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Botha Boy

They were 22/1 Don't ask how I know. Mind you they were 7/2 at +14 so that's ok I think Alan Bengio had committed on his team ... but Ireland has had David Humphries & ROG miss similar kicks against France. You eventually get them ... France at Home, ABs at Home, ABS Away ... & then .... :lol: Hump...

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If only someone had a big bet on Italy to win! :shock: They were 22/1 Don't ask how I know. Mind you they were 7/2 at +14 so that's ok I think Alan Bengio had committed on his team ... but Ireland has had David Humphries & ROG miss similar kicks against France. You eventually get them ... France at...

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HighKingLeinster wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:51 pm Only Italy would that happen to

Or Ireland ... for about 40 years against France ...

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Heartbreak!

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If only someone had a big bet on Italy to win!

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https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02d599f5a4b4db0b3b11afdd09 We are reviving the Boredies this year. We will do a Best/Worst for each Nationality: Kiwi/Aussie/Saffer/French/English/Irish/Scot/Welsh/Rest of World Other Categories: - Best on rugby - Most embarrassing poster - Best thread - Best p...

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Derwyn wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:14 pm
Akkerman wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:07 pm didn't wales beat them once and almost won the tour last time ?

ireland should walk this
We did. Under Pivac of all people.

Lost the first game 32-29
Won the second game 12-13

South Africa just simply not that strong outside of the World Cup cycle ... for some reason ...

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Was Brian Smith playing for Ireland that day? Not sure, can't remember. The score line was close enough until the last 15mins or so and then they pulled away but we were never within an ass's roar of winning . 1989 that was my first day in Lansdowne Road, think it was John Gallagher's last game for...

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East Terrace for the All Blacks Willie Anderson Haka game ... so close to doing that amazing AB team with Johnny Gallagher et al. ...

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Ha, I'll raise you THIS Who would you prefer to have their wicked way with you? Her or the one-legged bandit Circuit Court Judge? Jesus ... Jabba the Hutt lives ... :shock: 40 years ago she may have been a slim attractive 23 year old. 'May' is doing a lot of work in that above sentence. I guess its...

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Well, it's supply and demand when it comes down to it but a bit along the lines of the other thread, overheads these days makes it harder to get through a fallow period. There's been a massive ratcheting of pressure for the hospitality sector since the Pandemic. A lot of skilled staff got other job...

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Leinsterman wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:07 pm
Nolanator wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:45 pm Fúcking hell. Image warning in that article.
Ha, I'll raise you THIS

Who would you prefer to have their wicked way with you? Her or the one-legged bandit Circuit Court Judge?

Jesus ... Jabba the Hutt lives ...

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feckwanker wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 11:36 pm Who cares lads? Team Ireland has priority so whatever Farrell and Co. think needs to be done, should be done.

Exactly ... Frawley to Munster for Tector to develop ... It's all for Ireland!

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Dan Carter ... he was Out of Category ... so good he was boring to watch.

Simply too good.

Hopefully never again. A level of tedious assurance I hope we never see again ...

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:54 pm No! Only 74... he was my hero as a kid.. even in NZ. What a player... what a side step.. what a sideburn!

What a last ditch tackler!

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Interesting data from Rip.ie. Notified Deaths have taken a step up in the last few years. More people dying but must be due to population growth, right? Young people dying more (unlikely) or older people dying of non-Covid reasons (worth investigating). ;) Genuinely no clue what is driving this. The...

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Botha, there's a thread. Take it there. Most of what you've just said has been addressed many times there. Half of it probably directed at you. Nah, missed it. :lol: Inability to reply is new for you. :lol: But I accept your change in behaviour. :twisted: At least we have months to look forward to ...

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CM11 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:16 pm Botha, there's a thread. Take it there. Most of what you've just said has been addressed many times there. Half of it probably directed at you.

Nah, missed it.

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Hellraiser wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:11 pm Big Ukrainian air strike on a Russian command centre in Sevastopol today. Budanov's birthday.

Saw pictures reported earlier but it did not say what it was ...

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Which is the only reason the Second Trilogy is worth discussing ... Simples.

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NPHET had a tough role to play & in general did very well relative to other countries. But I say there are still some behaviours we need to discuss. If they want to pump propaganda to the public at least be honest that that is what you are doing. As you could be an evil institute doing the same. You...

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Maybe John PIlger's passing will be an opportunity for Chay Bowes to step up in the geo-political circles ... there will certainly be funding for such work ...

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While you are clearly blaspheming, HKL, the Natalie Portman vs Carrie Fisher argument is a topic I would happily wallow in for a few months ... https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fb4%2F48%2F52%2Fb44852c7f54a1065e00628764393df84.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=d6...

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Nolanator wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:20 am
feckwanker wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:55 pm Jesus lads, get the fcuk over it.
Excuse me, I'll argue about statistical analysis late into the night all I want.
It's not like I'm going back to bury myself in statistical models and data analysis in the morning.

If you've got it, flaunt it!

Botha Boy

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/unpredicted-events-to-blame-for-delay-to-irelands-covid-inquiry-varadkar-1566063.html I should have just looked for this article before I bothered posting anything. Pretty much sums up everything I've said. Including the fact that we're not dodging an enquiry, as...

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We have avoided a national enquiry into an event that has been hugely disruptive during which many of us said good-bye to relatives that we could not even say our respects to. A horrible time for so many. So we all have a need to reflect & go back thru this period to learn what we can do better & wh...

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CM11 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:44 pm
Hiding heads in sand serves no purpose.
Who is doing that?

Why does it have to be so personal with you?

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As pointed out in Paul Cullen's article, the reason the OECD found no excess deaths for the covid years was because: I don't know if eurostat factors in changing demographics or is more simplistic. If the latter then as Ireland's population ages more than others, relatively speaking, we're going to...

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As pointed out in Paul Cullen's article, the reason the OECD found no excess deaths for the covid years was because: Ireland’s total population increased by 8 per cent between the 2016 and 2022 censuses, while the number of people aged 65 and over increased by a remarkable 22 per cent during that p...

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Tried to pull together data to look at Excess Mortality but hard to get good data especially for recent months for certain countries. Germanic & Nordic do it by end of each week, Latins & Irish follow a few months later/eventually. Ireland is trending higher than EU average for 2023 but comparable t...

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Wow, missed a day of bants on The Forum!

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Despite thinking you sound objective, you do realise just how biased you come across? Mr Stats, I am clearly saying let the data talk. Simples. What are you afraid of? That the data would say something different than you hold to believe? Wouldn't that be the definition of bias? To repeat: The Irish...

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The Irish government want an enquiry to inform better practice next time , not a witchhunt. Which is how it should be given the whole thing was unprecedented. Unfortunately that won't be how it happens as political opponents are more interested in character assassination. See above The government s...

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We as a nation need to understand whether we potentially caused more deaths than we prevented with our Pandemic actions as it is liable to happen again on some timeline. I don't have the final Excess Death data but have seen some snapshots which are enough to ask why are too many people dying now? A...

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The Irish government want an enquiry to inform better practice next time , not a witchhunt. Which is how it should be given the whole thing was unprecedented. Unfortunately that won't be how it happens as political opponents are more interested in character assassination. See above The government s...

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I mean, come on.

Who ... do you think ... you are kidding, Mr. Littler?

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We need to compare side by side the Excess Death stats as a curve on a multi-year basis & compare area between curve & average for a period of years before Pandemic. Sweden looks really good so far. Ireland is relatively worse. You will have muppets who will say the excess deaths are due to 'gene th...

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Clamping down to control Covid stats is an easy choice. Sweden had comparable Excess Death stats to Ireland in that referenced Pandemic data report above with twice the level of aged population & a much more open societal policy. It's a beaten docket, it's boring but it is still a stat to be underst...

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High Altitude venue & better drug enforcement since 90s ...?

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& Happy New Year, ye Horses!

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