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Smoking age limit is 18 in the UK All advertising is banned in the UK. All packaging must be plain in the UK. I’m all for banning the thing all together. However the idea that something legal can only be sold to an adult age cohort that’s arbitrary is clearly ludicrous. It’s probably an excuse here...

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The UK already has one of the lowest smoking rates in the developed world, under 15% of people smoke, down from around 35% in 2000. That's considerably below the 20-40% range across most of the EU. The anti-smoking legislation passed during that time clearly had some effect. I would've preferred ha...

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The UK already has one of the lowest smoking rates in the developed world, under 15% of people smoke, down from around 35% in 2000. That's considerably below the 20-40% range across most of the EU. The anti-smoking legislation passed during that time clearly had some effect. I would've preferred ha...

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I have just sent an email to the father of one of the Westfield victims. I went to school with him. Frankly I cannot understand some of the opinions and comments on this thread. Yeah, it jumped the shark a long time ago. the bored is just a reflection of the world everything so politicized, reactio...

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Dominance? Before 2019 you do realise France were the reigning 2018 champions and England had won only 1 6 Nation in the past 6 years at that point? England have the larges playing numbers and were the first union to fund. It also really encouraging girls rugby, the last three weeks i have been at ...

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Rilley has been calling out left wingers in the UK for their Anti Semitism for a number of years. She won a couple of libel cases against supporters of Corbyn. She has become more vocal and forthright in the last year. She was pretty dumb to make assumptions about what happened in Sydney before mor...

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But the large playing base only came through with funding. Funding other unions didn't at all do. So England's dominance before 2019 was all just a happy coincidence while Canada is well known for their professional women's teams. Dominance? Before 2019 you do realise France were the reigning 2018 ...

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What the Fcuk is happening in Sydney https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68817872 A bishop and several other people have been stabbed during a sermon in Sydney that was being streamed online, local media report. The incident reportedly happened on Monday night in the suburb of Wakeley. Police ...

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What the Fcuk is happening in Sydney https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68817872 A bishop and several other people have been stabbed during a sermon in Sydney that was being streamed online, local media report. The incident reportedly happened on Monday night in the suburb of Wakeley. Police ...

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waiting to see how it is enforced, but suspect there going to be some fallout. Always been suspicious of the SNP laws since they defended the the gender self ID bill, with "well it does not make much difference to the law any way people should just except it". Which kind of made me wonder what the p...

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Looking on X it amazing to see how many structural engineers and shipping experts there are,

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Couldn't disagree more. If you cross the line and can't get it down, you've failed horribly. You're lucky you don't have to return to your hospital of birth and apologise to your midwife for wasting their time. This. So much this. By definition the defending team did a better job than the attacking...

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How about a 5m scrum? Do failed mauls see the attacking team with the scrum? It’s weird that some people claim to prefer watching 16 blokes slowly form a scrum then a big pig running the ball into traffic at speed from a dropout. What is definitely weird is that some people claim to enjoy rugby, bu...

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Thinking about this the idea that the only good thing is ball in play i.e. in the hands of players running is the only "good" thing is wrong. It what lead to the lack of competition in the scrum, the scrum was meant to be a competitive restart where getting the ball against the head was possible. 20...

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Currently Lay 19.4 states: Teams must be ready to form the scrum within 30 seconds of the mark being made. Sanction: Free-kick. Found that interesting. Maybe just enforcing existing laws around the scrum will have some unexpected positive effects. Law 19: Scrum I never realised how detailed the scr...

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much too much faffing going on imo. I would have just a bind with no hit, not sure what crouch and set is doing, you cant push or hook standing up. I'd have a straight feed. Only free kicks given unless its a deliberate collapse, wheeling, boring and standing up allowed. What happened to channel 1 ...

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I do sometimes worry that rugby is looking for a problem to fix, whilst agreeing that ball in play is important (particularly around scum resets). The obsession with changing the rules to improve the game can be counter productive., Rather like the survey that WR did that said the laws were too comp...

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We know the Irish is the top team at the moment. It will take a special effort from the Springboks to beat them. springboks are world number 1 and back to back world champions. safrica should expect to win on home soil you would think? Depends on what part of their “cycle” they are on If Ireland wi...

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How can the country side be colonial, Are they saying there is still evidence it was colonised by the Anglo Saxons (a phrase that academics say needs to go due to the bad connotations). I know alot of this is "cultural war rubbish", but some of it seems a bit strange at the moment, were unless ther...

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How can the country side be colonial, Are they saying there is still evidence it was colonised by the Anglo Saxons (a phrase that academics say needs to go due to the bad connotations). I know alot of this is "cultural war rubbish", but some of it seems a bit strange at the moment, were unless there...

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Increased productivity my ass. If you're not a plumber or ditch digger your job is at risk. Some estimates of 80% of jobs gone in 20 years. :lol: Absolutely horse shit. Some of you people would have been carrying on the same had you witnessed the launch of the steam engine or cotton in gin. Eh, but...

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. But once AI can do the job of a doctor, what the point of education .. Is that really what you think is going to happen? Doctors process information symptoms and come up with outcome (disease etc), then recommend a treatment. Alot of that can be done by (advanced) computers. As for reading humans...

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Social reset will be on it way.

But once AI can do the job of a doctor, what the point of education ..

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 4:30 pm
MrJonno wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:07 pm Viz's article on 'The Curse of Dad's Army' was right!
What did it say?

Every time one of the aged actors died i.e Clive Dunn at 92 it was down to the "curse", so it is true the curse has stuck again,

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Figured by use of ‘academics’, they weren’t experts in sport sci or brain research? Hot take though… I’d remove full tackles until 13. I’ve never been convinced it’s ‘necessary’ by those who say it makes it safer when they get older. Because the vast majority most of my (Canadian if you don’t know ...

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I soon as i read the first line i knew it would be that guy from Winchester, he been on record for years against rugby.

Eventually he will probably succeed people who want to destroy stuff usually do, it a lot easier than creating.

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 12:48 am Could have been as good as Dan Carter. Such a waste.. he had it all.

Very much this,, If ever there was a "what if.... player"..

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Every bloody game now of men’s football & rugby for that matter on BBC has a woman summariser in it. Any chance we can have a red button choice, with and without? Just asking for a few male friends of mine! (@DevereuxJohn13) Does he like a drink or is he a bit tone deaf? Prefers male commentators =...

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Worth saying that part of Russell's USP is that he is Scottish. I am of the opinion that he would have not been picked NEARLY as regularly for any of the other 'big' countries (and probably never for some). This, in turn, would have limited his learning and experience. Whether that means a Smith, o...

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The point is that maverick players like Michelak, Cipriani and Spencer have always found their ceiling slightly below test level. You just can't do mad shite like the stuff they did regularly at test level and not have it come back to bite you if you don't have the ability to control a game. Finn R...

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Not sure who the target audience is. Gives no detail for none rugby people, not even a mention of the format of the six nations. "Super Saturday" appeared on the Screen. Yet no explanation. No details about about rugby for those who know about the game. Even the human side done poorly. It starts ta...

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Honestly, non rugby people don't need the detail. They just see the score going up when people get over the line and put it together. That in a match.. this is a documentary type program. Which somehow showed Ireland winning a grand slam.for only the 4th time in over 100 years and made it appear as...

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Not sure who the target audience is. Gives no detail for none rugby people, not even a mention of the format of the six nations. "Super Saturday" appeared on the Screen. Yet no explanation. No details about about rugby for those who know about the game. Even the human side done poorly. It starts ta...

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Not sure who the target audience is. Gives no detail for none rugby people, not even a mention of the format of the six nations. "Super Saturday" appeared on the Screen. Yet no explanation. No details about about rugby for those who know about the game. Even the human side done poorly. It starts tal...

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sorCrer wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:16 pm You'll be handing over the Falkland's next...

when it is politically expedient ..

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Between 1855-63, 24 per cent of Indian civil service recruits came from Irish universities... but of course they weren't 'involved' at all... just observing. Would have all been from Trinity… British Maybe, but the Amritsar massacre was commanded by a certain Michael O’Dwyer, ICS and a good Catholi...

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What the actual fudge is that..

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An 1844 cricket match between teams from the United States and Canada was the first international sporting event in the modern world

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This one shocked me, but in a good way: https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/412D5C4E-7094-4BAA-B4D76A4735158253.jpg But while Ingenuity may portend the future of space exploration, the tiny helicopter also honors the past. Tucked beneath Ingenuity’s solar panel—wrapped around a c...

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2023 3:30 pm Thread Irish tantrummed.

Is there any other kind..

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