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by Lenny
Thu Apr 16, 2020 12:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146285
Views: 7942200

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

On a side note....was talking to one of my friends who I have gone to Cheltenham with over the years the other day...... Of the 6 in his group that attended this year, 4 have contracted the virus. Enough said really. Assuming it’s not the same party I know of another 6 in the midlands who had it af...
by Lenny
Thu Apr 16, 2020 11:42 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146285
Views: 7942200

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

On a side note....was talking to one of my friends who I have gone to Cheltenham with over the years the other day...... Of the 6 in his group that attended this year, 4 have contracted the virus. Enough said really. Assuming it’s not the same party I know of another 6 in the midlands who had it af...
by Lenny
Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146285
Views: 7942200

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

On a side note....was talking to one of my friends who I have gone to Cheltenham with over the years the other day...... Of the 6 in his group that attended this year, 4 have contracted the virus. Enough said really. Assuming it’s not the same party I know of another 6 in the midlands who had it af...
by Lenny
Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:27 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146285
Views: 7942200

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

On a side note....was talking to one of my friends who I have gone to Cheltenham with over the years the other day...... Of the 6 in his group that attended this year, 4 have contracted the virus. Enough said really. Assuming it’s not the same party I know of another 6 in the midlands who had it af...
by Lenny
Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146285
Views: 7942200

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

First attempt at a haircut was brutal. Second attempt just buzzed it and it’s almost as good as a barber. If it wasn’t so messy cleaning up the hair afterwards I’d probably do it myself from now on I'll probably stick to buzzcuts for the foreseeable. Way cheaper and fairly easy. It'll lessen the pa...
by Lenny
Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146285
Views: 7942200

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Testing system appears to be broken and that's a major concern. We've tested more per head than South Korea. Top 5 in Europe. The results are too slow coming back. That's results. So as of today, we have more test results than South Korea per head. I agree it's been a slow starter but they're getti...
by Lenny
Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Can't Tackle/Won't Tackle XV
Replies: 100
Views: 8961

Re: Can't Tackle/Won't Tackle XV

Floppykid wrote:He's had some shockers, I just couldn't think of anyone else.
Could push Murphy to the wing, Quade to 15.
Has to be Kearney at 15.
by Lenny
Fri Apr 10, 2020 2:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146285
Views: 7942200

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

The locals have all gone a bit zealot over this - I realise that they’re trying to put the frightened on people but some of it was just anti-Dub bigotry. West cork holiday homes are hardly the preserve of Dubs - there’d be more people with holiday homes from Cork city there and that’s hardly within...
by Lenny
Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:45 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: What did you do today? The Isolation Thread
Replies: 182
Views: 17359

Re: What did you do today? The Isolation Thread

For the third day running I’ve been washing down our guttering and fascia, removing 10 years of grime and algae. Not very challenging work as we have a lowslung bungalow, but there’s an awful lot of it and it’s boring as fcuk. Did manage to break one of the down pipes when I removed part of it after...
by Lenny
Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Weight Gain/Loss during lockdown so far?
Replies: 74
Views: 7626

Re: Weight Gain/Loss during lockdown so far?

Down 5kg since lock down. Normally I work away from home so I ate in the hotel/restaurants most evenings, supplemented by 3 - 5 beers a night. Home is a veggie diet and no booze, so lifestyle has changed completely. Yeah working away from home is recipe for weight gain Inevitably you end up eating ...
by Lenny
Wed Apr 08, 2020 8:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146285
Views: 7942200

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

How you know you're in South Dublin. Milltown bottle bank yesterday. Note, not only are the bottles neatly stacked, but are correctly colour separated as well. :lol: https://i.imgur.com/JWp6xWA.jpg?1 Why aren't these being collected? I know Bring It centres are closed too. There's plenty of people ...
by Lenny
Wed Apr 08, 2020 2:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3367132

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

The whole framing of dealing with disease as a "battle" and those "strong" people "fighting it" has long been known to be both unhelpful and pretty shitty for people going through it. Fifteen years ago I was hearing this from cancer sufferers; while I agree it might not be the most important thing ...
by Lenny
Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:25 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3367132

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

Funny old day yestreday. 3 people I knew and another who was a friend of my mums all died yesterday from the virus. Also, my aunt who has now been tested and confirmed, has gone downhill very quickly, paramedics called out last night to her carehome, so not expecting good news there either. The sen...
by Lenny
Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3367132

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

We are in a definite cold spot in mid Wales, most routine work has stopped, and while we hear of the odd case, mostly we are ready and waiting to start filling the community hospital with all the extra hastily created beds and oxygen supply, but as of yet very few patients. I think that the DGHs, n...
by Lenny
Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: John Prine gone
Replies: 12
Views: 1404

Re: John Prine gone

The Sun God wrote: Great anecdote ..... Creedon has great taste in music, for a Corkman.
In the spirit of the time I’ll ignore that comment. :x
by Lenny
Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: John Prine gone
Replies: 12
Views: 1404

Re: John Prine gone

Might be an RR,and I know there was a thread on him being ill last week, but I Just saw that John Prine died yesterday in Nashville from Covid19, after being admitted to ICU last week.I know there was a thread on him being being admitted to ICU last week but can’t find it. RIP John, and thanks for ...
by Lenny
Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:42 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: John Prine gone
Replies: 12
Views: 1404

Re: John Prine gone

Might be an RR,and I know there was a thread on him being ill last week, but I Just saw that John Prine died yesterday in Nashville from Covid19, after being admitted to ICU last week.I know there was a thread on him being being admitted to ICU last week but can’t find it. RIP John, and thanks for ...
by Lenny
Wed Apr 08, 2020 9:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: John Prine gone
Replies: 12
Views: 1404

John Prine gone

Might be an RR,and I know there was a thread on him being ill last week, but I Just saw that John Prine died yesterday in Nashville from Covid19, after being admitted to ICU last week.I know there was a thread on him being being admitted to ICU last week but can’t find it. RIP John, and thanks for a...
by Lenny
Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146285
Views: 7942200

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

During my walk this evening i noticed a big increase in people outdoors from yesterday in bigger groups as well . We're becoming complacent I was out for a run here yesterday evening and it was quite busy in the local park. People were keeping to themselves, but it seems like everyone goes to get t...
by Lenny
Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Not One Step Backwards: Your mean, hard bastard pack
Replies: 100
Views: 9543

Re: Not One Step Backwards: Your mean, hard bastard pack

SOB would knock the shit out of any backrow bar Ferris. Neil Best is a lunatic so needs to be considered. Flannery was always a bit of a knack headcase on the field so he gets ahead of Best. Brennan out. Remember getting his face punched off by some Ozzie? Rules him out. I'd have poc over him. Neil...
by Lenny
Mon Apr 06, 2020 11:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scummings going by Xmas..... Boris next year.
Replies: 9918
Views: 839386

Re: Boris goooooone or going?

I hear Iain Duncan Smith has just declared Boris fit for work. Double H, you're a tease :lol: Actually heard the interview and it was utterly bizarre, almost dead parrot like. His theory, from what I could work out, is that Boris isn’t seriously ill with covid19, but that he is temporarily weakened...
by Lenny
Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146285
Views: 7942200

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Saw a table of the hospitals in Ireland on the Dublin Live website, and the interesting (chilling) thing for me is that the two border hospitals, Letterkenny and Cavan, top the table for hospitals outside of Dublin, with both having more Covid19 cases than either Cork or Limerick.
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 11:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3367132

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

tafano wrote:News from the red zone.
I posted in this thread for the first time back in the 26th of February.
Finally, after all this long days, we are approaching the decrease curve.
Hopefully Tafano. Great that you’ve stayed safe. Take care.
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 11:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All time greats who would struggle in the modern game?
Replies: 107
Views: 8622

Re: All time greats who would struggle in the modern game?

If you were the best of your era with the resources available to you then it’s highly probable that you’d be the best of the current era with the resources available to you now. I watched some old footage of Mike Gibson recently and thought his intelligence and skills would transfer seamlessly to t...
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 11:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All time greats who would struggle in the modern game?
Replies: 107
Views: 8622

Re: All time greats who would struggle in the modern game?

Neill Back. Actually was he an all time great? I don’t think so. Would he even make it as a pro in today's game? He was less than 15 stone. Often heard about Scottish prop nicknamed Mighty Mouse McLaughlin. He was apparently only 14 odd stones in weight. A player from the ‘70’s. Willie John McBride...
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 10:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: It is time to get right with the Lord
Replies: 79
Views: 9923

Re: It is time to get right with the Lord

Plaaaaay the best soooonng in the world... ...or I'll eat your souls. I don't know how you can make such jokes. We are definitely in the end times and the time of tribulations has begun. The rapture could take place at any minute and soon, very soon, Jesus will come again. I'm very excited, but I'm...
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 9:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3367132

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

Mick Mannock wrote:Twitter is going to be awash with weasels now
So no change then.
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 9:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3367132

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

message #2527204 wrote:Boris on a ventilator according to the beeb
If he’s on a ventilator then he is most probably heavily sedated. Does this mean Raab is de facto PM.
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 9:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3367132

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

Margin_Walker wrote:Boris Johnson in hospital for tests. 'Precautionary measure'
He looks wretched, so not surprised tbh.
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146285
Views: 7942200

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

https://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-rejoins-medical-register-as-doctor-5067127-Apr2020/?utm_source=twitter_short Lots of :thumbup: here for Leo. This is daft. Unless he has already had/is antibody positive for Covid 19, why would we expose the leader of our national efforts against this attack ? An...
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146285
Views: 7942200

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

It could have entered the nursing homes up to three or four weeks ago. Its hard to believe how quickly this has developed from being a remote concern to an unprecedented global crisis, but a month ago I was looking forward to heading off on holidays to Mexico next week. It seems like a lifetime ago.
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:18 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All time greats who would struggle in the modern game?
Replies: 107
Views: 8622

Re: All time greats who would struggle in the modern game?

If you were the best of your era with the resources available to you then it’s highly probable that you’d be the best of the current era with the resources available to you now. I watched some old footage of Mike Gibson recently and thought his intelligence and skills would transfer seamlessly to t...
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3367132

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

And here you are, a pretentious prick of a human being, with a level of self regard that is quite stunning to see, posting your brilliant analysis on a fcuking rugby forum. :lol: Yet here you are, hurling abuse online at a complete stranger, thinking you're the guy on the high ground. Very very odd...
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3367132

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

There seem to be a lot of people out in the park complaining about there being a lot of other people out in the park. Oh for f u ck sake. You've been impeccably on message throughout this conflict #2527204, but let this be a warning to you: one false step and the on duty member of the Swarm will co...
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All time greats who would struggle in the modern game?
Replies: 107
Views: 8622

Re: All time greats who would struggle in the modern game?

If you were the best of your era with the resources available to you then it’s highly probable that you’d be the best of the current era with the resources available to you now. I watched some old footage of Mike Gibson recently and thought his intelligence and skills would transfer seamlessly to t...
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3367132

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

There seem to be a lot of people out in the park complaining about there being a lot of other people out in the park. Oh for f u ck sake. You've been impeccably on message throughout this conflict #2527204, but let this be a warning to you: one false step and the on duty member of the Swarm will co...
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: All time greats who would struggle in the modern game?
Replies: 107
Views: 8622

Re: All time greats who would struggle in the modern game?

If you were the best of your era with the resources available to you then it’s highly probable that you’d be the best of the current era with the resources available to you now. I watched some old footage of Mike Gibson recently and thought his intelligence and skills would transfer seamlessly to th...
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 146285
Views: 7942200

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Number of clusters in nursing homes has risen by ten to 50. What's going on there that they can't seem to keep it out? Doesn't sound good at all The nursing home penetrations are really making Ireland look like a death zone in the deaths per capita stats Yes, how it looks in the stats is the real t...
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 12:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3367132

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

Out for a walk yesterday and came across a checkpoint not far from the house. One of the cops was telling me that their primary aim was to frighten the crap out of elderly drivers who were out and about, to try to get them to stay at home, and that they were fairly relaxed unless there was a stupid ...
by Lenny
Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:42 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9044782

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

POTARSE loves to be a winner and has led the US to the top of the leader board with 310,000 cases of Covid-19. Deaths are approaching 9000 with a similar number serious/critical. He's been caught short on face-masks so wants everyone else except himself to wear T-shirts and bandanas on their face. ...