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by wilber
Mon Nov 13, 2017 5:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4617608

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

Government finally agrees that Parliament will have it's say on final deal

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41975277
by wilber
Mon Nov 13, 2017 5:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: F1 Thread
Replies: 17847
Views: 1205846

Re: F1 Thread

The new owners are looking for ways to improve the show - Hamilton & to an extent Danny Ric showed them a way yesterday. On tracks where lots of overtaking is possible make a car or two from the leading contenders (say all of the top ten once per season) start from the pit lane with no parc ferme ru...
by wilber
Thu Nov 02, 2017 2:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Strictly Come Dancing - 2017
Replies: 351
Views: 29566

Re: Strictly Come Dancing - 2017

I'll bite - Ruth v Susan in the DO with Ruth going.
by wilber
Wed Nov 01, 2017 5:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Is 20 minutes a long commute?
Replies: 116
Views: 8405

Re: Is 20 minutes a long commute?

My journey is about to double in length as my new garden office will have the door on the other side of the building - soon to be 10 metres rather than 5. I would hate having to commute
by wilber
Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scrappage schemes - good deal or not?
Replies: 11
Views: 1300

Re: Scrappage schemes - good deal or not?

https://www.carwow.co.uk/ is worth a look - got some stonking offers recently for a Renault Zoe for Mother in law
by wilber
Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Netflix Fred
Replies: 99
Views: 11252

Re: The Netflix Fred

Stranger Things 2 available form Friday .........

About to get 4K HDR tv so will hope to enjoy it in all of its glory.
by wilber
Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Will Saracens threepeat ?
Replies: 93
Views: 11788

Re: Will Saracens threepeat ?

Massive marker put down at the weekend. Regardless of whether they win the pool or finish as a lucky loser (I think they will finish top), I would not bet against them in the knockout stage.
by wilber
Tue Sep 05, 2017 5:18 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: No Vuelta Thread?
Replies: 110
Views: 17270

Re: No Vuelta Thread?

Question for me is whether Le Tour puts more TT km in to try and create a Dumoulin v Froome battle in 2018 Fun idea but I think that Froome has the beating of all at this time in his career - Feels the same as when I first got interested in following Cycling when Indurain dominated (he was also cho...
by wilber
Tue Sep 05, 2017 5:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: No Vuelta Thread?
Replies: 110
Views: 17270

Re: No Vuelta Thread?

Incredible. Will he go for the Giro in 2018? Very distinguished company of riders to hold all titles simultaneously (Merckx and Hinault) Nope, Froome doesn't like it cold. I don't think we will see him attempt the Giro unless he can't do Le Tour for some reason Starts in Jerusalem - not too cold th...
by wilber
Tue Sep 05, 2017 4:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: No Vuelta Thread?
Replies: 110
Views: 17270

Re: No Vuelta Thread?

Incredible.

Will he go for the Giro in 2018? Very distinguished company of riders to hold all titles simultaneously (Merckx and Hinault)
by wilber
Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4617608

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

get ready for BrexitRef 2 according to Andrew Adonis (or more correctly the first referendum on the terms of exit) https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/sep/05/efta-would-benefit-from-having-uk-as-a-member-says-icelandic-foreign-minister-politics-live?page=with:block-59ae6e89e4b07c7752...
by wilber
Thu Aug 17, 2017 3:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Women's Rugby World Cup 2017
Replies: 744
Views: 82318

Re: Women's Rugby World Cup 2017

eldanielfire wrote:That was a cheeky maul and try from England. A full moon was out there :lol:
Don't think that she would qualify for the booty thread...
28 -7
by wilber
Tue Aug 15, 2017 2:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Did you ever see the Beatles and Rolling Stones live ?
Replies: 45
Views: 6885

Re: Did you ever see the Beatles and Rolling Stones live ?

Saw The Stones at Ashton Gate Bristol in 82 supported by Talisman (OK) and The J Geils Band (very good). Frankly I was disappointed and to cap it all my car broke down in the thunderstorm that broke as we were leaving.
by wilber
Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:54 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056436

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-Already making America Great Again!

Today, after that article on the women that was killed in Charlottesville, Godaddy informed The Daily Stormer that they had 24 hours to move their domain..... but I just saw a link to this https://www.dailystormer.com/hacked-anonymous-now-in-control-of-daily-stormer/ thought it looked a bit amateur...
by wilber
Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jacob Rees-Mogg - next UK PM?
Replies: 203
Views: 13937

Re: Jacob Rees-Mogg - next UK PM?

nuffsaid wrote:
wilber wrote:Matthew Paris in his article in the Times wrote that JRM will quicken the end of the Conservative party if voted leader - Bring It On
Be careful what you wish for.
only joking - see above
by wilber
Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jacob Rees-Mogg - next UK PM?
Replies: 203
Views: 13937

Re: Jacob Rees-Mogg - next UK PM?

Can someone give reasons why they don't like JRM, rather than just dismissing him without explanation. He seems like a perfectly reasonable politician to me. My only concerns are the Catholicism and views on gay marriage. View on Gay Marriage is enough for me but here's what Matthew Paris wrote: “H...
by wilber
Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Best protest songs
Replies: 97
Views: 8270

Re: Best protest songs

Redemption song "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrY9eHkXTa4
by wilber
Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jacob Rees-Mogg - next UK PM?
Replies: 203
Views: 13937

Re: Jacob Rees-Mogg - next UK PM?

Matthew Paris in his article in the Times wrote that JRM will quicken the end of the Conservative party if voted leader - Bring It On
by wilber
Mon Aug 14, 2017 2:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Cricket fans(players)-some help please?
Replies: 31
Views: 3044

Re: Cricket fans(players)-some help please?

In my years at University I played to a pretty good standard and along with a few others in my cohort was given a bat by Newbery to try with an option to get a few more at a good discount (Gatting who is several years older than me had started using one and it seemed that supplier was keen to get th...
by wilber
Wed Aug 09, 2017 2:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Game of Thrones - Books/TV (Full of spoilers mark nothing)
Replies: 17147
Views: 1282225

Re: Game of Thrones - Books/TV (Full of spoilers mark nothin

Watched Thronecast while eating lunch. Al Murray speculating that Jon Snow may have Privately Bent The Knee while in The Cave Of Convenience was amusing in a smutty way but did he have a point? D had asked him to bend the knee & repeated the line he gave to Mance but we didn't get to see his respons...
by wilber
Mon Aug 07, 2017 5:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: England vs South Africa : 4th Test. Old Trafford.
Replies: 260
Views: 25821

Re: England vs South Africa : 4th Test. Old Trafford.

Hales is out .... 218 at a run a ball
by wilber
Mon Aug 07, 2017 11:55 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: England vs South Africa : 4th Test. Old Trafford.
Replies: 260
Views: 25821

Re: England vs South Africa : 4th Test. Old Trafford.

Hales at 5 was thrown into the mix a few times by a variety of commentators yesterday

imagine having to bowl at a middle order of
4 Root
5 Hales
6 Stokes
7 Bairstow
8 Ali
9 Woakes
by wilber
Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW content)
Replies: 55703
Views: 9448486

Re: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW conte

http://68.media.tumblr.com/e9eceec9566166934063350166eb3636/tumblr_myq53ssY2P1qigj88o1_500.jpg Seven Sisters heading towards Beachy Head notorious suicide spot - felt like joining them when I thought I had lost my EF 16-35mm f/2.8L at pretty much that exact spot (turns out Mrs W had picked it up bu...
by wilber
Wed Jul 26, 2017 1:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: F1 Thread
Replies: 17847
Views: 1205846

Re: F1 Thread

just dipped into this so apols if this has been posted. Caught a bit on the clips they show on a loop on Sky F1 of Martin Brundle talking about the Halo. He didn't think it was needed. His reasoning though was interesting - Safety in F1 starts with the spectators, then the Marshals and then the pit ...
by wilber
Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:45 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL - Le Tour 2017.
Replies: 1775
Views: 131825

Re: OFFICIAL - Le Tour 2017.

Nobody stands up more than Contador when climbing, and he's probably the best TTer of all the "pure climbers" in the current peloton, and arguably as good as any there's been. Well other than Chris Froome. He's also got two Olympic bronze medals in the TT to his name. In 2013 TDF he was unmatched -...
by wilber
Wed Jul 19, 2017 4:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL - Le Tour 2017.
Replies: 1775
Views: 131825

Re: OFFICIAL - Le Tour 2017.

Henk still rating Uran... saying he rode a smart day today, did nothing, let everyone else do the work and he's saving himself for the TT. He won't take 30 secs on Froome in the TT. Agree with that, he lost 50 s to Froome in the opening stage. If he isn't content with a podium, he has to attack tom...
by wilber
Wed Jul 19, 2017 3:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL - Le Tour 2017.
Replies: 1775
Views: 131825

Re: OFFICIAL - Le Tour 2017.

DOB wrote:Why's Impey working for Sky? Surely not defending Yates' 7th place or whatever from Bertie.
Stage win for Yates?
by wilber
Wed Jul 19, 2017 2:00 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL - Le Tour 2017.
Replies: 1775
Views: 131825

Re: OFFICIAL - Le Tour 2017.

nardol wrote:Kittel out of tour with crash
Bummer - green jersey was becoming really interesting. Mind you he may not have got within the time today without the crash
by wilber
Wed Jul 19, 2017 12:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: the Beeb rich list
Replies: 171
Views: 16514

Re: the Beeb rich list

The daft thing is that the BBC only tell us what they pay in salary for the like of Norton et al - The money he receives from his production company is nowhere to be seen in the figures.

No surprises really
by wilber
Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Built-in Dishwashers
Replies: 65
Views: 4109

Re: Built-in Dishwashers

Neff and Bosch are the same company. Me, my two sisters and Mum all have Neff dishwashers. No problems at all (mine is now 7 years old).

My Aunt swears by her Miele - 12 years and counting
by wilber
Thu Jul 13, 2017 9:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Which decade had the best TV shows?
Replies: 64
Views: 3981

Re: Which decade had the best TV shows?

00s
Six feet under https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-MFSbHS9QEc

The West Wing https://vimeo.com/56378248

Nothing comes close to the emotion of those episodes
by wilber
Thu Jul 13, 2017 8:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Which decade had the best TV shows?
Replies: 64
Views: 3981

Re: Which decade had the best TV shows?

00s
Six feet under https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-MFSbHS9QEc

The West Wing https://vimeo.com/56378248

Nothing comes close to the emotion of those episodes nor the quality of the writing in general
by wilber
Wed Jul 05, 2017 4:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL - Le Tour 2017.
Replies: 1775
Views: 131825

Re: OFFICIAL - Le Tour 2017.

Good job by Aru - a marked man from now on, but looked to have the best climbing legs. Is the GC all over and done already? Porte now 39 seconds adrift and looking crest fallen that Froome beat him. Other big favourites look nowhere - almost a minute behind and they will all need a buffer against Fr...
by wilber
Tue Jul 04, 2017 4:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL - Le Tour 2017.
Replies: 1775
Views: 131825

Re: OFFICIAL - Le Tour 2017.

The massive change of direction rather than the elbow is probably the thing they are looking at - yes it's instinctive to follow the wheel but it caused the accident
by wilber
Tue Jul 04, 2017 12:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL - Le Tour 2017.
Replies: 1775
Views: 131825

Re: OFFICIAL - Le Tour 2017.

The skinsuit design is completely moot anyway - in those conditions aero advantages were negated by the riders' positions on the bike to stay upright. According to this morning's Times they wore the same design at the Giro without complaint. Sky's comment went something along the lines of they can't...
by wilber
Tue Jul 04, 2017 12:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread
Replies: 84737
Views: 4617608

Re: OFFICIAL EU/UK referendum thread

Is there anyone left who thinks Brexit is going well? Those spiteful people at the BBC don't think it is, they're having a go at David Davis magnificent negotiations twice each week on that nasty lefty program Dead Ringers on BBC Radio 4 every Friday - they think they're sooo funny - see what you t...
by wilber
Thu Jun 15, 2017 3:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL 2017 General Election Thread
Replies: 9655
Views: 664152

Re: The OFFICIAL 2017 General Election Thread

Some good news... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40290642 A pioneering and life-extending drug repeatedly deemed too expensive will now be offered on the NHS in England. It is the result of a confidential deal between the health service and the drug company Roche. Kadcyla, the undiscounted cost o...