- Views: 14167
Re: Engagement Ring Etiquette
I turned to the eBay for inspiration when I chose my ring. Fell in love with a very unusual ruby and diamond ring, got it for £120.00! Was valued at £1800.00... Bargain.
- Tue Apr 12, 2016 8:49 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wasps vs Saracens ECC Semi-Final Thread
- Replies: 543
- Views: 26651
Re: Wasps vs Saracens ECC Semi-Final Thread
Wasps I know they finished a creditable 5th in the then Guinness Premiership in the 2009/10 season, but what else have they achieved since then? Well, they managed to avoid self-destruction (by the seat of their pants/skin of the teeth), relegation & evaporation, find an interested, wealthy busines...
- Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Leicester's publicity assault on new neighbours continues...
- Replies: 90
- Views: 6019
Re: Leicester's publicity assault on new neighbours continue
I guess it's all relative. I like Coventry mostly. The ring road is a nightmare for both navigator & driver if you're not a native but I reckon we'll get the hang of it eventually. I like that the city centre is compact, I like the market with it's three fishmongers and veg stalls selling stuff I c...
- Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Leicester's publicity assault on new neighbours continues...
- Replies: 90
- Views: 6019
Re: Leicester's publicity assault on new neighbours continue
I guess it's all relative. I like Coventry mostly. The ring road is a nightmare for both navigator & driver if you're not a native but I reckon we'll get the hang of it eventually. I like that the city centre is compact, I like the market with it's three fishmongers and veg stalls selling stuff I ca...
- Sun Apr 10, 2016 9:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wasps v Exeter ECCC QF
- Replies: 364
- Views: 11044
Re: Wasps v Exeter ECCC QF
Anonymous. wrote:That was my reaction when the kick went overChuckles1188 wrote:Just watched the game, having avoided any information about it whatsover. My reaction when Piutau went over:
Pretty much our reaction in the stadium!
- Tue Apr 05, 2016 10:12 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: What do you plan/hope to do when you retire from work
- Replies: 127
- Views: 7263
Re: What do you plan/hope to do when you retire from work
I plan to shuffle around motorway service stations in my carpet slippers, casually stealing shit I don't need with complete impunity. Very similar, but I hope to nurse a pint of super strength lager for hours whilst staring at the optics shelf of an inner city pub, unaware that my cock's hanging ou...
- Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:59 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bands you are off to see live
- Replies: 1786
- Views: 279022
Re: Bands you are off to see live
Going to see Jamie Woon in May...
Waiting for the next Kwabs tour with anticipation, cant do festivals so Wireless is out of the question.
Waiting for the next Kwabs tour with anticipation, cant do festivals so Wireless is out of the question.
- Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:55 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: What do you plan/hope to do when you retire from work
- Replies: 127
- Views: 7263
Re: What do you plan/hope to do when you retire from work
Only eight years to go before I start getting my state pension. Other than avoiding beige: Hopefully, we'll have moved (currently in a flat) by then and have a house with a garden so I'll be sowing (our own veg) and sewing (my own clothes in a dedicated space where I can just close the door on an un...
- Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wasps v Saints
- Replies: 114
- Views: 5564
Re: Wasps v Saints
Reffing has been pretty poor all round. I don't think we've had a clean scrum this half and it seems like he is guessing and lacks control. He's a chump. Ruined last year's fixture when he sent Hughes off unfairly then changed his story. Wrong ref. Need to fact check your whinging. Indeed. That was...
- Mon Mar 28, 2016 8:33 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Stormin' Norm Hadley gone
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3482
Re: Stormin' Norm Hadley gone
RIP both. This mugger story has been transformed somehow. I'm pretty sure he told someone (in a threatening manner) not to smoke on the tube. I'm pretty sure there was no mugging or beating anyone up. This. The louts were smoking & drinking and being generally offensive. Norm grabbed each by the sc...
- Sat Feb 20, 2016 8:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Bath v Wasps BT Sport (& Freeview)
- Replies: 167
- Views: 7122
Re: Bath v Wasps BT Sport (& Freeview)
Yes!!!! I spotted that too. Happened at Loftus Road once too - steward was turned away from the pitch, ball hit him right on the bonce and he went down like a sack of spuds!Nieghorn wrote:Did that steward take Robson's kick off the head?
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:53 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Venice advice
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1333
Re: Venice advice
As others have already suggested, go to Treviso (it has it's fair share of canals) instead and do Venice by train. Far fewer bothersome tourists, some wonderful restaurants etc. Been three times, adore the place... We stayed at the Maggior Consiglio Hotel which is about 1 & half miles from the town ...
- Mon Nov 23, 2015 12:45 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Euro rugby (BT) - Wasps vs Underachievers Toulon
- Replies: 288
- Views: 19364
Re: Euro rugby (BT) - Wasps vs Underachievers Toulon
I slipped on wet leaves Mr Torq...
Other than that, we are both tickety boo, thank you kindly. Trust you are keeping well yourself?
Other than that, we are both tickety boo, thank you kindly. Trust you are keeping well yourself?
- Mon Nov 23, 2015 12:32 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Euro rugby (BT) - Wasps vs Underachievers Toulon
- Replies: 288
- Views: 19364
Re: Euro rugby (BT) - Wasps vs Underachievers Toulon
I could only have been happier with yesterdays performance had I been able to attend in person but I had to make do with watching it on the tellybox due to having to nurse a fractured shoulder... Those of you expressing surprise at the attendance perhaps need to visit the Ricoh in person. Admittedly...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 9:26 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Jonah Lomu RIP
- Replies: 578
- Views: 42433
Re: Jonah Lomu RIP
The global #rugbyfamily mourns a superstar. Shocking and incredibly sad...
- Tue Sep 15, 2015 12:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Your favourite detective series
- Replies: 106
- Views: 4919
Re: Your favourite detective series
I concur with NYPD Blue, Wallander, George Gently, The Shield and add Vera, gotta love a bit of Brenda...and Waking the Dead and Silent Witness (though these are crime dramas rather than detective series).
