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- Sun Oct 03, 2021 7:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Time off for “A Cold”
- Replies: 128
- Views: 7945
Re: Time off for “A Cold”
I take time off for a cold because I work in the care sector and would not want to pass it on to colleagues doing vital and important work with vulnerable residents.
- Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:11 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Anyone for Man Curfew?
- Replies: 243
- Views: 14710
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: 14710
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: 14710
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...
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 10:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wasps vs Chiefs
- Replies: 7
- Views: 892
Re: Wasps vs Chiefs
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:09 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: PR Depression, Anxiety and Suicidal
- Replies: 2421
- Views: 321912
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: 10713
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: 2421
- Views: 321912
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 May 29, 2019 10:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Big Lol’s willy in the news again
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4440
Re: Big Lol’s willy in the news again
In that esteemed publication The Sun, eh? Bound to be true then...
- Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:15 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112614
- Views: 7574913
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Erm? You know who the two top tacklers were in that match? 25 apiece for Simpson and Carr...Raggs wrote:Hughes is pretty much the only one of the leavers who's actually playing well, rather than average to poor.
Can’t believe we’re letting Simmo go.
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 4:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Rolf Harris in trouble.....
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3808
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...
- Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: E-cig advice
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3974
Re: E-cig advice
I use the Arc Mini which can also be switched off with the 5 x rapid clicks, not that I ever do turn it off mind...
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 7:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: 2017 - good riddance
- Replies: 65
- Views: 4739
Re: 2017 - good riddance
Doog & I gave up smoking on 4th & 6th Feb respectively, vaping instead. Far easier than anticipated. Started getting hip pain in March, and now can’t walk very far without having to sit awhile. Weight has piled on, viscous circle. Discovered that our flat only has a remaining lease of 55 years (mort...
- Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: DUNKIRK
- Replies: 491
- Views: 70313
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...
- Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Lads, think I am dying please help(Grim reading of symptoms)
- Replies: 54
- Views: 5877
Re: Lads, think I am dying please help(Grim reading of sympt
I can't eat or drink anything without throwing up. I played football last night, got in and had a print of blackcurrant squash after to rehydrate which is the norm. Went to bed 10:20. Woke at 5 with a bit of a pain in my stomach, thought nothing of it. Went back to sleep. Woke at 6:30 and had to ru...
- Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NTHCSBH QF: Leinster v Wasps, Sat 01/04, 15:15
- Replies: 624
- Views: 44233
Re: NTHCSBH QF: Leinster v Wasps, Sat 01/04, 15:15
How much is your season ticket as a matter of interest, Aitch. What does it include? European games as well as home ones? Discounts etc? 2017/18 Season tix include: 11 Premiership home games, 3 European games, 2 Anglo-Welsh Cup games, all home A games, pre-season friendly at the Ricoh, England Rugb...
- Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:06 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NTHCSBH QF: Leinster v Wasps, Sat 01/04, 15:15
- Replies: 624
- Views: 44233
Re: NTHCSBH QF: Leinster v Wasps, Sat 01/04, 15:15
I just hope our gang of plucky local lads can keep it sensible against the huge money Coventry spivs. Does not compute....... Yeah Beale must have joined because he heard such great things about the city. Don't get me started! He's hardly been value for money... And no, we're not going to the game....
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 11:30 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Incident outside Parliament
- Replies: 1414
- Views: 78755
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: 6966
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 12, 2017 9:51 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: How have you stopped your relationship getting stale?
- Replies: 129
- Views: 5453
Re: How have you stopped your relationship getting stale?
Wotcha DAC!DAC2016 wrote:Hey Aitch
We're sorry to hear your news... Please get in touch if you feel so inclined - our contact details are still the same.
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 5:30 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: How have you stopped your relationship getting stale?
- Replies: 129
- Views: 5453
Re: How have you stopped your relationship getting stale?
One surefire way I have found to keep a relationship from getting stale is to allow it to turn into a nightmare scenario where she doesn't get on with any of your friends and has a very limited social life so insists you stay with her whenever you're not compelled to go out for work or whatever, co...
- Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Posters who have escaped
- Replies: 540
- Views: 32320
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: 32320
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...
- Mon Dec 26, 2016 4:32 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wasps v Bath
- Replies: 110
- Views: 8318
Re: Wasps v Bath
26,292Red Chopper wrote:Just turned on, good try. Good crowd, did they say what the attendance is?
- Tue Oct 04, 2016 8:11 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: English rugby sex scandal - breaking
- Replies: 163
- Views: 18472
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...
- Tue Sep 20, 2016 10:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Wasps v Bristol Sunday, 18 September
- Replies: 74
- Views: 6757
Re: Wasps v Bristol Sunday, 18 September
Plus all the alleged knock-ons that had zero forward momentum... He really is rubbish!Petros wrote:and Wigglesworth spared Briz two or three tries by calling forward passes that were less forward than Marchant's try in the LDH
Interesting comment from Tighthead re the Wasps marketing.
- Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Having children or not?
- Replies: 533
- Views: 40571
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 10:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: How good was Prince
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1810
Re: How good was Prince
The fact that he managed to convince the world that he wasn't gay is remarkable. Has it occured to you that you might have completely the wrong end of the stick? There was a very tense moment on the BBC Breakfast prog where one of the presenters confessed to having been invited to dance with His Ro...
- Wed Jun 15, 2016 9:52 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Where's Openside?
- Replies: 113
- Views: 6351
Re: Where's Openside?
Torquemada 1420 wrote:Not a phrase you'd want taken out of context.globus wrote:I'll do all the dressing. It's a speciality. I've done it since I was ten, taught by a professional. My dad.
I was thinking along the very same lines Torq!
- Wed Jun 15, 2016 9:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Having children or not?
- Replies: 533
- Views: 40571
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: 40571
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: 40571
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: 40571
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: 47905
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.
- Sun May 29, 2016 5:27 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Johnny Depp
- Replies: 278
- Views: 24073
Re: Johnny Depp
Seems a bit suspicious - I'd rather wait for the facts. Chronology - according to her version which it looks like she saw fit to give the press a copy of. Fight on Saturday. She says the pair separated on Sunday. She files for a divorce on Monday. He goes off to Portugal at some point. They both la...
- Fri May 13, 2016 9:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beale (finally) goooooooooooooooooooooone....
- Replies: 100
- Views: 7821
Re: Beale (finally) goooooooooooooooooooooone....
They do say that ignorance is bliss...wamberal99 wrote:TQoET wrote:As a Wasps fan, I really don't want him at the club.
Sure Beale is a talent, albeit a flakey one, but he's also a troublemaker plagued with ill-discipline. The last thing Cipriani needs is that cunt around the place.
I didn't know Wasps had any fans.
- Fri May 06, 2016 4:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Engagement Ring Etiquette
- Replies: 235
- Views: 12338
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: 3664
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: 23006
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: 430
- Views: 90276
Re: Who knows stuff about watches?
Well, he's no Jack Reacher!ZappaMan wrote:Who are you, Susie Sundial?Openside wrote: most of the time I can estimate the time to within ten minutes.