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[ Not really. Putin and many others in the higher echelons of Russian politics have long questioned Ukraine's right to exist, let alone having an independent foreign policy.[/quote] Just texted my oldest friend the Pests score, he's in Kiev, trying to sort out problems with a bank the company he con...

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The population of Greece had to have been replaced during the dark ages and no body noticed until it was too late. I believe it was replenished with new energetic Germanic blood from the north. Lottsa Goths. They were big in The Mani peninsula and nearby bits. Pre Byzantium, from memory - my books ...

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Hareaway wrote:Tools

shut it down .. thats it , good tools //end fred

Binos and scope - scope should cost more than your rifle. Expensive knives otoh, complete waste of money ,Outdoor Edge or Bush knife completely adequate.

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Farva wrote:Jakarta gets 12,315,240
Mumbai 13,121,350
I can't see too many doing more than these ones.

Mexico City ? It's BIG. Had a taxi driver who couldn't find the international airport !

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Wade really is a phenomenal talent. Surely it's time for him to get a shot at an England start? I would drop Jonny May in a heartbeat to pick Wade Even with my Quins shirt on I would drop Yarde before May. He is very average atm And if we're picking fantasy wings, I'd give Nowell a shout ahead of W...

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Phew! We won one finally. Exeter the better side but we kept at it and forced them into errors. Hook is just awful. Glaws look pretty directionless with Hook at 10. Which also means that Robson , who is a much more incisive player than Laidlaw, doesn't get any meaningfull game time, because Laidlaw...

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I'll settle for beating wales convincingly. A decisive game plan, which includes contesting rucks harder, a flyhalf who ensures we are playing in the right part of the field, where our excellent lineout can contest oposition ball and some backs who recognise when an attack is on and don't have brai...

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Been to pretty much every country which has an offsore oil or gas field. Except Azerbaijan , Venezuela and China. Best was probably NZ, Maui field - their Cooks and Stewards Union embargoed our boat because it had foreign caterers onboard and we got to spend six weeks living ashore in New Plymouth o...

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Shrekles wrote:
zippy wrote:Which version of the Haka will they be doing?
All of them in order that PJ can turn this into a trilogy.

And the title will be changed from Dambusters to Cropdusters.

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I am without a dog now, for a year - the first time in my life. The last one died of old age and I do not have the heart or health to get another. I am poorer for that. My boys and seven grandchildren were all brought up in close vicinity with several big and small dogs of all (and some indiscrimin...

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Lots of chatter with the Quins fans at Twickers yesterday that Tim Swiel will stay. Don't exactly know how it will work, I assume he's contractually obliged to play out the season at the Sharks but it looks like he wants to stay with Quins. :D Very pleased if true. He is raw, but he's a pretty good...

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Good game there lads, plenty of biff and skills good as well. Hell of a lot better than the Aviva offering of Irish vs Welsh.

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He's absolutely right regarding point 5. I'd say a good 80-90% of turnovers, if reffed to the letter of the law, would be penalties against the pilferer. As is the way with rugby, turning over the ball at rucks has become an arms race, where to counter ever greater hits from the defending team, the...

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Played from 12 to late thirties. Unfortunately after school all expat rugby, so never had the chance to compete at highest level. Totally memorable first Twickenham England match. Taken by one of the games masters and stood with his ex-Loughborough college mates and spent the match next to the injur...

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Interesting post match shots of Tiggers changing room. Parling ,who I thought played very well, was the one doing the team pep talk. Don't write him out of the mix just yet.

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Yourmother wrote:Greenwood instrumental to a lot of those tries. Robinson a great finisher.

Simbad, some sublime touches. How good could he have been , if not perpetually broken ?

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Not good. RFU needs to slap this down ASAP. It should be about developing English talent, not importing talent for a quick fix. I think the system works very well at the moment. Absolutely agree with you. I'd far rather see Cook, Harrison , Robson, et al develop, rather than watch Wepu or Genia blo...

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And the point I was making, with the legal system being used as a demonstrative example, is that whether or not groupthink can influence a person's actions we do not normally allow people to even partially absolve themselves of responsibility by pleading that they were only going along with what th...

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Police have had to move on a man ranting agains Islam outside of the siege. Ralph Cerminara is the leader of the Australian Defence League, an anti-Muslim organisation and went to the siege to specifically rant against the religion. Police told him to leave the area. Charming Weirdly, lots of the g...

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pontifex wrote:
Smee wrote:Pontiflex do yourself and favour and logoff and step away from the computer. The internet is not that serious.

"If I were down at the pub, which I will be soon enough."

The ironing is strong in this defender of Islamic values.

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http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/daily-afternoon-randomness-49-photos-334.jpg?w=600&h=403 nice rack... Woeful! And yet I larfed... Her hand position is great .... ok whatever as for the "rack " , it has a reasonably weak tres tine but good length 6 x 6,for Christs sake, you Kiwis' are so...

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Despite the moronic nature of a lot of the posts there are some very smart cookies posting here. Whenever a genuine question is asked there are some very knowledgeable responses. True. Although slightly appalled to find Grauniad reading types on a rugby bored. *Slips into 'wouldn't have happened in ...

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Kimmage doesn't appear to have anything other than a sense that "this can't be right". I'm not sure I even understand what the French ex-prop's complaint is - a supplement culture at a young age is too unhealthy? That was my point. If I wanted to I could provide much better supporting anecdote. As ...

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Dan Robson to Exeter Chiefs

Chiefs would be a great choice for Robson - their style of high tempo play would suit his game perfectly.

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I was chatting to an acquaintance who does body building competitions. He had told me that he was shedding fat to get ripped for the competition. No carbs, high protein etc. I asked him was he doing any cardio, his reply was no, it would burn muscle. But we have huge monsters running around smashin...

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enzedder01 wrote:No Mexted - what a dryballs afternoon watching that would be.

Got to have Mexted - comedy gold, when he gets his one-eyed mojo working !

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Chuckles beat me to it. To be honest, if we absolutely have to play a fly-half and an extra playmaker at 15, of all the options I would pick Cipriani, not Goode. Teams would be so much more wary of kicking to Cipriani than Goode, particularly when you consider Cipriani's better range of passing, mo...

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Mako back in action at 41 mins in a kick fest at Exeter Cole lasted 80 mins Think it's fair to say they haven't really been missed this series - Brookes and Mullan have been excellent. Others who have come out of this series with an enhanced rep: May, Watson, Ford, Kruis Shame there aren't more to ...

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I went to the Serengeti about 7 years ago. It was pretty cool. What was not cool was arriving into the park and within ten minutes stopping to see a wilderbeast that had just given birth to a baby wilderbeast and promptly died. There were already vultures sitting like comfortable cozy lounge lizard...

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I've openly admitted (particularly in light of the SA game) how badly out of form and lacking in match fitness Farrell is, it's the worst I can remember him playing for years (though it still doesn't approach the horrifying nadirs of form that Cipriani and Burns have touched on numerous occasions i...

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That it will be accurate enough out of the box for heart/lung shots on deer/pig out to 400m, probably true. 400m is a long enough shot. Very, very long in the Florida swamp. I suspect you'll be shooting those piggys at less than 50ft :thumbup: Hogs in Texas , I think you said ? Probably from a stan...

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For me the UK should vote to be either in or out In means the UK gives up their political and monetary sovereignty and joins a new EU country. As in effect all Euro countries mostly already have. Or out means we leave the EU and just have a trade agreement with the EU. But the people must vote on t...

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He's not been in the best of form recently, and he's no threat himself. With Ford at 10 that's far less of an issue, but if you can have a threat at 9 as well, why not! I'm trying to remember which scrum half it was I watched in the last week that really caught my eye, may have been internationals,...

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Instead of going with the Savage Axis XP Stainless 30-06, Ive opted for the all black XP II with the improved adjustable AccuTrigger. Getting it for the same prices as the other one and this one comes with a weaver scope. :thumbup: https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Savage-...

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Care, Roko and Eastmond returned early to clubs to prepare for the game this Friday. Wrong, wrong, wrong. No issue with Roko going back. May and Watson are fine. Care and Eastmond is odd. Youngs is poor and it would be good to see Care with Ford. Eastmond is the form 12 and it would be good to see ...

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Ireland, clearly the best coached side by a mile and they appear to be developing depth in a few of the backs positions. They just need key forwards like POC to stay fit.

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openclashXX wrote:And Dallaglio just advocated 6 Haskell 7 Robshaw 8 Wood for the Australia game

Just NO.
Morgan fine and Billy put in a decent shift for Sarries today.

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Voting for a party which is explicitly committed to destroying the best-loved institution in British life of the past 50 years is not rational by any definition of the term. 45 seonds worth of Google reveals..... The National Health Service – UKIP will ensure the NHS is free at the point of deliver...

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The Greens gaining 3% vs Kippers gaining 48%. Stuggling to see too much ''good news for the Greens" there, tbh. As an own goal of epic proportions, Thornberry is up there with the ''bigoted woman". Guido on story number 5, with more and more colateral damage taking place in real time, as assorted le...

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