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- Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:19 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: IKEA
- Replies: 65
- Views: 4776
Re: IKEA
I went to the one at Lakeside just before christmas on a thursday at 4:00pm... it was empty! :shock: only decent Ikea trip I've ever had. Been loads and like their stuff just not the hell it is to buy it!, I had the worst day of my life when my (now ex) wife insisted we had a humongous TV cabinet an...
- Wed May 08, 2019 10:31 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Best Sci-Fi Novels
- Replies: 691
- Views: 100189
Re: Best Sci-Fi Novels
I have two Peter F Hamilton books on Audible, Pandora's star and Reality Dysfunction. Also have Great North Road on Kindle. Have never read anything by him. Which one would be best to start? Great North Road. It's a self contained novel. Reality Dysfunction is book 1 of 3 in the Confederation, Pand...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 12:33 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Laurie Fisher goooooooone
- Replies: 48
- Views: 6440
Re: Laurie Fisher goooooooone
He always reminded me of :
or am I just showing my age
or am I just showing my age
- Tue Dec 27, 2016 12:36 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Which Celebrity will kick the bucket before 2016 is over?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 8755
Re: Which Celebrity will kick the bucket before 2016 is over
Not forgetting Terry Pratchett
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:19 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112658
- Views: 7590662
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
I think Ben Spencer is Sarries academy too (and he's shaping up nicely).
- Thu Sep 08, 2016 8:44 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: iPhone 7 - no headphone jack?
- Replies: 131
- Views: 11342
Re: iPhone 7 - no headphone jack?
I'm no apple fanboy (iTunes is the biggest pile of sh*t on the planet and the music player on the iPhone is equally bad!, mediamonkey and the amazon player for me :) ). Anyway when I first heard about them losing the headphone jack I thought they really shot themselves in the foot, however I got to ...
- Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:08 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Knife attack in RUssell Square
- Replies: 223
- Views: 11404
Re: Knife attack in RUssell Square
Can anyone post the picture from last night's Evening Standard showing the new police uniform and accessories? My Action Man in the 60's didn't have that much gear FFS. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/08/03/13/36D54CF000000578-3721270-The_heavily_armed_officers_carry_semi_automatic_rifles_hand_...
- Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:26 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Women who've aged incredibly well
- Replies: 326
- Views: 29925
Re: Women who've aged incredibly well
http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/ln/20160618/royal_ascot_day_5_royals_180616_03/royal-ascot_5297408.jpg http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sites/bfi.org.uk.films-tv-people/files/styles/gallery_full/public/bfi_stills/bfi-00n-zmu.jpg?itok=PDpWvp8y Amanda Redman - 58! Finally ... my Globus moment. ...
- Sun Jul 17, 2016 3:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Women who've aged incredibly well
- Replies: 326
- Views: 29925
Re: Women who've aged incredibly well
Amanda Redman - 58!
- Fri May 13, 2016 2:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Champions Cup Final: Racing 92 vs Saracens FC
- Replies: 583
- Views: 18563
Re: Champions Cup Final: Racing 92 vs Saracens FC
15 Englishman in the Sarries 23. Good stuff. :thumbup: 15 Alex Goode (206) * 14 Chris Ashton (96) * 13 Duncan Taylor (89)* 12 Brad Barritt (c) (168) 11 Chris Wyles (205) 10 Owen Farrell (132) * 9 Richard Wigglesworth (152) * 1 Mako Vunipola (97) 2 Schalk Brits (168) 3 Petrus Du Plessis (128) 4 Maro...
- Thu May 12, 2016 12:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Least predictable endings
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1766
Re: Least predictable endings
Inception
- Thu May 12, 2016 12:37 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Irrational Hatred Thread
- Replies: 422
- Views: 37484
Re: Irrational Hatred Thread
People who won't move out of the way to let people off the train while waiting to get on. I'm not the Martian Manhunter, I'm not going to fu c king evaporate if you stare at me with that vacant expression for long enough. If you do this, particularly in peak hour, I don't care if you're an octogena...
- Wed May 11, 2016 8:46 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Best end scenes from movies
- Replies: 92
- Views: 3871
Re: Best end scenes from movies
Brazil
And for those that remember it .. dark star
And for those that remember it .. dark star
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 11:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: What's wrong with this engine?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 3581
Re: What's wrong with this engine?
Thats brillant, took me ages to see it.
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Long ban in store for Brits?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4367
Re: Long ban in store for Brits?
3 weeks according to Chris Jones on twitter. chris jones @chrisjones51 5m5 minutes ago Schalk Brits of Saracens banned for three weeks for punching Gloucester's Nick Wood Good grief running short of Hookers! Though Jared Saunders apparently did a good job so maybe another young EQP will be steppin...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112658
- Views: 7590662
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Should have kept the Hulk version ( or is that radiation therepy? )pjm1 wrote:Looks pretty much the same Ewers in the Chiefs twitter snap earlier in the month:
- Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:51 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112658
- Views: 7590662
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Goode is most certainly next up at 15. I wonder how much Jones really rates him, though. If ever there were a match to sub Mike Brown, the Scotland match was it, he was not carrying the way he normally does and took some poor decisions at times. I suspect Jones may still have trusted him more under...
- Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:14 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Propose me a Company Name
- Replies: 98
- Views: 5235
Re: Propose me a Company Name
U Dump It We Hump It
- Sat Jan 23, 2016 2:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Toulouse vs Sarries, Saturday, 1300
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2455
Re: Toulouse vs Sarries, Saturday, 1300
Cricfree.tv
- Sat Jan 02, 2016 5:46 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Sarries vs Tiggers
- Replies: 87
- Views: 6949
Re: Sarries vs Tiggers
Cole getting mangled by Vunipola :uhoh: This is the starting England TH boys. How long is Brookes out for? I should know - I'm a Saints fan... First half of the 6 Nations is the word fun fact, Petrus is EQ :twisted: (I think?) Anyway, I don't think Thacker is offering much ballast at hooker Yes he is
- Thu Dec 31, 2015 2:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: iTunes sucks
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4636
Re: iTunes sucks
Media monkey for me too. Got sick and tired of cleaning up after iTunes spattered my collection which buggered up my squeezebox server.
Upgraded to mediamonkey gold and can rip as flac, means I can organise my music how I want and tag it how I want not how Apple want.
Upgraded to mediamonkey gold and can rip as flac, means I can organise my music how I want and tag it how I want not how Apple want.
- Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:45 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Book(s) you'd like to see as TV series?
- Replies: 131
- Views: 11402
Re: Book(s) you'd like to see as TV series?
Raymond E Feist's the Riftwar Saga. 2 seasons on Magician, 1 season on Silverthorn and a season (or possibly two) on Darkness at Sethanon. If it goes well there's all sorts of others to do. You can skip Silverthron altogether tbf. It really is just a standalone story and isn't really particularly g...
- Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Book(s) you'd like to see as TV series?
- Replies: 131
- Views: 11402
Re: Book(s) you'd like to see as TV series?
There are rumours of Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicals being made into a TV series ( if you haven't read it , then do so, they are fantastic though is taking his bloody sweet time with the third book ). :thumbup: Terry Pratchett Not sure Iain Banks would work as the books don't really follow. ...
- Fri Dec 11, 2015 3:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Star Wars XV
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2071
Re: Star Wars XV
12 - Lando Calrissian ( need a playmaker at 12 )
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 10:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Post your facebook friends tedious status updates*
- Replies: 1125
- Views: 135147
Re: Post your facebook friends tedious status updates*
This came up on my newsfeed. It's really fcuking irritating me. :x Spoilered for size. https://scontent-syd1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11012056_817126641766909_2606310252668992279_n.jpg?oh=c7fadde8e72160fa25553f2884f88c54&oe=56B87E31 So if my other half asks "Does my bum look big in this...
- Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Saints vs Sarries, BT Sport, Saturday
- Replies: 83
- Views: 3434
Re: Saints vs Sarries, BT Sport, Saturday
Teams Up: 15 Alex Goode (187) 14 Chris Ashton (80) 13 Duncan Taylor (71) 12 Brad Barritt (147) 11 Chris Wyles (181) 10 Owen Farrell (116) 9 Richard Wigglesworth (131) 1 Mako Vunipola (80) 2 Schalk Brits (149) 3 Petrus Du Plessis (104) 4 George Kruis (105) 5 Alistair Hargreaves © (70) 6 Maro Itoje (...
- Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112658
- Views: 7590662
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Was at AP earlier today. Granted Sale were very poor but Jamie George looks excellent, does the hooking basics excellently, scrummages, good with ball in hand and can defend. Remind me again why he wasn't starting at the World Cup? I was really impressed with Streather, Tompkins, Ellery and Fraser ...
- Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112658
- Views: 7590662
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Was at AP earlier today. Granted Sale were very poor but Jamie George looks excellent, does the hooking basics excellently, scrummages, good with ball in hand and can defend. Remind me again why he wasn't starting at the World Cup? Because the England coaching team are devoid of intelligence ( sorr...
- Sat Oct 17, 2015 4:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112658
- Views: 7590662
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
You mean spencer lolPlastic Sarrie wrote:Wigglesworth's out the back of the hand pass for Sarries' BP try was quite something
- Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: In defence of Andy Farrell
- Replies: 53
- Views: 3762
Re: In defence of Andy Farrell
I think this coaching team have always been thinking in terms of the future as much as in the here and now, and unfortunately we wound up a) caught in the worst part of the transition period from the old Noon-Tindall up the jumper English rugby approach to their new desired chuck it about style, b)...
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:33 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Next English Coach?
- Replies: 158
- Views: 10261
Re: Next English Coach?
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/70917000/jpg/_70917663_markmccall.jpg Winning coach Bog off you cant have him! ( or Sanderson, Gussie, Sorrell and Vickers either! ) I suspect they'd struggle with the drop in available funds, tbh. More from upcoming retirements at the end of this season.. but ...
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Next English Coach?
- Replies: 158
- Views: 10261
Re: Next English Coach?
My "troll" choice would be a team led by Clive Woodward and Eddie Jones. Think of the press conferences, think of the mind games that England could play. We've spend too long as the Tim Nicebutdim of world rugby, let's get back to being the untouchable Alan B'stards... Can we squeeze Brendan Venter...
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:26 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Next English Coach?
- Replies: 158
- Views: 10261
Re: Next English Coach?
Bog off you cant have him! ( or Sanderson, Gussie, Sorrell and Vickers either! )Glaston wrote:
Winning coach
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 12:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112658
- Views: 7590662
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
I don't understand the value of that lineup in a dead rubber. Surely Vunipola - George - Webber - Kruis - Launch - Haskell - Wood - Easter - Care - Ford/Slade - JJ/Slade - JJ/Slade - Nowell - Watson - Goode to get all the players in the squad some exposure (otherwise, why bother taking?) and to try...
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 12:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112658
- Views: 7590662
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Oh and Jamie George must be feeling pretty aggrieved right now, surely he was worth a start? :frown: Did he run over Bombers ( apt nickname really when you think about it ) dog or something? What does the guy have to do to get a start! Re: Ford, Farrell iirc didn't they play together in that combin...
- Sat Oct 03, 2015 10:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: England Fans - Who will you support now?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 5580
Re: England Fans - Who will you support now?
Australia ( because I have some class Aussie relatives ) and Ireland ( cause my missus is half Irish )
Wales can go swing thanks to the c@nt plastic Welshy Facebook knob who gloats whenever anyone beats England but doesn't know the first thing about rugby.
Wales can go swing thanks to the c@nt plastic Welshy Facebook knob who gloats whenever anyone beats England but doesn't know the first thing about rugby.
- Sat Oct 03, 2015 9:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ENGLAND vs AUSTRALIA: Pool A, RWC Oct 3 Twickenham
- Replies: 2468
- Views: 99556
Re: ENGLAND vs AUSTRALIA: Pool A, RWC Oct 3 Twickenham
F@ck that was painful, well played Oz the ribbing I'm going to get from my Ozzie relatives will be bad. Still think NZ will take it but not getting through the group is bad. Coaching team has to go 4 years and nothing to show for it.
- Fri Oct 02, 2015 1:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112658
- Views: 7590662
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
10 Sarries Academy graduates in the XV to face Wuss http://www.saracens.com/admin/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Team-Bramley-Road-300x128.jpg :thumbup: Good to see Fraser back, Spencer is looking better and better every game ( and the best kicker we have ). Some Future england stars in that Line up! S...
- Fri Oct 02, 2015 1:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112658
- Views: 7590662
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
10 Sarries Academy graduates in the XV to face Wuss http://www.saracens.com/admin/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Team-Bramley-Road-300x128.jpg :thumbup: Good to see Fraser back, Spencer is looking better and better every game ( and the best kicker we have ). Some Future england stars in that Line up! S...
- Fri Oct 02, 2015 1:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112658
- Views: 7590662
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Much is made of the relative merits of players who are either out of form, playing in the 'wrong' positions or seem to be there for reasons other than their rugby prowess (nepotism). However one of the more damning recurring themes seems to me to be that the RFU employs coaches who have not achieve...