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by Still Not Playing
Sat Dec 10, 2022 12:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Chinese Diesel Heaters
Replies: 14
Views: 672

Re: Chinese Diesel Heaters

Got a diesel heater in van and a week away - maybe 15-20 hours used calculated 1.5 litres diesel based on 15 miles reduced range indicated. Avoided a cheap chinese one, there's plenty of people happy with them but also stories of carbon monoxide and reliability so seemed to much of a risk to save c...
by Still Not Playing
Fri Dec 09, 2022 11:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Chinese Diesel Heaters
Replies: 14
Views: 672

Re: Chinese Diesel Heaters

Got a diesel heater in van and a week away - maybe 15-20 hours used calculated 1.5 litres diesel based on 15 miles reduced range indicated. Avoided a cheap chinese one, there's plenty of people happy with them but also stories of carbon monoxide and reliability so seemed to much of a risk to save co...
by Still Not Playing
Fri Jul 08, 2022 7:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Cornwall recommendations
Replies: 45
Views: 1998

Re: Cornwall recommendations

F it it's the most beautiful place in the UK go anywhere on the coast and it's stunning, go on the moors and it's stunning love this place in St Ives https://porthgwiddencafe.co.uk/the-restaurant/ It would take me hours to list the good stuff - basically it's all good Ate there last Saturday and ca...
by Still Not Playing
Wed Jul 06, 2022 10:40 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Cornwall recommendations
Replies: 45
Views: 1998

Re: Cornwall recommendations

Done everything in the tourist guides bar Eden Project but keep returning to certain towns.

Looe
Padstone (but out of season)
Port Isaac coast
St Ives but was there last weekend and it's looking bit 'tired' now
by Still Not Playing
Sun Nov 28, 2021 11:49 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: How much annual leave are you entitled to ?
Replies: 79
Views: 5153

Re: How much annual leave are you entitled to ?

UK
8
21 which is 5 weeks plus 1 day length of service bonus.
We switched to a 4 day week during lockdown last year but do 1 Friday in 6 as duty manager so I get 40 long weekends too.
Aerospace engineering
by Still Not Playing
Wed Nov 24, 2021 2:03 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Your fave in game cheating
Replies: 68
Views: 4348

Re: Your fave in game cheating

I pre-lifting days, when jumping at two, picking one or two lineouts when all the pack would be prepped for the deliberate knocking on/slap down of ball onto oppo side so you could pour into the nine. Do it artfully enough and ref wouldn't pick up on it. Even if he does, half the time by the time h...
by Still Not Playing
Fri Oct 01, 2021 2:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Recommendations for Cardiff weekend
Replies: 7
Views: 886

Re: Recommendations for Cardiff weekend

Thanks all, enough ideas there. Any suggestions for a decent Sunday roast?
by Still Not Playing
Thu Sep 30, 2021 9:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Recommendations for Cardiff weekend
Replies: 7
Views: 886

Recommendations for Cardiff weekend

Expanding a wedding in Cardiff into a long weekend with wife and no kids so looking for some restaurant advice from any locals. Only been there on the stag weekend before and don't think walkabout and fantasy lounge will do. Been recommended so far to save up for the potted pig one night and to try ...
by Still Not Playing
Sun Jan 31, 2021 2:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9246
Views: 973059

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

The Dig is on Netflix, bit slow and probabaly a reflection of lockdown being how we enjoyed seeing Lord Voldermort digging up an anglo saxon boat on a Friday night.
by Still Not Playing
Fri Dec 25, 2020 10:02 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: What’s the best Xmas song ever written?
Replies: 37
Views: 3109

Re: What’s the best Xmas song ever written?

Jingle bells isn't a Christmas song, it was a 'racy' drinking song when written.
by Still Not Playing
Sun Nov 22, 2020 7:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Replies: 11460
Views: 1243006

Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2020?

Taking advantage of Amazon Prime membership watching Hunters. Pacino does a comedy accent too
by Still Not Playing
Sat Nov 21, 2020 10:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Replies: 11460
Views: 1243006

Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2020?

Anyone else watching The Undoing?
Another great HBO miniseries, even Hugh Grant is good in it.
by Still Not Playing
Sun Sep 13, 2020 2:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Players who would have walked it into the SAS after the course
Replies: 146
Views: 11035

Re: Players who would have walked it into the SAS after the course

Over the years we've had plenty of marines from the local camp play and you can quickly spot who is SBS. The steroetype wiry, below average height, hard as fudge isn't far wrong for most. Not all are good rugby players but even the bad ones are better than level 7 / 8 and all love the fiz and gym. A...
by Still Not Playing
Sat Jun 27, 2020 2:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 33 Tons Of Rubbish.
Replies: 49
Views: 4896

Re: 33 Tons Of Rubbish.

BPC Council are making a lot of money from carparks and fines + not paying for the clean up. With the money saved by not opening or cleaning toilets, not paying lifeguards etc - they are just blaming the public and making the right noises in public.
by Still Not Playing
Tue Jun 16, 2020 1:00 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Replies: 11460
Views: 1243006

Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2020?

UncleFB wrote:
Still Not Playing wrote:Just stumbled across Hightown. Apple TV series with drugs, murder and a bit of girl on girl.
It's a bit more serious than the theme music suggests
It’s not an Apple TV show ... you might want to check to see if you paid for it.
Meant Amazon.
by Still Not Playing
Sat Jun 13, 2020 10:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Replies: 11460
Views: 1243006

Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2020?

Just stumbled across Hightown. Apple TV series with drugs, murder and a bit of girl on girl.
It's a bit more serious than the theme music suggests
by Still Not Playing
Fri Jun 05, 2020 6:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112659
Views: 7591276

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

So with my Saturday afternoons free to watch the Premiership now, does anyone know if I can get BT Sports cheaper than £25/month? Got Virgin broadband only. Friend watches on Mobdro but I'd rather pay £10-15 for a better feed. if you're savvy enough to handle VPNs and the like, just get rugbypass a...
by Still Not Playing
Fri Jun 05, 2020 4:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112659
Views: 7591276

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

So with my Saturday afternoons free to watch the Premiership now, does anyone know if I can get BT Sports cheaper than £25/month? Got Virgin broadband only. Friend watches on Mobdro but I'd rather pay £10-15 for a better feed. if you're savvy enough to handle VPNs and the like, just get rugbypass a...
by Still Not Playing
Fri Jun 05, 2020 4:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112659
Views: 7591276

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

So with my Saturday afternoons free to watch the Premiership now, does anyone know if I can get BT Sports cheaper than £25/month? Got Virgin broadband only. Friend watches on Mobdro but I'd rather pay £10-15 for a better feed. Unless you change your broadband supplier to BT I think you may struggle...
by Still Not Playing
Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112659
Views: 7591276

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

So with my Saturday afternoons free to watch the Premiership now, does anyone know if I can get BT Sports cheaper than £25/month?

Got Virgin broadband only. Friend watches on Mobdro but I'd rather pay £10-15 for a better feed.
by Still Not Playing
Tue May 05, 2020 5:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Who have YOU played with XV?
Replies: 125
Views: 14913

Re: Who have YOU played with XV?

Pretty sure I played against Semesi Rokoduguni when he played low-level southern counties rugby for Lytchett Minster (the nearest team to the army base where they were posted, who basically had a Fijian backline for half the season!) - that was a long and painful afternoon :uhoh: Probably played ag...
by Still Not Playing
Fri May 01, 2020 11:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Replies: 11460
Views: 1243006

Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2020?

ticketlessinseattle wrote:watched episode 1 of gangs of London - really enjoyed it ; like Snatch but with more violence and less humour
Loving these even though violence gets abit cartoon like. Watched first 3 tonight
by Still Not Playing
Sun Feb 16, 2020 9:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Replies: 11460
Views: 1243006

Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2020?

"The Stranger", a british suspense series just popped up on my Netflix. Fantatic veiwing. Finished 5 episodes out of 8 of its single season, and it has me completely hooked. Watched the whole series in one afternoon/evening - easy viewing. And series based on another of Corbens book "Safe" Read tha...
by Still Not Playing
Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 5 Decades
Replies: 31
Views: 3019

Re: 5 Decades

Seems to be an almost exclusively front row club. First senior game in 86, now occasionally emergency cover
by Still Not Playing
Sat Jan 11, 2020 1:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Replies: 11460
Views: 1243006

Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2020?

Just seen the pilot for NBC show Lincoln Rhyme. Already hooked but then I'm a fan of the Jeffery Deaver books. Thought Amelia would be hotter.
by Still Not Playing
Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The best new and returning TV series of 2024?
Replies: 11460
Views: 1243006

Re: The best new and returning TV series of 2019?

Anyone watched You? (Too common a word to search) just started first episodes.
Saw some filming in New York and was told it was 3rd series?
by Still Not Playing
Sun Dec 29, 2019 6:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9246
Views: 973059

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:
Still Not Playing wrote:Watching Jojo Rabbit on daughters recommendation. Weird as
Was it good though?
No wouldn't take next recommendation but we liked the end. Can't imagine how it was pitched to a studio though, a funny Hitler?
by Still Not Playing
Wed Dec 25, 2019 11:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9246
Views: 973059

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

Watching Jojo Rabbit on daughters recommendation. Weird as
by Still Not Playing
Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.
Replies: 9246
Views: 973059

Re: The OFFICIAL filum thread 2.0.Accept no substitues.

Watched Good Boys, not many new films actually made me laugh out loud but it worked. Reminds me of Superbad
by Still Not Playing
Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112659
Views: 7591276

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

danny_fitz wrote:That is shocking from Leicester
Expect it from Ben but has Tom Youngs' basics been that bad all season?
by Still Not Playing
Mon Oct 21, 2019 1:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112659
Views: 7591276

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

Big mis-matches should not happen - otherwise whats the point in having leagues which mean the 1sts, 2nds and 3rds have to troop off tin different directions to play different opposition? I remember my former club decided to buy a 1st XV and was fielding kiwi's who played NPC in RFU level 8...that ...
by Still Not Playing
Sun Oct 20, 2019 10:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112659
Views: 7591276

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

DragsterDriver wrote:On a lighter note, Bromsgrove beat South Leicester 240-0 :uhoh:
Excellent, takes the record score from a local Dorset team of wit kant.

Who are all wit kant.
by Still Not Playing
Sun Oct 06, 2019 7:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wayne Barnes
Replies: 105
Views: 7576

Re: Wayne Barnes

kiwigreg369 wrote:Excellent again - shouls have been yellow forbsecond Italian.

I would prefer if Barnes:
- didnt refer to players as mate
- didnt shake hands with players during the game
Or worse use players names. I would respond to red 2 only.
by Still Not Playing
Sun Sep 29, 2019 7:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Most versatile rugby player ever?
Replies: 128
Views: 12894

Re: Most versatile rugby player ever?

Mike Catt started in every position in the backs for England bar 9. The answer, though, is a guy who I played age grade club rugby with growing-up, who is a 20 year stalwart of my home town club and, as has gone through every position on the field as he has gone from nippy, athletic scrum half to r...
by Still Not Playing
Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112659
Views: 7591276

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

RMBJ wrote:I see the Lesser-Spotted Protheroe starts.
More excited to see Master Bates from the bench
by Still Not Playing
Fri Sep 20, 2019 6:59 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112659
Views: 7591276

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

13 starters predicted correctly in office competition. I thought Marler had a niggle?
by Still Not Playing
Fri Jul 12, 2019 5:40 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Active Rugby Players Survey
Replies: 12
Views: 1795

Re: Active Rugby Players Survey

I was 'Still Playing'
by Still Not Playing
Sun May 12, 2019 8:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Club Rugby Substitutions
Replies: 8
Views: 1436

Re: Club Rugby Substitutions

choc wrote:In England Level 4 (national 2) and below is 3 subs with 8 interchanges.
Except for the 'lowest' placed team at the club which has unlimited subs unless agreed otherwise with opposition.

Or something like that