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Same thing in Scotland.... https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18411897.mysterious-military-jet-spotted-glasgow-coronavirus-lockdown/ Some folk tracked it on FlightRadar from its RAF base in England. Named as a training exercise fair enough....still flying over built up areas instead of usual uninha...

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Trump has quit turning up to the WH daily media briefings despite "record ratings" because it's, "not worth the time & effort!" https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1254168730898173953 What should have been an opportunity to inform, reassure, encourage and fwckin well lead like the big CEO he...

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Laurent wrote:Would this work as a toilet duck enema ?

So that's why they put the nozzle thing on those bottles. All makes sense now.
Bet Ivanka has a patent on the design as well

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It's the way he flies these kites live on air with the medical experts on either side of the podium. The latest thought flashes across his mind, turns to the expert and asks them in an "agree with me or you're fired" kind of way if what he is touting is possible. If the answer isn't forthcoming it g...

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On everyone's favourite punchbag.

My team would like to thank the ref for today's game......as Captain, I'm required to.

It would be inappropriate for me to comment on the glaring inadequacies of the referee

Attributed to....the inner monologues of imaginary clubhouses everywhere.

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https://media11.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/202004/200415-michigan-protest-video-tease__415481.focal-760x428.jpg PR Cabal? Which of them is Bill, Saffer13 etc etc? Look at the goose with his AR in the ready position, to get a quick shot off if the muslims attack. Tooled up to fire off so...

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Today, Trump threatened to suspend the Republic Today, Hannity suggested that the Democrats were the enemy of the Republic What could possibly go wrong. Laying the ground for a third term Or to suspend the election this year..... Even the current SCOTUS would struggle to swallow that one It's not d...

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Not in the Xv (officially at least) but Craig Joubert.

Twice.

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Jim Telfer @ 6/8 As a player: Lions tour 1966 & 1968 Merits as coach relative to resources available & ability to get the performing above expectations as individuals and a team. - Club level took Melrose out of shadows of Border mainstays Hawick & Gala to several national championships. - 2 Scottis...

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Gordon Brown - '74 Lions tour I think. https://www.espn.com.au/rugby/story/_/id/21236219/gordon-brown-have-70th-birthday-great-player-even-better-man "None of his stories was more relished than that of Springbok lock Johan de Bruyn stopping a Test match to search for a glass eye dislodged by a Lions...

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Expert - "The answer is no. The evidence you are talking about is anecdotal. Not done in a controlled environment so you can't make any definitive statement about it." President - "I'm...without saying too much.....probably more of a fan...maybe than anybody. I'm a big fan...of we'll see what happen...

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Wonder if we'll hear something today about; The greatest numbers ever seen in the history of our country by far.....by far. Much higher than anyone ever thought was possible. That's about the limit of his vocabulary after all? And which brave soul is going to nudge him and say "those are the unemplo...

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David Sole maybe? Quietly spoken perhaps but no-one in the Scotland team of 1990-92 was in any doubt who was in charge. Winning Lions test starter in '89. Grand Slam in 1990 within inches of leading Scotland both to a first win against New Zealand in Auckland (or anywhere) in 1990 and a World Cup Fi...

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Back to the argument in favour of the old rucking. No hands allowed, just push over the ball and ruck it back if necessary. By "old rucking" you mean allowing players to use their boots on opponents. ISTR that when New Zealand invented old rucking they simply sent several men to contest a tackle an...

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Seems that he's deprived of his two main activities (as Sir Humphrey says "politicians like activity, it's their substitute for achievement") Can't hold any rallies due to crowd gatherings so no mob to pander to - should have limited them to the precise average size of your attendances (real, not im...

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My view is increasingly coming round to selections/, like substitutions are pre-planned and only changed when forced by circumstances. Also playing Jones against Ireland & England when Harris' much vaunted defence would have been a more sensible selection smacks of Gregor setting Jones up for an "I ...

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Saw a good one the other day. Having been both a cyclist and a motorist I'm not in the "anti" either camp - plum behaviour is plum behaviour. This one was a cyclist. A slow moving line of traffic approaching a side street on the left which a car was indicating to turn into. Cyclist comes barreling u...

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Samo on wing is the weirdest internationally capped position yet.. JJ on wing isn't far fetched, he is a centre and centres can nearly ALWAYS play wing , Fiji doesn't have any that has played an odd position internationally cause our players usually can play anywhere. :proud: :proud: though Bordeua...

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Variation on my door slamming irritation from earlier......car horns. Or more specifically taxi cab horns. Doesn't happen so much here (Aus) or anymore with the advent of driver tracking, but when I lived in the UK, everytime a taxi pulled up outside.....they repeatedly sounded their horn until the ...

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Richie Vernon capped in the back row before being converted and capped at centre. Now that’s a damning indictment of Scotland’s depth. ...and he wasn't the first in that decade either. Roly Reid was a flanker/8 converted to wing and capped twice. Fairly sure he also played at 8 in non-cap internati...

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People who walk away & allow doors to slam behind them. Hold the f***ing handle and close it gently ffs. Especially in apartment buildings - annoys the fcuk out of other residents not to mention the amplified slam in summer when there are doors/windows open creating a through draft. Totally avoidabl...

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Nice try started in the 22 by Hogg and finished by Hogg there, very careful with the ball while over the line :lol: More like his old self and yes, very careful & obvious with the grounding of the ball :nod: Impressive as the try was, I was singularly unimpressed by the football style kissy cuddle ...

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1978 Fiat 128 - Sounded great but with many quirks. Hills had to be avoided due to lack of power (and a handbrake that snapped). Fuel gauge only worked above 1/2 full. Glovebox filled with rain water...then froze in winter. 1983 Ford Escort - Fords 1st attempt at an automatic choke. Which didn't wor...

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Without being too morbid, there's no prize for living life the way others might expect of you and from experience people are no wiser, more content or accepting of death the closer it gets. So....never take your friends and family for granted and just make sure you're living a life you want to lead...

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It's a ruse

Had he been in line to play in Dublin, the mockers gods would have seen to it he was injured this weekend.
Like they did last year and with Graham this year.
Now it's set up for a prodigal like return for 3rd MotM & Calcutta cup retention.

It's all under control

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Not a test match but my first rugby recollection was Scotland B v Ireland B at Murrayfield - might have been 1975 so I would be all of 2 years old. Do have a definite memory of being on the old east terrace under the giant scoreboard though. First test match was Scotland Wales at Murrayfield 1985. S...

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Taylor, Horne, Harris, Scott

Hutchison injured week prior. Jones dropped to play against Zebre & Dragons (just in case he has a poor game & can therefore be used as justification)

My soul is prepared.

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Did the messiah just say "there are people walking around in Iraq with no legs"?

No mention if the walking was done on water but wouldn't put it past him.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid has said there was not "a single doubt" in his mind that the UK would "have agreed and finalised a very ambitious deep and comprehensive trade deal " with the European Union (EU) before the end of next year. Is that the same as a bigly beautiful and powerful t...

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First ever game of rugby at high school (Boroughmuir H.S btw). We put out a team not overly-filled with dyed in the wool rugby fans. Opposition conversion came back off the posts, some of them thought it was "play-on" and set off downfield. They must have been surprised no one was attempting to tack...

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Much the same story worth pro14 youtube highlights. The "highlights" are usually 3 minutes long.....45 seconds are the teams running out, kick off and kick off return - totally irrelevant. & 20 seconds of the players shaking hands at the end. Glasgow / Dragons recently it was just over 90 seconds in...

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Might end Woodards career as a TV "pundit".

Afterall, what will he find to say (whether asked the question or not) about the time England won the World Cup when he wasn't the coach.

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The "Get Brexit done" has been road tested for weeks now, parroted by the cabinet faithful in a transparent attempt to make it catch on as an election catch-phrase.

Is this BoJo reading the MAGA playbook - are we going to see it on a baseball cap anytime soon?

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There could be some interesting psychology to play out here. Both teams will say they are preparing for the game to go ahead, which is probably true. For Japan they have gone from possibly being in the quarter finals without having to play, to waiting to see if they are in without playing to possibl...

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Just the play the games despite the Typhoon. I've been in a cyclone before and it's just strong winds and a few things flying around but they'll be inside a protected stadium - would be better if they had the game at the Sapporo Dome or somewhere else with a roof though. Yeah, why not play the Toky...

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Thinking for the Russia game, we go with: Fagerson, Brown, Reid Cummings, Toolis Barclay, Bradbury, Wilson (presume Wilson could cover 7 vs Russia?) Horne, Hastings Horne, Taylor Graham, Kinghorn, Seymour Only reason I am playing Taylor is I think he still looks short of match fitness, would also t...

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Richie Vernon Scottish back row at 2011 World Cup then centre at 2015 World Cup.
Roland Reid Glasgow number 8 with 2 caps at wing for Scotland.

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Reckon Horne will start Samoa and Russia with those games being 10 days apart and Pyrgos arriving jet-lagged.
That will be him done.....leaving slow and slower to deliver the fastest rugby on the planet in the decider.

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Agreed, and underlines some of the flaws in an outcome based decision process. Vettel moved (wrong thing to do) might have avoided everybody and incurred a lesser penalty. Stroll moved off the racing line (right thing to do) might have made contact with Gasly and incurred a higher penalty. At the ti...

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The coverage had an interesting post race chat with Mike Massey, FIA race director who explained how and why the penalties were decided for Vettel and Stroll. He said that the level of penalty is determined by whether contact was made as a result of the incident. Vettel rejoined dangerously & made c...

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